This is the start of a new darker version of X-Force and while it’s the start of a several book (and graphic novel) story arc, it’s a hell of a story which satisfyingly concludes at the end of the book.
Sometimes these story arcs leave you of with some cliffhanger or some other unsatisfying conclusion making you want more. This doesn’t. At all.
So why is this good? The characters, the dialogue, the art, the story itself, and the pacing. The characters are all well executed and strongly follow their own historical logic and internal story logic. The dialogue is quick witted, feels original, and each character their own strong voice yet a different voice from the others. This is no easy feat and something lacking from other books. More importantly, the characters are interesting, do interesting things, and handle situations in ways I didn’t expect.
The art is full of greys, Dark blues, purples, Browns, and oranges. This really sets it apart from X-Men proper and even other X-Force books. Not to mention the characters themselves look great, the style isn’t over the top, and the faces which can often be charicature-d or lacking detail... look fantastic and on keeping with the past. All of these details ultimately serve the narrative and tone which is intended to be much darker and it really does count on it.
Finally, the story... the story is just damn good. It’s a story about the team hearing about a child Apocolypse. So the main mission of the story is to hunt down, infiltrate, and assassinate young Apocolypse. Kid murder isn’t exactly an easy topic which leads to such a strong story. There aren’t easy choices in this and these particular characters are all pretty damaged in some way. More importantly, the pacing is tight. Scenes begin and end where they should, scenes rarely overstay their welcome, and there’s damn near no filler. Even stronger are the twists, turns and moral quandaries. But the central question remains... if you had the chance to kill mutant version of baby Hitler, would you?
One of the best X-Force stories I’ve ever read and in my top 5 ever X-Men stories. Go read it now.
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Wolverine's X-Force revamped...and improved
This story picks of just after the amazing X-Men: Second Coming story. This new X-force team comes together at the end of that story, and has many similarities to the previous X-force team (written by Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost). They are similar in that both teams are lead by Wolverine, have slick black and grey costumes and are unknown to the world. However, while the previous X-Force was all Cyclops idea, this new X-Force is unknown to exist even to him.This story has plenty of things to love: Deadpool is finally a member of an X-team, and frankly, fits like a glove to X-force. His character is spot on and has great chemistry with the rest of the team, especially Fantomex. Fantomex is also an amazing addition to this team, as he is mysterious and not very known, but extremely interesting. His attraction towards Psylocke is something that shows a lot of promise for an interesting triangle (Psylocke dating Archangel and all). And lets not forget Archangels inner strugle to not be consumed by his dark side, especially struggleing in this story dealing with Apocalypse. Psylocke is also en excellent addition to the team, providing a very usefull mental conection between the team on their missions (much like Martian Manhunter does for the JLA). Wolverine has his great moments as well and proves to be the natural leader of a bad ass team like this.The Apocalypse Solution is a fantastic way to start out this series. It is probably my favorite Apocalypse story not called The Age of Apocalypse. The New Horsemen come out as credible threats and are probably the best Horsemen ive seen by Apocalypse's side. Ozymandias is still as good as a lackey as always and Apocalypse's new form is... unexpected.I highly recommend this book to those who like the mroe gritty side of X-men, and especially those who enjoyed the previous incarnation of X-Force by Yost and Kyle. This series shows tons of promise and the ending left me speechless. Cant wait to see where they take it from here, i already ordered the next book Uncanny X-Force: Deathlok Nation
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DatBoyM
... I expected way more because everyone kept saying how amazing this is
Reviewed in India on April 5, 2018