X-Men Noir: The Mark of Cain #1

[Phil]

http://www.newsarama.com/php/multime....php?aid=32257

The Noir version of Puck appears on the front cover

[rplass]

This Noir series is unreadable. Every panel is pitch black and you can't see who anyone is. It's so much work to figure out who is saying anything and who is in the story.

In the preview that follows, there's a guy named Tommy who calls Wolverine "Cap'n", who also seems to go by "Angel", who has a twin brother who might be Puck? But he was raised on Welfare Island (in NYC,), am I getting that right? So maybe it's Tommy's brother on the cover, not Puck?


Love,
rplass

[Legerd]

It is Puck, Fred Van Lente said so during the live chat on CBR.

[MistressMerr]

Tommy's brother was killed in the first X-Men Noir series. So yeah, on the cover it's Wolverine, Cyclops, Angel, and Puck.

[Le Messor]

In the first series, Tommy was the original (Golden Age) Angel (as he was in 616). His story is pretty much the same. Puck was Wolverine's first mate (Wolverine's a ship's captain).

I find the Noir serieses variable; some are better than others.

- Le Messor
"Those who stand for nothing fall for anything."
- Alexander Hamilton

[rplass]

OK I picked it up today (along with the variant cover) and now understand who is who. Thanks for the explanations!

Plus: bonus word "serieses" excellent!

Love,
rplass

[Le Messor]

Plus: bonus word "serieses" excellent!

I couldn't think of anything else.

- LM
""No two people on earth are alike, and it's got to be that way in music or it isn't music."
- Billie Holiday

[MistressMerr]

I like pretty much all of the Noir books, but the X-Men one was always my favourite. It really played with the conventions a lot more than any of the other ones in some really cool ways and I adore Calero's art. Hopefully this one's as good.

[Le Messor]

It was good - and it mentioned AF - but when they announced 'no powers', my reaction was (and is) "What's the point?". The Golden Age Angel is the only character in there you couldn't substitute for another without changing the story (and by substitute, I mean change the name).

I picked it up because it was a mini-, not an ongoing (and I have 'Noir' on my standing order at an LCS).

They have, overall, been enjoyable, though.

- Le Messor
"What is past is prologue."
- Shakespeare.

[rplass]

Puck makes it into issue #3 as well:

Preview page

Calero's doing yet another variant cover for this issue, too!

Love,
rplass