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House of M (2005) (Single Issues) #1
House of M #1 : Featuring the Astonishing X-Men and the New Avengers
From Marvel Comics! Marvel introduces a stunning three-part gatefold variant cover for this summer's most anticipated event; The House of M #1. Featuring the artwork of series artist and Marvel "Young Gun" Olivier Coipel, this cover captures all of the characters involved in the world shattering event in amazing detail.
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First published June 1, 2005
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Brian Michael Bendis
4,429 books2,584 followersA 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 to stardom as a writer of Marvel Comics' superhero books, particularly Ultimate Spider-Man.
Bendis first entered the comic world with the "Jinx" line of crime comics in 1995. This line has spawned the graphic novels Goldfish, Fire, Jinx, Torso (with Marc Andreyko), and Total Sell Out. Bendis is writing the film version of Jinx for Universal Pictures with Oscar-winner Charlize Theron attached to star and produce.
Bendis’s other projects include the Harvey, Eisner, and Eagle Award-nominated Powers (with Michael Avon Oeming) originally from Image Comics, now published by Marvel's new creator-owned imprint Icon Comics, and the Hollywood tell-all Fortune and Glory from Oni Press, both of which received an "A" from Entertainment Weekly.
Bendis is one of the premiere architects of Marvel's "Ultimate" line: comics specifically created for the new generation of comic readers. He has written every issue of Ultimate Spider-Man since its best-selling launch, and has also written for Ultimate Fantastic Four and Ultimate X-Men, as well as every issue of Ultimate Marvel Team-Up, Ultimate Origin and Ultimate Six.
Brian is currently helming a renaissance for Marvel’s AVENGERS franchise by writing both New Avengers and Mighty Avengers along with the successful ‘event’ projects House Of M, Secret War, and this summer’s Secret Invasion.
He has also previously done work on Daredevil, Alias, and The Pulse.
Though he started as a writer and artist of independent noir fiction series, he shot to stardom as a writer of Marvel Comics' superhero books, particularly Ultimate Spider-Man.
Bendis first entered the comic world with the "Jinx" line of crime comics in 1995. This line has spawned the graphic novels Goldfish, Fire, Jinx, Torso (with Marc Andreyko), and Total Sell Out. Bendis is writing the film version of Jinx for Universal Pictures with Oscar-winner Charlize Theron attached to star and produce.
Bendis’s other projects include the Harvey, Eisner, and Eagle Award-nominated Powers (with Michael Avon Oeming) originally from Image Comics, now published by Marvel's new creator-owned imprint Icon Comics, and the Hollywood tell-all Fortune and Glory from Oni Press, both of which received an "A" from Entertainment Weekly.
Bendis is one of the premiere architects of Marvel's "Ultimate" line: comics specifically created for the new generation of comic readers. He has written every issue of Ultimate Spider-Man since its best-selling launch, and has also written for Ultimate Fantastic Four and Ultimate X-Men, as well as every issue of Ultimate Marvel Team-Up, Ultimate Origin and Ultimate Six.
Brian is currently helming a renaissance for Marvel’s AVENGERS franchise by writing both New Avengers and Mighty Avengers along with the successful ‘event’ projects House Of M, Secret War, and this summer’s Secret Invasion.
He has also previously done work on Daredevil, Alias, and The Pulse.
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February 28, 2025
Second read review: one month and three weeks later I read this again.
But this time in script form, I had a choice to make really, read the script by Benedis and learn how he writes his comics, because I read how Grant Morrison does it, and I might have read how others do it but I don't remember.
Regardless, I did and I don't regret it as usual it takes triple the time it would have taken to just read the comic.
It's very interesting, his style is more professional than Grant Morrison.
Grant Morrison's style is like he is entertaining the artist who is reading the script and the readers who might be lucky enough to read his script.
While I did enjoy what Grant did more.
I can't help but admit that the way Benedis does it, is more achievable. You read it and you think Hey! I can do that too!
There was actually one detail that the script made obvious that I didn't notice in the actual comic, like Benedis said the reader will notice it only with a second read.
I have very few pages left in the omnibus, just some pencils and 4 pages of text, bit sure if it's an article or an interview about the event with Benedis.
