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All-New X-Men (2012) (Collected Editions)
All-New X-Men, Vol. 6: The Ultimate Adventure
Dimension-hopping is something of an X-Men rite of passage, and it's about time the All-New X-Men took the plunge! You don't always have to travel Miles away to visit a new place...but will the Web these time-displaced young X-Men find themselves tangled in Ultimately bring about their end? Okay, enough subtlety: the All-New X-Men meet Miles Morales, the Ultimate Spider-Man - and this is a showdown you won't want to miss! Plus: it's Iceman unleashed, as young Bobby Drake takes the offensive! And for someone who's said that she doesn't find him particularly pleasant to be around, X-23 seems to have taken an odd interest in the high-flying Angel. Tune in as yesterday's X-Men continue to explore the fear-fraught future of the present day!
Collecting: All-New X-Men 31-36
Collecting: All-New X-Men 31-36
136 pages, Hardcover
First published January 27, 2015
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Brian Michael Bendis
4,414 books2,575 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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August 25, 2024
The displaced team find themselves separate and lost in the Ultimate Spider-Man universe! More of an advert for the Ultimate Universe by Bendis than any substantial story line. Nice art by Asrar. A steady 7 out of 12 Three Stars.
2018 and 2016 read
2018 and 2016 read
September 24, 2015
I've been enjoying the All-New X-Men already, but adding Miles into the mix just made it even better!
For those of you who don't know, Miles lives in the Ultimate universe, and took on the role of Spider-man after Peter Parker (maybe?) died. He's one of the few character's from the Ultimate U that's aware of other universes, and has even met up with our Parker at one point.
So.
It only makes sense that when Jean & the other young X-men get accidentally thrown into a dimensional portal (by a new mutant whose powers had just started to manifest) that they get to team up with Ultimate Spider-man.
Right?
Right!
Anyway, our guys are sucked into the portal, separated, & tossed into different corners of the globe. Some corners are friendlier than others, though, as Beast discovers when he gets chucked into Latveria.
The actual plot, where they have to try to find a way back, isn't all that special. They stumble around, fight the local authorities, meet (some of) their counterparts, try to rescue Beast, and then try to find the young mutant that freaked out and sent them there.
So, yeah, it goes down pretty much the way you would expect it to. But that doesn't mean that it isn't good. Bendis did a great job keeping me engaged in the characters, and even without having true originality in the action, he still managed to make me smile. I think great dialogue is more of his thing than plotting grand stories...if that makes any sense?
It may be a bit of a throwaway volume, but I'm hoping that having Miles connect (again) with the normal Marvel universe means that they are planning on keeping him around.
Recommended for fans of the All-New X-men!
For those of you who don't know, Miles lives in the Ultimate universe, and took on the role of Spider-man after Peter Parker (maybe?) died. He's one of the few character's from the Ultimate U that's aware of other universes, and has even met up with our Parker at one point.
So.
It only makes sense that when Jean & the other young X-men get accidentally thrown into a dimensional portal (by a new mutant whose powers had just started to manifest) that they get to team up with Ultimate Spider-man.
Right?
Right!
Anyway, our guys are sucked into the portal, separated, & tossed into different corners of the globe. Some corners are friendlier than others, though, as Beast discovers when he gets chucked into Latveria.
The actual plot, where they have to try to find a way back, isn't all that special. They stumble around, fight the local authorities, meet (some of) their counterparts, try to rescue Beast, and then try to find the young mutant that freaked out and sent them there.
So, yeah, it goes down pretty much the way you would expect it to. But that doesn't mean that it isn't good. Bendis did a great job keeping me engaged in the characters, and even without having true originality in the action, he still managed to make me smile. I think great dialogue is more of his thing than plotting grand stories...if that makes any sense?
It may be a bit of a throwaway volume, but I'm hoping that having Miles connect (again) with the normal Marvel universe means that they are planning on keeping him around.
Recommended for fans of the All-New X-men!
June 11, 2015
At the risk of causing eye-rolling and cries of “Shaddup, Jeff we already know you hate time travel/alternate universe storylines, stop whining about it and shut your pie hole”, I’ll just say I hate time travel/alternate universe storylines.
So guess what this volume is all about? An alternate universe storyline, but…it’s actually fun.
The All New X-Men from the past sans Cyclops (because he’s off searching for his evil older self) but, plus, X-23 (because Angel digs her), travel to the “Ultimate universe” (when you read this let those words bounce around in your head, like an echo).
Jean Grey ends up teaming up with Miles Morales, the Ultimate Spider-Man. Angel and X-23 end up in the Savage Land with one of Wolverine’s illegitimate, alternate universe, bastard kids. Ice Boy ends up being groped by a gang of Moloids and Beastie Boy winds up in Dr. Doom’s castle. After serving Beastie Boy a truth serum cocktail, Doom hears of the other universe and this gets his evil brain pan percolating.*
Brian Michael Bendis is firing on all cylinders here. This one is a fast-paced, funny, quippy, action packed collection.
I still hate time travel/alternate universe storylines.
*
So guess what this volume is all about? An alternate universe storyline, but…it’s actually fun.
The All New X-Men from the past sans Cyclops (because he’s off searching for his evil older self) but, plus, X-23 (because Angel digs her), travel to the “Ultimate universe” (when you read this let those words bounce around in your head, like an echo).
Jean Grey ends up teaming up with Miles Morales, the Ultimate Spider-Man. Angel and X-23 end up in the Savage Land with one of Wolverine’s illegitimate, alternate universe, bastard kids. Ice Boy ends up being groped by a gang of Moloids and Beastie Boy winds up in Dr. Doom’s castle. After serving Beastie Boy a truth serum cocktail, Doom hears of the other universe and this gets his evil brain pan percolating.*
Brian Michael Bendis is firing on all cylinders here. This one is a fast-paced, funny, quippy, action packed collection.
I still hate time travel/alternate universe storylines.
*
May 13, 2015
A really, really entertaining volume. The storyline worked towards what I see as Bendis's strengths, by giving each individual character moments to shine that weren't combat oriented. And Miles! Bendis writing Miles makes me so happy. I never really read Ultimate X-Men, but I imagine that it would be a nice revisit if you had. But even without that, I had such a good time reading this book.
August 27, 2018
So nothing is easy if you're a mutant and that seems to go double for the time-displaced X-Men.
The X-Men are alerted to a special mutant about to manifest her powers.
It sounds nice and easy right? Wrong. This new mutant can form portals to other places in the multi-verse and before they know what's happening...
...the X-Men are all separated and somewhere else.
Jean Grey ends up encountering some people she never should have met.
First and foremost why is Cyclops on the cover? He's off space fishing with his long lost father or something and doesn't make an appearance in the volume. Having the X-Men displaced again was an odd yet interesting choice likely hinting at Secret Wars. It's always good to see Miles and see how willing he is to help without looking for anything in return.
I still find myself asking when the original X-Men will go home, but not as often because the stories have been good.
3.5 out of 5 stars
The X-Men are alerted to a special mutant about to manifest her powers.
It sounds nice and easy right? Wrong. This new mutant can form portals to other places in the multi-verse and before they know what's happening...
...the X-Men are all separated and somewhere else.
Jean Grey ends up encountering some people she never should have met.
