The latest volume of X-Men sees the assembled mutant nation on Utopia become the targets of the newly-unified vampire nation. Thanks to an initial suicide vamp outbreak, Jubilee is infected and San Francisco is under seige. While Cyclops enlists the help of both Blade and a resurrected Dracula, Wolverine falls victim to Jubilee's bite. In order to repel the invasion, Cyclops pulls out all the stops: Namor's aquatic assault, a blessed Iceman to rain down frozen holy water, and a Trojan Horse gamb...

4.5 Stars... almost perfect.While out relaxing in a community square, Pixie and a (post M-Day) de-powered Jubilee sit and enjoy a meal and hang out. A man dressed in all leather comes in, disrobes and after a skin sizzle in the sun, explodes, spreading his infected blood over many. Welcome to the beginning of the Vampire Plague.Jubilee converts to a vampire and after she runs off the join the other Vamps, war is on. Vampires vs. Mutants.At first making strides against the horde (with special gue...

I really love Victor Gischler's novels, and this was a very nice X-men vs. Vampires romp. It makes me want to start buying comics again. The art was also fantastic in this book.

THIS REVIEW WILL HAVE SPOILERS! Rating: ⛤⛤⛤ (3/5 stars) I probably wouldn't have picked this trade up if it weren't for my amazing sister & her boyfriend. They basically bought this for me because I like comics and I'm a big marvel junkie. Also I am in a reading slump (I think I am) & short reads or comics are always amazing for getting out of a reading slump. This was a fun read. Not the most amazing comic book ever but it was very fun and weird. It was also really easy to follow (not that dif

Heralds the launch of fourth concurrent X-Men book - X-Men (volume two). Collects X-Men #1-6, Namor #1-4 and numerous Curse of the Mutant specials. Curse is the story of a united Vampire nation under Xarus attacking San Francisco, Utopia and New Atlantis; the loss of an X-Man legend; the search for Dracula; and the fate of the Vampire reign of Xarus. Actually not too bad an event, but really think the X-Men wee so over exposed, that there was little time or room for great stories. 6.5 out of 12

This follows on from Death of Dracula.Dracula's son Xarus has appointed himself Lord of the Vampires and united the clans. He's unleashed a vampire virus and turned Jubilee planning to use her as bait to get to Wolverine. The rest of the X-Men (Cyclops, Emma Frost, Colossus, Iceman, Angel, Storm, Gambit - plus a couple of minor additions: Pixie, Dr.Nemesis, Prince Namor) join up with Blade and concoct an insane plan to resurrect Dracula to fight his son. This has to go down in history as one of

The last time i read the X-men was in an Chris Claremont era and I must admit I found these comics pretty decent and with the likes of Wolverine actually enjoyable enough to buy the new installments each month. When they kinda interrupted the various X series in the translation in Dutch I kind of stopped them as well. And Image comics with Spawn, the Darkness, Witchblade & Fathom tickled my fancy a lot more.Anyhow this is the Mutants versus that other mutation aka vampirism. We get a guest star

I love charity shops, sometimes you find some real gems - like this graphic novel (though I do wish I had splashed out and bought the four Avenger ones that were there too :( ah well, I know for next time!).I know that there are various runs and arcs on graphic novels, in particular I believe they are quite obvious with the X-Men and this is my first step out from the Uncanny X-Men arcs - I have to say I enjoyed it immensely. You can see the difference from the get go - this is very obviously a

A Note to the Comic Book GuysHi! I'd like to make it known before you read my review that I am not a geek or a nerd. I didn't have a lot of comics growing up so I'm not a DIE HARD person who is going to know everything. I just like to have fun. My comic reviews are not going to say how much I hated this writer or how they should have used this artist. It's just going to be fun! With that in mind, most comic book peeps scare me with their extensive superhero knowledge. I feel like an outsider whe...

I really like seeing Cyclops as a wartime leader. He's been groomed to be this and it's on full force here.The side stories are solid: highly recommend Deadpool's arc for action and humor; Namor's arc was interesting - really flushing out his problems and where he's coming from - but I HATE that art style and it actually wasn't necessary (it shows the uniting of Atlanteans); the X-Men one/two-shots were fun looks at the core team (some new, some classic members) taking on various vampires around...

