Monday, May 01, 2006

New Mutants 26, April 1985

Legion
This Sienkiewicz cover alone is worth the price of admission. The man’s art is reason enough to have been reading this book. Does anyone else capture rage and torment like this guy? dear lord.
I can’t really be sure if Claremont’s writing steps up as a result or if it just seems so. We’re used to being written down to in New Mutants up until now but maybe, just maaayyybe, Claremont’s pushing the younger audience. If not, then Sienkiewicz is certainly blasting them to a new levels, eyes bleeding and brain seizing. good stuff.
So Tom Corsi and Sharon Friedlander have been changed in to Native American Gods by the Demon Bear. Hanging out on Muir Isle while, presumable Moira figures out what the fuck happened to them. And David Haller, Legion, Xaiver’s son, is coming into his own as a schizophrenic, world-class telepath. Nice little Exorcist scene.
chuck and the kids show up to bring Banshee home and see what’s up. Warlock is the real treat here. He’s all over the place in form and thought. His words balloons are filled with images and symbols. Pretty cool stuff.
Cameo by Jamie Madrox. A smoking Gabrielle. A white hot Emma Frost shuts down Manuel De La Rocha’s empathic powers. She’s so bad ass, love ya Emma.
Lee Forrester checks up on it with Magnus in that weird ass Bermuda Triangle Castle Thing. She just fucked Cyclops like a week ago. Damn girl, u just gotta thing for super powers huh? No B-listers for u! What’s Bendis call ‘em in Alias? Cape chasers?
Chuck shuns Gaby, i know he coulda hit that. And Rahne cries to Moira, nice little mother-daughter moment.
Then David blows the fucking walls down.

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