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WildC.A.T.s/X-Men #1-4
WildC.A.T.s/X-Men
Reprints/Collects:
WildC.A.T.s/X-Men: The Golden Age (1997) #1
WildC.A.T.s/X-Men: The Modern Age (1997) #1
WildC.A.T.s/X-Men: The Silver Age (1997) #1
WildC.A.T.s/X-Men: The Dark Age (1998) #1
WildC.A.T.s/X-Men: The Golden Age (1997) #1
WildC.A.T.s/X-Men: The Modern Age (1997) #1
WildC.A.T.s/X-Men: The Silver Age (1997) #1
WildC.A.T.s/X-Men: The Dark Age (1998) #1
184 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1997
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Scott Lobdell
1,628 books232 followersScott Lobdell (born 1960) is an American comic book writer.
He is mostly known for his work throughout the 1990s on Marvel Comics' X-Men-related titles specifically Uncanny X-Men, the main title itself, and the spin-off series that he conceived with artist Chris Bachalo, Generation X. Generation X focused on a number of young mutant students who attempted to become superheroes in their own right at a separate school with the guidance of veteran X-related characters Banshee and Emma Frost. He also had writing stints on Marvel's Fantastic Four, Alpha Flight, and The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix mini-series with artist Gene Ha. He wrote the script to Stan Lee's Mosaic and an upcoming film from POW Entertainment featuring Ringo Starr. He also participated in the Marvel Comics and Image Comics (from Jim Lee's WildStorm) crossover mini-series WildC.A.T.s/X-Men.
He is mostly known for his work throughout the 1990s on Marvel Comics' X-Men-related titles specifically Uncanny X-Men, the main title itself, and the spin-off series that he conceived with artist Chris Bachalo, Generation X. Generation X focused on a number of young mutant students who attempted to become superheroes in their own right at a separate school with the guidance of veteran X-related characters Banshee and Emma Frost. He also had writing stints on Marvel's Fantastic Four, Alpha Flight, and The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix mini-series with artist Gene Ha. He wrote the script to Stan Lee's Mosaic and an upcoming film from POW Entertainment featuring Ringo Starr. He also participated in the Marvel Comics and Image Comics (from Jim Lee's WildStorm) crossover mini-series WildC.A.T.s/X-Men.
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August 22, 2019
WildC.A.T.s/X-Men: The Golden Age (1997) ☆☆☆☆☆
First issue is just the best of this cheesy 90s inter-companies superheroes crossover.
I have a thing for Wolvie killing nazis since reading years ago the epic The Uncanny X-Men #268: Madripoor Knights by Chris Claremont and Jim Lee, and just loved the strong Raiders of the Lost Ark vibe and references in Lobdell's storyline.
Travis Charest had a long run on WildC.A.T.s series (issues #6-#24), but his black and white artworks here, inspired by italian Sergio Toppi and other european Masters of Ninth Art, are just the highest peak of his artist career.
Opening and closing this tale with the uncanny and wild adjectives was a real nice touch too.
WildC.A.T.s/X-Men: The Silver Age (1997) ☆☆☆☆
Jim Lee returns at last drawing the two groups that launched and confirmed him as one of the best artists ever in the superheroes comicdom.
Lobdell's storyline is essentially a tribute to all those spy-stories that inspired early Nick Fury and S.H.I.E.L.D. comics, with Cole Cash/Grifter in the role of James Bond, colonel Fury playing M, agent Honeygate as Q/Miss Moneypenny and Jean Grey/Marvel Girl as sexy Bond-Girl.
Not bad at all, the Jean-Scott-Cole love triangle was a funny one, and Jim Lee's artworks are so good that you can just close an eye and forgive a S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier far more modern than its 60s incarnation, Jean's boots turning into shoes, and that fully build Sidney's Opera House visible in the background of a couple of pictures.
Sinistro collecting Jean's DNA, the same that will give birth to Madeline Pryor and X-Men's Inferno fan-favourite saga, was another nice touch from Lobdell.
It was weird to see the Brood active on Earth in 60s, but crossovers are usually off continuity so that was ok for me.
WildC.A.T.s/X-Men: The Modern Age (1997) ☆☆☆☆☆
WildC.A.T.s and X-Men groups join forces against Hellfire Club and Daemonites, the main villains of the whole 4 issues mini-series, after two single members based issues, in a great storyline 80s Claremont-style from James Robinson's DC Starman author, not a newbie at all of both universes having worked previously on WildC.A.T.s, Cable and Generation X titles.
An excellent tale beautifully illustrated by ultimate babes-artist Adam Hughes, with all the characters having their deserved screen-time, but author and artist seem having a real thing for good old Kurt Wagner and give us one of the best depictions ever of the swashbuckling blue elf: that bamf-stenched stolen kiss from Priscilla/Voodoo was just hilarious.
