THIS WAS SO GOOD!It starts off with some energy spike and a mutant coming to Earth and later we find that its Vulcan and we follow the X-Men trying to solve this mystery, some captured, some dead and then we follow this mystery and its epic the way its written and we follow the origin of Petra, Darwin and Sway and how Xavier met this team and all and how he sent them to rescue the trapped X-Men in Krakoa and the secrets are amazing but when his connection to Cyclops and the secrets are revealed

Fresh off my Brubaker high with his take on Captain America – are you getting bored with me gushing about him yet? – I found out that he took over the reigns of the long-running X-Men flagship title a couple of years back. (I’ve also been told to check out his Iron Fist relaunch. But that 70’s Kung Fu shtick still sends shivers of repulsion up my spine.) Despite my love for my friendly neighborhood mutants and Brubaker’s tight plotting and dialogue, I was put-off by the art. Harisine has his mom...

Marvel stopped publishing new X-Men stories in 1970. It had been a five-year long absence then, and Len Wein and Dave Cockrum wouldn't stand for it so they wrote what will be known as the definitive reboot issue entitled Giant-Size X-Men #1 . Introducing Storm, Nightcrawler, Wolverine and Colossus for the first time as part of the new team for the X-Men, it was a spectacular gateway story that led to Chris Claremont's legendary sixteen-year run for The Uncanny X-Men.This monumental is...

So, it wasn't bad. The concept is interesting. Mostly I'm glad it's over with. The execution and pacing seemed off. It was going for this big, reveal-y, mystery twist that was supposed to wow the reader into a convulsive stupor or something. But after a while, I just wanted them to get to it. The reveal was flat. The new stuff about this unknown X-Men team was the most interesting part. Getting to that sooner and running with it would have been much more entertaining. And the villain was an over...

For the 30th anniversary of Giant Size X-Men #1, the X book that revitalized the team and made them popular again, Marvel put out this storyline, which also served as a jumping off point for Ed Brubaker's X-Men run. It's kind of weird, though, because their way of honoring Giant Size X-Men was to totally retcon it. This book doesn't completely remove all of the events of that book, they still technically "happened," but it's still a weird move, particularly since the retcon itself doesn't really...

So I went into this already wanting to not like it. I tried my darndest to keep this from effecting my reading. And think I was fairly successful. Final result: I didn't like it.Brubaker forced the deep dark secret a bit too hard. This becomes especially apparent with the motivations he gives the primary movers. Sometimes writer's try and think of ways to make their big impression. The best way is to go back to the beginning and rewrite it in a shocking twist. The problem is, it is often done fo...

Story - 3.00Graphics - 3.00Supposedly good but maybe I'm not in to it...

Yet another sweeping ret-con from Marvel and an entirely unnecessary one at that. I honestly don't understand why some writers feel like they have to fuck up what came before to make an impact on the book they're writing. In my opinion, the whole 'everything you thought you knew is wrong' tack is lazy writing and more than a little disrespectful to the original creators.Other reasons I wasn't overly keen on this book:1. The revelation of the third Summers brother was very focused on Scott's reac...

I don't know why so many 1-star ratings for this...it's a crucial piece in the X-Men world. This is a hard one to review without spoilers but let's try this: When the original X-Men (Cyclops, Angel, Jean etc.) were trapped on Krakoa, Wolverine's team wasn't the first one sent to rescue them...!There's also the death of a X-Man who I really never saw much of in the comics, I think underutilized would be the word for him. But with the nature of comics, maybe he's been revived by now...Either way t...

In short, this is a weak story with several plot holes which makes a mockery of a franchise that already has a history of reworking established continuity to poor results. To what end? Another Summers brother who is completely disinteresting, another story in which Professor X acts like a jerk, a dead X-Men (for absolutely no good reason), and some horrible reworking of existing long running history to cram it all in which now require secrets to have been kept by several key characters for the l...

