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X-Men (2010) (Collected Editions)
X-Men, Vol. 3: First to Last
Think you know everything there is to know about the original X-Men? Think again! Something happened to Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Beast, Angel, Iceman and Professor X years ago, a secret so horrible that it has been locked away in the dark corner of Cyclops' mind until today. What crisis strikes in the present that calls upon memories of the past? Witness the astonishing debut of the Evolutionaries!
Who are the Evolutionaries and why doesn't anyone remember when they fought Xavier and his original five X-Men? Cyclops and his crew on Utopia better figure out quick or the Evolutionaries are going to wipe out every human on the planet. That's right, every HUMAN.
Collecting: X-Men 12–15, Giant-Size X-Men 1
Who are the Evolutionaries and why doesn't anyone remember when they fought Xavier and his original five X-Men? Cyclops and his crew on Utopia better figure out quick or the Evolutionaries are going to wipe out every human on the planet. That's right, every HUMAN.
Collecting: X-Men 12–15, Giant-Size X-Men 1
128 pages, Hardcover
First published November 9, 2011
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September 29, 2023
One of those arcs where the past is re-imagined / tweaked to create a story for the present. They want to kill all mankind, and they want to kill Cyclops; they are called the Evolutionaries. More fine tuning of the continuing theme of Cyclops crossing the line to ensure the survival of the mutant race. An OK read, 6 out of 12, Three Stars.
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November 1, 2013
Utopia, the mutant sanctuary, is under siege by the Neos, (yet) another group of super humans. The Evolutionaries, a group of Neanderthals given power by a cosmic being to ensure that Earth’s most powerful race survives, also show up. The Evolutionaries have visited mutants before and this volume goes back and forth between the present and past with the spotlight on the original X-men.
Stan Lee and Jack Kirby saw the popularity of teen-age hero Spider-man, so they came up with a team of teen-aged superheroes, the X-Men. The initial X-Men comic didn’t fair very well and the series was canceled. It wasn’t until the mid-Seventies when the franchise was revived that it became incredibly popular.
The original X-Men was mentored by Patrick Stewart lookalike, Professor Charles Xavier and consisted of:
Cyclops – de facto leader in the field and wet blanket. He’s able to shoot optic blasts of energy from his eyes. Due to an accident, he can’t control the blasts so has to wear special rose colored glasses or a visor.
Angel – He has wings. He flies. He’s also rich.
Beast – superhuman strength and ape-like agility. He’s originally conceived as a brutish slow witted character. This was changed to make him the team’s resident genius and Mensa candidate.
Iceman – Ice powers. I assume Lee and Kirby did some heavy thinking here. The popular Fantastic Four have the Human Torch. What’s the opposite of fire – its water, but turning yourself into water has inherent problems. So, ice. Iceman left the X-men to become an accountant and later became one of Spiderman’s Spider-friends on TV. He’s also handy at keg parties.
Marvel Girl (Jean Grey) – she’s a telepath. The problem with many of Marvel’s heroines back in the sixties was that they were never the equals in power to their male teammates. It was Marvel Girl or the Invisible Girl, not Woman. It wasn’t until much later that Jean Grey became arguably the most powerful mutant in the Marvel universe.
X-Men storylines have been used allegorically to represent bigotry and intolerance. This one is no different. The oft-repeated question is “Why should the X-men protect humans, when mankind is bent on their destruction” is again raised here.” The Evolutionaries want to move the process of mutant supremacy along and attempt to do so. The story itself is average and the art is the what-the-hell-just-happened-in-that-panel type.
Stan Lee and Jack Kirby saw the popularity of teen-age hero Spider-man, so they came up with a team of teen-aged superheroes, the X-Men. The initial X-Men comic didn’t fair very well and the series was canceled. It wasn’t until the mid-Seventies when the franchise was revived that it became incredibly popular.
The original X-Men was mentored by Patrick Stewart lookalike, Professor Charles Xavier and consisted of:
Cyclops – de facto leader in the field and wet blanket. He’s able to shoot optic blasts of energy from his eyes. Due to an accident, he can’t control the blasts so has to wear special rose colored glasses or a visor.
Angel – He has wings. He flies. He’s also rich.
Beast – superhuman strength and ape-like agility. He’s originally conceived as a brutish slow witted character. This was changed to make him the team’s resident genius and Mensa candidate.
Iceman – Ice powers. I assume Lee and Kirby did some heavy thinking here. The popular Fantastic Four have the Human Torch. What’s the opposite of fire – its water, but turning yourself into water has inherent problems. So, ice. Iceman left the X-men to become an accountant and later became one of Spiderman’s Spider-friends on TV. He’s also handy at keg parties.
