It is. Inferno slaps, and is still a masterclass in giving multiple teams meaningful characterization and attachment to the larger plot in a crossover.
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I reread the Claremont issues that the other day, and what struck me is it was just pay off after pay off after pay off of everything pretty much since X-Men 200 if not sooner. I did give the X-Men a bad rap for complicated continuity, on the other hand you get a cross ever satisfying as this. Do I still wish they kept Maddie alive with reduced powers.
That's the point the Claremont issues might be my favorite X-Issues ever even though a fave character took the L, HOWEVER the X-Factor issues, though I understand why the Simonsons did it, smacked of character assassination when it came to Maddy, I didn't even recognize her. Then again maybe that was the point just like the X-men looked demonic during Inferno, Maddy lost all her humanity and nuance in the X-Factor issues.
You'll notice in the X-Men issues, the baby was named Nathan, and in the X-Factor ones, Christopher. So there was disconnect. There was a difference in how Maddie came across in both titles. In X-Factor, Maddie was out and out, the villain, where under Claremont, there were moments of humanity and you knew where Maddie was coming from.
--jthree
Has anyone read Dark Web yet? I'm curious how Maddie is in it but just waiting to hear what people have to say before picking it up.
"Danielle... I intend to do something rash and violent." - Betsy Braddock
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Well, she looks fantastic in DW1 but as feared it’s largely an Inferno retread with a throwaway line or two about her agreement with Illyana. Fingers crossed the story goes more interesting places, and after Hellions Wells deserves some benefit of the doubt.
Inferno ranks up there as one of the best X crossovers. It might be my favorite. DW is feeling like a sequel to it and I’m fine with that