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House of M (Dinastía de M)
The Marvel event of the decade is here! The Avengers and the X-Men are faced with a common foe that becomes their greatest threat: Wanda Maximoff! The Scarlet Witch is out of control, and the fate of the entire world is in her hands. Will Magneto help his daughter or use her powers to his own benefit? Starring the Astonishing X-Men and the New Avengers! You know how someti...more
Paperback, 224 pages
Published
May 17th 2006
by Marvel
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Einer der besten Crossover-Titel
Crossover-Titel (also Comics, die in mehreren Titeln gedruckt werden und/oder Charaktere aus mehreren Titeln beinhalten) sind im Allgemeinen mit dem Problem der starken Fragmentierung behaftet, d.h. sie sind unübersichtlich, setzen Kenntnisse voraus und oft überfrachtet.
Mit "House of M" aber setzt Marvel einen Meilenstein in seiner Geschichte, der Auswirkungen auf viele Nachfolge-Events hat.
Sehr gut gelungen.
Insbesondere möchte ich auf die Tie-Ins hinweisen (Hulk,...more
Crossover-Titel (also Comics, die in mehreren Titeln gedruckt werden und/oder Charaktere aus mehreren Titeln beinhalten) sind im Allgemeinen mit dem Problem der starken Fragmentierung behaftet, d.h. sie sind unübersichtlich, setzen Kenntnisse voraus und oft überfrachtet.
Mit "House of M" aber setzt Marvel einen Meilenstein in seiner Geschichte, der Auswirkungen auf viele Nachfolge-Events hat.
Sehr gut gelungen.
Insbesondere möchte ich auf die Tie-Ins hinweisen (Hulk,...more
Holy. Fucking. Shit.
Okay, a little bit of back story here. I read Marvel comics - X-Men titles, really - a while ago, some Daredevil, then stopped. I came back and House of M had happened. Jean Grey was dead. What the hell?
But I read a bit about it, accepted it, and moved on to current story lines. Then I went back and read House of M because it was there, and it was Bendis. It was... amazing. Because how do you react when you get your heart's desire, and then it's all taken away from you? How...more
Okay, a little bit of back story here. I read Marvel comics - X-Men titles, really - a while ago, some Daredevil, then stopped. I came back and House of M had happened. Jean Grey was dead. What the hell?
But I read a bit about it, accepted it, and moved on to current story lines. Then I went back and read House of M because it was there, and it was Bendis. It was... amazing. Because how do you react when you get your heart's desire, and then it's all taken away from you? How...more
The Scarlet Witch has gone crazy after killing some of her fellow Avengers leaving the hero team along with the X-Men pondering what to do with her – do they kill her for what’s she done or because her powers have become unstable? Before they have a chance to decide anything she uses everything she has to change the world into a mutant utopia where humans are hounded and giving each mutant their heart’s desire.
Brian Michael Bendis writes a fascinating event book the equivalent of DC’s “Elseworl...more
Brian Michael Bendis writes a fascinating event book the equivalent of DC’s “Elseworl...more
At the urging of my fiance, I finally read House of M and I'm so upset that I didn't do it sooner. Superbly written, House of M chronicles the aftermath of the deaths of the Avengers at the hands of Scarlet Witch. At this point, Wanda Maximoff is so distraught from what she has done that she is losing her grip on reality and control of her reality-altering powers. When the New Avengers, X-Men and various friends meet to decide Scarlet Witch's fate, her brother, Quicksilver, decides to take matte...more
Je ne suis pas un spécialiste de l'univers Marvel — loin s’en faut — mais je suis toujours partant pour passer un bon moment en compagnie d'amis en collant. L'inconvénient dans cet univers est qu'il faut parfois disposer d'un background impressionnant pour parvenir à comprendre une histoire. C'est alors la grande déception car le moment de détente escompté se transforme en prise de tête et se termine en consultation d'encyclopédie des Comics.
