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E is for Extinction (2015) #1-4
E is for Extinction: Warzones!
Collects E is for Extinction #1-4, New X-Men #114.
Journey to a Battleworld realm inspired by one of the most celebrated X-Men eras of all! In Mutopia, mutants have shown themselves to truly be superior. But what role do the X-Men play when the world no longer hates and fears them? Ask Magneto — after all, he's the one in charge of the Xavier Institute; his team includes Quentin Quire, Beak and the Stepford Cuckoos. But not everyone is a fan of these New X-Men. Take Cyclops and his classic X-Men — Wolverine, Emma Frost and Beast. To save the life of one of their own, old will battle new! Plus: Look back at the kickoff of Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely's revolutionary NEW X-MEN revamp!
Journey to a Battleworld realm inspired by one of the most celebrated X-Men eras of all! In Mutopia, mutants have shown themselves to truly be superior. But what role do the X-Men play when the world no longer hates and fears them? Ask Magneto — after all, he's the one in charge of the Xavier Institute; his team includes Quentin Quire, Beak and the Stepford Cuckoos. But not everyone is a fan of these New X-Men. Take Cyclops and his classic X-Men — Wolverine, Emma Frost and Beast. To save the life of one of their own, old will battle new! Plus: Look back at the kickoff of Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely's revolutionary NEW X-MEN revamp!
124 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 29, 2016
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About the author
Chris Burnham
221 books23 followersComic book artist known for his work on Batman Incorporated with Grant Morrison, as well as the creator-owned books such as Officer Downe and Nixon's Pals, which were published by Image Comics.
Born in Connecticut, Burnham grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he first discovered comics. He studied at George Washington University.
In 2002 Burnham moved to Chicago, where he started to work as a graphic designer. Since then he has produced work for DC Comics, Marvel, Image, Boom! Studios and Moonstone Books. A film called Officer Downe, based on Casey's comic, was released on November 18, 2016.
Born in Connecticut, Burnham grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he first discovered comics. He studied at George Washington University.
In 2002 Burnham moved to Chicago, where he started to work as a graphic designer. Since then he has produced work for DC Comics, Marvel, Image, Boom! Studios and Moonstone Books. A film called Officer Downe, based on Casey's comic, was released on November 18, 2016.
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April 2, 2018
Get ready for some sacrilege. This is the coolest X-Men stuff i've ever read. Love the art and had a blast with the story.
July 11, 2016
According to most of my GR friends this is abysmal. How bad could it possibly be?
It certainly has an arresting opener:
[yes, that's an X in blood]
And I actually smiled at this:
And this:
I even laughed a little at this:
[What gives, an actual parody of old-school x-men?]
Hell, I think the *art* is also a parody of Quitely's style, but it's hard to be sure when it could be just as easily explained by poor talent. You be the judge - is this by accident or by design? (Note: that's supposed to be Magneto):
Fine story, no major surprises to anyone who's read enough of the dramas of X-men over the years. But *definitely* a parody (intentional or otherwise). Three stars for parody!
It certainly has an arresting opener:
[yes, that's an X in blood]
And I actually smiled at this:
And this:
I even laughed a little at this:
[What gives, an actual parody of old-school x-men?]
Hell, I think the *art* is also a parody of Quitely's style, but it's hard to be sure when it could be just as easily explained by poor talent. You be the judge - is this by accident or by design? (Note: that's supposed to be Magneto):
Fine story, no major surprises to anyone who's read enough of the dramas of X-men over the years. But *definitely* a parody (intentional or otherwise). Three stars for parody!
April 28, 2016
Yikes. A poor imitation of Morrison's writing paired with a poor imitation of Quitely's art. Nothing good or original to be seen here.
April 23, 2016
Grant Morrison’s Batman Incorporated artist Chris Burnham and Dennis Culver write an instantly forgettable miniseries using the same characters from Morrison and Frank Quitely’s 2001 New X-Men series and appropriating their first arc’s title. What happens in a world where the X-Men are accepted? The same thing that always happens in X-Men stories: those dumb fucks split up into factions and fight each other!
In the opening scene Xavier commits suicide after his evil twin Cassandra Nova takes over his mind and the rest of the story is dull, dull, dull. Classic X-Men (Cyclops and Emma Frost looking oolllllld - not that that stops Emma from wearing tight knickers and corsets to show off that lumpy loose flesh!) battle New X-Men, the Phoenix is worked in because it’s the X-Men, and not a damn thing is in the least bit interesting.
