Posted December 4-11, 2011 | Updated March 19, 2013 | April 2, 2013 | August 22, 2015

X-Men 53

Alright, now we have the biggest villain to grace the pages of the X-Men in recent issue, not including Magneto - Blastaar!

If I was less than pleased with Arnold Drake's script for the past several issues he redeems himself in this one. This is a beautifully crafted one issue tale. Guess artist Barry Smith (Barry Windsor-Smith?) only improves the tale. Right from the first page, its Blastaar time.

Look at the layout of this panel.

Whoa! The Beast gets not one but two blasts.

Technically, Hank should be dead after receiving that kind of hit, but he isn't.

Is this Iceman or the Silver Surfer?

And the Beast scores!

Very nice issue.