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Exiles (2001) (Collected Editions)
Exiles, Vol. 10: Age of Apocalypse
Welcome home, Blink and Sabretooth! In an X-Men: Age of Apocalypse tie-in, the Exiles return to the AoA with the unlikeliest new teammate: Apocalype's homicidal son, Holocaust! Their new assignment: kill the X-Men!? Can they stop fighting among themselves long enough to complete their mission? Plus: Just what was Blink up to during her absence from the Exiles those many months ago? Collects Exiles #59-61, and Age of Apocalypse Handbook.
128 pages, Paperback
First published August 24, 2005
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Tony Bedard
788 books24 followersAntony J. L. Bedard is an American writer and editor who has worked in the comic book industry from the early 1990s through the present. He is best known for his work at CrossGen Comics, where he was under exclusive contract, and for his run writing Marvel Comics X-Men spin-off Exiles.
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March 29, 2015
This 10th collection (#59-61, and The Age of Apocalypse Handbook) is decent but not too interesting. Apocalypse has joined onboard the team and, as can be expected, he is not willing to bow under the Timebroker's instructions. There's some slightly confusing sub-story with a crystal and the team ends the story trying to work together. They're not completely agreed on the course of action, so this should make interesting reading...next time. Even if the story is an important turning point when it comes to the series, for some reason it just wasn't that captivating; hard to put my finger on the exact reasons.
Instead of being filled with editions like usual, half of this collection is a guidebook: "The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: X-Men Age of Apocalypse 2005". Each page is a bio of the character, their strengths and purposes, and an illustrated drawing of them. For completionists, this is a must get for the series just to have that alone.
Sabretooth has returned and plays a large part in the story along with some angst with Blink and a small mystery that is unveiled about that.
Overall it's cool they included the guidebook for fans, but it still feels like this edition is a bit short compared to the others.
Instead of being filled with editions like usual, half of this collection is a guidebook: "The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe: X-Men Age of Apocalypse 2005". Each page is a bio of the character, their strengths and purposes, and an illustrated drawing of them. For completionists, this is a must get for the series just to have that alone.
Sabretooth has returned and plays a large part in the story along with some angst with Blink and a small mystery that is unveiled about that.
Overall it's cool they included the guidebook for fans, but it still feels like this edition is a bit short compared to the others.
September 16, 2019
I like that Bedard is delving into the Timebroker
January 23, 2018
It was a nice 10 year anniversary story for Age of Apocalypse.
But that's about all it was. the ham-fisted nudges and winks about things coming down the pipeline were a bit over the top, but it's keeping with the general feel of the series so I'm cool with it.
The next volume should be interesting.
But that's about all it was. the ham-fisted nudges and winks about things coming down the pipeline were a bit over the top, but it's keeping with the general feel of the series so I'm cool with it.
The next volume should be interesting.
July 31, 2011
The team is in shambles, old worlds are viewed once more, and nothing is as it seems - get ready for the truth behind the Exiles! Blink comes face to face with her old mentor Sabretooth, the crew gets dropped into the Age of Apocalypse to battle the X-Men and get stuck with Nemesis as a member, and the team actually discovers the hidden base of operations for this reality-hopping gig. Despite the look at the "new" AoA, the extra profiles on characters at the end of this volume is fantastic.
June 3, 2021
3.5 Stars
This volume was a little different. The Exiles travel to one of my favorite timelines, the Age of Apocalypse. However, the Timebroker is acting really strange, almost like he's been replaced by an imposter. And instead of following the mission as usual, the Exiles decide to use the M'Krann Crystal and try to track the Timebroker down and end their forced servitude once and for all.
I suppose the story had to evolve, but really I preferred the regular formula of the stories better than this new direction. I am curious to see what happens next, so I suppose mission accomplished as far as the story goes.
This volume was a little different. The Exiles travel to one of my favorite timelines, the Age of Apocalypse. However, the Timebroker is acting really strange, almost like he's been replaced by an imposter. And instead of following the mission as usual, the Exiles decide to use the M'Krann Crystal and try to track the Timebroker down and end their forced servitude once and for all.
I suppose the story had to evolve, but really I preferred the regular formula of the stories better than this new direction. I am curious to see what happens next, so I suppose mission accomplished as far as the story goes.
March 10, 2022
Zippity doo-dah, zippity a, my oh my what a load of marlarky today! Welcome to the 10th volume of Exile, which is directly tied into an event from 2005ish I don't remember because I was on an extended break from comics then.
Lemme be upfront - despite my love of Blink I ain't never read the Age of Apocalypse original event (AoA hereforth). Closest I got was the Blink mini-series. I know what its about - the X-men Animated Series certainly gave way to that, but no first hand knowledge.
What I do have knowledge of is Blink from this series and her 4-issue mini-series Nd Sabertooth from this series. So in the three issues this volume covers (more on that in a moment), please understand when I say they are hella OOC.
I don't even remember, on screen, Blink telling Mimic she was sent to the world where Sabertooth was raising a psychopath tyrant. So was all the times Mimic asked off screen? Okay, sure.
Nor did Blink seemed terribly...shooken up when she came back. So evil psychopath tyrant made her do awful things, not surprising. I feel like if this was before the original writer (Judd Winnick I think?) left we would have seen more then a couple flashbacks with voice over to explain vague bad things.
Why is Sabertooth, who was in previous appearances rather...reasonable and thoughtful suddenly more like his jerky self that's so well known?
On top of which, and this really annoyed me, suddenly the Timebroker REALLY went for broke (ha) and acted evil. No nuance or subtly. Actual red eyes. It was jarring and abrupt. You're telling me this guy who, to this point, showed nothing but patience in his scheming suddenly went "idgaf anymore"??