Marvel Girl (Jean Grey) – she’s a telepath. The problem with many of Marvel’s heroines back in the sixties was that they were never the equals in power to their male teammates. It was Marvel Girl or the Invisible Girl, not Woman. It wasn’t until much later that Jean Grey became arguably the most powerful mutant in the Marvel universe.
X-Men storylines have been used allegorically to represent bigotry and intolerance. This one is no different. The oft-repeated question is “Why should the X-men protect humans, when mankind is bent on their destruction” is again raised here.” The Evolutionaries want to move the process of mutant supremacy along and attempt to do so. The story itself is average and the art is the what-the-hell-just-happened-in-that-panel type.
May 2, 2012
Adjectiveless X-Men continues to impress me as a title. When it was announced, it just felt like a superfluous X-book that didn't really fill any particular niche that the other 80 didn't already cover. The first two volumes however were surprisingly enjoyable, and this third one is no exception.
This trade collects a 5 part story that flicks back and forth between the original X-Men and the current day X-Men in order to dredge up a villain from their past who has returned in the present in order to wipe out all of humankind. Whilst the present day storyline tends to rely a bit too much on explosions to keep everything moving, the past storyline is much more fleshed out and enjoyable, and writer Chris Yost draws a good contrast between the younger and older X-Men, which shows how far they have evolved since their inception.
Paco Medina continues to pencil the present day sections, and is a good choice for slick, clean artwork. Dalibor Talijic draws the past sections, and his work takes on a very Silver Age quality without alienating those readers who cannot stand such work. This is similar to Marcos Martin or Chris Samnee in this respect, and the combination of the two artists works very well.
Overall, this is an enjoyable romp that most X-Fans can read without any worry about past continuity. With lovely art and a gripping storyline for the most part, I'd recommend this to any casual X-Fan.
This trade collects a 5 part story that flicks back and forth between the original X-Men and the current day X-Men in order to dredge up a villain from their past who has returned in the present in order to wipe out all of humankind. Whilst the present day storyline tends to rely a bit too much on explosions to keep everything moving, the past storyline is much more fleshed out and enjoyable, and writer Chris Yost draws a good contrast between the younger and older X-Men, which shows how far they have evolved since their inception.
Paco Medina continues to pencil the present day sections, and is a good choice for slick, clean artwork. Dalibor Talijic draws the past sections, and his work takes on a very Silver Age quality without alienating those readers who cannot stand such work. This is similar to Marcos Martin or Chris Samnee in this respect, and the combination of the two artists works very well.
Overall, this is an enjoyable romp that most X-Fans can read without any worry about past continuity. With lovely art and a gripping storyline for the most part, I'd recommend this to any casual X-Fan.
November 2, 2019
Christopher Yost is the shit.
X-Men (no adjective) was languishing under Victor Gischler. 1-11 were straight-up weak. To make matters worse, Chris Bachalo was drawing it, and the results were sub-par.
Enter Yost and Paco Medina. Boom. Art quality increases by 150%. And, just like with New X-Men v2, the writing has entered new realms of awesomeness.
This one is ambitious. We’re taking massive retcons, flashbacks to the silver age, and massive cosmic threats. Eternals, the whole shebang. Humanity is on the line.
Storytelling is nonlinear as we alternate between the present, the distant past, and 60s era Lee/Kirby X-Men. It fucking rules. We see young Emma Frost, and we’re reminded of why Cyclops is one of the baddest team leads in all of Marvel.
This is some fast paced, edgy, dark, and badass shit. I should always expect a Yost story to rule, as he’s written some of my favorite Marvel books. Add this one to the list!
X-Men (no adjective) was languishing under Victor Gischler. 1-11 were straight-up weak. To make matters worse, Chris Bachalo was drawing it, and the results were sub-par.
Enter Yost and Paco Medina. Boom. Art quality increases by 150%. And, just like with New X-Men v2, the writing has entered new realms of awesomeness.
This one is ambitious. We’re taking massive retcons, flashbacks to the silver age, and massive cosmic threats. Eternals, the whole shebang. Humanity is on the line.
Storytelling is nonlinear as we alternate between the present, the distant past, and 60s era Lee/Kirby X-Men. It fucking rules. We see young Emma Frost, and we’re reminded of why Cyclops is one of the baddest team leads in all of Marvel.