First and foremost why is Cyclops on the cover? He's off space fishing with his long lost father or something and doesn't make an appearance in the volume. Having the X-Men displaced again was an odd yet interesting choice likely hinting at Secret Wars. It's always good to see Miles and see how willing he is to help without looking for anything in return.
I still find myself asking when the original X-Men will go home, but not as often because the stories have been good.
3.5 out of 5 stars
September 25, 2015
Previously in All-New X-Men:
Storm, Beast (and another mutant who I just forgot and I am too tired to look through my last review to double-check his/her identity) picked up Kitty, Cyclops, Emma and Illyana from their not-so-secret-anymore-bunker/school-with-an-ironic-mocking-name, because they're about to uncover the last will and testament of the late Charles Xavier (who, if y'all still care and remember and I hope so because he had a bastard son who came back from the future just to remind us about it for the last three fucking issues) has been brutally and mercilessly murdered by a Phoenix-possessed Scott Summers because--if you're going to kill your father figure--you might as well have a cosmic excuse about it. Putting that aside, Cyke still got invited to the reading of the will which was nice, I guess. Wolverine is probably not happy to see his jerk face again, though. And Kitty--who basically called it quits with Storm and Wolverine back in Battle of the Atom because she felt that they betrayed her trust--would be put in yet another awkward position being in the same room with the said betrayers. But hey, it couldn't possibly be more awkward than dating the dimension-hopping Peter Quill...as a goddamn hologram. So yeah, Kitty will be fine. She's going to see her ex Bobby a.k.a the Iceman though but Kitty is a big girl now.
With the adults gone, the kids are left to their own devices. It's irresponsible in a way but fuck the kids. They'll be all right as long as they stay in the bunker. AND OF COURSE THEY DON'T, especially the OCF. A cerebro alert updated them to the whereabouts of a new mutant who just unlocked her powers. It's bad because the girl is scared, awkward and distrustful of these bunch of teen mutants just dropping out of nowhere, trying to convince her to go with them. It became worse when the police arrived at the scene which caused panic with the young mutant who cannot control her powers yet and accidentally zapped Jean, Laura, Warren, Hank and Bobby to unknown places, separate from each other and devoid of any familiar acquaintance. Now the five of them are lost in their own personal hell.
We got some cool scenes with Bobby as he fights mole people down the sewers and struggles to remain in ice form while on land because Atlanta, Georgia is scathing hot, which in turn dampened his powers. Elsewhere, Laura and Warren were reunited (how convenient was it that they both ended up in Savage Land?) and have met up with Wolverine's alternate-universe son, James Jr. who was weirded out to meet the pair but was open-minded enough to hear them out and possibly try to help them get back to their world. Meanwhile, Hank is kidnapped by Dr. Doom in a rather ironic yet pretty clever allusion to Beauty and the Beast where Doom is the Beast and Hank is his Beauty and he wanted to keep him there in Latveria after recognizing his genius and future use he could provide. Hank got to talk about his feelings of guilt and inadequacy with Doom which was pretty hilarious because of all the people he had to open up with it, it's with his captor. I can't wait to see if this relationship becomes appropriately Stockholm Syndrome-y in Hank's case. That would drive home the B&B allusion even further.
Jean Grey, once again, got the better, more nuanced scenes when she encountered the all-female X-Men of the Ultimate world with Miles Morales as Spider-man who totes is already crushing on her sweet ass (ugh, I don't get it though). Jean Grey meets the Ultimate Jean and they hugged because why not? At this point I'm treating her scenes with indifference. She's an integral part of the ANXM narrative, I get that, but I'm more invested to see how the other will fare in their dimensions especially since their contributions are just as interesting. Bobby finally stopped being just a comedic punchline; Hank is owning up to his angst and fears about the future his older self inflicted, and Warren and Laura could actually be a great romantic couple as long as we spend more time on them. So, overall, these issues were getting better and I hope Bendis continues to pick up things from now and lessen the Jean Grey-worship while he's at it.
The premise for this four-issued arc didn't start out strong but it was interesting and could have been more nuanced with an additional three to four more issues where we might get to see the OCF deal and overcome something as a group and not just solely depend on Jean Grey's functionality to carry them over a storyline which has been Bendis' go-to scapegoat resolution. It had been ripe with many possibilities, to separate the characters in different locations where they can have their own solo adventures. These did happen but were too abrupt to fully form any meaningful development and, as much as I'm abhorred to say, we still spend more time with Jean's scenes than the rest, since hers are composed of how they are going to get out of there. By issue #35, they did find the mutant whose ability is to create portals and didn't have that much of a hard time convincing her to get them all back safely. It was all too neatly concluded, is all I'm saying. Dr. Doom was such a throwaway character here and even Miles Morales was there to be a crutch to Jean.
BUT WHAT IF THEY DIDN'T GET OUT JUST YET? What if they decided they could also make some change in that dimension, sort of like a test run before returning to their actual world and apply the same method, knowing better the success rate of their actions? But what if one of them got killed during their stay in the Ultimate-verse? Like Bobby, for example? That would mean his current self in Earth 616 would expire as well. How will that affect things? What if Laura decided to stay behind Ultimate because she's happier there? Would Warren stick by her or return with the OCF to Earth 616 where he doesn't have a girl he cares about? What happens if two Jean Greys are put together in the same timeline? Will they remain comrades throughout or eventually cancel each other out? How would the X-Men from Earth 616--especially Kitty Pryde--react to this? Would they try finding the OCF or just decide that it's the best thing that ever happened because now they don't have to worry about them running around their timeline? And what if the OCF comes back again, will the X-Men still accept them as their own or completely treat them as eyesores, maybe even become their adversaries in whatever goals the OCF want to accomplish?
We will never know now and I actually don't care.
RECOMMENDED: 6/10
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Storm, Beast (and another mutant who I just forgot and I am too tired to look through my last review to double-check his/her identity) picked up Kitty, Cyclops, Emma and Illyana from their not-so-secret-anymore-bunker/school-with-an-ironic-mocking-name, because they're about to uncover the last will and testament of the late Charles Xavier (who, if y'all still care and remember and I hope so because he had a bastard son who came back from the future just to remind us about it for the last three fucking issues) has been brutally and mercilessly murdered by a Phoenix-possessed Scott Summers because--if you're going to kill your father figure--you might as well have a cosmic excuse about it. Putting that aside, Cyke still got invited to the reading of the will which was nice, I guess. Wolverine is probably not happy to see his jerk face again, though. And Kitty--who basically called it quits with Storm and Wolverine back in Battle of the Atom because she felt that they betrayed her trust--would be put in yet another awkward position being in the same room with the said betrayers. But hey, it couldn't possibly be more awkward than dating the dimension-hopping Peter Quill...as a goddamn hologram. So yeah, Kitty will be fine. She's going to see her ex Bobby a.k.a the Iceman though but Kitty is a big girl now.
With the adults gone, the kids are left to their own devices. It's irresponsible in a way but fuck the kids. They'll be all right as long as they stay in the bunker. AND OF COURSE THEY DON'T, especially the OCF. A cerebro alert updated them to the whereabouts of a new mutant who just unlocked her powers. It's bad because the girl is scared, awkward and distrustful of these bunch of teen mutants just dropping out of nowhere, trying to convince her to go with them. It became worse when the police arrived at the scene which caused panic with the young mutant who cannot control her powers yet and accidentally zapped Jean, Laura, Warren, Hank and Bobby to unknown places, separate from each other and devoid of any familiar acquaintance. Now the five of them are lost in their own personal hell.