Wolverine's brown suit is wrong because he started wearing that just after Jean's death in the Dark Phoenix saga and this storyline is set in the middle of it, but this is probably the longest comic-book full drawn by Hughes besides the Ordinary Heroes two part Gen13 miniseries, so who really cares?
A small gem.
WildC.A.T.s/X-Men: The Dark Age (1998) ☆☆
Final issue is sadly a messy remake of X-Men's Days of Future Past storyline, with remaining mutants and WildC.A.T.S. averting the apocalyptic future by preventing the Kherans from landing on Earth and so preventing the Daemonites from arriving there as well.
Ellis dialogues and storyline were not bad, with elements from Gen 13, DV8 and New Mutants turning bad like in the Age of Apocalypse saga, but artist Max Broome was so late on schedule that he had to delete something, despite the help of an uncredited Brett Booth (I've read a lots of his Backlash comics in 90s so that was easy to spot), and Ennis original ending was apparently changed in a not much satisfying one.
The dead Bat-Man easter-egg was a funny one, but it suggests that this tale happened in Earth-7642 crossover-verse universe where Marvel and DC characters coexist with one another (It also includes characters from other franchises, such as the Transformers, WildC.A.T.s, Witchblade and more).
In the end this 90s cross-over was a good re-read and the artists involved are just some of the greatest ever, sadly the ending was just not as good as the ride.
April 24, 2020
Jim Lee's WildC.A.T.s of Image Comics and Steve Lobdell's X-men of Marvel Entertainment crossover across four chapters. The best being 1. Golden Age, which has a great tale set in World War II, with Logan and Zannah; and the coup de grace is the final chapter 4. Dark Age, set in 2019, in an America where hybrid Daemonite sentinels have laid the country to waste, with the surviving mutants and WildC.A.Ts gambling on a final solution! Overall surprisingly good read and some cool art for a cross franchise mash up. 6 out of 12.
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May 24, 2022
Ah, the 90's. A time when the physique of female characters was so exaggerated they almost looked better than the real thing. A time when TnA, bulging muscles and one-liners were ever-present. I miss those simpler, non-PC times. I love the artwork in the first story with its quirky poses, then the second one is more old-school, but still pretty, the third is sexy AF with pinups all over the place and the fourth is so detailed and grotesque it's out of this world. Basically, each story is a feast for the eyes in its own way and is also entertaining whether you're a fan of Marvel's X-Men or Image's Wildstorm universes. Well, the 90's version of them. They can feel a bit dated. I guess you have to have been born before the 90's to really enjoy them. The artwork is beautiful either way.
Zealot of the Coda and Wolverine find themselves on the same side during a mission to recover an occult document called the Lazarus Scroll from a Nazi general who is in reality a Daemonite.
Fury springs Cole Cash out of prison for a mission against the Daemonites and the Brood. It starts on the wrong foot, with his informant killed during a Brood attack. Thankfully, Jean Grey acquires the information and joins Cole's mission against heavy hitters like Pike and Mister Sinister.
The X-Men are investigating a member of the Hellfire Club called Blair Cameron. The Wildcats' Jacob Marlowe is invited to join the club, so he brings his team along.
It feels like every writer in the 90's expected the future to be grim and dystopian. The story moves up to 2019, when the world is a hell hole. The Daemonites fused themselves with the Sentinels, creating a new breed of monster that has enslaved civilization. Most of the heroes are dead. Others are imprisoned with the use of power-dampeners. The survivors have a plan to escape their prison.
Zealot of the Coda and Wolverine find themselves on the same side during a mission to recover an occult document called the Lazarus Scroll from a Nazi general who is in reality a Daemonite.
Fury springs Cole Cash out of prison for a mission against the Daemonites and the Brood. It starts on the wrong foot, with his informant killed during a Brood attack. Thankfully, Jean Grey acquires the information and joins Cole's mission against heavy hitters like Pike and Mister Sinister.
The X-Men are investigating a member of the Hellfire Club called Blair Cameron. The Wildcats' Jacob Marlowe is invited to join the club, so he brings his team along.
It feels like every writer in the 90's expected the future to be grim and dystopian. The story moves up to 2019, when the world is a hell hole. The Daemonites fused themselves with the Sentinels, creating a new breed of monster that has enslaved civilization. Most of the heroes are dead. Others are imprisoned with the use of power-dampeners. The survivors have a plan to escape their prison.
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August 9, 2021Edición española que recopilaba WildC.A.T.s - X-Men: The Golden Age, WildC.A.T.s - X-Men: The Silver Age, WildC.A.T.s - X-Men: The Modern Age, WildC.A.T.s - X-Men: The Dark Age y no sé si tenía algo de extras.