This is some fast paced, edgy, dark, and badass shit. I should always expect a Yost story to rule, as he’s written some of my favorite Marvel books. Add this one to the list!
September 23, 2018
I've read this one before, but read it again as part of my X-Men volume 3 binding plan. I just really do like this story. It has a soft touch with the retconning, just painting around original X-Men continuity. I love the look of the different art styles for the past and present. I especially like how Magneto looks like old school Jack Kirby Mags in the past. And in the end, this is just another great story of how much Cyclops stands for his people, how far he will go to both protect mutantkind and uphold Charles' dream. There's a line he says, after the villain asks why he fights to protect humans, who historically have tried to kill mutants. Cyclops simply replies "I'd die for them". That's the Scott I love, and he is on pretty good display throughout this story. Good stuff. Good stuff.
May 29, 2015
This was a good X-Men book; it wasn't so cluttered with plot lines that were unfolding in other volumes that I was always lost, and I even was familiar with most of the characters. The story alternates between the present (Cyclops is leading the mutants on their sovereign island Utopia in the Pacific) and flashbacks to the very early start of the group (what's become known as the First Class years, which I think of as the Lee & Kirby era). The art is very well done; two artists alternate with the current and past sequences, Paco Medina in the present and Dalabor Talajic with the flashbacks. The ret-con elements weren't too intrusive and I thought the story was quite well written. It was interesting to see the changes in some of the characters from the beginning to their current iterations. I had to feel sorry for poor Emma; I can't understand why she puts up with such crap from Scott. I don't care if he is the noblest leader in the free world who lost the love of his life, he just needs to appreciate the lady that's with him now. Anyway.... pretty good book, I enjoyed it.
April 14, 2012
Public library copy.
The X-men books leave me cold nowadays and every now and then whenever I read a new story I feel like we're covering familiar territory, plot-wise and content-wise, time and again. The mutant books need a new magician like Grant Morrison to work his magic and offer new and exciting adventures. I grow so tired all these decades later reading how Scott has fantasies of Jean Grey while he is with Emma Frost. Cry me a river. It seems to be a mark every new writer wants to hit because either there's nothing new to say or editorial mandates a certain status quo.
The X-men books leave me cold nowadays and every now and then whenever I read a new story I feel like we're covering familiar territory, plot-wise and content-wise, time and again. The mutant books need a new magician like Grant Morrison to work his magic and offer new and exciting adventures. I grow so tired all these decades later reading how Scott has fantasies of Jean Grey while he is with Emma Frost. Cry me a river. It seems to be a mark every new writer wants to hit because either there's nothing new to say or editorial mandates a certain status quo.
February 16, 2013
Okay, this is just incoherent. Too many characters I'd never heard of. Confused story. Just... I thought a new volume of the X-men would be a good place to jump in, but so far I'm wishing I hadn't bothered.
Is there good x-man stuff out there?
Is there good x-man stuff out there?
June 23, 2024
Apparently at the beginning of mankind, one of the Eternals created the Evolutionaries to protect the next species in evolution (Mutants and all X-Men) and the X-Men aren't having it. Flashbacks to their first encounter when the X-Men were the original five. Good story, just a little too long.
December 23, 2023
i didn't know like *half* of these guys, also i accidentally read the first issue last so i was missing a lot of context, but the story was cool. neo-homo-superiors got FUCKED though
May 13, 2020
Del Primero al Último fue el primer arco de X-Men que no estaba guionizado por Víctor Gischler, aunque recuperaría al dibujante del primer arco de la serie, Paco Díaz, para acompañar en esta ocasión a Christopher Yost, con quien ya había trabajado en algunos de los mejores cómics de New X-Men. Yost, que ya había demostrado ser todo un fan de los tiempos pasados en la franquicia mutante, narraría una historia en dos tiempos que se remontaba ni más ni menos que a los orígenes de la Patrulla-X, al tiempo en el que bajo la tutela del Profesor Charles Xavier, los jovencísimos Cíclope, Jean Grey, Ángel, Hombre de Hielo y Bestia se enfrentaban a la Hermandad de Mutantes Diabólicos de Magneto, con el Sapo, Mente Maestra, Mercurio y la Bruja Escarlata. Es decir, ni más ni menos que al génesis de todo lo que es el mundo mutante.
