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An Incredibly Biased Review of Mimic and the X-Men #2
And lo, the skies parted and the light shone down upon us as the world was gifted with the greatest comic book of all time this week. An event nearly 50 years in the making rode into our lives on a tsunami of awesome and fansanity! For here is an issue that has made my years of being a comic book geek and scouring the back issue bins worth it. Your favorite superhero and mine, the Mimic, has thrown down the gauntlet of mediocrity and declared in one voice that he would not go quiet into the night!
How did Mimic not even make the cover?
The X-Men will never be the same. And we are all blessed for it.
Comic rating: INFINITY/5: Scrumtrulescent!!
Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t a perfect issue. We spend an inordinate amount of time focused on characters who aren’t Mimic. I don’t know what writer Christos Gage was thinking, but considering the badassery of his treatment of Mimic in this issue, he’s easily forgiven. But there’s a lot to slog through. The comic is called Mimic and the X-Men, after all. I suppose he had to squeeze a few other X-Men in there. Otherwise, what would Mimic have to joi…oop! I don’t want to spoil anything in this opening blurb. That would take away everyone’s fun!
And there is nothing more fun than reading the greatest comic book ever published starring the coolest, most underused superhero to ever grace our eyeballs!
Join me for the glory of the word after the jump, if you can contain your excitement. We’re in for one hell of a ride!
The Answer to Whether or Not Mimic Died Today
Holy crap! Holy crap! Holy crap! Today is an exciting day to be a comic book geek. If you saw my blog on Sunday, you no doubt read the article wondering whether or not one of my favorite comic book characters, the Mimic, was due to die today in X-Men: Legacy #265.
Well this is my reaction after reading the issue:
Spoilers after the jump!
Is Mimic Going to Die Next Week?
I sure hope one of my favorite comic book characters isn’t going to die next week, but it’s not looking good. If you recall my epic review from a few weeks ago, the Mimic is currently guest starring in a two issue story in X-Men: Legacy. It’s one of those auxiliary X-Men titles; not one of the main franchise leading titles. It’s almost specifically set up to star the B and C-list X-characters, because they all have fans and slapping ‘X’ onto a comic really helps it sell.
And since I’m a huge fan of the Mimic, I was overjoyed at his appearance! But I’m also afraid that it’s going to end badly!
Handsome sumbitch, ain't he?
So why do I think he’s going to die? Join me after the jump for the disturbing evidence!
A Totally Unbiased Review of Mimic and the X-Men #1
I love the Mimic. This obscure, Z-list superhero nobody is one of my all time favorite comic book characters. And for the first time in years, Marvel Comics is finally putting him back into the spotlight with the launching of the fantastically awesome Mimic and the X-Men #1 (also commonly known as X-Men: Legacy #264). I have no doubt that this issue flew off the shelves with all the popularity of chocolate chip pancakes at your local comic book store. We’re talking Watchmen levels of awesome here, folks. This issue, written by Christos Gage, flips the entire X-franchise on its head with what may be the most spectacular Mimic appearance ever.
Mimic and the X-Men #1
Move over Wolverine, there’s a new king X-Man in town. And his name is Mimic.
Comic rating: 10/5: Fantabularious!
Some of you may be thinking that I’ve gone off the hyperbolic crazy train. But you clearly haven’t read this issue. It’s like the chocolate devil’s food cake (with chocolate frosting) of comic books. It’s just so richly moist and flavorful, telling a compelling story featuring an underused superhero – who I just happen to think is a cross between James Bond, Elvis and Superman. Mimic is the kind of character that all the other characters wish they could be, with badass powers, a sweet new costume and appearances so rare that he’s like a fine diamond. If we ignore the rest of the clutter of this issue, like the plot and the other characters, we can see that Mimic was born to headline a comic book. The X-Men franchise is in for a revolution!
So join me, won’t you, for what is sure to be the highest selling comic book of the past decade.
Sad Multiple Man News
Marvel.com is featuring a sneak peek at their X-Franchise comics coming out in March. As some of you know, I’m closely following the events in X-Factor as they involve the death of my favorite character, Multiple Man. It’s my theory, and my hope, that Multiple Man will come out unscathed and still be in the book. But the March solicitations offer only bad news.
No sign of Multiple Man whatsoever!
You can all go to Hell!
The solicitation for the issue goes as follows:
X-FACTOR #233
WRITER: Peter David
ARTIST: Leonard Kirk
Cover By David Yardin
• Havok And Polaris Take The Reins Of X-Factor Investigations!
• Featuring The Return Of X-Factor Foe The Isolationist
Nothing about that sounds good to me at all. This is sad, sad news. Multiple Man is worth a dozen Havoks and Polarises!
But perhaps when the world of comics closes one door, it opens another. March is also the month that the Mimic, another favorite character of mine, will be appearing in X-Men: Legacy. That in no way makes up for the loss of Multiple Man, but I guess at this point I have to take what I can get.
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