I joined Verizon in my most recent move and they kindly included a year of free Disney+ in the membership (all my phone calls, hours waiting, and bungled appointments paid off!). I was overjoyed to see the 1990s X-Men cartoon available and promptly began streaming the shit out of it all summer, happily strolling down memory lane with Wolverine's petulance, Gambit's nonchalance, Rogue's astounding power, etc. I love the X-Men, especially the cartoon over the films, which I haven't been as much of...

Any fan of the X-Men should read this book. I've been reading the X-men since the 80's but I've never had the chance to go back and read the first year and a half (probably because they've never been readily available) of what is surprisingly billed as the All-New, All Different X-Men on each cover. I always thought that goofy moniker was made up for the Marvel initiative of a few years ago. There's some great (and goofball) stuff in here. Like the first team up of Black Tom and the Juggernaut w...

These are the original X-Men stories from the early 70s. They are equal parts fun and frustrating; fun because they are campy and cheesy and embrace this completely. One of the most interesting aspects are how, on the one hand, the X-Men are a metaphor for every discriminated minority, and yet on the other how oblivious the writers were to the casual sexism and occasional racism. At one point (in the first issue, no less) Professor X race-shames a Native American mutant named Thunderbird to stop...

SUMMER OF X-MEN CAPSULE REVIEW #22018 REREAD:I decided it was time to go oldschool, and did a slow month-long reread of this behemoth, taking notes along the way (because Claremont writes like way too many words, man).It's still total genius that he assembled pretty much every major X-Men plotline (continuing thorugh today) in the first five years of his tenure on the title. I mean, like, either you plan on reading this book before you die or you don't, so I'm not sure what else to tell you. Som...

This is like the teenage years of the X-Men. Not that the characters are teenagers, mind you—this is actually an older, more diverse international team than the squeaky clean (and exceedingly white) teens who made up the original X-Men. But, in terms of the book’s evolution, this marks the transition from punch-out-the-bad-guy kiddie entertainment to a more mature, soap opera-esque serial where the stories are grander and more epic, the interpersonal drama is more (melo)dramatic, and not everyon...

Going back to something that you loved from your childhood can be a daunting experience. If you've ever tried to re-watch an old episode of 'Thundercats' or 'Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' (and you're not deluding yourself into thinking that they're still good), then you'll know where I'm coming from. As such, it was with some hesitance that I approached this Marvel Omnibus. Chris Claremont's legendary 20 year run on 'Uncanny X-Men' is considered the most influential period in the franchise's his...

Though not as polished as modern-day comics, these still remain gripping. They're also impressive for the raw creativity that continues to influence the comics today, including creations such as the Shi'ar, the Imperial Guard, Alpha Flight, the Hellfire Club, and of course the new X-Men themselves.

It's hard to believe in these days of a dozen X-titles, but there was once a time when the X-Men weren't popular. Despite a well-liked run by Neal Adams revamping the original team with new costumes, the book fell into reprints and from there, cancellation. Almost. A young upstart named Chris Claremont, fresh off smaller Marvel books like Iron Fist, came in with artist Dave Cockrum and created a completely new team, ditching all but one member of the original team. They added minor, unknown char...

Actual rating: 3.5 stars (haven’t done that in a while!)This was really good for an older comic, but the style of it is still just not as interesting to me as modern comics. Most modern comics don’t have a narrator, and if they do it’s just written differently. I think what made me like this more than other classical comics I’ve read is that the actual story and writing were more modern (or more correctly said modern comics are more similar to this in style, but you know what I mean). Overall I

I’m attempting one of the biggest feats in comic book reading by deciding to read all the X-Men books as chronologically as possible. I might get impatient and begin to read different eras at the same time, but for right now I’ll try to do it completely in order. I’ve read or am familiar with much of the X-Men stories but I’ve never read it fully all the way through. I decided the skip the original Stan Lee and Roy Thomas Silver age runs because most of that stuff that I’ve tried to read has bee...

Why did i wait so long to read this. I’ve only really read modern comics and just never could get in to older stuff finally bought the omnibus and couldn’t stop reading this was so good. Can’t wait for volume 2.

You know how you can read something that you know is a classic, you can see why it's great, but it's obviously old.. And might be hard to get thru at times.Well this isn't it. This is not only classic, it's fun, it's epic, it's entertaining in every way. For some reason or another after a couple of years ill end up rereading it from the start. Maybe there's some issues in the end I never got to, I mean it's a pretty big book. And rereading it, it just doesn't get old. I started reading X-Men in

This was an amazing read. I'm a person who enjoys a lot to see the beginning of things, and for the X-Men, this was the perfect way to do that. Sure some of the stories are a bit outdated, but some of them were really good, the Phoenix arc was a space trip, the savage lands, the beginning of the dark phoenix story, the hellfire club, plus the introduction of amazing characters such as: Wolverine, Colossus, Nightcrawler, Storm, Kitty Pride...Great stuff.

HOT TAKE: Banshee deserves a solo book.

Man this was a long time coming. I’ve always heard of Claremont’s long run on X-men and years ago I got a taste of it with those popular trades, Dark Phoenix Saga and Days of Future Past. Loved those two books and was determined to find and read the rest of his X-men books. That is until I discovered how expensive they were no matter the version, single issue, Master Works and Omnibus. I was extremely excited when I learned Marvel was reprinting all 3 omnibuses and finally making a fourth. This

When Marvel relaunched the X-Men in 1975 with the special Giant-Sized X-Men #1 and Chris Claremont took over writing duties with X-Men #94 afterwards, this series became something really special. Some of the early issues here show some of the sillier Silver Age trappings that the book was about to leave behind, but by the final few arcs represented here, Claremontian X-Men is in full swing, and it's wonderful. His characters are well-formed, his writing is becoming more sophisticated, and his id...

I borrowed this off a buddy. Thanks, man. WHERE TO BEGIN? In 1975, Chris Claremont begins his long and prolific run on The Uncanny X-Men, a struggling Marvel title that had been in reprints for like 5 years. The "CHILDREN OF THE ATOM" need to be reinvigorated. So Professor Charles Xavier recruits new X-Men for his fake school/real superhero team. They would form a POP CULTURE JUGGERNAUT that would dominate the world of comics for the next, hmmmmmmm, maybe 20-odd years. Well, the juggernaut is fo...

I give it a 3 only because of the old campy start and inconsistency of the story. The uncanny xmen start and develop from beginning but the writing explains obvious details and the commentary is cheesy golden era or Adam west batman feeling. Once Byrne starts on art half way it rapidly changes to allow the story carry itself without the hand holding (or I just got used to it). Story and character development occurs right from the beginning with a rapid handover from the old team and parsing( so

(Zero spoiler review)So here it is. My first Marvel omnibus. When I first got into the comics medium, I was rather adamant that I would never have anything to do with any superhero books, as they have never held any interest to me whatsoever. A few months into my collecting, and I started collecting the omni's of the most highly regarded stories. More because I was bitten so hard by the collecting bug, than any great reversal in my opinions on superhero stories. I'm fairly relieved to say, espec...

THE X-MEN ARE BACK AND BETTER THAN EVER!! That's right, Im continuing the X-men reading order and finally we get to the stuff of wonders. The stories so acclaimed and talked about, I already know good chunks of what's going to happen even before reading it. Because EVERYONE sings this runs praises. And I will be one of the millions of people to tell you- THE HYPE IS REAL!! In this first omnibus we get the beginnings of the new X-men team. We get introduced to legendary characters that went on to...