Rod Reis

Ok, this was EXCELLENT. I can't decide who was my favourite, Roberto "ADVENTURE!" da Costa, Illyana "fuck me or fight me" "chaos bisexual" Rasputin, or Rahne "lick it lick it lick it" Sinclair, or any/all of the others who I don't have a snappy summary for... but everyone was delightful, the story was wonderful, and I can't wait for the further adventures of this crew.

Interesting start to the series. After watching the Clone Wars animated series, it will be nice to see a before the Phantom Menace look at Maul, one of my favorite characters in the Star Wars universe. I'm really interested in seeing how this arc pans out knowing what the future holds for him. I think this was a solid first issue. It provides knowledge of the bloodlust within Maul, and I really like the artwork so far. Really looking forward to continuing this series. Already have every show more issue in this mini series and now I just have to read and hopefully enjoy them. show less

Not bad! This has some interesting elements:
- Superheroes as a unionized competitor to police. It's been done, but there is still a lot of mileage left in the idea. You can explore the conflict between idealism and bureaucracy, competition between police and super heroes, public disaffection with both, HR issues involved with super powered employees. There is lots of potential.
- A more realistic look a super-villainy. If heroes show up to beat you down every time you go out to wreak havoc show more in your super villain costume, ditch the costume and stay in the realm of the semi-legitimate like the mob.
- A lack of unbalancing super-superheroes. Superman, Magneto, and other heavy hitters always seem to throw off the marvel and DC universes. I like that the super powers in COWL are toned down and don't, by their very existence, threaten the world order. show less

Whilst it was really nice to see Cannonball, Sunspot, Mirage, Wolfsbane, Cypher, Karma and Magik back together, supported by Chamber and Mondo. It sometimes seemed a bit forced. The others were there to be page fillers and it was all about Sunspot and his ego and his little comments to the audience.

The New Mutants have always worked best as an ensemble piece with everyone getting equal footing and that is hopefully what will happen after the end of this particular story. And I'm waiting for show more Magma to be back as well.

Anyway, the story was a bit of fun and it was good to see not only the Starjammers back in action but also the Imperial Guard in their their glory.

I'm glad The New Mutants are back but now want to see them all step up and join in the story line. show less