Who are Jeph Loeb and Adam Pollina?
Red: Jeph Loeb was the writer who took over after Fabian Nicieza left. He really isn’t a bad writer. He can tell a pretty good story, and his characterization is engaging, but he shouldn’t have been allowed to touch X-Force with a ten-foot pole! Where do I start? First of all, he put them into the role of junior X-Men, and turned them into a team that you “graduate” out of. Where did that come from? A rule of thumb: If the direction the book was going in works, don’t turn it backwards! Second of all, he kept on having them lose all their battles, which was not the least bit amusing. Either they lost by a landslide, or one character (usually Cable) won the whole fight while the rest of the team got its butt kicked. But his characterization (except for turning Shatterstar into a wimp) made his run tolerable. For instance, he turned little Tabitha into a strong woman and gave her a power boost without permanently turning her into a mindless bad girl. Yes, some fans think she’s changed for
