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Inhuman, Vol. 2: AXIS
Thought dead by most of the world since Infinity, Inhuman king Black Bolt steps back into the spotlight! Black Bolt and Maximus have been secretly involved with the New Avengers’ activities for months now, but that’s not even close to the whole story of their absence. The Boltagon brothers are in trouble — and it’s going to end very badly for one of them! Meanwhile, Medusa’s inversion thanks to the events of AXIS is making her a very different ruler of Attilan! What is the Ennilux Corporation, and how does it factor into the Inhumans’ future? Reader and Iso make their return, but they’re in horrible danger! Who will rise to fill the throne of Attilan?
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First published April 7, 2015
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Charles Soule
1,522 books1,691 followersCharles Soule is a #1 New York Times-bestselling novelist, comics author, screenwriter, musician, and lapsed attorney. He has written some of the most prominent stories of the last decade for Marvel, DC and Lucasfilm in addition to his own work, such as his comics Curse Words, Letter 44 and Undiscovered Country, and his original novels Light of the Jedi, The Endless Vessel, The Oracle Year and Anyone. He lives in New York.
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October 31, 2016
Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown…
Especially if the person who wears the crown has a ginormous amount of hair.
All is not well in the world of the Inhumans and it gets even more complicated when you are mired in that mess of a crossover event, Axis. There, some Marvel villains and heroes switched “sides”, with Medusa now becoming a cranky, mean-spirited queen.
Peasants!!!
Honestly, I believe the only reason Medusa was included in Axis is so Soule could write this one joke:
If you can't read it, it says, "Bad hair day?"
*crickets*
The other sub-plots involve a teleporting Inhuman named Reader, who sort of resembles a similar character on the Agents of SHIELD TV show…
…and the abduction of the Inhuman king, Black Bolt, by his nutso brother, Maximus.
Bottom line: I realize Marvel is trying to raise the profile of the Inhumans by giving them their own title, but Soule’s work so far is just barely a passing grade. This is a mildly entertaining C-list title.
Who’s a big boy? Who’s a big teleporting doggie?
This one’s for Trish.
Especially if the person who wears the crown has a ginormous amount of hair.
All is not well in the world of the Inhumans and it gets even more complicated when you are mired in that mess of a crossover event, Axis. There, some Marvel villains and heroes switched “sides”, with Medusa now becoming a cranky, mean-spirited queen.
Peasants!!!
Honestly, I believe the only reason Medusa was included in Axis is so Soule could write this one joke:
If you can't read it, it says, "Bad hair day?"
*crickets*
The other sub-plots involve a teleporting Inhuman named Reader, who sort of resembles a similar character on the Agents of SHIELD TV show…
…and the abduction of the Inhuman king, Black Bolt, by his nutso brother, Maximus.
Bottom line: I realize Marvel is trying to raise the profile of the Inhumans by giving them their own title, but Soule’s work so far is just barely a passing grade. This is a mildly entertaining C-list title.
Who’s a big boy? Who’s a big teleporting doggie?
This one’s for Trish.
November 4, 2015
Black Bolt has been missing since the events of Infinity, but thanks to Lineage, Medusa now knows he's alive. Medusa tasks her best detective along with her Nuhuman partner to find Black Bolt. Meanwhile Reader had rescued Xiaoyi, but are his intentions as pure as they appeared?
So I read this at the start of my Marvel Unlimited month and wasn't impressed, but after rereading it I have no idea why. Maybe I was just in a bad mood. Perhaps the Axis tie in really messed me up, but now I've read it so that could be the difference.
So Maximus has finally found a way to take control of Black Bolt's mind and he's controlling his every action. Auran and Frank McGee (Nur) are on their trail.
I'm a big fan of Frank McGee though. He's not the standard new hero. He's not young and naive, a scientist, or the result of some freak accident (basically not counting the terrigen cloud). A detective forced into early retirement because of his glowing eyes and forced into New Attilan because his eyes were giving his wife nightmares. He's a good guy and a strong addition.
Reader didn't save Xiaoyi out of the kindness of his heart. He's paid to bring new Inhumans to Ennilux. Unfortunately Xiaoyi isn't his normal job and things get complex.