First Read Review: Not all five stars are created equal.
I won't ask what did we do to deserve this story, because I know what I did, I read 4 different series of X-Men up to this point just to not miss out on anything in this story, I wanted to be zoned in, the most prepared X-men reader when reading it.
And I know I wasn't, out there, somewhere, there is a monster reader who also read Wolverine, and Deadpool and Cable series lol Maybe even Avengers up to this point.
They gave a brief accounting of who Scarlet Witch had killed in Avengers Disassembled, I am satisfied with that.
The art is probably the best in Marvel right now, only thing that was as good was Astonishing X-men.
The writing is also among the best in Marvel at that point.
The only thing that can mess this event up is actually the tie in issues, there is dozens of them, and I am not sure the pacing will be good at all in this Omnibus, but hopefully it is even 50% good I would be satisfied with that.
But this time in script form, I had a choice to make really, read the script by Benedis and learn how he writes his comics, because I read how Grant Morrison does it, and I might have read how others do it but I don't remember.
Regardless, I did and I don't regret it as usual it takes triple the time it would have taken to just read the comic.
It's very interesting, his style is more professional than Grant Morrison.
Grant Morrison's style is like he is entertaining the artist who is reading the script and the readers who might be lucky enough to read his script.
While I did enjoy what Grant did more.
I can't help but admit that the way Benedis does it, is more achievable. You read it and you think Hey! I can do that too!
There was actually one detail that the script made obvious that I didn't notice in the actual comic, like Benedis said the reader will notice it only with a second read.
I have very few pages left in the omnibus, just some pencils and 4 pages of text, bit sure if it's an article or an interview about the event with Benedis.
First Read Review: Not all five stars are created equal.
I won't ask what did we do to deserve this story, because I know what I did, I read 4 different series of X-Men up to this point just to not miss out on anything in this story, I wanted to be zoned in, the most prepared X-men reader when reading it.
And I know I wasn't, out there, somewhere, there is a monster reader who also read Wolverine, and Deadpool and Cable series lol Maybe even Avengers up to this point.
They gave a brief accounting of who Scarlet Witch had killed in Avengers Disassembled, I am satisfied with that.
The art is probably the best in Marvel right now, only thing that was as good was Astonishing X-men.
The writing is also among the best in Marvel at that point.
The only thing that can mess this event up is actually the tie in issues, there is dozens of them, and I am not sure the pacing will be good at all in this Omnibus, but hopefully it is even 50% good I would be satisfied with that.
January 15, 2021
Wandavision is coming tomorrow and I had to read this series before that happens!
May 24, 2021
¡Excelente comienzo para una historia que se anticipa cruda, oscura y siniestra!
Después de la destrucción de Genosha y la crisis nerviosa de Scarlet Witch que condujo a la muerte de los Avengers Hawkeye, Antman y Vision, los esfuerzos conjuntos de Charles Xavier y Dr. Strange mantienen a Wanda sedada, mientras Magneto sufre por el destino de su hija. No sabiendo ya qué hacer, Charles reúne a los Avengers y los X-Men para tomar una decisión sobre la vida o la muerte de Wanda Maximoff. Inmediatamente se forman dos bandos: Emma Frost y Wolverine opinan que es muy peligrosa para dejarla viva; el Capitán América y los Avengers se niegan a matar a uno de los suyos, más allá de lo que haya hecho en el pasado.
Este gran comienzo de la saga conocida como House of M va directo al grano, con escenas bastante oscuras (como las primeras páginas) y un aspecto en general bastante sombrío, mientras nos muestra a los seres más poderosos del planeta vacilando y sufriendo ante una decisión que no pueden tomar. Que parte de la narración esté localizada en las ruinas de una Genosha devastada suman intensidad al clima de caos y destrucción que se anticipa. Además, ya desde este primer número se despliega una enorme cantidad de superhéroes interactuando todos juntos en unas pocas páginas, lo que suma calidad, interés y disfrute a la lectura. Las ilustraciones son soberbias, de una calidad impecable, y reflejan muy bien la atmósfera trágica de la situación.
El final de este primer número es impactante y bastante misterioso, dejando la historia abierta a su continuación en el siguiente número.