We got some cool scenes with Bobby as he fights mole people down the sewers and struggles to remain in ice form while on land because Atlanta, Georgia is scathing hot, which in turn dampened his powers. Elsewhere, Laura and Warren were reunited (how convenient was it that they both ended up in Savage Land?) and have met up with Wolverine's alternate-universe son, James Jr. who was weirded out to meet the pair but was open-minded enough to hear them out and possibly try to help them get back to their world. Meanwhile, Hank is kidnapped by Dr. Doom in a rather ironic yet pretty clever allusion to Beauty and the Beast where Doom is the Beast and Hank is his Beauty and he wanted to keep him there in Latveria after recognizing his genius and future use he could provide. Hank got to talk about his feelings of guilt and inadequacy with Doom which was pretty hilarious because of all the people he had to open up with it, it's with his captor. I can't wait to see if this relationship becomes appropriately Stockholm Syndrome-y in Hank's case. That would drive home the B&B allusion even further.
Jean Grey, once again, got the better, more nuanced scenes when she encountered the all-female X-Men of the Ultimate world with Miles Morales as Spider-man who totes is already crushing on her sweet ass (ugh, I don't get it though). Jean Grey meets the Ultimate Jean and they hugged because why not? At this point I'm treating her scenes with indifference. She's an integral part of the ANXM narrative, I get that, but I'm more invested to see how the other will fare in their dimensions especially since their contributions are just as interesting. Bobby finally stopped being just a comedic punchline; Hank is owning up to his angst and fears about the future his older self inflicted, and Warren and Laura could actually be a great romantic couple as long as we spend more time on them. So, overall, these issues were getting better and I hope Bendis continues to pick up things from now and lessen the Jean Grey-worship while he's at it.
The premise for this four-issued arc didn't start out strong but it was interesting and could have been more nuanced with an additional three to four more issues where we might get to see the OCF deal and overcome something as a group and not just solely depend on Jean Grey's functionality to carry them over a storyline which has been Bendis' go-to scapegoat resolution. It had been ripe with many possibilities, to separate the characters in different locations where they can have their own solo adventures. These did happen but were too abrupt to fully form any meaningful development and, as much as I'm abhorred to say, we still spend more time with Jean's scenes than the rest, since hers are composed of how they are going to get out of there. By issue #35, they did find the mutant whose ability is to create portals and didn't have that much of a hard time convincing her to get them all back safely. It was all too neatly concluded, is all I'm saying. Dr. Doom was such a throwaway character here and even Miles Morales was there to be a crutch to Jean.
BUT WHAT IF THEY DIDN'T GET OUT JUST YET? What if they decided they could also make some change in that dimension, sort of like a test run before returning to their actual world and apply the same method, knowing better the success rate of their actions? But what if one of them got killed during their stay in the Ultimate-verse? Like Bobby, for example? That would mean his current self in Earth 616 would expire as well. How will that affect things? What if Laura decided to stay behind Ultimate because she's happier there? Would Warren stick by her or return with the OCF to Earth 616 where he doesn't have a girl he cares about? What happens if two Jean Greys are put together in the same timeline? Will they remain comrades throughout or eventually cancel each other out? How would the X-Men from Earth 616--especially Kitty Pryde--react to this? Would they try finding the OCF or just decide that it's the best thing that ever happened because now they don't have to worry about them running around their timeline? And what if the OCF comes back again, will the X-Men still accept them as their own or completely treat them as eyesores, maybe even become their adversaries in whatever goals the OCF want to accomplish?
We will never know now and I actually don't care.
RECOMMENDED: 6/10
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October 7, 2015
An entertaining time hopping then reality hopping story. For once a Marvel crossover character felt like a good idea.
August 21, 2017
Man oh man, this was pretty fun. So after reading volume 4 of Uncanny X-Men and REALLY enjoying it I almost wanted to go to volume 5 but instead I jumped back to All-New X-Men so I keep in some type of order. Now, last volume of All New X-Men was good but I always worry because I hear it falls deep into the shitty zone. However, volume 6 is not that drop!
So we got the New X-Men, which are really the old X-Men, but they're teenagers traveling to the Ultimate Universe. If you don't know what that is, it's a Marvel universe similar to 616 (the regular) but with variations on characters and stories. When they get there both hilarity and touching moments begin when the X-Men meet the Ultimate X-Men (and Ultimate Spider-man which...I guess happened cause Bendis made him and also they know it'll sell more).
What I liked: Loved the Jean meeting Jean moments. I also dug the whole Iceman coming into his own. Also his talk with his ultimate counterpart was funny as hell. I dug Miles flirting with Jean cause lol who wouldn't? hot red head come on! The pacing was also pretty great and it just flies by with the snappy dialog and story.
What I didn't like: Spider-man felt a bit forced in. Beast could have gotten a better gig in here. He seemed a afterthought. The power of the girl who can take you to different realities felt a bit forced too but you know, we have to have a story.
Overall, this was pretty fun and enjoyable. Def was a good volume in this long running series. If you enjoyed All-New X-Men up to this point I doubt this will disappoint either!
So we got the New X-Men, which are really the old X-Men, but they're teenagers traveling to the Ultimate Universe. If you don't know what that is, it's a Marvel universe similar to 616 (the regular) but with variations on characters and stories. When they get there both hilarity and touching moments begin when the X-Men meet the Ultimate X-Men (and Ultimate Spider-man which...I guess happened cause Bendis made him and also they know it'll sell more).
What I liked: Loved the Jean meeting Jean moments. I also dug the whole Iceman coming into his own. Also his talk with his ultimate counterpart was funny as hell. I dug Miles flirting with Jean cause lol who wouldn't? hot red head come on! The pacing was also pretty great and it just flies by with the snappy dialog and story.
What I didn't like: Spider-man felt a bit forced in. Beast could have gotten a better gig in here. He seemed a afterthought. The power of the girl who can take you to different realities felt a bit forced too but you know, we have to have a story.
Overall, this was pretty fun and enjoyable. Def was a good volume in this long running series. If you enjoyed All-New X-Men up to this point I doubt this will disappoint either!
July 5, 2016
Well good god damn, Bendis finally up and did it.
He finally crossed his current books from 616 and Ultimate universes:
[Page 3 of the Book of Bad Pick-up Lines]
And of course, young Bobby Drake immediately gets the shit end of that stick:
It's fun to see them play in each others' sandboxes:
And it's especially nice to see the two Jean Greys meet and *not* immediately throw punches:
Bobby still gets the shit end:
And Bendis does good cliffhanger:
And then the bastard cliffhanger where ? Yikes. Good thing I know who's still alive around these parts. Story turns out just as good as it should have. NO FUCKING TIME-TRAVEL SHENANIGANS HERE (OK, but dimension hopping was deemed acceptable? Yes, yes it was. Good clean fun, no time wraiths and unwanted memories to take home to bed.)
Overall I still like this book much better than Bendis' version of Uncanny X-Men with mopey Scott and lots of skulking. That's nowhere near as much fun as ass-kicking mutant kids and lots of witty banter.
