On the upside, the cover and interior art are gorgeous The cover truly dazzles Madrox is hot and Dazzler looks good especially in shorts But most of the supporting cast are bad choices Domino is the best of them but she looks terrible I was hoping Dazzler # 1 would shine but only her light powers do
I'll also say that what's disappointing is there is the bones of a good story here. Having Jamie aka The Multiple Man as the roadie is clever. Strong-Guy has been a good friend of Jamie's through the X-Factor days so it makes sense why he'd be here. Domino is fine. The opening song, if anyone at Marvel remembered history and continuity could have been about the Beyonder, but Warren (aka The Angel) is an easy target. The problem is that it is so clunky and heavy handed in leaning into the oppressed, victimhood nonsense that it makes this book a slog to get through.
I have not read Dazzler no.1. But based on your review this is my main problem. Dazzler is on stage performing for a ton of people and she gets attacked by supervillain. Instead of alerting everyone and evacuating the room she just let's her audience think it's part of the show? Isn't that dangerious? What if someone in the audience got hurt during their fight or what if Scorpia took someone from the crowd hostage to make Dazzler surender? Also i think that the threat is neutralized way too easy.
You miss one point. Who is this comic made for? It is made for X-Men fans: current era, love Krakoa, LGBTQ+ABCXYZ lunatics, the ones who wish they could minecraft the people they believe wronged them. I know who this comic book is made for. It's made for the idiot I argued with on X last week when Extraordinary X-Men came out and I laughed at his post where he "squee'd" over the fact Kitty used a key to enter her apartment. In his warped mind that was symbolism of how she had to hide her true self, the pain of not being able to be who you are, etc. This is who Marvel has cultivated as fans over the last decade. This is what Marvel allowed the X-Men to become. They are LGBTQ+ allegories, full period, end stop. This comic book reflects that 100%. If she hasn't shown up yet, I fully expect a guest star appearance from Darkfire, the drag queen X-Men, and Cascade (?) the trans X-Men that Charlie Jane Anders created.
This is actually normal for Marvel to hire no talent activist writers. It's ironic that you mentioned Taylor Swift as that bit at the start where Dazzler is smuggled inside is how Swift makes her entrance at every venue.
You gotta be shitting me. “Social activist talking points??” You do know X-Men was BASED in real life social talking points right? MLK and Malcolm X sound familiar? How dare Jason Loo infuse real life topics into X-Men like EVERY other writer. Who was this book made for? Every marginalized percentage of people (the LGBT community, women, Swifties). I think what you mean is it’s not for you personally
Yes it's for a niche of a niche audience. This book wouldn't sell 10k copies without cover gimmicks and getting poor Terry Dodson to do the main covers. Enjoy watching the X-Men titles slide further into irrelevancy.
Imagine writing this long ass comment and not even watching the entire video. Couldn’t be me doing that. Also I hope every marginalized person supports this comic….. oh wait…
On the upside, the cover and interior art are gorgeous
The cover truly dazzles
Madrox is hot and Dazzler looks good especially in shorts
But most of the supporting cast are bad choices
Domino is the best of them but she looks terrible
I was hoping Dazzler # 1 would shine but only her light powers do
Agreed. Most of the score is attributed to the art.
I'll also say that what's disappointing is there is the bones of a good story here. Having Jamie aka The Multiple Man as the roadie is clever. Strong-Guy has been a good friend of Jamie's through the X-Factor days so it makes sense why he'd be here. Domino is fine. The opening song, if anyone at Marvel remembered history and continuity could have been about the Beyonder, but Warren (aka The Angel) is an easy target. The problem is that it is so clunky and heavy handed in leaning into the oppressed, victimhood nonsense that it makes this book a slog to get through.
I have not read Dazzler no.1.
But based on your review this is my main problem.
Dazzler is on stage performing for a ton of people and she gets attacked by supervillain.
Instead of alerting everyone and evacuating the room she just let's her audience think it's part of the show?
Isn't that dangerious?
What if someone in the audience got hurt during their fight or what if Scorpia took someone from the crowd hostage to make Dazzler surender?
Also i think that the threat is neutralized way too easy.
All good points
You miss one point. Who is this comic made for? It is made for X-Men fans: current era, love Krakoa, LGBTQ+ABCXYZ lunatics, the ones who wish they could minecraft the people they believe wronged them. I know who this comic book is made for. It's made for the idiot I argued with on X last week when Extraordinary X-Men came out and I laughed at his post where he "squee'd" over the fact Kitty used a key to enter her apartment. In his warped mind that was symbolism of how she had to hide her true self, the pain of not being able to be who you are, etc. This is who Marvel has cultivated as fans over the last decade. This is what Marvel allowed the X-Men to become. They are LGBTQ+ allegories, full period, end stop. This comic book reflects that 100%. If she hasn't shown up yet, I fully expect a guest star appearance from Darkfire, the drag queen X-Men, and Cascade (?) the trans X-Men that Charlie Jane Anders created.
4 out of 10?! How bad does a comic have to be to get a score lower than that.
Most of that score is recognition of the art.
I’m so glad I didn’t purchase this. 😂 I really hoping they would do something cool with her… this ain’t it.
Shark Girl's mere presence suggests suckitude
This is actually normal for Marvel to hire no talent activist writers. It's ironic that you mentioned Taylor Swift as that bit at the start where Dazzler is smuggled inside is how Swift makes her entrance at every venue.
You gotta be shitting me. “Social activist talking points??” You do know X-Men was BASED in real life social talking points right? MLK and Malcolm X sound familiar? How dare Jason Loo infuse real life topics into X-Men like EVERY other writer. Who was this book made for? Every marginalized percentage of people (the LGBT community, women, Swifties). I think what you mean is it’s not for you personally
Watch the video through to the end for confirmation on your last comment.
Yes it's for a niche of a niche audience. This book wouldn't sell 10k copies without cover gimmicks and getting poor Terry Dodson to do the main covers. Enjoy watching the X-Men titles slide further into irrelevancy.
Imagine writing this long ass comment and not even watching the entire video.
Couldn’t be me doing that.
Also I hope every marginalized person supports this comic….. oh wait…
@@Gammaworlds you’re responding so I clearly struck a nerve huh lol
@@justinrandolph6220 yes the stupidity nerve in what you actually wrote. Room temperature IQ post for sure.