Story is good, art is fantastic with McKelvie+Wilson super-combo. Nice read overall.

The season one line from Marvel never interested me much when they first came out, because they just seemed like original graphic novels that were pretty much retelling the origins of the title characters in a modern setting. (There was also the price point. Too much for too little) Turns out, that's kinda what this one is, without going too much into the origin. But it's still a fun read.It's told through the point of view of Jean Grey, who was the last of the original five to join the team. It...

Apparently I used quarantine to get really into the X-men.

Okay, so I wondered why an X-Men book so clearly marketed to younger, new fans wouldn't have a higher rating? I thought I'd love it and there's art by Jaime McKelvie, one of my top 5 artists. No way I wouldn't love this, right?Wrong.My problem with some of the X-Men books I've read, and even some Avengers books, is the focus on the dudes. Don't get me wrong, a lot of my faves are dudes but I roll my eyes when we get the dreaded sea of dudes with 1 girl line ups. The original X-Men team was Angel...

I’ll give it a 2.5.It wasn’t bad but it wasn’t anything great either. Pretty average down the line, art, story, etc...

Up to now, I've pretty much avoided all of Marvel's Season One books. Why do over these old books with modern dialog and art styles? Isn't that kind of the point of the Ultimate books? It just struck me as a cash grab. And maybe many of the other Season One books are, but this? This was pretty spectacular.It's great in no small part because of Jean's narration. No, really! This is not the boring Jean of later years. She's funny, somewhat irreverent, and actually talks like a normal teenager. So

I may have mentioned it a time or two, but did you know how much I adore Xmen??? A LOT. TO INFINITY AND BEYOND (oh sorry, that is another franchise :P)I decided it was about time I started reading their comicbooks in a somewhat orderly fashion. So using this as a guide I started my journey with this book. Xmen season 1 is loads of fun! It follows the early days of Jean Grey at Xavier's school and introduces as to many beloved characters and storylines. It is a really good introduction to anyone...

So much fun. My first experience reading anything with original five, Dennis Hopeless gives such personality, making them seem like real teenagers. This, combined with atom Taylor’s X-Men Red run has cemented Jean Grey as my top X-Man.Will definitely be trying to check out more by Hopeless!

A little silly at times and the first half was really weak in my opinion. It redeemed itself in the second half, but this probably wasn't the best jumping off point for me to get into X-Men. But that new Deadpool trailer today... can't wait for that movie. Then X-Men Apocalypse. Hateful Eight comes out soon. That DiCaprio movie next year. Joy opened today. Star Wars happened. Is happening. It's a great time to be a movie fan right now. Does this count as a review?

Season One stuff is very hit-or-miss...mostly miss.However, this one isn't bad at all.Jean is the narrator for the majority of the story, so you see most of the interactions through her eyes.I was pleasantly shocked at how many humorous moments there were, and how little the story took itself seriously.And, hey...there's a DINOSAUR! Bobby Drake was a surprise stand-out in this one, to me.Well, if you can get past the fact that they evidently modeled him after The Beiber.On the upside...Yeah, sor...

SO GOOD BUT WENT SO FAST

FINALLY, someone gave Jean a personality.

So this was easily the best of the Season One series. But that's not exactly saying a whole lot. The story was very easy to follow and lays out the X-Men world in a very basic way that would be great for starters. But it doesn't go any further than that which is demonstrated by the way it ended. The dialogue was okay and nothing outstanding. Usually with X-Men you get grand speeches from Cyclops, Xavier, and Magneto but not really here and I suppose that's okay. The art was good. It is a very cl...

I thought this was fantastic! Great introduction to the X-Men, and the art is so pretty!! 5/5 stars!

So I'm not really a Marvel guy, but listening to Rachel and Miles X-Plain the X-Men has created this burning desire to catch up on at least the x-titles in this universe - which is really strange to me, because even when I was paying attention to Marvel very briefly in my youth, the X-Men were probably the least interesting to me (I was always a Peter Parker kind of guy). I'm a bit of a completionist, so one thing that's intimidated me about delving into Marvel (besides the enormous amount of ca...

There's nothing new here with the story, but, I mean, it's SUPPOSED to be a retelling of stuff we already know, so that's all right. I like the random teen drama, because that's what made the X-Men so fun in their early years, and I like the change-up in the Warren/Jean/Scott thing. I loved the characterization on all five and the script was fun entertaining. Also love that Jean is effectively our PoV and all, "So, Xavier's creepy and these boys are dumb." <3 <3 <3I wish we could've seen more ab...

I tried starting X men from the actual beginning but their treatment of Jean Grey was just too reflective of the times in which it was written for me to get into it. This was a much more accessible starting point and I recommend reading it, then jumping into the Chris Claremont era.

This was pretty much a rehash of the first Uncanny X-men comic book from 1963, which I believe is the entire purpose of this Season One thing Marvel released. There were subtle changes here and there, but overall, it was the same introduction to the original X-men (Marvel Girl, Angel, Beast, Iceman, and Cyclops) in a more modern setting.While I end up liking this, I wasn't crazy over it. I thought it was great that Jean Grey was narrator, because God knows how much I love her character. I did ap...

When Marvel's all new line of graphic novels was announced back in 2011, there was skepticism on whether the company needed to retell the iconic stories when it could surely reprint those Silver Age stories easily. If you could forgive the outdated fashion, hairstyles and figures of speech, those seminal Stan Lee and Kirby stories are the foundation of the Marvel Universe and some of those stories still held held up pretty well after half a century. Still, I understand that Marvel wanted to pack...

*3.5 stars*This was pretty solid. Really fast read and simplistic. It lacks in plot, or good ones. But where it shines is seeing the X-Men in this more modernized, teenage lens. I really liked the way Hopeless wrote every character and their personalities. I’ve only read Whedon and Cassaday’s run so it was nice learning more of Jean’s backstory and troubled home growing up as well as Hank’s. Cyclops I thought was also well-written in this — I’m a huge fan so maybe we don’t get enough of him — bu...