X-Factor (2020-) #4 by Leah Williams
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Okay, once again I find myself reviewing a comic by someone I’ve previously worked with, having inked Carlos Gomez on several occasions…but only on covers, so I wasn’t too familiar with his sequential work, which is great here.
As it says on the cover, this is X Of Swords part 2 (of 22) and, as such, it’s very much not a continuation of the current X-Factor run. The only nod to this being an issue of X-Factor is that Polaris is central to the plot. But, I’m not even mad about that, because this is good, and makes a refreshing change to crossover tie-in issues that are only tangentially related to the crossover they’re tying in to.
This issue also resolves a very important plot point from X Of Swords, namely: How are there any stakes to a tournament in which people fight each other to the death when they can just be resurrected? The answer is…well…a spoiler…but suffice it to say that the stakes are significantly raised.
It also suggests that X Of Swords might have some significant and lasting consequences for some of the characters involved. Which is equal parts exciting and terrifying.
But what’s certain is that I’m hooked!
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