Cable, Vol. 1: Messiah War (v. 1)
by Duane Swierczynski
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Author: Duane SwierczynskiIllustrator: Ariel Olivetti
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-10-08
ISBN: 0785132260
Number of pages: 128
Publisher: Marvel
Book Reviews of Cable, Vol. 1: Messiah War (v. 1)
Book Review: A Good Start
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a decent start to the series. The story focuses on Cable traveling through the future with first mutant born since M-Day. Cable is charged with protecting her till she is old enough to fulfill her destiny of saving mutantkind (or so it is said.)
The first two issues move pretty fast and play out a bit like an old western. Issues three and four slump a little, and try to give more of a backstory to how Cable and Bishop got to where they are. Theses two issues ultimately just ends up being repetitive and boring though, with Swierczynski trying too hard to shape the reader's view of Cable and Bishop. (We get it, Cable and Bishop are both soldiers from the future. Cable doesn't know how to be a father. Moving on.) Issue five picks up the pace though, and leaves you wanting more. So overall, pretty decent.
Ariel Olivetti's art is awesome to me. I love the way he draws people and the way his fight scenes look. The use of what looks to be computer generated vehicles and weapons in some scenes is a little disappointing, but overall the art is still really good.
Swierczynski does a good job of telling an action story, but doesn't really know what details from past issues to put in. He SOMETIMES has a tendency to explain the obvious and leave out key details. Granted, if you've read a lot of the other issues leading up to this series, that's not a problem anyway.
Somewhere between 3.5 and 4 stars for me.
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