X-Force #19

X-Force #19 completes the redemption of Quentin Quire, transforming Kid Omega from the enfant terrible of the X-Men into something better. Percys metaphors can be heavy-handed and obvious, but they work. The gritty quality of Browns pencil does the story more justice than one would think. X-Force #19 can be a little obvious and predictable, but its still a great issue. Read Full Review

X-Force #19 wraps up a solid story of personal growth for the character of Quentin Quire which comes dressed up in the guise of a psychic horror tale. Probably worth reading this and the previous two chapters on a dark and stormy night if you into that sort of thing. Read Full Review

Brown has an unique visual style that fits well with this story. The art does a great job with the more fantastical visual elements of the story. Read Full Review

Brown has been a strong fit for this series featuring artwork with rough edges to match the characters and tone of the story, but here character's faces and forms are often misshapen and excessive cross hatching makes a number of expressions unreadable. It's the excess of traits that were easily ignored before that creates a number of genuinely distracting panels throughout an otherwise fine installment of X-Force that make this good Quentin Quire story read as something of a misfire. Read Full Review

Additionally, the smaller panels were extremely difficult to decipher any character detail or definition. Plus, later on in her Marvel Girl costume, Jeans drawn with more of a square jaw while both Quentin and Jean appear to be sharing a moment of snarky conversation on page 12 that doesnt fit the conversation. Ultimately, the art was dull, muted, unfriendly, rough, and unwelcoming. Brown certainly has a style all his own. However, I dont know if it fits X-FORCE or any current X-MEN title at all. Read Full Review

An interesting story is bogged down by art that's a tonal mismatch and isn't up to the series' previous standards. It's not bad but it could be a lot better. Read Full Review

C.V.R. The Bard

Apr 23, 2021

This issue felt like Bill Sienwickz on New Mutants. Overall, the tale is about dealing with the past and revisting those murkier parts of the self in order to move forward on one's path. A Marvel Girl/Domino team-up? I could not have seen that coming a million miles away! And I love Kid Omega, hell, I even made a song about him on my album "Baker's Dozen : Refried " - so the predictable ending of him saving the day and surviving got applause from me, just for all the shit he's been through. And even I was taken aback by Marvel Girl's psychological assessment on the Kid. But at least he was able to get under her skin while he called out the way the Summer's House is designed for easy access under that Marvel Girl skirt of her's. I loved th e art, but whoever drew it should definietly put some fan service shots on his to-do list for further issues. What I am saying is, it was nice to Jean after her hiatus from what I see as the lead X-Title. The mystery was solved and kept me engaged throughout the whole arc. Now my only questions are :where's Beast, and how long until Colossus gets back in action (thanks to that cryptic insert)? - Audiomack.com/cvrthebard more

maelstron

Apr 21, 2021

Art is so awful, almost make simpossible to read

EDiakota

Apr 30, 2021

" Maybe the nightmare never ends because it's real. I am the Nightmare." - QUENTIN QUIRE

Quirky Genin

Aug 19, 2021

Great story, rough pencil work.

JBL Reviews

Apr 25, 2021

The story was decent, but wow, the art. The pencils were like a 4th grader did them.

WorthyYeti

May 10, 2021

Excellent story. Subpar art

DDJamesB

May 31, 2021

Caught up on X-Force today. Read 16 to this one in ine sitting and while all the issues before this were pretty solid. The end to this arc was a bit of a dude. It was still enjoyable but, ended quickly and didnt have any emotional feeling to what they built on.

DrTracy

Jul 17, 2021

Different art and the story might land better.

Julian Keller

Apr 21, 2021

The art was abysmal.

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JBL Reviews - Apr 25, 2021

Yes!

CrazyforRAMU

Aug 28, 2021

I, too, was dismayed with the art. In the previous issue, the same artist achieved at least satisfactory results by aiming to imitate series regular Joshua Cassara. Here he aims at Bill Sienkiewicz and the results are abysmal. The plot and character work, I thought, were reasonable if not particularly insightful. This issue had the potential to be good. The script is also letting the ideas down, but at least not to the extent that the art is. This "guest star" turn for Jean Grey is a pretty big disappointment. Soft sass and big mom vibes, blah. (At least Quire called her out on the former.) She seems consistently under-utilized in the Hickman era, doesn't she?

Screaming Enigma

Mar 06, 2024

I love Joshua Cassara's cover for this issue. I wish I could say the same about Brown's interiors. Man, it was even worse in this issue. His art was "fine" in the last issue, but it just works even less here. What annoyed me, particularly, was the amount of lines he used to create shadows on the faces of the characters. It just did not look good. Even Percy's story wasn't all that great. I initially liked the amount of focus we were getting on Kid Omega, but it just hasn't been working out how I had hoped. Hopefully this series can get back on track sooner rather than later, as I was enjoying this series a lot more before these last few issues.

Kalaoui

May 21, 2021

The art killed this one. Garry Brown needs to work on his craft because it is not up to the standard. Marvel comics and editors are to blame for allowing this to be on a top book. Garry brown is a free lancer who got paid and didn't twist arms but was hired by Marvel comics. We can be mad at him but that's misdirected. Percy's narrative wasn't much better to be honest so the quicker I forget this crap the better it will be.

Miracleman92

Apr 21, 2021

Somehow the art seemed even worse than last issue. Overall this was an underwhelming conclusion to Kid Omega's battle against his doppelganger. The dialogue felt forced and awkward too. Also, Jean, what are you doing wearing that ridiculous skirt in the middle of a snow storm?

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JBL Reviews - Apr 25, 2021

The art was awful

Psycamorean

Apr 25, 2021

The art was rough and the story wasn't very engaging, which might have come down to the lackluster pacing.

Spacey Medicine

Sep 17, 2021

I don't know, I didn't like this one.

uktsr

Apr 21, 2021

Great title until this latest arc. Hopefully gets back on track but I dont honestly think I can read another whilst this artist's name is on the cover. Mashed up distorted faces, lips looking like the joker. I honestly have seen amateur artists magnitudes of order higher quality than this art. Sorry to ramble but it makes the whole issue offensive to the eyes. Makes liefield's work looks phenomenal. How is this person even employed?

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JBL Reviews - Apr 25, 2021

The art was a joke