Marauders #3 Review

Writer: Gerry Duggan / Artists: Michele Bandini and Federico Blee / Marvel It speaks volumes that Marauders’ greatest strength is its concept. Honestly, the premise alone has been holding this book together. I mean, what’s not to love about a band of ragtag mutant pirates and smugglers? Unfortunately, if you were hoping for an in-depth look at why characters are doing anything other than going with the flow, this issue ain’t it. However, what we do get is a bigger focus on a character who has been taking nothing but L’s since “Dawn of X” started. I’m talking about the one and only Black King – Sebastian Staw. We had to know that at some point that the more villainous mutants invited to Krokoa would act in their own self-interest. Sebastian Staw is a prime example of that as we saw in the last issue when Emma put him in his place for selling the mutant drugs to the rich instead of those who needed them. Now, we get to see just how long the Black King’s scheming has been going on for and just what he wants out of this new world order. It’s pretty obvious from the jump that Sebastian has been making moves ever since Emma gave him his seat on the council. We see that with the resurrection of his son. It might look like he’s doing what any well-meaning father would by bringing Shinobi Shaw back from the dead. However, it’s clear that it’s just another power move to try and gain more pull on the Krokoan council. Obviously, Emma and Kate get in the way of his plans, but that doesn’t…