He finally crossed his current books from 616 and Ultimate universes:
[Page 3 of the Book of Bad Pick-up Lines]
And of course, young Bobby Drake immediately gets the shit end of that stick:
It's fun to see them play in each others' sandboxes:
And it's especially nice to see the two Jean Greys meet and *not* immediately throw punches:
Bobby still gets the shit end:
And Bendis does good cliffhanger:
And then the bastard cliffhanger where ? Yikes. Good thing I know who's still alive around these parts. Story turns out just as good as it should have. NO FUCKING TIME-TRAVEL SHENANIGANS HERE (OK, but dimension hopping was deemed acceptable? Yes, yes it was. Good clean fun, no time wraiths and unwanted memories to take home to bed.)
Overall I still like this book much better than Bendis' version of Uncanny X-Men with mopey Scott and lots of skulking. That's nowhere near as much fun as ass-kicking mutant kids and lots of witty banter.
August 10, 2016
What's better than one young badass Jean Grey?...Two young badass Jean Grey's?
This was pretty fun. I have little to no knowledge of anything going on the Ultimate universe, but I enjoyed the hell out of this story.
This was pretty fun. I have little to no knowledge of anything going on the Ultimate universe, but I enjoyed the hell out of this story.
May 17, 2016
I considered rating this 3.75 stars because it felt disjointed, but I'm pretty sure that was because I was reading it in single issues instead of by volume. Which I don't really enjoy, but I'll have to do that for some comics.
Overall, I really liked this plot. It was funny and the art was great, as always. I really liked Miles Morales as Spider-man. I am going to have to read more of him.
Overall, I really liked this plot. It was funny and the art was great, as always. I really liked Miles Morales as Spider-man. I am going to have to read more of him.
December 23, 2021
pretty slow beginning, but the last two issues were really fun!
August 10, 2020
Pues seguimos con los Nuevos X-Men, que en este nuevo arco, van a realizar un nuevo viaje, y es que parece que Bendis tenía mucho interés en interrelacionar a los viejos/nuevos miembros de la Patrulla-X con la mayor parte posible del Universo Marvel, y así, además de con ambas escuelas de la Patrulla, les hemos visto con Los Imposibles Vengadores, los Guardianes de la Galaxia, y ahora, se van a encontrar con todo un universo alternativo: el más importante de Marvel, todo sea dicho.
Y es que con el equipo de los adultos ocupado en los asuntos relacionados con Pecado Original que se desarrollarían en Imposibles X-Men, los jóvenes acudirían en busca de una alerta de Cerebra sobre el despertar de los poderes mutantes en una joven que se encuentra en plena graduación en sus instituto... y la muchacha no tiene un poder cualquiera, no. Su poder es abrir portales dimensionales a otros universos. Asustada por la situación, la joven pierde el control de su poder y arroja a los X-Men al universo Ultimate, que parece que después de los eventos devenidos de La Era de Ultrón y Hambre (con la llegada de nuestro Galactus al Universo Ultimate) está bastante cerca. Así que los jóvenes X-Men se ven dispersos por el Universo Ultimate: Jean Grey llegará a Nueva York, donde conocerá al Spiderman de ese Universo (Miles Morales, que ya había conocido a nuestro Peter Parker en un cruce anterior), Hank acaba en Latveria esclavizado por el Doctor Muerte, Bobby tiene que hacer frente al Hombre Topo y las autoridades de Atlanta, y X-23 y el Ángel ahondarán en la historia de los mutantes del Universo Ultimate acompañados de James, el Lobezno de ese mundo.
Así que los jóvenes X-Men tendrán que averiguar cómo reunirse, cómo regresar a casa, y cómo hacer frente a Muerte, muy interesado en averiguar todo lo posible sobre el multiverso y sus posibilidades de conquista. Y por supuesto, lo harán acompañados de Spiderman y de los X-Men del Universo Ultimate.
Y en sí, la verdad es que la historia es bastante entretenida, la relación entre Jean Grey y Spiderman me parece muy graciosa, y bueno, se deja leer bastante bien.
Y es que con el equipo de los adultos ocupado en los asuntos relacionados con Pecado Original que se desarrollarían en Imposibles X-Men, los jóvenes acudirían en busca de una alerta de Cerebra sobre el despertar de los poderes mutantes en una joven que se encuentra en plena graduación en sus instituto... y la muchacha no tiene un poder cualquiera, no. Su poder es abrir portales dimensionales a otros universos. Asustada por la situación, la joven pierde el control de su poder y arroja a los X-Men al universo Ultimate, que parece que después de los eventos devenidos de La Era de Ultrón y Hambre (con la llegada de nuestro Galactus al Universo Ultimate) está bastante cerca. Así que los jóvenes X-Men se ven dispersos por el Universo Ultimate: Jean Grey llegará a Nueva York, donde conocerá al Spiderman de ese Universo (Miles Morales, que ya había conocido a nuestro Peter Parker en un cruce anterior), Hank acaba en Latveria esclavizado por el Doctor Muerte, Bobby tiene que hacer frente al Hombre Topo y las autoridades de Atlanta, y X-23 y el Ángel ahondarán en la historia de los mutantes del Universo Ultimate acompañados de James, el Lobezno de ese mundo.
Así que los jóvenes X-Men tendrán que averiguar cómo reunirse, cómo regresar a casa, y cómo hacer frente a Muerte, muy interesado en averiguar todo lo posible sobre el multiverso y sus posibilidades de conquista. Y por supuesto, lo harán acompañados de Spiderman y de los X-Men del Universo Ultimate.
Y en sí, la verdad es que la historia es bastante entretenida, la relación entre Jean Grey y Spiderman me parece muy graciosa, y bueno, se deja leer bastante bien.
November 13, 2015
2.5*
I tend to find these kind of multiverse-sharing stories boring because I usually get lost for nothing since nothing really happens and they can easily be skipped off from continuity
And... this one hit the spot! I had to try and connect the dots in order to replace characters in their respective contexts. I even had to google Miles Morales to know who the hell he was. Yeah, I've never read a Spiderman story with him. So sue me. After a while I let it go, I would have spent more time on wikipedia than reading the damn book.
The script basically doesn't add any real value to any of the universes concerned (*please leave the place as clean as before you went in*) and I found the reactions of the main characters to their other selves kind of... weird and that's an understatement. They just seem to accept the fact multiverses exist as perfectly natural, they battle against Doom and everybody goes back home like "'kay, t'was fun, should do it more often, see ya next time". Weird. As for the Greys, I reckon I should have found their meeting somewhat cute. Well, I didn't. Call me an old grinch or whatever.
The art is good but just that. I greatly appreciate Mahmud Asrar on a regular basis but here I found he was underwhelming. Like doing his job, just his job. I've been used to see him more inspired. If anybody can take over after Immonen, that's him. But not here.
Better luck with next vol. I hope...
I tend to find these kind of multiverse-sharing stories boring because I usually get lost for nothing since nothing really happens and they can easily be skipped off from continuity
And... this one hit the spot! I had to try and connect the dots in order to replace characters in their respective contexts. I even had to google Miles Morales to know who the hell he was. Yeah, I've never read a Spiderman story with him. So sue me. After a while I let it go, I would have spent more time on wikipedia than reading the damn book.
