X-Men: Age of Apocalypse - Twilight

X-Men: Age of Apocalypse

by Akira Yoshida, Terry Kavanagh, Tony Bedard

When reality was restored, what happened to the Age of Apocalypse? Find out right here! With Apocalypse destroyed, surely it's happy ever after for Magneto and his X-Men? Not if Sinister has his way! Blink and Sabretooth revisit their home dimension, dragging the Exiles along for the ride, while a little piece of home finds Nate Grey, exiled in the Marvel Universe! And don't forget the Dark Beast and the AoA Hulk! Plus: What if things happened very differently?

Collects X-Man #53-54; X-Men: Age of Apocalypse #1-6; Exiles (2001) #60-61; What If? (1989) #77, 81; What If? X-Men Age of Apocalypse #1 and material from X-Men: Age of Apocalypse One-Shot, Hulk: Broken Worlds #2, X-Men Prime, X-Men: Endangered Species, Exiles: Days of Then and Now #1, Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: X-Men - Age of Apocalypse 2005

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, X Men, Marvel, Alternate History, Superheroes

432 pages, Paperback

First published April 26, 2016

About the author

Pseudonym of C.B. Cebulski

Reviews

[David · Rating 5 out of 5]

And another excellent volume rounds out the series.

Was a bit disappointed to find that Age of Apocalypse, Vol. 1: The X-Terminated by David Lapham and Rick Remender and Age of Apocalypse, Vol. 2: Weapon Omega & X-Men: X-Termination weren't included in this book.

Looks like there's enough material for a 6th volume. Marvel, please pay attention to me.

[Lara · Rating 1 out of 5]

Frustrating collection of stories, with artwork I did not like. I stuck it out and read it all, but it's the first time in a while I felt it was a waste of my time.

[Justin Nelson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Look, I had heard that the 10th year anniversary AoA mini was not very good for a long time.
But, the original AoA is my favorite comic story of all time. So, when this was on a super cheap deal on Thriftbooks (I'm not affiliated, no kickback mentioning them!) I had to give it a try.
Ooooof. Why did I?!
The core mini here is...not good. Let's overlook the fact that the writer gained later notoriety for being a white man using an Asian pseudonym and peppering the story with white-man-obsessed-with-the-mysterious-East tropes...(yeah, that's a large overlook, haha) and just focus on the fact that this story doesn't honor, update, or mimc the original at all. It's not a thematic sequel, it's not a character sequel, it's not even a plotline sequel. To say it's a "reimagining" would be overly generous. The awesome character designs, motivations shifts, and surprises of the original story are not present here at all. And the art...Bachalo is still stunning as always, but we can all agree this is far from his best.
The other stories collected here are a bit better, almost. The What If? issues are fun, and the Exiles stories I've read elsewhere but remain fun comic tales, too.
I don't need to trash this unnecessarily more. Perhaps someone reads this and decides to move backwards chronologically and read the original. Then, it has done a good job. Because that original AoA...now that was good X-Men!

[Scott · Rating 2 out of 5]

I read this because I was hoping to get more from the X-Men world - and in particular, the aftermath of the Age of Apocalypse. But this story was kind of a mess. The original Age of Apocalypse had a lot of narrative threads, but you could feel how they all cohered into a whole. Twilight is just a spaghetti of stories - they don't connect, they don't really complete, and they don't really go anywhere. Some folks are now apparently traveling through time to try to fix time issues, but there's betrayal or something. I don't know, it was confusing. Magneto deals with some guilt around a like that he told to try to save the world. That was ok, but could have been more emotionally affecting. And I guess there was some other stuff? I don't really remember. I guess it was kind of entertaining to read, but also extremely unsatisfying. I wouldn't recommend.

[Laissez Farrell · Rating 2 out of 5]

Odds and ends collection. Most interesting we’re the “What If...” entries (even if the writing was inconsistent). Also the Exiles entries were enough to pique my interest to seek out the rest of the series.

Unfortunately, the largest single batch of issues is the 2005 Yoshida (CB Cebulski)/Bachalo mini. Not Bachalo’s best work, and the less said about Cebulski’s writing (let alone the cultural appropriation by Cebulski), the better. Wish that was presented as a what if story instead of as continuation of the alternate universe.

[Ekenedilichukwu Ikegwuani · Rating 2 out of 5]

this collection was kind of all over the place. the main age of apocalypse comics following the event were good, but everything else was extremely hit or miss. especially since nothing here directly relates to the event anyway

[Jase · Rating 5 out of 5]

I always love reading anything Bachola draws. I've read this series at least 5 times over the past years.

[Sean Gallagher · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not tedious. Not great. Some really good stuff. Some dull stuff.