AXIS: Revolutions

Avengers & X-Men: AXIS

by Dennis Hopeless, Ken Lashley (Illustrator), Frank Tieri

It's a compendious collection of companion stories, spinning directly out of Marvel' newest blockbuster event, AXIS! As the Red Skull broadcasts hate across the globe, will the Avengers and X-Men be able to quell the madness? Or might they just be swept up in it? New world disorder is the name of the game as the Skull' havoc touches every mind on the planet...and the heroes'cure proves worse than the disease! Heroes go bad! Villains go good! And Thor goes...on a bender? Now, shock follows shock as Dr. Strange struggles against his hate, She-Hulk breaks the law, Sandman reaches out to help a friend in prison, Kitty Pryde robs a bank, and Nightcrawler decides to avenge the death of Wolverine...by hunting down Sabretooth! Experience the inverted world of the Marvel Universe like never before! COLLECTING: Axis: Revolutions 1-4

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Graphic Novels, X Men, Superheroes, Fantasy, Ebooks

96 pages, Paperback

First published June 2, 2015

About the author

Dennis "Hopeless" Hallum is an American comics writer from Kansas City, Missouri who has written for Marvel Comics, Image Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Boom! Studios, Arcana Studio, and Oni Press.

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Reviews

[Marielle Evans · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really great stories. Hate-waved Strange is hilarious. Parker's speech about hate is beautiful.

[Gerry Sacco · Rating 3 out of 5]

Was a bit uneven. Really liked the Spider-Man and Doctor Strange half, second half not as much.

Very small collection, art was uneven unfortunately.

[Joe · Rating 1 out of 5]

No, no, no.
What was this?
I thought something good was coming.
I thought....All I got was some comedy.
What, really.
Funny is what you gave me.

AARGHHHHHHHHH.

[Alex E · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a series of small stories all dealing with how the Axis event affects the rest of the Marvel Universe. And being that each one was different creators, the stories vary from good to.... not so good.

I think the highlight for me was Spider-man dealing with people going crazy with anger. This really felt like old school spidey dealing with the neighborhood problems like back in the day. I mean, this was on a much bigger scale but there was some good character moments from spidey, and great call backs to his past growing up with aunt May and uncle Ben.

Doctor Strange looking for a purely "good" person to base his spell on was pretty funny as he... fails because: humans. Thor being an arrogant drunkard was also ok. However a lot of these missed the mark. Sometimes they go for humor and it lands flat.

Overall, really uneven - for completionists of the Axis event only I would say.

[Sean · Rating 1 out of 5]

What do you get when you add a bad crossover event with a pointless tie-in? This drivel. This was just a cheesy cash grab by Marvel to get customers to buy something with the Axis logo. Its completely without merit. Skip it.

[Sebastian Song · Rating 3 out of 5]

How what if stories should be done. Story and sweet is better than long and boring.

[Jdetrick · Rating 2 out of 5]

As much as I didn't like the series, I dislike this just as much, if not more. It's not a concept that appeals to me, and these stories aren't strong enough to change my mind.

[Villain E · Rating 3 out of 5]

Throw away short stories about good guys acting like bad guys or bad guys acting like good guys. It would have been nice if they'd put in more effort to create something character defining.

[Gosha The Consumer of Comics · Rating 2 out of 5]

Spider-Man story is the only redeeming thing in this one.

[Silas · Rating 3 out of 5]

As a collection of shorter stories, this is a mixed bag as usual. It is almost unfortunate that it led with the very best one, a story where Spider-Man tries to keep people from hurting each other. I did find it interesting how the Sandman one was included, since he wasn't actually affected by the reversal, but only inspired by the villains turned heroes to try to do the right thing in his own distorted way. I appreciated the story featuring Kitty Pride, since it showed off how tough she can be, though the story wasn't particularly exciting. The Iceman story was somewhat interesting, more as a satire of dark comics than as an enjoyable story in and of itself, though. Most of the rest were rather lackluster. Still, I suppose they added a bit of substance to the Axis event, which, unlike some others, I rather enjoyed.

[B · Rating 3 out of 5]

These stories are very problematic because they all rely entirely on the shock value of heroes being villains and villains being heroes. But the shock value fails to coalesce when the characters are unmoored from themselves so entirely. It's like someone said, "Here's the visual design of a character and here are their powers" and then just said "they are heroes or villains." Very little connects the characters to themselves.

Perhaps the weirdest one is Nightcrawler. In Amazing X-Men, it's very clearly explained that Nightcrawler has lost his soul and is becoming increasingly unhinged in his quest for vengeance. Here, Nightcrawler is shocking unhinged in his quest for vengeance. Um. Um.

[MB Taylor · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not really impressed. I bought this mostly for the Dr. Strange and Thor stories, but I didn't find either found particularly compelling. I think, but I'm not sure, that both were supposed to be humorous.

The best stories in the collection were the first (Spider-Man in "With Great Hate") and the last (Dr. Doom in "Least Resistance").

The other stories didn't leave much of an impression, although the Iceman story (Man of Ice) was very odd...

[Jenna · Rating 2 out of 5]

This hasn't really improved my knowledge of the AXIS event at all. The Thor issue was entertaining, with the whole social media road trip bit, but he really just was acting as he did in the beginning of the Thor movie, rather than a villain.... Sabertooth was intriguing, and I have no idea what is wrong with Iceman. I did also like the Spiderman issue, even if it did seem too much of a lecture. Bizarre compilation, but I suppose the original story is a very what-if scenario, to start with.

[David · Rating 1 out of 5]

Bothersome fluff, hardly worth the effort to lift the pages.

[Lukas Holmes · Rating 3 out of 5]

Meh. Dr. Strange story was pretty cute.

[Jason · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm not sure I see the purpose in this book. It feels like an afterthought.

[Alicia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Spidey, Thor, and Sandman pieces are aces, and the rest didn't really hold my interest.

[Lisa Shaughnessy · Rating 4 out of 5]

not the main storyline, but I really like the side stories, fun to read

[Kris Ivy · Rating 5 out of 5]

A funny light hearted romp with Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, Kitty Pryde, Thor, etc.

[Frans Kempe · Rating 2 out of 5]

A couple of random stories about the heroes during the inversion that happened during Axis