crookedtreehouse's review
4.0
Building off the events of the first volume, Hine gets a better handle on the characters from volume one, and does a great job at ramping up the interpersonal relationships among all the heroes and villains in this police procedural.
The series also benefits from a single artist for the entire collection. Medina's faces aren't my favorite, but they're consistent with the Marvel house style of the time, and combined with Digital Rainbow's muddy color pallete, they do help keep this book looking different from the superhero books at the time, while still making it look like they exist in the same world.
The series also benefits from a single artist for the entire collection. Medina's faces aren't my favorite, but they're consistent with the Marvel house style of the time, and combined with Digital Rainbow's muddy color pallete, they do help keep this book looking different from the superhero books at the time, while still making it look like they exist in the same world.
bloodravenlib's review
4.0
This is a good continuation of the District X series. It did remind me a bit of stories like the film District 9 and the graphic novel The Surrogates. Yes, I know the latter was made into a film too, but you are better off reading the graphic novel. Anyhow, those are also tales of different people or aliens being forced into ghettos by larger society and to an extent the law enforcement tasked with dealing with those ghettos. Fans of X-Men will like this as it looks at mutants are more human and humane beings, the normal side (if there is such a thing as normal) aside from the big heroes and villains.
Bishop and Ortega have a new problem in District X, underground dwellers. But are they really the main problem? Or is there something else under the city? This volume also includes some additional material that may be of interest to fans as well. Overall, this was a very good volume and an entertaining read.
Bishop and Ortega have a new problem in District X, underground dwellers. But are they really the main problem? Or is there something else under the city? This volume also includes some additional material that may be of interest to fans as well. Overall, this was a very good volume and an entertaining read.
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