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Jubilee (2004) #1-6
Jubilee by Robert Kirkman
Collects Jubilee (2004) #1-6.
Meet Jubilation Lee: firework-wielding mutant, full-fledged X-Man, sidekick to Wolverine and future vampire! Seeking a fresh start in this pre-"Curse of the Mutants" tale penned by Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman, Jubilee enrolls in high school and becomes a peer counselor. But along with the cute boys and teenage angst come gangs, evil mutants and car thieves! Jubes has her work cut out for her!
Meet Jubilation Lee: firework-wielding mutant, full-fledged X-Man, sidekick to Wolverine and future vampire! Seeking a fresh start in this pre-"Curse of the Mutants" tale penned by Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman, Jubilee enrolls in high school and becomes a peer counselor. But along with the cute boys and teenage angst come gangs, evil mutants and car thieves! Jubes has her work cut out for her!
143 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 4, 2012
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About the author
Robert Kirkman
2,751 books6,948 followersRobert Kirkman is an American comic book writer best known for his work on The Walking Dead, Invincible for Image Comics, as well as Ultimate X-Men and Marvel Zombies for Marvel Comics. He has also collaborated with Image Comics co-founder Todd McFarlane on the series Haunt. He is one of the five partners of Image Comics, and the only one of the five who was not one of the original co-founders of that publisher.
Robert Kirkman's first comic books were self-published under his own Funk-o-Tron label. Along with childhood friend Tony Moore, Kirkman created Battle Pope which was published in late 2001. Battle Pope ran for over 2 years along with other Funk-o-Tron published books such as InkPunks and Double Take.
In July of 2002, Robert's first work for another company began, with a 4-part SuperPatriot series for Image, along with Battle Pope backup story artist Cory Walker. Robert's creator-owned projects followed shortly thereafter, including Tech Jacket, Invincible and Walking Dead.
Robert Kirkman's first comic books were self-published under his own Funk-o-Tron label. Along with childhood friend Tony Moore, Kirkman created Battle Pope which was published in late 2001. Battle Pope ran for over 2 years along with other Funk-o-Tron published books such as InkPunks and Double Take.
In July of 2002, Robert's first work for another company began, with a 4-part SuperPatriot series for Image, along with Battle Pope backup story artist Cory Walker. Robert's creator-owned projects followed shortly thereafter, including Tech Jacket, Invincible and Walking Dead.
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June 7, 2017
This is likable and totally OK. It might be a little better than OK, based on the age of the reader. Due to the after-school-special nature of it, I can't help but think that it was initially targeted as a comic for teenagers.
Then again, aren't all comics aimed at teenagers or younger? I think sometimes people forget that in these reviews. There seems to be a ton of reviews on here with people lamenting that comics aren't as good as back-in-the-day, when the reality is that the reader probably got older while comics stayed the same age.
Anyway, this kind of reads like an Archie comic. It's Jubilee from the X-Men and she's on the West Coast living with an aunt and dealing with issues like how to ignore bullies and staying in school to avoid the gang life. This comic was cancelled after 6 issues, so it wasn't super popular. But what makes it noteworthy is that it's written by Robert Kirkman, aka, "that guy who created The Walking Dead and is now super rich."
Then again, aren't all comics aimed at teenagers or younger? I think sometimes people forget that in these reviews. There seems to be a ton of reviews on here with people lamenting that comics aren't as good as back-in-the-day, when the reality is that the reader probably got older while comics stayed the same age.
Anyway, this kind of reads like an Archie comic. It's Jubilee from the X-Men and she's on the West Coast living with an aunt and dealing with issues like how to ignore bullies and staying in school to avoid the gang life. This comic was cancelled after 6 issues, so it wasn't super popular. But what makes it noteworthy is that it's written by Robert Kirkman, aka, "that guy who created The Walking Dead and is now super rich."
May 6, 2013
This book is suitable for teenagers, particularly girls. Jubilee leaves the X mansion to go to live with her aunt and try to have a normal life. This includes going to high school, dealing with boys, bullies and teachers. Oh and a few of them have problems with her being a mutant.
This is a very good, fun, light read.
This is a very good, fun, light read.
March 17, 2018
It is surprising that Kirkman wrote this in some ways given how pedestrian it is: Jubilee enrolls in high school, becomes a peer counselor, and gets involved in normal high school developments. It's X-men meets Degrassi set in California. Thematic concerns are standard for X-men: discrimination, prejudice, and family, and the stakes are very low until the last two issues. It was definitely geared towards a younger audience and in many ways resembles classic high school drama comics even more than X-men. Some of the Jubilee's characterizations are inconsistent, particularly when she is dealing with street gangs, which feels odd in the context of this comic. The art is very cartoony and yet also doesn't make the characters look like actual teenagers.
August 11, 2025
this was rather mid. felt a lot like a late 90s comic and not a good one.
