David Hine's "Distric X" and "Mutopia X"

It was by no means a bad idea: "The Shield" with superpowers! What could go wrong? "Distric X" is Alphabet City's mutant ghetto, and X-man Bishop and his new partner Izzy Ortega get to dirty their consciences by bumping shoulders with the usual petty thieves, strippers and dealers- except these ones are likely to sprout wings or ugly growths or have prophetic powers or emit psychedelic drugs from their pores. This is a grittier collection than the usual X title, but the stories are still too fantastical to elicit real urban dread. Still, the BIG issue is with its two leads. Bishop, if you don't know, is a big stoic black guy, (Ving Rhames or someone like that might play him at the movies), so don't expect his character to be too transformed by the on-going stuff. Israel "Izzy" Ortega is the entire opposite- TOO affected, and it feels like writer David Hine (from "Daredevil: Redemption")- never has a clear hold on him. Is Izzy nice, an asshole, a psychopath, a dedicated cop? Depends on the panel. It's a failed attempt to create a cop as complex as Michael Chiklis' Vic Mackey in the above mentioned "Shield". Izzy just comes across as having a mutant problem of his own: unclear personality disorder.