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indeedithappens's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
rhiannoncs's review against another edition
2.0
Whoa, this was all over the place. And, seriously, what is up with Claremont and "hounds"? Give it a rest, dude!
texaswolfman's review against another edition
5.0
The immortal stories of my youth. I never tire of rereading. Now in a handy dandy omnibus for easy reading
merlin_reads's review against another edition
3.0
So this line - "It's the epic finale to the story of the Children of the Atom" - should have given me some clue that I was about to be thrown into a plot where I knew nothing about what was going on. It started off good, backstory was given during the first few pages, and then everything went haywire. The story jumped multiple dimensions, sometimes on the same page, and it felt really hard to follow the story or make any sort of sense to it.
There were a lot of X-Men characters that I'm not used to seeing so a lot of my time was spent trying to figure out who was who, but I did love seeing all of the original ones all grown up and having lives. I wish it would have slowed down a bit and give introductions to a lot of the characters because so much was thrown at us in such a short amount of time. But that being said, I did get the urgency of the story and was hit pretty hard with some of the plots lines. Probably a better story for those more well versed in the X-men comic game and not someone who has really only watched the movies.
There were a lot of X-Men characters that I'm not used to seeing so a lot of my time was spent trying to figure out who was who, but I did love seeing all of the original ones all grown up and having lives. I wish it would have slowed down a bit and give introductions to a lot of the characters because so much was thrown at us in such a short amount of time. But that being said, I did get the urgency of the story and was hit pretty hard with some of the plots lines. Probably a better story for those more well versed in the X-men comic game and not someone who has really only watched the movies.
rowankgrover's review against another edition
4.0
The book that catapulted superhero comics into the 90s. The material I enjoy is the bookend stories of this collection. The Savage Land stories are so unashamedly Predator/Apocalypse Now-esque, and the Jim Lee jungle art is a lot of fun. The Apocalypse art in X-Factor is huge and climactic, with great Whilce Portacio art and a complex but wild look into Cable’s origin.
Surprisingly enough, I actually really enjoyed the post-Claremont/Jim Lee plotted work. The pacing was much more manageable, the plot was unafraid to turn up the cheese levels, and the core cast had great interactions with each other (Wolverine playing basketball, anyone?). It captured the energy of the ‘92 cartoon before it happened, feeling like simple, nostalgic fun. As a continuation/successor to Claremont’s saga, it falls short, but as a outsider superhero story, it works.
I actually didn’t enjoy Mutant Genesis as much as I was expecting. Claremont’s dialogue is expansive and heavy, really slowing the story pace down. The acolytes feel shoehorned in and we don’t spend enough time with them to really understand them. I did like the final moments between Xavier and Magneto, as it felt like the huge end of an era, but it probably wouldn’t stand well on its own. Nonetheless, this was big, space station action with solid character moments from just about all the cast.
All in all, I was on the fence about giving this a 3 or 4, but ultimately went with the higher choice because of how much fun I find the X-Men. Fans will get a lot of out this book if you can track it down.
Surprisingly enough, I actually really enjoyed the post-Claremont/Jim Lee plotted work. The pacing was much more manageable, the plot was unafraid to turn up the cheese levels, and the core cast had great interactions with each other (Wolverine playing basketball, anyone?). It captured the energy of the ‘92 cartoon before it happened, feeling like simple, nostalgic fun. As a continuation/successor to Claremont’s saga, it falls short, but as a outsider superhero story, it works.
I actually didn’t enjoy Mutant Genesis as much as I was expecting. Claremont’s dialogue is expansive and heavy, really slowing the story pace down. The acolytes feel shoehorned in and we don’t spend enough time with them to really understand them. I did like the final moments between Xavier and Magneto, as it felt like the huge end of an era, but it probably wouldn’t stand well on its own. Nonetheless, this was big, space station action with solid character moments from just about all the cast.
All in all, I was on the fence about giving this a 3 or 4, but ultimately went with the higher choice because of how much fun I find the X-Men. Fans will get a lot of out this book if you can track it down.
khadijah3's review against another edition
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
jimg's review against another edition
4.0
Generally very good to excellent. Notable drop off when Chris Claremont left though which was about 10 issues from the end of this huge book.
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