May 26, 2013
I knew Kirkman wrote a Jubilee book, but I never went in search of it. I found the tpb on the discount rack and could not say no to trading $5 for it. It's nothing amazing or new. It's simply fun. If you're a Jubilee fan, go grab it. If you are a Walking Dead fan, this probably isn't the Kirkman you are looking for.
October 13, 2016
Unexpectedly decent. The book deals with a lot of the themes of discrimination, prejudice, and family that are at the heart of the X-Men. Even though it's set in high school and feels rather unrealistic, it's nice to read something light, simple, and hopeful. It's more suitable for a younger audience - pre-teens and teenagers.
October 9, 2024
This is a kind of okay book if you are making Jubilee a brand new character. With her character history, it doesn't really make a lot of sense. The book references the Pride disappearing, so it had to take place after that, by which time she had a long publication history. A lot of what happens here doesn't make a great deal of sense given all of that. I appreciate that Jubilee gets to be a high school age instead of thirteen, at least, but this story plays pretty fast and loose about things depicts her as quite a bit less experienced than she should be. If this were a new character, I would have no real complaints about the story, generally. It's perhaps a bit more focused on school drama than action, but that's okay, and there is still a fair bit of action at the end (which maybe was a pivot). I thought the bit about Jubilee stealing things at the mall food court was a little weird, but sort of made sense given her background being homeless and living in a mall. Still, I would think that she might have changed some in the intervening time. Some of the dialogue was a bit odd... with people saying things out loud about how much they are crushing on people. I think comics lost something when they stopped using thought bubbles, which would have made more sense here. The art was really not to my taste in a lot of places, and changed considerably throughout the book. There were some things that I would have guessed were really racist except that the artist drew everyone really squinty eyes, regardless of race, so I guess that they just struggled with drawing eyes or something. It was really pretty deformed, and tried to add in little pop culture references that just didn't make a lot of sense, or had weird style choices. Overall, this was an okay book that really didn't make sense for the main character to be in, and I would be surprised if many of these threads got picked up in the future. If you want X-Men comics, there are better ones, and if you want school drama comics, there are also better ones. This is pretty skippable.
April 12, 2021
This came out in 2004 and I remember buying this in single issues for my girlfriend. (We got married shortly after, so I'd say it worked!) She was (and is) the bigger X-Men fan out of the two of us. I absolutely love Kirkman's Invincible series, and didn't realize it was him until I started reading. Overall, I would mark this as okay. I like the idea of spinning off Jubilee, but this rarely feels like her throughout the run. Little action, hardly any use of her powers. It's so far removed from the X world, that when Wolverine ultimately (and inevitably) shows up, it's actually a little jarring. If there were more I probably would have read it, but this ends nearly before it starts.
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April 8, 2019
This comic took several false-starts for me to read, and even though Jubilee is one of my favorite members of the X-Men, this series for her was not among my favorite comics. It was just kind-of all over the place, and felt very plot driven, with next to no character or emotion, like people in their thirties imagining what people in their teens are like by watching Daria and nothing else. I don’t like bashing things, and I’m sure everyone involved had the best intentions, but it just wasn’t for me.
March 19, 2021
I actually really enjoyed this! Jubilee has always been high on the list of my favorite X-Men so I knew I had to read her solo series. While I feel like not a lot happened over all in the plot, traditional superhero story wise, but I still enjoyed this. Jubilee trying to be a normal girl in a high school across the country and starting to help people. I also enjoyed the appearance of Wolverine and the mentions on The Pride. I was completely entertained even though not a lot seemed to happen in the plot.
November 19, 2021
I hated Jubilee in this. And, for the most part, I didn't like the art, especially from the main artist. Of the 6 issues the art in issue 3 was best.
The story was poor and Jubilee felt out of character.
The story was poor and Jubilee felt out of character.
April 16, 2022
people ask me- where are you from? I say new jubilee. People ask me- what’s your nationality I say- jubilecan and sometimes people ask for my pronouns I say- jubi/lee
Side note why does this have such low stars its so good
Side note why does this have such low stars its so good
January 26, 2024
This was the most run of the mill teen drama story I’ve read and was pretty boring because of it.
There were some elements in the story that were borderline, if not outright, offensive.
I expected better from the author of the walking dead and invincible.
There were some elements in the story that were borderline, if not outright, offensive.
I expected better from the author of the walking dead and invincible.
June 29, 2018
This book was just okay. I love Jubilee, but the story was okay and I didn't really like the art.
July 9, 2019
Jubilee is so unlikable in this that I struggled to finish. I did like her kick-ass older aunty though - I wish the comic was about her instead!
August 27, 2019
Did not finish
March 14, 2021
This was good
July 19, 2024
3.5 stars.
A pleasant story with strong 90s vibes (despite being published almost 2 decades later) that gave the whole thing a slight Buffy-esque feel.
