The Marvel universe as we once knew it is no more! An event years in the making and one that culminates in the Secret Wars crossover event, Marvel Comics has destroyed what’s left of its multiverse by smashing the last two planets together. All that’s left is Battleworld, a patchwork of lands from different points in Marvel history. I generally avoid crossover events like the plague, but the promise of total annihilation was too hard to ignore. So far, I’m glad to to be in!
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In Third Person Comic Book Show: Comics on a Budget
I’ve fallen on some hard times financially and have chosen to cut back on comics. Here’s my plan for how to get my fix without breaking the bank!
In Third Person Comic Book Show: Death of Wolverine Wrap-Up (SPOILERS)
Now that the series is over, I take a look back at the series that killed Wolverine. Was his death worth it?
In Third Person Comic Book Show: Marvel Comics 100th Anniversary
I discusses the Marvel 100th Anniversary initiative and my thoughts on the Spider-Man and X-Men one-shots that came out of it.
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In Third Person Comic Book Show: X-Men (1963)
The latest stop on my X-Men vision quest takes me back to stories that started it all!
X-Men: Mutant Genesis Review
When most people think of the X-Men, they think of the X-Men from the Mutant Genesis era. As part of the 1991 relaunch, longtime writer Chris Claremont combined both old and new X-Men teams together for the first time to face off against a rejuvenated Magneto. Paired with Jim Lee’s spectacular art, issue #1 would become the single best selling comic book of all-time; a record that it holds to this day. It also doesn’t hurt that most of the classic X-Men cartoon is based on this specific era of the team.
The X-Men: Mutant Genesis trade paperback contains the first seven issues from the aforementioned relaunch. Magneto is the focus of the first three issues, as he and a group of fanatical mutants threaten the Earth from his personal asteroid in outer space. Following that is the explosive debut of Omega Red.
X-Men Vol. 2: Muertas Review
Thought to have been dead for quite some time, Lady Deathstrike makes a mysterious return in X-Men Vol. 2: Muertas. This time, she and her new Sisterhood are out to modify their bodies into the ultimate killing machines. Can Jubilee, Storm and the others put an end to their devious plot before it’s too late?
New X-Men Book 5 Review
For a series that has made its mark by bulldozing its way through conventions that have defined Marvel’s mutants since their inception, Book 4 in the New X-Men series was kind of a letdown. By spreading the team out across the world to handle different missions, the end result was a book that wasn’t very cohesive, meaningful or entertaining. Maybe cognizant of the way the last installment played out, Grant Morrison’s New X-Men Book 5 is not only a return to form, but is also one of the most outside-the-box X-Men tales I’ve read yet.
Astonishing X-Men Ultimate Collection Book 2 Review
Though the Astonishing X-Men series ran from 2004 to 2013, Marvel has only given Joss Whedon and John Cassaday’s run on the series the Ultimate Collection treatment. I found Book 1 to be great overall, with the Gifted storyline being one of the best X-Men tales ever. Book 2 may not hit the highs of its predecessor, but it still delivers one of the better X-Men reads out there.
X-Men: First Class Vol. 1: Tomorrow’s Brightest Review
From the X-Men: First Class movie, to X-Men: Season One, to the current Marvel Now X-Men universe, the classic team of Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Beast, Ice Man and Angel have been very busy of late. One of their first retro revival efforts was X-Men: First Class Vol. 1: Tomorrow’s Brightest. This 8-issue limited run was comprised of new one-off stories that took place during their heyday. Though the concept may have been novel at the time, I don’t think its execution gives it much to stand on beyond that.
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