Después de la destrucción de Genosha y la crisis nerviosa de Scarlet Witch que condujo a la muerte de los Avengers Hawkeye, Antman y Vision, los esfuerzos conjuntos de Charles Xavier y Dr. Strange mantienen a Wanda sedada, mientras Magneto sufre por el destino de su hija. No sabiendo ya qué hacer, Charles reúne a los Avengers y los X-Men para tomar una decisión sobre la vida o la muerte de Wanda Maximoff. Inmediatamente se forman dos bandos: Emma Frost y Wolverine opinan que es muy peligrosa para dejarla viva; el Capitán América y los Avengers se niegan a matar a uno de los suyos, más allá de lo que haya hecho en el pasado.
Este gran comienzo de la saga conocida como House of M va directo al grano, con escenas bastante oscuras (como las primeras páginas) y un aspecto en general bastante sombrío, mientras nos muestra a los seres más poderosos del planeta vacilando y sufriendo ante una decisión que no pueden tomar. Que parte de la narración esté localizada en las ruinas de una Genosha devastada suman intensidad al clima de caos y destrucción que se anticipa. Además, ya desde este primer número se despliega una enorme cantidad de superhéroes interactuando todos juntos en unas pocas páginas, lo que suma calidad, interés y disfrute a la lectura. Las ilustraciones son soberbias, de una calidad impecable, y reflejan muy bien la atmósfera trágica de la situación.
El final de este primer número es impactante y bastante misterioso, dejando la historia abierta a su continuación en el siguiente número.
October 13, 2020
I read that somehow the new Disney+ series WandaVision is related to this comic. I'm a big fan of Avengers, though I'm not a comic reader or I followed the story of Avengers through comics, but I still followed the story and the dilemma facing Avengers and X-men because of Wanda. It's really bad when Scarlet Witch having her mental breakdowns. 😅
October 5, 2025
“Scott… I don’t know what to do.”
I sometimes forget because of his modern work, but 2000’s Brian Michael Bendis was on another level.
I sometimes forget because of his modern work, but 2000’s Brian Michael Bendis was on another level.
March 7, 2021
Did I read this for Wanda & Wanda only because WandaVision has just finished & I need to fill the void? Yup, I sure did. I was immediately hooked when I saw Charles & Magneto together. Seeing the X-men be part of the same universe as the avengers is so damn intriguing.
August 8, 2021
House of M #1 does something that a film or 30 minute TV show or even a novel can’t do. There are moments of nearly wordless grief that go on and on, cell after cell, leaving the reader in pain too. Be it Wanda’s grief, or that of her family and friends—there is a sitting with pain that the graphic novel allows that no other medium has room to deliver.
October 11, 2019
Storyline: tight and attention grabbing. Interesting start to the miniseries. Plenty of suspense and foreboding. Naturally I'm a sucker for an X-Men story where Xavier and Magneto are working together—this time to contain the loose cannon that is Wanda Maximoff.
Artwork: definitely not my cup of tea. I like the mood setting of the panels and pages that drastically changed between Wanda's alternate mind-realities, Genosha, and NYC. This was very effectively done. However I found the coloring job (mostly the toning and 3D shadowing of the figures and clothes / costumes) very distracting as it made it hard for me to see the lines drawn by the original artist.
Note: the copy that I read was the Director's Cut featuring the comic book storyboard and an interview with Brian Bendis.
Artwork: definitely not my cup of tea. I like the mood setting of the panels and pages that drastically changed between Wanda's alternate mind-realities, Genosha, and NYC. This was very effectively done. However I found the coloring job (mostly the toning and 3D shadowing of the figures and clothes / costumes) very distracting as it made it hard for me to see the lines drawn by the original artist.
Note: the copy that I read was the Director's Cut featuring the comic book storyboard and an interview with Brian Bendis.
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December 28, 2020Read this for the first time many, many moons ago, and since it's been so long, I thought I'd give myself a refresher. Honestly, I never finished the entire series the first time, and I wasn't all that crazy about House of M (probably because I never finished it). But, I wanted to give it another shot and see if my opinion changed. I guess we'll see....once I've finished the series.
