Astonishing X-Men #23 - "Unstoppable, Part 5" (Writer: Joss Whedon,
Artist: John Cassaday, Colors: Laura Martin)
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As the X-Men regroup and try to defeat the forced of the Breakworld, the true scope of Cyclops' plan from the last issue is revealed.
Well, we're on the second last part of the arc. The issue doesn't really do much to get over the fact that the Breakworld remains relatively uninteresting as a threat, and the longer it goes on the less interested I seem to become. Whedon is normally good at creating compelling villains, but his run on Astonishing is a serious misstep in that regard.
That said, this issue did a pretty good job of keeping my interest in other ways, particularly some scenes which shed new light on some events of last issue, and a conclusion that was perhaps not surprising, but visually exciting at least.
So Astonishing becomes my Pick of the Week.
Review: 3.25 stars
"To Try In Vein" (Writer: C.B. Cebulski, Artist: Phil Noto)
An old acquaintence of the Minorus tracks down Nico in order to
get a mystical artifact.
This was a little disappointing. The story was pretty scant, without
much to make it memorable, and a lot of the narration felt pretty
stilted.
"Ritual of the Sphinx - Conclusion: Crossroads" (Writer: David Sexton,
Artist: Eric Nguyen)
Having finally assembled the four magical artifacts, Ian McNee completes
tries to resurrect the soul of Heka-Nut.
I haven't read the whole series, so I can't really give a detailed
impression of it... and in fact I won't be factoring this story into
the issue's score at all. But, I get the impression that the conclusion
to this wouldn't really satisfy much to someone who was reading it for
the story, as it seems to be mostly a setup to some other event that may
or may not ever happen.
(Overall) Review: 3 stars
Well, that's it for this week folks. Next week, according to the
shipping list, there'll be two books. There's Avengers: The Initiative
#7 and X-Factor #25.
See you next time...
Peter Dimitriadis
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