Vital Stats
Title: X-Men: Misfits Volume #1Created by: Raina Telgemeier, David Roman, Anzu
Published by: Del Rey Manga
Release Date: August 11, 2009
The Review (video)
The Plot:
Kitty Pryde is a girl who has a problem fitting in. One could even say she's out of touch with those around her. This is one part because of her tender age, and another because her mutant power makes her intangible. She excitedly transfers from her local high school to the prestigious Xaviers School for the Gifted, but finds out her problems are only starting. See, back home she was a freak for being a "Mutant," but at Xavier's... she's the only girl.
The Summary
Loved it, but then again slap a pretty looking cast of a X-child misfits and I would be game.
The art is comfortable to any shojo fan, or at least passable enough to get to the real meat of X-Men Misfits... Hot Kitty Pryde action. She's pretty stock in terms of her foibles and awkward belief that she's ugly and unlovable, but that doesn't maker her any less enjoyable. I actually really enjoyed Kitty's awkwardness from her powers, her fear of falling through objects (she wears helmets and other safety gear.)
Her shy antics do get a little trying, as does the Hellfire Club's motivation for wanting her (She's the only girl, and thus coveted,) but all and I enjoyed reading through it. X-men classic Magneto gets a good amount of screen time, performing his role as Xavier's greatest and worst ally, leading the elitist Hellfire Club in their Mutant supremest beliefs.
Recommended for the bored X-Fan or anyone looking for a solid-trashy OEL Shojo.
he looks all cute now >_>
the video was fun haha, looks like an interesting manga but i would of never thought of an x men manga o.o
Why the ruddy hell is Kitty the only girl? Also, not being able to touch is Rogue's power. It's alright to make a manga version of a story, but keep the effin' powers straight.
Pyro because mainstream from the movies.
If Emma Frost isn't in this. I'm not interested.
Sorry, I may have misspoke. She's just good old shadow cat with her intangibility. But yes, for similar feelings, Comic Rouge's inability to touch people is a truer power/foible than Comic Shadowcat issue with being a Jewish American Princess.
And there's at least three females that I can think of in the Volume. Jean Grey and Storm are faculty, but Jean and Wolverine were on "mission" in volume 1. I dunno, I actually recorded the video almost two months ago, it just took awhile to get back.
I'd like it is Emma was a member of the staff.
OMG
l wish they have the GAR version
one girl, it has the curves
I also think not having Jubilee be a part of this manga isn't really bad thing in my opinion.
I LOVED Jubilee in the cartoon and on Generation X. I didn't like Kitty Pride until more recently.
aha you know, that's exactly what i was thinking
That said, yeah, no, I don't think anyone really wanted Jubilee to be in the manga. Since everyone compares Kitty Pryde to Jubilee I don't know what that says about the book, but there you have it ^_^;