couldn't get into it beyond the wedding scenes, To the surprise of everyone, the Marvel Universe's hottest couple has tied the knot! But there's no time to enjoy wedded bliss when ROGUE and GAMBIT find themselves tasked with protecting a mysterious package that just about everyone in the galaxy is trying to steal.
What secrets does this package hold that everyone from the Imperial Guard and the Starjammers to Technet and Deathbird with an entire Shi'ar rebellion in tow! will risk everything for! Perhaps more importantly, is there anything worse than DEADPOOL crashing your honeymoon
COLLECTING: MR.
AND MRS. XThis was a fun start to a series, I loved the art and I'm very interested in where this series is going, It was cute, but it struggles from unrealistic stakes for me, I'm sorry, but that Omegalevel Shi'ar mutant could have wiped the board at any moment, Other than that, still loving this maritalbliss version of Rogue and Gambit, Where Kelly Thompsons prior book about the XMen couple du jour, Rogue amp Gambit, was a shockingly good take on the romantic comedy/espionage romp, her followup book, Mr.
and Mrs. X, doesnt have nearly the same spirit or humor,
This book is much more straightforward and selfserious than its predecessor, These events could have happened to just about any XMen, so it doesnt have the same sense of personality or charm that the prior book did.
The art is also a bit of a mess, with irregular bodily proportions, inconsistent character faces, and lifeless action sequences,
Its not a bad book overall, Its just missing a spark, This is everything you could want in a Gambit and Rogue title post them getting hitched, As always Kelly Thompson's writing is quirky and selfaware while maintaining the core of who each character is, I love this! full series review at sitelink commr
Mr. amp Mrs. X is the follow up to Thompson's previous Rogue and Gambit run, Mr. amp Mrs. X follow Rogue and Gambit after their impromptu wedding to their action packed honeymoon in space and then back home to more action and kidnappings and fighting and making up and most importantly lots and lots of kissing.
This run has so many XMen universe players in it it starts to get hard to keep up, They run into Deadpool, the Shi'ar, Technet, the Imperial Guard, the Guild of Thieves, the Assassin's Guild, Mojo and the Mojoverse, Spiral, and Bella Donna.
However, if you are unfamiliar with any of these Thompson does a good job at introducing new players and saying how they are connected and what their basic power set it.
This makes it much much easier to follow as a stand alone without having to have read a whole previous decade of XMen,
Thisissue run is divided into two main stories with the central theme being that Rogue loses control of her powers when she is in fear and if she cannot get that figured out her relationship with Gambit will be very difficult.
But Gambit will never leave her side because they are just the best as a couple, He loves her so danged much and praises her skill every chance he gets, She is wooed by him over and over and their passion is palpable,
This run did lose a little bit of the sexiness that I so thoroughly enjoyed in Rogue and Gambit, It makes up for it with more action but the plot did get a little meta and convoluted in the second half,
I would love to see more of Rogue and Gambit and especially more of Thompson, I loved her work on Kate Bishop and if this run is any indicator I think she'd do a fantastic job on Deadpool, She understands dialogue, sarcasm and flirting especially, It's always cheeky and fun but never sexist or crass, Cute story.
I wanted to get into this a bit more than I did,
It starts with Rogue and Gambit's wedding day full of cameos and awww moments, and heads directly into the honeymoon in space.
Emergency! Sexytimes Interrupted! Boom! Adventure!
And that was funish but I really couldn't get into the story for whatever reason.
Might have just been my frame of mind at the time, because I usually really like Kelly Thompson's work,
The last issuebrought in a new artist, Annnnnd that was kind of it for me, The original art was the high point for me, so a doofy housewarming party where they have to battle the Thieves Guild on the roof, introducing this new ugly style was too much.
Nope.
I'm sure this will find a lot of fans, but this isn't the title that brings me back to Marvel.
sitelink be/DTDCwJmGE This was really fun! I enjoyed both the actionfilled plot and the humor, I am fairly new to Xmen comics so it was nice focusing on just a couple of characters, This comic was easy to understand, Also, the art was really nice, I love the artist's use of color, This book also featured cats which were a plus, Overall, this was a fun, heartfelt, romp,
If anyone has any Xmen/marvel comics recs let me know!
I've really enjoyed Ms, Marvel and Rogue and Gambit,
I would prefer newer stuff but I might enjoy some classic stories,
I'd be interested in reading more about Luara Kinney or Kitty Pryde,.stars. I'm a huge fan of Kelly Thompson and the writing in this was great! However, I'm not a huge fan of spacebased superhero stories so the final issue was definitely my favourite.
Was great to see David Lopez do the art in that one, Love his work! Interested to see where this story goes and still definitely one of my favourite comic book romances, Kelly Thompson has become such a reliable Marvel writer, I'm even willing to follow her into the morass which is the XMen side of the Marvel Universe.
And while I could have done without the extensive tour of the Shi'ar Empire and its dozens of minor characters, I very much enjoyed the fine mix of humor and adventure with the sweet love between Gambit and Rogue.
And it really helps that Oscar Bazaldua's art sprinkles the whole book with beautiful people,
I had more fun than I could have hoped and am eager to seek out Thompson's other Rogue and Gambit books, Rogue is one of my favorite Marvel characters, So, I really enjoyed reading Rogue and Gambit together, finally married, and kicking butt on their honeymoon, The story isn't deep, the art is okay, but Mr, And Mrs. X is still a fun read, Superhero comics are by and large gussiedup soap operas and the XMen are probably the most soaptastic of the lot, Someones sleeping with someone else, their relationship is on the outs, those guys are having kids, and so on and so on, Thats basically whats put me off its many titles I just dont care anymore about whether whatshername is back together with whatsisface or whos dead but is predictably coming back to life and heres the fucking Phoenix Force again.
