X-Force #4.
Four badasses. Claws and blades. Black outfits. Red eyes. Add killer carte blanche from Cyclops himself, and there's no reason why issue #1 shouldn't have been February's top-selling book. With next week's issue #4, I'm now convinced that this will be a top-selling title for as long as Kyle, Yost, and Crane can crank out narrative and visuals that match the high concept. I've always wondered why it takes two guys to write a comic. But double duty from the writing team definitely pays off with a nice balance of pacing and characterization as some shocking developments catch us off-guard, and the villains add one (or maybe 100) more to their ranks. No doubts about Crane, though. He's doing as much as anyone not named Yu to define how his comic should look and feel with the most richly textured images in superhero comics today. While other X-books have suffered from lack of focus post "Messiah Complex," "X-Force #4" makes a a strong case as the best mutants have to offer this month. ("X-Force Legacy of Vengeance" collects issues #1 - #3 and will be on the shelves 5/29. Jump on it.)
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Clayton Crain does the best heavy-metal-album-cover comics EVER. It's the visual rendition of Dragonforce's "Through the Fire and Flames" from Guitar Hero III.
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