Uncanny X-Force #22 Review

 

The battle for Otherworld kicks into high gear and Fantomex gets a blast from his past. Today I will be reviewing Uncanny X-Force #22. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think.

Uncanny X-Force #22

So let’s talk about the book. Wolverine and a newly healed Deadpool infiltrate the castle of the Goat with a promise of death. Too bad he’s well aware of them and is not scared in the slightest. While this happens, the armies of the Goat are decimating the forces of Captain Britain and his corps. A huge force of Dragons are also sent to attack the last resistance fighters that are being defended by Meggan and Nightcrawler. Meanwhile, Psylocke pays the price for Fantomex’ survival. A price yet to be revealed. As they are fleeing to the portal to Earth so Fantomex can escape, they are intercepted by Weapon III, a man with no skin, who has a long history with Fantomex as they were created by the same program. Caught unprepared, the two are easily defeated and captured. It seems that Fantomex was the reason Weapon III lost his skin and also the one who stole it afterwards. Weapon III begins to torture Fantomex to find out his skin’s location. He starts by cutting off Fantomex’ face. And that’s the book.

So let’s talk opinions. The series that was getting better and better over the past year just keeps sliding downhill. There really is no better way to describe the catastrophe that this story arc is. I am so incredibly bored and confused that I seriously don’t want to read next issue. Simply put, this story is just bad. Not too mention that there are way too many things going on and all of the jumping around from situation to situation with absolutely nothing happening each jump is really dragging the pacing into the ground. Basically, other than the Fantomex portion, nothing else happened. Everyone split up and got ready or into battle. (Nice to see Deadpool back and actually used, by the way. Even correctly used, which was a shock) I just don’t seem to have any connection to this story arc. I don’t care one way or the other. The horrid art definitely contributes to that feeling. It actually makes me want the book to be over faster so you just flip the pages, read the words, and ignore the ugly pictures. It’s all just an over-jumbled confusing in-distinctive mess. Everything just seems to be splotched together with no consideration for individuality or detail. The one splash that was actually fairly well done was the last page face lift image. That looked both awesome and incredibly nasty. Great cover too, once again. In fact, the only saving grace in this story arc is the introduction of Weapon III. I love this guy. He’s completely insane. Here is a villain that I can actually see as a valid mutant threat. Not some magical ridiculousness like the Goat. Leave that stuff to books like Excalibur or Avengers. In this title, we need mutant threats. Nothing else. I pray this story arc ends soon as I’m almost at the pinnacle of suffering and I don’t know how much longer I can take it. That’s my opinion folks. Take it or leave it.

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