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Exiles (2001) (Collected Editions)
Exiles, Vol. 9: Bump in the Night
The Exiles enter into a world of swords and sorcery that any true X-fan will enjoy! Guest-starring the villainy of Kulan Gath! Plus: Ego the Living Planet - a father?! It's up to the Exiles, the Avengers, and the Fantastic Four to keep the Earth from becoming Ego Junior! Finally, a seemingly trivial, low-key mission spirals into a cataclysmic, universe-shattering disaster...all because of a Danish?! It's the Exiles' most hilarious adventure yet! Collects Exiles #52-58.
168 pages, Paperback
First published April 13, 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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June 14, 2020
Tony Bedard continues to deliver interesting and entertaining Exiles stories. Unfortunately, they are let down by mostly sub-par artwork. Heather gets a great ending to her character arc in this volume, leaving me wondering what her future is with the team, if any. I guess we’ll find out in volume ten...
July 21, 2025
The fun of having a team that hops through alternate universes, trying to fix timelines, is having short storyarcs in familiar Marvel settings. Bedard seems to really understand that here. I, personally, am neither a fan of the Ego The Living Planet Fantastic Four stories, nor Kulan Gath stories (which involve turning Manhattan into Ren Faire times, similar to Claremont's Inferno).
But if you do like those types of Marvel stories, this might be a five star book for you. The plots are fun (The Cheese Danish Effect issue is a perfect single issue story for this type of title), and the character interactions seem more On Brand than during the Austen run. Plus Morph is back to not being a complete misogynist. And Beak...well, Beak isn't my favorite character but he flourishes here in a way he wouldn't have in the main X-books.
I recommend this for fans of Winnick's original Exiles run, and people who like silvery agey plots with modern scripting.
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Updated in 2023: I feel similar to this. Although, I was doing a read through of this whole series a couple of months ago, and when I reached an early page where Blink said "Have a nice trip. Don't forget to write.", I put the book down and thought "Maybe I don't need to read the rest of this series." It is often pretty hokey dialogue and, as I said in the initial review silver-agey when it comes to plots. But it's not bad, and I'm glad I picked it back up.
But if you do like those types of Marvel stories, this might be a five star book for you. The plots are fun (The Cheese Danish Effect issue is a perfect single issue story for this type of title), and the character interactions seem more On Brand than during the Austen run. Plus Morph is back to not being a complete misogynist. And Beak...well, Beak isn't my favorite character but he flourishes here in a way he wouldn't have in the main X-books.
I recommend this for fans of Winnick's original Exiles run, and people who like silvery agey plots with modern scripting.
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Updated in 2023: I feel similar to this. Although, I was doing a read through of this whole series a couple of months ago, and when I reached an early page where Blink said "Have a nice trip. Don't forget to write.", I put the book down and thought "Maybe I don't need to read the rest of this series." It is often pretty hokey dialogue and, as I said in the initial review silver-agey when it comes to plots. But it's not bad, and I'm glad I picked it back up.
March 29, 2015
The inconsistency of the stories made this one harder to enjoy than the earlier ones. The first tale especially lagged with pacing and a somewhat silly idea for a story. It was in two parts and took up half the graphic novel too, so yeah...obviously I didn't enjoy it as much. The third story was strange and less action filled but I enjoyed the theories behind it of subtle domino effects changing things in major ways. The graphics on the last page of this story with the mini Thor and other characters was so surprising and cute I giggled.
Finally, Bump in the Night is broken into three parts. It's a pretty dark story and a lot of characters come into play, including of a form of Ghost rider, cool to see. We get another version of Spiderman, this one not a psycho killer. The fight with that one was intriguing enough and I enjoyed the dark story.
The final story with Tanaraq is weaker again but was thankfully short. Dr Octopus makes an appearance and amused me with his sensibility to cut tail and run. The end of the graphic novel shows a deepening suspicion of the time keeper and what his purpose is. Where has he been and what's really in store for everyone?
Finally, Bump in the Night is broken into three parts. It's a pretty dark story and a lot of characters come into play, including of a form of Ghost rider, cool to see. We get another version of Spiderman, this one not a psycho killer. The fight with that one was intriguing enough and I enjoyed the dark story.
The final story with Tanaraq is weaker again but was thankfully short. Dr Octopus makes an appearance and amused me with his sensibility to cut tail and run. The end of the graphic novel shows a deepening suspicion of the time keeper and what his purpose is. Where has he been and what's really in store for everyone?
June 2, 2021
This volume featured Ego the Living Planet attempting to turn Earth into a living planet like himself. The best story line featured the Conan/X-Men villain Kulan Gath attempting to turn Earth into a Hyborian world, only to be thwarted by Zarathos who makes things even worse. We get some cool versions of Werewolf By Night, Morbius and Wendigo as well. Finally we see Sasquatch's inner monster released: a monster known as Tanaraq. She has to be freed to end Tanaraq's evil.
The series is not always great, but is always entertaining, and that applies to this volume.