That said, Mr amp Mrs X was amazingly not completely boring! So Gambit and Rogue have tied the knot and wouldnt you Adam and Eve it theyve only gone and gotten roped into some shenanigans on their space honeymoon oh I couldnt have oh thats right of course that sort of thing always happens to the bleedin XMen and heres Deadpool for no reason too!
The story wont be blowing anyones mind: the happy couple have to protect a MacGuffin from arbitrary antagonists for plot reasons ShiAr politics zzz.
It works well though because our title characters are such good company, Kelly Thompson writes them really well with convincing chemistry and I enjoyed spending time with this cute couple romancing their way across the.
Even Deadpool, the Marvel Bugs Bunny who gets shoved into everything these days, partly because hes a character who you can do literally anything with and itll make sense, but obviously also because his movies and comics are such a hit with audiences, wasnt too annoying and played an amusing third wheel in the first half of the story.
It definitely helps that the number of Xcharacters is scaled back from unwieldy to just two, allowing more room to develop Rogue and Gambits relationship.
The opening and closing issues where a bunch of XMen rock up and blather pointlessly about nothing “Whats SHE doing at the wedding” Eastenders drum beat were definitely the low points for me.
The art was eh. It was there!
Rogue and Gambit also encounter an array of Zlist characters to remind us that the Marvel Universe is filled with forgettable nonentities that never became popular like Flashfire, Scatterbrain and Bodybag.
Maybe that was why they were included a joke on how lame they are I mean, are there any fans of Waxworks or Chod waiting for their next appearance
The story was generic and theres nothing here thats remotely new but the two charismatic leads are a charming, likeable pair who made reading this one not a total waste of time.
As a lapsed XMen reader, Mr amp Mrs X, Volume: Love and Marriage was a pleasant surprise and Im sure fans of the characters will enjoy de heck out of this one, cheres!
Hat tip to sitelinkAnna Bananas for the rec Well that was suitably charming, ridiculous and adventurous.
Kelly seems to really enjoy these two, and gives them a rich, blunt and imperfect dynamic that is so offkilter its almost offputting, I love it, and Ive never appreciated Gambit before like, actively disliked him, Read in single issues
I'm so in love with this series, Who knew Gambit was a cat man because I didn't and I love him more for it!! Rogue and Gambit get married on a whim and head to space for their honeymoon.
Anytime, any XMen go to space, the Shi'ar and the Starjammers get involved and that happens here, Kudos to Thompson for also bringing back some old Excalibur villains, the Technet, The book has a very Nick and Nora Charles vibe to it for any Thin Man fans out there, Thompson does a great job of delivering witty banter and making fun comics,
I read both Mr amp Mrs X volumes in one go, so I'm reviewing it all as one series
Gambit amp Rogue finally did the impossible they got married! But their honeymoon might not be as fun as they think, when the Shi'ar and Deadpool gatecrash! Then, it's a trip to the Mojoverse for the newly weds, before New Orleans and Gambit's past come a'callin'.
I was a big fan of Kelly Thompson's previous Gambit amp Rogue mini, and I'm happy to say that all of the things she did right over there carry over here, and the problem I had is fixed as well.
Gambit and Rogue's relationship is the core of this book from start to finish, and it's beautifully executed as Thompson puts them through their paces.
The backdrops are almost incidental as Rogue amp Gambit feel their way into this new chapter in their life, but they're also good stories in themselves.
The Shi'ar chapter isn't quite as exciting as the Mojoverse one, but I enjoyed both a lot,
The things I loved most however were the shorter stories issueis a honeymoon party featuring all of the XMen, which Thompson turns into apage trip of hilarity and chuckles, while the two issue series conclusion is a lovely bow on the story she was telling.
My main issue with the Ring Of Fire mini was the lack of an interesting villain, and that's remedied here nicely, The Shi'ar story doesn't really HAVE a villain per se, but Mojo is a perfect foil in his story, while the Thieves Guild stuff in the final arc draws on all of Gambit's continuity as well as some recent Cable adventures nicely.
On art for the most part is Jan Bazaldua, whose elastic style is a great fit for the book, Sometimes the characters' heads are a little oddshaped, but her action flows wonderfully, David Lopez fills in on issue, and his facial expressions sell the jokes impeccably well, There's an almost mangalike edge to the way he depicts everyone, but it really works, while Javier Pina fills in on the final issue of the book although he does such a good job of mirroring Bazaldua's art that I didn't even notice it was someone different.
Mr amp Mrs X fell casualty to Jonathan Hickman's Powers/House of X relaunch, and this is the first time I've been angry at it for taking something away.
These twelve issues are wonderful from start to finish, meaty in terms of dialogue and character work, and full to the brim with lovely artwork.
A shame that we lost it, but it was wonderful while it lasted, Rogue and Gambit tie the knot, and to get away from inevitable superhero bullshit disturbing the honeymoon, opt to spend it in space, Which goes about as well as you'd expect, and soon they're caught between at least four factions of Marvel space types, all chasing after the obligatory Macguffin.
Which does turn out to be quite an endearing Macguffin, to be fair, but the problem is that none of the space lot are particularly interesting ones I know I'm not the only XMen reader who finds the Shi'ar in particular quite dull, and with so many of them in play the leads rather get lost in the mix at times.
By far the best of the interruptions
are the ones from characters with whom they have a more solid connection Kitty, Deadpool and I can't help feeling an Earthbound version of this plot might have been a lot more satisfying.
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