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X-Men Noir (2009)

by Fred Van Lente(Favorite Author)

2.9 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0785131833 (ISBN13: 9780785131830)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

Marvel

review 1: Love the noir concept and some of the art was really stunning. However it reads as if someone cut 50% of the dialog, blindly- without actually editing for clarity or continuity. So essentially I spent most of this story trying to figure out what the hell was happening. The art only added to the general confusion- as others have noted, the graphics are too dark and the male characters are nearly impossible to discern from one to another. I did like the concept and execution of the "pulp story" within the main story; it reminded me of Atwood's The Blind Assassin.
review 2: This is undoubtedly noir. Dirty docklands, washed up bodies, smokey bars and dingey nightclubs. The text, the plot and the art really do fulfil the requirements of noir completely.Now I thought... more I was getting the knack for reading these comics - especially the digital format I'd downloaded through comixology app - but for some reason these 4 issues frequently lost me. Was it too clever for me? Was the art not sufficient to portray and define each character sufficiently? Or was it the writing moving too fast to fit all those ideas into 4 slender books?I think it's a combination of all the above. This noir edition should be applauded for diving head first into the genre, for going down the "kick-ass" route of comic hero and stripping all powers and giving a truly unique iteration of X-Men (something Daredevil Noir wasn't brave enough to do) however, clearer definition of each character and less convoluted characters could have benefitted the plotting and the twists.Worth a look, just wish it could get 2.5 stars as 3 is too much, 2 feels too critical. less

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