X-Factor: Cicatrices profundas

X-Factor (2005) (Collected Editions)

by Peter David, Emanuela Lupacchino (dibujo), Valentine De Landro (dibujo)

Contiene X-Factor 213-219 USA.
¡El futuro de X-Factor está en la balanza! Uno de sus miembros abandona el grupo, al tiempo que llega un nuevo integrante y Rahne por fin ha descubierto quién es el padre de su futuro hijo. Por si fuera poco, un estudiante suicida se convierte en el caso más personal de la agencia. Nuestros chicos se enfrentan a lo que parece un ataque vampírico y el mismísimo alcalde de Nueva York, nada menos que J. Jonah Jameson, reclama sus servicios. ¡No te puedes perder el mejor proyecto jamás escrito por Peter David!

Guión: Peter David
Dibujo: Emanuela Lupacchino

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

160 pages, Paperback

First published July 13, 2011

About the author

aka David Peters

Peter Allen David, often abbreviated PAD, was an American writer of comic books, novels, television, films, and video games. His notable comic book work includes an award-winning 12-year run on The Incredible Hulk, as well as runs on Aquaman, Young Justice, SpyBoy, Supergirl, Fallen Angel, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2099, Captain Marvel, and X-Factor.
His Star Trek work included comic books and novels such as the New Frontier book series. His other novels included film adaptations, media tie-ins, and original works, such as the Apropos of Nothing and Knight Life series. His television work includes series such as Babylon 5, Young Justice, Ben 10: Alien Force and Nickelodeon's Space Cases, which he co-created with Bill Mumy.
David often jokingly described his occupation as "Writer of Stuff", and he was noted for his prolific writing, characterized by its mingling of real-world issues with humor and references to popular culture, as well as elements of metafiction and self-reference.
David earned multiple awards for his work, including a 1992 Eisner Award, a 1993 Wizard Fan Award, a 1996 Haxtur Award, a 2007 Julie Award and a 2011 GLAAD Media Award.

Reviews

[Baba · Rating 3 out of 5]

The mission? Working for J Jonah Jameson! High jinks and high-ish drama abounds as a super powered hit-squad target the Mayor of New York. Can X-Factor stop them? And will they be funny? Guest appearance by the wonderful Black Cat :). Just a 6 out of 12, Three Stars for this one from me.

2018 read

[James DeSantis · Rating 4 out of 5]

12th volume in and still loving this series.

So this starts off finishing up the Renee storyline, or atleast getting the truth out. Then we do two standalone issues, one dealing with Darwin and the other dealing with Layla and Jamie. Then we get into a main storyline that deals a bit with Spider-man and a lot with J.j. This brings up a major moment that happens to one of our teammates, some more mystery plotlines, and a ending that will for sure keep you wanting more.

Good: Really love the interaction with all these characters. The balance between super funny moments and downright emotional, crying in the corner moments, works so well. The progress for a lot of characters, growing into new people throughout their run is great. The ending is pretty interesting and I'm dying to know what happens next.

Bad: The J.J. stuff was good but seem a bit odd and hypocritical to the character. Also, with so many plotlines, you start to feel it's a bit too jumbled.

Overall, solid and fun. While not the best volume it's still super strong. Right around a 3.5 but I'll bump it to a 4.

[Ronald · Rating 4 out of 5]

Peter David is good. But this volume is more a 3.5 star rounded up. The short stories were great, evil spirits and Darwin vs Cowboys. The continuing story needed some help. Frankly anything with the Evil JJJ as mayor is just exhausting even when being written by a great writer - so minus points for that.

[Emmett Spain · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another solid entry in a great series, but a few minor detractors:

1. Everyone's boobs get super enormous here for some reason;
2. A lot of time is spent foreshadowing and not a huge amount delivering; and
3. The scattered nature of the stories make the volume less cohesive.

Still very much worth a read - Peter David's writing at least is very consistent, and always fun. I do hope they make a TV show based on this series one day.

[Damon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good adventure story. There should also be a TV show based on this one. The bald guy is boring though and so is his uniform.

[Tomás Sendarrubias García · Rating 5 out of 5]

Pues seguimos con las alegres aventuras de Factor-X en este nuevo volumen, que comienza duro, con el abandono de Darwin y la llegada un nuevo miembro al equipo, que no es otro que Pip el Troll, que comenzará una nueva etapa como recepcionista de la agencia, que esta vez va a ser reclutada ni más ni menos que por John Jameson, que por aquella época se había convertido en el alcalde de Nueva York en las páginas de Spiderman, y que contrata a Factor-X para que encuentren a la asesina de un amigo de sus tiempos como corresponsal de guerra. Ojo, esta es la trama principal, que antes tienen que enfrentarse con una especie de vampiro, pero es un solo número, así que lo principal es esta historia. Así que el equipo se pone manos a la obra... para encontrarse con que en la historia hay mucho más de lo que Jameson ha contado, y la situación le va a costar la vida a uno de los miembros del equipo.

