{"id":2376,"date":"2012-11-28T05:51:24","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T05:51:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scarlet-rhapsody.com\/?p=2376"},"modified":"2012-11-28T05:51:24","modified_gmt":"2012-11-28T05:51:24","slug":"one-shots-x-men-legacy-1-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scarlet-rhapsody.com\/?p=2376","title":{"rendered":"[One Shots] X-Men Legacy #1 (2012)"},"content":{"rendered":"

X-Men Legacy #1 (2012)<\/p>\n

Writer- Simon Spurrier<\/p>\n

Pencils- Tan Eng Huat<\/p>\n

\"x-Men<\/a><\/p>\n

With the beginning of the Marvel NOW line we get a relaunch of X-Men Legacy beginning with a new creative team and starting at issue one.\u00a0 This time our series lead is David Haller, the son of Charles Xavier who is dealing with his mental issues at a monastery in theHimalayas.\u00a0 The majority of the book focuses upon David as he discusses his situation with Guru.\u00a0 Very little actually happens, but David does attempt to deal with some of the problems that come up at the monastery.\u00a0 The issue ends with David leaving the monastery to find his place in the world and the X-Men being warned of his return to the world.<\/p>\n

\"Legacy<\/a><\/p>\n

The writing is terrible.\u00a0 It is very difficult to follow via dialogue and the issue really goes nowhere due to stagnant storytelling.\u00a0 While, it is nice to see someUKslang to add to the Scottish side of David, it does not add much to the story.\u00a0 Guru mostly speaks in platitudes and there is very little dialogue outside of those two characters.\u00a0 The problems that David has to deal with are not big deals and we do not really get to know David at all.\u00a0 While David may be a little schizophrenic that does not mean the story should be written that way.\u00a0 There is nothing in this first issue to make you wonder about future stories.\u00a0 More importantly there is nothing to make you care about David.<\/p>\n

\"x-men<\/a><\/p>\n

The artwork is mixed at best with most of the art looking messy, but that works well for the scenes inside David\u2019s mind.\u00a0 The mental prison sequences are well done, but do not add much to the comic.\u00a0 There is no excuse for the rest of the comic looking sloppy.\u00a0 The character designs are blocky and look more like early sketches than final designs.\u00a0 Ironically, the established X-Men character cameos look much better than the original characters of this story.\u00a0 You can tell that if more time was given to the art it would have made a big difference in this comic.<\/p>\n

\"legacy<\/a><\/p>\n

The original run took the adjective \u201cLegacy\u201d to denote it as the older run of X-Men and it had a strong following due to the great art and interesting story.\u00a0 This time around it is a rushed mess with terrible writing and sub-par artwork.\u00a0 There is nothing in this issue to compel a continued read of this series.\u00a0 Conceptually this series has something going for it, but the \u201ccreative\u201d team is not utilizing their talent to unlock this potential.\u00a0 If you are a fan of the X-Men there are plenty of other better series to read in addition to a robust back catalog.\u00a0 There is no way this book can be recommended to anyone.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Final Verdict:<\/p>\n

1 out of 5 \u2013 This is a disappointment to the legacy of X-Men<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

X-Men Legacy #1 (2012) Writer- Simon Spurrier Pencils- Tan Eng Huat With the beginning of the Marvel NOW line we get a relaunch of X-Men Legacy beginning with a new creative team and starting at issue one.\u00a0 This time our…
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