I really enjoyed this volume of Inhuman and I like the direction they're moving.
My original review:
So I read this at the start of my Marvel Unlimited month and wasn't impressed, but after rereading it I have no idea why. Maybe I was just in a bad mood. Perhaps the Axis tie in really messed me up, but now I've read it so that could be the difference.
So Maximus has finally found a way to take control of Black Bolt's mind and he's controlling his every action. Auran and Frank McGee (Nur) are on their trail.
I'm a big fan of Frank McGee though. He's not the standard new hero. He's not young and naive, a scientist, or the result of some freak accident (basically not counting the terrigen cloud). A detective forced into early retirement because of his glowing eyes and forced into New Attilan because his eyes were giving his wife nightmares. He's a good guy and a strong addition.Reader didn't save Xiaoyi out of the kindness of his heart. He's paid to bring new Inhumans to Ennilux. Unfortunately Xiaoyi isn't his normal job and things get complex.
I really enjoyed this volume of Inhuman and I like the direction they're moving.
My original review:
May 9, 2023
Ennilux? OK, then. Also, why did Medusa go all Sasha Fierce there for an issue?
Soule does a good job dancing between the raindrops to keep this title in sync with Marvel Events elsewhere but I feel it is probably to the detriment of the core group of characters introduced in Vol. 1.
The art is still magnificent, though, and I definitely will be back for the denouement.
Soule does a good job dancing between the raindrops to keep this title in sync with Marvel Events elsewhere but I feel it is probably to the detriment of the core group of characters introduced in Vol. 1.
The art is still magnificent, though, and I definitely will be back for the denouement.
November 1, 2015
(my thoughts before I started reading) Soule, you better not let me down. This is on you to do lore of Letter 44, and less of She-Hulk in a courtroom reading legal briefs and quoting procedural minutia.
(While reading) This feels...formulaic. Call To Adventure for new Inhumans, telling it through the eyes of outsiders and children, and making the plot hinge on whether the children can save the adults (plot to every Disney movie ever made).
[This review is for both vol 1 & vol 2, since they're so tightly bound, I read them at the same time and the series ended right there...]
Now, the twists and double-crosses are fun, and the art is clear and clean, so it's fun enough to read.
It gets a little predictable near the end of the first book, and I didn't walk away *excited* to keep reading, but that may have more to do with the turgid Inhumans than the writing itself.
2nd book opens with some interesting desperation moves by Inhumans, and the efforts to corral the fake Terrigen crystals that bring them out of cover.
Then the book spends a great deal of time between brothers, . And I gotta say, at least under Soule's writing, the former's growing on me. He's devious, impetuous, has a blast screwing with the world and his family...a Loki knock-off, but still so much fun to read that I don't care if the comparison is apt or not.
When it comes to the struggles to figure out how to bring The Dude back, and why he stayed away, there's the requisite amount of mystery - not everything is explained up front - but it doesn't feel like the ending is going to be any great surprise. Like an episode of any great ongoing TV show (eg. The Amazing "Supernatural"), when one of the boys dies you know they're coming back somehow, and no matter how many slapfights they get into, they'll always brohug by the end of the season (if one of them hasn't been sent to another plane of existence).
What felt a little more...well, not *original* but at least satisfying...was Medusa going all badass. I didn't read the Axis event yet but apparently they invented some reason there for her to dress head-to-toe in latex, wrap her prehensile hair into a whip-like weapon, and turn into a total badass. No sitting around hand-wringing about her lost husband, trying to placate nervous humans. Fuck that dude. Let's just preserve our race by force, punt the runty humans back across the river.
I find myself reflecting on the MCU Inhumans, now that they're showing up in force in AoU and SHIELD (thank god the Shallow Comics Readers outlawed the damned periods in acronyms). The Inhuman called Reader seems pretty damned cool and ready-made for TV - I mean, they already had a blind teleporter, but this dude is even better - and more rogue-ish (without being a slimy douche *cough* certain Cajun mutant). And the way the different factions of Inhumans start banging into each other is cause for celebration - finally, a reason to give a shit about these otherwise impotent stand-around-and-moan-about-courtly-affairs-like-the-boring-acts-of-Shakespearean-plays people.
