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X-Men Legends (2021) (Single Issues)
X-Men Legends (2021-2022) #1
ALL-NEW TALES STARRING YOUR FAVORITE X-MEN, SPANNING CLASSIC ERAS! Break out the yellows and blues, fire up the Danger Room and snap on your pouches as legendary X-writers return to classic eras of the mutant super heroes in ALL-NEW, in-continuity stories set during their fan-favorite runs! Fabian Nicieza kicks off the series with a special saga of CYCLOPS and HAVOK, as the SHI’AR return to Earth in search of the FORSAKEN ONE! But what secret will the Summers brothers uncover, and how will its revelation change what you thought you knew about the X-Men? Get ready for a story decades in the making! And come back each month as we dive deeper to expand the X-MEN mythos! Welcome back, legends: Hope you survive the experience.
30 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 17, 2021
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About the author
Fabian Nicieza
2,023 books430 followersFabian Nicieza is a writer and editor who is best known as the co-creator of DEADPOOL and for his work on Marvel titles such as X-Men, X-Force, New Warriors, and Robin.
His first novel, the Edgar Award-nominated SUBURBAN DICKS, a sarcastic murder mystery, is on sale now from Putnam Books.
The Dicks will return in THE SELF-MADE WIDOW, coming June 21st.
His first novel, the Edgar Award-nominated SUBURBAN DICKS, a sarcastic murder mystery, is on sale now from Putnam Books.
The Dicks will return in THE SELF-MADE WIDOW, coming June 21st.
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March 10, 2021
I don't think I've technically read any X-Men and I'm 100% sure this wasn't the place to start, but I was intrigued by the cover and the description. From my understanding, these are stories that were supposed to be told in the 90s, but they didn't get the opportunity to receive their shine. I thought that the story of this one was okay. I wasn't familiar with all of the characters, but I knew enough to understand what was going in the story. The ending wasn't as surprising as I anticipated it to be. There were a few elements that hinted at what could possibly happen so it didn't excite me the way that it probably excited other readers. However, I'm interested in possibly picking up the second issue to give it a try. My one hang up is definitely going to be the art. I don't do well with art that isn't clearly defined meaning that it almost has a "rough around the edges" look to it. It makes me feel like I'm only seeing the first few drafts of the work and I end up focusing more on those feelings than the actual story. While this only appears to focus on two of the X-Men, I'm interested in seeing where other issues can possibly take readers in exploring them as a whole.
March 2, 2021
I had no idea what this was going to be but I saw X-Men, so I figured I’d check it out. This was pretty good. Scott and Alex are tasked to go and get this Adam person only to find out he’s another brother of theirs. This guy seems to be important to a lot of different situations. Solution to kidnapped grandparents and the potential reason behind a massive civil war wheee billions could die. Definitely want to see where this goes now.
February 17, 2021
FINALLY.
This is from the golden age of my early years reading comics. The X-Men were my favorite, and especially the Summers family. I was the weirdest 6-year-old boy ever. Strange adults would meet me and ask me who my favorite superhero was, and I would say, "The Summers family," and get confused looks.
So, those of us who lived through the 90s know that writers had this story queued up a long time ago. There was the time Jean met Adam X and seemed all shocked. There was that time Adam X encountered Philip Summers and used his powers to somehow keep the old man from dying of hypothermia or something. We already knew that Adam was clearly meant to be "the third Summers brother." We just went decades without anyone actually finalizing the story. At last, here it is.
This is very much a Summers special, and not so much a Grey family thing. We see Cyclops, Havok, Corsair, and Cable. No Jean or Rachel, though.
This is from the golden age of my early years reading comics. The X-Men were my favorite, and especially the Summers family. I was the weirdest 6-year-old boy ever. Strange adults would meet me and ask me who my favorite superhero was, and I would say, "The Summers family," and get confused looks.
So, those of us who lived through the 90s know that writers had this story queued up a long time ago. There was the time Jean met Adam X and seemed all shocked. There was that time Adam X encountered Philip Summers and used his powers to somehow keep the old man from dying of hypothermia or something. We already knew that Adam was clearly meant to be "the third Summers brother." We just went decades without anyone actually finalizing the story. At last, here it is.
This is very much a Summers special, and not so much a Grey family thing. We see Cyclops, Havok, Corsair, and Cable. No Jean or Rachel, though.
February 19, 2021
Marvel get Brett Booth to draw another X-Men book, but this time it works. And, if you're able to set aside some things he's said on social media in the past (and it's understandable if you can't) he does some pretty solid work on this book. It screams mid-nineties, sure, but that's entirely appropriate as this is a story set after #39 of the nineties adjectiveless X-Men series, with repeated references to an issue of Captain Marvel from 1995.
As for that story, if the whole "third Summers brother" dangling plot thread has been bothering you for a quarter of a century and you really, really want the true identity and backstory of Adam-X "The Extreme" to be resolved...well, this is the comic for you. If you have NO IDEA what I'm talking about then, uh, you could do worse than listening to Jay & Miles X-Plain The X-Men who have, I know, covered it in depth. Well, in as much depth as obscure X-Men dangling plotlines from the mid-nineties deserve.
This book very much captures the feel of mid-nineties X-men comics, and how much you liked mid-nineties X-Men will probably determine how much you like enjoy this comic. The one thing that works against it is that, at the time, this plotline would almost certainly have been interwoven with several other ongoing plotlines. The fact that these aren't slotted in between scene transitions actually feels a little jarring at times, and things feel a little rushed as a consequence. However, that's definitely made up for with...well...just the thrill of finally having this gap filled.