I’m surprised Burnham didn’t draw anything for this one as his style has been compared most to Quitely’s but Ramon Villalobos’ art is also reminiscent of the Scottish legend’s. Only faintly though and, compared to Quitely’s which can you do as the first issue of his and Morrison’s New X-Men is included at the back, you’ll see how much better Quitely’s is. I suppose the art wasn’t bad I just wasn’t feeling it when Burnham/Culver’s script was so shitty.
Another sucky Secret Wars/X-Men book - E is for Extremely Boring!
In the opening scene Xavier commits suicide after his evil twin Cassandra Nova takes over his mind and the rest of the story is dull, dull, dull. Classic X-Men (Cyclops and Emma Frost looking oolllllld - not that that stops Emma from wearing tight knickers and corsets to show off that lumpy loose flesh!) battle New X-Men, the Phoenix is worked in because it’s the X-Men, and not a damn thing is in the least bit interesting.
I’m surprised Burnham didn’t draw anything for this one as his style has been compared most to Quitely’s but Ramon Villalobos’ art is also reminiscent of the Scottish legend’s. Only faintly though and, compared to Quitely’s which can you do as the first issue of his and Morrison’s New X-Men is included at the back, you’ll see how much better Quitely’s is. I suppose the art wasn’t bad I just wasn’t feeling it when Burnham/Culver’s script was so shitty.
Another sucky Secret Wars/X-Men book - E is for Extremely Boring!
August 3, 2022
Kind of unexpected, kind of amazing.
December 7, 2024
Meh, the cover art is great tho
April 20, 2017
A tolerable rendition of Grant Morrison's run on X-Men. Ramon Villalobos is trying really hard to make his art look like Frank Quitely's.
November 26, 2025
Oooof.
What starts as a mediocre alternate take on Grant Morrison's New X-Men run rapidly decays into a series of terrible reveals that ultimately end with The End Of The X-Men, as a second grader might imagine it.
See, then, it turns out that, ummm, so the bad guys are like ooooooooh, and the good guys are like aaaaaaaaa, but then one of the bad guys was a good guy all along, boooom, and then, and then, and then like JEAN GREY COMES BACK, and then, and then, EVERYBODY DIES!!!!
I imagine that's how the pitch meeting sounded.
In addition, this is one of the rare comic books where the interior art is hundreds of times better than the covers, which resemble Frank Quitely's New X-Men covers, much the way the 2012 restoration of Ecce Homo resembled the original fresco of Jesus.
Leave this one on the shelf, and make sure to Lysol any part of your body that came in contact with it.
What starts as a mediocre alternate take on Grant Morrison's New X-Men run rapidly decays into a series of terrible reveals that ultimately end with The End Of The X-Men, as a second grader might imagine it.
See, then, it turns out that, ummm, so the bad guys are like ooooooooh, and the good guys are like aaaaaaaaa, but then one of the bad guys was a good guy all along, boooom, and then, and then, and then like JEAN GREY COMES BACK, and then, and then, EVERYBODY DIES!!!!
I imagine that's how the pitch meeting sounded.
In addition, this is one of the rare comic books where the interior art is hundreds of times better than the covers, which resemble Frank Quitely's New X-Men covers, much the way the 2012 restoration of Ecce Homo resembled the original fresco of Jesus.
Leave this one on the shelf, and make sure to Lysol any part of your body that came in contact with it.
June 4, 2018
I love everything Xmen so I think I am a bit biased, but I loved this book even if it does feel a bit like "fan fiction" at times. I loved the art - which is obviously heavily influenced by Quietly. Its very loose and very grimy but it totally works.
I see people complaining that this is a "parody" of some kind, but if you think about the whole "secret wars" event in its entirety, the whole point is to tell stories from different parts of Marvel's history. So while it may seem derivative, its kinda supposed to be as its anchored by the concept of the Secret Wars event in general.
Overall, if you like Grant Morrison's Xmen, or if you are a fan of Ramon Villalobos' art, you are gonna love this!
I see people complaining that this is a "parody" of some kind, but if you think about the whole "secret wars" event in its entirety, the whole point is to tell stories from different parts of Marvel's history. So while it may seem derivative, its kinda supposed to be as its anchored by the concept of the Secret Wars event in general.
Overall, if you like Grant Morrison's Xmen, or if you are a fan of Ramon Villalobos' art, you are gonna love this!
