X-Force Issue 4

Hi Readers,

Where do I start with this issue? Even though I like the idea of there being a group of X-characters to pro actively battle the Purifiers, this story is starting to make very little sense. I will say though, that I am tired of Wolverine being in EVERY X-BOOK. I like Wolverine a lot as a character but it's stupid and insulting to readers to say "none of these stories are happening at the same time" when there are about 6 separate titles that include him within that same week.

I personally love the Archangel persona, but they could have found a better way to bring him back than just throwing a senseless story together. In this book, they explain that the Apocalypse strain that gave Angel his metallic wings, is still in every cell in his body, so they use this to give a Purifier army, metallic wings. So stupid! If Angel's blood could give anyone super powerful wings, then all the other X-men who Angel saved with his blood in the past should be flying around throwing metal feathers at this point. The fact that Rahne ripped off Angel's wings and THIS caused him to revert back to the Archangel persona is even more ridiculous. Why should his wings have to be ripped off for him to revert back to blue skin and metallic wings? THAT MAKES NO SENSE.

Speaking of senseless, why was Rahne given cocaine of all things, to seemingly put her out of commission. COCAINE? I mean really! I laughed to myself at first, but then said "do the writers of the X-Men HATE the characters?" Within the past couple years they poorly tried to get rid of Rahne's accent, they killed off her adopted mother, Moira MacTaggert, they killed her close friend Douglas Ramsey, they violently took away her mutant powers(which were later restored) and now they give her a fatal does of cocaine and make her a follower of the Purifiers! Why are they putting these X characters through so much? In my opinion, the X-characters are being put through waaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy too much as characters. Pretty soon, each X-character will be so warped with drama and suffering that there will be a point of no return. Hopefully marvel writers will get this franchise together... and soon!

@~~~~~}~~~~~~ Devin Peacock