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Summary: The beginning of the Age of Apocalypse
Review: Beginning with Cable #20, this TPB is the beginning of the Age of Apocalypse storyline which ran the X-books for four months. After that story is the X-Men Alpha one shot which gives us the first glance of this alternate timeline in which Charles Xavier never lived long enough to form the X-Men; thus there was no one to stop Apocalypse from taking over North America. We are introduced to Magneto's group of X-Men: his wife Rogue, his son Quicksilver, Nightcrawler, Iceman, Morph, Blink, Storm, Sabretooth, and Wild Child. We are also introduced to characters who would continue to appear in the various X-books including the deranged genius Dark Beast and Apocalypse's "son" Holocaust. Also seen are the villianous versions of Cyclops and his insane brother Havok; plus the theif for hire and ex X-Man Gambit, plus the couple of Logan and Jean Grey. Dawn of the Age of Apocalypse is good on it's own, but to fully appreciate it you need to read all the other AoA storylines which had a four issue run while the original titles were put on hold. They are (in order of which are the better):The Astonishing X-Men (Uncanny X-Men)
Generation Next (Generation X)
X-Man (Cable)
The Amazing X-Men (X-Men)
Weapon X (Wolverine)
Factor X (X-Factor)
X-Calibre (Excalibur)
Gambit & The X-Ternals (X-Force)
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Summary: The beginning of the Age of Apocalypse
Review: Beginning with Cable #20, this TPB is the beginning of the Age of Apocalypse storyline which ran the X-books for four months. After that story is the X-Men Alpha one shot which gives us the first glance of this alternate timeline in which Charles Xavier never lived long enough to form the X-Men; thus there was no one to stop Apocalypse from taking over North America. We are introduced to Magneto's group of X-Men: his wife Rogue, his son Quicksilver, Nightcrawler, Iceman, Morph, Blink, Storm, Sabretooth, and Wild Child. We are also introduced to characters who would continue to appear in the various X-books including the deranged genius Dark Beast and Apocalypse's "son" Holocaust. Also seen are the villianous versions of Cyclops and his insane brother Havok; plus the theif for hire and ex X-Man Gambit, plus the couple of Logan and Jean Grey. Dawn of the Age of Apocalypse is good on it's own, but to fully appreciate it you need to read all the other AoA storylines which had a four issue run while the original titles were put on hold. They are (in order of which are the better): The Astonishing X-Men (Uncanny X-Men)
Generation Next (Generation X)
X-Man (Cable)
The Amazing X-Men (X-Men)
Weapon X (Wolverine)
Factor X (X-Factor)
X-Calibre (Excalibur)
Gambit & The X-Ternals (X-Force)
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Summary: FAR better than the OTHER X-Men stuff
Review: Most of the, well, almost all of the X-Men things are, let's face it, purile crap with no true redeeming features and only the occasional rare flashes of briliance. But this was different. This and the entire age of apocalypse saga are different. They are good, DAMN good! It's like they stored up all the good bits and true characters and plot from 30 years, sucking it out of the rest of the series like some vampire, then hurled it all into one twist. The only thing that bugs me is that this, the ONLY worthy thing to come out of marvel in years (INCLUDING Todd McFarlane!) has been buiried and forgotten! If they would just scrap the xmen as they are NOW, and bring this back, they would have a real comic book!
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Summary: Nice overall introduction to the AoA storyline
Review: This TPB is a reprinting of Cable #20, "X-Men Alpha" and "Age of Apocalypse: the Chosen". It's part of the Age of Apocalypse storyline, where Charles Xavier has accidentally been murdered in the past - so the X-Men never came to exist and Apocalypse rules the US in the present. The artwork is excellent. The writing can be touching at times. I like the Cable part (the first book) - they do nothing but talk, but it's just a preparation of what is about to come: The nearing end of their existence. What follows is the Age of Apocalypse and a little introduction through the "new" characters. This book doesn't contain the complete story - so it's as useless as a vegetarian steak dinner without the other TPBs of this particular storyline. There are ten more. But there are also spin-offs like "Tales from the Age of Apocalypse" and the mini-series of Blink. For a complete reading list of this storyline, read my X-Men: LegionQuest review.
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Summary: Nice overall introduction to the AoA storyline
Review: This TPB is a reprinting of Cable #20, "X-Men Alpha" and "Age of Apocalypse: the Chosen". It's part of the Age of Apocalypse storyline, where Charles Xavier has accidentally been murdered in the past - so the X-Men never came to exist and Apocalypse rules the US in the present. The artwork is excellent. The writing can be touching at times. I like the Cable part (the first book) - they do nothing but talk, but it's just a preparation of what is about to come: The nearing end of their existence. What follows is the Age of Apocalypse and a little introduction through the "new" characters. This book doesn't contain the complete story - so it's as useless as a vegetarian steak dinner without the other TPBs of this particular storyline. There are ten more. But there are also spin-offs like "Tales from the Age of Apocalypse" and the mini-series of Blink. For a complete reading list of this storyline, read my X-Men: LegionQuest review.
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