And Sasquatch and Beak just... disappear. Poof. After Beak was supposed to be sooooo integral they nixed Nocturne (in-verse I realize it was because she joined the Prime Marvel Universe for a bit, which is cool, but come on).
And this volume? Priced at $12.99 (so like $19.99 now), just the same as the other volumes? Had three issues ONLY and then the AoA Official Handbook, which was basically a brief rundown of events, comic checklist to "collect all issues" and then character profiles of the major players from the original event and this tie-in.
Ughhhhhh
Lemme be upfront - despite my love of Blink I ain't never read the Age of Apocalypse original event (AoA hereforth). Closest I got was the Blink mini-series. I know what its about - the X-men Animated Series certainly gave way to that, but no first hand knowledge.
What I do have knowledge of is Blink from this series and her 4-issue mini-series Nd Sabertooth from this series. So in the three issues this volume covers (more on that in a moment), please understand when I say they are hella OOC.
I don't even remember, on screen, Blink telling Mimic she was sent to the world where Sabertooth was raising a psychopath tyrant. So was all the times Mimic asked off screen? Okay, sure.
Nor did Blink seemed terribly...shooken up when she came back. So evil psychopath tyrant made her do awful things, not surprising. I feel like if this was before the original writer (Judd Winnick I think?) left we would have seen more then a couple flashbacks with voice over to explain vague bad things.
Why is Sabertooth, who was in previous appearances rather...reasonable and thoughtful suddenly more like his jerky self that's so well known?
On top of which, and this really annoyed me, suddenly the Timebroker REALLY went for broke (ha) and acted evil. No nuance or subtly. Actual red eyes. It was jarring and abrupt. You're telling me this guy who, to this point, showed nothing but patience in his scheming suddenly went "idgaf anymore"??
And Sasquatch and Beak just... disappear. Poof. After Beak was supposed to be sooooo integral they nixed Nocturne (in-verse I realize it was because she joined the Prime Marvel Universe for a bit, which is cool, but come on).
And this volume? Priced at $12.99 (so like $19.99 now), just the same as the other volumes? Had three issues ONLY and then the AoA Official Handbook, which was basically a brief rundown of events, comic checklist to "collect all issues" and then character profiles of the major players from the original event and this tie-in.
Ughhhhhh
September 20, 2017
This volume is a bit light on story as it is mostly more set-up than anything. It also contains a lot of repeated AOA information rather than issues of the comic.
Still a fun series and I am interested in where it goes next.
Still a fun series and I am interested in where it goes next.
January 20, 2019
Basically a filler volume setting things up for the next. I don't understand why there was only 3 books in this one.
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December 15, 2019-AoA Handbook
June 29, 2020
3.5 stars
February 5, 2022
Meh. Not bad, not great.
November 22, 2023
It was okay.
July 7, 2015
I'm not a big Exiles fan, but I DO really like Blink, and this is all about her return to her home reality, the Age of Apocalypse, which ties in directly to the second AoA series. It also features that reality's Sabretooth and Holocaust, which made me happy, since it meant more ties to my favorite X-Men storyline. I like Mimic and Morph, too, even though the latter is only similar to the Age of Apocalypse version -- not identical. Namora isn't a character I'm as familiar with, but her irritability toward the other characters made things interesting. I don't really know for sure exactly how this ties into the larger Exiles story, but it was a real treat to see Blink and Sabretooth being forced to work with one of the Horsemen of Apocalypse and get forced into a confrontation with Magneto and several of the X-Men! The art's pretty good, and the writing's generally strong. It's worth reading if you like AoA, for sure, or the Exiles in general.
July 21, 2025
Bedard's run on Exiles remains consistent in tone and characterization, as we see a few team member shakeups, and an explanation for what happened to Blink when she was removed from the team back in the Winnick era of the book.
Artists Mizuki Sakakibara and Jim Calafiore also make this series their own, alternating issues for the rest of the Bedard run.
I recommend this for fans of The Age Of Apocalypse storyline, and Exiles officianados.
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2023 Update:
The real bummer of this volume is that it's halfway taken up with the Official Handbook Of The Marvel Universe's Age Of Apocalypse section. We haven't needed to see the entire backgrounds of any of the other worlds The Exiles have traipsed through, and I feel like this particular inclusion is just to disguise the fact that they charged you thirteen dollars for three regular sized issues. They could have easily combined this with volume 9 or 11.
Artists Mizuki Sakakibara and Jim Calafiore also make this series their own, alternating issues for the rest of the Bedard run.
I recommend this for fans of The Age Of Apocalypse storyline, and Exiles officianados.
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2023 Update:
The real bummer of this volume is that it's halfway taken up with the Official Handbook Of The Marvel Universe's Age Of Apocalypse section. We haven't needed to see the entire backgrounds of any of the other worlds The Exiles have traipsed through, and I feel like this particular inclusion is just to disguise the fact that they charged you thirteen dollars for three regular sized issues. They could have easily combined this with volume 9 or 11.
November 30, 2011
A bit short. We do get a lot of answers, like what happened to Blink and Sabretooth. It also revists Blink's home, and Holocaust. Shame it wasn't longer.
April 8, 2012
The stories are pretty good, but half the book is profiles of people from the Age of Apocalypse and they're neither interesting nor well-written.
March 11, 2013
I"m indifferent with what's going on in this story. Another tie-in so they can add it to the AOA spectrum ... which is killer by the way.
November 25, 2017
The exiles series has a lot of incredible characters. This is a cross-dimension team of travelers so some characters will seem familiar while others will be very different from what regular Marvel readers have come to know over the years. It makes me wish I knew more about the history of the various Marvel universes they visit though.
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