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Hellions (2020) (Single Issues)
Hellions #13
DON'T WORRY! MR. SINISTER IS FINE! Eh, not really. And it looks like his clone is returning to Krakoa to claim the cape...and also destroy the Hellions!
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First published July 7, 2021
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Zeb Wells
711 books73 followersZeb Wells is an American comic book writer known for his work at Marvel Comics, as well as his work on the animated TV series Robot Chicken.
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August 1, 2021
Finalmente qualcosa si muove.
E non mi riferisco alle interazioni tra i membri del gruppo (dove, a parte l'assurda pseudorelazione tra Kwannon e Scalphunter, poco a poco si instaurano alcune dinamiche quasi da gruppo. Di psicopatici, ma gruppo).
Abbiamo la neonata AI mutante portata via da Nanny, e che ora è braccata da un altro gruppo di psicopatici.
Abbiamo Kwannon che finalmente sembra un po' a disagio con la consapevolezza di aver ingannato sempre i suoi compagni.
E abbiamo il clone di Sinistro rimasto su Amarth che torna in scena, per vendicarsi di chi lo ha mandato a morire e per portare il contrattacco del suo nuovo padrone. Un genetista pazzo più pericoloso di Essex, sarebbe interessante vedere questo scontro con il vero Nathaniel Essex (e non questa sorta di pagliaccio, il Sinistro Deadpoolizzato).
Peccato solo che gli avversari ora sappiano quasi tutto degli Hellions (e li avessero sconfitti anche la prima volta), mentre questi non hanno alcun ricordo grazie al tradimento di Sinistro e si ritrovano quindi enormemente svantaggiati. L'unica incognita potrebbero essere le nuove versioni degli Hellions morti oltre il portale.
E magari, se sopravvivono allo scontro, potrebbero capire che qualcosa non torna e cominciare a muoversi contro Sinistro...
Un numero stranamente piacevole.
E non mi riferisco alle interazioni tra i membri del gruppo (dove, a parte l'assurda pseudorelazione tra Kwannon e Scalphunter, poco a poco si instaurano alcune dinamiche quasi da gruppo. Di psicopatici, ma gruppo).
Abbiamo la neonata AI mutante portata via da Nanny, e che ora è braccata da un altro gruppo di psicopatici.
Abbiamo Kwannon che finalmente sembra un po' a disagio con la consapevolezza di aver ingannato sempre i suoi compagni.
E abbiamo il clone di Sinistro rimasto su Amarth che torna in scena, per vendicarsi di chi lo ha mandato a morire e per portare il contrattacco del suo nuovo padrone. Un genetista pazzo più pericoloso di Essex, sarebbe interessante vedere questo scontro con il vero Nathaniel Essex (e non questa sorta di pagliaccio, il Sinistro Deadpoolizzato).
Peccato solo che gli avversari ora sappiano quasi tutto degli Hellions (e li avessero sconfitti anche la prima volta), mentre questi non hanno alcun ricordo grazie al tradimento di Sinistro e si ritrovano quindi enormemente svantaggiati. L'unica incognita potrebbero essere le nuove versioni degli Hellions morti oltre il portale.
E magari, se sopravvivono allo scontro, potrebbero capire che qualcosa non torna e cominciare a muoversi contro Sinistro...
Un numero stranamente piacevole.
February 1, 2022
The Hellions got massacred at the end of X of Swords. Here's where they get to pay it back with interest.
July 9, 2021
More references to Sinister's goddamn motherfucking cape.
Greycrow has a crush on Kwannon. Both are underdeveloped characters, and they have rarely interacted with each other, but it's possible the writers are trying to lay the groundwork for the relationship to actually feel "earned."
Clearly the writers want us to think that Sinister is shady. This came back to the plot point about how Sinister killed the surviving Hellions during X of Swords and then fudged their memories. But, I'll say it again-- we have no idea what Sinister's ultimate goal is. He collected some DNA samples from Amenth, and was willing to let the Hellions die and get resurrected for the purpose of obtaining those samples. But that's all we've got. We don't know why these samples matter so much, or what Sinister plans to do with them.
I honestly don't understand why Sinister is even a villain. Like, he does shady shit and is fine with murdering people, but beyond that, his overall goals don't seem particularly villainous. Spending 40 years trying to collect Summers DNA? Wanting Scott Summers and Jean Grey --whom already got married and love each other-- to have children? This is all pretty tame.
He could have worked with Beast and Nemesis to devise some sort of flying, automated robotic hypodermic needle to collect DNA samples from Amenth without risking people's lives. But then again, the teammates he sacrificed could be, and ultimately were, resurrected. So it's unclear exactly how evil his chosen method of collecting DNA samples really was.