July 13, 2011
WildC.A.T.S / X-Men (1997)
The Golden Age
Story: Scott Lobdell
Art: Travis Charest
Colors: Wildstorm FX
Letters: Richard Starkings & Dave Lanphear
This mini series was a big deal when it was first announced way back in the day. A crossover between Image and Marvel was something most of us fans wanted to see but were never really sure it would ever happen. So when the day came that this was going to be a reality, I personally could not have been happier to see it happen. The mini series of 4 issues was broken into 4 seperate time periods. The Golden Age takes place during WWII, featuring Logan/Wolverine from the X-Men and Zealot from WildCATS. The issue itself is a cross between Indiana Jones and Aliens with a hint of Film Noire thrown in.
The story itself is okay, nothing to really get excited about. The selling point for this debut issue is of course the amazing art by Travis Charest. This came out a long time ago and Travis has gone on to do other things regarding his art. But to me, this is where Travis peaked artistically, This was the culmination of all his hard work with awesome characters to leave the reader with the best thing he has ever done. Just absolutely stunning artwork that hanging the comic book on a wall in a museum is not out of the question. The art alone makes up for the by-the-books-story.
The Silver Age
Story: Scott Lobdell
Pencils: Jim Lee
Inks: Scott Williams and Sal Regla
Colors: Joe Chiodo & Martin Jiminez
Letters: Richard Starkings & Dave Lanphear
In Part 2 of this mini series, Jim Lee takes over on art duties. The story revolves around primarily Grifter from WildCATs and Jean Grey, aka Marvel Girl from X-Men. There are cameos from Cyclops, Beast, Iceman and Archangel as well as Nick Fury, Pike, Sinister and Zealot. The story is kind of run of the mill. Something you have read countless times before, or something close to it.
As before, the story was not the selling point here. It was Jim Lee's pencils. Back in the day I thought this issue was one of the best he had drawn. But today, although still a pleasure to look at, has some rough spots because by comparison to the work he is putting out now, you really can see how much Jim's style and evolved and improved over the years. I have to point out that back when this came out, even poor Jim had the misfortune of having to follow Travis' issue, which still applies today.
The Modern Age
Story: James Robinson
Pencils: Adam Hughes
Inks: Mark Farmer
Colors: Joe Chiodo & Martin Jiminez
Letters: Richard Starkings & Dave Lanphear
Story-wise, I think The Modern Age is the best of the 4 and art-wise, Adam Hughes gave Travis a run for his money. This issue has all the classic stuff that you normally get from him; namely, hot babes and heroic Superheroes. Adam is one of the best at what he does and his inclusion in this series elevates it to a whole other level. As for the story, I do think it's my favorite of the 4 because it doesn't rely on the standard cliched type of dialogue most associated with team books like this series. It's not corny is what I'm getting at. With the first 2 issues really being nothing more than a tease, we finally get all the WildCATs and X-Men on the same playing field to fight along side each other against a common enemy.
The Dark Age
Story: Warren Ellis
Pencils: Mat Broome
Inks: Stan Parsons
Colors: Wendy Fouts & Wildstorm FX
Letters: Richard Starkings & Dave Lanphear
Additional Pencils by Brett Booth
Now I remember why I have not bothered to read this since the day this hit the stands. The Dark Age was absolutely atrocious in every way imaginable. First thing first. Why the hell did they have Mat Broome doing the art chores here? Why would you follow up the holy trinity of Comic Book Gods (Travis Charest, Jim Lee and Adam Hughes) with someone that had no name recognition whatsoever? I mean this guy never was a fan favorite. He never was flavor of the week superstar. He was working out of Wildstorm Studios and was employed by Jim at the time so he lucked into the gig. My guess is that Jim couldn't find anyone else to do the issue. Back before this came out, I was hoping that J. Scott Campbell would do the issue. He was definitely a fan favorite and someone that could realistically follow the other superstar artist and hold his own.
As for the story, it is garbage. And the dialogue is a joke as well and makes no sense half the time with no flow at all. What a waste. If you ever decide to pick this series up, stick with the first 3 and skip Part 4. I'm not going to even go into the details of who and what the story is about. Not worth it.
Overall Rating: 3 Stars out of 5 (Blame the 4th Issue for dragging down a pretty good book)
The Golden Age
Story: Scott Lobdell
Art: Travis Charest
Colors: Wildstorm FX
Letters: Richard Starkings & Dave Lanphear
This mini series was a big deal when it was first announced way back in the day. A crossover between Image and Marvel was something most of us fans wanted to see but were never really sure it would ever happen. So when the day came that this was going to be a reality, I personally could not have been happier to see it happen. The mini series of 4 issues was broken into 4 seperate time periods. The Golden Age takes place during WWII, featuring Logan/Wolverine from the X-Men and Zealot from WildCATS. The issue itself is a cross between Indiana Jones and Aliens with a hint of Film Noire thrown in.
