A+X, Vol. 1: A+X=Awesome

A+X #1-6

by Dan Slott, Jeph Loeb, Peter David

Collects A+X #1-6. It's time-travel aplenty when a WWII -era Captain America meets Cable, and Red Hulk and Wolverine face a future menace! Black Widow and Rogue fight Sentinels, while Iron Man, Kitty Pryde and Lockheed battle the Brood! Storm and Black Panther have their first post-AV X encounter, Gambit and Hawkeye team up to save lives, and Spider-Man and Beast take on zombies! Plus, Cap, Quentin Quire, Iron Man, Beast, Iron Fist and Doop!

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Graphic Novels, X Men, Superheroes, Graphic Novels Comics, Science Fiction

142 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

Dan Slott is an American comic book writer, the current writer on Marvel Comics' The Amazing Spider-Man, and is best known for his work on books such as Arkham Asylum: Living Hell, She-Hulk, Silver Surfer, The Superior Spider-Man, and Ren & Stimpy.

Reviews

[C.T. Phipps · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great collection of stories where the Avengers and the X-men are working together instead of apart for once. Could it be better? Well, the stories are a bit on the short side but that's a fairly minor issue and it's not so much the Avengers + X-men as individual heroes doing team ups. On the plus side, I loved Rogue and Black Widow teaming up.

[Sam Quixote · Rating 3 out of 5]

A + X is a collection of short stories teaming up a member of the Avengers and the X-Men for a silly throwaway kind of story. Some stories tend to be more serious than others like Dan Slott’s Captain America/Cable teamup in WW2 where the two defeat Sentinels Bolivar Trask is burying in England and then you have stories like Peter David’s Wolverine/Captain Marvel where they play poker the entire time!

I was wary about picking this one up purely because I disliked AVX so much and thought that by association (kind of) it’d be awful too, but it’s not a bad little read. Some of the team-ups are fun and the quick done-in-one format opens up all kinds of possibilities, like the stories I mentioned earlier. Slott and David’s stories were both quite good, as was Kathryn Immonen’s Iron Fist/Doop team-up (I like any comic featuring Doop), which take the opportunity to tell some pretty funny, whacky stories. Storm and Black Panther have a race, Black Widow and Rogue have a spa day (which of course is disrupted by a bad guy), and Hulk and Wolverine fight about who gets the last slice of cake!

Though if you’re not into the team-up or story, it can be a bit of a slog to get through. The Spidey/Beast team-up where they go to a parallel universe run by Beast’s descendants should’ve been more fun but was just all about the set-up and turned out to be a snooze, as was the Cap/Quentin Quire story set in Cap’s mind (or something). It’s like any short story collection where some stories are inevitably better and worse than others.

A + X is an ok melange of characters and ideas, with some stories worth reading and others not so. By the end, the format of the collection became somewhat tedious and I wanted to read a longer, more substantial narrative instead. But for dipping in and out of, A +X isn’t bad.

[Travis Duke · Rating 3 out of 5]

"Stop thinking so much", is what the authors tell at the start of this book. They are right, but not in a good way because this book is too basic in development . A+X in my best guess is a way for new readers to get a taste of an avenger and x-man team up. You get a very basic view of their personality and fighting style and then the story is done before we know it. What value does a experianced reader get from this book? very little I am afraid to admit. Once you get past the idea of the book you can enjoy a few of the team ups but there just isnt enough in each story to sink your teeth into. Stories I enjoyed where Beast and Spiderman (I dig the retro art too) Mr sinister and Loki, Iron man and kitty pride was fun. You have to get past the idea of this book to enjoy it.

[Craig · Rating 3 out of 5]

This actually wasn't bad. After the series Avengers vs. X-Men: Vs., which basically featured individual stories of battles between an X-Man and an Avenger, and which was pretty much uniformly awful, I didn't have a lot of hope for this one. But there's a nice sense of humor playing throughout these stories that doesn't get too goofy, and the artwork is good, for the most part, too. Each issue basically features two team-up stories, with an X-Man and an Avenger (even two supervillains, Loki and Mr. Sinister in one case) and whether they're fighting an alien menace or just playing cards, there's a nice vibe at work throughout. I quite enjoyed it.

[Tiamatty · Rating 3 out of 5]

Anthologies are risky. They can often be a mixed bag. There is a bit of that here. Some of the stories are awesome. Some are lame. Some are only OK. Still, most of the stories at least have some solid humour, and some of them are downright brilliant (the standout is probably Captain Marvel and Wolverine playing poker while debating who would win in a fight between cavemen and astronauts, though the Loki/Sinister team-up is also delightfully messed up, as Kieron Gillen writes the best versions of both those characters). This is definitely an enjoyable collection of stories, and I actually would recommend it as worth reading.

[Memphis Evans · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bwah-ha-ha-ha-ha! After the incredibly heavy, universe shattering events of AvX (Avengers vs. X-Men) I thought this would pick up that story. Nope. Instead, it's a bunch of hilarious team ups. Really great dialogue and the characters are gleefully free of some of their continuity restraints. Peter David, Dan Slott, and Jeph Loeb are among comics' best writers and the names I'd never heard before were terrific too. Not a single dud in the dozen stories here. This is probably the best "light" reading in the entire Marvel Universe. I eagerly await Volume 2.

