Iceman #11

Iceman #11 brings some heartfelt and touching closure to the story of Bobby Drake and this complicated time in his life. He is able to grapple with some of his own turmoil by helping another, and a lot of the themes come full circle in what is a surprisingly simple plot structure. Plus, Gill, Rosenberg, and Grace himself bring some stellar artwork to the book. This one is strongly recommended. Give it a read. Read Full Review

Iceman #11 hasinsightful flashbacks where Sina Grace shows his skill as an artist and riffs off the style of Jack Kirby, (possibly) Steve Ditko for the sad young Bobby at home scenes, Jim Lee, and even Stuart Immonenplus aplot featuring a one two-punch of cool ice/earthquake powers and human empathy. The series as a whole has been up and down, but Grace, Robert Gill, and Rachelle Rosenberg end it on a positive note with Bobby starting to realize his potential as both an X-Man and a single, gay man. Read Full Review

It's honestly a brilliant way to show people, both young and old, that being yourself is the best thing that you could possibly be. Share this comic with other people. Read Full Review

Iceman goes out with a solid, done-in-one issue that does a fine job of underlining themes and character growth. The best you can hope for when your comic is cut a little short. Read Full Review

CrazyforRAMU

Sep 20, 2018

Bobby goes on an abortive date with Rictor and the pair of them get called in to simmer down a fractious self-hating middle-aged mutant right in the Drakes' old neighborhood. Some excellent flashbacks to key points in Bobby's life - from his pre-Xavier childhood to as recent as Teen Jean outing him - deepen the story. This issue whacks the "mutant = gay" bell as hard as it's ever been whacked, and most of it works well. "Pray away the mutation" is a bit on the nose. The visuals are serviceable and the script is structurally sound. There's still plenty of roughness around the edges of the dialogue, though.