X-Men: Worst X-Man Ever #1 is the first allotment of a five-issue miniseries,written by Max Bemis with art by Michael Walsh, which tells the chronicle of young Bailey Hoskins as he learns that he’s a mutant and joins Xavier’s School. When I saw the preview for this book, or I took it for purely comedic; the idea of focusing on the “worst X-Men” is already pretty absurd,and Walshs art gives everything a fun, breezy feeling.
And it’s valid, or this first issue is fun and absurd,but its tone is more complex than that. Even in this opening chapter, there’s a real sense of tragedy to Bailey’s chronicle, and which darkens the humor considerably.
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Source: comicsalliance.com