X-Men Visionaries: Joe Madureira

X-Men Visionaries

by Joe Madureira (Illustrator), Scott Lobdell, Jeph Loeb

Exploding onto the comics scene in 1994, Joe Madureira quickly became one of the top talents in the field. With a look heavily influenced by the Japanese manga style, Madureira's clean and powerful images fueled the success of Marvel's mutant super hero team the X-Men throughout the 1990s. Collected here are some of the finest examples of Madureira's artistic mastery, as he takes the mutant super hero team through every locale imaginable.In the Morlock tunnels beneath New York City, the X-Men face a new generation of outcast mutants, the vengeful Gene Nation. Then it's off to Hong Kong, where the merry mutants are immersed in eastern mysticism in the "Quest for the Crimson Dawn". In the farthest reaches of outer space, the X-Men must protect themselves from both the Imperialistic Shi'Ar and the mechanical parasites the Phalanx.

Finally the children of the Atom find themselves in an Antarctic stronghold where one of their own is forced to stand trials for his sins against all mutantkind.

Genres: Graphic Novels, X Men, Marvel, Comics

176 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2000

Reviews

[Baba · Rating 3 out of 5]

Uncanny X-Men from X-Men: Legion Quest to the seeds of X-Men: Operation Zero Tolerance. That weird time in X-Men lore in the 1990s with a young 'good' Magneto, the X-traitor conspiracy, a feral Wolverine and the birth of Generation X, as well as the outputs from the X-Men: The Complete Age of Apocalypse Epic, Book 1, but what I remember most was this, the terrible (albeit hugely popular) anime-style art from Joe Madureira... sorry! 6out of 12.

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[Paul Michaels · Rating 3 out of 5]

In the mid-nineties the X-titles had numerous artists locked into working in "The Jim Lee style", we have Joe Madureira (and Chris Bachalo) to thank for pushing the series beyond that. As the only X-Men collection dedicated to Joe Madureira, this is by default the "best" collection of his work you're going to get on this particular title.

I read these 7 issues when I was a teenager, and the fact that I remember them almost 20 years later should tell you how impactful they were. Despite some occasionally horrible colouring Joe Mad's talents shine through in each issue and manage the carry the now painfully dated storylines. There are a few "missing" issues, which make it look like Marvel made little effort into putting the collection together. We get to see Psylocke alive in well in issue 325, then the next time we see her in 329 she's in critical condition. Which would be understandable if another artist filled in for issue 328 ... but it was actually another stellar Joe Mad issue.

I think the dream collection for X-Men and Joe Madureira fans would have his work in it's original form (like the black and white Spawn reprint) and include all of the cover art he did for the series. This collection is a nice taster, but left me wanting more.

[Jeff Harris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Joe Madureira was my favorite X-Men artist through the bulk of the nineties, and this graphic novel collection contains some of his very best issues of penciling. I was a little disappointed that they didn't include ALL of the stories that he drew, but still, this is excellent stuff. The X-Men have to handle an aggressive set of young, vengeful Morlocks called the Gene Nation with the assistance of former teammate Colossus in the first included story. Then, Wolverine and Archangel join forces with Doctor Strange to try to find a cure for the horribly injured Psylocke, though why the editors didn't think to include the issue where she is so brutally harmed by Sabretooth is beyond me. After that, Rogue, Joseph, Gambit, Beast, Bishop, and Trish Tilby are jettisoned into outer space to assist the Shi'Ar in warding off a Phalanx Invasion following Gladiator's memorable, very fun to read toe-to-toe match with Cannonball. If you want all your questions answered in terms of what was going on in the X-Men stories of the era, then that's not going to happen with the gaps between the included issues, but if you want to see the best of Joe Madureira's incredible artwork, then this is a collection that you should not pass up.

[Fugo Feedback · Rating 3 out of 5]

Si no me equivoco, leí todo este tomo en las revistas de Forum que llegaban al país hace como 15 años, después tengo que chequear si tengo todos los números. En cuanto al comic en sí... Bueno, por algún motivo Madureira me tenía tan fascinado a mis 14-15 años, que me compraba todos sus Patrulla-X por más pavotes que fueran los guiones de Lobdell (que por algún extraño motivo también me gustaba entonces). Seguramente en su época le habría puesto cuatro estrellitas, pero como temo que releyéndolo ahora el promedio bajaría a dos, prefiero dejar un tibio trío estelar hasta que lo relea (si es que lo hago) y blablablablá...

[Joey · Rating 5 out of 5]

when madureira left uncanny x-men, i stopped purchasing it. his manga style brought a great element to the story, especially during the phalanx covenant.

[Treyr rash · Rating 5 out of 5]

I like this book because I like X-men.this book is a graphic novel because it c

[Dony Grayman]

El contenido de este libro fue publicado en castellano en la edición española de Forum de La Patrulla-X (vol. II) y estoy bastante seguro de tenerlos todos, así que actualizaré con sus equivalencias ni bien lo corrobore.