X-Force: Killshot does the exact opposite of what made Cable: Reloadedwork so well.
Remember when his art looked like this? Yeah, this was probably his best work. The art certainly isn’t the worst thing Rob Liefeld’s ever drawn (no, that might actually be the original X-Force), but it really isn’t his best work either. Several MLF characters have been appearing in background panels or have had small cameo roles in several Krakoa-era books, so why did they suddenly decide to flip the switch and help Stryfe? Are there going to be any repercussions for these characters because they tried to help Stryfe? Who knows? The other thing that’s weird about this issue is that it doesn’t really do much to explain what the MLF’s motivations are.
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It feels weird for an “anniversary” issue of a series to not feature any of the myriad of characters who appeared in the first series’ 129 issues (like Sunspot, Mirage, Rictor) and to instead so heavily feature this guy. This issue makes more noise for Major X, who no one was looking forward to seeing in an X-Force book, than any actual members of X-Force.
Shouldn’t your “anniversary” issue be a tribute to the characters who made the series a mainstay? Why is The Thing here? Who knows? And other characters like Warpath and Cannonball feel so underused they might as well not be there at all. But I can’t help but read this series and wonder why this team isn’t a more recognizable X-Force line-up? Where was Boom Boom, Feral, Siryn - these were characters that were on the team during Liefeld’s first nine issues of the 1991 series, so it feels odd they aren’t here at all. And I won’t lie, Cable assembling a team of characters from different points in the timestream is actually a really cool idea. It’s the same exact layout of characters in the same exact position - the only differentiating factor here is that the characters are occasionally a different version of themselves. The first three pages are pretty much the same layout over and over - it’s visually quite boring. Literally nothing that made the original X-Force book special at all is in this title. And so, X-Force: Killshot #1 feels less like the “30th-anniversary tribute” to the title that we were promised and more like a boring, self-indulgent Cable story that takes itself way too seriously. Bridge decides then to get help from Weapon X in Department K.X-Force: Killshot #1 assumes that the best parts of X-Force are Cable’s adventures - not Cable as a team leader for all these rambunctious kids, but Cable himself. Bridge contacts Nick Fury to ask him for help with bringing Cable and X-Force in. She will then extort money from everyone else's corporations to keep hers from being bought out.Īboard his helicopter flying into Canada, G.W. Arianna Jankos enters and reveals that she is glad that everyone is together because she is holding them all prisoner and is going to use Black Tom to keep them there. Gideon and Sunspot join other board members at the Jankos Corp buyout. Cannonball leaves and Domino enters to help consul Cable. Cable says no and explains how Tyler was brought over to the MLF in his own timeline and that he died during a mission with them. Sam asks if Cable is holding the team back from battling Stryfe because of Cable's loss of his son, Tyler. Bridge determines that this is beyond the scope of SHIELD and that he needs to call in help to take down Cable and X-Force.Ĭable works does maintenance on the scouting craft when Cannonball enters and asks if he needs help. They come across evidence of Cable's weapons and think that he is a threat to everyone. Gideon invites him to his meeting on the buyout of the Jankos Corporation at the World Trade Center.Ĭommander Bridge and other SHIELD agents examine the ruins of the MLF base in Antarctica. Gideon speaks to Sunspot that he is finally ready to take on bigger tasks. Gideon and his apprentice, Sunspot, spar with robots in Gideon's apartment. The team discusses how they are upset that the MLF has gotten away again. X-Force escapes before the timer hits zero. Zero suddenly appears and teleports the MLF away.
While the clock starts ticking, Feral fights Wildside and breaks his jaw. Stryfe decides to run and initiates a self-destruct sequence on the base. Meanwhile, Stryfe and Thumbelina monitor the situation on a video-feed from another room. Forearm grabs Cable and Warpath comes to his aid. Shatterstar attacks Reaper and cuts off his left hand, showing they mean business. They enter the base and go looking to find Stryfe and bring him down. X-Force arrives at a Mutant Liberation Front base in Antarctica. Synopsis for "A Force to be Reckoned With"
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