Sixteen million mutants dead - and that was just the beginning! In one bold stroke, writer Grant Morrison (All-Star Superman, Batman) propelled the X-Men into the 21st century - masterminding a challenging new direction for Marvel's mutant heroes that began with the destruction of Genosha and never let up. Regarded as the most innovative thinker of the current comic-book renaissance, Morrison proceeded to turn the mutant-hero genre on its ear. Gone were the gaudy spandex costumes - replaced by slick, black leather and an attitude to match. Now, his entire Eisner Award-nominated run on New X-Men is collected across three titanic trade paperbacks! Collects New X-Men #142-154.
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THE GOOD: Silvestri. Bachalo. Jiminez. Some pretty hardcore artists finish off Grant Morrison's run on New X-Men. We go from revealing more about Weapon X Program, to a battle with the baddest of the X-Men enemies (thank you, spoiler cover), to the future as Morrison cover s the last three bases in what is required from a classic X-Men run. If you know nothing about this run, then just tuck in. The surprises are the best part.
THE BAD: Morrison likes to test his readers and he may have pushed it too far with this final volume. It's certainly not as good as the first two books, despite the consistency of artistic talent. That said, Bachalo seems to be becoming harder to follow lately and Assault on Weapon Plus suffers for it.
THE IDEA OVERLOAD: Ending his run with Here Comes Tomorrow (very much a tribute to Days of Future Past) it's hard to get as excited about the ending as it was to get excited about E is for Extinction, back in volume 1. Despite Marc Silvestri's incredible art, the story doesn't quite cut it and throws too many of the ideas we'd been introduced to since book 1 back on our faces. And while none of the creators involved have any say as to what happens after they leave the series, much of the continuity and concepts here get lost or erased almost immediately. However, one of the biggest changes - Scott and Emma's relationship - has its beginnings here. And you can do worse than finish your set of New X-Men: The Ultimate Collection with this volume to let it live up to its name. A less than satisfactory Grant Morrison comic does, somehow, tend to still be better than an excellent comic by so many other writers. Damn him.
THE BAD: Morrison likes to test his readers and he may have pushed it too far with this final volume. It's certainly not as good as the first two books, despite the consistency of artistic talent. That said, Bachalo seems to be becoming harder to follow lately and Assault on Weapon Plus suffers for it.
THE IDEA OVERLOAD: Ending his run with Here Comes Tomorrow (very much a tribute to Days of Future Past) it's hard to get as excited about the ending as it was to get excited about E is for Extinction, back in volume 1. Despite Marc Silvestri's incredible art, the story doesn't quite cut it and throws too many of the ideas we'd been introduced to since book 1 back on our faces. And while none of the creators involved have any say as to what happens after they leave the series, much of the continuity and concepts here get lost or erased almost immediately. However, one of the biggest changes - Scott and Emma's relationship - has its beginnings here. And you can do worse than finish your set of New X-Men: The Ultimate Collection with this volume to let it live up to its name. A less than satisfactory Grant Morrison comic does, somehow, tend to still be better than an excellent comic by so many other writers. Damn him.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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After thoroughly enjoying the first two volumes (with the exception of Igor Kordy's art), I couldn't wait to read the final volume, what was surely going to be Morrison ending his run on a high note. I now wish that I had waited a very long time indeed, so that all memory of the first two volumes would have faded and I wouldn't have been so disappointed. It's not that the writing is bad (we are talking about Grant Morrison here), but certain plot revelations left me with the feeling that they had cheapened what had come before.
And oh how I miss the art of Frank Quietly. I would have paid twice as much for this book if Quietly had drawn it all, but instead I'm stuck with Marc Silvestri's horrible scratchy work. There's nothing to complain about when look at Jimenez's art, but as I said they just can't match the level of detail, quality and sheer story-telling prowess that Quietly possesses.
All in all, if you've read the first two volumes you've probably already decided that you're going to buy this as well. I won't say not to, as long as you go in with the knowledge that it's certainly the worst of the three.
And oh how I miss the art of Frank Quietly. I would have paid twice as much for this book if Quietly had drawn it all, but instead I'm stuck with Marc Silvestri's horrible scratchy work. There's nothing to complain about when look at Jimenez's art, but as I said they just can't match the level of detail, quality and sheer story-telling prowess that Quietly possesses.
