Introduction: I have been reading the “X-Men” comics for awhile now, but there was one story line that fans were raving about during the 1990s and that was “X-Men: Mutant Genesis!” Well, the reason why “X-Men: Mutant Genesis” was praised a lot by the fans during the 1990s was because this was the highest selling comic book at the time. It also helped paved way for the famous 1990s cartoon series and it even paved way for an arcade game called “X-Men: Children of the Atom.” “X-Men: Mutant Ge

A new X-Men title, with issue one being the best selling comic book ever at the time with 8 million copies sold! After 25 years Chris Claremont's swansong introduces Fabian and the Acolytes, and what looks like a return to madness and evil for Magneto!What else? Dazzler, Lila, Longshot, Maverick, Sabretooth, Fenris, Matsuo and The Hand! Many saw this as a big upping in the X-book genre, I just thought it was OK, but agree that Jim Lee's art was pretty good, but I found the storylines too much fo...

This one took me back to the halcyon days of the early 90s with the vibrant over the top artwork. The last of Claremont's legendary run as well.Ahh...memories.

Honestly, I do not understand why this graphic novel gets so much hype. It is really divided into two sort of linked stories. The first story is a bit of a confused jumble, with Magneto at the center, but his goals a muddled mess, and the X-men's goals also pretty poorly explained. At one point the X-men get brainwashed, but it doesn't even really explain how...This is a shame, because there were hints of a good story here, but it just ended up being long, chaotic, and unfulfilling. The second s...

So much talking, endlesly talking about stuff no-one cares + so much mixed-up memories of Wolverine. Basicly just like everty other 90s X-men comic. Although, Lee drew some really funny heroic poses.

This was a definitive Nineties classic. Marvel Comics launched a new title for artist Jim Lee to actively co-plot. The result was a perfect storm of a bestseller. The great Lee art, the multiple covers, a new number one issue, and comic book speculation, these were all factors that resulted into a genuine Guinness World Record. Over seven million copies of the first issue were sold.This effectively relaunched the X-Men and defined them for a decade. This trade paperback collects the first seven

This was a blast from the past of Jim Lee’s debut X-Men title to was published in 1991. This collected volume contained issues 1-7 & have been recoloured from their original. These issues cover Magneto & Astroid M to Wolverine & the return of Omega Red. Even after all these years these stories still hold up due The the magnificent writing of Chris Claremont, Jim Lee, & Scott Lobdell. This contains the ultimate pencilling of Jim Lee’s art making the X-Men larger than life. If you’re a X-Men fan &...

Since the new X-Men title X-Men Forever picks up in the middle of this story, I figured I should re-read it. It's been ages since I last did and I couldn't remember what had happened.The story is a bit convoluted (but then what Claremont story isn't?), but it was interesting and enjoyable. I really like Magneto's internal conflict about his own destiny; he's swiftly becoming a favorite character as I re-read old issues. The second half of the story, which deals with Wolverine being kidnapped by

Not bad, worth a readChris Claremont and Jim Lee are the legendary X-Men combo that I grew up with and always remember. This collection isn't bad, the art is fantastic but the story leaves a little to be desired. I enjoyed the second narrative involving Omega Red but in general both stories are a little dry and relatively unrelated. Not a terrible X-Men comic, but not the best. I love this X-Men line up though, again, these are the X-Men I grew up with so I love seeing all my favorite characters...

great artwork but the story didn't grasp me.

Four stars? Three?It's a little late in the day to catch up on X-Men from 1991,but I stopped reading shortly after John Byrne left.Incidentally, the story scripted by Byrne, and plotted by Jim Lee, after Claremont's final story... the worst. I realize it's supposed to be an epilogue and prologue between two story arcs, but it was annoyingly non eventful.Also, I'm not supposed to say this, but Rogue and Gambit really are the trashiest "wrong side of the tracks" kind of mutants. Was the X-Men real...

The best part of this graphic novel is that most of the characters get pretty equal time as the main focus, which is no easy task considering how many characters are involved in the X-Men universe. What I liked even better was the frequent focus on Rogue, who's my personal favorite of the X-Men. There was one storyline, however, that just kind of popped up a couple times, but had no real resolution and didn't really seem to fit the rest of the narrative.

This is the best X-Men book that I have ever read! Seeing the X-men in their Jim Lee's outfits reminds me of the animated series! I feel so nostalgic! Plus, I learned about the original Gold and Blue teams. Chris Claremont was meant to write X-men.

A decent storyThough I'm not a big fan of the splashy artwork that was the norm in the nineties. Still, the X-Men were passable, barely. Right before they went downhill for a decade.

Good art and good story but wayyyyy too wordy. CC must not have trusted JL’s art to be able to help tell the tale.

A bit of nostalgia might be coloring my rating, since this era of the X-Men is the one that I remember most from my teenage years, but I still find these issues pretty great. The art is fantastic, Omega Red is an awesome (and far too underutilized) villain, and there is just the right mix of action and soap opera going on here.

Hey Remember when Magneto was a straight villain? Remember when Gambit had a crush on Rogue? Remember when Wolverine would slash first and ask questions later? Remember when there was a gold team and blue team for X-men? Finally do you remember when X-men was actually really good. I just could not wait to get my hands on this piece of X-men nostalgia which just reminds me that Marvel just does not understand the X-men anymore in comics. Jim Lee's artwork was at its height of fame during 90s. I w...

The book, mutant genesis by Chris Claremont is about the current X-Men return to Earth to find that Professor X's old friend, the Shadow King, has risen to power once again. While this is all happening a new group called x-factor has come into the marvel universe. I really liked the art style it’s extremely detailed and intricate while having that classic comic vibe. This story was really good and it was really enjoyable. The setting really fits the story because it’s in an urban city and that’s...

Chris Claremont is the definitive writer of the X-Men comics. He wrote for this series for sixteen years, if you can imagine. The X-Men that I personally grew up with was the animated series version which was more or less based from Claremont's stories. This is why I chose to read first the 1991-1992 short run of X-Men which only had eleven issues. This volume is comprised of the first seven of that roster with two main story arcs; one about Magneto (#1-3) while the rest is about Wolverine (#4-7...

4.5 rounded up. Owned/read some of these issues as a kid and they are still so fun 😭