{"id":4065,"date":"2009-10-03T06:00:06","date_gmt":"2009-10-03T06:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=4065"},"modified":"2009-10-02T19:11:09","modified_gmt":"2009-10-02T19:11:09","slug":"cyclops-retribution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2009\/10\/03\/cyclops-retribution\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyclops: Retribution"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBy Bob Harras<\/strong>, Ron Lim<\/strong>, Jeff Albrecht<\/strong>, Carol Reim<\/strong> & Bruce Patterson<\/strong> (Marvel)
\nNo ISBN<\/p>\n

Do you love every TV show you watch? Do you carry on with series, soaps and serials long after they’ve started to pall? Most of us do – especially in comics. The time invested in favourite characters and scenarios is non-returnable and any relationships you’ve developed with even fictional persons and places – ones utterly unaware of your existence – are terribly hard to abandon.<\/p>\n

And in comics there’s always the possibility that a mediocre or sub-par tale will one day be pivotal to something brilliant that you will adore and appreciate. So your continued consumption perforce becomes an investment in good times to come\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

Which isn’t to say that this solo adventure (at least that’s how it starts) of quintessential X-Man Cyclops is utterly dire, but that it’s just an average mutant superhero yarn adequately produced for the dedicated consumer: a fillip for the faithful but no breakthrough phenomenon that will convert the unread masses or summon home all those wayward apostates who have stopped collecting funny-books.<\/p>\n

Originally presented as the lead strip in the fortnightly anthology Marvel Comics Presents<\/strong> #17-24 (following stellar runs starring Wolverine and Colossus respectively) this tale sees the leader of X-Factor – as he then was – visiting the Scottish island where Moira MacTaggert runs a medical research facility for mutants, only to discover that the somnambulistic medic has been creating bio-weapons at the hypnotic behest of seemingly unkillable menace the Master Mold.<\/p>\n

This amalgam of human xenophobe Scott Lang and a super-Sentinel has plans to eradicate mutantkind, but may have overplayed his hand by extracting his conscience and giving it a body of its own\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

Intriguing concept, enthusiastic art and lots of action make this so close to a memorable outing that it’s only fair to err on the side of generosity: not as bad as I remembered and certainly worth a moment of any X-Fan’s time and budget\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6
\n\u00c2\u00a9 1994 Marvel Entertainment Group. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Bob Harras, Ron Lim, Jeff Albrecht, Carol Reim & Bruce Patterson (Marvel) No ISBN Do you love every TV show you watch? Do you carry on with series, soaps and serials long after they’ve started to pall? Most of us do – especially in comics. The time invested in favourite characters and scenarios is … <\/p>\n

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