January 23, 2020
This book was thrilling
June 10, 2021
An absolute fucking banger of a strong comic storyline. The sheer amount of intense emotion portrayed in only 1 issue?? Chef kiss a credit to the artist and writers
March 1, 2021
There's something about the vibes when the X-Men and the Avengers are all collected in a room, about to make world-altering decisions, that gives me a thrill. I shouldn't be as excited knowing a ripple is separating the mutant forces and that it's pretty much what started Civil War in the first place, but what can I say, I'm only human.
Great issue to start off this series.
Also, absolutely loved seeing some emotion on Eric's face other than rage, what a rarity.
Great issue to start off this series.
Also, absolutely loved seeing some emotion on Eric's face other than rage, what a rarity.
October 15, 2021
Enam bulan lalu, Scarlet Witch kehilangan kendali atas kekuatannya. Kejadian itu mengakibatkan terbunuhnya Vision, kekasihnya sendiri. Sebagai seorang mutan dan juga anggota Avengers, kini nasib Wanda berada di tangan dua kelompok pahlawan super: Astonishing X-Men dan New Avengers. Benarkah kedua kelompok itu sepakat untuk menghabisi Wanda?
May 8, 2025
The Avengers and X-Men have a unique problem: should they kill Wanda Maximoff? it’s an interesting dilemma that they do not agree on. Spider-Man makes a good point: if my powers go awry you all will kill me? just like that? and Wolverine said yes and he hopes you’d do the same for him. It’s a moral dilemma that they do not agree on at all.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 10, 2020
53/100
February 15, 2021
Fue un buen inicio, me deja expectante a saber el paradero de Wanda.
Lo estoy leyendo por qué estoy viendo Wanda Visión
Lo estoy leyendo por qué estoy viendo Wanda Visión
February 25, 2021
Although this comic is really good, the reality that Wanda is living is shocking.
January 4, 2022
i wish I could give Wanda a hug :(
May 14, 2022
Gracias al podcast “Saliendo del donut”, comienzo a leer cómics. Y he empezado por House of M para comprender un poco más a Wanda y cosas que suceden tanto en Wandavision como en Doctor Strange 2
September 7, 2022
q copado
March 5, 2023
I dunno.
Crossover recap/setup issue that's a little disorienting and a little wheel-spinny, but I like the opening scene.
Crossover recap/setup issue that's a little disorienting and a little wheel-spinny, but I like the opening scene.
July 3, 2023
No entiendo una poronga
May 20, 2025
when will these people listen to Peter ;-;
May 27, 2025
Okok just throwing myself right in
July 8, 2025
Nice artwork, weird gut-wrenching, at times, story.
February 11, 2022
Lo leí hace meses y fue genial me falta el resto
December 2, 2024
De los pocos What If qué se justifican por si mismos. Este cómic no es fruto de un Marvel que se queda sin ideas, sino de una editorial en la cumbre de su genio creativo. Además tiene el honor de ser la demostración palpable de que Bendis te puede cerrar un arco argumental muy bien si le dejas trabajar.
También diría que no es un mal punto de partida para quien ya tenga algo de conocimiento de Marvel.
No me resisto a comentar que uno de los peores errores de la monarquía española es que Don Juan Carlos no colgó en su despacho la viñeta de Magneto vestido de Rey (que se inspira en el propio rey emérito vistiendo su uniforme real).
También diría que no es un mal punto de partida para quien ya tenga algo de conocimiento de Marvel.
No me resisto a comentar que uno de los peores errores de la monarquía española es que Don Juan Carlos no colgó en su despacho la viñeta de Magneto vestido de Rey (que se inspira en el propio rey emérito vistiendo su uniforme real).
July 5, 2025
The opening issue hits the ground with emotional weight. Scarlet Witch’s breakdown post-Avengers: Disassembled sets the tone — fractured, tragic, and dangerous. Xavier, Magneto, Doctor Strange, and others gather to decide what to do about Wanda’s instability, and the moral dilemma is heavy. Do they kill her for the greater good, or hope for a miracle? You can feel the tension in every panel. The artwork by Olivier Coipel is gorgeous — warm but unsettling. This issue builds the foundation for something massive, and it ends with a twist that hits like a dream — or maybe a nightmare.
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September 20, 20242024 reads: 258/250
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