As this story wraps up, it feels a lot like the tons of X-books I read throughout last decade...tons of characters, short-lived takeovers by some new and uber villain who we'll never hear from again. This time it's a handful of villains that'll be defeated in due time, so buckle up and get ready to give a shit for ten minutes and then be done.
Can I praise Ryan Stegman's art here for a sec? Fun. Loose. Active. Like Sterling Archer preaches in gunmanship. And expressive without being entirely cartoony. The rest of the art? Not so much - warped, inconsistent and rushed-looking.
(While reading) This feels...formulaic. Call To Adventure for new Inhumans, telling it through the eyes of outsiders and children, and making the plot hinge on whether the children can save the adults (plot to every Disney movie ever made).
[This review is for both vol 1 & vol 2, since they're so tightly bound, I read them at the same time and the series ended right there...]
Now, the twists and double-crosses are fun, and the art is clear and clean, so it's fun enough to read.
It gets a little predictable near the end of the first book, and I didn't walk away *excited* to keep reading, but that may have more to do with the turgid Inhumans than the writing itself.
2nd book opens with some interesting desperation moves by Inhumans, and the efforts to corral the fake Terrigen crystals that bring them out of cover.
Then the book spends a great deal of time between brothers, . And I gotta say, at least under Soule's writing, the former's growing on me. He's devious, impetuous, has a blast screwing with the world and his family...a Loki knock-off, but still so much fun to read that I don't care if the comparison is apt or not.
When it comes to the struggles to figure out how to bring The Dude back, and why he stayed away, there's the requisite amount of mystery - not everything is explained up front - but it doesn't feel like the ending is going to be any great surprise. Like an episode of any great ongoing TV show (eg. The Amazing "Supernatural"), when one of the boys dies you know they're coming back somehow, and no matter how many slapfights they get into, they'll always brohug by the end of the season (if one of them hasn't been sent to another plane of existence).
What felt a little more...well, not *original* but at least satisfying...was Medusa going all badass. I didn't read the Axis event yet but apparently they invented some reason there for her to dress head-to-toe in latex, wrap her prehensile hair into a whip-like weapon, and turn into a total badass. No sitting around hand-wringing about her lost husband, trying to placate nervous humans. Fuck that dude. Let's just preserve our race by force, punt the runty humans back across the river.
I find myself reflecting on the MCU Inhumans, now that they're showing up in force in AoU and SHIELD (thank god the Shallow Comics Readers outlawed the damned periods in acronyms). The Inhuman called Reader seems pretty damned cool and ready-made for TV - I mean, they already had a blind teleporter, but this dude is even better - and more rogue-ish (without being a slimy douche *cough* certain Cajun mutant). And the way the different factions of Inhumans start banging into each other is cause for celebration - finally, a reason to give a shit about these otherwise impotent stand-around-and-moan-about-courtly-affairs-like-the-boring-acts-of-Shakespearean-plays people.
As this story wraps up, it feels a lot like the tons of X-books I read throughout last decade...tons of characters, short-lived takeovers by some new and uber villain who we'll never hear from again. This time it's a handful of villains that'll be defeated in due time, so buckle up and get ready to give a shit for ten minutes and then be done.
Can I praise Ryan Stegman's art here for a sec? Fun. Loose. Active. Like Sterling Archer preaches in gunmanship. And expressive without being entirely cartoony. The rest of the art? Not so much - warped, inconsistent and rushed-looking.
July 20, 2015
For the most part, this was actually better than the first volume. Atillan has become a bit more than a return to Asgardia-over-Oklahoma, and Medusa was used really well. The Black Bolt storyline actually made me vaguely interested in reading New Avengers, to get a better idea of what's driving his character. And then Axis happens. Yikes. Not a fan of this event, I have to say. Well, at least that's over. There are even more new characters introduced in this volume, and I actually don't mind. They're mostly good, interesting characters. I'm still enjoying this series more than I'd thought I would.
