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FREE X-FORCE BY & CHRIS YOST: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION VOLUME 2 PDF

Craig Kyle,,,Mike Choi | 384 pages | 09 Sep 2014 | | 9780785190004 | English | New York, United States x-force – Eric Watson

Uncanny X-Force proves every bit the comic with a small cast of well-written characters, a stable of solid artists, and an awesome villain that comes from within. Thus begins my grand catching-up of X-Force by Craig Kyle & Chris Yost: the Complete Collection Volume 2 last ten years of Marvel comics, events and stories. Like my gaming Final Thoughts, this will be full of spoilers. Even with my lofty expectations Uncanny X-Force proved every bit the powerhouse comic with a small cast of well-written characters, a stable of solid artists, and an awesome villain that comes from within. Unlike the previous iteration, this team is much less linked with ongoing drama, making it much easier to pick up and read. And like the old team, they have no compunction about killing their targets — but what if that target is a child, or one of their own? Like a fire. Well the two-years in the making sequel, Second Comingmakes that look like crap. X-Men: Second Coming finally brings Hope, the young mutant messiah, back into our timeline. At the end of Messiah Complex took the first mutant baby born since -Day forward into the future to escape danger even though just about every future scenario is super dangerous. , on a quest to prevent his own apocalyptic future, hunts them down through time. What followed was a pretty nice two year arc of Cable as a tough-love dad with Hope growing up knowing only , danger, X-Force by Craig Kyle & Chris Yost: the Complete Collection Volume 2 survival. It was a very bloody, very violent series with some spiffy art. And at some point Marvel started up a mostly unnecessary but surprisingly decent series. The dead return in the somewhat disappointing X-Necrosha event, though the rest of the Volume is solid. Remember when I was just discussing Uncanny X-Men and bemoaning the emphasis on big crossover events? Well pretty much right after the events of we swing right into X-Necroshaan X-Force event involving the and an army of resurrected mutants. Thankfully the story-telling is much more structured, taking place entirely within X-Force while X-Men: Legacy and New Mutants take over some tangentially related story arcs with different teams. X-Necrosha is an interesting idea but ultimately the weakest arc out of an otherwise continued great run of X-Force. The time traveling crossover between Cable, Bishop, and X-Force leads to an ultimately pointless battle against a lame villain. I am a child of the atom, raised in a future that no longer exists. Centered around the first mutant birth since House of MMessiah Complex launched several new series, including a new, hyper- violent X-Force and the time-traveling, on-the-run survival story in Cable. Messiah War acts as a smaller, more focused sequel, but it ultimately comes across as a pointless Saturday Morning Cartoon in X-Force by Craig Kyle & Chris Yost: the Complete Collection Volume 2 nothing really changes at the end. Writer: Duane Swiercynski. I watched the first two Terminator films at a fairly young, impressionable age. He quickly became a very 90stastic creation, with overly convoluted plots and ridiculous situations. Cable received his first solo series in years in as a direct follow-up to the events in Messiah Complex. X-Force expertly layers in several explosive, fun story beats and far-reaching plot threads while the accompanying water-color art relishes in its violently bloody melee combat. First there was House of Min which the reduced the mutant population of the world from millions to several hundred with three little words. Several years later the epic X-Men crossover event Messiah Complex gave us the first mutant birth since that day, and everyone wanted to get their hands on this miracle child. Knowing the depths of which evil, bigoted humans and evil mutants would go, and seeing their backs firmly up against the wall, finally becomes the we were all waiting for. Cyclops gives the missions and he keeps the rest of the X-Men completely in the dark — even to the point of using the Cuckoos telepathic triplets to block from probing his mind about it. Kyle and Yost spend quite a bit of time on the Purifiers and their own cultish motivations and inner drama. She takes the wings back to the Purifiers. Instead of attacking the X-Men, however, Risman seizes his chance to swiftly attack and the other Purifiers! Angel had become a super boring character for years, and X-Men writers rarely even included him in most adventures. Credit to X-Force then for making Angel not only a badass as X-Force by Craig Kyle & Chris Yost: the Complete Collection Volume 2 steel razor-sharp winged Archangel, but a complicated character who has to battle his inner rage of having the Death persona take control of his thoughts and actions. That whole first arc ends in a fantastically bloody and crazy battle between Purifiers and X-Force. Of course we also get some just plain awesome fight scenes between Bastion and Wolverine, and Archangel kills dozens of Purifiers in