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First mutant crossover ever and still one of the best ones, a "death & despair" storyline changing the squad rooster (almost untouched since Wein's deadly origin of the new international X-Men) into the badass "X-Girls" one, the fall of Angel, the arrive of Psylocke and Dazzler, Wolvie vs Sabretooth first clawfest fights and much more.Sadly the Power Pack/X-Factor issues aged not much well at all.
This was a turning point in the X-Men's storied history. Just like the death of Phoenix threw the team in a whole new direction, so did the appearance of the Marauders.At this point, the team (all the X-teams actually) needed a break. Between an unexpected trip to Asgard, losing Professor X and getting Magneto as their new headmaster, dealing with the Beyonder and the Secret Wars 2, losing Phoenix (Rachel Summers) and getting their butts kicked by Nimrod, they needed time to recover. So naturall...
X-MEN: MUTANT MASSACRE is the first major crossover event after X-Men branched out into multiple spin-off titles (New Mutants & X-Factor). Also along for the ride is Thor and the underage upstarts of Power Pack. It's a surprise then that this story doesn't have more going on.The 11-issue trade has no shortage of action, and all of it is well-staged by the various artists involved. The writers also have fun showing the same events from different perspectives in each title. The new mercenary mutan...
An important collection as it is the first major X-men crossover event, but not a very enjoyable event.Many, MANY, mutants die, as implied by the title, and the tensions between mutant factions builds to a crescendo, testing individual allegiances. The political landscape of the X-men universe is broadened, but only just slightly.The best parts are the all-out battle scenes, including, what I think is, the first Wolverine vs. Sabertooth confrontation. However, the artwork is not very clean or cr...
Classic.
Some of the sharpest writing ever seen in Marvel comics. The writers, most notably Chris Claremont, juggle dozens of characters across several storylines in telling a story of mutants under siege by humans and other mutants bent on wiping them out. It's tough to keep up with all of it but the presentation of this collection is fantastic and the art is top shelf. Many of these panels are downright gorgeous.The biggest bummer is that the story doesn't have anything resembling an ending. If you're
Although Chris Claremont's writing can seem verbose, I had always enjoyed it (In Days of the Future Past, God Loves Man Kills), but Mutant Massacre is where I couldn't stand it at all. Neither could I stand the writing style of the other writers. Mutant Massacre, overall, feels like an overwritten comic book event that ties on to way too many comic books and characters than it really should.
Apparently the below wasn’t enough, I had to write several more words. The comparison between the two reviews paint at an interesting evolution.https://aedontor.blogspot.com/2020/08...Older review:I was pretty interested in reading this again. I had heard many people cite it as an important event for them in their comic readings since I had read it the first time. When I read it, I was... underwhelmed isn't the right word... It just seemed to need some polish. But my experience is far removed fr...
This series has some great moments in it, but a lot of the issues feel like filler where characters are catching up with what happened in the last issue.
X-Men - Mutant Massacre is a Marvel comics crossover published in 1986 featuring the X-Men, X-Factor, Power Pack, Daredevil and Thor. The (11) part story arc focuses on the actions and fallout of the Marauders’ attack on the Morlocks, a group of ostracized mutants living in the tunnels under New York City. Writers Chris Claremont, along with Louise and Walter Simonson, weave a loosely connected plotline between the various titles. The primary focus are the X-Books, specifically Uncanny X-men and...
3.0 stars. I remember reading these when they first came out in the 80's so it has been a while. Good solid story about a group of evil mutants (including Wolverine's nemesis Sabretooth) hired to kill a group of underground mutants called the Morlocks. Whole plot orchestrated by one of my favorite villains growing up, Mr. Sinister.
The first really massive X-Family crossover storyline of the franchise, and reading it over it's not a surprise that it wound up being the first of many. Spreading it over three series (five if you count the non-X tie-ins) allowed greater scale and scope, which in turn heightened the drama of what was happening.And A LOT was happening! Plot threads starting here inform the involved series' for years to come, some are still colouring how the X-Universe runs, and characters introduced continue to
the first crossover, it was pretty good. My favorite panel is Colossus breaking the marauders neck. seems overly brutal, but really shows the weightiness of the situation and the book. most of the massacre takes place off panel, probably a product of the times, but you get a feeling for it through the characters.
Mutant Massacre was the first of crossover events that occurred in the X-Men line of titles annually. It started as a sales initiative to push sales of its books during traditionally sluggish months.The storyline has several key moments, like the X-Men & Marauders slugfest, scores of mutant death, Psylocke’s debut with the X-Men and the first Wolverine and Sabretooth all out brawl. It has a great artistic line-up, featuring contributions from John Romita, Jr., Walter Simonson, Alan Davis and Sal...
Oof, was this a slog. Claremont gets a bit of criticism over his verbose style(Sometimes rightly, sometimes not) but he ain't got nothing on Louise Simonson. Simonson tries for serious drama but never rises above tortured soap opera dialogue. Especially bad is Scott'and Warren's pathetic pining over Jean Grey when one's got a wife and kid and they've both been lying to Jean about it.The Massacre itself lacks emotional weight and that's because its 200 pages of separate super teams going in and o...
The first X-Men crossover event is one of the best. A little disjointed at times due to no communication between the writers of the different books in the series but nonetheless a dark tale that examines the need for violence and how far do you go in retaliation when violence and tragedy is met upon you?
As someone who joined the comic industry as a reader in the early 90's - I missed much of the golden age of comics, as well as the cringe-worthy 80s...but now have enough disposable income to re-discover those story and pot-lines that I was never able to fully enjoy.What makes these past stories so cringe-worthy is the writing. Not neccesarily the plot-lines, but the dated dialogue, costumes, and narration style that are all appallingly BAD. In the X-Men mythos, this story is pretty pivotal, so
As graphic novels go, this is very long, and involves a fairly large cast of characters in some events that weirdly tie together with the continuity of the day. It requires you to have some knowledge of what is going on with Thor, Daredevil, the New Mutants, the X-Men, and the whole X-Factor/X-Terminators thing. I had some grounding in those things, but found that the little notes were pretty helpful on certain other things. These are definitely old-style comics, with a lot of exposition and ton...
I'm not sure how much of my enjoyment of this book is colored by my enjoyment of it when the individual issues came out over twenty years ago. Some sections, particularly those written by Chris Claremont hold up quite well. Some sections, particularly those issues from Thor and Power Pack (a group of super-powered children) seem quite out of place (both tonally and plot-wise). Some bits still have the power to give me chills, even after all these years.
X-Men: Mutant Massacre was one of the first non Spider-Man comics I ever read. I've never forgotten it, and been an X-Men fan ever since, and my re-read just confirmed all of my warm fuzzies about it.The story line initially ramps up a little slow, especially if you don't remember the stuff going on at the time, and the art seems a little dated, but well, it is. But it soon hits a peak that runs for most of the book. It gives you everything you're looking for in a good book; suspense, heartbreak...