NYX No Way Home Series Thoughts

[babybro]

I've been an avid fan of this mini series even though it's rarely talked about on this board so I decided to start a topic. I just picked up issue 5 and once again it continues to be my second favorite book from Marvel (only behind blue marvel)
The best aspect for me is that this book instead of focusing on plot driven stories like most other books, focuses more on the character driven stories. We get a real connection with these characters that you don't really see with other books. This use to be the prime difference between Japanese Manga and American Comics, as American comics mostly focused on the plot itself.

Than you have a very diverse group of friends who are literally best really good friends. You can easily tell they care about each other a lot which is also missing in a lot of books. Overall, this is one of my favorite books from marvel and it's just sad that it's not talked about more often.

[Vanish]

Does anyone have a summary for the latest issue? I forgot to pick it up. :(

[timbox]

Does anyone have a summary for the latest issue? I forgot to pick it up. :(

Do I need to start sending you your pull list again?

[Vanish]

Do I need to start sending you your pull list again?

No thanks, timbox.

My forgetfulness saves me a lot of money and I would appreciate it if you would not rob me of that.

[chickrockguitar]

So far, I've really liked it.

A little shocked at some of the stuff Kiden has done (when you compare her to Vol1), it seems quite a leap. But, hey, maybe it has been a big leap since we last saw her.

What has pissed me off a little is NO mention of Laura. At all. Not even in convocation. It's like she's was never there. A little nod here and there throughout the series would have been nice, since she was a big part of Vol1. - But I heard the writer (forget her name) is planning a Vol3 where it shows what the kids mean to Laura and what she means to them apparently, so I really hope that gets the green light from Marvel.

Over all, I am enjoying both the story and the art.

[Ryan W]

Well I just assumed Laura kind of ran off and didn't tell Kiden and co. she was now both a waitress at that Wannabe's club and living somewhere else. She didn't have a history of making connections with people at the time, after all.

But I'd like to see them track her down, for sure. I'd also love to see Kiden running her mouth at the X-Men. :biggrin:

[sixhoursoflucy]

This series has been disappointing. It lacks what I felt made the first NYX title unique. Actually, reverse that -- it contains what makes so many other current X-titles feel generic: too much emphasis on mutant powers, ghost stories, precognitive visions, etc. What I think it's missing is the gritty, "street" feeling that was so refreshing in the original NYX. It instead reads like just another book about mutant kids in trouble.

I did enjoy Cecilia's cameo, however. Great scene.

[jackolover]

I just read this, and I disagree, because it delivers street dirt very well like the first series. But also it gives us the terror and powerlessness of being kidnapped and groomed to be killers, as precious mutant items to the underworld. The whole story chased the kids with this groomer, the mysterious red streaked hair woman, and the mysterious seated guy who made the deal with Kidens father.

Marjorie Liu gave us a terrifying ride for 6 issues and we didn't know what it was that was chasing the kids. We never found out either, because the story was character driven and not plot driven. The fear and uncertainty was palpable throughout, as the kids had to flee the cops, the registration, the framing for murder and kidnapping, the stabbing, the shooting, and the assaults, and hospitals and doctors.

And you get to the end, and realize the ghost of Kidens father had seen the future of his daughters many deaths, and he changed it so she wouldn't die, ever, as long as he gave the mysterious guy looks into the future in return. I would dearly have liked to have known who the mysterious benefactor is, or what the long term fix was that safeguarded Kiden from now on? And it might be that Ghost Father would continue the future foresight, and anytime a threat appeared against Kiden, the mysterious benefactor would intervene again and save Kiden. It maybe just that simple.

But as a creepy tale about children, and the children not knowing what was being done to them, it worked magnificently. Kiden is left with thinking her father has done something aweful, and he allowed her friends to be brutalized. It is a horrible revelation to realize the nurturing father that had up till then given her escapes from danger, was now becoming a danger to their safety and the safety of whoever helped them. I was rivotted to the page as I read each issue in succession, as one character after another took over the narration duty on the issue, and the manipulation of the children became stronger and stronger, so they were led into someplace they could not avoid. And then to realize that Kiden's dad was the cause of it all, shocked me because of the betrayal of someone she trusts, (and should have been confident to depend on), was aweful.

What lesson Liu was stating by this story still eludes me. Something in the order of : If a child is traumatized by her fathers brutal slaying, and her mental state causes her to have a particular psychosis, the legacy of the relationship will gradually lead the broken child to safety in the end, and she will navigate the uncertian waters of sanity/unsanity as her skills eventually make her stronger?

Bravo Marjorie Liu on a well orchestrated journey into horror, and reliving and immersing us, in the world of Kiden Nixon.