Après avoir entendu parler de la série House of M lors...more
Après avoir entendu parler de la série House of M lors...more
I typically find stories involving the X-Men to be overly complicated and draw upon too many elements from it's extremely long and convoluted mythos. As such, I tend not to enjoy them. However, a number of comic books I've been reading lately have been referencing the House of M storyline, and I also know that the upcoming X-Men film and the next Avengers film will both have Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch, so I figured it was time for familiarize myself a bit with the characters. The only oth...more
I wanted to complete my readings of Marvel's big "Event" series between 2004 - 2011. These include House of M, Civil War, World War Hulk, Siege, and Fear Itself.
This may be my least favorite.
None of these stories really hold up to repeat readings. Naturally. They're made to be read monthly, their gravitas not from storytelling but from their influence on future monthly stories. You can tell it most terribly in Bendis' books, "HoM,' "Secret Invasion," and "Siege."
Regardless, books like Civil War...more
This may be my least favorite.
None of these stories really hold up to repeat readings. Naturally. They're made to be read monthly, their gravitas not from storytelling but from their influence on future monthly stories. You can tell it most terribly in Bendis' books, "HoM,' "Secret Invasion," and "Siege."
Regardless, books like Civil War...more
Fun yet frustrating, and in turns exciting and dull.
Brian Michael Bendis has a gift for snappy scenes with characters quipping back and forth to one another, but this facility with fun conversation scenes (aided by Oliver Coipel's dynamic and sharp artwork) distracts the reader from his persistent and fundamental problems with plotting and pacing. In his previous work on books like Powers and Daredevil, Bendis was able to keep up the reader's interest by following the journey of one or two prota...more
Brian Michael Bendis has a gift for snappy scenes with characters quipping back and forth to one another, but this facility with fun conversation scenes (aided by Oliver Coipel's dynamic and sharp artwork) distracts the reader from his persistent and fundamental problems with plotting and pacing. In his previous work on books like Powers and Daredevil, Bendis was able to keep up the reader's interest by following the journey of one or two prota...more
I started following Marvel again with CIVIL WAR, so it was fun to catch up on this much alluded to moment in Marvel history. I've been reading FEAR ITSELF as it's been coming out and feel, so far, that it is the best event of its kind, in large part because of how the side-stories and cross-overs have built up the story instead of complication or crippling it. I really feel I've gained much entertainment and insight from the mini's I've followed without losing anything in the ones I skipped.
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A terribly thin romp through an alternate reality rushing headlong towards the goal of shaking up the mutant status quo in the regular Marvel universe. It's clear Bendis can write a good scene and come up with big ideas but it's astonishing how little is fleshed out over the 8 issues in this story. You get peaks at interesting differences between the 616 universe and this world but only in passing. I suppose I could get depth by buying the tie-ins, but no thanks not based on this volume. Scarlet...more
Easily my favorite event for Marvel that I've ever read, surprising considering neither of my favorite characters (Cap and Iron Man) have prominent roles in it.
Instead this is the story of Wanda Maximoff's final descent into madness. After killing friends and destroying the Avengers, Wanda wants nothing more than to die. So when the Avengers and the X-Men show up to kill her, she's ready to accept her fate but instead she creates the House of M. A world where not only do mutants appear to me the...more
Instead this is the story of Wanda Maximoff's final descent into madness. After killing friends and destroying the Avengers, Wanda wants nothing more than to die. So when the Avengers and the X-Men show up to kill her, she's ready to accept her fate but instead she creates the House of M. A world where not only do mutants appear to me the...more
Whoa! I picked this up because I thought, as a massive X-Men fan, I had to read this but all I have to say is really don't just think of this as "The one the mutants lost their powers" because while that is important the story has so much more to offer and is more a powerful family drama than game-changing event. Truly, the emotion is increadible throughout with many of the heroes being emotionally sledgehammered as they try to cope with the consequences of Wanda's actions. My heart especially w...more
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One of my favourite storylines from the X-verse. It can be hard to blend so many characters to make a unified team especially with so much going on but this graphic novel did it excellently. I finally was able to see why the Scarlett Witch is considered so badass and I found Quicksilver’s storyline very compelling. I liked that there was an argument made that perhaps that the altered reality was how things actually should have been. I can’t say I see the reasoning behind trying to reverse what t...more
One of my favourite storylines from the X-verse. It can be hard to blend so many characters to make a unified team especially with so much going on but this graphic novel did it excellently. I finally was able to see why the Scarlett Witch is considered so badass and I found Quicksilver’s storyline very compelling. I liked that there was an argument made that perhaps that the altered reality was how things actually should have been. I can’t say I see the reasoning behind trying to reverse what t...more
This story is definitely one of my more favorite events in the Marvel Universe. It's really interesting to think about our dream/worst nightmare scenario, and how each character would react to such a shift in reality. It lets us know what character really is... You can't just superpower the emotions out.
