A review by nathaniel_1206
X-23: The Complete Collection, Vol. 1 by Felipe Andrade, Craig Kyle, Jay Faerber, Marjorie Liu, Mike Choi, Francis Portela, Christopher Yost, Billy Tan
4.0
When I was in college I let myself get talked into taking a Bible as Literature class. I ended up auditing the class, which means I was Pass/Fail instead of a letter grade.
Our first paper was only four pages long, but it also seemed to require understanding every reference to every person mentioned. I tried to write a bit of the paper without checking the references. I got a third of the way, then went back and checked the references. More than half of what I had written was complete nonsense. I dropped the class later that week.
X-23 is a clone in the same vein as Wolverine; claws, healing factor, and created to murder. For 80% of this fine collection that is enough information for the reader.
The other 20% reminded of my Bible as Literature class. I am not a faithful X-Person reader, I tend to dip in and out. The other twenty percent had references to a lot of Mutants I kind of remember and some I had zero idea about.
Aside from the ridiculous, overly complicated mutant universe Marvel has created; the murderous nature of the main character, there is something touching in here. They don't touch on it hard, but they kinda bump up against it every story arc. It's worth reading for that.
I also think someone could write a very good paper/book on the murderous young woman as hero in superhero comics. So far I got X-23, and Cassandra Cain iteration of Batgirl (now currently Orphan) in DC continuity. There has to be others.
Our first paper was only four pages long, but it also seemed to require understanding every reference to every person mentioned. I tried to write a bit of the paper without checking the references. I got a third of the way, then went back and checked the references. More than half of what I had written was complete nonsense. I dropped the class later that week.
X-23 is a clone in the same vein as Wolverine; claws, healing factor, and created to murder. For 80% of this fine collection that is enough information for the reader.
The other 20% reminded of my Bible as Literature class. I am not a faithful X-Person reader, I tend to dip in and out. The other twenty percent had references to a lot of Mutants I kind of remember and some I had zero idea about.
Aside from the ridiculous, overly complicated mutant universe Marvel has created; the murderous nature of the main character, there is something touching in here. They don't touch on it hard, but they kinda bump up against it every story arc. It's worth reading for that.
I also think someone could write a very good paper/book on the murderous young woman as hero in superhero comics. So far I got X-23, and Cassandra Cain iteration of Batgirl (now currently Orphan) in DC continuity. There has to be others.