Peter Milligan
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Total reviews: 7
Average rating: 4.5 of 5
Milligan + Allred = Greatness 5 out of 5 stars.
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After the mildly disappointing (yet still recommended) "X-Force: The Final Chapter", Milligan and Allred change the name of the team to X-Statix, and add the brilliant Venus De Milo to the cast. The results are a return to form to their highly recommended "X-Force: New Beginnings" TPB.Milligan continues to rewrite standard superteam comics with refreshing imagination and biting satire. The Allreds continue to dazzle with sharp, stylish imagery and vivid colors. I continue to thank whoever put them together in the first place. The writing and art work perfectly together to present this iconoclastic material to maximum impact.
The characters all look great, and behave distinctly, which helps to hold the reader's interest regardless of who is the focal point at any given time. Often when superheroes team up, there's some overlap in characterization. This usually seems to be due in part to a particular writer's lack of differentation between characters, which is often sacrificed in favor of keeping the plot moving. There also tends to be some overlap due to the general behavioral similarity, or inherent heroism of a superteam's members. Milligan takes extra care in creating very distinctive personalities. Of course, this also leads to more conflict than is typically found in a superteam comic. But this conflict also adds tremendously to the power of the work.
While each of the five issues presented here form a complete story arc, the work does suffer somewhat when an artist fills in for Allred. Darwyn Cooke's style has worked reasonably well in the past, and is represented in a short section of this book without detracting from the continuity of the story arc. Paul Pope, on the other hand, fails to live up to the almost impossibly lofty standard set by Allred. Pope takes on the final segment of the book, and while the story still moves and has its impact, primarily due to Milligan's admirable skills (although I find myself going back to that storyline and questioning Guy's decisionmaking in respects to his dealing with Arnie), Pope's pencils appear sloppy and even out of sync with Laura Allred's usually fantastic colors.
Besides the minor art gripe, "X-Statix: Good Omens" is an outstanding, darkly satirical depiction of super mutants banding together as heroes in a world apparently gone crazy, yet one which may mirror our own even more so than the one traditionally presented in the pages of mainstream comics. I am looking forward to getting the next TPB volume.
Editorial Review:
Rising from the ashes of X-Force comes the X-Statix, America's favorite mutant team. Instead of hiding from the spotlight, these photogenic mutants are camera-friendly, heavily marketed media darlings, garnering monumental press and fame that would put any movie star to shame. The only threat to their runaway success is a rival group of flashy new mutants threatening to steal their thunder. With the entire world watching, can the X-Statix reclaim their rightful place in the spotlight?
