Oh the 90's....Man, it's kinda fun to take my own little time travel back to the good old days before smart phones and wi-fi dominated the frequencies of our existence. However, once I've traveled back, my 21st century sense of superiority starts to kick in and I begin to judge. Not too harshly, but more from a sociological perspective, taking note of the busy (yet still awesome) artwork, the long-winded narration, and (this is funny) the character thought bubbles saying things like: 'I'll take

This is perhaps the start to one of the BEST storylines EVER done in the entire history of "X" titles. I remember loving every volume and wishing they continued with the storylines from this point on, but eventually they put everything back.

The Age of Apocalypse could easily have been titled what if Charles Xavier died young. In this series Professor X died sometime after meeting Magneto, but before they came into conflict with one another. Because of how Professor X died, Magneto adopts his vision and makes his own version of the X-Men.  Apparently Charles Xavier's more pacifist approach lulled Apocalypse into a sense of false confidence in the normal timeline, but Apocalypse apparently felt threatened by Magneto and he strikes ou...

I love the Age of Apocalypse story when it was first published. Admittedly I wasn't as well-read back then, so the idea (time traveller kills Professor X, causing Magneto to instead become founder of the X-Men) seemed really fresh and original, and a lot of the changes to character and design were very interesting.Time, however, has not been kind to the Age of Apocalypse, as this collection of cheap cash-ins proves. Character motivations vary from chapter to chapter, people appear in places they...

There are some truly bad comics in this collection, but there are also some decent ones, and I have to admit that I have a softness for these 90 comics.

This was confusing as hell, and I figured out why.Here is the suggested reading order from an excellent Age of Apocalypse web site (http://www.uncannyxmen.net/db/time/sh...1) X-Men: AoA One-Shot [3rd story]02) X-Men Chronicles #103) X-Men Chronicles #204) Tales of the Age of Apocalypse #205) X-Man #minus 106) X-Man Annual '9607) X-Men: AoA One-Shot [2nd story]08) Tales of the Age of Apocalypse #109) X-Men: AoA One-Shot [1st story]10) Blink #111) Blink #212) Blink #313) Blink #4Here is the readin...

This is the first of four volumes that collect the entire mammoth story of the Age of Apocalypse.The first volume is really not too great. However, needs to be read to get a grasp on what is going on in the rest of the volumes. What is not here is the lead up; what made the Age of Apocalypse even happen in the first place and Marvel, in their infinite wisdom have not made that available.This is one of the last really good super crossovers done in comics. Basicly, a what-if story in continuity; t...

THEY KILLED CHARLES XAVIER FOR THIS??!I loved the four-issued spectacle that was Legion Quest , mostly because Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr's friendship was the main focus of that, even if Charles' insane son David (Legion) had to mess that all up via time-travel and attempted murder (of Erik); and then kills his own father instead. Douche move, Dave. That story arc ( which features the gayest Charles/Erik cover ever ) was apparently the prelude for this one, the long-winded alternate

The first instalment of Marvel's audacious attempt at rewriting history for four months in 1995, when the X-Books were discontinued and the X-Universe was thrown upside down, to a time where Prof X died in his youth (a result of the Legion Quest crossover). This book covers the background in a reality ruled savagely by Excalibur, Holocaust, Sinister, Cyclops(!), Havoc (!) etc. A reality where the Astonishing X-Men are led by Magneto! Introduces Nate Grey as 'X-Man' and continues the further adve...

What if visionary Charles Xavier died far earlier than expected. This Dystopian X-Men world focuses on Magneto as the underdog hero leader fighting against evil mutants who uses humans as test subjects and worse.Look for Blink and her special romance. OVERALL GRADE: B to B plus.

The world suffers with the absence of Charles Xavier. I notice lately that a lot of writers have been writing Xavier as a borderline villain. After all, he is at times reckless, selfish, arrogant, etc... and if I'm being fair, those writers are correct. But at the end of it all, he is a force for good. And he is an important character because of all the times he held the darkness at bay - so to speak. This book, and really the entire Age of Apocalypse storyline, is a testament to just how import...

I wanted to read Age of Apocalypse in publication order but i had access to this and didn't want waste time trying to untangle what goes where.Anyway.. as far as i can tell like 95% of this is stuff that was written way later and even though its chronological it was still really annoying. It was clearly done for an audience who had alreay read AoA.There are a few good issues mostly with Cyclops (loved the issue with Corsair) but overall just glad to get it out of the way so i start the actual Ag...

Ugh. This was long and boring. I picked it up because I loved the way AoA was represented in Uncanny X-Force, but this is no where near as streamlined as that was. It tries to simultaneously thrust you into a world that is fully established but also build the world up around you. The result is a mashup that doesn't do justice to either format and gives a completely disjointed look at the world. It doesn't even fully explain what is revealed. The concept is fascinating. That's what saved this boo...

Ah where to begin? The first part of this Epic was decent....and that is the ONLY reason this mess got 2 stars from me. Why a mess? Well this "Complete Epic" was so damn disjointed that it made little sense and whats worse is that it was damn confusing. The characters seem to change from comic to comic and the thread of the story is bizarre. I have read some excellent reviews on this site (unfortunately they , like myself, only gave 1 or 2 stars) explaining the TRUE order the comics should have

Doesn't make any sense whatsoever. Characters come and go, costumes change on every second page. Characters on the cover (Wild Child, some chick with a knife) do not even appear in the book at all. Apocalypse himself features in only about three panels. Wolverine loses a hand somewhere. And the last part of the book is a seemingly unrelated story about Blink in the Negative Zone. Maybe this all makes sense in books 2 & 3, but I doubt it.Oh, and Morph is the single most annoying character I have

The first of the mesmerising epic of the Age of Apocalypse graphic novels. The saga that shows you what could have been if Charles Xavier had been killed so many years before. The immensely evil Apocalypse is now practically a god and his chosen elite (the Prelates) will serve him and help him to submerge his enemies with his tyranny. This includes Magneto’s Astonishing X-Men who are fighting to keep order no matter how inconceivable and the remaining humans who are now the inferior race. Only t...

Actually a re-read, because I realized I'd never picked up volume 4 when it came out, and was reminded by the teaser after the newest X-Men movie.One of my favorite X-Men runs here - really great alternate versions of the main characters, excellent costumes and imagery, and beautiful artwork. A thoroughly enjoyable read.

Fun alternate universe version of the X-Men Universe. I'm not very well-versed in comic lore, but I believe this was later retconned into the mainstream Marvel Universe? Anyway, this collection focuses on many of the less prominent X-Men in an age where Magneto is the leader of the X-Men, and it only gets crazier and more fun from there. I took one star off since the order is kind of messy and confusing, so just understand these stories are not in chronological order. Instead, it's almost as if

I was very disappointed that there was little-to-no Apocalypse in this volume. He's the whole reason I picked it up. There's also an over-reliance on narration and exposition. I know it's a trope of many comic books, but I've read plenty other titles that are less dependent on it.The bright spots are the story lines with Cyclops and the relationship with Sabretooth and Blink, but I hope the latter becomes a little more central to the main plot over time.

Truly an epic story, and this is only the beginning! It's easy enough for me to follow from the beginning, as a person with some knowledge of the X-Men but not as an expert. It only gets tricky toward the last third, after everything's set up and it's more just stories about people under Apocalypse's rule. They are good stories, though, for the most part. Blink is a great character.The dialogue verges on the maudlin, but not as egregiously as it did in other stories of the time, and it's not too...