X-men #203 Review
Author: Mike Carey
Penciler: Humberto Ramos
Inker: Carlos Cuevas
Colors: Edgar Delgado
The conclusion to Blinded by the Light! This is it! Nothing will ever be the same! The X-men will never sell as many copies as they did in the 90's! I will keep buying X-men cause I'm such a fanboy! Holy shit I can't believe Prizm made it throughout all four parts without even a scratch on him!
If you are an Iceman and Cannonball fan you might like this issue more than I did. For some reason Mr. Sinister gathered a combined force of Marauders, Acolytes, and ex-X-men to take the X-men down and to recover Destiny's diaries. Iceman and Cannonball really shine in this issue by taking on all the bad guys while the rest of the X-men are trying to resuscitate Blindfold or just waking up themselves. Iceman and Cannonball get away, but Sinister still ends up with the books.
What the fuck? This issue is everywhere. Any momentum that Carey builds up in all his stories just seem to be poorly executed in the end. So Iceman lost an arm....big deal the guy can grow another one. What was the purpose of Sinister getting his hands on the books? Who the fuck knows, but I'm sure it's something sinister he's scheming. If the Marauders wanted to take down two X-men they should have done more than just stand around with their thumbs up their asses! When they finally capture the two heroes, who's in charge of killing them Gambit and Mystique! Motherfuck...how long has Sinister been trying to destroy the X-men? This book explains nothing and leaves you with more cliffhangers and questions than you first started. So the X-men status on Carey's book so far:
Cable is dead
Mystique, Lady Mastermind, and Omega Sentinel don't want to play good guys.
Rogue is in a coma
Sabretooth is dead
Sam could be lobotomized
Iceman is missing an arm
For some reason the art was better in this part than all four issues. There were some great pictures of Gambit and Sinister. I think the shadows and the small details on the clothes and armor helped Ramos stand out. Have they announced a new artist on X-men when Ramos leaves for Runaways? Although it was nice to see Bobby cut loose even if it was just for a bit; this issue was still a subpar X-men story and hell in with the last few years of horrendous stories that really isn't saying alot. C-
yeah, and the sad thing about it is when Carey started his run I was all excited. All my favorite X-men (minus Chamber and Wolverine) in one book. Rogue, Cable, and Cannonball. hmmm. count here so far. yeah I'm effed. though it does not look like Rogue is dead, but rather likely will b e joining the Marauders unfortunately. Well here's hoping Emma or Prof can do something for Sam, cause this just sucks.