The series is not always great, but is always entertaining, and that applies to this volume.
December 30, 2016
This is where Bedard really starts to shine. It's a fun couple of stories. One of the best part of the Exiles as a series is that the writers can really tell almost any story they want. In the Multiverse, anything is possible. The other strength of the Exiles concept is the idea that the characters are in real danger. Things can happen to them; they can change or die. It serves to create a sense of danger for the characters. Even if the team wins they could lose one of the characters.
January 21, 2018
I want to love this run as much as the first few, but it's just not quite there.
That being said, it's still a perfectly fine book with some good highs and few lows.
That being said, it's still a perfectly fine book with some good highs and few lows.
March 9, 2022
Bzzzzzzt time to wake up folks - its another volume of Exiles!
First, I'm soooo tired of Marvel's "First Family" the Fantastic Four. They remain my LEAST favorite superhero team and in no reality so far have they proven interesting.
Second, the first reality is literally the Earth gaining sentience which after seeing The Eternals and Guardians of the Galaxy 2, is less interesting then you'd think. It was kinda dumb? And why do y'all keep trusting Doom? Like he's 0 for 12 here as helpful.
The one-issue story immediately after was fun - buy the Danish, save the World. It was definitely a more light hearted tale.
Which brings us to the final storyarc that was D&D in meth before becoming Mr. Hyde Goes to Washington. I don't know WHY they decided to retcon Heather's origin as Sasquatch the way they did. It was...meh. Boring. Sure gamma rays turned me monstrous is pretty ordinary for the Marvel Universe, but so was what they went with.
This is becoming a case of diminishing returns. The further we go into this series (I'm more then half done now) the less I'm enjoying.
Maybe volume 10 will be better? :sigh:
First, I'm soooo tired of Marvel's "First Family" the Fantastic Four. They remain my LEAST favorite superhero team and in no reality so far have they proven interesting.
Second, the first reality is literally the Earth gaining sentience which after seeing The Eternals and Guardians of the Galaxy 2, is less interesting then you'd think. It was kinda dumb? And why do y'all keep trusting Doom? Like he's 0 for 12 here as helpful.
The one-issue story immediately after was fun - buy the Danish, save the World. It was definitely a more light hearted tale.
Which brings us to the final storyarc that was D&D in meth before becoming Mr. Hyde Goes to Washington. I don't know WHY they decided to retcon Heather's origin as Sasquatch the way they did. It was...meh. Boring. Sure gamma rays turned me monstrous is pretty ordinary for the Marvel Universe, but so was what they went with.
This is becoming a case of diminishing returns. The further we go into this series (I'm more then half done now) the less I'm enjoying.
Maybe volume 10 will be better? :sigh:
June 29, 2020
Loved this volume
The Danish story was fantastic. I love how one man not getting his Danish causes a chain of events that ends up stopping an invasion and destruction of the earth by Shiar Empire.
It was only a small story but one of my favourite so far.
The Danish story was fantastic. I love how one man not getting his Danish causes a chain of events that ends up stopping an invasion and destruction of the earth by Shiar Empire.
It was only a small story but one of my favourite so far.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 27, 2017
Continuing the great x-read of 2017...
This continues to be a fun (if sometimes uneven) series.
This continues to be a fun (if sometimes uneven) series.
December 8, 2020
Kinda weird but I liked it.
February 2, 2022
Fun.
Has Heather's time with the team come to an end?
Has Heather's time with the team come to an end?
April 29, 2024
3/5 Stars-
Probably the most all Over the place volume yet. That's not necessarily a bad thing but here it did somewhat hinder it
Probably the most all Over the place volume yet. That's not necessarily a bad thing but here it did somewhat hinder it
May 8, 2024
3.5-
July 9, 2024
Exiles vol. 9 sets up some great stories, though this volume is not as strong as some of the others during the series’s heyday.
July 12, 2008
Reprints Exiles #52-58. The Exiles battle Ego the Living Planet, Zarathos, Kulan Gath, Zarathos, and...a Danish. Standard Exiles stuff. Much better than Chuck Austen (hard not to be), and always creative with "no-limit" storytelling.
July 31, 2011
The Exiles must tackle a Living Planet, Doctor Doom, a danish (in a hilarious Rube Goldberg-esque story), and a mythical world of monsters in this volume. Bedard continues to dazzle with characterization, and artist Mizuki Sakakibara impresses!
March 5, 2013
About time some real action started!!! Hyperion and Weapon X says, "fuck all this saving the world, let's conquer the world." All star 2 teams duke it out for survival and half of them will be killed. Great story by Austen...recommended.
December 1, 2011
This time the Exiles go Medieval. Some fun moments, and its interesting to see the different dynamics in the group now.
April 8, 2012
I just recently learned about the story where Kulan Gath brought the Hyborean Age to Manhattan in 616 continuity. It's good to have Blink back.
September 16, 2019
Thankfully the art improved
January 12, 2019
I felt the storylines were quite meh with Ego and the Medieval sorcery. I did enjoy that story with the Danish though.
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