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Title: New X-Men Vol. 2: Imperial by Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely, Ethan Van Sciver ISBN: 0-7851-0887-4 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: July, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.77 (22 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: I hate it when Amazon.com does this
Comment: It's hard to figure out which review point to what... Why doesn't Amazon.com simply leave reviews for this volume instead of linking to other books in the series. It makes it confusing to figure out if this hardcover edition is worth buying over the paperbacks....
Rating: 4
Summary: Assault on Weapon Plus reprints New X-Men #139-145
Comment: The first story is "Murder at the Mansion" [art by Jimenez], and it's fun for mystery fans. It picks up where NEW X-MEN: RIOT AT XAVIER'S left off. Jean gives Emma Frost a Very Hard Time indeed (although not as hard as she could have, given the situation). In the process, we learn about Emma's origin.
Bishop and Sage come to investigate the murder. The faculty and students are all suspect. Bishop makes reference to what happened to him (and Sage) when they were at the Institute the previous winter [see X-TREME X-MEN: SCHISM]. As in NEW X-MEN: NEW WORLDS, Mr. Morrison shows more respect to his guest stars than Mr. Claremont did in SCHISM. Prof. X's method of assuring Bishop that he is not an impostor or possessed made me smile. I laughed aloud at Basilisk's declaration for the game of "Clue" he and the Beak were playing when Bishop enters Mr. Xorn's classroom. The prisoner Bishop visits in a jail does not support SCHISM's suggestion that the main X-Men believe that mutants are above the law.
We get a confession! Is it real? What's in the shack out back? What secret is the Beak so frantic to hide? Can you spot the killer?
The "Assault on Weapon Plus" section [art by Bachalo], gets a rousing start that makes me chortle with delight whenever I reread it. Scott is at the Hellfire Club. I found his reply to a gorgeous dancer quite funny. Even funnier is Scott's conversation with Sabretooth. Suave Sebastian Shaw's appearance is not dull. His opinion of Scott's drink is more elegantly worded than Sabretooth's, but no more flattering. I'm not a big fan of Mr. Bachalo's art in general, but he was perfect for the Hellfire Club scenes. The guys' expressions are great. I loved Wolverine's invitation to Scott, his men's room conversation with Sabretooth, and his advice concerning Scott's problem. Wolverine's expression at the end of this section cracks me up.
Unfortunately, "Assault on Weapon Plus" went downhill after part one. If you like explosions and slugfests, you'll probably have more fun with Cyclops', Wolverine's, and Fantomex's adventures in parts two through four than I did. I did enjoy Cyclops' nice speech about Wolverine, as well as his order to Fantomex and Fantomex's response in part three. From part four I also liked Cyclops' reason why he and Wolverine should remove their x-jackets, the man who may or may not be Fantomex's boss telling him why they're disappointed in him, and Wolverine's first response when he's asked the purpose of life.
"Murder at the Mansion" and part one of "Assault on Weapon Plus" get a big "thumbs up" from me. Parts two and three have good spots. More importantly, you'll want this book (and E IS FOR EXTINCTION, IMPERIAL, NEW WORLDS, and RIOT AT XAVIER's -- or NEW X-MEN HARDCOVERS one and two) when the PLANET X volume comes out. I, for one, am extremely impressed with Mr. Morrison's long-range planning, careful planting of clues, and going back to what appeared to be mere throw-away lines in the earlier volumes.
Rating: 5
Summary: Great book, great hardcover edition
Comment: The New X-Men with Grant Morrison is constantly surprising me. It makes some twists in the story and it captures the reader. There's only one thing I don't like: the face of the characters changes too much from one number to another (check Wolverine or Emma Frost). There are diferent pencilers so there's nothing to do about it.
You have the New X-Men vol3 & vol4 (of regular paperback editions) and some behind the scenes (drawings). Don't get confused because of the links to paperback edition. The paper cover is the same from the paperback edition of volume 3
I love the hardcover edition because if you need something to show in your bookshelf, you can remove the paper cover and you get a nice black book.
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Title: New X-Men: Riot at Xavier's (New X-Men, Book 4) by Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely, Keron Grant ISBN: 0785110674 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: July, 2003 List Price(USD): $11.99 |
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Title: New X-Men Vol. 1: E is for Extinction by Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely ISBN: 0785108114 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: 01 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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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: Ultimate X-Men, Vol. 2 by Mark Millar, Chuck Austen, Adam Kubert ISBN: 0785111301 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: X-Treme X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills II (X-Treme X-Men) by Chris Claremont ISBN: 0785112545 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: December, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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