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Generation Hope (Collected Editions) #1
Generation Hope: The Future's a Four-Lettered Word
Collects Generation Hope #1-5. When Hope Summers returned from the future, she triggered the rebirth of the mutant gene. Five lights appeared on Cerebra, and five mutants' powers came to life — but their activations have been chaotic and dangerous, nearly killing each of them. With Rogue and the four of the five new mutants, Hope heads to Japan to join Cyclops, Wolverine and the fifth light. But will this new light be a hero or a villain?
134 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2011
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November 4, 2015
Hope's status as the Mutant Messiah appears completely warranted. The new mutants since Hope have had problems with their powers and Hope's touch stabilizes them. She had little trouble with the first four new mutants, but the fifth is a different story entirely.
The Future is a Four Letter Word has an interesting start as Hope, Cyclops, Wolverine, Rogue, and four of the lights (the first five new mutants are referred to as lights) have to fight a newly emerged mutant who is particularly dangerous.
It's interesting seeing how quickly the four lights follow Hope in the face of potential death.
The volume was OK. Three of the five lights have more familiar mutations. Two have powers with no physical change and the other has powers and a physical change. The other two lights are quite different as one is entirely primitive and instinctual while the other is very much monstrous. I don't feel as though I learned much about any of them so far so hopefully there will be more development in subsequent volumes. Hope is interesting as she even has advice to give Professor X.
All in all Generation Hope is off to a solid start.
The Future is a Four Letter Word has an interesting start as Hope, Cyclops, Wolverine, Rogue, and four of the lights (the first five new mutants are referred to as lights) have to fight a newly emerged mutant who is particularly dangerous.
It's interesting seeing how quickly the four lights follow Hope in the face of potential death.
The volume was OK. Three of the five lights have more familiar mutations. Two have powers with no physical change and the other has powers and a physical change. The other two lights are quite different as one is entirely primitive and instinctual while the other is very much monstrous. I don't feel as though I learned much about any of them so far so hopefully there will be more development in subsequent volumes. Hope is interesting as she even has advice to give Professor X.
All in all Generation Hope is off to a solid start.
August 13, 2018
Artwork: 3 stars
Story: 2 stars
A somewhat derivative opening salvo to Generation Hope's new book. Uh, were they counting on none of their readers having read or seen 'Akira' or was this supposed to be some kind of homage to it? The story did get better once they left Tokyo, which is why I'm rounding up to 3 stars rather than down to 2.
Here's hoping volume 2 is better...
Story: 2 stars
A somewhat derivative opening salvo to Generation Hope's new book. Uh, were they counting on none of their readers having read or seen 'Akira' or was this supposed to be some kind of homage to it? The story did get better once they left Tokyo, which is why I'm rounding up to 3 stars rather than down to 2.
Here's hoping volume 2 is better...
February 20, 2017
Generation Hope is one of Kieron Gillen's earliest Marvel works, and it comes from a very confusing time for X-Men. I won't even pretend to understand everything that was going on with the mutants at the time, but it all comes down to House of M and Scarlet Witch, who wiped out the mutant genes from the world or something, so now new mutants don't appear anymore. Except they do, they just need Hope Summers to help their powers manifest.
Hope herself has a very complicated story, but kudos to Marvel — they actually put a multi-page explanation of her origin in the back of the first issue, so I didn't feel too lost while reading this comic. Again, this is why I love Marvel, and why I never seem to be able to get into DC's backlog of comics — they just don't care about explaining things.
Story-wise, the book is pretty simple — Hope's team of new mutants, or "lights", as they're called here, go to Tokyo to help yet another new mutant with his powers. But they're too late, he's out of control and has gone full Akira (the resemblance is uncanny). It's an OK story, but Gillen's dialogue and character work make it a fun ride nonetheless.
The artwork, sadly, is pretty terrible throughout almost the whole book. From covers to the interior, it looks very mediocre and uninspired, with one notable exception. The last issue of this collection was done by Jamie McKelvie and Matt Wilson, again, one of their earliest Marvel collaborations with Gillen. This is the best issue of the volume, the one where the characters start to click together and the story gains some momentum. Because you can never go wrong with Gillen, McKelvie and Wilson, they're one of the best creative teams in comics!
