Wednesday, September 3, 2014

Mekanix #4


Mekanix (2002-2003) #4

 The mysterious freighter has arrived in Chicago and its ‘crew’ is unleashing hell on the Windy City. The vessel has issued a ‘kill all mutants” directive to its robotic enforcers. However, a flaw in the ship’s programming has deemed all citizens a possible mutant threat and now nobody is safe from its wrath.

Meanwhile, Kitty Pryde is considered the number one suspect in the bombing of the university physics lab. Now she’s got to put a stop to the anti-mutant hate group that’s targeting mutants on campus while shaking off FBI agents who might discover her mutant abilities. But it’s not going to be easy with this new threat stalking Chicago’s streets.

It took a while and I mean a good long while, but this series finally got good. I like Kitty’s angst and her clever methods of throwing the agents tailing her off track was really cool. There’s still an element of soap opera or 90210 in this series but I think with this robotic threat starting to play a major role, some of that’s going to take a back seat ( I hope!) The art’s not all that great but a good story can make up for that and Mekanix is finally living up to it’s potential.

Still, nobody named ‘Mekanix’ in this series!

Worth Consuming

Rating: 8 out of 10 stars.

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