“Scum. Subhuman scum.” Not my words, dear reader, but the words of Alan Partridge, the beloved British broadcaster. He wasn’t referring to plagiarists, who I feel duty bound to mention in every midlifegamergeek.com post now, but to vandals who sprayed ‘Cock Piss Partridge’ on his car. Anyway, I thought it was worth mentioning for some reason, and who knows what those words will translate as if this post ends up stolen and reposted elsewhere.

Back to the matter at hand: Cable and Shatterstar are trapped in a TV show, in a battle which is all too real to them, and at a point in the future where Shatterstar is destined to die. The lingering question about whether or not Shatterstar is actually a man named Benjamin Russell also lingers, but the most important thing is: can destiny be defied?

Once more, Jeph Loeb writes a script that’s full of inexplicable events, fights that begin and end seemingly at random, and a bizarre conclusion to the whole Benjamin Russell question.

It’s truly terrible stuff, lazily written and overstuffed with campy, half baked ideas and execution. Kevin Lau delivers a decent, Manga-style flair to the art, however (which can also be seen on the cover) and Marie Javins gives us the usual, superb colouring too, making X-Force #61 a feast for the eyes, but barely a snack for the brain. Typical 90s fare then, in other words.

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