Factor-X: Prisionero del amor

by Jim Starlin, Jackson Guice (dibujo), Santiago García (traducción)

¿CUÁL ES EL PRECIO DEL AMOR?
Ésa es la pregunta que Hank McCoy, el mutante conocido como la Bestia, debe hacerse a sí mismo. ¿La respuesta? Todo: su salud, su cordura, sus compañeros, quizás incluso su vida. Porque una misteriosa criatura, conocida como el Oscuro, acosa a la bella con mortíferas intenciones. Prisionero del amor, una historia de amor con un giro fantástico y amargo.
Edición española descatalogada.

Genres: Comics, X Men, Comic Book, Marvel, Graphic Novels, Graphic Novels Comics, Superheroes

52 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1990

About the author

James P. "Jim" Starlin is an American comic book writer and artist. With a career dating back to the early 1970s, he is best known for "cosmic" tales and space opera; for revamping the Marvel Comics characters Captain Marvel and Adam Warlock; and for creating or co-creating the Marvel characters Thanos and Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu. Death and suicide are recurring themes in Starlin's work: Personifications of Death appeared in his Captain Marvel series and in a fill-in story for Ghost Rider; Warlock commits suicide by killing his future self; and suicide is a theme in a story he plotted and drew for The Rampaging Hulk magazine.

In the mid-1970s, Starlin contributed a cache of stories to the independently published science-fiction anthology Star Reach. Here he developed his ideas of God, death, and infinity, free of the restrictions of mainstream comics publishers' self-censorship arm, the Comics Code Authority. Starlin also drew "The Secret of Skull River", inked by frequent collaborator Al Milgrom, for Savage Tales #5 (July 1974).

When Marvel Comics wished to use the name of Captain Marvel for a new, different character,[citation needed] Starlin was given the rare opportunity to produce a one-shot story in which to kill off a main character. The Death of Captain Marvel became the first graphic novel published by the company itself. (

In the late 1980s, Starlin began working more for DC Comics, writing a number of Batman stories, including the four-issue miniseries Batman: The Cult (Aug.-Nov. 1988), and the storyline "Batman: A Death in the Family", in Batman #426-429 (Dec. 1988 – Jan. 1989), in which Jason Todd, the second of Batman's Robin sidekicks, was killed. The death was decided by fans, as DC Comics set up a hotline for readers to vote on as to whether or not Jason Todd should survive a potentially fatal situation. For DC he created Hardcore Station.

Reviews

[Louie the Mustache Matos · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a top-notch piece of sequential art. It's probably the best Jackson Guice I've seen. The story is not great with some horror science fiction undertones which you would think I would not just enjoy, but love. The story is not a bad story, but it's not terribly original. Beast is one of the most confident mutant super-heroes. To see him perseverating on not fitting in is odd and feels false, but I can go with it because I know we all have our moments of doubt and feel alone. Beast is feeling a sense of isolation when he goes out to the New York City streets to clear his head when he happens on a domestic dispute in progress. The encounter leaves him romantically hooked up with some vampiric force that would have him reject everything the character is at heart. IMHO, the art warrants further scrutiny.

[Christine · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was one of the first specials I brought when I started reading X-Factor (the first run of X-Factor, that long ago). This was before they did whatever they did to Beast in the current run. Anyway.

This plays with the idea of beauty and what beauty actually is. The plot is pretty standard but the artwork is enjoyable.

[Joe Crawford · Rating 4 out of 5]

Probably a 3 for story, but the art is spectacular.

[Brian Kubeck · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hank is going through a dark existential moment and hits the city streets in disguise, when he finds a beautiful mysterious woman being harmed by some thugs. He saves her but gets knocked out in the process, and returns to his senses on her couch. They fall in love in soapy melodramatic fashion until his mutant teammates meet him in a trance. Though she needed Beast’s protection from the “dark ones,” she is soon gone. A good introduction to this mysterious Synthia, who may be of another species. Great fantasy art by Guice to complement Starlin’s lustrous story.

[Bonnie G. · Rating 4 out of 5]

The art in this book is really amazing- his rendering of Jean Grey may be one of my favorites of all time! The story line is kinda Cloak and Dagger or dark and light kind of theme and surprisingly sexy and adult. The story is fine and a bit Manic Pixie Dream girl but I def love the art and it elevates to story.

[Kyle Still · Rating 3 out of 5]

Big yikes. Jim Starlin’s story is aimless and confusing. Jackson Guide’s artwork is very good in this, though, ultimately bringing up my rating. It’s a quick read - if you pick it up, do so for the artwork.

[Dakota · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5/5 Best Guice art I've ever seen him do. Story was inventive and explored some of the more interesting aspects of Beast as a character.

[Fugo Feedback · Rating 3 out of 5]

No recuerdo dónde lo compré, ni por qué, ni cuánto me salió, y apenas recordaba su existencia hasta hace poco. Lo que sí recuerdo es que me pareció entretenida y bien dibujada. Más lo segundo que lo primero. Y bueno, eso. Supongo que si algún día lo releo, lo rerreseñaré.

[Angela · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Beast falls head over heals in love, but is she real. Not a bad storyline.

[C · Rating 2 out of 5]

If I had read this in 1990, it probably would have gotten three stars, but I'd like to think that even my teenaged self would have seen how tired and trite the writing was.

[Dony Grayman · Rating 2 out of 5]

Edición española con lomo que traduce X-Factor Special Prisoner of Love.