I found this to be a very satisfying Ret-Con. It took an heroic and epic moment from the X-men's past and gave it a shadier, less heroic re-evaluation. There were just enough secrets and lies added to the story to make it intriguing, but not too much to make it melodramatic and unbelievable. Finally, it created just as many unanswered questions as it did solved mysteries. And it did all of this in the middle of the biggest crisis to hit mutant-kind; namely, the fallout from m-day.I especially li...

The island of Krakoa is legendary in the X-Men universe. And any X fan knows, that the beginning of that legend is in giant size X-Men, where the original team is defeated/captured, and professor X has to then recruit a new team to save them. Comprising of Wolverine, Colossus, Nightcrawler, and other very notable X-Men, this story would mark a turning point for the team forever. So it's kind of a bold thing what Ed Brubaker did here in this story. He goes back to that well and changes things pre...

For a book that's primarily designed to retcon old continuity, retroactively add new characters and shake up the status quo of the pre-existing ones, this one was surprisingly good. Of course, I didn't have any investment in that old continuity, but I think what Brubaker did with Xavier here is quite interesting and fits with my understanding of the character fairly well. And hey, it's superhero comics, it's foolish to complain about those things in the first place. I also liked the backstories

The jumping on point for Ed Brubaker's X-Men with a story combining the past, present and future. Although a huge re-imagining of the past, the tension build up in the early part of the series is pretty riveting; but the best thing is the concept.. first time readers should be quite thrilled. A solid 8 from 12 from me, mainly for the concept, as the storytelling could have been a fair bit better.

Continuing the great Marvel cosmic Saga. 3.5 stars. This book really felt like a self contained story until the end. The last page shows you how this can be connected to the coming War of Kings. An omega level mutant pops up on the scene and Wolverine, Cyclops and Rachel are dispatched to check it out. Wolverine gets knocked out and Cyke and Rachel are taken hostage by this being. This story is about someone who felt he was lied to and manipulated by Professor X and has come for revenge. It also...

In the devastating aftermath of the House of M, the X-Men are attacked by a mysterious new mutant - but just who is he, and what is his connection to their past?Retcons happen all the time in comics, but not being old enough to remember the issue this references (Giant-Size X-Men #1, in case anyone's interested), the impact was kind of lost on me. 30 years is a long time in comics.Regardless, this isn't a great story. In fact, it's pretty hackneyed. Banshee basically shows up to die, and Vulcan

It's almost summer, meaning it is time once again to read ALL THE X-MEN!!!!This time around I'm filling some gaps in my collection before digging into whatever I've missed since the last time I read ATXM, and under this new rule, Deadly Genesis was first up. This book is hella dark, and of course now that I've read it there's at least two more books I never planned to read that I now must if ATXM are ever to be read by me. But I really enjoyed this one -- you can see the seeds of the First Class...

The third Summers brother was a huge dangling plot thread from when I read the X-Titles religiously (1995-2002). The resolution of that here, after no one demanded it, was a little underwhelming. Professor X is retroactively changed for no other reason than to advance Cyclops. It seemed unnecessary. The villain, Vulcan is cheesy and one note. The art was also inconsistent. I am a big fan of a lot of Brubaker's other stuff but this is pretty stale.

This is the second time that I have read this graphic novel. I am still amazed at the death of Banshee and the appearance of the four new X-Men from Krakoa. I was not as shocked at Xavier's mind alterations after the retconed events of Krakoa as I thought I would be. A great read from start to finish that leads to some pretty amazing stories in the X-Men universe.

There is not really much to say about this series. Sure the basic idea of a failed X-Men team and Xavier being guilty of it might be an interesting one, even if its just a retcon here, but I think the author tried too hard. Also the whole third Summer's son thing... yeah not interesting to me. I think for the most part this was pretty much a waste.Also one thing to the artist:Do your homework!!!I don't know how the first scene ever drawn about the mob attacking Nightcrawler looked like but I can...