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Where were we anyway? Oh yeah, X-Force #60 teases the beginning of the story on the cover of X-Force #59, and seems to promise to reveal Shatterstar’s origins on the cover. However, fortunately or unfortunately, depending on how much you want (or think you need) to know about this brooding warrior, especially since his origins were already pretty widely known by this point, it’s all about It’s a bait and switch.
So Shatterstar and Cable were both captured by the evil Media who controlled Mojo, the ruler of Mojoworld. X-Force and the Mojoworld rebels, Longshot, are doing their best to reach a terrifying dimension to rescue them, but they encounter strange (and outrageous) heroes and other obstacles along the way. Masu. What can Mojo have in store for the two prisoners, and what does it have to do with Earth’s media?
I’ve never been a big fan of Jeph Loeb’s writing or this type of comics, but he didn’t seem to have evolved his writing in the past (his collaborations with the late great Tim Sale were more minimalist). I’ve definitely done my best work when adapting the “art” approach (and letting the art speak for itself).
Packed with cameos and unnecessary and near-constant exposition for every character who speaks, it makes for a rough, disjointed read that seems eventful, but with little progress in terms of plot, and of course I haven’t made any progress. Anything to solve the boring mystery of whether Shatterstar is actually a human named Benjamin Russell.
As is often the case with mid-90s comics, the saving grace is the great artwork. Anthony Castrillo’s stylish pencils, Bud LaRosa’s inks, and Marie Javins, who provides the truly gorgeous colors, work together very effectively to bring a very modern style to the comics that Marvel (especially It was just a few light years ahead (in terms of coloring). That was a few years ago.
Of course, Marvel’s acquisition of Malibu Comics in 1994 gave them access to the best computer coloring technology in the industry at the time (in my humble opinion), and they continued to do so for years. We’ve really leveraged this across our wide range of comics. That continued.
Anyway, that’s off topic. X-Force #60 is a gorgeous comic, even if it’s a little confusing story-wise. This sums up comic books as a whole back in 1996, with an approach that prioritizes style over content, resulting in some pretty bad, but beautifully drawn comics. This is one of the big reasons why I only check out the titles from back in the day. Now for the first time in almost 30 years.
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