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    X-Factor #216

    X-Factor » X-Factor #216 released by Marvel on May 1, 2011.

    gmanfromheck's X-Factor #216 review

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    Hey Look, A Guest Appearance By Spider-Man

    What reason does Spider-Man have for dropping by the X-Factor office? More importantly, what's J. Jonah Jameson's? 
     

    The Good 

    It's Peter David and it's X-Factor. This title continues to be the one X-book you can read without having to worry about what's going on in eight other titles. The humor David injects is sometimes subtle and other times it borders breaking the Fourth Wall. The book isn't just fun and games as we do see the continuation of story threads such as the future that Layla Miller knows about and the baby Wolfsbane is carry (along with slight references to the previous X-Force series).  
     
    The idea of Spider-Man making a guest appearance feels like omething that should have happened in the 90s but the angle that brings J. Jonah Jameson to the X-Factor office is rather interesting. 
     

    The Bad 

    The jokes are usually always welcomed but at times it can almost be too much. I like Spider-Man as much (if not more) than the next person but his appearance wasn't necessary even if Jameson will play a big role in this story.  
     

    The Verdict 

    X-Factor is just a fun X-comic. I love that Marvel still allows it to continue in its own little corner of the X-Universe without being bogged down by all the crazy events the rest of the mutants go through. Peter David is the only one that deserves to write these characters as he's shown over and over that he gets them and has made them his. You can always expect doses of humor in each issue but sometimes it borders breaking the Fourth Wall. This issue marks the beginning of an arc involving J. Jonah Jameson of all people and shouldn't be overlooked.
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