Sunday, May 25, 2008

X-Factor - the Quick and the Dead - 1 shot - Marvel


This issue, really, just served to get Quicksilver back in the game again. Really, that was the point of the whole issue. Other than that, there really wasn't anything that stood out about the entire issue. The creative team was the same as the regular title . . Peter David and Pablo Raimondi. So it had the exact same look and feel to it. I did notice that the guy that got put in the jail-cell with Pietro, looked exactly like that guy from Law & Order. I can't remember his name. You know . . the one that used to be on Oz also? Anyways . . it was him. I don't know if it was intentional or not . . but it was. You can especially see it in his face on page 11. The other guy actually looked a little bit like Steve Buscemi. To me . . that was the most exciting part of the whole book. I mean . . you knew that somehow, Peitro was going to get his powers back. In the jail-cell he goes through all these illusions, where he's talking to Wanda, and Magneto, Crystal and Luna, and even Layla Miller. They all try to tell him the same thing, that he's been put through some trials, but he's overcome and is about to emerge from the other side. Then he sees a woman in danger, out his window, and the adrenaline, I guess, takes over. He vibrates through the wall and rushes out to save the woman. Obviously, in the process, he realizes that he's back. I mean . . the story was ok. But, more than a bit predictable. And I'm not exactly sure why we had to buy a special issue just to find that out. However, we have established one fact . . . he's not a Skrull. Right?

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