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Essential Classic X-Men Volume 3 TPB: v. 3 Paperback – 4 Mar 2009

by Roy Thomas (Author), Arnold Drake (Author),
Dennis O'Neil (Author)
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  • Paperback: 536 pages
  • Publisher: Marvel Comics; 01 edition (4 Mar. 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0785130608
  • ISBN-13: 978-0785130604
  • Product Dimensions: 2.5 x 2.5 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsWhatever happened to the X-Men?
By Steven Brown on 20 May 2009
Format: Paperback
I had been waiting for this essential compilation for a long time - this book completes the original run of the X-Men prior to the line being cancelled. The comics released after this were simply reprints of existing X-Men stories. What I really like about this book is that it features the appearances of the X-Men between the titles cancellation and their rebirth in giant size X-Men #1 - these include the Beast's own mini-series where he becomes blue and furry and cameos in the Incredible Hulk comic.
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5.0 out of 5 starsThe end of the first X-Men team.
By I. R. Kerr TOP 500 REVIEWERVINE VOICE on 26 April 2009
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The last 13 proper issues of the original X-Men series were truly memorable although not even the combined efforts of Roy Thomas' writing and artwork by Don Heck and Werner Roth or the introduction of Neal Adams could stop the title being cancelled.
Old favourites Magneto and the Sentinels return alongside new threats from The Living Pharaoh (Living Monolith), Sauron with Magneto's mutated creations from the Savage Land and Sunfire as well as introducing Scott's brother Alex (Havok) to the team. Looking at it with hindsight it is clear a few loose ends were being tied up, including Professor X coming back from the dead. This volume also finishes off the origins of the X-Men mini-series with the Angel.
The last story, #66 dated March 1970 involved the X-Men battling The Hulk to help save the life of Professor X.
The title was kept alive due to reprints of the earlier stories but from 1970 to 1975 the X-Men were largely in the wilderness apart from a few guest shots in other titles a few of which are included here; Marvel Team-Up with Spider-Man and the X-Men against Morbius and Havok and the new Beast featured in The Hulk's comic.
In 1972 Henry McCoy, The Beast, was mutated further from his human form into a blue furred beast when an experiment went wrong. A brief 7 issue run in Amazing Adventures, which are also included here, featured Iron Man, Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, Quasimodo, the Griffin and Juggernaut. The last issue was a reprint of his origin from the X-Men's back pages before he took a back seat until eventually joining the Avengers in 1975.
This is a great slice of comic book history and shows how wise Marvel were when the decision was made to change the X-Men from a group of American teenagers to a truly international team with more varied powers, and looks.
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4.0 out of 5 starsInto The Wilderness?
By MadManMarvel on 1 Oct. 2009
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Some of the greatest Marvel comics ever are collected here as the X-Men prematurely entered their 'Wilderness Years' - before the 'All-New' relaunch. The cover highlights the greatest of these offerings - the Neal Adams drawn introduction of the X-Man Havok - rarely have superheroics been such class!
The Beast solo issues are only functional - detailing his change to the grey-then-blue and furry look, but, do not go expecting the happy-go-lucky character that will soon after join the Avengers - he still has some development to go and this curious little series doesn't quite deliver.
What are excellently worth the reprinting are the appearence of the X-Men with Spidey in MTU 4 and the amazing solo appearance of the Iceman in early Amazing Spiderman issue 92. That issue features, in my humble Gil Kane worshiping opinion, the greatest depiction of Iceman ever!
In total this is a 'classic' collection of X-Men titles worthy of the name - and well worth your money!
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HASH(0x83ca5780) out of 5 stars All the Neal Adams/Roy Thomas Stories 18 May 2009
By Mr. Tammany Hall - Published on Amazon.com
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This is the one you've been waiting for. It includes all of the classic Adams/Thomas stories as well as a couple of issues before, and some issues after. This collection is fleshed out with other books like "Amazing Adventures" starring the Beast when he first got blue and furry, and X-Men appearances in "The Incredible Hulk" and "Marvel Team Up" which were published after the X-Men book was essentially canceled (they just reprinted earlier issues with new covers from issues 66 through 93).