October 4, 2021
This was surprisingly good. It deals with Auran and Nur finding Black Bolt and we see what he ahs been upto and what Maximus has been dealing with and the inversion of Medusa during AXIS and the fallout of that and like her fight with Spider-man which was epic and then the main thrust of the story with Reader and Iso. And I love the whole pacing of it and it brings New Attilan into conflict with Ennilux and its Capo and the reunity of the Inhumans soon! Loved it and its a solid breezy read and deals with many characters but keeps it simple and easy to follow plus the art by Stegman is so good like some of the best easily!
August 17, 2021
My first comic book as a kid was the "Inhuman" and I was a fan. This one collects issues #7- 11 and is a very good story. BlackBolt has disappeared and his wife Medusa has taken the reigns as the ruler of Attilan, but is she a rather ruthless ruler?
The story and artwork are excellent, very much the way I prefer my comics. There is plenty of action and the story is strong and easily carries the reader to the end. The final page although a cliffhanger was fantastic and promised something better to come.
The story and artwork are excellent, very much the way I prefer my comics. There is plenty of action and the story is strong and easily carries the reader to the end. The final page although a cliffhanger was fantastic and promised something better to come.
June 16, 2016
I was going to give it 2 stars because I was disappointed in the "heroes" of the series. Then I wanted to give it 3 because of the twists, yes I didn't see them coming. Finally I settled on giving it 4 because hours later I was still thinking about these twists and how this kind of story telling is what really draws me to marvel. Good stuff
April 19, 2015
When I read the first volume of Inhuman, I thought I understood what it was: a coming-of-age story about a new group of heroes with perhaps a bit of politics mixed in. I couldn't be more wrong. This is … magnificent. It's an epic about a people long hidden on the world. It's about the machinations between different power groups, while also being about the people just emerging into this world. It may be the first book ever that actually made me care about Medusa, while I also continued to be wowed by the ongoing plot. Although this isn't as innovative as a Hawkeye, it's still one of the best things that Marvel is producing, and something that makes me want to go back an collect some of the older highlights of the Inhumans.
April 5, 2015
Can't get enough of this new series. The big cast of new characters is being developed very brightly and has me wishing already for a few spin off series. I need more Inhuman Royals, more Frank McGee, more Reader and Iso, more Gabby and Inferno, more Lockjaw! More, more, more! One of Marvel's best current titles. Adore seeing Ryan Stegman's art here. Marvel should be assigning him as much work as he can keep up with.
May 21, 2015
Fantastic. Charles Soule is making me really love this series. This series I feel is setting the standard of what a good marvel book can be. The artwork has a great feel and energy. Every panel is always a pleasure to view. Inhumans is doing what the X-men books usually do but I feel truthfully a bit better. In this second volume of the Inhuman series Queen Medusa personality has changed thanks to the events of Axis and has put the Inhuman nation of New Atillan in danger with the rest of the world. This becomes more complicated as the Inhuman king and Medusa's husband Black Bolt is missing. I really enjoyed the first half of this book with the confrontation of the Inhumans against Maximus the Mad. Maximus and Black Bolts rivalry and story are always interesting. The second half of this volumes introduces us to the new Inhuman Iso. She and the inhuman Reader are on the run from another Inhuman society. I enjoyed their story as well especially the explanation of how Iso's powers work. That is what this series has to offer the new reader fresh new characters and an intriguing story. I am looking forward to the next volume.
November 22, 2020
The first part of this volume is the strongest, deteailing what happened to Black Bolt and Maximus after Infinity/Inhumanity. Maximus is delightfully crazy and fun. But then AXIS happens. Medusa showed up in AXIS for almost no reason and did nothing in the plot, and these tie-ins have her being evil for... what reasons, really? There are some cool moments of her being angry and hoenstly kind of a badass, then there's some pointless fights, then the volume basically ends. For the most part I think this was better than the first volume, but it was also messier. At least Soule used the crossover tie-ins in a good way, so many series feel derailed but at least this is pushing the series further in the direction I think it's always been wanting to go in the first place.
