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Re: A week late, but my thoughts on "New Warriors" #2 [SPOILERS]

Posted by Darren on 7/16/2007, 12:15 pm, in reply to "Re: A week late, but my thoughts on "New Warriors" #2 [SPOILERS]"
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I am very excited for the New Warriors. Not only that, I am very happy Mr.Grevioux is writing for the New New Warriors. I hope. He stays with the New Warriors comic book for a long time. One thing I can say is Mr.Quesada had picked the right author for the New New Warriors for this year. I have to give Mr.Grevioux two thumbs up for making the New Warriors come back in a special way. Kevin Grevioux! You are the maaaaaan! Guy! --Previous Message-- : Yeah, Night Thrasher's presence (ad the hope : of more variety in the other members of the : team who we haven't yet been introduced to) : is exactly why I'm still sticking around. : : that, and the fact that as a fan since : volume 1, I want any title that bears the : name "New Warriors" to succeed : : Cheers. : : James. : : --Previous Message-- : I am not a huge fan of the whole "ex-x : types" either..to me as a young reader : in the 90s...New Warriors represented an : alternative to the X books. : : But as long as the writing, art, and : presence of Night Thrasher keep going strong : I am enthusiastic about the book. : : : : --Previous Message-- : I have to say I'm still delighted to have : the : Warriors back in a monthly title but I'll : try to be objective about this issue. In my : opinion, Paco Medina's art is superb and he : draws a particularly good Jubilee (at least : she has not been regressed in age AGAIN : since her last appearance, I get fed up of : seeing her depicted as 14 to 15 years old : considering her age when she first appeared : and how long she has been around the Marvel : Universe), that's the first point I have to : make. : : The second point to make is that I really : have mixed feelings about Grievoux's : writing,on the one hand, he seems (from the : little evidence we have in this issue) to : have mastered Wolverine and Ms. marvel's : "voices (they both "sound" : right in my head) and he clearly understands : the character of Night Thrasher - whomever : it may be under the helmet (which should : come as no surprise given how closely he : followed Fabian Nicieza's and Kurt Busiek's : run on the Night Thrasher series in the : early 90s!) but yet he still hasn't mastered : Sofia's voice. She just doesn't : "sound" right in her dialogue and, : as a fan of the character since her first : appearance in the first issue of New : Mutants volume 2, this just grates against : me, I will admit that Grievoux's take on : Sofia is marginally improved since the first : issue however. I also don't think that his : dialogue for Tony Stark is right as he : seems, almost, overly shady but I can accept : that this is simply Grievoux's personal take : of Tony's actions (which I disagree with, : but that's neither here nor there). The : character of Sam is also starting to grate : on me (he's just too obviously nothing more : then a plot point, in my opinion). : : With that said, however, I have to say I was : pleasantly surprised to see that Kevin : Grievoux knows his New Warriors lore so well : and remembers so many characters from the : original run, he has to get major brownie : points for mentioning Helix (who has not : been seen anywhere since New Warriors : (volume 1) #73 or thereabouts)! Presuming : that it's not Dwayne in the "Night : Thrasher" armour (personally I'm hoping : it is, but that's neither here nor there, : this point is still valid) and knowing, as : we do, that there is going to be AT LEAST : one returning Warrior, I can't help but : wonder if the two given names (Firestar and : Helix) were chosen on purpose, as clues to : at least some of the warriors identities (I : admit I may be stretching a bit, but it just : made me wonder). : : On the subject of the members of this : ncarnation of the Warriors I found it : interesting to see the rest (or at least : some) of the New Warriors, even if it was : only in the shadow. I only recognised : Decibal, Tempest and Wondra though, if I was : meant to recognise any others I failed to. : : To go back to Grievoux's writing, for a : second, I think I'm going to like his take : on Jubilee (although her identity as Wondra : was FAR from a surprise), certainly he : seemed to have a solid grasp of her : character in her 2 page appearance here BUT, : in one way, I have to admit that Jubilee's : presence in this title slightly bothers me. : : The title of this comic is New Warriors : NOT "Ex-Mutants Anonymous", I can : (just about) accept three ex-mutants, but I : really hope there aren't anymore. I know : there is speculation that Decibal is : Jonathan Starsmore (formerly Chamber of : Generation X) but, personally, I really hope : that he's not for two reasons, first of all : there's the one I gave above (in other : words, "too many ex-mutants spoil the : broth!") and second of all, it would : make little sense for the character to leave : the U.K and go back to the U.S especially : after he told Pete Wisdom, in New Excalibur : #9, that he has no desire to be involved in : super heroics. My basic point is that three : ex-mutants I can cope with but what I would : like to see in this title is more variety! : : Despite all of it's faults, I have to say : it's still nice to have the Warriors back in : a monthly title (the novelty hasn't worn off : yet!) and there ARE enjoyable elements : within this title and I have a particular : fondness for two members/potential members : of this incarnation of the Warriors (Sofia : and Beak). : : Cheers. : : James. : : : : :

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