I'm not sure who the artist was on this book, JK Woodward (he,she?), but I thought they did a pretty decent job. It really shows a lot of promise. Actually it looks quite good. But, I would guess that they're fairly new to the medium. Other than a few quirky angles, and some awkward body positions . . it was almost reminiscent of Alex Ross. To me . . that's pretty high praise. Anyways, Mike Carey wrote it, and obviously it was all about Hank's origin. There wasn't really anything new here . . other than a little more insight into Hank's teenage years. The story picks up during what I assume is Hank's last year of school . . actually maybe even the last few months. We learn that Hank's dad was involved in a near accident at a nuclear facility. We don't know for sure that's what caused his mutations, but as far as this story goes . . that's the general acknowledgement. To tell you the truth, other than his size, this almost had a Clark Kent type feel to it. Hank was just going through school trying to appear normal . . middle of the road. He didn't want to set off any alarms or raise any eyebrows. And he definitely didn't want anyone looking at him like he was a 'freak'. Eventually he catches the eye of Charles Xavier and that, as they say, was history. Overall I thought it was an ok book. Especially if you weren't to familiar with your X-men origins. For the rest of us . . it was the retelling of a classic. I, for one, was just glad that Sinister wasn't involved with this origin.
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