Thoughts

The wheels come off the miniseries here. Up till now we’ve been enjoying a rollicking swashbuckling adventure and than suddenly the whole thing inexplicably transforms into Return To Kitty’s Fairy Tale. From the first panel and the return of the dimuintive Nightcrawler “Bamfs” (not to be confused with the previous issues diminitive Nightcrawler “Boggies”) this issue seems to entirely consist of running through all the elements from that earlier issue.

And while I enjoy that issue, its charms were in its unpredictability – the silly unexpected fun it had in reinventing the characters and concepts the main title was playing with. To just have an issue that exists just to say “remember that character you enjoyed before? Well, here it is again!” is a disappointment.

If anything, it feels like a fan convention for the earlier issue. All the elements are there -adnthey’re put in front of us for us to celebrate. There just isn’t really any story for them to do. But just to look at them, lined up. On stage.

It really does feel that Cockrum had run out of story after two issues and is just putting in crowdpleasing filler from an issue he enjoyed drawing and that fans keep telling him they love. I guess if you were one of those fans who wanted more, this is the issue for you. It just seemed underwhelming for me wanting more Kurt swashbuckling action.

Fun Panel

Well, it made me laugh!