I have to say, at some point during this issue, I wondered why David decided to take us down a "Venom" road and suddenly turn "X-Factor" into a small-time "Inferno." Although we see other heroes (such as the Avengers and Fantastic Four) fighting the various demon hordes descending on Earth in a two-page splash page, X-Factor appears to be largely on its own in terms of combating the Hell Lords themselves. Even with Tier and his apparent ability to kill the Hell Lords, the team seems vastly outgunned here. I'm just not sure why we had to go down this road. After all, couldn't Tier just've been an ordinary werewolf? Did he also have to be some sort of pre-destined demon-slayer as well?
Moreover, it's also getting hard to tell who's doing what why. Why exactly does Strong Guy save Jezebel? He says that he's on "his" side, but double-crossing Mephisto doesn't seem like the wisest course of action for a guy interested only in #1. Speaking of Jezebel, I've given up all hope of even understanding what her motivations are at this point. We first met her when she was conspiring with the Isolationist to destroy all mutants, but now she seems to be leaping to humanity's defense. I mean, I guess those two positions aren't mutually exclusive (she could view mutantkind as separate from humanity, as many people do), but she just seems much more altruistic than she did in her first few appearances. It's possible that she's had a change of heart, but I feel like David really needs to show us that at some point.
[Sigh.] I mean, it's Peter David, so we could still go cool places here. Fingers crossed.
(Also, in a great example of pet peeve #2, Strong Guy at no point menacingly grabs Monet by the jaw. I actually don't think that they're ever in a panel together.)
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