Mister X: Razed

Mr. X #3.3

by Dean Motter

The legendary comics creator Dean Motter returns with Mister X: Razed! In the retro-futuristic metropolis of Radiant City, its mysterious creator, Mister X, must protect the city and its residents from themselves as the architecture of the city itself is a danger to all those within it.

Jilted lovers at Christmas, the mystery of a disappearing skyscraper, a disgraced magician's heinous trap, and a zombie outbreak await you in the newest collection of the Mister X saga, collecting Mister X: Razed #1--#4 and Mister X: Frozen Assets from Dark Horse Presents #33-35!

Genres: Graphic Novels, Science Fiction, Comics

136 pages, Paperback

First published November 17, 2015

About the author

Dean R. Motter is an illustrator, designer and writer who worked for many years in Toronto, Canada, New York City, and Atlanta. Motter is best known as the creator and designer of Mister X, one of the most influential "new-wave" comics of the 1980s.

Dean then took up the Creative Services Art Director's post at Time Warner/DC Comics, where he oversaw the corporate and licensing designs of America’s most beloved comic book characters such as Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman. In his off-hours he went on to create and design the highly acclaimed, retro-futuristic comic book series, Terminal City-- and its sequels, Aerial Graffiti. and Electropolis.

Reviews

[Luis Diaz · Rating 2 out of 5]

I couldn't get into it. I've been wanting to read a Mister X book for some time. The covers look amazing, but the art inside isn't at least in this volume. Perhaps there are other stories which are gems, but I didn't finish the rest of the book. I just read the first story and a half before I got bored. I did want to know more about Mister X and perhaps these books by Dean Motter were pretty ahead of it's time when he initially made them. It probably inspired Dark City and other kinds of stories. Perhaps even Batman: The Animated Series from the 90s. Who knows. I do think I will try to find the stories illustrated by Los Hernandez Bros. I know I probably won't be disappointed.

[Eli Poteet · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wanted to like to this book more than I did. I like the hard mix of retro and futuristic ideas but I couldn't get into the main characters. I recognize this is a third volume and I haven't read the earlier issues but I still feel as though there isn't enough valid and genuine character development for me to care about these people.