June 6, 2016
I was not at all a fan of this style of artwork- I felt it made all the characters look old and rumbled no matter what actual age they were. It was like grunge artwork. And the storyline was not really interesting enough or needed this sort of gritty artwork to warrant characters I love looking so darn weird.
March 17, 2016
This really captured the feel of the original New Xmen comics. I wish it was longer but I'm glad it wasn't too wordy.
April 6, 2016
This is my favorite of the X-Men Secret Wars minis. It's a very enjoyable tribute to Morrison's run with great art.
June 22, 2016
This is an absolute delight!
Kudos to MARVEL for being cool enough to publish this (at times) humorous, and unexpected book.
Kudos to MARVEL for being cool enough to publish this (at times) humorous, and unexpected book.
February 12, 2017
What the hell was this? I don't even know. I mean, the first issue wasn't that bad, really, it was even interesting; but then, oh then, everything was like a bad written fanfic.
August 9, 2021
Reprints E is for Extinction #1-4 and New X-Men (1) #114 (July 2001-November 2015). Following the death of Professor Xavier, the X-Men have been shattered. Xavier’s original students left the school while Magneto has raised a new team of X-Men. When Cyclops learns that Jean Grey may still be alive and hidden inside the school, he sets out on a rescue mission…but the stakes might be higher than he ever expected. Jean Grey might still be alive, but the Phoenix Force inside of her could be a danger that could even threaten Battleworld.
Written by Chris Burnham and Dennis Culver, Warzones: E is for Extinction is a Marvel Comics Secret Wars spin-off superhero comic book title. With art by Ramon Villalobos, the collection also features New X-Men (1) #114 (July 2001) by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely.
Grant Morrison’s takeover of New X-Men was a big change for the title. Like it or not, it created a big update for the X-Men and really changed the direction of the comic and of mutants themselves in the Marvel Universe. It feels like a logical step to use the New X-Men as one of the Secret Wars spin-off titles since it was such a distinctive and memorable storyline.
Like many of the Secret Wars titles, Secret Wars has little do with the comic itself. The basic knowledge that the events are taking place on Battleworld and that Battleworld is a patchwork of other Marvel versions is necessary only in the idea that the Beast army comes from all different areas of Battleworld…otherwise, you kind of wonder where all the Beasts are coming from. There is a random mention of Doom or two, but largely E is for Extinction is a stand-alone title.
As a stand-alone, the series is so-so. Unlike a lot of the Secret Wars Warzone! and Battleground books, the book doesn’t feel as compressed as some of the other titles. It also largely feels like Morrison’s writing of New X-Men, and Ramon Villalobos does somewhat resemble Quitely’s style. Unfortunately, the series kind of echoes the end of Morrison run which wasn’t my favorite part of the run.
The art for the collection kind of grows on me. I like the rawness and almost uber-comic style of Villablobos that kind of resembles something out of Heavy Metal. I also like that it has a style and look. It is the type of art that can be kind of divisive, but for me it works and I’d like to see more from him.
E is for Extinction is a kind of nice revisiting of the Morrison era of X-Men. It was big and important and came out at a time where it was really exciting to see what Morrison was going to do each month. I don’t know that Morrison’s run has aged as well as some other X-Men runs and I don’t particularly like what it did to the X-Men in the long run, but it was different and “new” as the title implied. E is for Extinction captures some of that newness and for fans of Morrison’s X-Men, it is a must.
Written by Chris Burnham and Dennis Culver, Warzones: E is for Extinction is a Marvel Comics Secret Wars spin-off superhero comic book title. With art by Ramon Villalobos, the collection also features New X-Men (1) #114 (July 2001) by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely.
Grant Morrison’s takeover of New X-Men was a big change for the title. Like it or not, it created a big update for the X-Men and really changed the direction of the comic and of mutants themselves in the Marvel Universe. It feels like a logical step to use the New X-Men as one of the Secret Wars spin-off titles since it was such a distinctive and memorable storyline.
Like many of the Secret Wars titles, Secret Wars has little do with the comic itself. The basic knowledge that the events are taking place on Battleworld and that Battleworld is a patchwork of other Marvel versions is necessary only in the idea that the Beast army comes from all different areas of Battleworld…otherwise, you kind of wonder where all the Beasts are coming from. There is a random mention of Doom or two, but largely E is for Extinction is a stand-alone title.
As a stand-alone, the series is so-so. Unlike a lot of the Secret Wars Warzone! and Battleground books, the book doesn’t feel as compressed as some of the other titles. It also largely feels like Morrison’s writing of New X-Men, and Ramon Villalobos does somewhat resemble Quitely’s style. Unfortunately, the series kind of echoes the end of Morrison run which wasn’t my favorite part of the run.
