Hi. My name is Jeff and I’m a Marvel crossover completist. Hi, Jeff, and welcome! Woman in the back wearing Green Lantern t-shirt - “Completist” isn’t a real word!”I have a problem. I feel compelled to read every volume - even the worst ones – the ones written and illustrated by Marvel’s C-teams. I have some OCD tendencies, this is true. Still, I see a Dark Reign tie-in issue and I have to read it – Dark Reign – Marvel Zombies vs. Marvel Apes; Dark Reign – Foggy Nelson, Attorney at Law; Dark Re...

Great profane Cthulhu but this was a mess! The plot jumps all over the place, story elements are set up then completely forgotten about, characters disappear for huge swathes of time with no explanation, characters receive seemingly grievous wounds and then are up and about with not a mark on them a few pages later...Seriously, I cannot recommend this to anybody; the only reason I've given it two stars is because some of the artwork is really nice (and some of it most definitely isn't). If anyon...

I read this like half of it where the main story with the Avengers and the establishment of Utopia ends.Its a pretty good volume and focuses on the X-Men as they are trying to fight the Human supremacists led by Trask here and well Osborne declares martial law, the establishment of the Dark X-Men led by Emma and facing off against different mutant threats and all but then the main thing comes when they have to go against the Uncanny X-Men and its a big war between X-Men and the forces of Norman

This was a well drawn crossover between two of Marvel’s biggest properties, the Avengers and the X-Men. As is wont between two super teams, the groups engaged in some unadulterated mayhem. Overall, the story was rather forgettable but the ramifications of the final chapter of this story extended beyond this six-part storyline. The X-Men now have their own island distinct from the United States. No longer were they beholden to the United States whose top law enforcer was a schizophrenic super-vil...

Kinda all over the place...but enough good.Fraction pulled it off, barely.The dark X-men are stupid, and using Daken as wolverine in both is a fun joke, but not over the whole number of books.What I like the most is that it explained how Emma and Namor were able to extract themselves from the Cabal. It also shows Emma and Scott having a better relationship than I thought, and Normie getting fucked.Also some X force action, and showing how Utopia became the home of the xmen and how Namor joined t...

This was okayish. I like the idea. The mutants are getting the shit end of the deal by Norman's new Dark Reign deal. Cyclops decides to push a new plan that'll change everything. However, he needs to have all the players in place. This won't be so easy but Emma forms the Dark X-Men, while Wolverine takes his X-Force to new places, to all come to a big reveal and conclusion. The thing is the main Utopia story is pretty solid. It's interesting with good twist and solid art. It would rank around a

As Amazon reviews will helpfully tell you, the issues in this book were printed out of order. Not like someone made a mistake -- it's just that the main Utopia storyline, playing out as it does across many different X-titles, doesn't really make a lot of sense without a lot of the peripheral world-building, character-backstorying stuff originally published across a bunch of other X-titles around the same time. Sure, you can read Utopia 1-6 and you'll see the heroes win and the bad guys get punch...

Re-reading this next to Carey's X-Men Legacy, and I gotta say hands-down, Fraction is the better X-Men writer. I don't care how much emotional weight Carey's childhood full of X-Men carries, he just flat-out writes some if the flattest, most tinny X-men dialogue I've read this last couple of years. (I shouldn't be too hard on him tho - he's not half as tone-deaf to decent dialogue as Dan Slott's been in his Avengers run - yeesh.)Deodato's art at the end is fan-f'ing-tastic, and it really stands

I'm a huge fan of the X-Men, but I'm most familiar with the All-New, All-Different X-Men Chris Claremont debuted in 1975. I pretty much have everything about that X-team from its inception to its disintegration and re-forming as two separate teams. Then the 1990s happened, and, having sampled a few issues from that time period, I decided I can safely skip that whole chapter in X-history. I caught back up with the X-Men in college, when Chris Claremont came back for "X-Men: The New Age," which I

I don't read the X-Men series. All that I have read of the X-Men are through the lens of a Marvel crossover event, like House of M and Civil War. Therefore, I didn't have any issue with how this book holds up vis-á-vis the X-Men's own line. As a collection connected with Dark Reign, I thought it was excellent.During Secret Invasion, Norman Osborn stole the information needed to kill the Skrull queen in order to set himself up as a hero. It worked perfectly. The resulting period is called the Dar...