Overall, I enjoyed the first volume of Generation Hope. It's fun, accessible, and just has a "good X-Men comic" vibe about it, which can be really hard to come by, especially in the modern era Marvel.
Hope herself has a very complicated story, but kudos to Marvel — they actually put a multi-page explanation of her origin in the back of the first issue, so I didn't feel too lost while reading this comic. Again, this is why I love Marvel, and why I never seem to be able to get into DC's backlog of comics — they just don't care about explaining things.
Story-wise, the book is pretty simple — Hope's team of new mutants, or "lights", as they're called here, go to Tokyo to help yet another new mutant with his powers. But they're too late, he's out of control and has gone full Akira (the resemblance is uncanny). It's an OK story, but Gillen's dialogue and character work make it a fun ride nonetheless.
The artwork, sadly, is pretty terrible throughout almost the whole book. From covers to the interior, it looks very mediocre and uninspired, with one notable exception. The last issue of this collection was done by Jamie McKelvie and Matt Wilson, again, one of their earliest Marvel collaborations with Gillen. This is the best issue of the volume, the one where the characters start to click together and the story gains some momentum. Because you can never go wrong with Gillen, McKelvie and Wilson, they're one of the best creative teams in comics!
Overall, I enjoyed the first volume of Generation Hope. It's fun, accessible, and just has a "good X-Men comic" vibe about it, which can be really hard to come by, especially in the modern era Marvel.
November 14, 2018
The more I read about Hope the more I like her. A Badass teenager who has to carry the entire mutant future on her back? How can you not be interested.
This volume is mostly a huge fight. Hope has gather the future mutants, the "lights", as she calls it. Once gathering them one of them transforms to a Godzilla like monster. Together they band together, with the X-Men as well, to stop him. The last issue is really about Hope building her band of fighters and going on the search to find more mutants.
Good: Hope is still badass, as always. She takes no shit from anyone, raised by cable to survive, she does just that. The band of "lights" is pretty cool. Each very different, and all young, so get new mutants type vibe there. I also thought the end built up for, hopefully, and exciting future for this series.
Bad: The big fight to bring everyone together has been done so many times can't help feel a little bored. Also, the art isn't the best. Not bad but just kind of blend.
Overall it's pretty solid fun. If like Hope this comic worth reading for that alone. It could be better plotting and art but it's pretty fun regardless. A 3 out of 5.
This volume is mostly a huge fight. Hope has gather the future mutants, the "lights", as she calls it. Once gathering them one of them transforms to a Godzilla like monster. Together they band together, with the X-Men as well, to stop him. The last issue is really about Hope building her band of fighters and going on the search to find more mutants.
Good: Hope is still badass, as always. She takes no shit from anyone, raised by cable to survive, she does just that. The band of "lights" is pretty cool. Each very different, and all young, so get new mutants type vibe there. I also thought the end built up for, hopefully, and exciting future for this series.
Bad: The big fight to bring everyone together has been done so many times can't help feel a little bored. Also, the art isn't the best. Not bad but just kind of blend.
Overall it's pretty solid fun. If like Hope this comic worth reading for that alone. It could be better plotting and art but it's pretty fun regardless. A 3 out of 5.
November 13, 2017
Luego de los eventos de Second Coming Hope empieza a hacer su propio camino, esta vez luego de la aparición de las "Luces" (los nuevos mutantes que están apareciendo desde hace muchos años) la aventura se traslada a Tokio donde Hope, junto con sus nuevos amigos descubiertos y rescatados por ella misma, irán en busca de un nuevo mutante que está haciendo destrozos por la ciudad. Gabriel un chico súper rápido, manipulador del tiempo se volverá uno de sus mejores amigos.
May 6, 2022
An interesting beginning to a new title, but it didn’t do much for me one way or another.
June 30, 2020
For my full interview with Kieron Gillen, follow this link: https://youtu.be/np9kcC1ruWU
Pretty cool!
This story carries the torch from Second Coming as we follow Hope and her team of “lights.” These are the first new mutants (small m and n) that we met during Fractions’s UXM run. This is basically the first time we really start to see them gel.