En esta historia en dos tiempos, la Patrulla-X se enfrenta a unos seres llamados "Evolucionadores", que ya habían ayudado al Homo Sapiens a alzarse por encima de otras especies, y que en un momento del pasado de la Patrulla-X habían buscado a un líder de la especie mutante para decidir si debían destruir a la humanidad para permitir el dominio mutante. Con sus recuerdos de lo ocurrido entonces borrados, Cíclope tiene que hacer frente a la aparición de estos seres en Utopía, donde la Patrulla-X tiene que asegurarse de que estos Evolucionadores no maten a Cíclope ni destruyan a la humanidad... pues los Evolucionadores no sólo hablaron con Xavier... también lo hicieron con Magneto, en un momento en el que este buscaba poco menos que el sometimiento completo de la humanidad...
Yost es un guionista muy competente, y en algunos momentos incluso excepcional, y lo demuestra en este arco, entretenido, dinámico y muy bien jugado a dos tiempos, en el que además, Yost consigue enlazar al Cíclope del pasado con el que estamos conociendo en Utopía, en un ejercicio de retrocontinuidad muy bien llevado.
En esta historia en dos tiempos, la Patrulla-X se enfrenta a unos seres llamados "Evolucionadores", que ya habían ayudado al Homo Sapiens a alzarse por encima de otras especies, y que en un momento del pasado de la Patrulla-X habían buscado a un líder de la especie mutante para decidir si debían destruir a la humanidad para permitir el dominio mutante. Con sus recuerdos de lo ocurrido entonces borrados, Cíclope tiene que hacer frente a la aparición de estos seres en Utopía, donde la Patrulla-X tiene que asegurarse de que estos Evolucionadores no maten a Cíclope ni destruyan a la humanidad... pues los Evolucionadores no sólo hablaron con Xavier... también lo hicieron con Magneto, en un momento en el que este buscaba poco menos que el sometimiento completo de la humanidad...
Yost es un guionista muy competente, y en algunos momentos incluso excepcional, y lo demuestra en este arco, entretenido, dinámico y muy bien jugado a dos tiempos, en el que además, Yost consigue enlazar al Cíclope del pasado con el que estamos conociendo en Utopía, en un ejercicio de retrocontinuidad muy bien llevado.
April 18, 2023
When we think about the next step of human evolution, in the Marvel Universe, it's mutants. But along with mutants, there are... others.
Christopher Yost gives us a story straight out of Magneto's wet dreams. Basically - while the X-Men are being attacked by a different "next step" of humanity's evolutionary journey - Neos, both races get attacked by Evolutionaries. This race of beings are Neanderthals that were given the power cosmic by one of the Eternals, and whose sole mission is to protect and help mutants - until something "better" comes along that is. The way they do this is by simply wiping out any threat to mutants. After completely wiping out the Neos, ala "infinity war" dusting, they announce that they will do the same to humans.
What is interesting is that this had played out before, back when the X-Men were the original 5 and Professor X. Magneto was leading the Brotherhood back then, and he nearly convinces the Evolutionaries to carry out this final solution. I really liked how Yost presented this solution almost casually, and how he shows the changes in Magneto's way of thinking from back then to the present day. It's also interesting to reassert Professor X's dream, to co-exist peacefully, not to take over.
This was a great volume of the X-Men with some good action, and more importantly, some interesting food for thought. Which is definitely appropriate for an X-Men title. Highly recommended for fans of the team.
Christopher Yost gives us a story straight out of Magneto's wet dreams. Basically - while the X-Men are being attacked by a different "next step" of humanity's evolutionary journey - Neos, both races get attacked by Evolutionaries. This race of beings are Neanderthals that were given the power cosmic by one of the Eternals, and whose sole mission is to protect and help mutants - until something "better" comes along that is. The way they do this is by simply wiping out any threat to mutants. After completely wiping out the Neos, ala "infinity war" dusting, they announce that they will do the same to humans.
What is interesting is that this had played out before, back when the X-Men were the original 5 and Professor X. Magneto was leading the Brotherhood back then, and he nearly convinces the Evolutionaries to carry out this final solution. I really liked how Yost presented this solution almost casually, and how he shows the changes in Magneto's way of thinking from back then to the present day. It's also interesting to reassert Professor X's dream, to co-exist peacefully, not to take over.
This was a great volume of the X-Men with some good action, and more importantly, some interesting food for thought. Which is definitely appropriate for an X-Men title. Highly recommended for fans of the team.
January 20, 2025
Just a long drag out fight. Nice art and colours bur wasted on this story.
At the end of the second last issue there was a reveal for the characters only where they saw Cyclops do something bad in his memories bur when we see what happened in the next issue and it was no big deal. He said he would lead the mutants to protect them. I dont see the issue.
