{"id":3354,"date":"2012-12-10T19:25:06","date_gmt":"2012-12-11T00:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=3354"},"modified":"2021-09-22T17:03:32","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T21:03:32","slug":"x-23-target-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/3354","title":{"rendered":"X-23: Target X"},"content":{"rendered":"

Target X<\/em><\/a> (2007) Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost, Mike Choi<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>I really liked the X-23 comics, but for some reason had only read NYX<\/a> and Innocence Lost<\/a>. Target X<\/em> is the same author and storyline as Innocence Lost<\/em>. We see what has happened to Laura after her escape, and how she has continued to struggle with her training as a killing machine versus acting as a human teenager.<\/p>\n

I possibly should have gone back and read Innocence Lost<\/em> before rereading Target X<\/em> simply because I had forgotten a lot about X-23. But that didn’t seem to affect how much I enjoyed this story.<\/p>\n

X-23–also named Laura–escapes her handlers and is searching for a place to hide and perhaps attempt to become a normal teenager. Unfortunately, danger follows her everywhere, and she leans quickly that for her, no place is safe.<\/p>\n

X-23–Laura–is really a heart-breaking character. She wants to much to be normal, but she was raised and conditioned to be a machine–a monster really. A soul-less killing machine (a theme that comes up later).<\/p>\n

I really like this collection, and highly recommend it.
\nRating: 9\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Published by Marvel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Target X (2007) Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost, Mike Choi I really liked the X-23 comics, but for some reason had only read NYX and Innocence Lost. Target X is the same author and storyline as Innocence Lost. We see what has happened to Laura after her escape, and how she has continued to struggle with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,48,9,291,40,20],"tags":[521,281],"class_list":["post-3354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fantasy","category-female","category-graphic-novels","category-paper","category-super-hero","category-young-adult","tag-marvel-comics","tag-x-23"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-S6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3368,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/3368","url_meta":{"origin":3354,"position":0},"title":"X-23, Vol. 2: Chaos Theory","author":"Michelle","date":"December 13, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"X-23 Vol. 2: Chaos Theory (2012) Marjorie Liu, Sana Takeda, Phil Noto What could this be? 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