Hope is a cool character. I’ve liked her for a while now, but it’s fun to see her develop in the new roll as team lead. She stands up to everyone here; Cyke, Emma, Magneto, Rogue, Wolverine... she has a very “ok boomer” vibe to her and she doesn’t let these oldass X-Men push her around.
I’m not sure if it’s even supposed to be subtle, but anyone who knows fuckall knows that she is accessing the Phoenix. That can’t end well.
Besides hope, there’s a whole new cast of characters for us to fall in love with, and they are a pleasure to watch.
Salva Espin and Jamie McKelvie draw us a great comic witj incendiary action layouts and intensely drawn characters. Keep it up!!
This is a good series for any X fan.
Pretty cool!
This story carries the torch from Second Coming as we follow Hope and her team of “lights.” These are the first new mutants (small m and n) that we met during Fractions’s UXM run. This is basically the first time we really start to see them gel.
Hope is a cool character. I’ve liked her for a while now, but it’s fun to see her develop in the new roll as team lead. She stands up to everyone here; Cyke, Emma, Magneto, Rogue, Wolverine... she has a very “ok boomer” vibe to her and she doesn’t let these oldass X-Men push her around.
I’m not sure if it’s even supposed to be subtle, but anyone who knows fuckall knows that she is accessing the Phoenix. That can’t end well.
Besides hope, there’s a whole new cast of characters for us to fall in love with, and they are a pleasure to watch.
Salva Espin and Jamie McKelvie draw us a great comic witj incendiary action layouts and intensely drawn characters. Keep it up!!
This is a good series for any X fan.
February 26, 2012
Gillen starts us off with a detailed examination of different characters' introspection in motion, which I like - they're not sitting around moping and taking about what they wish they were doing (maudlin low-budget TV drama style), but acting and considering who they are in the act.
I'm fascinated by the mad philosophies of the villain - interesting turns of phrase, both evocative and intelligible at the same time. Gillen writes some interesting words when he has the inclination. And has a pretty good handle too on how teens would think and talk (at least from what little I remember).
My biggest complaint about Gillen's (and others') writing of newish X-Men: they all give Hope an incredibly sophisticated and self-aware vocabulary and speech pattern. Here's a girls who was raised since birth by a gruff, apparently none-too-talkative soldier, who was mostly alone with him her whole life, and who otherwise only had contact with post-apocalyptic marauders, scavengers and freaks. Then she returned to the 21st century and has spent less than a year among a band of freaky mutants.
Shouldn't she have *some* verbal and thinking limitations? A narrow vocabulary, a bias towards military analogies, maybe a limited range of emotional expression? Hell I'm in my fourth decade and I'm still amassing tools to express what's going on in my head. Jodie Foster's character in Nell couldn't speak a word of English after being raised by a stroke victim, and I'll offer that Cable's not too far off intellectually.
Despite that (and the Saturday-morning-cartoon quality of the art), there's enough potentia and thoughtl being woven into this to keep me interested in reading more from Gillen. And that's probably in part due to the interview included in the book, that helps us understand what Gillen's up to and hints at what's in store.
3 stars for execution, +1 for the groundwork and promise laid down here.
I'm fascinated by the mad philosophies of the villain - interesting turns of phrase, both evocative and intelligible at the same time. Gillen writes some interesting words when he has the inclination. And has a pretty good handle too on how teens would think and talk (at least from what little I remember).
My biggest complaint about Gillen's (and others') writing of newish X-Men: they all give Hope an incredibly sophisticated and self-aware vocabulary and speech pattern. Here's a girls who was raised since birth by a gruff, apparently none-too-talkative soldier, who was mostly alone with him her whole life, and who otherwise only had contact with post-apocalyptic marauders, scavengers and freaks. Then she returned to the 21st century and has spent less than a year among a band of freaky mutants.
Shouldn't she have *some* verbal and thinking limitations? A narrow vocabulary, a bias towards military analogies, maybe a limited range of emotional expression? Hell I'm in my fourth decade and I'm still amassing tools to express what's going on in my head. Jodie Foster's character in Nell couldn't speak a word of English after being raised by a stroke victim, and I'll offer that Cable's not too far off intellectually.
