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Summary: Continuing Morrison's amazing run
Review: Note: this review refers to New X-Men Vol. 2: Imperial. Grant Morrison's earth shaking run on New X-Men continues in this collected volume following the shattering events of E is for Extinction. Professor X, whose mind and body is under the control of his evil twin sister Cassandra Nova, is attempting to manipulate the Shi'ar empire to destroy all the mutants on Earth. Meanwhile, the X-Men are in dissary. Beast is in a coma, while Cyclops and Emma uncover even more about the mysterious John Sublime and his U-Men. Wolverine helps out a young girl named Angel who discovers she is a mutant, while Jean scrambles amidst the mayhem. Morrison really weaves an awesome story, undoubtadly the best to hit the X-Men in years. The story is loaded with twists and turns and rich in character, and he even manages to make Cyclops and Emma the most interesting characters in the book and doesn't focus primarily on Wolverine like so many X-books have in the past. The only downside of this collection is the art. While the art in various issues by Frank Quitely and Ethan Van Sciver is great, Igor Kordey's art is nearly atrocious. I mean come on, I've seen this guy's art in Cable and X-Treme X-Men and it was solid, but here it looks plain old sloppy and rushed. That aside though, this volume is worth picking up as it continues Grant Morrison's now legendary run, and it sure beats out any X-Men material to come out before it or recently since Morrison's departure.
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Summary: New X-Men
Review: Overall, these books are very good, from Volume 1-6...
The only thing that affect dramatically these books is the art, when It's drawm by Igor Kordey.
For me, on a comic-book, the art is as important as the story and definitely, the decision of choosing Mr. Kordey for the art on Morrison stories was a disaster. Because Mr. Kordey's art obviously is not for these comic books. (His style probably applies to other kind of works, but for a comic-book, to me, is just horrible.)
If you don't mind the art on these books, go ahead and buy them all because the stories are really good.
But if you are like me, that I enjoy the art as well, I suggest you to take a look first before buying the volumes with Mr. Kordey's work.
Jose Carlos Vázquez
Madrid, Spain
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Summary: Assault on Weapon Plus reprints New X-Men #139-145
Review: 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.
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Summary: New X-Men #118-126
Review: The quality keeps going on here. The X-Men are still very fresh and interesting in this volume. The story still great. The art still good. The New X-Men stories are much more character driven than what I remember.
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Summary: Exciting!!
Review: The second volume of Grant Morrisons X-men run cranks up the action and the drama. Morrisons storytelling skills are astounding, when Cassandra was coming back to destroy the Xmen i could feel the desperation and fear of the characters. Clever plot twists are around every corner. The only reason i gave the book 4 stars is due to the fluctuating quality of the art, sometimes its good and sometimes its bad. A good follow up to "E IS FOR EXTICTION". EP
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Summary: Unfocused.
Review: The third installment of Grant Morrisons run on the Xmen slows down the pace slightly as it tries to expand on certain plotlines. Scott begins to have an affair with Emma, Xorn tries to help a confused mutant, a dangerous threat is unleashed in France, Fantomex is introduced (UGH) and Polaris tries to cope with her fathers (Magneto) legacy. The story is quite interesting, unfortunatly the art isn't up to snuff. The storyline where the Xmen are attacked in a subway in France is atrociously drawn, too much is going on and the hideous art made it very hard to understand what exactly is happening. I wouldn't reccommend it. EP
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Summary: Classic Comic Story Telling Today...
Review: The word I thought of in reading Quitely and Morrison's version of the X-men was "dense." As in "the work exhibited some density": every frame and every sentence played an important role in the development of the story. There wasn't much, if any, creative waste, if i can phrase it that way. Another word I thought of was "beautiful": Quitely's lines and Morrison's words stand separately and work together both, forming a very clean, excitingly fluid story reminiscent of some of John Byrne's or Neal Adams's best work. Unfortunately, the duo's cooperation isn't seen throughout this book: fill-in artists serve on several pages. Regardless, Quitely's and Morrison's work make this worth noting if not buying. Thank you. Roland
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Summary: Don't take my opinion as gospel...
Review: This book may not be as bad as I think. In all likelihood it's not. Grant Morrison is an extremely talented writer and Frank Quitely is a gifted artist. It just doesn't feel like the X-men to me. I loved Quitely's art on The Authority, but seeing it applied to X-men I've known and loved for years makes them seem, well, uglier somehow. And Grant Morrison's hinting at marital troubles between Scott Summers and Jean just seems to fly in the face of so many years of character building. Like I said, don't take my opinion as gospel. That would be about the greatest disservice you could do to yourself. I truly believe that the comicbook (as Stan Lee spells it) is a viable art form and this book is an accurate representation of true artists at work. I just miss the Jim Lee days.
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Summary: morrison's excellence continues
Review: this continues the story that started in new xmen: e is for extinction. if you liked that, then you should read this as well, to see how it all turns out
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Summary: Could be better.
Review: This is perhaps the worst New X-Men TPB of the lot, possibly because the stories in collection are rather slow-paced, and littered with poor artwork from Igor Kordey. I don't know why he has to draw everyone with wrinkles all over - Xavier, Emma Frost, Jean Grey... none escaped. Nevertheless the standard set by New X-Men is maintained. It's also nice to see cameos from X-Men who are not the main characters this series, like Archangel, Storm, etc. Also included appearances from younger X-Men like Siryn, Multipe Man, etc. Overall an acceptable read. Get it to complete your collection.
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