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Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 8: Children Of The Brood (2012)

by Christos Gage(Favorite Author)

2.92 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0785157875 (ISBN13: 9780785157878)

languge

English

genre

Graphic Novels & Comics

publisher

Marvel

series

Astonishing X-Men

review 1: This seems more filler than anything else, an excuse to keep the title going until another name-recognition author could lead it. The plotline here is that the Brood have infected an orbiting space station, one manned by interstellar security forces including Beast's girlfriend, Agent Brand. So a few of the X-Men mount a zero-consequence rescue mission.But it's hard to care about any of the consequences. Why? Well, given all the times they've surfaced only to be squished like the bugs they are, the Brood's threat level is pretty low. We know the main heroes aren't going to be killed off, and the X-Men are so quick to wipe out the infected humans that we don't even get any human-interest moments. Finally, this is the kind of comic where Colossus delivers lines like, "She do... morees her duty hesitation or fear. One of the many reasons you love her."The creators try to twist the plot a bit by introducing a mutant Brood, one who's mutated to feel...kindness. But it's all generic and rushed and meaningless. Even the art is cartoony enough to leave the Beast looking like the Cowardly Lion.There's a one-issue follow-up where Emma Frost and Danger raid a Shield helicarrier to rescue an artificial intelligence, one that turns out--surprise--to be evil. Danger learns a very valuable lesson to not be so trusting of any sleazy signal pattern she comes across. And that's the highlight on this volume.Read digital issues
review 2: First off I have to say I have not read the one shot with Emma Frost nor the Wolverine story so I'm only reviewing the main bit, the Children of the Brood story. Nevertheless, it is the main bit and I don't think any amount of class could save this TPB. This is terrible. The art is awful, the story predictable in the extreme and the whole quasi deep stuff about the "One good brood" member borders on the ridiculous. Also, there is so much overblown tension, with the X-Men taking forever to turn into brood, that boredom quickly sets in. And Kitty. What did they do with her? Admittedly the characterisation was somewhat off for most of the characters but Kitty is especially irritating. Her relationship with Lockheed is teenage, petty and trite and she keeps letting the most attrocious rubbish slip her lips. I think it's meant to be wit but really it is just inanities interjected at the most annoying and inconvenient moments possible. Really dire. less

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