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X-Men
Unlimited
47/JULY/2003
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Bloody 'Ell
Writer: Adam Warren
Pencils: Rick Mays
Inks: Rick Mays
Colors: Guru EFX
Letters: Randy Gentile
Strange Harvest
Writer: John Layman
Pencils: Dan Norton
Inks: Aaron Sowd
Colors: Chris Sotomayor
Letters: Randy Gentile
Price: $2.50 US/R29.00 SA
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This issue of the popular ‘X-World’ compendia features
two stories related to the X-Men. The first is
a feature on Psylocke and the second on Cyclops.
Psylocke and Wolverine share war
stories over a beer or two at the local Pub. She retells a story
which has her duking it out with humanoid killer robots. In the
second story Cyclops goes to the super-market,
as he does every Wednesday, but this time things are a little different.
A group of thugs has been ordered to capture the mutant and extract
his eyes for organ donation.
Both of these stories are humorous in their telling
and are short, light-hearted and entertaining tales. Psylocke’s
story has a lot of amusing points weaved into the story via the
use of Wolverines jokes in his dialogue with her. He rips off her
British accent as they share a pint and reminisce on the past. The
art in this first part is very manga-esque and suits the story well
with some great colours by Guru EFX. The overall
story is a bit too light in plot and void of any real punch, but
it’s fun to see Psylocke return to the X-men comics again
even if it’s only for a couple of pages.
The second tale is a bit punchier than the first and the premise
of an evil villain trying to attain mutant organs in order to gain
their powers is a great story focus. Unfortunately this theme has
already been explored in the main line of X-men comics
and although this short story has some nice twists it would have
been better to create a more original piece.
The artwork is again top notch in the second half
of this comic. Between the colours of Chris Sotomayor
and the vivid clean inks of Aaron Sowd the artwork
takes first place. With an almost ‘Jim Lee’
like style in some places and a more comical element in others,
Dan Norton’s pencils are great the whole
way through.
A fine issue of Unlimited for the art lovers, with great colouring
and pencils all round. The stories were a bit weak but enjoyable
nevertheless with nice touches of humour.
Score 7/10
Reviewed By:Iain Duncan
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