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Title: The Astonishing X-Men by Alan Davis, Terry Kavanagh, Howard Mackie, Brett Booth, Brandon Peterson ISBN: 0-7851-0754-1 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: 02 October, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: This is why no one reads comics
Comment: Really atrocious. The story begins with the X-men disbanding, and then just reforming for no reason with new members. No explanation is given as to why these characters come in, or even what the point of it all is. The was decent in places, but on the whole pretty [disappointing], and there was basically no characterization. I felt cheated after reading this even though I hadn't even bought it. Thank God Grant Morrison came along and saved the X-men.
Rating: 3
Summary: An okay story in a nicely produced TPB
Comment: This TPB reprints X-Men #92, Astonishing X-Men #1-3, Uncanny X-Men #375 and X-Men #95.
The innocent and scared little Nina calls out to Jean Grey for help. A mysterious warrior called Death is hunting her and her friends down. Jean and Cyclops team up with Cable, X-Man and Wolverine to help them out. But as the story progresses, they find out that they're dealing with much more than what they expected.
This is the prologue to the unfortunately poorly executed Twelve storyline - with a truly surprising and questionable ending. The story in this one is average as the X-Men are perpetually searching for the children and their hunter - Occasionally retreating back to base. It has some okay twists. The action scenes are pretty good and there is another big surprising action scene that goes a little bit over the top.
My major gripe with this one is mostly the art. I mean, it's very good and the colouring is excellent (although a bit too polished at times - especially the characters), but the characters don't look anything like how we know them. They look entirely different. Cable looks a bit like MacGuyver and lost some pounds, while Gambit gained some in his chin, Nate looks more like a little boy (more than he already is), Cyclops also seems to have found the fountain of youth and some drawings of Jean Grey are a terrible disgrace.
But that doesn't take much away from the comic overall. Still a pity though, cos it would have raised my rating. And with no numbering of the pages (I don't think they should ever start doing that), the page numbers on the chapter index seem a bit useless. But it's nice to know how many pages this TPB has before you start reading it.
You might want to read the Twelve storyline after reading this anyway, but as of writing it's not out on TPB form yet. I'd suggest waiting for the TPB, which will be released sooner or later - Or if you're really in a hurry, head down to the local comic shop and get the induvidual comic issues.
Rating: 4
Summary: The X-Men Dream Team
Comment: The X-Men Dream Team, that's the cast of the TPB collection of the Astonishing X-Men-Cyclops, Phoenix, Wolverine, Cable, X-Man (Nate Grey) and Angel. Beautifully drawn by Brandon Peterson, this prequel to the end of the millenium X-Men epic "The Twelve" is well scripted and action packed and contains a shocker ending that will leave you breathless. I just wish however that they will follow this up with an X-Men "The Twelve" collection so the readers wont feel cheated by the shocker ending. All in all, the art, writing and most especially the cast, makes this collection a must have for old and new X-fans.
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Title: New X-Men: Assault on Weapon Plus (New X-Men, Book 5) by Grant Morrison, Chris Bachalo, Phil Jimenez ISBN: 0785111190 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: December, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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Title: Ultimate X-Men: Return of the King (Ultimate X-Men) by Mark Millar, David Finch, Adam Kubert ISBN: 0785110917 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: Marvel Legends: X-Men (X-Men Legends) by Chris Claremont, Walter Simonson, Arthur Adams ISBN: 0785110496 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: September, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Uncanny X-Men: Holy War (Uncanny X-Men) by Chuck Austen, Ron Garney, Philip Tan ISBN: 0785111336 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.99 |
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Title: X-Men Legends: Hated & Feared (X-Men) by Michael Golden, Brian Stelfreeze, Steven Grant, John Smith, Ian Edgington, Jeff Jensen, Greg Rucka, Chuck Austern, J. Torres, Bruce Jones ISBN: 0785113509 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: January, 2004 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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