Anyway, I don't like how this cast is so large but not used well. It either needs to pick a core protagonist group or make it a cleaner ensemble. This is trying to meet inthe middle and not working. There was dialogue of one character askign where other major X Men characters were and the response was "there are multiple villains/front lines in this battle" show us that then.
I'm holding out hope it improves. It's an okay run so far. Good moments.
At the end of the second last issue there was a reveal for the characters only where they saw Cyclops do something bad in his memories bur when we see what happened in the next issue and it was no big deal. He said he would lead the mutants to protect them. I dont see the issue.
Anyway, I don't like how this cast is so large but not used well. It either needs to pick a core protagonist group or make it a cleaner ensemble. This is trying to meet inthe middle and not working. There was dialogue of one character askign where other major X Men characters were and the response was "there are multiple villains/front lines in this battle" show us that then.
I'm holding out hope it improves. It's an okay run so far. Good moments.
September 12, 2021
I’m struggling with this series. The first two volumes suffered from sub- par storytelling and artwork and whilst this volume looks better the story is slightly convoluted and disappears up its own arse. I’m no stranger to paradox arcs in storytelling but this struggles to pay it off. Old X-Men forget they fought a group of beings who wanted to wipe out the human race. New X-men then remember and fight them all over again with the same outcome. It’s left open ended with an axe hovering over Cyclops. Done before - ironically.
February 2, 2021
While the Evolutionaries aren't exactly the greatest X-Men villains of all-time, I have to admit that this story is enjoyable to a certain point. Cyclops and the X-Men have a problem to solve, and they don't all agree on how to go about it. I might not read this story over again, or come back to it as a favorite, but the art and writing is definitely above average. This volume of X-Men has been entertaining, though the previous two volumes were a little more entertaining.
June 18, 2018
Continuing the great x-read of 2017/2018... (and I am really far behind with my reviews so I will be putting up a bunch of quick-takes to catch up...)
Really did not like the main plot/retcon of this one. Feels like treading old ground and not in a particularly new way. Some good character moments brought it up from a one-star rating.
Really did not like the main plot/retcon of this one. Feels like treading old ground and not in a particularly new way. Some good character moments brought it up from a one-star rating.
July 2, 2022
An interesting non-linear story that bounces between the First Class era and the present (see: 2011 - 2012), there's action and intrigue to be had, along with some very good art and colour work. I thought this was a good, solid X-Men comic.
March 21, 2019
Well that felt a little convoluted.
October 5, 2019
It's fine. The art is good and the storytelling is at least ambitious, but I find the whole premise of the story to be rather absurd.
June 6, 2021
Logan is trying to save cyclops and admits he would give his life up for him
Interesting,,,,
Interesting,,,,
August 4, 2022
Fine art and a fine story. My biggest complaint is that there are way too many characters. Some that have important parts are never clearly identified.
August 12, 2024
Had no idea what was happening in the first part, but loved it by the end
July 2, 2012
This was meh :/ , I couldn't follow much of it .I don't know much about the original X-men , so when they went back to make the ground story I was O.K and then kept jumping from past to future ,I didn't like that much.
I liked the idea of the Evolutionaries though , there back ground and early homosabian who were developed by gods to keep the revolution straight, to ensure the survival of the better species , it was cool but there ways was very strange and why they insist on talking to the leader or to find a leader ??? any species at time of crisis one will rise or more but at the end only one will remain to lead so why all that.
The ending was so strange , the Evolutionaries survive and he turned down all his believe and he purpose now is to kill one mutant rather than saving the whole race !!!! and the arc end with that he promises to kill him and that's it .
This wasn't the best of the new volume but O.K they must have some goods and some bad but I didn't like it.
The artwork was cooler than the previous ones though , that's what I liked most here :)
I liked the idea of the Evolutionaries though , there back ground and early homosabian who were developed by gods to keep the revolution straight, to ensure the survival of the better species , it was cool but there ways was very strange and why they insist on talking to the leader or to find a leader ??? any species at time of crisis one will rise or more but at the end only one will remain to lead so why all that.
The ending was so strange , the Evolutionaries survive and he turned down all his believe and he purpose now is to kill one mutant rather than saving the whole race !!!! and the arc end with that he promises to kill him and that's it .
This wasn't the best of the new volume but O.K they must have some goods and some bad but I didn't like it.
The artwork was cooler than the previous ones though , that's what I liked most here :)
June 21, 2012
I thought the X-men were confusing when I was young but I was wrong. These days, I'm usually too overwhelmed by crossovers and allegiance flip-flopping to make heads or tales of what is going on.
