A brand new group of heroes are introduced in this issue of MCP. Created by Excalibur's Alan Davis, it's a visually appealing group called Clan Destine. But some of the characters are rather ridiculous.
For example, there's the character of Argent. Right now, she's got giant blades for arms. How does she go to the bathroom? Eat? Get dressed? If the character has arms and hands, it's just not revealed.
The idea is that the Destine family is a group of immortals. Their father is an immortal Scottish noble who mated with imps, genies and other mythical creatures to create a clan of nearly indestructible warriors. It's like if Highlander decided to go the Captain Kirk route and get busy with anything with legs and magical powers...
As for the other 3 segments in this issue...
The only New Warrior to appear in the New Warrior story is still just Kymaera (Namorita). In all honesty, this story could have concluded as just an 8-pager. It's really getting to be a dull mulit-part story that just spins in circles.
Vengeance's encounter with a female Spirit of Vengeance is epic. Right now there's a massive fire in which Badilino is trying to save some of the members of his new meta-human task force. But it's kinda hard to do with this new Ghost Rider in his way!
The Shang-Chi story finally comes to an end. And now I start to recall some elements of it. An old flame from Shang-Chi's days as a member of Mi-6 is involved. The Master of Kung-Fu recalls his turbulent history with father Fu-Manchu. Things don't end happily for Shang-Chi. But at least it's not a tragic ending as with his previous story that occurred in the pages of the very 7 or 8 issues of this anthology series.
An okay offering of characters and stories. But still not the best the MCU has to offer readers either.
Rating: 6 out of 10 stars.
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