Despite that (and the Saturday-morning-cartoon quality of the art), there's enough potentia and thoughtl being woven into this to keep me interested in reading more from Gillen. And that's probably in part due to the interview included in the book, that helps us understand what Gillen's up to and hints at what's in store.
3 stars for execution, +1 for the groundwork and promise laid down here.
September 9, 2014
Generation Hope proves to be a very center of the road X-book, with the handicap of having to introduce new characters into the fold. It's difficult to get readers to buy into new mutants, and none of the new characters get any significant lime-light time, failing (for me at least) to build any attachment to them in the five issues we are allowed. The are is all fun, (despite some questionable colors towards the end) and Jamie McKelvie even shows up to pencil an enjoyable fifth issue, so that's a pleasure. The villain(?) was also an interesting Akira-esque flesh monster, that made for some really interesting scenes, especially considering Hope's mimic power.
Generation Hope is a fine companion book to Uncanny, but doesn't do enough to get a real recommendation as a stand-alone work. If you want to read Gillen writing a teen team, seek out the vastly superior Young Avengers series.
Generation Hope is a fine companion book to Uncanny, but doesn't do enough to get a real recommendation as a stand-alone work. If you want to read Gillen writing a teen team, seek out the vastly superior Young Avengers series.
May 9, 2018
I'm still continuing my great x-read of 2017/2018 and I am WAY behind on reviews due to a move and limited down time. I will be updating everything I have read in the meantime with tiny (or nonexistent) reviews so I can catch up again...
After the absolutely amazing crossovers that led us to where we are with Hope, what a disappointment this is... Somehow I read this before "The birth of Generation Hope" so maybe that will make this better but oof. Hope comes across completely different than she did with Cable, the new mutants seem pointless (Oh, she has the abilities of Iceman *and* Pyro? Wow!) or stupid (He's a freaking dog? Really?). This was just so disappointing on so many levels.
Oh, and someone watched Akira a few too many times.
After the absolutely amazing crossovers that led us to where we are with Hope, what a disappointment this is... Somehow I read this before "The birth of Generation Hope" so maybe that will make this better but oof. Hope comes across completely different than she did with Cable, the new mutants seem pointless (Oh, she has the abilities of Iceman *and* Pyro? Wow!) or stupid (He's a freaking dog? Really?). This was just so disappointing on so many levels.
Oh, and someone watched Akira a few too many times.
September 1, 2024
Interesting characters but I am very confused as to what the author is trying to say regarding assault via Hope's comments about both Emma implying Sebastian Shaw was abusive (in which Hope claimed Emma was only being cruel to Shaw because he was her "ex", somehow totally missing what Emma was very clearly implying about their relationship) and her comment to the Stepford Cuckoos regarding Primal(who, by the way, is not a character I would mind never seeing again)'s thoughts towards them (the Cuckoos say what he's thinking is basically assault & Hope "claps back" by saying that she's sure many people have thought about assaulting the Cuckoos. Um??????????)
Love Hope but. I have an inkling that one of the authors has very interesting (in the most negative way) views on consent & assault.
Love Hope but. I have an inkling that one of the authors has very interesting (in the most negative way) views on consent & assault.
July 23, 2025
fairly basic plot but with good emotional ties. not the best characterisation of Idie, which is disappointing. seems vapid and dumb.
I really like Hope here being strong abd in charge. smart and possibly manipulative. teon has very interesting powers as well as kenji. velocidad should be experiencing more side effects/consequences for their power use. potentially there wasn't room in the title to play that out.
Laurie i don't feel like i learned a lot about. nervous in general but confident in their own abilities.
art is fine. nothing bad nothing outstanding. a good issue of mckelvie but not their best work.
mostly the arc is about the team finding Kenji and helping them get their powers under control.
I really like Hope here being strong abd in charge. smart and possibly manipulative. teon has very interesting powers as well as kenji. velocidad should be experiencing more side effects/consequences for their power use. potentially there wasn't room in the title to play that out.
