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Shatterstar #1
X-Force: Shatterstar
In the aftermath of the events of Cable & X-Force Vol. 1: The Legend Returns, Shatterstar finds himself fighting for his life on the island of Madripoor. How does he come into possession of the Five Fingers of Annihilation, and who else sought to control its terrible power? Featuring Spiral from the pages of Longshot and X-Men. Collects X-Force: Shatterstar #1-4, plus Shatterstar's classic first appearance in New Mutants #99-100.
160 pages, Paperback
First published August 3, 2005
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About the author
Brandon Thomas
221 books37 followersBrandon Thomas is the writer and co-creator of critically-acclaimed comics series EXCELLENCE (Skybound/Image), HORIZON (Skybound/Image) and THE MANY ADVENTURES OF MIRANDA MERCURY. Previous work includes the comics series NOBLE (Lion Forge), VOLTRON (Dynamite), and FANTASTIC FOUR TALES (Marvel).
NOBLE #1 was awarded the Fist Award for Best International Comic by the 2017 Lagos Comic-Con, in recognition of best usage of characters/stories based on persons of African descent. NOBLE was also nominated for 2019 Glyph Comics Awards in six categories: Story Of The Year; Best Cover (winner); Best Writer; Best Artist (winner); Best Male Character (winner); and Best Female Character.
Since 2003, Brandon has written comics for several publishers, including Marvel, Lion Forge, Arcade, Dynamite, and DC Entertainment, and has published over 300 original columns as part of the Ambidextrous series. His first creator-owned project THE MANY ADVENTURES OF MIRANDA MERCURY shipped from Archaia Entertainment to widespread critical success, leading to his biggest comics projects to date — the sci-fi conspiracy thriller HORIZON (co-created with artist Juan Gedeon), and the action fantasy series EXCELLENCE (co-created with artist Khary Randolph) — both published by Robert Kirkman’s Skybound Entertainment.
Brandon also hosts The Two Brandons podcast with Eisner-Nominated writer Brandon Easton (Transformers: War For Cybertron, Star Trek: Year Five, Vampire Hunter D: The Series).
He lives and writes in Southern California with his wife and son.
NOBLE #1 was awarded the Fist Award for Best International Comic by the 2017 Lagos Comic-Con, in recognition of best usage of characters/stories based on persons of African descent. NOBLE was also nominated for 2019 Glyph Comics Awards in six categories: Story Of The Year; Best Cover (winner); Best Writer; Best Artist (winner); Best Male Character (winner); and Best Female Character.
Since 2003, Brandon has written comics for several publishers, including Marvel, Lion Forge, Arcade, Dynamite, and DC Entertainment, and has published over 300 original columns as part of the Ambidextrous series. His first creator-owned project THE MANY ADVENTURES OF MIRANDA MERCURY shipped from Archaia Entertainment to widespread critical success, leading to his biggest comics projects to date — the sci-fi conspiracy thriller HORIZON (co-created with artist Juan Gedeon), and the action fantasy series EXCELLENCE (co-created with artist Khary Randolph) — both published by Robert Kirkman’s Skybound Entertainment.
Brandon also hosts The Two Brandons podcast with Eisner-Nominated writer Brandon Easton (Transformers: War For Cybertron, Star Trek: Year Five, Vampire Hunter D: The Series).
He lives and writes in Southern California with his wife and son.
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July 14, 2025
Updated Review From 2025 Readthrough:
I don't know how I mistook the art in the main book, by Marat Mychaels for Liefeld's. While influenced by Liefeld's work, it is significantly better. Still not my favorite style but I appreciate that it's mostly homage.
The end of the story has Shatterstar joining up with a monestary, which is where we find him in the unapologetically terrible X-Force & Cable: The Legend Returns, a book so bad, it makes this mostly unimpressive book seem like Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History in comparison.
***
Original 2018 Review:
I expected nothing from this book. I'm not a Liefeld fan, and I don't care about Shatterstar. The main story, Shatterstar is thrown through dimensions by Spiral, who is taking over an alternate dimension, sort of like Apocalypse in X-Men: Age of Apocalypse Omnibus, is decent fan service. Alternate versions of heroes and villains that seem fairly on-brand, a slightly tweaked mythology, and fun reimaginings, such as a a species of large dragons called Lockheeds, that bear a striking resemblance to Kitty Pride's pet dragon from X-Men.
The art shows you why some people like Liefeld. It's vibrant, and actiony. It's still antatomically Wrong wrong wrong, with people holding swords in positions that would require them to have seven broken bones within each arm, and their torsos twisted in ways that would surely kill them, but the art does look fun. And the art from the main story looks positively masterful compared to the New Mutants issues in the back, which are early Liefeld. He has definitely benefitted from the improved coloring techniques of the 21st century. If the main story is a good example of why some people enjoy his art, the New Mutants material is a potent reminder of why most people Hate his art.
I recommend it for Liefeld fans, Shatterstar devotees, the acolytes of Spyral, and people who enjoy alternate reality X-books such as you find in Exiles, Volume 1: Down the Rabbit Hole.
I don't know how I mistook the art in the main book, by Marat Mychaels for Liefeld's. While influenced by Liefeld's work, it is significantly better. Still not my favorite style but I appreciate that it's mostly homage.
The end of the story has Shatterstar joining up with a monestary, which is where we find him in the unapologetically terrible X-Force & Cable: The Legend Returns, a book so bad, it makes this mostly unimpressive book seem like Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History in comparison.
***
Original 2018 Review:
I expected nothing from this book. I'm not a Liefeld fan, and I don't care about Shatterstar. The main story, Shatterstar is thrown through dimensions by Spiral, who is taking over an alternate dimension, sort of like Apocalypse in X-Men: Age of Apocalypse Omnibus, is decent fan service. Alternate versions of heroes and villains that seem fairly on-brand, a slightly tweaked mythology, and fun reimaginings, such as a a species of large dragons called Lockheeds, that bear a striking resemblance to Kitty Pride's pet dragon from X-Men.
The art shows you why some people like Liefeld. It's vibrant, and actiony. It's still antatomically Wrong wrong wrong, with people holding swords in positions that would require them to have seven broken bones within each arm, and their torsos twisted in ways that would surely kill them, but the art does look fun. And the art from the main story looks positively masterful compared to the New Mutants issues in the back, which are early Liefeld. He has definitely benefitted from the improved coloring techniques of the 21st century. If the main story is a good example of why some people enjoy his art, the New Mutants material is a potent reminder of why most people Hate his art.
I recommend it for Liefeld fans, Shatterstar devotees, the acolytes of Spyral, and people who enjoy alternate reality X-books such as you find in Exiles, Volume 1: Down the Rabbit Hole.
January 27, 2013
Obscure comic character favourites: I has them.
May 28, 2015
#putoLiefeld
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