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It was fun to get back to the X-Men with a book that is not about the two schools (like Uncanny, Wolverine and, and All-New) and more about the fun aspects of a team book and dynamic.

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Instead weвЂ™re left with some decent characters doing the narrative equivalent of shrugging while the pages tick down, which is also how I felt when reading this вЂ“ yeahвЂ¦soвЂ¦? If this series is going to be worth reading, it needs to address these problems quick smart. ThereвЂ™s no real story arc to this first volume and no strong villain either, both of which are why the book fails to be any good.

First most of the team fight some amorphous techno-organic blob and then they fight a series of massively obese guys вЂ“ theyвЂ™re so forgettable and inconsequential. Domino is kind of your template physically-tough female character but I liked that she and Peter (Rasputin, aka Colossus) hooked up вЂ“ poor guy needed it, especially since that Kitty Pryde relationship has sailed.Д«ut if the characters are solid, the story is less so. They have a great scene at the end where they build massive rock-вЂem-sock-вЂem robots in a junkyard because theyвЂ™re bored and start gambling. Cable also gets a new arm but heвЂ™s still having his usual problems with the techno-organic virus heвЂ™s permanently infected with.ДЄlso Forge and Dr NemesisвЂ™ relationship is really funny, Nemesis behaving in a less-insane Deadpool style while Forge is a sarcastic, less beastly Hank McCoy. Cable and HopeвЂ™s relationship, father and daughter, is the emotional core of the series, something you often donвЂ™t see in team books (for a soulless team book, check out вЂ“ or donвЂ™t - DCвЂ™s Team 7) and itвЂ™s definitely one of the highlights of the book. The team is: Cable, Hope, Colossus, Forge, Dr Nemesis and Domino, and I think the character work in this book is especially good. ThereвЂ™s no series otherwise! TheyвЂ™re assembled one at a time, OceanвЂ™s Eleven style, but thereвЂ™s no real purpose, theyвЂ™re just kind of going along with some doom premonition of CableвЂ™s and unfortunately get branded as bad eggs by the authorities and the X-Men and Avengers along the way. And Cable and X-Force isnвЂ™t bad, but itвЂ™s not that great either.Д¬able assembles a team becauseвЂ¦ well, he just does. With a surname like вЂњHopelessвЂќ, youвЂ™d think anything written by Dennis Hopeless would be good, as heвЂ™d be trying that much harder to make his work better and avoid the obvious snide critical remark of вЂњThis book is, (chuckle), hopeless!вЂќ.

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