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The Jewels of Cyttorak (X-Men)

The Jewels of Cyttorak (X-Men)

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Jewels of Cyttorak
Review:

The Past
Korea, World War II
Charles Francias Xavier and his step brother Cain Marko were fighting someone else's war. Both strong men, they were soldiers for America. But then, bombs began to fall.

Cain Marko, fearing his own life, took off into the jungle. Not wanting his step-brother to face a possible court martial, Xavier followed. What they found would forever change their life.

The temple was desrted, crumbling with age, and very claustrophobic. Cain was drawn inside. Xavier tried to follow. Cain found a large gem, a ruby the size of a bowling ball. Cain's greed made him touch it. Cain was forever turned into the Unstoppble Juggernaut, and the worst enemy of the X-Men.

Centuries before, a similar gem had called to two young monks of the sacred order of Cyttorak. The emerald that spoke to them was as large as the ruby. They reahed out to touch it. But an elder monk, knowing it would release the terrible Cyttorak into this dimesion if one person touched both stones, broke the emerald into three peices, which went spinning into the future.

Present day
The Emerald Shards were found by three people. It gave one eternal life, the second the power to control and entire city, and the third remained hidden in a box, where it had been since the day it had been unearthed, on a dig in Korea. Then, it's discoverer dying, he showed it to his sons, Gary and Robert Service. One heeded his father's warning about not touching the emerald. The other touched it and became almost as tall, strong, and powerful as the Unstoppable Juggernaut.

The Juggernaut felt pain when the emerald was touched. He hadn't felt pain since the day he'd touched the Ruby. It made him stomp off in search of its cause. Meanwhile, the Service boy set off in search of the other two shards of the emerald. He figured if he could find the rest, he would be unstoppable.

It's now up to the X-Men to find this new Juggernaut, before he becomes too powerful, and save the world from ultimate destruction! But this time, they may not win....

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A great Masterpiece indeed!!
Review: An interesting piece of novel done by Dean Wesley Smith. Very imaginative and powerfully addictive. In just less than one day i spent a serene afternoon reading this wonderful novel amazed at the beautifully written comic literature. A joy to read, a story to be unforgettable, this book is a best by for me!

aka: Proteus

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: sickening
Review: Fresh from reading the vastly superior "Smoke and Mirrors" book, I expected another (at least decent) ride through the fantastic world of Marvel. Instead, I found a formulated story about (gasp!> another juggernaut. lah-de-dah The new characters were just carbon copy stereotypes. The hermit, the crime-lord, etc. In this book, A true minute of emotion was virtually non-existent. Don't waste your time on this book.

P.s. The cover art was atrocious.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A good story line and plot makes it worth the money
Review: I thought that the way the X-Men and the Juggernaut put aside their differences to stop a NEW Juggernaut and save the planet was a good storyline and the subplot of the people that hold the shards of the emerald of Cytarrak was very good. also i like the way the X-Men save the planet from a much greater thrat than theey realized.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: horrible
Review: I thought this book was just plain awful. Just plain awful. It was nothing but a big fight scene and the characterization was non-existent, and the characters were pointless, and... I could go on. Of course, everybody has their own opinion, but I don't think this book was worth the $7.00.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Purile garbage!
Review: I'm not really surpirised I don't like this, and most of the people before me back this up. It was extremely poor, with a beyond-basic plot that went along with unwavering predictablitiy. The characters were dull and unrealistic, with no true redeeming features. The artwork was, to put it mildly, bog standard and unimpressive.

The characters recieve nothing from this book, nor do they truly evolve or develop through it. Why must people continue to publish such junk? When will they realise that people actually want to put down a comic book and walk away WITH something that they will take with them forever. Praise Niel Gaiman!

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: .......zzzzzzz
Review: If I could go back in time I probably would have never bought this book. The plot has me snoring through most of the book and I have seen better writing in children's books. Maybe I could use the book for a paperweight.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: From frying pan into the fire
Review: One would think that having one Juggernaut is bad enough... but two of them? Well, that's what happens here. This time, however, it is an emerald (split into three pieces) that causes the trouble. Each use causes the original Juggernaut something like a heart attack, and the new Juggernaut (a would be heir to millions with a minority complex) becomes stronger. And the two are on a diret collision course for each other. Can the X-Men keep the two apart (and if not, can they win against TWO of them, or one with the power of two)? Only time will tell

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: This book rocks!!
Review: This book is so cool! It not only is a great read for comic book fans everywhere but if you are so not into comics, you can still find this a great read.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: X-Men - The Jewels of Cyttorak
Review: This book was one of the best books I've read. I liked all the characters and the scenes in the book. Who ever likes superstition or adventure books, this is the one you got to read. This book is about Juggernaunt and the emerald. This emerald gives Juggernaunt strong powers. Since there is another emerald in the same dimension, who ever wears it will make Juggernaunt weak. It is up to the X-Men to stop Steve Service who has the emerald. I liked the characters in the book. Gambit was good at sneaking in the office of the big boss. This book gives lots of suspense. This book also teaches teamwork. If the X-Men did not have team work in this book, they would have been defeated. I would rate this book an 8 between 1 to 10. It has lots of adventure and action. I loved this book and I hope you enjoy or enjoyed this book too.


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