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Marauders (2019) (Single Issues)
Marauders (2019-2022) #16
The Black King did wrong. Now he must pay.
25 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 9, 2020
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December 12, 2020
Finalmente arriva la tanto attesa risposta all'omicidio di Kitty: lei, Emma e Tempesta vanno da Shaw per ottenere un po' di sacrosanta vendetta.
Solo che... si parte bene, ma poi la cosa scade un poco.
Del resto, come si fa a vendicarsi veramente di una persona come Shaw, in un contesto in cui morte, malattia e menomazione non esistono? E dove non si può optare per la rovina sociale ed economica, dato che Sebastian serve per il funzionamento dell'isola nel contesto globale?
Alla fine si trova una sorta di compromesso, lasciando scegliere a lui se vivere menomato e guardato a vista, morire e aspettare chissà quanto per tornare in vita, o confessare tutto, perdere tutto ma arrecare al tempo stesso una perdita probabilmente ingente a Krakoa, con la scelta che cade sulla soluzione più indolore, la prima.
Però non so, in questo modo sembra tutto annacquato, si avverte poco pathos, zero tensione.
Uno degli effetti collatorali di questa isola della vita eterna, dove nessuna minaccia appare realistica (e dove infatti la morte per qualche mese di Kitty aveva suscitato interesse per i suoi "problemi" con Krakoa).
Solo che... si parte bene, ma poi la cosa scade un poco.
Del resto, come si fa a vendicarsi veramente di una persona come Shaw, in un contesto in cui morte, malattia e menomazione non esistono? E dove non si può optare per la rovina sociale ed economica, dato che Sebastian serve per il funzionamento dell'isola nel contesto globale?
Alla fine si trova una sorta di compromesso, lasciando scegliere a lui se vivere menomato e guardato a vista, morire e aspettare chissà quanto per tornare in vita, o confessare tutto, perdere tutto ma arrecare al tempo stesso una perdita probabilmente ingente a Krakoa, con la scelta che cade sulla soluzione più indolore, la prima.
Però non so, in questo modo sembra tutto annacquato, si avverte poco pathos, zero tensione.
Uno degli effetti collatorali di questa isola della vita eterna, dove nessuna minaccia appare realistica (e dove infatti la morte per qualche mese di Kitty aveva suscitato interesse per i suoi "problemi" con Krakoa).
July 9, 2021
The Red Queen returns, and pays back the Black King, if a little. Lockheed gets his pound of flesh to tide him over.
It's good to be back reading one of my favorite titles from Hickman's X-Men reboot.
It's good to be back reading one of my favorite titles from Hickman's X-Men reboot.
December 13, 2020
Revenge!! Some great humour within this one
December 10, 2020
How curious. An entire issue dedicated to vengeance, and nothing else, and yet it leaves me... cold.
Maybe you have to really like Kitty and/or Emma Frost to get the emotion that the writers were trying for. But I'm indifferent to one and despise the other, so I wasn't exactly rooting for them in their confrontation with Shaw. Then Shaw himself is a villain of so little importance, I just keep forgetting that he exists.
Very skippable issue, unless you're the biggest Kitty Pryde fan ever.
Maybe you have to really like Kitty and/or Emma Frost to get the emotion that the writers were trying for. But I'm indifferent to one and despise the other, so I wasn't exactly rooting for them in their confrontation with Shaw. Then Shaw himself is a villain of so little importance, I just keep forgetting that he exists.
Very skippable issue, unless you're the biggest Kitty Pryde fan ever.
November 12, 2025
Sebastian Shaw gets his just desserts.
December 24, 2020
Well, this was rather wonderful...Emma and Kate team up, along with Storm and Lockheed, to wreak vengeance upon Sebastian Shaw for the crime of...well...killing Kate Pryde and attempting to kill Lockheed. Things which make him a very bad man. I mean, we already knew he was a very bad man, but still...
And what a twisted and entirely appropriate vengeance it is. Because, after all, on Krokoa, death holds no stings...but humiliating a man in his own home? And reducing himself to a wheelchair bound shell of himself? For a man like Shaw that's gotta hurt. I also fully expect this to come back to bite Kate and Emma at some point.
The art is superb, and the cover, by Russel Daughterman is particularly good. My only real question here is: Where did Kate's knuckle tats go? Although, I didn't like them, so... Maybe she phased them off?
Anyway, this was good, and builds my excited for post-X Of Swords X-books.
And what a twisted and entirely appropriate vengeance it is. Because, after all, on Krokoa, death holds no stings...but humiliating a man in his own home? And reducing himself to a wheelchair bound shell of himself? For a man like Shaw that's gotta hurt. I also fully expect this to come back to bite Kate and Emma at some point.
The art is superb, and the cover, by Russel Daughterman is particularly good. My only real question here is: Where did Kate's knuckle tats go? Although, I didn't like them, so... Maybe she phased them off?
Anyway, this was good, and builds my excited for post-X Of Swords X-books.
January 26, 2021
What a power trip! Haha! Kate was right. Men are too emotional—and treacherous, disloyal, and untrustworthy—to lead.
Kate, Emma, and Ororo are totally badass in this one. But I still don't think Sebastian has been punished enough, plus keeping his transgressions secret from the Quiet Council will only lead to problems in the future.
I noticed something conflicting here… Jean was on the Council in Hellions #7, but in this issue she's not and they're discussing her replacement? Shouldn't she not have been sitting at all post X of Swords?
Kate, Emma, and Ororo are totally badass in this one. But I still don't think Sebastian has been punished enough, plus keeping his transgressions secret from the Quiet Council will only lead to problems in the future.
I noticed something conflicting here… Jean was on the Council in Hellions #7, but in this issue she's not and they're discussing her replacement? Shouldn't she not have been sitting at all post X of Swords?
June 30, 2021
Awesome.
December 15, 2020
I've been waiting for this issue. The comeuppance of Sebastian Shaw. This story could have been great. SHOULD have been great. But the depictions of Shaw, both artistically and characteristically, were disappointing. He looks more like some youthful version of the lanky and creepy Count Olaf from A Series of Unfortunate Events than the stout and formidable Sebastian Shaw I'm used to. His typical confident and menacing demeanor is quickly reduced to a buffoonish caricature I don't recognize or find particularly believable for him. Still giving it f 4 stars for the overall storyline and badass portrayals of Kate and Emma.
December 11, 2020
Brilliant issue.
Firstly I love Kate, she fucking rocks, and seeing her get her revenge against Shaw was brilliant. He's had it coming for a while and he got the good old beat down he deserved.
I feel that's the end of that arc and let's see where the series goes next.
Good art, good writing, a little less humour than normal but still managed to slip some in.
Firstly I love Kate, she fucking rocks, and seeing her get her revenge against Shaw was brilliant. He's had it coming for a while and he got the good old beat down he deserved.
I feel that's the end of that arc and let's see where the series goes next.
Good art, good writing, a little less humour than normal but still managed to slip some in.
December 13, 2020
Don't get me wrong, I love whiskey as much as the next girl but Kate needs to chill on the drinking. Shaw really deserved that ass kicking. But he's going to retaliate in a big way. I hope the book doesn't turn into a back and forth for the next few months. Kate's finger tattoos lied!
December 13, 2020
Revenge. Sweet, sweet revenge.
January 4, 2021
Felt grand, this one.
February 6, 2021
Love it when revenge is served on a silver platter
April 14, 2022
Damn. That was a reckoning. I wonder though, Should they have left Sebastian alive?
April 26, 2023
Shaw got his ass kicked!!!
March 29, 2024
Good shit. Love Emma and Kitty giving Sebastian the smackdown.
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