X-Men #25 Review

Vampires are cool. Not the shimmering ones though. Today I will be reviewing X-Men #25. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think.

X-Men #25

So let’s talk about the book. First, a quick review of issue #24, which I failed to review last month. Jubilee ran away with Raizo Kodo and the Forgiven, his crew of Vampires. They are trying to convert her to their way of thinking and surviving without having to kill. Jubilee resists at first and even runs away but eventually returns to Raizo for help. Onto this issue. The X-Men are finding vampire dens and destroying them . however, none of that leads them to Jubilee. Then, with the help of Madison Jeffries, they arrive at an island that is the lair of the Forgiven. Breaking into their base, the X-Men are confronted by Raizo and the Forgiven. They battle back and forth until Jubilee comes out and breaks up the fight. Before any further hostilities can occur, Colossus shows up with two hit men. It seems there is an open contract on Raizo Kodo and a small army of murderers, hit-men, killers and assassins have arrived on the island to collect. And that’s the book.

So let’s talk opinions. If you’re a fan of character growth and whining and preaching, then last issue was stellar for you. That was basically the entire issue in a nutshell. Jubilee dealing with being a vampire and Raizo trying to show her the light. (Yawn. Snore. Who cares?) It’s just a sad thing when absolutely nothing happens for an entire issue and I have to pay full price for it. Let me sum up that issue in one sentence. Raizo tries to convert Jubilee, but with no success, until she realizes that she wants to change. The end. Another complete waste of an issue. At least this issue had a little bit of action to move it along it’s intended path. I also really loved the plot twist at the end. The battle between the X-Men and the Forgiven was pretty cool. What I fail to understand is that if they decimated camp after camp of vampires in minutes, why was it so hard to beat this pack? (Other than the fact that if they did, there would be no story to tell) Does being non human eaters make the Forgiven some super vampires? Do they have skills the rest of the vampires don’t? (Hey, maybe that would be a great story to tell instead of having an entire issue of bitching and moaning) I’m just not feeling the story being told here. There’s just no substance behind the hunt. No consequences to the X-Men’s actions. (Seriously. They just wiped out a small army of vampires and there is no response or retribution coming from the rest of the vampire nation? Somehow I doubt that) In any case, the story is ok but hollow. Hopefully next issue’s war will be spectacular to watch and then we can move on to a new arc. So far the last two have been very weak. At least the art is still top notch. Everyone looked amazing and the battle scene was really cool. Nice detailed backgrounds and line work also added to the overall visual enjoyment. At least the book has that going for it. That’s my opinion folks. Take it or leave it.

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