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Hellions (2020) (Single Issues)
HELLIONS #16
FALLOUT! The wheels have come off the Hellions bandwagon. They might all hate one another, but Nanny LOVES her latest addition! Who would be so cruel as to stomp on her happiness? It's not who you think!
32 pages, Comic
First published October 6, 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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February 1, 2022
It's revealed that there was more than it meets the eye to Empath joining the new iteration of his original team. It's double-cross upon double-cross, with all the twists, I think I lost track of who betrayed who.
October 30, 2021
A mostly talking issue, which isn't bad per se but nothing really happens. It's quite clearly a tee up issue for what comes next as out of this spirals a whole new load of strings to be followed though it looks, for now, although these strings are singular as opposed to team arcs.
This has been cancelled now and only has 2 issues left which seems a shame with Excalibur continuing to exude it's effluent all over the X titles but I guess we will get a solid end point on what, on the whole, has been a good run.
This has been cancelled now and only has 2 issues left which seems a shame with Excalibur continuing to exude it's effluent all over the X titles but I guess we will get a solid end point on what, on the whole, has been a good run.
October 12, 2021
Damn, I'm loving this run, Hellions is one of the fews Marvel titles right now where actions really seem to have consequences, these guys have been running on the edge from the get-go without ever catching a break, and the reason for that is because these are all a bunch of misfits nobody cares about, Zeb Wells can knock them around as he pleases and you know he can easily kill one of them at any moment, so the stakes feel real all the time, a rarity at Marvel these days.
Three thoughts about this issue, Summers needs a freaking break, Greycrow is growing on me but he's about to do some serious damage, probably the endgame for him, and it looks like we are about to find out what the deal with the Orphan Maker is all about, excited for it.
Three thoughts about this issue, Summers needs a freaking break, Greycrow is growing on me but he's about to do some serious damage, probably the endgame for him, and it looks like we are about to find out what the deal with the Orphan Maker is all about, excited for it.
November 6, 2021
Finalmente il piano di Sinistro è stato portato allo scoperto, così questo gioco al massacro potrebbe finire.
Però ora si affrontano le conseguenze, principalmente di tipo psicologico, con un gruppo di persone già instabili e danneggiate che ora sono molto più malridotte di prima.
Alex che si incolpa, Kwannon che ha perso tutto oltre a capire di aver servito Sinistro per niente e a scoprire di avere avuto un controllore alle spalle, Scalphunter pronto a distruggere tutto, Nanny in crisi completa al punto da incolpare e cacciare Peter, Manuel che pare essere sempre stato un infiltrato da parte di Emma.
E Sinistro che apparentemente non subisce ripercussioni, grazie al suo posto di potere e visibiità (e alla sua utilità per l'isola).
Una buona dose di introspezione e di crescita dei personaggi, di ebollizione delle crisi psicologiche individuali e dei legami.
Ci sarà ancora un Hellions tra qualche mese?
Però ora si affrontano le conseguenze, principalmente di tipo psicologico, con un gruppo di persone già instabili e danneggiate che ora sono molto più malridotte di prima.
Alex che si incolpa, Kwannon che ha perso tutto oltre a capire di aver servito Sinistro per niente e a scoprire di avere avuto un controllore alle spalle, Scalphunter pronto a distruggere tutto, Nanny in crisi completa al punto da incolpare e cacciare Peter, Manuel che pare essere sempre stato un infiltrato da parte di Emma.
E Sinistro che apparentemente non subisce ripercussioni, grazie al suo posto di potere e visibiità (e alla sua utilità per l'isola).
Una buona dose di introspezione e di crescita dei personaggi, di ebollizione delle crisi psicologiche individuali e dei legami.
Ci sarà ancora un Hellions tra qualche mese?
October 6, 2021
Mostly an issue of conversations, but still better than most Hellions fare. Maybe because Sinister didn't have any lines, blessedly.
The team recovers in healing gardens while the X-Men chat with them a bit. Everyone is pissed at Empath for what he did last issue. Havok blames himself. Nanny and Orphan-Maker are uncharacteristically at odds with each other, when always before those characters just fawn over each other.