March 5, 2023
Çok sıkıldım. AXIS tie-in bölümlerini ayrı ana hikayeyi ayrı sevmedim. AXIS'te zorlama bir şekilde Medusa da yer aldığı için onun da kişiliği tam tersi yönde değişti ve kötü oldu. AXIS kitabında Spider-Man'le dövüşüyordu, burada da dövüşüyor. Farklı mekan ve şekilde dövüşseler de aynı espri yapılıyor. Sırf tie-in yapmış olmak için harcanmış iki bölüm.
Inhuman kitabının hikayesine gelirsek yeni tiplere bir türlü ısınamadım. Maximus, Gorgon gibi karakterlerin olmadığı kısımlar beni pek çekemedi. Yeni karakterlerden dedektif ikiliye ısınacak gibi olmuştum ama çabucak harcandılar.
Hikayede Türkiye'yi ve hatta Anadolu'yu görmek şaşırtıcıydı. En azından Before Watchmen: Ozymandias'taki gibi paçavrayla gezen kıçı açık Türkler görmüyoruz.
Inhuman kitabının hikayesine gelirsek yeni tiplere bir türlü ısınamadım. Maximus, Gorgon gibi karakterlerin olmadığı kısımlar beni pek çekemedi. Yeni karakterlerden dedektif ikiliye ısınacak gibi olmuştum ama çabucak harcandılar.
Hikayede Türkiye'yi ve hatta Anadolu'yu görmek şaşırtıcıydı. En azından Before Watchmen: Ozymandias'taki gibi paçavrayla gezen kıçı açık Türkler görmüyoruz.
October 22, 2017
I’m actually kind of interested in this story now. I’m really intrigued by Black Bolt and Medusa specifically, and this volume gives them some of the spotlight back. Unfortunately, Medusa spends most of the time flip flopped from the events of Axis. I don’t get why she would tie her hair up in a ponytail. Seems like it defeats the purpose of her powers.
Anyway, I’m writing this about a month after I finished the book s that’s all I’ve got. I liked it more than Vol 1, but wasn’t totally blown away. Seeing more of Black Bolt is really what has me interested in coming back.
Anyway, I’m writing this about a month after I finished the book s that’s all I’ve got. I liked it more than Vol 1, but wasn’t totally blown away. Seeing more of Black Bolt is really what has me interested in coming back.
April 11, 2018
It was a really interesting run for the Inhumans. My rating would have been 5 stars if it wasn't that at times it wasn't as involving as it could have been considering the great Nuhumans that got introduced.
As Marvel was trying to build the Inhumans as their replacement for the X-Men, they were finitely doing a great job.
I'm seriously looking for more.
As Marvel was trying to build the Inhumans as their replacement for the X-Men, they were finitely doing a great job.
I'm seriously looking for more.
August 2, 2016
Same review as vol. 1 :
This is in my opinion a perfect example of good writing succeeding in spite of what I consider "ok" or "just serviceable" artwork.
I wish MARVEL would invest more in their artists….
This is in my opinion a perfect example of good writing succeeding in spite of what I consider "ok" or "just serviceable" artwork.
I wish MARVEL would invest more in their artists….
May 24, 2021
Soule jest jednym z tych autorów na dźwięk, których imienia i nazwiska moje ucho odpowiednio reaguje, z zaciekawieniem sprawdzając czym tym razem uraczył nas artysta. I bezsprzecznie ma on talent, bowiem z jednej strony mamy tutaj masę świetnych momentów, ale też jednocześnie czuć, że mamy tu bardziej drugi sort bohaterski. I tym razem Soule postawił nie na nowe postacie, ale dał im zwyczajnie kawałek tortu, dzięki czemu miałem przyjemność polubić postać niejakiego Nura, NuHumana o całkiem potężnej mocy, który był kiedyś detektywem, a to doświadczenie mocno mu pomaga w całej tej opowieści.