Con dibujos de Emmanuela Lupachino, Peter David continúa haciendo de Factor-X una serie de culto, con momentos absolutamente brillantes, como ese encuentro con Spiderman en el que Longshot busca durante un buen puñado de viñetas de dónde se ha colgado Spidey para aparecer junto a ellos, o el momento en el que los poderes de buena suerte de Longshot y los de mala suerte de la Gata Negra colapsan cuando se encuentran ambos. Y es que para definir personajes y ponerles en situaciones particulares, no hay nadie mejor que Peter David.

[Scott Lee · Rating 5 out of 5]

David continues a spectacular character driven run, and demonstrates again his ability to drag the very best out of Marvel's shared universe by drawing in Spider-Man, Black Cat, and best (and worst) of all, J. Jonah Jameson, who hires X-Factor to investigate the death of a just-murdered retired general. Of course their shared past comes back around on JJJ, and X-Factor ends up caught in the middle of it all...

[Jen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wow a lot happened in this one. There were varying stories that were more individual instead of the team, but there was also a NOT insignificant amount of time saving the life of Mayor Jonah Jameson

[Emilie]

There was a lot going on in this volume. I wasn't super interested in the issues that focused on one particular character, like Darwin, although the events explain some things that happen later.

J. Jonah Jameson being the enlightened one talking to anti-immigrant protestors didn't seem to fit into the character's usual worldview and communication style, but I haven't read comics that particularly go deep into his viewpoint.

Rahne's drama continues. Rictor continues to find it hilarious that her motivation was to save his soul. Her childhood religion taught that "homosexuals" would go to hell, so she went with a Hail Mary pass to split Rictor and Shatterstar up. Rictor told her once again that his sexual orientation didn't have anything to do with what she'd done or not done, that it was his nature. He hadn't come out to her before Shatterstar had come back from Mojoworld. I love the soap opera aspects of some comic books, when the characters have Feelings.

[Alex Sarll]

Darwin has survived a head-on confrontation with the Goddess of Death, because that’s what he does, whatever some bullshit screen version may have said to the contrary. But can what he’s evolved into be around people anymore? Meanwhile, there are also the repercussions of the team learning that Rahne hasn’t been telling the whole truth about the father of her baby, and Madrox’s relationship with Layla is even more of a tangle than usual… There’s something quite old-fashioned about this style of soap opera superheroics, such that I get thrown whenever I’m reminded that it’s a comparatively recent story, usually by some continuity detail like Mayor J Jonah Jameson (who does get one uncharacteristically woke big speech, which I’m really not sure about). But even if this was one of the last flowerings of that mode, good heavens it was also one of the best.

[Mason · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really good volume.

The art is just how I like it, very beautiful.

I’m glad the Rictor/Rahne/Star conflict isn’t wholly resolved or else the conflict would’ve felt rushed. I like how this is being handled, it feels realistic to me.

Shatterstar and Monet being besties is so cute, I’m obsessed with this choice. They were tanning on the roof and playing chess? Adorable. They’re both impulsive and harsh in their fighting styles? Iconic. They’re both eccentric personalities with a lot of charm? Absolutely brilliant. I hope there are more Monet and Star moments in the future.

When Guido got shot, I was legitimately shocked. When the doctor pronounced him dead, I shouted outloud, “DUDE WHAT?” but then flipped the page and was immediately relieved.

I really love this series, so underrated.

[Rob Marney · Rating 4 out of 5]

X-Factor's team of ten C-list X-Men really doesn't need another crossover, so they're getting one anyway with some Spider-Man supporting cast. The soap opera portion of the book is great, with actual developments for everyone from Rahne to Monet. Darwin gets his own Western homage solo issue which is fine, I guess. And it's good to have the team actually on a paid case, when they spend all this time making speeches about just being a business that isn't part of X-Men drama. It's also great to see Lupacchino on art for a bit, giving this "nineties TV series" energy that this arc needs. But these villains retreading Weapon X are so forgettable I already can't remember their names, and as usual X-Factor has nothing to say about characters like J. Jonah Jameson.

[Mickey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Definitely the most mixed bag of what has been an outstanding series to this point. Things are starting to lose their cohesion as the plots get more scattered, but the characterizations are still strong enough to definitely keep me reading. There are a lot of little things that are becoming less charming and starting to feel like a crutch (particularly anything to do with Layla and her weird, cryptic foreshadowing).

