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XFactor Vol 1 The Longest Night XMen v 1 Peter David Ryan Sook Dennis Calero Jose Villarrubia Books

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This series is amazing. The art is great, and the writing is exactly what I love about this era of the X teams. I always enjoy the snark, the realistic interactions and relationships between the characters, and just about everything about this run of X-Factor. The team deals with moral questions and conundrums, like all X teams (and most comics) but in a unique way. This is what I love about the "B-list" heroes that are included in the line up- they aren't the 1 dimensional, goody two shoes characters that we see at the front of the Avengers or the Justice League teams, they are people. I would recommend this series to everyone, not just comic lovers, but anyone that enjoys a great story driven by interesting characters.


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XFactor Vol 1 The Longest Night XMen v 1 Peter David Ryan Sook Dennis Calero Jose Villarrubia Books Reviews

I really miss the x factor team that I remember from high school. The team lead by Alex Summers and Polaris. This group is obviously very close to that so I'm glad to have Jamie, Strong Guy and Wolfsbane back. Great collection, I'm getting more !
I have read ALL of X-Factor from the original #1 to current issues, and this series is by far the best. All the characters rock and the writing/stories are spectacular. I bought this for my friend in an attempt to get him hooked!
Very good read. I love this book.
X-Factor is really great. Themes, dialogs, caracters, pencils... Everything stuck perfectly. In this first volume, you can't expect a slow presentation. It's fire all the time!

What Peter David does here is not just another X-Men story. Not at all! David discovered how to do interesting and brand new stories using the X-Universe, not once falling in the same. Not even Ed Brubaker, Mike Carey and Matt Fraction (writers who have been done great stuff), together, made with the X-Men Universe what Peter does here.
The atmosphere is great sometimes funny, sometimes light, sometimes scary. Some of the stories, in fact, remembers me The Sandman, in it's begining, dark and brilliant.
In the aftermath of House of M, a group of mutants tries to unravel mutant mysteries. Volume 1 The Longest Night makes me want to continue reading this series. The detective story feel of the book sets it apart from the dozen other X-titles. I would definitely recommend this book.
Peter David's new X-FACTOR series rivals Joss Whedon and John Cassaday's ASTONISHING X-MEN in excellence. Thanks largely to the success of the 5-issued MADROX MULTIPLE CHOICE limited series, Peter David was able to resuscitate the X-Factor title. In the aftermath of the sweeping HOUSE OF M and DECIMATION story arcs and as a direct continuation of the aforementioned Madrox limited series, Jamie Madrox is still heavily invested in his work in the private investigator field. However, his detective firm undergoes a name change, from XXX Investigations to X-Factor Investigations (because its members thought it sounded too much like they were investigating pornography). In addition to Jamie Madrox (Multiple Man), Guido (Strong Guy), and Rahne Sinclair (Wolfsbane), new members now include Theresa Cassidy (Siryn), Monet St. Croix (M), and the depowered Rictor. A mysterious and manipulative young girl named Layla Miller (Butterfly), who professes to "know stuff," rather abruptly makes herself welcome to the group.

Because X-Factor's purview is New York's Mutant Town, the team is constantly reminded of M-Day, the inexplicable event in which 90% of the world's mutants lost their powers (again, see HOUSE OF M and DECIMATION). So, besides their everyday cases, the team is also trying to unearth what really happened on M-Day. X-FACTOR VOL. 1 THE LONGEST NIGHT presents the first six episodes. And writer Peter David reliably does not disappoint.

Now X-Factor is still a "mutant" title; thus, the angst tends to flow heavy and often, as well as a certain sense of bleakness. Peter David does keep the dark tone from being too oppresive by, as always, wisely injecting his trademark humor into the proceedings. The narrative is told from Jamie Madrox's point of view, so the storytelling is somewhat irreverent, in spite of the somber issues raised in the story arcs. Fans of X-Factor and the Madrox limited series, of course, realize that Jamie's flippant side serves to hide a minefield of devastating psychological proportions.

Naturally, Multiple Man isn't the only one with problems. In fact, the intrigue of this series doesn't lie in their adversaries or in the action scenes, but, rather, in the interpersonal conflict amongst the team members themselves. This is such a mismatched band of characters The insufferably condescending, self-absorbed Monet; the brooding, now "ordinary" Rictor; Siryn, who is a recovering alcoholic; Rahne, who persists in opting for violence and who teeters on the verge of losing control, even as she fervently follows her religion; and the very cryptic young Layla Miller. The most complex is Jamie Madrox, whose "Multiple Man" powers are enough to mess up anyone. It's gotten to the point where, at times, Jamie now even questions whether it was he or his duplicate who had slept with someone. Of all of them, Guido seems to be the most "normal" of the lot.

Writer Peter David continues to be a boon for comic book fans. X-FACTOR VOL. 1 THE LONGEST NIGHT is written with a noirish flair. David eschews the epic storylines, preferring to scale down the stories to a more human, more gritty level. There aren't grandiose superhero melees in this six-issue arc, although a main adversarial element is introduced in the form of X-Factor's investigative rival, the shadowy Singularity Investigations, led by its enigmatic CEO Damian Tryp. It's noted that Tryp seems to have an ulterior motive with regards to the X-Factor team. Even as early as these first six issues, it's evident that things aren't as they seem as Peter David nicely works in layer after layer of character complexity and plot reverses. Don't blink.

Ryan Sook and Dennis Calero's excellent artwork brings David's storytelling to life. Except for issue #6, the stories take place at night and in shadows; Sook and Calero ably translate the appropriate visual moods onto the pages. The great covers, as provided by Ryan Sook, Gabrielle Dell'otto, and Jose Villarrubia, leap off the comic book shelves. I thought the cover to issue #1 (which is also used as a cover for this TPB) to be particularly effective.

I wouldn't normally give a fig about this bunch of castoffs. As written by someone else, chances are these characters would very quickly be relegated to what they'd been for the longest time second and third-rate mutant superheroes the fans choose to ignore. The difference, of course, is Peter David. He makes Jamie Madrox relevant to me, someone who's simultaneously humorous and tragic. Layla is my second favorite character, while Monet and Siryn have become interesting and Rictor shows signs of promise as he copes with his loss of power. However, I still don't like Wolfsbane and Guido needs to be fleshed out more.

But, having been a collector of this new X-Factor title from the get-go, I can already tell you that this series only gets better. Prepare for further skullduggery and for more shocks ahead. Trust me, I know stuff.
This series is amazing. The art is great, and the writing is exactly what I love about this era of the X teams. I always enjoy the snark, the realistic interactions and relationships between the characters, and just about everything about this run of X-Factor. The team deals with moral questions and conundrums, like all X teams (and most comics) but in a unique way. This is what I love about the "B-list" heroes that are included in the line up- they aren't the 1 dimensional, goody two shoes characters that we see at the front of the Avengers or the Justice League teams, they are people. I would recommend this series to everyone, not just comic lovers, but anyone that enjoys a great story driven by interesting characters.