Początek kradnie jednak... Maximus, który uzyskał władzę nad umysłem Black Bolta. Pomysły brata króla dawnego Attilanu są świetne. Gość jest nieobliczalny i to chyba ten element tak do niego przykuwa. A pokazy mocy, których mamy tutaj sporo, są naprawdę dobrze zarysowane. Nieco żałowałem, że omawiana pozycja ma nieco powyżej 100 stron. Mogłaby być dłuższa, a to chyba wystarczająca rekomendacja. Dalej. Podobał mi się też wątek Readera i Xiaoyi. Oboje są postaciami z unikatowymi mocami i własnymi motywacjami. W pewnym momencie, trafiając do Wenecji, wplątują się w niezłą kabałę i muszą uciekać, gdyż pewien typu (Capo, zarządzający organizacją Ennilux), chce przemieścić swoją świadomość w ciało akurat tej dziewczyny (zboczenie, tylko mogę się zastanawiać, co on by potem przed lustrem robił...).
Wątek Dantego i ferajny z poprzedniego tomu zszedł na bok. Jest wprawdzie obecny, ale nie ma już takiej wagi. Nieco szkoda, ale daje nam to miejsce na ekspozycję innych fajnych momentów. Wyzwolony Black Bolt vs Maximus. Oj, to było mocne Panie Soule. Atak na nową stolicę Inhumans i reakcja Gorgona. Uwielbiam takie momenty. Jedyną wadą był wątek Axis, którego tu w zasadzie nie było. Ot, nagle Meduza ma zmieniony charakter i ma dosyć narzucania się ludzie jej rasie. Postanawia wziąć sprawy we własne ręce i atakuje siedzibę bodajże ONZ. Troszkę słabe to było, ale występ gościnny pewnego herosa z ekipy Avengers uznaję za udany.
Miałem też miejscami problem z samym wyglądem tego tomu. Larraz, który zajął się dwoma pierwszymi zeszytami ma świetną kreskę, a postacie i ich moce wyglądają naprawdę epicko. Gorzej odbierałem już późniejszą pracę Stegmana. Artysta nadal robi dobrą pracę, ale czegoś mi w niej brakowało. Zwłaszcza w wyglądzie postaci. Meduza bez źrenic wyglądała dziwne u niego dziwne niepokojąco. No i fakt, iż wątek jej przemiany i dwa poświęcone temu zeszyty są zauważalnie słabsze.
Mimo minusów drugi tom Inhuman w ramach Marvel NOW! uważam za udany i przyjmuję go chyba cieplej niż zasługuje. Niemniej są tu "momenty" i tak trochę szkoda, że swojego czasu Egmont zamiast stawiać na kilka innych tytułów, nie pokusił się o ten omawiany. 3.5/5
Początek kradnie jednak... Maximus, który uzyskał władzę nad umysłem Black Bolta. Pomysły brata króla dawnego Attilanu są świetne. Gość jest nieobliczalny i to chyba ten element tak do niego przykuwa. A pokazy mocy, których mamy tutaj sporo, są naprawdę dobrze zarysowane. Nieco żałowałem, że omawiana pozycja ma nieco powyżej 100 stron. Mogłaby być dłuższa, a to chyba wystarczająca rekomendacja. Dalej. Podobał mi się też wątek Readera i Xiaoyi. Oboje są postaciami z unikatowymi mocami i własnymi motywacjami. W pewnym momencie, trafiając do Wenecji, wplątują się w niezłą kabałę i muszą uciekać, gdyż pewien typu (Capo, zarządzający organizacją Ennilux), chce przemieścić swoją świadomość w ciało akurat tej dziewczyny (zboczenie, tylko mogę się zastanawiać, co on by potem przed lustrem robił...).
Wątek Dantego i ferajny z poprzedniego tomu zszedł na bok. Jest wprawdzie obecny, ale nie ma już takiej wagi. Nieco szkoda, ale daje nam to miejsce na ekspozycję innych fajnych momentów. Wyzwolony Black Bolt vs Maximus. Oj, to było mocne Panie Soule. Atak na nową stolicę Inhumans i reakcja Gorgona. Uwielbiam takie momenty. Jedyną wadą był wątek Axis, którego tu w zasadzie nie było. Ot, nagle Meduza ma zmieniony charakter i ma dosyć narzucania się ludzie jej rasie. Postanawia wziąć sprawy we własne ręce i atakuje siedzibę bodajże ONZ. Troszkę słabe to było, ale występ gościnny pewnego herosa z ekipy Avengers uznaję za udany.
