Product Description

Adored by humans, reviled by their fellow mutants, X-Force does the dirty jobs that others can't, or won't. All they want in return is fame, money, sex, power and lucrative endorsement deals.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #640370 in Books
• Published on: 2001-11-14
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 pages

Customer Reviews

Not your `typical' mutant book....
This volume reprints X-Force #116-120 and throws a whole new spin on the concept of the Marvel Mutant team. Unrelated to the previous issues of X-Force (other than a small cameo by those characters) this story is full of mutant celebrities, fighting each other for the spotlight and bigger ratings shares. They're given assignments by the Coach, a former mutant mover and shaker himself, and funded by a software Trillionare who's more concerned with using the team image to sell things than trying to do right in the world.

These books were written at a time when Marvel was first trying to capture the `late teen to adult' comic book buyer market, and stumbling around with how to do it properly. These books are published without the comics code, which was a big deal for Marvel at the time, but there is really no reason they shouldn't have the code other than a bit of bloodshed, which is less than you'd see on TV. The characters are cattier, and less likeable than normal, but that doesn't make this stand out too much.

Still, Millgan's writing has a certain `flow' and the plot gives enough hints at what might be to come to make you want to pick up the next compilation. Allred's art is unique and pleasing as always, so the book is easy on the eyes (with the possible exception of the aforementioned blood and gore).

If you're looking for truly `edgy' comics, these might not be your cup of tea. In that case try Preacher, or Black Hole. If you're looking for a fun spin away from the `normal' Marvel Mutant book, then this would be a good bed.

Recommended for Allred fans and readers looking for something different.

should have kept the old beginning
I just really couldn't get into this. The characters aren't sympathetic. I'll admit the story is original, though not real great. The mutants aren't all that interesting--neither look or power wise. Wolverine makes a brief appearance, though nothing spectacular. This just didn't draw me in the way X-books usually do. I wish they hadn't changed it.

X-Force gets overhauled
Since Joe Quesada became Marvel's new Editor in Chief, many of Marvel's long running books have either taken new directions or have gotten completely overhauled. Writer Peter Milligan and artist Mike Allred were enlisted to give X-Force a facelift just like Grant Morrison had done with New X-Men, and they've done a very commendable job. Towards the end of the X-Force I grew up with, it had become a series of re-hashes and the characters just weren't that likeable anymore; thanks to Milligan we get an interesting core of new characters who aren't here to help save the world or fight for mutantkind, they're here for one reason: to make money. This new X-Force is actually more believeable than some X-Men stuff, I know if I had awe inspiring powers and abilities I'd be exploiting them to make a quick buck. Allred's artwork is decent at best, but it's more of an acquired taste. This new X-Force is an interesting read, but I myself do miss the days of Cable, Cannonball, Boomer, Siryn, Warpath, Shatterstar, Rictor, Sunspot, and Feral, and heck, even Caliban and Domino just a bit. All that aside though, this is a good read that does become a bit addicting after a while. Soon after Milligan and Allred began they're run, X-Force was re-titled X-Statix due to copyright issues.