Nick, can you elaborate on your inclusion of the finale of ‘Messiah Complex’.

I was disappointed myself.

I couldn’t buy into Bishop’s behavior. It didn’t seem to jibe with the character’s previous rabid loyalty to the X-Men.

And the ending was extraordinarily abrupt.

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WTF kind of sense did that make?? And everyone just accepted that? They didn’t even try to help him?

Considering how many times
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has died over the years I really can’t fault the X-Men’s reaction to this recent “death.”

Although maybe one of the characters could’ve rolled his eyes and said, “Oh Jeez, not again?!”

As for Messiah Complex, I quite enjoyed it overall and felt it worked quite well as a weekly story (even if the ending was a bit lackluster) and has added a bit energy and unpredictability to the X universe that has been missing for a while now.

Nick, can you elaborate on your inclusion of the finale of ‘Messiah Complex’. I was disappointed myself. I couldn’t buy into Bishop’s behavior. It didn’t seem to jibe with the character’s previous rabid loyalty to the X-Men.

And the ending was extraordinarily abrupt.

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WTF kind of sense did that make?? And everyone just accepted that? They didn’t even try to help him?

Yeah, I’ll agree with ya that the abrupt ending and the oddness of the last few panels felt lame and unsatisfying. I’ll also say that it could have easily been done better by adding just a few more panels and a bit more character interaction that had them trying to help that character out. That said, there’s no way that character is dead. Just not happening, especially after you read the solicits for the new X-Books that are coming out in the next couple of months. As for the Bishop thing…I bought into it because the backstory that was given for him throughout the story made sense. Honestly, the character isn’t one of my favorites and for me only stood out as a cool character in the short lived District X series.

Also, the entire Messiah Complex storyline, seen as a whole, was quite entertaining. The action presented in the final two issues is the kind of insanity, violence ladened smörgåsbord that I personally enjoy and look for from an X-Men book, and I thought, for the most part anyways, that the writers did the characters justice. Sure there were some sticking points…I’m not all that fond of what they’re doing with Cyclops right now and I thought the inclusion of Predator X (lame name by the way) was kind of stupid, but they also took characters that previously annoyed the hell out of me, Gambit & Cable come to mind, though I’m sure there are more, and made them into characters that were more developed and interesting to read about than they’ve ever been.

I’m not sure that I’m going to be as super psyched about any of the X titles coming out…They could suck for all I know…But right now, this was one of the best X-Men stories that I’ve read in years.

1) Hellblazer- Diggle is writing the definitive John Constantine

2) The Sword- My LCS forgot to put this on my list last week. Each issue gets better and better.

3) Superman Confidential- Now I have to go back and read the first five issues to remember the details.

WoW! I was beginning to think I was the only person reading “Speak Of The Devil”. I love that brand of old-school quirky “underground” weirdness. Kudos to Dark Horse for publishing this.

I’ve been reading it, but it’s the kind of book that I really need to read in completed form (i.e., all six or whatever issues at once) before I really make a call on it. I’m a fan of Gilbert Hernandez, and Speak of the Devil definitely looks like it’s gonna be one to remember, but I’m gonna have to read it all before I’m sure.

1. The Exterminators Vol. 3: Lies of Our Fathers

2. Speak of the Devil

3. The Transformers Spotlight: Blaster

4. Star Trek: Alien Spotlight- The Borg

5. Albion Origins

WoW! I was beginning to think I was the only person reading “Speak Of The Devil”. I love that brand of old-school quirky “underground” weirdness. Kudos to Dark Horse for publishing this.

2. Johnny Hiro - Not as crazy over the top as the last issue (even though it did have the 47 ronin businessmen), but still an excellent issue with some great little character moments thrown in for good measure.

3. Usagi Yojimbo - Conclusion of the great Sparrow storyarc. Stan Sakai still at the top of his game.

4. Wonder Woman - Simone keeps proving she’s meant to write Wonder Woman. Not earth shattering stuff, just an entertaining story which WW could use at this point.

5. X-Men - It did end a little abruptly but the crossover was entertaining for what it was and at least sets up a distinct identity for each of the x-books from here on.

2. Speak of the Devil

3. The Transformers Spotlight: Blaster

4. Star Trek: Alien Spotlight- The Borg

5. Albion Origins

And the ending was extraordinarily abrupt.

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WTF kind of sense did that make?? And everyone just accepted that? They didn’t even try to help him?