moriarty@fluke.UUCP (The Napoleon of Crime) (08/01/85)
X-MEN #198 [B]:
Oh, it hurts... but that is art. You can't expect a comic to be
consistently bad or consistently good -- it jumps around a lot. Still,
after the last issue of X-Men with the Kitty/Peter/Arcade Fiasco, I
was about ready to swear off the Muties altogether. And then this
issue popped up...
Well, yes, it has Barry Windsor-Smith art in it. And that is no
small part of the grade above. But folks, this is a good piece of
writing (there! I've said it), and Claremont is to be congratulated,
though it beats the Hell out of me where he keeps these pockets of
talent during some of this other stories. Ororo is explored in ways
that she has not been before; however, the speech never seems
contrived or differing from what you would expect from the
characters. I thought Mjnari's analysis of technology and it's place
in the tribes culture amazingly well put (it could be an anaology for
Africa). But it is the character elements -- Shani's memories of the
city, her reunion with her tribe, Ororo's joy in the life of the child
-- that were so *good*. I know you're going to hit me with a club
for this, but Folks, this is what Claremont was known for Way Back
When. Maybe he's been taking on to much lately... but I'm
rationalizing for him. But make no mistake -- this is one of the
best comics I read this month...
Which brings us to another matter indeed. Anybody see the
X-Men/New Mutants schedule this summer? Sheesh, and I thought
Secret Wars continuity was rough! Well, I'm skipping the New
Muties issues -- no matter what I said above, NM #33 was very
poor. The whole thing is beginning to look like another round of
incentive to get people to buy a load of extra comics this summer...
"You have to get the whole thing to understand any of them!" I
guess CS types would call it Non-Modular plotting....
"I've always hated that sign and all it's cheap film noir symbolism."
If he's not one thing,
he's another. ---> Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc.
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