Inhuman: Axis Review

Finished reading Inhuman: Axis, this continues Marvel's Inhuman series as the Inhuman's deal with finding their lost King while the events of Axis come to play. The book opens with Maximus at a bar in New York taking a couple of women back to his apartment where they see his brother Black Bolt sitting on a chair in the middle of the room . Meanwhile in New Attilan the top member of the Attilan Guard and her new partner Frank McGee stop an illegal selling of fake Terrigen when the two are tasked to find the location of Black Bolt and hopefully bring him back home. The rest of the book features two separate stories. The first deals with the effects that the inversion spell on Genosha during the events of Axis and how it has affected the queen of the Inhumans Medusa, and the inhabitants of New Attilan as Medusa decides to declare war on the UN. Meanwhile in Europe Reader and the new Inhuman Xiaoyi travel form Turkey to Venice where they find the headquarters of an Inhuman corporation named Ennilux where they meet the Capo of the company which is when things go south very quickly. Overall this was a great book as writer Charles Soule continues the over aching story of Inhuman's new and old dealing with their numbers growing and the effect it has on the rest of the world. The introduction of new characters like Frank McGee is great as it helps the book to show how hard it can be for new Inhuman's to come to terms with their new life and how some try to keep their humanity. While the whole detective story with Frank is amazing as it feels like a police serial. While the Axis tie-in allows Charles Soule and artist Ryan Stegman to tell a more darker toned story with a redesign of Medusa to emphasise on the current state while the inclusion of Spider-Man is hilarious with how Spider-Man's quips and dialogue is written. Additionally the art by Pepe Larraz during the first story is great as it shows how destructive Black Bolts powers can be while the amount of emotion from the characters is displayed so fantastically which is a credit to the whole of the creative team. 8.5/10.