Matt Fraction is not my favorite writer in the Marvel Universe. In fact, I think he is one of the laziest writers on the roster. And that's saying a lot coming from the Marvel universe these days where lazy is par for the course. With that said, Matt Fraction doesn't disappoint- because I had no hope whatsoever in him to begin with.The purpose of this book is clear from the title- a sales gimmick. A way to mash-up the new Dark Avengers into the world of mutants and sell more books between the tw...

This was pretty good, but it did have some problems. First of all, it goes on a bit long. After the main story, we get a host of other stories that either go back over events that have already been resolved (but from a different POV) or talk about characters that not many people likely care very much about (like Mimic). Next, since when did everyone get a healing factor? A few people get the crap stabbed out of them during this story and then they are back to being perfectly fine a few panels la...

Parts of this were thrilling, especially for those of us familiar with the histories of most of the characters involved. This world of the "Marvel Universes" which for me is something of a cross between mythology and soap opera, this world of powers and personalities can be magical if it is handled consistently both in terms of content and quality. Quality is one thing that is lacking at times in these story compilations with many different writers and artists, so while I really dug this on the

Love all thing Dark Avengers and this one did not disappoint, as Osborn born brings some mutants into his fold.

Well, this is a crossover. The story is a bit confusing at times and the art varies from ok to exceptional. Was actually two different pages I wanted to tear out and hang on my wall, that's how good some parts are.And the confusing bit is actually refreshing. I'm tired of everything adapting to the casual reader with explaining everything and lots of throwsbacks. Sure, some more details could've been nice every once in a while but it didn't bother me. It made it interesting. Seeing both sides, o...

Things weren't given a fair go in San Francisco... because along came the Norman Osborn and his Dark Reign. The X-Men find themselves out maneuvered and out gunned by mutant bigotry, the Dark Avengers... and the Dark X-Men!!! But all is not loss, Cyclops has a plan,. After... over 35 years getting there the fruit of Cyclops leadership and experience is all that stands between the end of the mutants! Anything Dark Reign was golden for me... even this... a solid 8 out of 12.

One of the best X-Crossover events! The X-Men face off against the Dark Avengers and new Dark X-Men in this Dark Reign era mega-crossover event, and I loved it! As a massive fan of the Dark Reign Marvel Era, and a big fan of the various X-Men volumes preceding this, Utopia was a joy to read. Lots of stakes and uncertainty in this story, as well as actually threatening villains. Between humans rioting against mutants being allowed to breed and the government taking over San Francisco and treating...

This collection was put together in an incompetent manner. I never understand why editors at Marvel, when putting together these collections, put the story together by title, rather than chronological order.The three issues of Dark X-Men The Beginning at the nd of the volume, should have been the first three issues of the trade. The X-Men Legacy issues sandwiched between the main Utopia story and the Dark X-Men The Beginning, should actually have gone between the second and third issues of the m...

Gotta say this was a good book. Norman Osborn is in full stride taking on the world. I especially liked the whole dark x men and avengers. Great character development, tons of action, overall good writing. Colossus vs venom, I needed more!!!! Side note: only half of this book is the utopia story, lots of side stories. Some good some bad

3.5This was an interesting event, and as far as x-men events go, quite simple. However that did make is a little lacking. Emma's character, as intriguing as it normally is, was a little one dimensional in the main issues. We also had to wait a while to actually see some action from the X-men. I did however really like the side stories 'X-men Utopia: Confession' and the two X-men Legacy issues.