What happened with that Chronicler character?
I guess Mikhail needs to stay on the loose to contribute to the Biggest Colosssus Arc Evah down the road some time maybe.
I really enjoyed the 2 Wolvie minis which have reignited some faith in Ben Percy's writing for me after a very disappointing last year on X-Force. The pacing only works because they came out weekly though otherwise there probably wasn't enough meat to individual monthly issues.
But the real star for me was Joshua Cassara along with Frank Martin's colour. Every panel masterful, every page bursting with creativity. I really hope the X-office will keep Cassara close, well paid and busy after this.
I thought this was a really fun penultimate issue for the event. I’m a little bummed we didn’t get a Logan/Jean/Charles team up to go fight Omega and Mikhail, but the Omega and Logan fight was so good that I’m not even mad anymore. I pray that Marvel does whatever it takes to keep Cassara around because even though I thoroughly enjoyed the story it has been the art that steals the show, that’s true for both Lives and Deaths. Unless the last issue really is god awful my full faith has been restored in Percy as a writer.
So this entire side of this event was completely pointless. It wasn't an inherently bad story, but just a very shallow one that repeats every Wolverine angst monologue we've ever seen. This should not have been an event, and instead just part of his solo and X-force.
For as important as the Cerebro sword has been, its ridiculous that Logan just waltzed into Russia, alone, and wiped Omega Red and took it. And Logan kissing Jean isn't 'poly confirmed'. They've outright had sex earlier. And one woman sleeping with two different men is not polyamory. Its an open marriage, or even just wife swapping.
Percy writes Jean Grey so pathetic and out of character. It's like she is a lamb in Wolverine and X-Force. That guy is such a Wolverine fanboy it really affects the writing in negative ways. And every single other x-writer basically ignores everything he writes.
He does write her too ineffectual (as does every writer in this era) after a couple of awesome earlier showings, but honestly...wouldn't you be hyper-mad if she looked like a badass then made out with Logan to top it off? That would be like double-damage lol
Cracks me up that some fans feel like Percy’s projecting but they’re not. Utterly hilarious. You can immediately tell where these folks stand in terms of favorite characters, who Jean should be in love with, etc. So Percy’s apparently an incel for having Jean and Logan in a relationship while the poster above who called Jean a “homewrecking hoe” is not. Ha. Okay.
Last edited by Jackraow21; 03-16-2022 at 07:27 PM.