X-Force 12, 13 17-19
I’ve generally been okay with Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost’s splatterfest on X-Force, but they go a little too far here. Up until now, for all the copious amounts of blood that’s been spilled, every death’s been instantaneous - One shot, one kill. The (relative) lack of pain makes it palatable. This is also how I prefer my movie violence.
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| This is fine. So's this: |
But in issue 18, the writers go for torture and suffering, and that ratchets up the ick factor by orders of magnitude in my book.
I still remember my first time watching a scene like this. It was Murphy’s death in Robocop. The thought of it disturbs me to this day, I still refuse to see it again. This sequence gives me similar feelings. The only thing that makes it better is the fact that X-23 ends up destroying the lab and doesn’t need her consciousness transferred into a cybernetic body to get her revenge.
I also have objections to the writers’ treatment of Boomer in issue 13. She’s a voiceless hostage the entire time, with no agency whatsoever. She’s treated like a sexualized object, and there’s an obscenity to her murder, regardless of the time travel save a couple of issues later.
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| What is she wearing?? |
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| That death pose feels really exploitative |
So yeah, I have some problems. On the plus side, some of the other art by Clayton Crain really impresses.
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| Great use of color here. It really pops. |
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| There's something classical and dramatic about this that I like. |
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| Heh, Vanisher speaks truth here. |
Regret buying: No
Would buy again: No
Would read again: Yes
Rating: Fine
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