The story itself is okay, nothing to really get excited about. The selling point for this debut issue is of course the amazing art by Travis Charest. This came out a long time ago and Travis has gone on to do other things regarding his art. But to me, this is where Travis peaked artistically, This was the culmination of all his hard work with awesome characters to leave the reader with the best thing he has ever done. Just absolutely stunning artwork that hanging the comic book on a wall in a museum is not out of the question. The art alone makes up for the by-the-books-story.
The Silver Age
Story: Scott Lobdell
Pencils: Jim Lee
Inks: Scott Williams and Sal Regla
Colors: Joe Chiodo & Martin Jiminez
Letters: Richard Starkings & Dave Lanphear
In Part 2 of this mini series, Jim Lee takes over on art duties. The story revolves around primarily Grifter from WildCATs and Jean Grey, aka Marvel Girl from X-Men. There are cameos from Cyclops, Beast, Iceman and Archangel as well as Nick Fury, Pike, Sinister and Zealot. The story is kind of run of the mill. Something you have read countless times before, or something close to it.
As before, the story was not the selling point here. It was Jim Lee's pencils. Back in the day I thought this issue was one of the best he had drawn. But today, although still a pleasure to look at, has some rough spots because by comparison to the work he is putting out now, you really can see how much Jim's style and evolved and improved over the years. I have to point out that back when this came out, even poor Jim had the misfortune of having to follow Travis' issue, which still applies today.
The Modern Age
Story: James Robinson
Pencils: Adam Hughes
Inks: Mark Farmer
Colors: Joe Chiodo & Martin Jiminez
Letters: Richard Starkings & Dave Lanphear
Story-wise, I think The Modern Age is the best of the 4 and art-wise, Adam Hughes gave Travis a run for his money. This issue has all the classic stuff that you normally get from him; namely, hot babes and heroic Superheroes. Adam is one of the best at what he does and his inclusion in this series elevates it to a whole other level. As for the story, I do think it's my favorite of the 4 because it doesn't rely on the standard cliched type of dialogue most associated with team books like this series. It's not corny is what I'm getting at. With the first 2 issues really being nothing more than a tease, we finally get all the WildCATs and X-Men on the same playing field to fight along side each other against a common enemy.
The Dark Age
Story: Warren Ellis
Pencils: Mat Broome
Inks: Stan Parsons
Colors: Wendy Fouts & Wildstorm FX
Letters: Richard Starkings & Dave Lanphear
Additional Pencils by Brett Booth
Now I remember why I have not bothered to read this since the day this hit the stands. The Dark Age was absolutely atrocious in every way imaginable. First thing first. Why the hell did they have Mat Broome doing the art chores here? Why would you follow up the holy trinity of Comic Book Gods (Travis Charest, Jim Lee and Adam Hughes) with someone that had no name recognition whatsoever? I mean this guy never was a fan favorite. He never was flavor of the week superstar. He was working out of Wildstorm Studios and was employed by Jim at the time so he lucked into the gig. My guess is that Jim couldn't find anyone else to do the issue. Back before this came out, I was hoping that J. Scott Campbell would do the issue. He was definitely a fan favorite and someone that could realistically follow the other superstar artist and hold his own.
As for the story, it is garbage. And the dialogue is a joke as well and makes no sense half the time with no flow at all. What a waste. If you ever decide to pick this series up, stick with the first 3 and skip Part 4. I'm not going to even go into the details of who and what the story is about. Not worth it.
Overall Rating: 3 Stars out of 5 (Blame the 4th Issue for dragging down a pretty good book)
March 17, 2020
Oli tässä hetkensä ja kuvitus oli vahvaa supersankariposeerausta koko kokoelman läpi, mutta ei tästä oikeastaan mitään muistikuvaa jäänyt. Viihdettä.
April 25, 2016
I thought this was really interesting. It imagines a world where the X-Men and WildC.A.T.S. overlap just barely, such that they meet about every 20 years or so. It feels almost as though it could have been so.
They seem to have screwed up the obvious ending but since I have imagined it, I simply replaced the actual ending for the obvious ending.
They seem to have screwed up the obvious ending but since I have imagined it, I simply replaced the actual ending for the obvious ending.
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January 25, 2022Todas las "Ages" de WildC.A.T.S/X-Men en un solo tomo.
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February 6, 2018Recopila la miniserie previamente editada en grapas.
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