X-Force Issues #5-6

Hi Readers,

I know I said before that the Purifiers' "Choir" was stupid, but this time I read a couple more issues and... they are still stupid. The fact that the writers of this series came up with a idiotic reasoning as to how these regular humans can access Angel's former wings' powers, bothers me. I will admit, it's a joy to read how Angel utterly destroys them with his newly returned metallic wings! Actually, I think all of the faithful X-Men comic book readers loved seeing the return of Angel with the "Apocalyptic" look, but this was still a poor way to reintroduce him. The fact that he "so easily" transforms back into the traditional looking Angel, also bothered me. If one of the most famous X-Men of all time is going to undergo a dramatic physical transformation, it makes for a weak story, when he changes back within a couple issues. I would bet money that there will barely be any mention of his change in the other X-titles.

The art of Clayton Crain is brilliant by the way. His art seems moody, dark, mysterious and very involving; great for horror. With each turn of the page, you feel as though you are physically running from fangs, being splattered by blood or have your own limbs ripped off. The best scene illustrated by Craing was when Angel killed the "Choir" with the greatest of ease. He soars through the air, dispatching "wingman" after "wingman" almost like a ballerina dancing through the air.

In this entire run thus far, Wolfsbane is by far put in the most interesting of situations. She is a very religious character who transforms into a "demon-like" wolf hybrid, who secretly doubts her virtue because of this. The fact that her father is a hypocritical minister and is trying to kill her, makes for a very interesting story. While trying to kill his daughter, the minister accidentally triggers Woflsbane's conditioning and kills her father. Last issue, the Purifiers placed Wolfsbane under the conditioning to brutally attack angels, whenever she sees them. In this situation, the minister was walking underneath a set of wings, which caused Wolfsbane to kill her father. Under normal circumstances, Wolfsbane would never resort to murder, so I consider it beautiful that she must now live with fact that she involuntarily murdered someone, let alone her evil father. I can not wait to see the ramifications of this action on this poor character. Let me know what you guys think!

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