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So, it appears that NYX has finally reached its conclusion . . . at least for now. For those of you who may not be familiar with what NYX is, it's kind of difficult for me to remember what it's about myself. Why? Because the seventh and final issue just hit the shelves this last week of September in 2005, and the first issue hit the shelves in October of 2003. That's right folks, seven issues in almost exactly TWO YEARS. Why? Who knows. There have been all kinds of excuses. I won't even go into discussing what they are because none of them seem justifiable to me. Why did I even bother finishing the series? The only reason I have is that I knew it was limited and I'm a bit of a completist at times. Sure I had some hope something interesting might come of the series, but not a lot.
Anyway, back to me trying to remember what NYX was about. It started out as a story about an "average" girl named Kiden (with what seems to be an anything but average name, at least where I've grown up) discovering she was a mutant and all of the events that followed the discovery of her ability. In a very MTV/FOX melodramatic way, Kiden goes from a very unhappy family life to a very unhappy life on the streets after her first power flare results in the injury of other individuals both directly and indirectly. The majority of the issues then move forward with Kiden attempting to create some positive sense to her life while meeting other mutants in the New York area (because that's an obvious rarity in the Marvel Universe).
Overall, this title reminded me a lot of the various titles that fell under the name The Call that were written by Chuck Austen. As with the final title that had the name The Call at the end of the story we're left with some interesting characters and a sense of emptiness. Well, that's not completely true since Austen was nice enough to wipe out the characters of The Call to say, "Yeah, we're gonna give up on this idea." We have no such closure in NYX. Instead, we're left to wonder if we will see the final cast of characters again. Will we? Probably, and I'm guessing in the pages of District X (if it's still going on). Why? I have no idea.
You may be asking yourself, "Should I pick up the trade when it comes out?" Honestly, I'd say "No" unless you're a serious X-23 fan, but if you are I'm guessing you picked up the issues when they first came out. Why am I so displeased with the series? Because of all the times I found myself saying "Why?" Why was the title given the go ahead? Why did it take so long to be completed? Why was X-23 brought in? Why didn't this story take place in District X? Why am I supposed to feel more compassion for this mutant as opposed to other mutants? Why did Joe Quesada think this was a good concept? Too many questions and not enough answers. Why? Who knows?
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