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| I seriously thought there would never come a day when I would like a book as much as I once liked Lobdell and Bachalo's Generation X. For all the naysayers and idle reviewers that aren't actually reading Marvel's newest X-force title, but have off-handedly dubbed it a slash-and-grab-style book, seriously need to take another look. #8 starting with Johnny Cash groaning out the lyrics to Dirt over a radio in the middle of a desert pretty much personified the pit this title is trying to carve into the Marvel Universe. What Marvel has done with this book is to take every single one of its most tortured (mutant) characters and put them into a single title. Every page of this comic weighs ten pounds on the flip. Whether its the tortured existence of Archangel and the madness within; X-23's years living as a prostitute and assassin, how it bleeds relentlessly into the strained father/daughter dynamic between her and Wolverine; Wolverine who is doing what he's best at, doing it not because he's a killer, but because its the only way he can protect his surrogate daughter; Elixir, a kid who lost almost everyone he cared for in the bombings at the Xavier Institute and now has a power that can bring life back or take it away; Wolfsbane, who was just forced to murder her father, a man who spent his entire life trying to diminish, condemn and murder his own daughter; and James -- well, you all know what happened there. And, spoiler... Just when I thought the team was complete...along came Domino. A Domino incomplete, no less. No other X-title is even in the same hemisphere as X-force right now. I hope people start paying attention, though. Generation X didn't end so well... 
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Chamber005 (10/30/2008)
I seriously thought there would never come a day when I would like a book as much as I once liked Lobdell and Bachalo's Generation X. For all the naysayers and idle reviewers that aren't actually reading Marvel's newest X-force title, but have off-handedly dubbed it a slash-and-grab-style book, seriously need to take another look. #8 starting with Johnny Cash groaning out the lyrics to Dirt over a radio in the middle of a desert pretty much personified the pit this title is trying to carve into the Marvel Universe. What Marvel has done with this book is to take every single one of its most tortured (mutant) characters and put them into a single title. Every page of this comic weighs ten pounds on the flip. Whether its the tortured existence of Archangel and the madness within; X-23's years living as a prostitute and assassin, how it bleeds relentlessly into the strained father/daughter dynamic between her and Wolverine; Wolverine who is doing what he's best at, doing it not because he's a killer, but because its the only way he can protect his surrogate daughter; Elixir, a kid who lost almost everyone he cared for in the bombings at the Xavier Institute and now has a power that can bring life back or take it away; Wolfsbane, who was just forced to murder her father, a man who spent his entire life trying to diminish, condemn and murder his own daughter; and James -- well, you all know what happened there. And, spoiler... Just when I thought the team was complete...along came Domino. A Domino incomplete, no less. No other X-title is even in the same hemisphere as X-force right now. I hope people start paying attention, though. Generation X didn't end so well... Best X-Book of the Decade? In my opinion no, however I do agree that this is a terrific series and has been overlooked by most. I've been saying how great the series is since issue #1 on the forums. This along with Cable are currently my 2 favorite Marvel titles out.
  
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Chamber i like you a lot better when you talk comics. You remind me of Robbie (Left Wing Fanatic) cool guy when talking comics though . You have convinced me to give this title a try.
"France has neither winter, nor summer, nor morals. France is miserable because it is filled with Frenchmen, and Frenchmen are miserable because they live in France. [...] Apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country. "
- Mark Twain
I don't measure my manhood on a number, unless that number involves current salary, sexual conquests or inches...I am not concerned with my grammar on a message board. I will save my writing skills for something that is important enough to warrant them
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SuperPro (10/31/2008)
Chamber i like you a lot better when you talk comics. You remind me of Robbie (Left Wing Fanatic) cool guy when talking comics though . You have convinced me to give this title a try. You won't be sorry! 
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