a fit of rage. X-Force is sent to retrieve a deadly sample of the Legacy Virus, recently stolen by a teleporting mutant called . The virus is a famous plot device from years ago that only targets and kills mutants. The team soon runs into , a former X-Force member, lover of Cable, and all around snarky and awesome -esque fighter. Domino adds some much needed levity and one-liners to this normally dour and serious group. Taking on Vanisher becomes darkly humorous as the teams splits up to cover all his safe houses. He teleports to each one, getting sliced, shot, and attacked at each one before touches him mumbling an apology. He has the power to manipulate the inner workings of the human body, mostly to heal people but can also cause great harm he single-handedly killed Stryker. In this case, he gives Vanisher a brain tumor with the little X logo on it. Vanisher freaks out and reminds me of that classic whiny sidekick villain from a kids movie, but here done in a legitimately funny and enjoyable way. Him and Domino both are fantastic additions to the team, while Exliir is really only used as the situation dictates. Meanwhile both Warpath and Wolfsbane are given rather strange side quests which have little to do with the main plot. Then Ghost Rider shows up to help him fight it. Wolfsbane is given such horrible treatment that I was constantly annoyed with her arc throughout. Here is a character that was specifically ripped from her role in X-Factor only to be captured off screen in the first issue of X-Forceused as a pawn by the bad guys, then rendered untrustworthy by the good guys. Being totally unaware of her character pre- X-Factor it did nothing for me, nor had anything to do with anything else. I love you X-Force but your treatment of Rahne Sinclair is just really crappy. Our heroes get teleported away to the future just as they reach the Leper Queen, and she just straight-up murders her most recent victim, the mutant Boom-Boom. Despite some glaring mistreatment of certain characters and a lot of stories going on, I really did enjoy X-Force. Even when the comic briefly switches artists to the slightly brighter work of Mike Choi it still meshed very well. Reading Messiah Complex and a good chunk of New X-Men is recommended to get the full breadth of these characters and situations, making X-Force a tricky jumping-on point for X-Force by Craig Kyle & Chris Yost: the Complete Collection Volume 2 converts. X-Men: Messiah Complex successfully crossed over with four ongoing X-titles to give my favorite mutants their most exciting, action-packed adventure in years. A baby changes everything. Sometimes a baby can even change an entire race of people. At the end ofhope finally came in the form of the first mutant to be born since M-Day, a miracle child that everyone from the X-Force by Craig Kyle & Chris Yost: the Complete Collection Volume 2 to the to the Purifiers wanted to get their hands on. Also, five X-Force by Craig Kyle & Chris Yost: the Complete Collection Volume 2 at the time, holy crap. Mini-stories were included at the end of each series called X-Men Endangered Species. Instead of creating its own limited event series with a few tie-ins as and Civil War had doneThe writers came together and turned their own series into one massive crossover event. After kicking things off with a one-shot issue, the next chapter was done in Uncanny X-Menfollowed by X-Factoretc, going through the four trades three times for 13 total issues including the one-shot. This created some major advantages and disadvantages to normal event structures. The good news is it meant instead of having a bunch of extra superfluous tie-ins, the event itself was the only tie-in, and it had a huge amount of space to breathe and develop. A 13 issue event is absolutely massive, and Messiah Complex takes full advantage of this with multiple concurrent plot threads and an enormous cast including just about all of the X-Men and many of their foes, both old and new. Plus by utilizing four different series, this epic story could be told relatively quickly as each series came out. The bad news is it created a huge inconsistency in the art style as each of the four series were drawn and inked by different artists. Art aside, the actual story-telling was an impressive feat, acting as a major climax to the steady build-up of desperation that X-Force by Craig Kyle & Chris Yost: the Complete Collection Volume 2 X-Men had been going through in the last few years. It all starts with a small town in Alaska coming under a sudden violent attack by both the Purifiers anti-mutant cult that first cropped up as awesome villains in New X-Men and the Marauders Mr. Cerebra alerts the X-Men to the first new mutant signature since M-Day, and the X- Men quickly discover that instead of the usual teenage manifestation, it was the incredibly rare birth of a mutant baby. The baby is gone and the X-Men are left with only questions. While this makes it a satisfying payoff to fans and readers that had been keeping up with X-Men for months if not years, it makes it a much harder book to recommend to newcomers as just an awesome X-Men story. Eventually the narrative takes on multiple fronts as Cyclops and the X-Men formulate a plan to find the mysterious