The script basically doesn't add any real value to any of the universes concerned (*please leave the place as clean as before you went in*) and I found the reactions of the main characters to their other selves kind of... weird and that's an understatement. They just seem to accept the fact multiverses exist as perfectly natural, they battle against Doom and everybody goes back home like "'kay, t'was fun, should do it more often, see ya next time". Weird. As for the Greys, I reckon I should have found their meeting somewhat cute. Well, I didn't. Call me an old grinch or whatever.
The art is good but just that. I greatly appreciate Mahmud Asrar on a regular basis but here I found he was underwhelming. Like doing his job, just his job. I've been used to see him more inspired. If anybody can take over after Immonen, that's him. But not here.
Better luck with next vol. I hope...
December 24, 2015
I just don't understand all the hate for this volume on Goodreads. This book is awesome. The X-Men from the past accidentally end up in the Ultimate universe and end up kicking so much ass! I absolutely loved it. The ending was especially cool, when ! I mean, how friggin' bad-ass is that?!
November 25, 2015
This really is the best X-Men book being published at the moment. I loved seeing the young founders (minus Cyclops and plus X-23) interact with the Ultimate X-Men and the Miles Morales Spider-Man. To be honest, the only thing missing from this book, for me, is Cyclops. I wish he was sharing these adventures with his teammates and not swanning around the Galaxy with his dad in what is only a so-so solo series. BRING BACK SCOTT!
July 14, 2016
I can't help but grin like an idiot when I read this series. I love the way the characters interact with each other, especially if it's one of them essentially talking to themselves (from another time, or universe). Another huge win for Bendis.
My only problem is that I only have one more trade paperback to go before I'm done with Bendis' run on the X-Men. I'm immensely unhappy about that.
My only problem is that I only have one more trade paperback to go before I'm done with Bendis' run on the X-Men. I'm immensely unhappy about that.
February 14, 2015
Hey look, an arc of All-New X-men that was pretty good! They travel to the Ultimate Universe and meet lots of Ultimate counter parts and then face off with Doctor Doom. I liked this arc. It was fun.
May 20, 2016
So basically this new mutant is like Gateway??? meh just okay.
I talk about this book here - https://youtu.be/mJqgwgDPCuE
I talk about this book here - https://youtu.be/mJqgwgDPCuE
May 20, 2016
Unexpectedly innovative. Until it isn’t.
Note that this review actually covers the first 7 volumes of the series.
Although X-Men is all about chromosomes—the very stuff of inheritance—I never thought this title was Marvel’s extended family drama. That honor goes to The Avengers, and associated books, with their marriages and their grandfather and father and son melodramas. (The Fantastic Four is clearly about the nuclear family.) The X-Men and associated titles are about friendship, especially as it is enforced, which is to say, school—when because of biology—either genes or time of birth—and institutional structure, people are forced to be together. There’s a reason the whole thing started with a Professor and his students. This is a book about the wonders and horrors of high school.
The setting makes particularly acute a problem common to all serial fiction, but especially super hero books. The readers don’t want the characters to age. And the authors don’t either. It’s one thing to write about a 20-year old super hero. But a 70-year old one? Fiction set in high school has this same problem. Graduating the characters breaks down the things that forced them to deal with each other. And so Archie and Jughead are perpetual adolescences. And superheroes—the X-Men—have fifty years’s worth of drama packed into their short lives.
Authors of the various X-books have finessed part of the problem through time travel. The Days of the Future Past story-line allowed the reader to jump ahead many years in the X-Men timeline to see what would happen. Cable and Bishop relied on time travel to various extents. But all of this, while sometimes freeing, ended up making the storylines, already cramped, even more convoluted. Not only does each character have many lives’s of trial and tribulation, they have many incarnations, many possible futures and pasts that they are resisting or trying to re-start. I think writers probably like the confusion, since it gives them chances to tell different stories: there are so many characters, so many permutations. But it can get eye-glazing, and one understands why DC has repeatedly blown up its fictional universe in an attempt to simplify the continuity.
In this series, Brian Michael Bendis uses the old trope of time travel, but hits on a variation that opens up whole new vistas. (Until he closes them down.) It is logical and character-driven, but also a smart plot point. In the wake of the X-Men V. Avengers series and the way that Scott Summers has alienated most of his fellow mutants, Hank McCoy chooses to bring the original X-Men, fresh-faced, naive, and young, to the fictional present to confront Scott. But the motivation is layered more deeply than that. The presence of the former X-Men, so idealistic, so full of the young and beautiful Jean Grey, is meant to both inspire and punish Summers, reminding him of the beliefs he had, and the woman he lied; it also is a bit of self-hatred and Beast’s part, punishing himself for his failures, and maybe even an attempt to reinvigorate himself.
Suddenly, there are new vistas in the X-Men’s universe. The previous stories need not have the same weight. It’s possible for new relationships to grow, new roles to be assumed. Maybe Hank and Jean—both from the past—will get together. Maybe Kitty Pryde will become as adept as Professor X. Maybe the whole Phoenix story need not have happened, and maybe Warren can have a different future two. The first twelve issues or so revel in this new freedom, and the books seem fresh in a way few old titles seem fresh. I especially liked the development of Hank McCoy young and old. There is also a lot of humor in the books, even as they close in on themselves, and lots of knowing winks at the angsty Marvel style, which I quite enjoyed.
Soon enough, though, the title finds its way into a familiar groove, and claustrophobia starts to set in again. There’s the problems of cross-overs, where large chunks of the story are told in other books. These “events” are irritating for the reader of the titles as the come out, but they should not be for readers of the TPB reprints. The whole point of the reprint is to present a complete story, so it is frustrating as heck that Marvel refuses to bring in the other titles and make the stories complete—especially when the company is happy to round out the books with fluffy, unrelated material, such as the anniversary X-Men book included here. There’s no reason the TPB needs to be restricted by the titles of the comics. They should tell the whole damn story.
But that is only a minor irritation, comparatively. There’s also the reversals. And so the original X-Men and they allies decide to join up with Scott Summers and his troop anyway, which never seems realistic and also has the effect of making the stories more compact, the possibilities fewer. And then there are the new time travelers that bring back in (a version of) Professor X. The old storylines reassert themselves. Jean Grey still loves Scott Summers. She is still too powerful and shadowed by the Phoenix. She remains a teen boys’ wet dream: beautiful, smart, kind, redheaded, but too modest to know she’s beautiful, only completed by the gaze of the right slightly nerdy boy. Sigh. Kitty continues to be under-used, made into a genius and an administrator, but the full effect of her powers never explored: they really are incredible and, by lights, undefeatable.
The sixth volume here momentarily reverses the shrinking universe, when the original X-Men meet a mutant who sends them to different parts of Marvel’s far-flung mutliverse. It’s fun to get to see the different characters on their own, in unfamiliar settings. It’s probably the most character development we get of Bobby, who is otherwise here just a smart-mouthed comedy relief. Until Bendis tries to redeem the jokes by making him—spoiler?—gay. Which just doesn’t play at all, and a lot of special pleading goes on for the point to make any kind of sense. By the seventh volume this freedom is lost, and the book goes in uninteresting directions, with stories that feel like filler, even if they are not.