Laurie i don't feel like i learned a lot about. nervous in general but confident in their own abilities.
art is fine. nothing bad nothing outstanding. a good issue of mckelvie but not their best work.
mostly the arc is about the team finding Kenji and helping them get their powers under control.
December 10, 2017
The first pure Gillen in my readthrough. The art in this one is really good. The characters definitely play to Gillen's strength, he's just great at writing young people (Young Avengers anyone? Wicked + Divine?) Hope is becoming more of a character here, and her team "the lights" are gaining individual personalities as well. The newest addition, Kenji, is a fascinating character. A Japanese artist who goes full-on Akira references. The last issue is actually by Jamie McKelvie, and includes some great Charles/Erik conversation too. So yeah, a very promising start. I'd read this one before, but with less of the context, and I look forward to where it goes.
September 13, 2022
I don’t remember how much of this series I read back in the day, but I remembered a fair bit of this trade, particularly the Akira references. It holds up pretty well. Kieron Gillen writes teenagers a lot, and he writes them well. Each character is quite unique. I hope we see some appearance of these characters again now that Gillen has returned.
The art is good. I wasn’t familiar with Salvador Espin, but he’s a good fit for the book. I particularly liked the issue that Frank Martin colors. Even at the beginning of his career, he already had some of his distinct look figured out. Jamie McKelvie draws and issue, and while it’s a bit of a transition, it’s still good as usual.
The art is good. I wasn’t familiar with Salvador Espin, but he’s a good fit for the book. I particularly liked the issue that Frank Martin colors. Even at the beginning of his career, he already had some of his distinct look figured out. Jamie McKelvie draws and issue, and while it’s a bit of a transition, it’s still good as usual.
November 27, 2025
While the art style is alright, I must say that the story is rather uninspiring. I know that teenagers in real life can be rather ignorant and shallow, but this seems too much. I do like the character of Idie, whose power is basically to pump heat from one place to another. This makes her more realistic than Iceman, who is basically a walking talking freezer, except the heat somehow disappears.
August 10, 2019
Here's our decennial batch of new mutants. I didn't find this to be a very good start; the power set is rather bland, the key concept that Hope needs to get to them doesn't make much sense, and the whole book just fell rather flat for me. But it's early yet; we'll see if it can redeem itself.
December 17, 2017
It feels a little strange for a mostly conventional story. A good mix.
January 1, 2019
Pretty fun book, been a fan of Hope for some time - this really helps enhance her character further. 4/5
July 21, 2022
2
Not Kieron's best.
Not Kieron's best.
March 9, 2015
Mi è piaciuto.
Questo primo albo segue il gruppo di Hope (e le sue quattro luci) alla ricerca della quinta luce. Solo che mentre per i primi quattro era stato tutto relativamente semplice, con il nuovo giovane mutante in crisi per l'improvviso manifestarsi dei poteri e la piccola messiah che con un tocco li stabilizzava, qui le cose si complicano.
Il mutante è oltremodo instabile, sia a livello di potere che di mente. E per salvarlo Hope e la sua squadra sfideranno direttamente Ciclope, Rouge e Wolverine.
Il tutto è reso interessante per gli anomali rapporti all'interno del gruppo: si passa dal ferino Teon, per la quale ha una sorta di imprinting, a Gabriel che ha i suoi bei problemi relativi al proprio potere, oltre a una cotta per lei; Idie che la vede come la sua salvatrice, e Laurie che è la meno succube nei suoi confronti. La seguono ovunque, fanno tutto quello che lei dice. Possibile che sia un effetto secondario dell'utilizzo del suo potere?
Tra l'altro, anche i molteplici e per niente velati riferimenti a un certo uccello di fuoco non guastano.
Questo primo albo segue il gruppo di Hope (e le sue quattro luci) alla ricerca della quinta luce. Solo che mentre per i primi quattro era stato tutto relativamente semplice, con il nuovo giovane mutante in crisi per l'improvviso manifestarsi dei poteri e la piccola messiah che con un tocco li stabilizzava, qui le cose si complicano.
Il mutante è oltremodo instabile, sia a livello di potere che di mente. E per salvarlo Hope e la sua squadra sfideranno direttamente Ciclope, Rouge e Wolverine.