All in all, if you've read the first two volumes you've probably already decided that you're going to buy this as well. I won't say not to, as long as you go in with the knowledge that it's certainly the worst of the three.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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First of all, the other review here is of course for the hardcover edition, so bear that in mind folks. Onwards....
I've been a big fan of Morrison ever since his ground-breaking arc on Doom Patrol (in my opinion the greatest superhero comcis story arc ever, including 'Watchmen') and thoroughly enjoyed the first two volumes collecting his X-Men run.
Unfortunately, this third volume doesn't live up to the expectations created by the earlier arcs - Morrison's handling of Magneto is nothing special, we get the whole Phoenix thing again, nowhere near enough Emma Frost and a 'Dark Beast'/future scenario which is...quite frankly, dull. Sometimes studied whackiness isn't enough, and structurally, these arcs are weak compared to Grant's usua; standard.
The art is wanting too, featuring the unwelcome return of Image-kid Marc Silvestri, a vintage but massively over-rated former X-Men artist who is a kind of bargain basement Jim Lee, but a little less scratchy (of course if you like Lee, MCFarlane and that crowd, you'll love this - which probably means you're not a child of the silver/bronze ages of comics).
Instead, do yourself a favour and buy all six volumes of Doom Patrol - yes, it may have influenced X-Men a little (the team first appeared about 3 months prior to Marvel's Mutants), but I think Doom Patrol owes much to Fantastic Four. In Grant's DP, you get masterful plotting, wild ideas, structural integirty and great art, plus some of the most stunning ret-conning in superhero history.
I've been a big fan of Morrison ever since his ground-breaking arc on Doom Patrol (in my opinion the greatest superhero comcis story arc ever, including 'Watchmen') and thoroughly enjoyed the first two volumes collecting his X-Men run.
Unfortunately, this third volume doesn't live up to the expectations created by the earlier arcs - Morrison's handling of Magneto is nothing special, we get the whole Phoenix thing again, nowhere near enough Emma Frost and a 'Dark Beast'/future scenario which is...quite frankly, dull. Sometimes studied whackiness isn't enough, and structurally, these arcs are weak compared to Grant's usua; standard.
The art is wanting too, featuring the unwelcome return of Image-kid Marc Silvestri, a vintage but massively over-rated former X-Men artist who is a kind of bargain basement Jim Lee, but a little less scratchy (of course if you like Lee, MCFarlane and that crowd, you'll love this - which probably means you're not a child of the silver/bronze ages of comics).
Instead, do yourself a favour and buy all six volumes of Doom Patrol - yes, it may have influenced X-Men a little (the team first appeared about 3 months prior to Marvel's Mutants), but I think Doom Patrol owes much to Fantastic Four. In Grant's DP, you get masterful plotting, wild ideas, structural integirty and great art, plus some of the most stunning ret-conning in superhero history.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By bigdunc
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Grant Morrisons amazing run on the Xmen comes to a blinding conclusion in this volume, the Assault on Weapon Plus story we open with is engrossing Chris Bachalos art isnt to everyones taste and can be messy but it suits the chaos of the story. The following story is the big coming together of Morrisons ongoing plot strands I was very dissapointed when Magneto appeared to be killed off early in the run however the circumstanced surrounding the death were highly suspect and his return was all but guaranteed, however the way he did return was a huge shock at the time talk about hiding in plain sight.
Morrison tries very hard to give Marvel the final note in the Xavier and Magneto story and move on to newer stories (Even if Magnetos death is a pretty poor show from the artist who decides to just show a whole page of Wolverine at the crucial moment) its a shame Magneto was instantly ressurected by Marvel and the story pretty much ruined by the claim that Xorn and Magneto were different characters all along.
The Here Comes Tomorrow story is pretty odd and seems out of place with Morrisons previous work but still worth a read, its a shame he didnt just end it with the previous story, it seems the lure of writing a Days of the Future Past style tale was too much for Morrison.... Read more ›
Morrison tries very hard to give Marvel the final note in the Xavier and Magneto story and move on to newer stories (Even if Magnetos death is a pretty poor show from the artist who decides to just show a whole page of Wolverine at the crucial moment) its a shame Magneto was instantly ressurected by Marvel and the story pretty much ruined by the claim that Xorn and Magneto were different characters all along.
The Here Comes Tomorrow story is pretty odd and seems out of place with Morrisons previous work but still worth a read, its a shame he didnt just end it with the previous story, it seems the lure of writing a Days of the Future Past style tale was too much for Morrison.... Read more ›
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