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Over the last three weeks, marvel has released three epic collections reprinting the early runs of three crucial books to the mutant mythos. all of these books collect the earliest issues, and at times the issues that lead up to the series, in the sequence they were originally published. all of these are good reads and lay down a lot of the foundation of what you see in today’s X-verse. As these collections are the beginning of the series, the creators tend to have grand visions that have mixed results. Also, as each of these three volumes are from different time frames of the marvel Universe, at times it was a bit confusing as to what happened when. overall though, I found them very enjoyable.

X aspect epic Collection: Genesis & Apocalypse

X aspect epic Collection: Genesis & Apocalypse collects Avengers #263, wonderful four #286 (which set up the storyline that launched X-Factor), and X-Factor #1-9. plus there is amazing Spider-Man #282 and Iron man annual #8 which feature X-Factor but does not necessarily tie into the main book. There are also two Phoenix stories from the long running title classic X-Men. The basic premise behind X-Factor was to bring back the original five X-Men from the 1960s as a group as close to the original fab five as possible. In doing this, they brought back Jean Gray, minus her telepathy; the Beast is de-furred and is back to being a normal human; Scott leaves his partner and family for the returning Jean, and so much more. The premise is that X-Factor, when in their non X-Men costumes, are mutant hunters and are siding with the anti-mutant hysteria. As the X-Terminators (which they are known as when in their X-Men uniforms) they try help to mutants and take them in, just as Xavier did originally for them. The stories are not the greatest as the premise is a hard sell as it seemed odd to me that Scott would just run off and leave his partner and child behind and throughout the first nine issues they are nearly an afterthought. The subplot is discussed, but it is never really explained other than he left and then his family moved and he can’t find them. nor does he seem to try to. Bob Layton wrote the first five issues of X-Factor with Louise Simonson taking over with issue six, which by the way, also introduced Apocalypse. In these early appearances you really do not see, or get much of a feel, as to who Apocalypse is, and in the beginning he seems like another incarnation of Magneto. He is just gathering a group of evil mutants (who are the good guys) to fight the X-Terminators (who are X-Men in disguise pretending to be bad guys). a lot of of the X-Factor issues are drawn by Jackson Guice, and they are competent, but nowhere as great or as polished as Guice’s later work would become. What really struck me reading this collection is the difference in the detail and style of art in the Avengers story by John Buscema and Tom Palmer and the rest of the book (Buscema and Palmer were amazing). overall this is a good read, but it is really a primer for material to come, as the later X-Factor stories, which will hopefully be in future epic collections, are much better than this material. These stories are from 1986 except for the classic X material which is from 1987 and 1990.

New Mutants epic Collection: Renewal

New Mutants epic Collection: renewal collects marvel graphic novel #4 (their first appearance), new Mutants #1-12, Uncanny X-Men #167, marvel Team-Up annual #6, Magik #1-4 and extras. all of the stories are written by Chris Claremont (with a helping hand from bill Mantlo) and art was by Bob McLeod initially, and he was later joined by Sal Buscema, Ron Frenz, John Buscema, and others. It is interesting that the first story is a Spider-Man/Fantastic four crossover from the pages of marvel Team-Up #100 (and drawn by Frank Miller) which introduces the character of Karma. This story was from 1980. then in 1982, Claremont wrote the new Mutants marvel graphic novel (volume #4 in the series) which introduced the team of the new Mutants as he brought back Karma as well as introduced Cannonball, Rahne (Wolfbane) Sinclair, Moonstar, and Sunspot. This graphic novel is generally an introduction to the characters and how they pertained to be a group. It is very similar to the original X-Men story as professor X brought them together as they were all mutants who were shunned from their homes and families. These characters came from around the world unlike the original X-Men, but the basic struggles and stories are very similar to the early X stories, although with much better art. (After Kirby left the original X-Men with issue #10 the series went through a long run of mediocre artists.) The series moves along at a quick pace with a number of guest stars in the early issues such as Spider-Man dan jubah dan belati. Mereka juga harus menghadapi Hellfire Club dan Silver Samurai antara lain. Mungkin bagian paling penting dari volume ini adalah pengenalan saudara perempuan Colossus, Magik, yang kemudian menjadi bagian utama dari alam semesta X-Men. Koleksi ini adalah pembaruan yang menyenangkan dari konsep asli dan bacaan yang bagus. Cerita dicetak ulang berkisar dari 1980-1984.