[C · Rating 4 out of 5]

Continuing the great x-read of 2017/2018... (and I am really far behind with my reviews so I will be putting up a bunch of quick-takes to catch up...)

One of the best X-titles continues to be a good read. 'nuff said.

[J. · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn't really love the main plotlines here, including the crossover with JJJ and Black Cat, but there's plenty of good character moments and some laugh-out-loud comedy, so this continues to be my favorite X series.

[Eric · Rating 3 out of 5]

A bit of disjointed collection, but it's been a bit since I've picked this series up. My fault.

[Sheldon Wiebe · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've mentioned elsewhere that Peter David is a demented genius. There is nothing here to dissauade me of that.

[Madeline Rossell · Rating 4 out of 5]

J is a jerk, but he's not evil.

[Christina Nightengale · Rating 5 out of 5]

This volume's a bit slow in the very beginning, but after that it gets pretty AMAZING with TONS of great character moments that will really effect the story from this point on. Awesome art throughout as well! Darwin is the Kenny of this series. He is the underdog that never wins, but you still want to cheer on. Pip is good for comedic moments. Monet's reaction to his "well, HELLOOOO nurse!" was perfect! Poor Rictor never catches a break. He is Rahne's best friend when it all comes down to it. I did really enjoy his and Rahne's talk about how she worries about his soul because she cares so much. Darwin's issue was interesting because it's hard to know if it was a cactus juice hallucination or a premonition. I really enjoyed Monet and Shatterstar's talk while they played chess. When Spiderman shows up Monet makes some very valid points to him. I'm not sure how I feel about Jamie and Layla's relationship. Black Cat is really great in this! I LOVED Monet confronted the racist protest about how she is Muslim. What J. Jonah Jameson had to say to the crowd was his BEST character moment in ALL OF COMICS! All he said was true, right and really showed his reporter roots! It was extremely true to his character and just PERFECTLY done! I applaud Peter David so hard for this!!! Terry's powers were used well here as well. I just ADORE issue # 217 sooo freaking much!!! It was a PERFECT issue!!!! Black Cat was used well in this arc. Peter David does a good job writing her. There were some very touching moments with Monet and Strong Guy. Monet is sooo freaking AWESOME! There is a reason she is my favorite female Mutant! Invulnerable Rahne is badass! Black Cat and Longshot's discussion about their Luck powers was hilarious! I Loved this volume soooo much! I highly recommend it!

[Alan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Here is the thing about Peter David, and keep in mind I like him as a writer, he really doesn't write for the modern comics market. In some ways there is nothing wrong with that, as I plan to binge read the end of his run on X-Factor (beginning with this TPB). What this means is that story points set up in TPB 12 will likely be resolved by TPB 21.

David began his career at the time when writers stayed on a title for years and story lines would stretch on for longer for three-six issues. This trade completes part of Darwin's journey after he leaves the team and opens up a story line about Guido. There is nothing wrong with the pacing, but the second half of the trade dealing with super soldiers (a story idea Marvel refuses to give up on) is thin plot wise.

[Angela · Rating 4 out of 5]

The group are hired by J. Jonah Jameson to find the killer of his friend. Things get more complicated when super powered people are responsible. Meanwhile, Rictor has found out that Rahne's baby is not his. As always this is a great character led read, you really feel for some of the characters. A very good read.

[Matt Sabonis · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fairly decent collection. The main story, where the team deals with Spider-Man's supporting cast, is fun (and Luppachino's art is gorgeous, as always), and the single stories are no slouches either. Good stuff.

[Shannon Appelcline · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Darwin stories, particularly his dream/revelation are quite good [8/10]. I'm not that fond of the vampire story that follows [6/10], but the Spider-Man/JJJ arc that finishes off the volume is good fun, with interesting interactions with the rest of the Marvel universe [7/10].

[Myrkvid · Rating 5 out of 5]

Endlich geht es wieder aufwärts mit der Handlung

[Fugo Feedback · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lindo dibujo, entretenida historia, y unos cuantos chistes muy graciosos. Lo suficiente como para dejarme promediar para arriba sin culpa.

[Charlotte · Rating 3 out of 5]

Could have done ENTIRELY WITHOUT the Rahne plot here.

[Sharon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Individual issues on marvel unlimited

[Trey · Rating 2 out of 5]

Unfortunately, this volume wasn't up to Peter David's usual X-Factor standards.

[Dony Grayman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Segunda saga de X-Factor en castellano publicado directamente en tomo recopilatorio.

[Adam Stone · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Darwin issue near the beginning of the run is a bit of a mess, but the weird J Jonah Jamison plot, and the addition of Lupacchino's art keeps this a four star book.