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beorn_101's review against another edition
2.0
I was very excited for this graphic novel, I had read bits as comics when I was a preteen, but could never find the missing parts of the story, so naturally I was very intrigued.
This graphic novel was really more about Cable then the x-men, which was fine, I didn't know much about Cable and his segments were interesting. The real problem with the story is it was very disjointed and jumped around. When ever a group of X-men were gearing up to fight, it would show them in a pose and then jump away, and this happened whenever almost any character was prepping to fight.
In addition several characters are seen preparing, or are mentioned, but don't really pop up again in the story, such as Canonball and his group.
Perhaps the story worked better when it was initially published and if you have the prior knowledge about the characters subplots, but I found myself getting excited for scenes or interactions, and then the story would jump to the next scene, only coming back to show the results.
Overall this was just ok, perhaps I should have let it stay in my nostalgic memory :/.
I may try picking up the second volume, just to see if any of the story gets concluded better, but I am not positive if it is worth it.
This graphic novel was really more about Cable then the x-men, which was fine, I didn't know much about Cable and his segments were interesting. The real problem with the story is it was very disjointed and jumped around. When ever a group of X-men were gearing up to fight, it would show them in a pose and then jump away, and this happened whenever almost any character was prepping to fight.
In addition several characters are seen preparing, or are mentioned, but don't really pop up again in the story, such as Canonball and his group.
Perhaps the story worked better when it was initially published and if you have the prior knowledge about the characters subplots, but I found myself getting excited for scenes or interactions, and then the story would jump to the next scene, only coming back to show the results.
Overall this was just ok, perhaps I should have let it stay in my nostalgic memory :/.
I may try picking up the second volume, just to see if any of the story gets concluded better, but I am not positive if it is worth it.
crookedtreehouse's review against another edition
3.0
This would be another two star entry in the [a:Alan Davis|15089|Alan Davis|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1522157724p2/15089.jpg] era of the X-Men except for a couple of side story issues. The collection begins with an excellent Wolverine issue by [a:Erik Larsen|1458337|Erik Larsen|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1215893503p2/1458337.jpg] and [a:Leinil Francis Yu|12432|Leinil Francis Yu|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1286435831p2/12432.jpg]. It's miles beyond Yu's previous X-Men work, and unlike any other X-Men art of the era.
There's also [a:Rob Liefeld|93208|Rob Liefeld|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1210968791p2/93208.jpg]'s two best issues ever of Cable. Drag him for his inconsistency all you want, his two Cable issues here are undeniably his style, but they seem much more confident (as opposed to over-confident) and mature than anything I remember seeing from him before or since.
The constant complete changes in art style between each chapter is a bit jarring, but for the most part, all of the art looks deliberate and unrushed, which is a vast improvement over the last few volumes of X-books.
The main X-story, on the other hand, is still just an absolute mess of Skrulls and Apocalypse, and prophecies, and deep continuity. It's exhausting, but at least it looks good.
I recommend it for Apocalypse fans, continuity freaks, and anyone looking for proof that Rob Liefeld is capable of making good art.
There's also [a:Rob Liefeld|93208|Rob Liefeld|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1210968791p2/93208.jpg]'s two best issues ever of Cable. Drag him for his inconsistency all you want, his two Cable issues here are undeniably his style, but they seem much more confident (as opposed to over-confident) and mature than anything I remember seeing from him before or since.
The constant complete changes in art style between each chapter is a bit jarring, but for the most part, all of the art looks deliberate and unrushed, which is a vast improvement over the last few volumes of X-books.
The main X-story, on the other hand, is still just an absolute mess of Skrulls and Apocalypse, and prophecies, and deep continuity. It's exhausting, but at least it looks good.
I recommend it for Apocalypse fans, continuity freaks, and anyone looking for proof that Rob Liefeld is capable of making good art.
jonmhansen's review against another edition
3.0
The story begins. Read this to see how much the movie adapted from it. Spoiler: hardly anything at all.
beorn_101's review
2.0
I was very excited for this graphic novel, I had read bits as comics when I was a preteen, but could never find the missing parts of the story, so naturally I was very intrigued.
This graphic novel was really more about Cable then the x-men, which was fine, I didn't know much about Cable and his segments were interesting. The real problem with the story is it was very disjointed and jumped around. When ever a group of X-men were gearing up to fight, it would show them in a pose and then jump away, and this happened whenever almost any character was prepping to fight.
In addition several characters are seen preparing, or are mentioned, but don't really pop up again in the story, such as Canonball and his group.
Perhaps the story worked better when it was initially published and if you have the prior knowledge about the characters subplots, but I found myself getting excited for scenes or interactions, and then the story would jump to the next scene, only coming back to show the results.
Overall this was just ok, perhaps I should have let it stay in my nostalgic memory :/.
I may try picking up the second volume, just to see if any of the story gets concluded better, but I am not positive if it is worth it.
This graphic novel was really more about Cable then the x-men, which was fine, I didn't know much about Cable and his segments were interesting. The real problem with the story is it was very disjointed and jumped around. When ever a group of X-men were gearing up to fight, it would show them in a pose and then jump away, and this happened whenever almost any character was prepping to fight.
In addition several characters are seen preparing, or are mentioned, but don't really pop up again in the story, such as Canonball and his group.
Perhaps the story worked better when it was initially published and if you have the prior knowledge about the characters subplots, but I found myself getting excited for scenes or interactions, and then the story would jump to the next scene, only coming back to show the results.
Overall this was just ok, perhaps I should have let it stay in my nostalgic memory :/.
I may try picking up the second volume, just to see if any of the story gets concluded better, but I am not positive if it is worth it.
eq_knocks's review
2.0
Meh. Taken me forever to read this. The art was mess and the story was all over the place. I normally love anything X-Men but this was a travesty of a story...
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