As a Spider-Man kid, Peter's reactions were the most loud to me, even though much time was spent with the other characters. The character moments throughout were strong, with great payoff (Rogue...more
As a Spider-Man kid, Peter's reactions were the most loud to me, even though much time was spent with the other characters. The character moments throughout were strong, with great payoff (Rogue...more
Fantastic! Fast paced, beautifully drawn, thoughtful. There's some wonderful character moments between Pietro and Magneto and Pietro and Wanda. Emma Frost kicks major ass in this story, and I am guessing this is the first appearance of Layla Miller. And I thought the way the heroes who remember post-M-day really feel distressed was solidly done -- Strange is particularly good in his remorse. Great little touches, too, like Steve Rogers being 100 years old -- I guess what he wanted was to live a...more
De lo que he leído últimamente, es de lo que más me ha gustado. Cierto que tiene su cosillas, pero me ha gustado y no me da vergüenza admitirlo. Hasta me ha sorprendido en algunos puntos. También es verdad que me pirro por las historias en las que nos muestran cómo habría sido tal o cual personaje si las circunstancias de su vida hubieran sido ligeramente o muy diferentes.
Después de Vengadores Desunidos me quedé un poco frío, pero habiendo leído Dinastía de M, la historia anterior adquiere otra...more
Después de Vengadores Desunidos me quedé un poco frío, pero habiendo leído Dinastía de M, la historia anterior adquiere otra...more
I have been wanting to read this one for awhile. And I was blown away. I was sucked in immediately and just taken for quite a ride. The Scarlet Witch has been a favorite of mine for awhile and to see her in this state just deepens my passion for her. In this story, the Scarlet Witch has lost her mind and ends up creating an alternate reality for everyone. She gives the mutants everything that they've ever wanted in life, including equal rights. But a handful of them are aware that this isn't the...more
Phew. That was a big effort! I read the fifty-something comics that made up this storyline, well, I say read, I kind of skipped a bunch. I'm not familiar enough with many major Marvel franchises to really enjoy the House of M issues, like the new x-men and whatever the fuck was going on with Captain Britain and the wave of wibbly wobbly timey-wimey nonsense. My major complaints: the Hulk storyline was an ATROCITY. I'd like to believe that Bendis had no idea how offensive his "Aborigines" storyli...more
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Continuing on with my search for comic artists that have risen to prominence in the last 10-15 years, I definitely enjoyed Bendis and Olivier Coipel's graphic novel. Coipel's artwork is excellent - the improvement in coloring and production values of comics in recent years is really amazing. The storyline here was compelling, but this book just captured one part of a cross-over series that included other titles. As a result, the plot can feel choppy, as important developments happen between the...more
I will admit that while I really enjoy Marvel I probably do not keep up with the story lines like I should, so the fact that there was a whole storyline where the Avengers are devastated by one of their own kind of caught my attention while I looking through a hug box of comics I purchased not too long ago.
