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I'm not sure what happened to the X-men of my youth, but its safe to say that I'm waaaay out of the loop now. While this may have been a good story for hardcore X-series readers, its crap to those of us who don't really know whats going on. I understand that this is a reprint of a x-over series, but apparently you still need to have kept up on the stories before this one to know what the hell is going on.
I miss the days when a story arc started and finished. I miss the days when a graphic novel could be a complete story. Now it seems all of the "main-stream" comics just cater to the faithful and don't bother reaching out to the casual reader.
If you aren't already up to speed on all the various x-men groups, I wouldn't bother reading this one. ]]>
by Ed Brubaker
I completely agree with you. I was an xmen fan "back in the day" and I have to say its gotten waaaaay out of hand. I picked this up thinking it would be a nice complete story - but it was still full of a bunch of stuff that only the people who read the comic regularly is going to know. Whatever happened to complete stories?
Comic books have come a long way since I read them regularly 15 years ago and frankly I don't like it. ]]>
Vulgrin
read and liked
Rob's
review of X-Men: Messiah Complex HC:
"Wow, not the x-men that even I know anymore. While probably not the ideal jumping in point after a little time away, the story telling is solid, great action. Despite problems with rotating artists (i.e., series of costume changes and alternating c...more "
"Wow, not the x-men that even I know anymore. While probably not the ideal jumping in point after a little time away, the story telling is solid, great action. Despite problems with rotating artists (i.e., series of costume changes and alternating c...more "
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