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A review by kellylynnthomas
Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men, Vol. 2 by Werner Roth, Alex Toth, Roy Thomas, Stan Lee, Jack Kirby
3.0
Ditto my comments on volume 1. Overwrought prose, annoying villain/evil mutant of the week, silly training exercises. Ka-Zar, really? Silly. (I know, superheros are kind of silly to begin with.)
This volume has the first appearance of Bolivar Trask and the Sentinels, which is the first time that I felt like, hey, there's actually some meat to this thing.
I'd feel a little better about these Masterworks volumes if a. they didn't go out of print so quickly and b. the introductions were better. The introduction was just a bunch of random facts about producing the individual issues. Interesting, but more like annotation than an introduction. I know they put out a lot of these things, but considering the price tag on them, they could put some effort into it, at least. Otherwise it's a nice edition.
This volume has the first appearance of Bolivar Trask and the Sentinels, which is the first time that I felt like, hey, there's actually some meat to this thing.
I'd feel a little better about these Masterworks volumes if a. they didn't go out of print so quickly and b. the introductions were better. The introduction was just a bunch of random facts about producing the individual issues. Interesting, but more like annotation than an introduction. I know they put out a lot of these things, but considering the price tag on them, they could put some effort into it, at least. Otherwise it's a nice edition.