If you're not familiar with these issues, this volume is a great, inexpensive way to get your hands on these classics and see what all the fuss is about.

The artwork is still eye-popping and revolutionary, nearly four decades later. Neal Adams' beautiful pencils under Tom Palmer's superb inks are still the high-water-mark for comic art. And more, it's just plain FUN.

Marvel had already decided that this book was headed for cancellation when Adams came on board; the pressure was off and he could do what he liked on the book with Roy Thomas as a willing (eager!) collaborator. They took a listless book with a miserable rogues gallery and turned it into a run for the ages.

There is a story (probably apocryphal) that when Neal handed in the pencilled pages for issue 54, one of the Marvel Bullpen stalwarts was so astonished by them he dropped the pages on the floor. I don't know if that story is true, but these are definitely jaw dropping, if not page dropping.

If you're a Neal Adams fan, you'll definitely want to get your hands on this book.

The stories without Adams are okay, but nothing to brag about. This book also suffers from the ongoing problem with all the Marvel "Essential" books: no color at all, which is a shame. Adams colored his own stuff in his run, and it's a shame to lose that.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
HASH(0x83ca5b88) out of 5 stars Essential X-History 28 Oct. 2010
By Hwy61Joe - Published on Amazon.com
Format: Paperback
I recommend this volume and think it is important reading in terms of the history of everyone's favorite band of mutant heroes. ESSENTIAL X-MEN volume 3 reprints such pivotal events as the introduction of Havok, the return of the believed to be dead Professor X, the debut of Sunfire and the stories that introduced us to the further mutated, furry Beast. Without question the highlights are the stories drawn by Neal Adams which rank among the best X-Men comics from any era. Other than that the stories and art are average at best but still interesting in terms of the evolution of the X-Men. The cover gallery at the back is a nice bonus addition as well. I recommend reading John Byrne's underrated X-Men: The Hidden Years series in conjunction with this volume.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
HASH(0x83ca5c0c) out of 5 stars great art, but got really pretentious towards the end 24 April 2009
By David Mcrobie - Published on Amazon.com
Format: Paperback
I really enjoyed Essential X-Men v. 2, but this volume was a disappointment. oddly enough, it starts getting overdone when Roy Thomas and Neal Adams hop on board, to make it an "important" title. the "anti-mutant" hysteria has always been a bit overdone in these X-comics and they sure let us know it here, too. Adams is a phenomenal artist, and has a great layout sense. the best thing he did was re-design the Angel's awfully colored costume.
these stories are not meant to be read one after the other. Angel uses the phrase "... one who used to be known as The AVENGING Angel" in about 4-5 issues in a row, which wouldn't be so noticeable at one a month.
so it's good, but you can see Marvel knew it was pulling the plug. the X-Men were eventually revived, but it's funny to think it was cancelled more than once in the day.
David
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
HASH(0x83ca5f6c) out of 5 stars Read the X-men then 28 Jun. 2010
By Jane Loeffler - Published on Amazon.com
Format: Paperback
Way before the X-Men legacy became as convoluted as it is today with mutants everywhere, this book collects early sagas. Here is a chance to read the origins of the X-Men that are still around today: Cyclops, Jean Gray, Ice Man, Havoc, Polaris, the Beast (pre-furry)and Angel. The stories were scripted by Roy Thomas, Gary Friedrich & Arnold Drake and reflected early anti-mutant sentiments. The same great villains were here then: Magneto, Mento, Sauron and Sentinels.
The artwork was by a host of excellent illustrators, including a budding Barry Windsor-Smith, Neal Adams, Jim Steranko, Werner Roth and Don Heck. The foundations created then are still the backbone to the many series today. Read and enoy, mutany lovers!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
HASH(0x83caa1a4) out of 5 stars Bridging the Gap? 24 May 2009
By Andrew Bockelman - Published on Amazon.com
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I'm an "X-Men" fan through and through, but the weakness in the later issues of the original run of the series were fairly weak. The waning sales that led to its near-cancellation are pretty apparent. It's a decent collection, all in all, but not nearly as good as anything you would find in "Essential Classic X-Men Vol. 2" or "Essential X-Men Vol. 1," the before and after of this book.
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