Major X #3

Major X for three issues is about concepts and ideas over story and narrative. It's not bad in any way and if you enjoy this type of story, more power to you. But, in this day and age I expect something a bit more from my storytelling. This one is all big guns and action and little else. Read Full Review

Not as high as issue #1, but still quite solid. Read Full Review

I Review Comics

Nov 04, 2019

It's been so long since I reviewed Major X #2 that I barely remember what happened in it. That being said, you don't need to read that volume to have a decent time here. There's a lot of action. A ton of beautiful art from Whilce Portacio and some cool character dynamics explored. The book opens with a sparring session between Wolverine and M'Koy who for all intents and purposes is Beast. The alternative is that its a clone of Beast, Dark Beast or a version of Hank Mccoy that did some deep experimentation on himself. With that mystery established the rest of the book covers Major X and M'Koy on their mission into the timeline to save the X-Istence and the X-Ential. They run into Dreadpool (Deadpool), his cohorts and the book ends on ano ther cliffhanger. The art direction of this book is fantastic. I haven't seen Whilce work on a book in ages and its nice to see he hasn't lost a step. The line art is beefed up by Romulo Fajardo, Jr. who provides a slick color palette throughout. The fights all look good and if you're here solely for the art and nostalgia you'll get a lot of mileage out of this issue. Three issues in and Whilce provides the best versions of these characters yet (sorry Rob). The weakest aspect of the book is the character names. This is beyond rubbish and makes me wonder what Rob was smoking when he came up with them cause I want some. Personally, the book isn't bad but I wish there was a bit more substance. The 90's nostalgia can only take me so far. There are a lot of solid ideas in Major X and a better writer could give us a great story. Rob's doing his best and I won't knock him for it but I just expect a little bit more than great art nowadays. I'm sure the series will read well in trade but the single issues are somewhat lacking to date. more

CrazyforRAMU

Nov 12, 2019

A few nice character renderings by Whilce Portacio are the only parts of this comic that can be appreciated earnestly; all else is fodder for MST3K-type mockery or "what the hell is wrong with this guy?" psychoanalysis.

Psycamorean

May 03, 2019

This sucks so hard and knowing how big of a douche Rob Liefeld is when this is the best he can produce just makes me hate it all the more. The art is probably even worse than Liefeld's, which is shocking. Just a terrible, terrible issue.