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Summary: John Bryne replaces Dave Cockrum as the "X-Men" artist
Review: Volume 12 of the "Marvel Masterworks" series collects issues #101-110 of the "X-Men," the point at which the comic book was on the cusp of greatness. We start with the "death" of Jean Grey and the birth of Phoenix, one of the most pivotal moments in the history of the series as the weakest member of the original X-Men now becomes the most powerful member of the new, improved, and international collection of Professor X's merry mutants. When you read these issues again it also becomes clear than having the X-Men now be more adult also worked in their favor. Now Professor X had to but heads with Storm and Logan, as well as Cyclops and Banshee. With issue #108 John Bryne replaces Dave Cockrum as artist and finishes the intergalactic adventure with the Starjammers before coming up with the best issue in the collection when Weapon Alpha comes to fetch Wolverine back to Canada. But he only draws two of the issues; Cockrum has the first seven and Tony DeZuniga serves as guest artist on the last one. There are also encounters with the two major foes of the original X-Men, the Juggernaut and Magneto, but neither is as epic as what you will find in the next volume of "Marvel Masterworks" devoted to the "X-Men." So what you will find here is good, such as when Jean deals with the fact that she died and brought herself back to life, but what is coming is great. Claremont and Cockrum get credit for reviving the title, which had become a reprint comic after even having Jim Steranko and Neal Adams drawing some superb issues did not produce a rise in sales. Under Claremont and Bryne "X-Men" would become THE comic book to read in 1978 and 1979.
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Summary: John Bryne replaces Dave Cockrum as the "X-Men" artist
Review: Volume 12 of the "Marvel Masterworks" series collects issues #101-110 of the "X-Men," the point at which the comic book was on the cusp of greatness. We start with the "death" of Jean Grey and the birth of Phoenix, one of the most pivotal moments in the history of the series as the weakest member of the original X-Men now becomes the most powerful member of the new, improved, and international collection of Professor X's merry mutants. When you read these issues again it also becomes clear than having the X-Men now be more adult also worked in their favor. Now Professor X had to but heads with Storm and Logan, as well as Cyclops and Banshee. With issue #108 John Bryne replaces Dave Cockrum as artist and finishes the intergalactic adventure with the Starjammers before coming up with the best issue in the collection when Weapon Alpha comes to fetch Wolverine back to Canada. But he only draws two of the issues; Cockrum has the first seven and Tony DeZuniga serves as guest artist on the last one. There are also encounters with the two major foes of the original X-Men, the Juggernaut and Magneto, but neither is as epic as what you will find in the next volume of "Marvel Masterworks" devoted to the "X-Men." So what you will find here is good, such as when Jean deals with the fact that she died and brought herself back to life, but what is coming is great. Claremont and Cockrum get credit for reviving the title, which had become a reprint comic after even having Jim Steranko and Neal Adams drawing some superb issues did not produce a rise in sales. Under Claremont and Bryne "X-Men" would become THE comic book to read in 1978 and 1979.
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