#1 - Curse of the Mutants Saga#2 - The Death of Dracula#3, #4, #8, #14, #15, #17 - X-Men#5, #11, #13, #16 - Namor - The First Mutant#6 - X-Men - Curse of the Mutants - Blade#7 - X-Men - Curse of the Mutants - Storm & Gambit#9, #12 - Curse of the Mutants - X-Men Vs Vampires#10 - X-Men - Curse of the Mutants - Smoke & Blood

Beginning when Jubilee become infected with vampirism, the X-Men find themselves targeted by a veritable army of vampires under the command of Xarus. To protect their island home, Utopia, Cyclops seeks allies wherever he can, even in the form of Xarus' father; Dracula himself.On paper this is a great idea; X-Men versus vampires, but in reality it's not as engaging as it sounds. Personally, I'm not really a big fan of the Marvel take on vampires, with confusing lore and pretty cheesy designs, alt...

About 20 years ago, there was a single issue comic of What If? titled What if Wolverine became Lord if the Vampires? It was a fun book, something that gave you a look at an alternate universe where Wolverine usurped Dracula and spread vampirism like bird-flu. Here we have a reimagining of the What If? book in the actual timeline. And for all of the criticism of this new series I'll have to say that this puts the X-Men not only in the hands of Grant Morrison worshipping pseudo-intellectuals, but

A solid event. Mindblowing? No... but fun.It was cool seeing Blade interacting with the Muties. The biggest takeaway is that Cyclops has truly become a strategic mastermind, in a way that’s borderline scary. The hardcore Cyke we’ve been seeing develop every since 2001 is as badass as ever.Emma frost gets some one liners, Wolverine stays menacing, and this ends up being a fun example of the X folks fighting an external threat.The art is consistently good.This isn’t even in the running for favorit...

X-men: Curse of the Mutants at face value seems like a desperate stretch. We've run out of mutant versus human stories, or mutant versus mutant, or mutant versus space aliens, or demi-gods, so let's go for the mutant versus vampires storyline. As absurd as it sounds, the story actually works and sets in motion the re-birth of a character that had been falling out of X-men universe for some time. That is of course, Jubilation Lee.After the events in House of M, Jubilee is one of the mutants that

A pretty decent story with good art. A lot better than any of the spinoff titles. Vampires and the X-Men do have some classic history, as Storm has been turned by Dracula before. I had never read this story before or how a certain longtime X-character is turned into a vampire, but it is an enjoyable chapter of X-Men lore. Recommended.

Dracula vs X-Men! This was my nerd-nod to Halloween, and it turned out to be much better than I had originally hoped.Jubilee gets infected with the vampire virus, and it's up to the X-Men to save her from the son of Dracula! Of course, what is a vampire story in the Marvel universe without Blade? The correct answer is: You can't have a vampire story without Blade. Duh. So. Yeah, Blade makes an appearance and kicks some undead butt.(view spoiler)[Is that better, Jason? (hide spoiler)]The X-Men

An X-Men vs. vampires story doesn't seem destined to be one of my favorites, particularly when you throw in Dracula and Blade, and make Jubilee a pivotal part of the story. But this came out during a particularly tepid era of X-Men stories, and Gischler has a better handle on X-Men drama than the other writers playing in the sandbox at the same time as him.While the color is the same babyshit brown that most Marvel books featured during the Dark Reign era, Medina's art still manages to stand out...

The X-men are one of the most iconic of Marvel’s various IPs and as such they’ve received a lot of attention over the years, whether it is in the form of various animated TV shows, or video games, or live-action movies, or even novels. Cyclops, Wolverine, The Beast, Professor X, Magneto and others are an instantly recognisable brand even if you are only minimally into comics.Before picking up Victor Gischler’s new 2010 run on the superhero team (volume 3), my only previous run-in with them was t...

This was pretty fun, despite the fact that it boiled down to yet another "Oh no, an army is attacking our home and we have to have a huge battle to defend it or mutant-kind is doooooooomed!" story. I don't know much about Jubilee. Is it canon that she has giant feet? Because whenever they showed her bare feet they were always HUGE. A few other things I had problems with:(view spoiler)[What was the point of shutting off Wolverine's healing factor other than to have a "gotcha'" moment for the read...