The art for the collection kind of grows on me. I like the rawness and almost uber-comic style of Villablobos that kind of resembles something out of Heavy Metal. I also like that it has a style and look. It is the type of art that can be kind of divisive, but for me it works and I’d like to see more from him.
E is for Extinction is a kind of nice revisiting of the Morrison era of X-Men. It was big and important and came out at a time where it was really exciting to see what Morrison was going to do each month. I don’t know that Morrison’s run has aged as well as some other X-Men runs and I don’t particularly like what it did to the X-Men in the long run, but it was different and “new” as the title implied. E is for Extinction captures some of that newness and for fans of Morrison’s X-Men, it is a must.
February 2, 2022
Nie wiem czy jednorazowa wizyta i przepisanie jakichś piguł pomoże mi wymazać z pamięci, to czego doznałem podczas lektury tego... dzieła.
Po pierwsze. Oryginalny run Morrisona był niepokojący, miejscami hipnotyzujący czy wręcz obrzydliwy. Taki autor, taka jego specyfika. I to był brzydki run, jeden z najbrzydszych jakie widziałem w swoim życiu. Burnham ładnie naśladuje mistrza, dokładając nam jeszcze dziwaczności, tylko, że nie jest Morrisonem...
Znów mamy starcie pomiędzy X-menami. Znów walczy tu stronnictwo Profesora X, z jego pomyloną siostrą. X-meni łączą siły i walczą. Niektórzy giną efektownie, a inni powracają z niebytu, jak śmiercionośna Feniks. Na domiar złego całość wygląda jeszcze bardziej paskudnie niż w oryginale, a wszystko to można ładnie sobie porównać, bo do tego zbioru dołączono jeden zeszyt z New X-men.
Po tym łatwo można stwierdzić, kto tu jest mistrzem, a kto takim sobie naśladowcą...
Po pierwsze. Oryginalny run Morrisona był niepokojący, miejscami hipnotyzujący czy wręcz obrzydliwy. Taki autor, taka jego specyfika. I to był brzydki run, jeden z najbrzydszych jakie widziałem w swoim życiu. Burnham ładnie naśladuje mistrza, dokładając nam jeszcze dziwaczności, tylko, że nie jest Morrisonem...
Znów mamy starcie pomiędzy X-menami. Znów walczy tu stronnictwo Profesora X, z jego pomyloną siostrą. X-meni łączą siły i walczą. Niektórzy giną efektownie, a inni powracają z niebytu, jak śmiercionośna Feniks. Na domiar złego całość wygląda jeszcze bardziej paskudnie niż w oryginale, a wszystko to można ładnie sobie porównać, bo do tego zbioru dołączono jeden zeszyt z New X-men.
Po tym łatwo można stwierdzić, kto tu jest mistrzem, a kto takim sobie naśladowcą...
September 30, 2018
Continuing the great X-read of 2017/18...
First of all, the Morrison run of X-Men isn't something I have a lot of nostalgic love for so that doesn't help this one in the way that the AOA warzones book did.
Initially, I was interested in this one. The first issue has some interesting metatextual moments that made it seem like it was going to be something more than just a what if version of the Morrison story.
But then it never really embraces that. Instead it becomes something of a parody of Morrison's writing (without ever truly accepting its parody status and really going for it which could have been interesting, too...) with a really awful parody of Quitely's art.
This one was really a chore to get through. About the nicest thing I can say about it is that it was nice to see Beak again.
First of all, the Morrison run of X-Men isn't something I have a lot of nostalgic love for so that doesn't help this one in the way that the AOA warzones book did.
Initially, I was interested in this one. The first issue has some interesting metatextual moments that made it seem like it was going to be something more than just a what if version of the Morrison story.
But then it never really embraces that. Instead it becomes something of a parody of Morrison's writing (without ever truly accepting its parody status and really going for it which could have been interesting, too...) with a really awful parody of Quitely's art.
This one was really a chore to get through. About the nicest thing I can say about it is that it was nice to see Beak again.
March 30, 2022
I would not have expected that a Secret Wars: Warzones! tie-in mini-series would be this good!