Because, you see, I have spent the last twenty five years wondering about this, because I'm that kind of obsessive nerd. This book was made for me and people like me, and if I could travel back in time and tell my friends on the Comics And Anime forum on AOL not to worry, because in twenty five years time they'd go back and resolve this dangling plotline it would...well...it would be really, really weird, actually. But probably no weirder than a lot of my posts on that forum.
Anyway, yes, good comic is good, but your mileage may well vary.
As for that story, if the whole "third Summers brother" dangling plot thread has been bothering you for a quarter of a century and you really, really want the true identity and backstory of Adam-X "The Extreme" to be resolved...well, this is the comic for you. If you have NO IDEA what I'm talking about then, uh, you could do worse than listening to Jay & Miles X-Plain The X-Men who have, I know, covered it in depth. Well, in as much depth as obscure X-Men dangling plotlines from the mid-nineties deserve.
This book very much captures the feel of mid-nineties X-men comics, and how much you liked mid-nineties X-Men will probably determine how much you like enjoy this comic. The one thing that works against it is that, at the time, this plotline would almost certainly have been interwoven with several other ongoing plotlines. The fact that these aren't slotted in between scene transitions actually feels a little jarring at times, and things feel a little rushed as a consequence. However, that's definitely made up for with...well...just the thrill of finally having this gap filled.
Because, you see, I have spent the last twenty five years wondering about this, because I'm that kind of obsessive nerd. This book was made for me and people like me, and if I could travel back in time and tell my friends on the Comics And Anime forum on AOL not to worry, because in twenty five years time they'd go back and resolve this dangling plotline it would...well...it would be really, really weird, actually. But probably no weirder than a lot of my posts on that forum.
Anyway, yes, good comic is good, but your mileage may well vary.
December 15, 2022
This contains three short stories from popular runs of X-Men, and it is more for long time fans than "I'm going to read a bunch of graphic novels from the library to get closer to my GoodReads challenge goal, and ooh, the X-Men are cool" people like myself. Maybe I'd like it better if I was more familiar with the story lines that inspired these. Instead, I felt rather lost and would have been even more lost if I hadn't recently decided to watch the 1990's X-Men cartoon on my parent's Disney+ subscription. The comics do have little text boxes telling which comics could provide more context. There is also a Summers' family tree, since that convoluted family is featured very prominently, and two of the stories are preceded by a page listing the name and secret identity of prominent X-Men (well, X-Factor members). Art is in the typical comics style, although in some of Walter Simonson's panels Jean Gray is in some interesting poses.
February 24, 2021
Fantastic blast from the past.
This is very much in the same vein as X-Men Forever on that it continues a story from the early-mid 90s X-Men run. In this case we have a tale focused on Adam-X as a direct tangent/follow up to X-Men #39 (the first US X-Men comic that so bought so major nostalgia for this reader).
Fabian Nicieza was one of the top X-writers from that time and he hasn’t lost a step in pace.
Pace being a major word, in an era of decompressed storytelling (I for one had to bail on whatever Jonathan Hickman et al are doing with the X-universe), it truly is a novelty to have a very contained story with two major sub plots tying up by the last page and still leaving on a cliffhanger.
Thoroughly recommended.
This is very much in the same vein as X-Men Forever on that it continues a story from the early-mid 90s X-Men run. In this case we have a tale focused on Adam-X as a direct tangent/follow up to X-Men #39 (the first US X-Men comic that so bought so major nostalgia for this reader).
Fabian Nicieza was one of the top X-writers from that time and he hasn’t lost a step in pace.
Pace being a major word, in an era of decompressed storytelling (I for one had to bail on whatever Jonathan Hickman et al are doing with the X-universe), it truly is a novelty to have a very contained story with two major sub plots tying up by the last page and still leaving on a cliffhanger.
Thoroughly recommended.
April 18, 2021
ANOTHER secret Summers brother!
I remember that dude from my Marvel trading card collection. He seemed like a blip but I guess that hadn't been the plan. This seems like it will be a fun book. Even the art style is nostalgic. I like how they did the powers nullification thing like they did with Havok once upon a time. It should have tipped them off but whatever.
Looking forward to seeing the end of this story and finding out what other secrets will be told.
I remember that dude from my Marvel trading card collection. He seemed like a blip but I guess that hadn't been the plan. This seems like it will be a fun book. Even the art style is nostalgic. I like how they did the powers nullification thing like they did with Havok once upon a time. It should have tipped them off but whatever.
Looking forward to seeing the end of this story and finding out what other secrets will be told.
February 18, 2021
Intriguing. Good start, not my favorite cast of X-Men so far but I like the old school style it brings and the story seems solid enough to worth my time. I will definitely keep an eye on this series!
February 23, 2021
You can't run fast enough or far enough to escape who you are.
March 14, 2021
I loved this. Rarely do I like nostalgia comics, but this worked so well.
December 26, 2021
Off to great start.
It's been a long time since I've read an X-Men comics book. But I saw Fabian Nicieza's name I knew I'd be getting quality.
It's been a long time since I've read an X-Men comics book. But I saw Fabian Nicieza's name I knew I'd be getting quality.
June 12, 2022
Great art, neat to see stories that fans speculated about come together, and a nice add for a collector of the x-men, x-factor groups.
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