new mutant baby that may be the key to saving the mutant race. After a few issues the X-Men learn that neither the Purifiers nor Marauders have the child, and in fact Cable is alive and on the run with the mutant baby. Probably the most interesting, and sadly the most squandered side story is of and of X-Factor journeying into a dystopian future. I especially dug the focus on Cable and Bishop, both from differing alternate timelines and both with personal stakes into seeing this new mutant child either alive or dead. Cable views her as the savior of all mutantkind, and knows that her only chance is to get as far away from those that would use or exploit her, including the X-Men. Bishop believes this is the catalyst from his time that sparked the genocide against mutantkind, and to prevent that he needs to do the unthinkable and kill her. A second later and the Marauders teleport in to steal the baby before the X-Men can arrive. They regroup and go after the Marauders, the X-Men joining up with X-Force, and it leads to a final battle royale versus too many mutants to keep up with. Then teleports them out of the fire and into the frying pan as they try to escape the wrath of Predator X, a dorky dinosaur-like creature that hunts and feeds on mutants. takes her down then walks away dramatically. He has a change of heart, however, as we see a flashbacks of Cyke saying goodbye to his own son, letting him be taken into the future. The X-Force also kicks off its own series with its team of ultimate badasses, and Cyclops uses them as a X-Force by Craig Kyle & Chris Yost: the Complete Collection Volume 2 awesome black ops mutant squad. The biggest change to the status quo, however, is the death of , as one last-ditch shot from a desperate Bishop catches him right in the head! Major characters never stay dead in comics but increasingly they do stay gone for quite some time like, several yearsas Captain AmericaThorand others can attest to. It seemed like a fitting end to his role X-Force by Craig Kyle & Chris Yost: the Complete Collection Volume 2 now, as Cyke takes his prominent and much darker, iron-fisted place as leader and general of the X-Men. Messiah Complex is by far the biggest thing to happen to the X-Men since the House of M event inand easily one of their biggest stories ever told. Skip to content Uncanny X-Force proves every bit the powerhouse comic X-Force by Craig Kyle & Chris Yost: the Complete Collection Volume 2 a small cast of well-written characters, a stable of solid artists, and an awesome villain that comes from within. Post to Cancel. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use. To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy. X-Force by Craig Kyle & Chris Yost (Volume) - Comic Vine Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Christopher Yost. X-Force returns from the future, but as they race to defuse the Leper Queen and Sapien League's plot, X is captured by the Facility! Now, her only hope is S. X-Force fights an unsettlingbattle against Selene's army of undead mutants, including former teammate Caliban and Warpath's brother, Thunderbird! Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. More Details Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Feb 26, Khurram rated it it was amazing. Great second volume. I have said it before this is the best incarnation of X-Force. This volume leaves out the part of Messiah Complex where X-Force went to the future. The starts from issues 17 where they snap back to their time. However if there is one person you do not want to conner it is X Then the one shot of Selene Gathering her inner circle. Love X-Force by Craig Kyle & Chris Yost: the Complete Collection Volume 2 movie poster style cover. This leads into Necrosha. Including the the o Great second volume. Including the the one shot Annual staring Deadpool. Then X-Force's final stand just when they were telling ad a team. The final arc is the Sex and Violence mini series. It says it all in the title. An awsome end to the best X-Force. Still not enough a great cover gallery of movie style pictures. If any characters lends themselves to horror movie style characters it is these guys. The covers look great. Apr 27, Roman Colombo rated it really liked it Shelves: marvelyear-of-bats-and-mutants. Jun 19, Corey Timmins rated it it was ok. Good story but the art is way to dark, it takes away from the story. In some pages with many characters I could not tell the difference between many as they all blend into the dark artwork. Feb 28, Matt rated it did not like it Shelves: graphic-novelsmarvel. I liked this collection much less than Volume 1. It was way more violent than Volume 1, which is saying something. Oct 28, Mitchell rated it liked it Shelves: fictiongraphic- novellibrarysuperheroseriespublishedthree-star. This book is dark which is kind of the point of this series. But the art and story is almost incoherent through much of the book. That said, it reads pretty well and pretty fast. But the details get lost. Rahne and Hrimhari could easily have had their own book for their sublot. But it could have been a lot worse given I never but in to the Selene story at all. And evil I didn't expect. 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