Hope has more than Bishop looking to destroy her now. She’s showing signs of leadership already.
Cable #19
Publisher: Marvel
Writer: Duane Swierczynski
Pencils: Gabriel Guzman
Inker: Mariano Taibo
Colors: Thomas Mason
Letters: VC’s Joe Caramagna
Cover: Dave Wilkins
Summary: “QUEEN CAPTURES BISHOP” As it turns out, space isn’t the place for Cable and Hope. Against all odds, Bishop has found them again, and taken their spacecraft hostage. All Bishop needs is to see the girl. Once he has visual confirmation, it’s simply a matter of triggering the nuclear bomb hidden in his arm, and his lifelong mission to save the X-Men (and Earth) is over. And there are only so many places to hide in a small transport vessel on the far reaches of our solar system. But there is someone else aboard the vessel, and she doesn’t care about Cable or Bishop’s war. She’s been drawn to the life force of one of the vessel’s inhabitant, and she and her army will stop at nothing until they have her…Enter: The Brood Queen!
Review: Marvel’s PR continues to promise that the Messiah story will move along. However if one were to judge the progress over the past year, not much has been accomplished. The lack of progress in story comes from the fact that Bishop is still tracking Hope and Cable all over the universe. Recently in Cable, a new threat in the form of large space parasites called The Brood has given a slight interruption to the chase. There’s nothing original in these creatures either but perhaps that’s intentional. Not only do they look like familiar aliens of cinema’s past, but they are also looking for hosts in which to lay their eggs.
There is a positive note within the tedium of this and that’s in the starry-eyed romance between Hope and Emil which is facing threats unlike anything the readers of this comic would ever imagine. Seriously, you might have contemplated running away from strict parents when you were 15 but while a life on the streets as a prostitute is what could have happened to you, Hope and Emil float amongst space sharks and whales and they’re still being chased by the tenacious self-proclaimed protector of the world, Bishop.
Guzman’s pencils are showcased well with Mason’s colors. The character renderings and panel layouts give a solid layout allowing for easy interpretation. This wasn’t always the case on the Messiah War issues of the past. Hope and Emil finally have a consistent look from page to page.
The action is fast and exciting. Readers are left with a cliffhanger! Will Bishop act as kamikaze to wipe out Hope, Cable and The Brood without regard to his own life or Emil?
October 22nd, 2009 at 8:52 pm
It was kind of good to see Bishop get an egg plantation toward the end. At least thats how I took it. I did like him but they have thrown that bad guy vibe at me so I don’t know. Just hope they don’t bump him off cause I have two issues mint of his first appearance. :o)