The art through the books is uneven. In the early issues, they are excellent, with the various artists using variations on what I think of as Frank Miller’s 1980s style: a darker palette, the figures blocky and not always perfectly inked. That sounds denigrating, but its not. It makes the characters feel solid, real, but also part of some closely-related-but-not-quite-our-own universe. In later issues, the art can be just off, the expressions on faces not matching the action or the dialogue. There are a few chances for the artists to really stretch their wings and experiment with a lot of different styles, befitting the mix of eras, and these work well. But throughout the books there is a tendency to make the art during the battle scenes abstract, to the point where it is difficult to follow the action. (This is not a Hollywood track to borrow: poorly choreographed action sequences.) The seventh book, fittingly enough, has the worst art, grainy and pallid.
I really liked where this started. I have trouble seeing that I will care where it ends.
Note that this review actually covers the first 7 volumes of the series.
Although X-Men is all about chromosomes—the very stuff of inheritance—I never thought this title was Marvel’s extended family drama. That honor goes to The Avengers, and associated books, with their marriages and their grandfather and father and son melodramas. (The Fantastic Four is clearly about the nuclear family.) The X-Men and associated titles are about friendship, especially as it is enforced, which is to say, school—when because of biology—either genes or time of birth—and institutional structure, people are forced to be together. There’s a reason the whole thing started with a Professor and his students. This is a book about the wonders and horrors of high school.
The setting makes particularly acute a problem common to all serial fiction, but especially super hero books. The readers don’t want the characters to age. And the authors don’t either. It’s one thing to write about a 20-year old super hero. But a 70-year old one? Fiction set in high school has this same problem. Graduating the characters breaks down the things that forced them to deal with each other. And so Archie and Jughead are perpetual adolescences. And superheroes—the X-Men—have fifty years’s worth of drama packed into their short lives.
Authors of the various X-books have finessed part of the problem through time travel. The Days of the Future Past story-line allowed the reader to jump ahead many years in the X-Men timeline to see what would happen. Cable and Bishop relied on time travel to various extents. But all of this, while sometimes freeing, ended up making the storylines, already cramped, even more convoluted. Not only does each character have many lives’s of trial and tribulation, they have many incarnations, many possible futures and pasts that they are resisting or trying to re-start. I think writers probably like the confusion, since it gives them chances to tell different stories: there are so many characters, so many permutations. But it can get eye-glazing, and one understands why DC has repeatedly blown up its fictional universe in an attempt to simplify the continuity.
In this series, Brian Michael Bendis uses the old trope of time travel, but hits on a variation that opens up whole new vistas. (Until he closes them down.) It is logical and character-driven, but also a smart plot point. In the wake of the X-Men V. Avengers series and the way that Scott Summers has alienated most of his fellow mutants, Hank McCoy chooses to bring the original X-Men, fresh-faced, naive, and young, to the fictional present to confront Scott. But the motivation is layered more deeply than that. The presence of the former X-Men, so idealistic, so full of the young and beautiful Jean Grey, is meant to both inspire and punish Summers, reminding him of the beliefs he had, and the woman he lied; it also is a bit of self-hatred and Beast’s part, punishing himself for his failures, and maybe even an attempt to reinvigorate himself.
Suddenly, there are new vistas in the X-Men’s universe. The previous stories need not have the same weight. It’s possible for new relationships to grow, new roles to be assumed. Maybe Hank and Jean—both from the past—will get together. Maybe Kitty Pryde will become as adept as Professor X. Maybe the whole Phoenix story need not have happened, and maybe Warren can have a different future two. The first twelve issues or so revel in this new freedom, and the books seem fresh in a way few old titles seem fresh. I especially liked the development of Hank McCoy young and old. There is also a lot of humor in the books, even as they close in on themselves, and lots of knowing winks at the angsty Marvel style, which I quite enjoyed.
Soon enough, though, the title finds its way into a familiar groove, and claustrophobia starts to set in again. There’s the problems of cross-overs, where large chunks of the story are told in other books. These “events” are irritating for the reader of the titles as the come out, but they should not be for readers of the TPB reprints. The whole point of the reprint is to present a complete story, so it is frustrating as heck that Marvel refuses to bring in the other titles and make the stories complete—especially when the company is happy to round out the books with fluffy, unrelated material, such as the anniversary X-Men book included here. There’s no reason the TPB needs to be restricted by the titles of the comics. They should tell the whole damn story.
But that is only a minor irritation, comparatively. There’s also the reversals. And so the original X-Men and they allies decide to join up with Scott Summers and his troop anyway, which never seems realistic and also has the effect of making the stories more compact, the possibilities fewer. And then there are the new time travelers that bring back in (a version of) Professor X. The old storylines reassert themselves. Jean Grey still loves Scott Summers. She is still too powerful and shadowed by the Phoenix. She remains a teen boys’ wet dream: beautiful, smart, kind, redheaded, but too modest to know she’s beautiful, only completed by the gaze of the right slightly nerdy boy. Sigh. Kitty continues to be under-used, made into a genius and an administrator, but the full effect of her powers never explored: they really are incredible and, by lights, undefeatable.
The sixth volume here momentarily reverses the shrinking universe, when the original X-Men meet a mutant who sends them to different parts of Marvel’s far-flung mutliverse. It’s fun to get to see the different characters on their own, in unfamiliar settings. It’s probably the most character development we get of Bobby, who is otherwise here just a smart-mouthed comedy relief. Until Bendis tries to redeem the jokes by making him—spoiler?—gay. Which just doesn’t play at all, and a lot of special pleading goes on for the point to make any kind of sense. By the seventh volume this freedom is lost, and the book goes in uninteresting directions, with stories that feel like filler, even if they are not.
The art through the books is uneven. In the early issues, they are excellent, with the various artists using variations on what I think of as Frank Miller’s 1980s style: a darker palette, the figures blocky and not always perfectly inked. That sounds denigrating, but its not. It makes the characters feel solid, real, but also part of some closely-related-but-not-quite-our-own universe. In later issues, the art can be just off, the expressions on faces not matching the action or the dialogue. There are a few chances for the artists to really stretch their wings and experiment with a lot of different styles, befitting the mix of eras, and these work well. But throughout the books there is a tendency to make the art during the battle scenes abstract, to the point where it is difficult to follow the action. (This is not a Hollywood track to borrow: poorly choreographed action sequences.) The seventh book, fittingly enough, has the worst art, grainy and pallid.
I really liked where this started. I have trouble seeing that I will care where it ends.
May 24, 2022
Ok
I loved it
I was hesitant at first because my boy Scott wasn’t in it but I came around. I really enjoyed the wacky scenarios and how everyone got a chance to shine. It’s been a minute since that’s happened. Since X-Men has always been a group comic, it’s rare for everyone to get their moment.
I’m just enjoying what I get.
Warren and Hank were both so sweet in this one and I just love ‘em.
Jean was rather compelling. Yes. I said it. But don’t make me regret it haha
All in all, a good comic. The art was gorgeous and the writing was fabulous.
Good stuff
8/10 “all because you told him to be a gentleman. Like I said, good guy.” “A good guy. This is a completely new experience for me.”