House of M takes the events of Avengers Disassembled and really turns it on it’s head. Scarlet Witch has killed some of her teammates in a mental break down and Magneto seeks to protect her fr...more
House of M takes the events of Avengers Disassembled and really turns it on it’s head. Scarlet Witch has killed some of her teammates in a mental break down and Magneto seeks to protect her fr...more
Cool story and great artwork. Pietro and Wanda's sibling love is unparalleled. I mean, it's pretty much obvious that they love each other as siblings but I didn't really imagine it to be at this height. The characters were all well written, though it was a bit confusing whenever the story goes to the plot in Japan, all that project Genesis stuff. Logan is the same badass Logan even with the reality altered. Peter Parker was a bit of a jerk but still a laughable character. Hulk still smashed his...more
This is one of the few recent X-Men story lines which I have really enjoyed. Just think about it. Someone exchanges your life for an entirely new, invented reality.... would you be strong enough to resist it and remain sane, despite conflicting memories?
This is the story of the X-men's struggles with the uncontrollable psi Scarlet Witch, and the disastrous consequences of failure. This looks like to be the story that began the X-men's change of heart towards the matter of killing during mission...more
This is the story of the X-men's struggles with the uncontrollable psi Scarlet Witch, and the disastrous consequences of failure. This looks like to be the story that began the X-men's change of heart towards the matter of killing during mission...more
Turns out I have to get the follow up to find out the "true conclusion." As a fan of X-men I came back into the series around the time this story came up. Of course a lot has changed with the X-Men since the mid-90s so it was a bit of catch up to the Marvel Universe, but I wasn't too rusty. The best part is the introductory scenes with Wanda and Xavier and the art work showing the bits of this reality that she longs for is pretty heartbreaking when it crumbles. Intrigued to find out how things t...more
What a great story! Multi-team superhero crossover events are always tricky with so many characters and backstories to juggle, but Bendis really delivers with an efficient, exciting, and engaging story with REAL STAKES -- as well as plenty of his pitch-perfect dialogue. My only complaint with this volume is that the world of The House of M is so interesting and couldn't be properly explored in this one volume. I'm gonna have to go and seek out the rest of this landmark story, the one that Marvel...more
Definitely a pretty solid example of how to do a crossover. While the central story can be a tad slow at times, the tie-ins are phenomenal. In particular, the House of M: Spiderman and House of M: Fantastic Four mini-series did some great work with established characters and were two of my favorites. If you're a fan of Wolverine he's also somewhat of a main protagonist for the series and Bendis manages to deal with his memory loss in such a way that is sets up a chain of events that change the M...more
After completing the Messiah Trilogy, I went back and read the prequel event that started it all. I was quite surprised to discover that House of M had some striking similarities to DC's Flashpoint event. Ultimately, there are enough differences that I feel DC did not directly rip off Marvel, but it is interesting that two major events with altered realities occurred so close to each other.
I enjoyed this slightly less than Messiah Complex and subsequent messiah books mostly because I feel like t...more
I enjoyed this slightly less than Messiah Complex and subsequent messiah books mostly because I feel like t...more
House of M finally gets the deluxe hardcover treatment!
It contains the 8-issue mini-series and a LOT of bonus features (about 1/3 of the book!), such as variant covers, interviews, penciled pages, the script to issue 1, as well as "The Secrets Of The House Of M", which helps understand the House Of M universe a lot better, by giving the readers the new reality's status quo, as well as how the characters have all been affected by the change.
The mini itself is well done: the dialogue and art are...more
It contains the 8-issue mini-series and a LOT of bonus features (about 1/3 of the book!), such as variant covers, interviews, penciled pages, the script to issue 1, as well as "The Secrets Of The House Of M", which helps understand the House Of M universe a lot better, by giving the readers the new reality's status quo, as well as how the characters have all been affected by the change.
The mini itself is well done: the dialogue and art are...more
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A comic book writer and erstwhile artist. He has won critical acclaim (including five Eisner Awards) and is one of the most successful writers working in mainstream comics. For over eight years Bendis’s books have consistently sat in the top five best sellers on the nationwide comic and graphic novel sales charts.
Though he started as a writer and artist of independent noir fiction series, he shot...more
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