Miałem też miejscami problem z samym wyglądem tego tomu. Larraz, który zajął się dwoma pierwszymi zeszytami ma świetną kreskę, a postacie i ich moce wyglądają naprawdę epicko. Gorzej odbierałem już późniejszą pracę Stegmana. Artysta nadal robi dobrą pracę, ale czegoś mi w niej brakowało. Zwłaszcza w wyglądzie postaci. Meduza bez źrenic wyglądała dziwne u niego dziwne niepokojąco. No i fakt, iż wątek jej przemiany i dwa poświęcone temu zeszyty są zauważalnie słabsze.
Mimo minusów drugi tom Inhuman w ramach Marvel NOW! uważam za udany i przyjmuję go chyba cieplej niż zasługuje. Niemniej są tu "momenty" i tak trochę szkoda, że swojego czasu Egmont zamiast stawiać na kilka innych tytułów, nie pokusił się o ten omawiany. 3.5/5
October 14, 2025
When the Axis event has people switching "sides", we get to see Medusa as a villain.
So during this time in the Marvel World - the Inhumans were being built up as the "go to" people with strange powers instead of mutants. You know the story, they didn't have the movie rights, but they had the Inhuman rights, blah blah blah. And you know, as much as it seems good on paper - for some reason the Inhumans just don't click with me.
Even here, where Medusa is "evil"... it just kind of falls flat and feels like something we have done before. Now I understand this may not be the character inherently being disinteresting - maybe Charles Soule is to blame. However, I like Soule's writing in the past. I don't really know what it is but this kind of sputtered along as after the whole Axis thing, we have a story about "Reader" who brings a young Inhuman to New Attilan - who is being chased by an evil corporation with a lot of firepower and a small army. Black Bolt returns just in time to save the day... only to have his title redefined by Medusa.
I would say if you like the Inhumans, this might be more for you than for me.
So during this time in the Marvel World - the Inhumans were being built up as the "go to" people with strange powers instead of mutants. You know the story, they didn't have the movie rights, but they had the Inhuman rights, blah blah blah. And you know, as much as it seems good on paper - for some reason the Inhumans just don't click with me.
Even here, where Medusa is "evil"... it just kind of falls flat and feels like something we have done before. Now I understand this may not be the character inherently being disinteresting - maybe Charles Soule is to blame. However, I like Soule's writing in the past. I don't really know what it is but this kind of sputtered along as after the whole Axis thing, we have a story about "Reader" who brings a young Inhuman to New Attilan - who is being chased by an evil corporation with a lot of firepower and a small army. Black Bolt returns just in time to save the day... only to have his title redefined by Medusa.
I would say if you like the Inhumans, this might be more for you than for me.
April 10, 2019
4.5 stars. Second volume continues to impress. Multiple plots running here which I’m sure will all collide at some point. You have Reader and Iso running from Ennilux. You got Maximus the Mad and Black Bolt. Plus Medusa acting weird trying to get a grip on things with Gorgon and company calling in some cameos to look into things. Oh almost forgot how it started with Frank McGee and Auran. Shame what happened to her, I was really starting to like her character. As I said before with volume 1, Soule is really good at introducing and developing characters and making you like them. Anyway awesome book. Excited to read the last volume.
December 16, 2020
The cool thing about the first volume of Inhuman was that it seemed to focus on these NuHumans that were such a huge part of this new world created by the Terrigen Cloud. While this volume has some of that its inclusion in the terrible Axis crossover brings it down a notch. I liked the search for Black Bolt, and Maximus is always a treat. Reader and Iso also were a fun read. The art, especially by Ryan Stegman was very good. Overall, an entertaining read with an unfortunate side trip for Medusa.
January 28, 2022
Updating my review to 3 stars from 4 as I just remembered they Fridged an awesome female character to prop up the story of some cishet white dude cop and just.... no. Don't.
