What’s Covered?
X-Force V1 # 87-100
Synopsis
X-Force # 87 - 90: New Hellions
Writer - John Francis Moore
Pencils - Jim Cheung & Terry Schumacher
87
New Hellions are introduced
King Bedlam (Chris Aaronson), Tarot, Magma, paradigm, switch
Finally, the Bedlam brothers are reunited and the sibling is a bad guy. I feel like the name Hellions is a bit wasted on this. Also, I feel like all the writers are so focused on "Hellions, those were the guys we competed with as New Mutants" and forget the fact that you have the leader of the Hellions (Warpath) right there on the team.
Tarot and Magma are back. Tarot was never a big character so I guess she got enough attention in this arc. Magma barely got any focus and it once again seems like her return is wasted. However, she was always kind of harsh so it fits that she would fall in with the baddies. I wonder what it is about Magma that makes writers not care.
Meltdown meets her dad
Sunspot and MD fighting
The romance is on the rocks.
88
Feral is in the New Hellions
See, now THIS is interesting. Whenever Feral shows up, I'm perking up in my chair a bit.
Tarot helping warpath
Domino was actually switch
Ha, we got Domino duped again!
King Bedlam wants to end mutant violence by bringing humanity to their knees
Stop me if you've heard this one before...
89
Some creature known as the Armageddon Man is released
This plot seems random and unnecessary
They capture a Senator
Tarot helps XForce
Sweet
Dani has quantum powers?
I was a bit confused by this.
90
King Bedlam Controls the Armageddon Man
Feral has the legacy virus
Feral slashed Siryn’s throat
Oh shit! Ok, so this is impactful. It reminds me of when her dad got his throat damaged by Moses Magnum. It makes me wonder if JFM got a little tired for Siryn and decided to just remove her or if this was done purely for emotional effect. It's not like Feral and Siryn have a rivalry or anything, so it's gotta be one of those two reasons.
The senator tells them how to beat Armageddon Man
X-Force 91 - 99: Other Comics...
Writer - John Francis Moore, Fabian Nicieza (Ann '99)
Pencils - Tommy Lee Edwards, Anthony Williams, Chris Renaud, Jim Cheung
91 Siryn
JFM/Tommy Lee Edwards
Siryn deals with the loss of her voice and powers
Banshee helps look for her
She quits at the end
Siryn is officially written out.
MD dumps Sunspot
The romance is officially over. It's the end of an era.
Sunspot picked up by INS
Sunspot will stay in the comic (something Siryn can't really say), but he won't be with the team for quite some time.
92 Domino and Halloween Jack
JFM/Mike Miller
Domino pulled into weird dimension with Halloween Jack
Sunspot may need to leave the country cuz of Reignfire
Dani may have powerful powers and can save the world
I love Dani but this plotline seems a little dumb.
93 Eternals
JFM/Anthony Williams, and Chris Renaud
Moonstar, Cannonball, Warpath, Meltdown, and Bedlam go with two Eternals (Electryon and Astarte) to an island in the Pacific.
Dani has quantum powers.
The Eternals steel Danny’s powers to solve some sort of issue
Sunspot is being deported
94-95 Pete, wisdom, and genosha
JFM/Jim Cheung
Cannonball, Dani, Tabby, Warpath, Domino, and Bedlam head to Genosha
They were summoned by Pete Wisdom
A mutant named Delphi trades them helpful memories for their memories
QS tries to stop them
PW wants to recover a satellite
Selene makes an offer to Sunspot
95
XForce Vs Magneto
Pete gets his friend’s brain back.
Ann 7/99
Fabian N, Chris Renaud
Rictor and Cannonball are up to Shenanigans
96 Sam’s Uncle
JFM/ Anthony Williams
Sam goes on a boring mission with his uncle
Sunspot and Selene are about to get into some Reignfire shenanigans
97
Sunspot allies with Selene
The remnants of Reignfire are out within a Golem, which XF later destroy.
98
JFM/JC
Selene gets Sunspot to join the Hellfire Club by reseructing Juliana, his OG girlfriend
99
The demon bear is loose in San Fran
Dani is swallowed by the bear which takes her into its dimension while XF fights it
She absorbs it’s energy which destroys it, but leaves 4 versions of Dani in its place
My Connections
I love X-Force, but the quality is dying off. I don't think it's long until this starts turning into that weird X-Statix stuff. I might even consider giving up on the comic if I didn't know we were close to it being over.
Creators
John Francis Moore is a serviceable writer, but I don't see him winning any awards or writing any memorable arcs anytime soon.