E is for Extinction (the Morrison original) is one of the best X-Men stories of all time. So, to return to it with a different creative team seemed like it would be a tough sell to me. However, Burnham, Culver, and Villalobos don't try to supplant or re-invent it. Rather, they homage it in the best ways. There is the humor of the original, the high stakes for the characters, and the unique artistic qualities that made the original so much fun. That said, this does lack the over-arching commentary of the original, and it takes place in a temporary alternate reality. So, it exists, like many comics stories, in a vacuum of forgotten relevance.
Nonetheless, this is a fun, surprising, quick read that I would recommend X-Men fans check out.
E is for Extinction (the Morrison original) is one of the best X-Men stories of all time. So, to return to it with a different creative team seemed like it would be a tough sell to me. However, Burnham, Culver, and Villalobos don't try to supplant or re-invent it. Rather, they homage it in the best ways. There is the humor of the original, the high stakes for the characters, and the unique artistic qualities that made the original so much fun. That said, this does lack the over-arching commentary of the original, and it takes place in a temporary alternate reality. So, it exists, like many comics stories, in a vacuum of forgotten relevance.
Nonetheless, this is a fun, surprising, quick read that I would recommend X-Men fans check out.
August 30, 2020
E is for *vomit noise*.
I wasn't a fan of Morrison's X-Men run or of Frank Quitely's artwork. This book is not an homage, it's a parody, and it manages to be worse. The story captures the random drug-addled bullshit aspect of Grant Morrison's writing without the beating you over the head with the theme aspect. The figures don't so much have an internal bone structure as they are composed of unevenly-filled sacks of pudding. And there's not even an attempt at background art.
The collection includes the first issue of the original 'e is for extiction' storyline, and managed to make me think, well, maybe it wasn't that bad.
I wasn't a fan of Morrison's X-Men run or of Frank Quitely's artwork. This book is not an homage, it's a parody, and it manages to be worse. The story captures the random drug-addled bullshit aspect of Grant Morrison's writing without the beating you over the head with the theme aspect. The figures don't so much have an internal bone structure as they are composed of unevenly-filled sacks of pudding. And there's not even an attempt at background art.
The collection includes the first issue of the original 'e is for extiction' storyline, and managed to make me think, well, maybe it wasn't that bad.
October 12, 2020
I got this from a store to qualify for free shipping... and that says it all really.
I suppose it has good intent in revisiting a popular X-Men run, as it pulls various parts of Morrison's run and tries to reassemble them but there's nothing here that feels new or different or exciting. It all feels like a retread and a much less exciting version. All the characters are exaggerated selves from that run, almost parodies. Whereas another Warzones book, X-Men 92 could pull from the heightened excess of the cartoon and 90s comic, Morrison's darker X-Men tone doesn't really fit with the wink-wink tone of the story.
I suppose it has good intent in revisiting a popular X-Men run, as it pulls various parts of Morrison's run and tries to reassemble them but there's nothing here that feels new or different or exciting. It all feels like a retread and a much less exciting version. All the characters are exaggerated selves from that run, almost parodies. Whereas another Warzones book, X-Men 92 could pull from the heightened excess of the cartoon and 90s comic, Morrison's darker X-Men tone doesn't really fit with the wink-wink tone of the story.
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August 4, 2020These Secret Wars titles are an interesting set of books. Beyond the “Battleworld tie-in” function, they act as homages to very renowned and well-known comic runs. I understand many would view a stranger’s continuation of Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely’s New X-Men as sacrilege at best and insulting at worst. But the idea of taking something already viewed as unique and putting a bizarre twist on it? I gotta ask, what sounds more like Grant Morrison than that?
Loved the artwork, story was okay, overall a fun homage to Morrison and Quitely’s seminal work.
Loved the artwork, story was okay, overall a fun homage to Morrison and Quitely’s seminal work.
May 10, 2019
This was beyond bad. Seems like the writes threw everything X-related to the walls to see what stuck (nothing did). There was nothing special like the original run. It invoked nothing of Morrison/Quietly's run. The art was...well, terrible. Every character was ugly. Characters looked nothing like they are supposed to. This was a bad match of artist and book. The Secret Wars books have been hit or miss. This was an enormous miss.
March 20, 2017
This was fun, but it really only had nostalgia driving it. The dialogue was awful at times and it felt like it adapted the worst film-verse tropes. It was a jumbled mess, mainly, but it had some neat ideas behind it. 2/5 stars.
November 11, 2018
Overall it's a great tribute/continuation of the themes of Morrison's run on the X-Men. The only problem I have with it is that the ending of this is super abrupt and not very satisfying. This really could have used another issue to give this a proper conclusion.