[Léna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pas mal. Certains sont plutôt moyens (Kitty Pryde/Iron Man ; Black Panther et Storm), certains sont franchement mauvais (Hulk/Wolverine ; Captain America/Quentin Quire ; KidLoki/Mr Sinister), d'autres sont plutôt bien (Black Widow/Rogue et mon préféré Gambit/Hawkeye).

J'aime beaucoup le format cependant (1 histoire de 10 pages pour 2 histoires par numéro) et ça permet de se faire une idée des auteurs (Jason Aaron privilégie la personalité aux pouvoirs ce qui est plutôt cool) et dessinateurs de Marvel (Michael Del Mundo est en fait un artiste très polyvalent).

[Dan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Basically just a Marvel team up book,but it's Avengers and X-Men.

[B.M.B. Johnson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Basically a group of individual off-beat team-up episodes, which may or may not have any place in the currently Marvel Now event.

Still good stuff.

[Quentin Wallace · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series features stories teaming up an X-Men Character with an Avengers Character in continuity free stories. They are mostly lighter stories, but the non continuity team ups are a breath of fresh air. It's also interesting to see some new team ups, although familiar ones are good as well.

I enjoyed seeing Captain America team up with Cable, as well as Wolverine and the Hulk which also makes for a great pairing. There are too many team ups to name but we get to see several that are out of the norm. Overall not bad, especially if you're feeling bogged down by the twisting continuities of the X-Men and Avengers.

[Sean · Rating 2 out of 5]

I like the idea after all the high stress AVX stuff, giving fans some light-hearted team-ups involving the Avengers and X-Men. Unfortunately, despite the talent involved, most of these stories didn't resonate with me. Some were okay but nothing too extraordinary. The tales mostly seemed generic. The art had highs and lows, as expected in an anthology book. Overall, easy going time killers. That's it.

[Ernest · Rating 2 out of 5]

As a filler volume, it does its job. Someone from the Avengers and the X-Men team up to battle someone/something, riff against each other, or just showcase each other. As a mild diversion, I guess it worked, although I wouldn’t be able to tell you much about which characters were involved or what the stories were about.

[Josh Patton · Rating 3 out of 5]

These are filler stories... not full issues, but short little stories added to fill out an issue. Several of them I'd read before, like the Kitty-Iron Man team up. One I wish I hadn't read (like Iron Fist said... let's not talk about it.)

Nothing bad, bit nothing that really stands out either.

[William Bryant · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun! Comic action! Cheesy one liners! That's about it. Nothing more. Just a bunch of useless short stories (or comics) compiled into one small book. It's pretty lame. BUT IT"S FUN THOUGH!!! NOT really.

[Bekka · Rating 4 out of 5]

Such a fun start to a series! I loved seeing the different Avengers and X-Men team up together in various short stories!
Favourite jokes/references have to be Bucky admiring a metal arm in the '40s, Carol and Logan asking the age old question from Angel: Astronauts V Cavemen: who wins? And The Thing calling Gambit Jean-Luc Pic-A-Card!

[Cassie · Rating 3 out of 5]

It’s cute! It’s a bunch of silly 12 page stories and each one teams up a member of the X-Men with an Avenger. My favorites were Black Panther & Storm, Kitty and Iron Man, and a very gay Rogue + Black Widow story.

[Geonessary · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed a good chunk of these stories, while another chunk... ehhh... same with the artwork. Some of them had great art, others I did not like in the slightest. Overall a fun read though.

[Holly · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a mix of little stories, some awesome, some OK, but more of them are great than not.

[Charlie Easterson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Took a few vignettes to warm up but had a number of really solid one offs.

[Duncan · Rating 5 out of 5]

FUN. This is what's been missing from DC for over a decade - actual fun. Enjoy these short team-up stories, and never mind the legend or crisis-making.

[Frans Kempe · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short stories of different team up between X-Men and Avengers

[Brandon García Neri · Rating 2 out of 5]

Super aburrido y prescindible para Marvel now

[Mei Ridorsa · Rating 2 out of 5]

Quin txurru. Alguna de les històries té algun moment divertit, però la resta van pel terreny de la vergonya aliena.

[Robert Toledo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great team ups no miss no fuss

Great team ups no miss no fuss to humanize in an unusual way very original take on the newspaper comic strip

[Casey Taylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Surprisingly fun!

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

A+X what the F.

Wasn't sure about this book, but once I started reading, turns out to be pretty good. An Avengers & an X-Men, makes for a comic worth reading.

[Dbetts12 · Rating 1 out of 5]

Could be better

Once again i'm not a fan of the storylines. The writing was sloppy and uninteresting. I will continue reading the series.

[Doctor Doom · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some of these stories were great, others were merely okay

[Paul Young · Rating 2 out of 5]

Fun palette cleansers is all to see here, IMO.

[J. · Rating 2 out of 5]

Almost entirely forgettable.