Welcome to another edition of the Marvel Compendium. The comics world may be gearing up for the behemoth of San Diego Comic-Con, but there are still new comics releasing this week! Today, we’re looking at Ms. Marvel, Kamala Khan, and her new adventures as a member of the X-Men New YorkX #1.
After that, keep scrolling down to check out our reviews of the new products Deadpool and Wolverine: World War III #3
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New York #1
writer: Jackson Lanqing and Colin Kelly
artist: Francisco Mortarino
Color Artist: Raul Angulo
Writer: Joe Sabino, VC
Cover artist: Sara Pichelli and Federico Bly
When you pick up a book designed to help launch a series starring one of the most exciting Marvel characters of the 21st century in the wake of another pop culture explosion, you can expect to see something fresh. New York #1, From the writing team Jackson Lanqing and Colin Kellytogether with the artist Francisco MortarinoInstead, it’s a bland mashup of better stories that squanders much of Ms. Marvel’s appeal.
Mortarino’s art, especially the colorist’s elevation Raul AnguloBold, vibrant colors that are full of energy. The younger characters are stylish and, more importantly, look like teenagers. There is a visual flair that transcends the script. Mortarino fills the page with central images of characters and builds the layout around them. Kamala jumps off the page in front of panel backgrounds or is surrounded by dancing inserts surrounding the figure. Lenzing and Kelly’s script focuses heavily on Kamala Khan, who is almost always the most prominent character on the page. If there is a weakness in art it is that everyone He looks young, with soft features and low shoulders, almost indistinguishable between an adult and a teenager. For a book that contrasts the energy of youth with the opinions of pundits, it sometimes undermines the script. But its action and presentation make up for any shortcomings. venture capitalist Joe Sabino His solid work on the letters completes the visuals. Visually, this book is stunning and very different from other X-Men books we’ve seen.from ashes” So far.
However, Lan Qing and Kelly’s script, although it proposes some interesting ideas, fails to impress. Its stated purpose is to explore how a culture finds community within its diaspora. But it’s untrue to the pair of writers trying to give a voice to trendy minority teenagers. This story could easily have been a Spider-Man script with just the most basic tweaks. The characters explicitly talk about Krakoa and the challenge of moving on from the ending and finding meaning, but that’s about it – talk. Kamala spends some time exploring her New Mutant identity and is challenged in her attempts at unity by the aloof and arrogant Sophie Cuckoo, by far the most interesting character in this issue.
Structurally speaking, New YorkX Staggering out of the door. Where Jed McKay and Ryan StegmanThe first issue of X-Men Simply reintroducing the characters to our new status quo, while also introducing new readers to the cast and concept, Lenzing and Kelly created the first issue, which introduced a number of B- and C-level X-Men characters There was no understanding of who they were or what they did. As someone who has no encyclopedic knowledge of these characters and is just looking for an entrance to get in, it’s hard to know why I should care about Arnall. The character Prodigy is introduced without introduction or explanation – what are his abilities and what are his motivations in this new environment? How and why does Kamala Khan have his phone number?
There’s also the matter of Kamala Khan, Ms. Marvel herself, a great character in her own right with a TV series and a big-budget movie. This character should be able to host a standalone series, but is now just part of an ensemble book within a larger series. New YorkX Fans’ fears peaked when the character was revealed to be a mutant – that she would become another one of the many X-Men. The book is so packed with characters that there are only the briefest glimpses of Kamala’s home life. The first two pages of the book clearly take her out of her home in Jersey City and into New York, where she once again becomes one of many superheroes. She’s still fun and quirky, but she doesn’t get much of a chance to shine.
judgment: This book wastes an exciting character and bogs her down with a bunch of nobodies. jump over.
Destroyed quickly!
- Deadpool and Wolverine: World War III #3
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- Just in time for SDCC and Deadpool and Wolverine The end has arrived World War II In which I will make a bold new claim at the end of this review! bring Joe Kelly Returning to Deadpool’s big return party was a no-brainer, but what’s surprising is how Kelly nailed Wolverine’s monologue and punctuated it with Wade Wilson’s quips. Thematically, the entire three-issue series is about entropy, or rather, how the headline-grabbing healing factor mutants are subject to this concept—a concept that both Logan and Wade will descend into chaos after putting on, and often do ; Wade is even more so. But that’s not true either – Deadpool and Wolverine have become such ubiquitous top comic book characters that we know they’re the best at what they do, even if what they do isn’t great. They are no longer random. They are predictable, which means, in this case, they are not affected by entropy. This is a lovely background arc dead Pool and Wolverine It’s more exciting to tell everything while jumping up and down Adam Kubert On the layout. It’s impossible/unlikely to read this book digitally with all the vertically moving pages, but to experience it perfectly in print, flipping the book sideways can make the reading feel random without actually being random. I’ve always found Kubert draws Logan so wide, so seeing the composition change the page size to account for it really helps enliven the visually violent world these two assassins live in. frank martin Most of the blood in this book uses bland colors – all shadows/highlights are painted on each character, and the color mood ranges from stark reds to wintry Siberian blues, from the effect colors The choice to remove depth shows the extraordinary skill of immersing the reader without any content. Now, “overstimulated” is probably the best adjective for most people dead Pool Lettering has so many balloons to fill the iconic white radial burst so Joe Sabino, VC Do the same thing to the villain, twice as hard! However, the decision to emulate Wade’s classic balloon style helps the villain appear welcoming and similar without having to reinvent the entire wheel itself to emphasize “this is the bad guy.” For a miniseries meant to capitalize on this year’s Marvel Cinematic Universe title, Deadpool and Wolverine: World War III found a way to fully celebrate the 90s Marvel comics that have always been a hallmark of Marvel Comics CB Cebulski The era of EiC was also the era of deconstruction of such fascinating characters like Rogen and Wade. I said I’d end with a bold new claim: This issue will propel the next decade of Marvel fandom. — Beau Q.
Next week: X-Men books continue to roll out Blood Hunt Finish.
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