Il tutto è reso interessante per gli anomali rapporti all'interno del gruppo: si passa dal ferino Teon, per la quale ha una sorta di imprinting, a Gabriel che ha i suoi bei problemi relativi al proprio potere, oltre a una cotta per lei; Idie che la vede come la sua salvatrice, e Laurie che è la meno succube nei suoi confronti. La seguono ovunque, fanno tutto quello che lei dice. Possibile che sia un effetto secondario dell'utilizzo del suo potere?
Tra l'altro, anche i molteplici e per niente velati riferimenti a un certo uccello di fuoco non guastano.
December 27, 2014
I haven't really read comics for twenty years, and am only slowly dipping back into the genre, mostly because my daughter found my old cache and became interested. She somehow became aware of Hope Summers, so I read this to her, as well as the other two books in the series.
And, it was fine. I seem to remember at the time there was a lot of pushing against comic's boundaries, trying to make it a more adult medium--Watchmen and Batman--and the sense I got from watching outside of comics is that it has, although not necessarily in superhero comics. Certainly, most of what is here reminds me of the superhero stories of my youth. There is an epically complicated back story--having to do with the Scarlet Witch, the end of mutantkind, etc ., etc.--mutantkind has forever been threatened. The stories here are mostly about assembling the team and laying down the tensions that will inevitably crack it up. And it's all entertainingly done.
Perfectly fine.
And, it was fine. I seem to remember at the time there was a lot of pushing against comic's boundaries, trying to make it a more adult medium--Watchmen and Batman--and the sense I got from watching outside of comics is that it has, although not necessarily in superhero comics. Certainly, most of what is here reminds me of the superhero stories of my youth. There is an epically complicated back story--having to do with the Scarlet Witch, the end of mutantkind, etc ., etc.--mutantkind has forever been threatened. The stories here are mostly about assembling the team and laying down the tensions that will inevitably crack it up. And it's all entertainingly done.
Perfectly fine.
September 6, 2011
This starts off in what feels like the end of an arc (i think something that had been happening in Uncanny X-men), so you have to trust the creator to deliver the punch and make you care about the customers. the 5th chapter/issue is the pay-off here. It's definitely worth the 4 monster fight chapters to get there (that sounds derogatory but i mean it only as a classification - classic monster fight stuff takes place, but Gillen still gives us some great dialog). The 5th chapter is Gillen and McKelvie (on pencils) - they are one of my favorite creator teams (Phonogram) and seems to do things on the page that could only happen if they could read each other's minds. Brilliant.
Regarding the content/premise of the book - it reminds me of Generation X (Brian Wood!) a little - maybe because the name and the new-ish author.
Regarding the content/premise of the book - it reminds me of Generation X (Brian Wood!) a little - maybe because the name and the new-ish author.
August 30, 2011
A few years back, one of the most powerful characters in the Marvel universe snapped. In a moment of crazed desperation, she utter the sentence, "No more mutants."
And so it was. For a while, there were no more mutants.
Of course, that couldn't last forever. Mutants are beginning to pop up again, and it is Hope Summers' job to find them and stabilize their powers. Her team travels the world, finding and training new mutants. In some ways, this is Young Avengers with an X-Men twist. A headstrong teen team of mutants, trying to bring a bit of hope to the world.
It's pretty darn good. Kieron Gillen is great at writing convincing young characters, and the members of this team are really interesting. There is some great personality going into the book, and it's a nice change of pace from the normal punch-up-a-bad-guy formula.
And so it was. For a while, there were no more mutants.
Of course, that couldn't last forever. Mutants are beginning to pop up again, and it is Hope Summers' job to find them and stabilize their powers. Her team travels the world, finding and training new mutants. In some ways, this is Young Avengers with an X-Men twist. A headstrong teen team of mutants, trying to bring a bit of hope to the world.
It's pretty darn good. Kieron Gillen is great at writing convincing young characters, and the members of this team are really interesting. There is some great personality going into the book, and it's a nice change of pace from the normal punch-up-a-bad-guy formula.