I didn't really have that problem with First to Last. Yost's writing is fine but the pacing during battles seems a little weird. Things happen and then stop and then happen and then maybe happen concurrently, who knows? All the while we cut back to a newly revealed past event which sort of Forrest Gumps X-History. I give Yost credit for creating some reference moments that had me wanting to find the original sources. I liked the crisp draftsmanship of the NOW art by Medina which is really cleanly inked by Juan Vlasco. I wasn't a huge fan of the THEN art by Talajic (although Vlasco's colors were great.) It may have been an intentional stab at an older look but some of the faces, especially Xavier's eyebrows, were kind strangely rendered. (Probably too nitpicky, I know.)
I didn't really have that problem with First to Last. Yost's writing is fine but the pacing during battles seems a little weird. Things happen and then stop and then happen and then maybe happen concurrently, who knows? All the while we cut back to a newly revealed past event which sort of Forrest Gumps X-History. I give Yost credit for creating some reference moments that had me wanting to find the original sources. I liked the crisp draftsmanship of the NOW art by Medina which is really cleanly inked by Juan Vlasco. I wasn't a huge fan of the THEN art by Talajic (although Vlasco's colors were great.) It may have been an intentional stab at an older look but some of the faces, especially Xavier's eyebrows, were kind strangely rendered. (Probably too nitpicky, I know.)
May 31, 2014
Modern X-Men stories have changed the characters so much as to be almost unrecognizable to those who have been long time fans. I was seeking a good story more in line with the original X-Men that I have known and loved. Nostalgic? Yes. Did this book deliver? In part. Yost's story is well developed and the art is very well done, but there are too many new characters who are unnamed and unfamiliar to those who haven't kept up with the evolution of the storyline. It doesn't detract from the actual story, but does leave one scratching his head and wondering who these characters are, what their powers are, etc. The story, too, is a bit tired - it rehashes "Days of Future Passed" with a slight twist. Set in the present on Utopia, it takes us back to the Sentinels and revamps the history with an outside source playing an important and hitherto unknown role. It was enjoyable and worth reading but it could have been better with a wholly original storyline.
November 17, 2012
I really liked this one a lot more than I would have expected. The retcon doesn't feel tacked-on or pointless. The artwork is also nice. Writing is by Christopher Yost, who has done a great job on the New Mutants title. And Paco Medina's clean lines are nice as well. Wrapping my head around the constant transitions between past and present was a little difficult at times, but the different art styles make it a little easier to translate.
Also, an added bonus was seeing the Neo vaporized. They were just a terrible idea spawned in the late 90's that has been ignored for a long time. Nice to see them liquified instead of just glossed over.
Also, an added bonus was seeing the Neo vaporized. They were just a terrible idea spawned in the late 90's that has been ignored for a long time. Nice to see them liquified instead of just glossed over.
August 7, 2014
This was... okay. It introduces a new set of villains that retroactively have existed the whole time, and sets up how awesome they are by killing some other villains of which I had no previous knowledge. It sets up Cyclops as kind of a jerk (a direction he continues to take), and features a bunch of characters that I didn't really know. I find it somewhat hard to care about some of this stuff, but it has some reasonably good action, and some not entirely dull character moments, so it wasn't a complete waste.
August 28, 2013
here's a nice example of paying homage to classic comic drawing styles through a plot device. you get this tale that starts back with the original xmen, but ties up with a present day event. the story jumps back and forth between the old classic xmen team and the present, shifting art styles to suit. the parallel images look great, reminds you of all that back history xmen is sitting on. There is a surprise for fans of Neil Gaiman's Eternals in this one too!
March 9, 2015
Storia piacevole, che pone la parola fine sugli sfortunatissimi Neo e ci mostra un frammento di passato (l'ennesimo!) dimenticato da tutti.
Un frammento che risale ai tempi degli scontri con la Confraternita di Magneto, e che ha le sue radice nelle missioni dei Celestiali sulla Terra, quando giocarono con l'evoluzione sul pianeta.
Un frammento che risale ai tempi degli scontri con la Confraternita di Magneto, e che ha le sue radice nelle missioni dei Celestiali sulla Terra, quando giocarono con l'evoluzione sul pianeta.
November 11, 2016
Do not read this book! I have been reading X -Men comics for years and I have to say this is the second worst I've ever read. Time skips every other panel a plot that does not make sense till the last 3 pages and annoying characters. I would give it 1 star but the action was ok and not the worst comic I have ever read.
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