The characters felt more humanized this issue, which is quite the feat when you start out with a team of murderers (some more psychotic than others). However, I generally dislike most of these characters, so this issue's humanization just succeeded in making them more tolerable. I'm still never going to count Kwannon or Greycrow as favorites or anything. I just didn't feel the need to punch them in the face as much.
What I probably should have mentioned last issue, but neglected to, is that I have some serious ethical qualms about the team's reaction to Sinister's "evil plan."
After wondering for the entire run of Hellions what the Hell Sinister's plan actually was, we finally learned that he wanted to combine his DNA with Tarn's. Tarn is the geneticist from Arrako. ... That's it. We briefly saw a hybrid body in a stasis tube that combined elements of Tarn's appearance and Sinister's. Havok and the others then freaked, and blew up the place, killing the chimera.
... We do realize that the team just freaked out about Sinister's decision to have a kid, basically, right? He combined his DNA with another person's and was growing a new life. ... That is all. That's the same thing regular humans in the real world do all the time, sometimes even using in vitro fertilization and test tubes. Havok acted like it was such a matter of course that they couldn't allow Sinister to go through with this.
But, like, why?
The team recovers in healing gardens while the X-Men chat with them a bit. Everyone is pissed at Empath for what he did last issue. Havok blames himself. Nanny and Orphan-Maker are uncharacteristically at odds with each other, when always before those characters just fawn over each other.
The characters felt more humanized this issue, which is quite the feat when you start out with a team of murderers (some more psychotic than others). However, I generally dislike most of these characters, so this issue's humanization just succeeded in making them more tolerable. I'm still never going to count Kwannon or Greycrow as favorites or anything. I just didn't feel the need to punch them in the face as much.
What I probably should have mentioned last issue, but neglected to, is that I have some serious ethical qualms about the team's reaction to Sinister's "evil plan."
After wondering for the entire run of Hellions what the Hell Sinister's plan actually was, we finally learned that he wanted to combine his DNA with Tarn's. Tarn is the geneticist from Arrako. ... That's it. We briefly saw a hybrid body in a stasis tube that combined elements of Tarn's appearance and Sinister's. Havok and the others then freaked, and blew up the place, killing the chimera.
... We do realize that the team just freaked out about Sinister's decision to have a kid, basically, right? He combined his DNA with another person's and was growing a new life. ... That is all. That's the same thing regular humans in the real world do all the time, sometimes even using in vitro fertilization and test tubes. Havok acted like it was such a matter of course that they couldn't allow Sinister to go through with this.
But, like, why?
November 12, 2021
Damn...sad issue. The team suffers the fallout of the actions of two of their teammates. So fractured the end is looking near for this team with only two issues left.
October 10, 2021
The best issue in quite some time. The team is falling apart. We get to see how these flawed individuals' inability to get out of their own way nurtured the disfunction of the team and ultimately caused its downfall (Along with some outside interference and deception of course).
I thought the artwork was improved as well. Hoping we get more of this and that Hellions goes out on a high note.
I thought the artwork was improved as well. Hoping we get more of this and that Hellions goes out on a high note.
January 25, 2022
Well, there are secrets revealed, a broken team, and it makes sense that this is ending soon in a way, although I'm still incredibly sad about it.
Fantastic writing, characters, art, just a perfect title.
Fantastic writing, characters, art, just a perfect title.
July 31, 2022
Uh oh.
Orphan Maker is gonna do something bad. Bad bad. Greycrow is gonna do something bad. Havok is gonna do something more bad because Madelyn, regardless of how the decision to resurrect her goes. And Empath had a FEELING. I dint want this book to end.
Orphan Maker is gonna do something bad. Bad bad. Greycrow is gonna do something bad. Havok is gonna do something more bad because Madelyn, regardless of how the decision to resurrect her goes. And Empath had a FEELING. I dint want this book to end.
March 29, 2023
To keep Sinister on the Council after all he did!? Krakoa is supposed to be better. There had to be another way without him. One has too think does the Council deserve whatever they get in the future? Let’s not even mention Nanny! Way to understand the assignment.
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