tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post8681614366975151506..comments2024-03-26T20:11:01.933-04:00Comments on NOT BLOG X: X-MEN: HELLFIRE CLUB #4 - April 2000G. Kendallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12279461069684403792noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2734283773701136760.post-27334065654456276142014-06-30T14:20:14.924-04:002014-06-30T14:20:14.924-04:00I didn't like this mini-series, mainly because...I didn't like this mini-series, mainly because to mee it seems it stretched it's credibllity too much. Why were the three different stories before the final one even necassary? I don't understand. This story suppose to be the story of the hellfire club origin, yet it seems to present the different Shaw relatives over the years. Why should I even care about them? The first issue doesn't even relates to the hellfire club at all. It's not like Hiram Shaw's son or Hiram himself constructed the hellfire club. And the story doesn't continue from there. It only present us with yet another Shaw member, this one from england.<br />All of this stories (except for the first one) show us how the Shaw family was connected to the hellfire club, but it's not a linar connection: It's not like the Warrington or the Bradock who are rich and have long and respected lineage. The Shaw family just HAPPEN to connect, again and again, to the hellfire club, just by mere chance. Am I suppose to find it reliable? Is it FATE?<br />Raab throws in all kind of characters look-alike (Jean Grey, Captain America) but that's only makes this story seems less possible and more absurd. It could work as a different reality, as a story in Excalibur, but as an origin story that's just goofy.<br /><br />I think Claremont origin story for Shaw in the Classic X-men was better in every way. It doesn't need this mini-series.ray swifthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10850259140570017583noreply@blogger.com