X-Force, Vol. 2

X-Force (2019) #3-4

by Benjamin Percy

Omega Red may be harboring a deadly secret, but nothing compares to the trust broken by the unexpected interrogation of one of X-Force's own! Meanwhile, Forge, Wolverine and Quentin Quire brave the terrors of the deep - and a deadly discovery reveals a dark side of Krakoa! Shaken by his recent resurrection, Quire ponders his new lease on life - but when a creature of nightmares wreaks havoc on X-Force, can he fight it on its home turf? Plus: The squad handles unwanted party crashers at the Hellfire Gala, Wolverine surfs some gnarly waves and X-Force must get to the root of the problem when Krakoa suffers an attack from a very invasive plant! Meanwhile, Beast's best-laid plans invite a threat close to the heart as the secret works of Mikhail Rasputin are at last revealed! Collecting X-FORCE (2019) #15-26 and WOLVERINE (2020) #13.

Genres: Comics, Marvel, X Men

352 pages, Hardcover

First published May 31, 2023

About the author

Benjamin Percy is the author of seven novels -- most recently The Sky Vault (William Morrow) -- three short fiction collections, and a book of essays, Thrill Me, that is widely taught in creative writing classrooms. He writes Wolverine, X-Force, and Ghost Rider for Marvel Comics. His fiction and nonfiction have been published in Esquire (where he is a contributing editor), GQ, Time, Men's Journal, Outside, the Wall Street Journal, Tin House, and the Paris Review. His honors include an NEA fellowship, the Whiting Writer's Award, the Plimpton Prize, two Pushcart Prizes, the iHeart Radio Award for Best Scripted Podcast, and inclusion in Best American Short Stories and Best American Comics.

Reviews

[Shannon Appelcline · Rating 3 out of 5]

A mishmash of stories that's ultimately unsatisfying. That's largely because the major villain throughout all of this is Xeno, and they're unleashing a constant rush of faceless monstrosities to attack Krakoa, which is good on the body horror front, but not on the depth-of-characterization front.

Then, there's a Russian-focused plotline that barely makes sense and doesn't get a conclusion.

And then there's a cringeworthy couple of issues about Wolverine surfing.

[Matt J · Rating 4 out of 5]

The first 11 issues were so great I was prepared to give it a 5/5 but then it ends with some kind of awful Point Break homage starring Wolverine and his adamantium surfboard. I want to forget surfing Wolverine, but it’s just so stupid I don’t know how.