March 7, 2019
Welcome to an alternate take of Grant Morrisons celebrated X-Men run in this Secret Wars tie-in. What if Xavier had pulled the trigger when his sister came calling? Find out here!
March 2, 2020
The death of Xavier against his evil sister leaves the olf X-men against the mutants lead by Magneto who has the Jean Grey trapped in a phoenix egg.
January 2, 2021
Starts off slow but really picks up towards the end, Glad I finished it
January 31, 2021
Mucho eco del run de Grant Morrison en los X-men, en los memorables New X-men
Pero eso, mucho eco, poca sustancia, para matar el rato, no más
Pero eso, mucho eco, poca sustancia, para matar el rato, no más
September 4, 2023
That was great. Blends old and new pretty seamlessly
February 17, 2017
1.5 STARS
At first, this 'nother in a long line of WHAT IF... tales which make up the Secret Wars / Battleworld / Warzones! event spin-offs, wasn't too bad... it even had some humors moments.
But instead of heading into Fred Hembeck territory, as it rightfully should have, it ventured into... well, one would suspect the creative team thought it was the sort of, genre (and social) commentary that came out of the X-Statix series. However those aspects of E is for Extinction: Warzones were never focused enough to be as [debatably] successful as that series was.
Because of this the book came off more pretentious than fun. Something which can be the ruin of a WHAT IF... story, causing it to feel crass, at its worst, and stupid, at its best.
Anyone who has read the source material understands the pitfall of pretension was something it constantly contended with. Fortunately, for many readers, the Grant Morrison New X-
Men run did over come it... at least most of the time (*cough* Here Comes Tomorrow *cough*).
Whereas E is for Extinction: Warzones embraces that pretension. I can understand, to some, there's a kind of humor in that. But not to me... not here at least (speaking of which, I actually rather liked Here Comes Tomorrow, but there's no accounting for tastes).
To it's credit this is where the books most successfully parodies several aspects of The New X-Men. Only, as we see from the litany of lunacy that parade through these pages, E is for Extinction took just about everything wrong, or potentially wrong, with Morrison 's series and ran with it. Ramos Villalobos does his best impression of Frank Quitely, the illustrator of the source material, and that's the book.
I'm not going to get into the plot because it a scattershot of mad genius and pedantic stupidity - With suicide, adultery, murder, brainwashing and sexual harassment vying with a army of evil multidimensional Henry "The Beast" McCoy's, a Dark Phoenix, and lots of fan service love/death scenes.
I can't, in good conscience, recommend this book to anyone... but if what I wrote intrigues you, go for it. Otherwise, AVOID IT AT ALL COSTS!!!!
At first, this 'nother in a long line of WHAT IF... tales which make up the Secret Wars / Battleworld / Warzones! event spin-offs, wasn't too bad... it even had some humors moments.
But instead of heading into Fred Hembeck territory, as it rightfully should have, it ventured into... well, one would suspect the creative team thought it was the sort of, genre (and social) commentary that came out of the X-Statix series. However those aspects of E is for Extinction: Warzones were never focused enough to be as [debatably] successful as that series was.
Because of this the book came off more pretentious than fun. Something which can be the ruin of a WHAT IF... story, causing it to feel crass, at its worst, and stupid, at its best.
Anyone who has read the source material understands the pitfall of pretension was something it constantly contended with. Fortunately, for many readers, the Grant Morrison New X-
Men run did over come it... at least most of the time (*cough* Here Comes Tomorrow *cough*).
Whereas E is for Extinction: Warzones embraces that pretension. I can understand, to some, there's a kind of humor in that. But not to me... not here at least (speaking of which, I actually rather liked Here Comes Tomorrow, but there's no accounting for tastes).
To it's credit this is where the books most successfully parodies several aspects of The New X-Men. Only, as we see from the litany of lunacy that parade through these pages, E is for Extinction took just about everything wrong, or potentially wrong, with Morrison 's series and ran with it. Ramos Villalobos does his best impression of Frank Quitely, the illustrator of the source material, and that's the book.
I'm not going to get into the plot because it a scattershot of mad genius and pedantic stupidity - With suicide, adultery, murder, brainwashing and sexual harassment vying with a army of evil multidimensional Henry "The Beast" McCoy's, a Dark Phoenix, and lots of fan service love/death scenes.
I can't, in good conscience, recommend this book to anyone... but if what I wrote intrigues you, go for it. Otherwise, AVOID IT AT ALL COSTS!!!!
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