Marvel Comics and Hellions #5 Spoilers and Review follows.
X Of Swords Part 6 Sees…
…Mister Sinister Sees A Suicide Mission As…
…Salvation In The Contest Of Swords?!
The book opens with a dramatis personae and…
…in-story storyline catch-up.
Mister Sinister than proposes that his Hellions…
…lie, cheat and steal their way…
…to an advantage in X of Swords with Sinister leading the charge in the field to his chagrin; they’ll find all the Arakko swords first so they X-Men’s opponents need to forfeit the upcoming contest of swords.
Well, Sinister has a secret clone factory and…
…plays rock-paper-scissors for which of them will go on this perceived suicide mission.
The first head to Avalon and…
…barter there way into a journey in their land with their mad king – the brother of both Captain Britain.
The story just begins at the end; this likely continues in next week’s Excalibur #13 with X of Swords Part 9.
The Pulse:
Decent art, dialogue and characters interplay, but no action. The ending just sets up the story to continue in another title. 4 out of 10.