August 31, 2014
Not bad, but the mix of overly angst teens dropped in the middle of the 'Game of Thrones' mess that X-continuity had become just means we get six issues where the team fights each other and then goes to school, where they fight with their teachers.
Interesting takes on powers, but the attempt to write the team by channeling Joss Whedon feels clunky and every appearance by an X-character leaves you with the vague impression they are a jerk.
We are told Hope is either the messiah or the anti-christ of mutants, but never get shown much of anything that gives me an opinion one way or the other.
and I get very bored with her telling off every adult member of the cast.
I guess the short version of this review is that this is a mess, but there are some interesting ideas fighting to get out. I wish them luck.
Interesting takes on powers, but the attempt to write the team by channeling Joss Whedon feels clunky and every appearance by an X-character leaves you with the vague impression they are a jerk.
We are told Hope is either the messiah or the anti-christ of mutants, but never get shown much of anything that gives me an opinion one way or the other.
and I get very bored with her telling off every adult member of the cast.
I guess the short version of this review is that this is a mess, but there are some interesting ideas fighting to get out. I wish them luck.
October 12, 2014
It is nice to see the X-men before the Schism, with Cyclops and Wolverine on the same team. The Generation Hope time period was pretty short compared to other periods in the Modern X-men story arc. This was a (pun intended) hopeful time for Mutants, where New Mutants were finally emerging after the majority of mutants had been wiped out on M-day. Three out of the five lights (newly activated mutants that hope found) are interesting. I am really not feeling Theon (or whatever the hell the Dog like one is called) and the Akira rip off is too much of an Akira rip off. I am pretty sure it is supposed to be obvious that the Japanese artist who became Akira was inspired by Akira, but I am not sure. One thing I am very sure of... I really don't want massive Flesh tentacles to be a part of the X-men.
July 5, 2013
While the idea of Hope Summers being a mutant messiah and being needed to help "fix" new mutants is interesting, but this book is a complete ripoff of a Saturday morning cartoon (Generator Rex). Kieron Gillen should be ashamed of himself. The plot involving the Five Lights itself is interesting but they aren't. Teon is a terrible cliche, Laurie looks too much like Mystique, Gabriel is interesting, and Idie is original but is supposed to be younger than both artists draw her. The book could have been much more but its execution was just lacking. Overall, its not a good beginning to a hopeful (no pun intended) series.
September 24, 2011
Why they made the main character, Hope, such an unlikeable person is beyond me. Perhaps they were trying to make her spunky and independent and brooding. But instead she turned out whiney and babyish. Her resentment towards the "established" X-men is that she blames them for Cable's death,
and instead of realizing that they are mourning in their own way she only looks at herself: her responsibilities, her troubles, her way. Her bratty behavior is just not balanced enough with other actions. And the hints that she possesses the Phoenix Force is not enough to make me care.
and instead of realizing that they are mourning in their own way she only looks at herself: her responsibilities, her troubles, her way. Her bratty behavior is just not balanced enough with other actions. And the hints that she possesses the Phoenix Force is not enough to make me care.
gave-up-on
February 13, 2016My Brief Bookshelf Overview: gave-up-before-finishing, hell-of-a-ride, story-not-intriguing-enough, unrealized-potential
Other Useful Reviews: Drown Hollum's review
Additional Notes: This collection contains Generation Hope issues #1-5.
This seems a lot like what it would be if X-Men was a DC Comics publication. And in case you were wondering, that's not really a good thing.
Other Useful Reviews: Drown Hollum's review
Additional Notes: This collection contains Generation Hope issues #1-5.
This seems a lot like what it would be if X-Men was a DC Comics publication. And in case you were wondering, that's not really a good thing.
May 3, 2016
I wish so much of this book hadn't been about subduing/recruiting Kenji, and I wish McKelvie had drawn all of it, but generally, I enjoyed this! Though they can't seem to agree on an age for Idie (she was 12 in Uncanny X-Men: The Birth of Generation Hope and 14 here), which is a minor irritation.
I would be happy to read more about this most obscure X-Men team, especially if Gillen's written the whole thing (if I can track it down at the library).
I would be happy to read more about this most obscure X-Men team, especially if Gillen's written the whole thing (if I can track it down at the library).
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