More great work from the team. Really enjoying this series. The Axis tie-ins were fine, and mostly ignorable except
All in all, for a book I was only reading because it's relevant to a big X-Men event later on, I'm genuinely excited for the finale of the series, and its continuation into IvX post-Secret Wars.
More great work from the team. Really enjoying this series. The Axis tie-ins were fine, and mostly ignorable except
All in all, for a book I was only reading because it's relevant to a big X-Men event later on, I'm genuinely excited for the finale of the series, and its continuation into IvX post-Secret Wars.
October 17, 2025
Book starts off strong and ends of strong, but the middle is a disaster thanks to two issues that are part of the big Marvel AXIS event. An easy fix might have been just to put down an explainer page before and after the AXIS incursion so that reading the book makes more sense, but sadly this isn't the case, which means it makes for a bit of a confusing read when Medusa all of a sudden becomes a completely different person in literally a page turn! Still, Soule's writing is enjoyable, and Larraz and Stegman serve up some great comic book art.
March 2, 2019
I wanted to like this, I really did, and there's some good stuff in here - I like the NuHumans, and Reader, and even Medusa, in theory. Unfortunately it's a classic case of a Marvel Major Event swooping in to destroy existing titles, and then boom! suddenly characters are entirely different people, and stupid storylines happen. Meh.
November 18, 2019
I enjoyed this. I've always liked the Inhumans, but I've found their stories to be hit and miss over the years. This was done well. Medusa has both strengths and weaknesses as queen, especially when Axis. We see some Maximus and Black Bolt. And we get a good balance of classic and new Inhumans. The writing is good, the art is good. I like this series so far.
July 10, 2017
This volume was even better than the last. There are a few new and really interesting Inhumans. The Reader is a great character. And the art is really good. Stegman makes the characters really dynamic and powerful looking, but can alo do soft, sleek, menacing...and a dog. Onto the next volume!
June 6, 2018
The missing Black Bolts fate is revealed and Medusa returns changed after the AXIS story. Reader and Iso faces the Ennilux corporation.
November 22, 2021
Very interesting read. It's nice to see a new side of these characters and their struggles. And nice to see more of the Inhuman population growth on Earth 616.
July 17, 2023
Medusa je roura.
December 4, 2024
2.5 rounded up.
AXIS kinda ruined this, was having more fun with it than I expected until it came to a screeching halt.
AXIS kinda ruined this, was having more fun with it than I expected until it came to a screeching halt.
June 27, 2015
Mini Comic File - Inhuman: Axis
Queen Medusa has 99 problems, and finding her missing husband Black Bolt and turning evil are just two of them. The collection somewhat jumps around as it ties into other events like Axis, which is why Medusa goes all down with humans. And the Black Bolt material does somewhat tied into the Avengers and eventually the whole end of everything Marvel 616.
For me the most interesting new addition is the Inhuman Reader. Reader is a bounty hunter of a type. And he is grey through and through. His personality reminds me some of Gordon. He is blind (like Gordon), but by reading (which in this issue he does through braille) he can used several different superhuman abilities. But there are rules. First, he can only do it three times before he must sleep. And every new reading is weaker than the first. I would be really interesting to see him on Tuesday nights.
Rating - 3.25 out of 5, really what knocks it down from a four is the fact the collection is tying into multiple other events which limits the ability to tell a tighter story.
Queen Medusa has 99 problems, and finding her missing husband Black Bolt and turning evil are just two of them. The collection somewhat jumps around as it ties into other events like Axis, which is why Medusa goes all down with humans. And the Black Bolt material does somewhat tied into the Avengers and eventually the whole end of everything Marvel 616.
For me the most interesting new addition is the Inhuman Reader. Reader is a bounty hunter of a type. And he is grey through and through. His personality reminds me some of Gordon. He is blind (like Gordon), but by reading (which in this issue he does through braille) he can used several different superhuman abilities. But there are rules. First, he can only do it three times before he must sleep. And every new reading is weaker than the first. I would be really interesting to see him on Tuesday nights.
Rating - 3.25 out of 5, really what knocks it down from a four is the fact the collection is tying into multiple other events which limits the ability to tell a tighter story.
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