So much of the time, I feel like the writers and artists could just depict Sinister as a boring lab tech in scrubs drawing people's blood while they sit in folding chairs, and that would cover most of what Sinister accomplishes in a comic. But instead, they depict him as "zany" now, and try to convince us that he's so funny and so evil.
Like, why?
Greycrow has a crush on Kwannon. Both are underdeveloped characters, and they have rarely interacted with each other, but it's possible the writers are trying to lay the groundwork for the relationship to actually feel "earned."
Clearly the writers want us to think that Sinister is shady. This came back to the plot point about how Sinister killed the surviving Hellions during X of Swords and then fudged their memories. But, I'll say it again-- we have no idea what Sinister's ultimate goal is. He collected some DNA samples from Amenth, and was willing to let the Hellions die and get resurrected for the purpose of obtaining those samples. But that's all we've got. We don't know why these samples matter so much, or what Sinister plans to do with them.
I honestly don't understand why Sinister is even a villain. Like, he does shady shit and is fine with murdering people, but beyond that, his overall goals don't seem particularly villainous. Spending 40 years trying to collect Summers DNA? Wanting Scott Summers and Jean Grey --whom already got married and love each other-- to have children? This is all pretty tame.
He could have worked with Beast and Nemesis to devise some sort of flying, automated robotic hypodermic needle to collect DNA samples from Amenth without risking people's lives. But then again, the teammates he sacrificed could be, and ultimately were, resurrected. So it's unclear exactly how evil his chosen method of collecting DNA samples really was.
So much of the time, I feel like the writers and artists could just depict Sinister as a boring lab tech in scrubs drawing people's blood while they sit in folding chairs, and that would cover most of what Sinister accomplishes in a comic. But instead, they depict him as "zany" now, and try to convince us that he's so funny and so evil.
Like, why?
January 25, 2022
Mr. Sinister's obsession with perfection and clones, and of course keeping himself safe, has unintended consequences: like sometimes the clones survive when your plan is for them to die, and then your team finds out.
Oops.
Once again, hilarious, character development and the art keep me coming back.
Oops.
Once again, hilarious, character development and the art keep me coming back.
July 21, 2021
Much better issue. Back on track without tie ins. Sinister being a sassy little asshole again is everything I want. The ending giving us some cool fights coming. Yeah, I'm back in!
July 8, 2021
Mr Sinister's been a very naughty boy, and Mr Sinister's here to make him pay.
Meanwhile, Nanny's raising a mutant AI baby and Orphan Maker's found out about it, so she's very cross with him and makes him promise not to tell anybody about it. I expect he'll end up spilling the beans in the next issue. But Greycrow finds him crying about it and they end up bonding over cleaning guns...which seems to drag up some of Greycrow's childhood trauma.
But, yeah, it seems like all of Sinister's machinations are starting to catch up with him, although he'd probably claim that this is exactly what he intended to happen all along.
Meanwhile, Nanny's raising a mutant AI baby and Orphan Maker's found out about it, so she's very cross with him and makes him promise not to tell anybody about it. I expect he'll end up spilling the beans in the next issue. But Greycrow finds him crying about it and they end up bonding over cleaning guns...which seems to drag up some of Greycrow's childhood trauma.
But, yeah, it seems like all of Sinister's machinations are starting to catch up with him, although he'd probably claim that this is exactly what he intended to happen all along.
July 11, 2021
Kind of disappointing after the last few issues. While there was some decent plot development and storyline advancement the characters felt mostly stale.
October 1, 2021
Finally, the Hellions' actions in X-Men: X of Swords comes back to bite them. Well, Sinister specifically. Looking forward to more.
July 12, 2021
The story tool a jump forward and has given some tie in to past events which were, seemingly, forgotten and also opening up the possibility for the plot to develop.
This title has been going a fair while now, still not really sure what Sinisters aims are... They don't strike me as evil more perhaps just against what the council would like. I'm not sure? I kind of hope we get some clarity on all of this.
At one point the title almost felt a little light hearted and a fun "fight of the week" type of series but now it's coalescing into something more serious but, tonally, I find it is struggling to adapt.
It's not a bad title like some ongoing series but it's still a bit all over the place at times.
This title has been going a fair while now, still not really sure what Sinisters aims are... They don't strike me as evil more perhaps just against what the council would like. I'm not sure? I kind of hope we get some clarity on all of this.
At one point the title almost felt a little light hearted and a fun "fight of the week" type of series but now it's coalescing into something more serious but, tonally, I find it is struggling to adapt.
It's not a bad title like some ongoing series but it's still a bit all over the place at times.
July 18, 2021
This one feel a little flat for me. Still good but not as good as the previous issues. A lot of exposition but I understand it's necessary for stories to continue. This is a collection of a couple loose threads. One from the previous issue and of course everyone dying in Amenth. Looking forward to what comes next.
March 12, 2023
Sins of Sinister coming to light. Oh I like this. The little seeds of the future event.
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