I loved it
I was hesitant at first because my boy Scott wasn’t in it but I came around. I really enjoyed the wacky scenarios and how everyone got a chance to shine. It’s been a minute since that’s happened. Since X-Men has always been a group comic, it’s rare for everyone to get their moment.
I’m just enjoying what I get.
Warren and Hank were both so sweet in this one and I just love ‘em.
Jean was rather compelling. Yes. I said it. But don’t make me regret it haha
All in all, a good comic. The art was gorgeous and the writing was fabulous.
Good stuff
8/10 “all because you told him to be a gentleman. Like I said, good guy.” “A good guy. This is a completely new experience for me.”
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November 5, 2024Gimmicky but fun. The original X-Men plus Laura get transported to the Ultimate universe by a new mutant with dimension portal powers. They interact with the Ultimate X-Men and Spider-Man (Miles Morales) before battling Doctor Doom to save Beast. Man, all the scenes with Miles are gold. They remind me how much I love Ultimate Spider-Man and why Bendis writes Ultimate Peter and Miles so well. The rest of the story is predictable with amusing interactions between the 616 and Ultimate characters. The art in this volume sucks though.
January 2, 2020
Tired of all the time travel nonsense in the All-New X-Men series? Well, have I got good news for you because The Ultimate Adventure contains not a lick of time travel! Oh, but it is entirely based on dimension hopping. Which isn't time travel and certainly isn't more confusing.
Oh wait, no it is more confusing. Sorry. And Mahmud Asrar is no Stuart Immonen. This one was pretty dumb. There certainly are high highs and low lows with these All-New X-Men.
Oh wait, no it is more confusing. Sorry. And Mahmud Asrar is no Stuart Immonen. This one was pretty dumb. There certainly are high highs and low lows with these All-New X-Men.
May 22, 2020
Totally awesome Bendis All-New X-Men fun!
So many great parts here. Some of these Ultimate/616 crossovers are priceless!
I love Mahmud Asrar’s art. It’s spot on. The action and characterizations were vibrant.
Miles and Young Jean is the power couple we’ve always wanted. Same goes for X-23 and Young Angel.
I dig this series. I hope the upcoming Vortex crossover isn’t lame.
So many great parts here. Some of these Ultimate/616 crossovers are priceless!
I love Mahmud Asrar’s art. It’s spot on. The action and characterizations were vibrant.
Miles and Young Jean is the power couple we’ve always wanted. Same goes for X-23 and Young Angel.
I dig this series. I hope the upcoming Vortex crossover isn’t lame.
July 28, 2019
Really liked this 3.5/5
April 26, 2015
Nach Stuart Immonens großartiger Artwork aus Band 5 sind Mahmud Asrars Zeichnungen hier im sechsten Band für meinen Geschmack ein deutlicher Rückschritt. Er erreicht Immonens Klasse bei weitem nicht und des öfteren geratem ihm vor allem Gesichter nicht besonders gut, was Asrar aber nicht veranlaßt, sie neu zu zeichnen oder zu überarbeiten. Auch dass er bei Gesprächen mehrfach wiederholt das gleiche Panel (oder ein nur gering variiertes) benutzt, erhärtet meinen Eindruck einer gewissen "Faulheit", gutwilliger könnte man auch von Ökonomie der Mittel sprechen.
Da für mich die zeichnerische Seite eines Comics immer ein wesentlicher Aspekt ist, verliert dieser Band schon deutlich Punkte zum Vorgänger.
Trotzdem: Vieles ist auch in Ordnung. Ein zeichnerisches und humoristisches Highligt ist die Szene, in der Bobby sich überraschend im Reich des Moleman wieder findet und durch (gespielte?) Naivität punktet. Bei seiner Flucht kommt es zu einem herrlichen Bild-Zitat, das jedem Marvelianer das Herz höher schlagen lassen sollte:
Überhaupt hat Bobby Drake hier endlich einmal einen etwas größeren Anteilan der Handlung, auch wenn er aus seiner Rolle als Teamclown nur schwer herauskommt.
Was die Story angeht, erzählt Bendis wie immer routiniert und auf hohem Niveau. Nachdem McCoy die ursprünglichen X-Men in die Zukunft versetzt hat, werden sie nun auch noch in eine andere Dimension des Multiversums verschlagen. Das enorme Potential, das sich aus diesem Setting ergibt, schöpft Bendis aber leider nur zum Teil aus. Nachdem er zwischen den einzelnen X-Men hin- und herspringt (eigentlich eine ganz reizvolle Idee, da hierdurch das Gefühl der Hilflosigkeit und der verzweifelten Einsamkeit des versprengten Teams sinnfällig wird), führt er die Handlung dann aber doch recht schnell wieder zusammen und das "Finale" ist ein wenig enttäuschend.
Aber nach dem Spiel ist bekanntlich vor dem Spiel, und so bin ich gespannt, wie es weiter gehen wird.
Da für mich die zeichnerische Seite eines Comics immer ein wesentlicher Aspekt ist, verliert dieser Band schon deutlich Punkte zum Vorgänger.
Trotzdem: Vieles ist auch in Ordnung. Ein zeichnerisches und humoristisches Highligt ist die Szene, in der Bobby sich überraschend im Reich des Moleman wieder findet und durch (gespielte?) Naivität punktet. Bei seiner Flucht kommt es zu einem herrlichen Bild-Zitat, das jedem Marvelianer das Herz höher schlagen lassen sollte:
Überhaupt hat Bobby Drake hier endlich einmal einen etwas größeren Anteilan der Handlung, auch wenn er aus seiner Rolle als Teamclown nur schwer herauskommt.
Was die Story angeht, erzählt Bendis wie immer routiniert und auf hohem Niveau. Nachdem McCoy die ursprünglichen X-Men in die Zukunft versetzt hat, werden sie nun auch noch in eine andere Dimension des Multiversums verschlagen. Das enorme Potential, das sich aus diesem Setting ergibt, schöpft Bendis aber leider nur zum Teil aus. Nachdem er zwischen den einzelnen X-Men hin- und herspringt (eigentlich eine ganz reizvolle Idee, da hierdurch das Gefühl der Hilflosigkeit und der verzweifelten Einsamkeit des versprengten Teams sinnfällig wird), führt er die Handlung dann aber doch recht schnell wieder zusammen und das "Finale" ist ein wenig enttäuschend.
Aber nach dem Spiel ist bekanntlich vor dem Spiel, und so bin ich gespannt, wie es weiter gehen wird.
August 14, 2017
For a completely frivolous adventure that doesn't advance the series' plot at all, this was actually pretty fun! When the Original X-Men try to help a new mutant handle her power, she accidentally teleports them all to different corners of the Ultimate Marvel Universe. This feels like a plot move specifically built to get these X-Men out of the way of the events of Uncanny X-Men, Volume 5: The Omega Mutant, but it ends up rising above this machination to become a thoroughly enjoyable little side adventure.
I think one thing that sticks out about this book (as compared to the other, lamer All-New X-Men volumes I've read recently) is its attention to character. By throwing the Original X-Men to the wind and forcing them to find their own ways home, Bendis gets to spend a lot of time differentiating their voices and discovering a little more about who they are as individuals. Often his characters all speak in the exact same way, and this time around they really don't. I found it very refreshing.
