The X-Men Versus the Avengers

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Summary: Food for X-junkies
Review: This book is mainly for people who've been longtime readers of Uncanny X-men and want to cramp their minds with some more knowledge about the history of the Uncanny. This collected four-part miniseries takes place around #200-#210 when Magneto was the Headmaster of the X-men. Oneday a little "meteor" falls on earth and, although nobody knows why, Magneto wants to search it out badly ... on his own. The Avengers don't trust him, because of what they've always known him to be, and want to stop him from doing so because they think no good can come from it. Meanwhile the X-men don't really know yet wether they can trust Magneto or not, but giving him the benefit of the doubt they swear to protect him because he is a fellow mutant. So there's your friction between the X-men and the Avengers. What follows is some stuff which in my imagination is only really interesting for, like I said, the Uncanny X-men history buffs. A nice read but without significance for people who aren't fully in the 'way of the X'. For those who are it's pretty good.

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Summary: For completists only
Review: This book should appeal to both X-Men and Avengers fan alike. Which is to say not too much. Although the story isn't bad per se, and there's an interesting development for Magneto, it's nothing out of the ordinary either. For a meeting between two of Marvel's biggest teams you'd expect a great story and great art. What you get is a decent job of both, but again, nothing to write home about.