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Can't wait for the big reveal. This whole 'multiplicity vs. singularity' thing has been brewing long enough for my taste.
I wonder if Jamie is ever going to figure out that his habit of sending dupes out to live his life is screwing him up and the root of all of his current problems with ornery dupes? He's literally giving himself MPD...
I never thought I'd like Guido, or M, or Rictor, but I'm liking all of them. I particularly liked Rictor's PI turn when he tracks down Siryn, demonstrating that he's a better detective than Madrox!
I always like Rahne, so she's cool. Layla intrigues me. Madrox has always been my favorite mutant, bar none, so I'm thrilled to see him front and center.
Siryn, tho? Ugh. I have a neurotic dislike for female versions of male characters. She-Hulk, Supergirl, Batchick. Blah. Show some originality. She's just Banshee with breasts.
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The results of drunken duping were quite funny. Don't want to see what's going to happen when the egotistical girl and the Irish girl find out about each other...
There does seem to be a bit of a holding pattern. I'm ready for the payoff.
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With my expectations lowered, X-Factor # 12 turned out to be a pleasant surprise!
Click Here For A SpoilerIt was great to see Siryn get even with Young Tryp. I only wish her scream had decapitated him instead of just knocking him down. And I love how PAD brought back Madrox's renegade dupe from X-Factor # 1 and having him blow up himself, Middle Age Tryp and Young Tryp while quoting his dialogue from when he pushed Rictor off the ledge. That's the sort of thing that makes PAD one of my favorite writers.
quote:Originally posted by DrakeB3004: Stealth, at least the development at the end of #10 proved to not be as bad as what it appeared.
Yes. As the saying goes, thank heaven for small favors.
quote:Originally posted by DrakeB3004: I agree that the series isn't as good as when it started. Despite the loss of Sook, I don't think it's the art that's lacking. Maybe the team needs to spend more screentime together or working cases instead of being wrapped up in this Singularity and Civil War stuff - i can't put my finger on it.
It looks pretty definite that the remaining plot threads from the first year will be back-burnered for the immediate future. Hopefully the second major story-arc will be more satisfying and less drawn-out.
quote:Originally posted by DrakeB3004:Still, I'm very much looking forward to the upcoming "therapy session" issue. Hopefully that'll re-center the series and give it a boost.
I've seen a preview of that issue and, combined with the partial return to form of # 12, I'm really excited about it now. Raimondi's art looks even better than his work on the Madrox mini. Ryan Sook Who?
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I thought some of the sessions were better than others; Rahne's and, especially, Monet's, were both very powerful. And the ending was clever and witty. Overall, I liked this issue. Good art, too.
Click Here For A SpoilerCant wait for the continuation of the Madrox/Monet/Theresa love triangle fallout next issue.
quote:Originally posted by Arachne: Quicksilver's becoming quite intriguing.
I agree. Peter David proves once again that this is a writer/character marriage made in heaven.
I *so* wish the Doc Samson mini from a few months ago had taken a similar approach, but with subjects from a variety of Marvel's settings.
I know therapy doesn't move forward in the time-span of what one issue would cover (at least usually), but it'd be gratifying to see some sort of resolution come out of one of these sessions.
Wasn't it implied in the old X-Factor issues that the therapy contined for at least some of the characters? Maybe that'll happen here. I'd love it if Doc became a member of the supporting cast. Heck, I'd love it if he joined a team. He could view it as a long-term ongoing 'active' therapy protocol.
Imagine if he were on a team with Moonstone from the Thunderbolts...
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quote:Originally posted by Arachne: I agree about the art, Stealth. Hopefully this one will stick around for awhile.
Yeah. I hope he and PAD set a new record for the longest run by the same creative team.
quote:Originally posted by Mystery Lad: I wanted to read more of each vignette!
I *so* wish the Doc Samson mini from a few months ago had taken a similar approach, but with subjects from a variety of Marvel's settings.
I know therapy doesn't move forward in the time-span of what one issue would cover (at least usually), but it'd be gratifying to see some sort of resolution come out of one of these sessions.
Wasn't it implied in the old X-Factor issues that the therapy contined for at least some of the characters? Maybe that'll happen here. I'd love it if Doc became a member of the supporting cast. Heck, I'd love it if he joined a team. He could view it as a long-term ongoing 'active' therapy protocol.
Imagine if he were on a team with Moonstone from the Thunderbolts...
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It was a great looking book to be sure. This is a welcome change from the overdone mini-blinds.
I liked the idea, but wish we got more than a page for everyone. Ric and Siryn have been favs since X-Force, so I was hoping for more in their heads.
I was surprised to see M so enraptured with Jamie after one night of passion. Nothing before or after suggests anything other than that.
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Although not much of a Marvel reader, I enjoy this series immensely. I think it really says a lot about Peter David's writing that he's able to make the X-Factor characters interesting and relatable and the storyline comprehensible even if, as in my case, the reader doesn't know the characters' backstories or much about House of M, Civil War, and whatever else is going on at Marvel right now.
Was a bit annoyed though with last issue (or Theresa and Monet) in that they thought the remedy for their problems was a relationship with a guy, and that they obviously fell for behaviour as smarmy and one-dimensional as that of Jamie's libido dupe at that (at least I had the impression that both of them fell victim to the dupe. Well, Jamie doesn't know either...).
Poor Monet, you shouldn't have to deal with a "bright spot" such as this turning sour when occasionally entertaining thoughts of suicide, either.
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I know 'copying' between DC and Marvel causes some head-wagging, but I *really* wish LSH creators would take a page from Peter David's book and write Triplicate Girl with a fraction of the detail he's giving to Jamie Madrox, the Multiple Man.
He's becoming one of my favorite characters-- with his dupe diaspora storyline. His Doc Sampson-prompted decision to gather his disparate selves lands him in hot water at issue's end, and *could* propel this title's plots for years to come (or not).
And he ain't hard to look at, either-- as drawn here by Pablo Raimondi.
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Clever conversation between Madrox and Rictor, as scripted by Peter David. Rictor could be interpreted as nonchalantly bringing up his bisexuality-- or this little scene could be interpreted as joking interplay between friends. Rictor's been the subject of quite a bit of speculation, as to his relationship with Shatterstar. Did the 'spew' answer the speculation? Maybe yes, maybe no.
It was a fun scene to read, whichever way the wind blows (hee!).
The Monet/Siryn scene was kind of fun, too. Though a bit more... familiar. Stereotypical? Hmmm. That doesn't fit.
I'm afraid Layla hasn't grown on me that much, the way she apparently has on almost all other X-Factor readers. Frankly, I'd rather Dani Moonstar had her spot. Or Magma. Or Polaris, even.
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