Also, Bendis is always better with a Spider-Man involved. I think writing in Miles Morales must've really perked him up, because the plot as a whole felt more lighthearted and joyfully written. Sure, the mutants are all facing potential death or permanent loss of their homes, but they're still witty and funny in the face of that. It's not heavy and plodding as previous volumes have been.
I still want Bendis to deliver on the many promises he's established over this run, which he has yet to do (we still don't know why the Original X-Men can't return to their time, and no one seems to even care), but this was a big step up. Even managed to give me a little hope for this series!
I think one thing that sticks out about this book (as compared to the other, lamer All-New X-Men volumes I've read recently) is its attention to character. By throwing the Original X-Men to the wind and forcing them to find their own ways home, Bendis gets to spend a lot of time differentiating their voices and discovering a little more about who they are as individuals. Often his characters all speak in the exact same way, and this time around they really don't. I found it very refreshing.
Also, Bendis is always better with a Spider-Man involved. I think writing in Miles Morales must've really perked him up, because the plot as a whole felt more lighthearted and joyfully written. Sure, the mutants are all facing potential death or permanent loss of their homes, but they're still witty and funny in the face of that. It's not heavy and plodding as previous volumes have been.
I still want Bendis to deliver on the many promises he's established over this run, which he has yet to do (we still don't know why the Original X-Men can't return to their time, and no one seems to even care), but this was a big step up. Even managed to give me a little hope for this series!
March 29, 2015
The X-Men are travelling to alternate worlds... yet again!
It's a device that the X-books regularly rely upon for a change in the storytelling landscape, the chance to showcase different versions of characters, and to tell wild stories that don't impact the main continuity. What's not to like if you're an X-writer looking to go big?
What matters, of course, is one thing: is it any good? The answer here is a resounding yes.
Bendis hurls his cast here about the Ultimate Universe, giving himself a chance to bring Miles Morales into the mix, and unite the 616 X-Men with their Ultimate counterparts. We go to the Savage Land, Atlanta, Latveria, and multiple dimensions in the course of the adventure, and all of it is captured beautifully by Mahmud Asrar's pencils. Seriously, the guy can draw... those who read Supergirl's early New 52 adventures know he was the best part of those books. As an added bonus, Asrar's style is complementary to Stuart Immonen, another All-New X-Men artist, so it's good continuity of style for long-time readers.
A few opportunities are missed here to really get into some juicy character stuff for Miles and some of the crew, but that's made up by Jean Grey getting some good moments with her Ultimate self, Hank McCoy going through an ordeal that clearly changes him, and X-23 struggling with the evil spread across worlds. Personally I could have done with less of Bobby and his comedy stylings, but that's a personal preference.
Overall this is another solid adventure in what's been a strong run from Bendis & co. Black Vortex, here we come!
It's a device that the X-books regularly rely upon for a change in the storytelling landscape, the chance to showcase different versions of characters, and to tell wild stories that don't impact the main continuity. What's not to like if you're an X-writer looking to go big?
What matters, of course, is one thing: is it any good? The answer here is a resounding yes.
Bendis hurls his cast here about the Ultimate Universe, giving himself a chance to bring Miles Morales into the mix, and unite the 616 X-Men with their Ultimate counterparts. We go to the Savage Land, Atlanta, Latveria, and multiple dimensions in the course of the adventure, and all of it is captured beautifully by Mahmud Asrar's pencils. Seriously, the guy can draw... those who read Supergirl's early New 52 adventures know he was the best part of those books. As an added bonus, Asrar's style is complementary to Stuart Immonen, another All-New X-Men artist, so it's good continuity of style for long-time readers.
A few opportunities are missed here to really get into some juicy character stuff for Miles and some of the crew, but that's made up by Jean Grey getting some good moments with her Ultimate self, Hank McCoy going through an ordeal that clearly changes him, and X-23 struggling with the evil spread across worlds. Personally I could have done with less of Bobby and his comedy stylings, but that's a personal preference.
Overall this is another solid adventure in what's been a strong run from Bendis & co. Black Vortex, here we come!
April 8, 2017
In this volume, Bendis sends his cast of time-displaced young X-Men into Marvel's Ultimate Universe. Typically the gang are split up so we see a fair bit of the Ultimate Universe from New York and Atlanta to the Savage Land and Latveria.
It's a fun adventure which sees the All-New X-Men meet a range of Marvel's Ultimate characters. Iceman finds himself in Mole Man's lair, poor Hank McCoy has to face Doctor Doom at home and Jean Grey teams up with the brilliant ultimate Spider-Man Miles Morales. Plus the team meet the Ultimate universe versions of themselves!
Bendis recently uses a similar idea in Guardians of the Galaxy, splitting the team up to face battles on their own. It worked well in that book and works even better here, given how character-driven the All-New X-Men book is. Meeting alternate universe versions of themselves is excellent and there can never be enough Miles Morales in comic books, although he is a minor character in the story despite what the artwork might suggest. Bendis managed to make the whole reason the X-Men being in the ultimate universe work really well.
Mahmud Asrar's pencils are superb and bring the stories and characters to life wonderfully, which is impressive given the range of stuff he has to draw here. They fit in well with regular series artist Stuart Immonen's work so that every page looks stunning and there are some wonderful double page spreads which had me almost drooling over the pages.
A great story arc starring a great team and guest-starring a great Spider-Man. You couldn't really ask for more!
It's a fun adventure which sees the All-New X-Men meet a range of Marvel's Ultimate characters. Iceman finds himself in Mole Man's lair, poor Hank McCoy has to face Doctor Doom at home and Jean Grey teams up with the brilliant ultimate Spider-Man Miles Morales. Plus the team meet the Ultimate universe versions of themselves!
Bendis recently uses a similar idea in Guardians of the Galaxy, splitting the team up to face battles on their own. It worked well in that book and works even better here, given how character-driven the All-New X-Men book is. Meeting alternate universe versions of themselves is excellent and there can never be enough Miles Morales in comic books, although he is a minor character in the story despite what the artwork might suggest. Bendis managed to make the whole reason the X-Men being in the ultimate universe work really well.
Mahmud Asrar's pencils are superb and bring the stories and characters to life wonderfully, which is impressive given the range of stuff he has to draw here. They fit in well with regular series artist Stuart Immonen's work so that every page looks stunning and there are some wonderful double page spreads which had me almost drooling over the pages.
A great story arc starring a great team and guest-starring a great Spider-Man. You couldn't really ask for more!
August 6, 2015
First, don't put Scott on the cover if he's not in the book. Second, since Scott is what I like about X-Men this book was at a disadvantage from the start. I'll give it 3 stars because the story was fine and the art was all enjoyable enough (except Bobby's transformed eyes, why are they like black beetles coming out of his head?), though I definitely prefer the original artist. I liked Bobby's monster and heat talk, I'm not a fan of how everyone is mean to him though, give a guy a complex why don't you? I like Warren and Laura as a couple, a couple of what I don't know. :) I don't like Jean, I don't like her as team leader, I don't like her as evil psychic in (no)training (though the teaser seems to indicate that'll be taken care of next volume, oh joy more focus on my least favorite person in the book...), I don't like how any guy who meets her loves her, but I do agree she's hotter than the ultimate universe version they ran into. I guess this is leading up to whatever big crossover multiverse mess Marvel is making of their comics. :)
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