Excalibur Epic Collection: The Sword ditarik

Excalibur Epic Collection: The Sword ditarik mengumpulkan campuran besar bahan termasuk Captain Britain #1 dan 2, Excalibur #1-11, Excalibur Special Edition, Mojo Mayhem, World Mighty Marvel dan Marvel Comics Presents. Dengan koleksi ini adalah tas campuran. Hampir semua karya seni itu hebat, dengan Alan Davis melakukan banyak hal. Tetapi ada juga cerita oleh Marshall Rogers, Art Adams dan Erik Larson. Cerita -cerita itu sesuai dengan daftar pencipta yang panjang, terlalu lama untuk semua daftar di sini. Sebagian besar kisah Excalibur ditulis oleh Chris Claremont, dan materi Marvel UK adalah oleh sejumlah orang. Dalam upaya untuk memperluas waralaba X, Marvel mengumpulkan tim yang dipimpin oleh Kapten Inggris dan rekannya, Meggan, dan mereka bergabung dengan Nightcrawler, Kitty Pride, dan Rachel “Phoenix” musim panas untuk membentuk semacam X-Group Inggris X-Group Inggris Inggris-X-Group Inggris Inggris Inggris-Group Inggris Inggris Inggris X-Group Inggris Inggris Inggris X-GROUP Bahasa Inggris Bahasa Inggris X-Group Inggris Inggris Bahasa Inggris X-GROUP Bahasa Inggris Bahasa Inggris X-GROUP Bahasa Inggris Bahasa Inggris Bahasa Inggris X English English English English English untuk ” . Sungguh, premisnya adalah mereka semua berkumpul untuk menyelamatkan Rachel Summers dan membuat keputusan untuk bersatu. Ini menyenangkan, dan kadang -kadang, cerita yang terlalu ditulis, tetapi seni Alan Davis indah. Tim bertemu dengan segala macam pelaku jahat, seperti Arcade, The Crazy Gang, dan The Mighty X-Babies. Selama bertahun -tahun, Excalibur telah memulai kembali beberapa kali, dengan keanggotaan dan fokus yang berubah, tetapi tidak pernah benar -benar menemukan audiens. Koleksi ini benar -benar beberapa yang terbaik dari berbagai inkarnasi Excalibur, umumnya karena para seniman yang dikumpulkan di sini. Ini adalah bacaan yang menghibur yang jauh lebih optimis dan lebih sedikit kecemasan daripada X-Factor awal atau cerita mutan baru, tetapi sekali lagi mereka juga kurang berdampak pada X-universe daripada judul lainnya. Semua kisah Excalibur berasal dari tahun 1989 dan cetak ulang dari kisah Marvel UK dari tahun 1977 (Kapten Inggris) dan 1983 (World of Marvel yang perkasa) yang merupakan pendahulu dan mendirikan dunia Excalibur yang akan datang.

Segera hadir adalah X-Force Epic Collection: Under the Gun yang penting karena menggantikan mutan baru dan memasukkan kabel ke posisi kepemimpinan dan memiliki beberapa selera paling awal di Deadpool di alam semesta Marvel. Ini juga merupakan beberapa pekerjaan terbesar yang pernah dilakukan Rob Liefeld (ketika pertama kali diluncurkan, itu adalah penjual yang substansial). Seperti halnya tiga koleksi epik sebelumnya ini, judul ini membantu membangun fondasi untuk X-universe modern, baik dalam komik maupun film.

Marvel telah berupaya untuk secara perlahan mendapatkan semua kisah mutan klasik ini kembali ke media cetak. Kadang -kadang agak membingungkan karena seri dilakukan pada waktu yang berbeda dan kontinuitas bisa agak sulit untuk diketahui. Di sisi lain, ini adalah bacaan yang menarik yang membentuk apa yang dimaksud dengan X-Verse hari ini. Semua volume pertama ini dimulai dengan kuat dan seiring seri, kualitasnya tidak selalu setinggi mereka dalam volume pertama ini. Namun, ketiga buku ini sangat disarankan membaca untuk setiap penggemar X-Men dari segala usia.

Ini membungkusnya untuk saat ini. Saya ingin tahu apa pendapat Anda tentang materi klasik ini. Sudahkah Anda membacanya? Apakah itu bertahan? Saya dapat dihubungi di mfbway@aol.com atau di Facebook di Wayne Markley. Semua yang saya tulis di sini adalah pendapat saya dan tidak mencerminkan pemikiran atau pendapat komik Westfield atau karyawan mereka. Jujur. Dan akhirnya, apa yang Anda baca yang akan Anda rekomendasikan? Saya ingin tahu! Seperti biasa…

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