All the violence, lies, and secrets you'd expect plus a bit of casual theft. Not recommended for very young readers, but generally appropriate for the intended age group. (For younger teens, some points might merit discussion after they read it.)
A pleasant story with strong 90s vibes (despite being published almost 2 decades later) that gave the whole thing a slight Buffy-esque feel.
All the violence, lies, and secrets you'd expect plus a bit of casual theft. Not recommended for very young readers, but generally appropriate for the intended age group. (For younger teens, some points might merit discussion after they read it.)
August 16, 2023
Going in with little knowledge to the Hulk's longstanding storylines (apart from the basics and what the adapted works have included), I will say that this run did a great job of filling in the blanks and getting the ready caught up to speed on the recent events that occurred prior to this story. I think it needed 1 or 2 more issues in the series to get a more detailed feel, but otherwise I enjoyed this collection. Always happy to see when Tony Stark and Reed Richards are exposed to being the worst dudes in the Marvel Universe even if it's as simple as being terrible friends.
September 21, 2013
I know it's been awhile since I've been hardcore into comics but I don't recall such needless wasting of characters. Honestly why create these interesting people for them to only show up a handful of times and never be used again. Is it all contractual obligations? Is that the annoying problem that no one likes to talk about when creating these one offs?
Well it's sad and unfortunate and I just don't care for it. If you're going to create awesome people in the correct timeline of our heroes why not create them to stay. It's going to be really sad to never see Meg or Shane... or even Aunt Hope. She's the last family that's Jubilee's got. Yeah. I'm done harking. It is what it is apparently.
The art in this book is very well done. Very consistent, very fun. I am a fan of the bright, poppy frames - and the quirky honest way they pass through time, telling the readers "hey, you didn't miss anything so we're going to put your back in the story right here..."
All in all it could've only been better if they created this arc and utilized these people more later. Sadly, there's too many wiki's out there that say they don't.
Well it's sad and unfortunate and I just don't care for it. If you're going to create awesome people in the correct timeline of our heroes why not create them to stay. It's going to be really sad to never see Meg or Shane... or even Aunt Hope. She's the last family that's Jubilee's got. Yeah. I'm done harking. It is what it is apparently.
The art in this book is very well done. Very consistent, very fun. I am a fan of the bright, poppy frames - and the quirky honest way they pass through time, telling the readers "hey, you didn't miss anything so we're going to put your back in the story right here..."
All in all it could've only been better if they created this arc and utilized these people more later. Sadly, there's too many wiki's out there that say they don't.
October 20, 2013
I'm embarrassed to be an X-Men fan.
Not only is there no plot, but there are some major character flaws throughout the book.
For example, the principle realized (while the student was present) that expelling her would cause major trouble on behalf of the school. Since expelling her isn't an option why is she then made to be a student councilor and told she has to do it if she doesn't want to get expelled? When in fact, she can't even get expelled!
And, Shooter is the tamest gang member I've ever met. His parents must have brought him up watching Disney or something.
The Asians were too yellow and the students were too old. Oh, and lets chuck in Wolverine too, who has absolutely no need to be there.
Not only is there no plot, but there are some major character flaws throughout the book.
For example, the principle realized (while the student was present) that expelling her would cause major trouble on behalf of the school. Since expelling her isn't an option why is she then made to be a student councilor and told she has to do it if she doesn't want to get expelled? When in fact, she can't even get expelled!
And, Shooter is the tamest gang member I've ever met. His parents must have brought him up watching Disney or something.
The Asians were too yellow and the students were too old. Oh, and lets chuck in Wolverine too, who has absolutely no need to be there.
August 13, 2016
The artwork was inconsistent and, in some cases, downright bad. There are three different pencilers, but only O'Hare seems to have rendered a decent and consistent Jubilee. In several frames she almost appears to be an Asian caricature.
The story is great for younger audiences, with the exception of Jubilee herself saying something is "retarded" (people still say this?). She also commits petty theft repeatedly. She's supposed to be a troubled teenage anti-hero, but I think she could have still done this without stealing pretzels at the mall.
Still, there's good messaging here about dealing with bullies and making your own way in the world. There are also a few assassins and mutant powers, so if you're a young comic book lover and particularly into Jubilee, it's an okay read. Kinda.
The story is great for younger audiences, with the exception of Jubilee herself saying something is "retarded" (people still say this?). She also commits petty theft repeatedly. She's supposed to be a troubled teenage anti-hero, but I think she could have still done this without stealing pretzels at the mall.
Still, there's good messaging here about dealing with bullies and making your own way in the world. There are also a few assassins and mutant powers, so if you're a young comic book lover and particularly into Jubilee, it's an okay read. Kinda.
January 8, 2015
Uh... this was cute, but... uhh... weird? Like I had to check the copyright date because I thought it was newer? Apparently the TPB came out in 2012 but the comics first appeared in 2005? But they feel like they are from 1990. I think maybe they were supposed to be kind of a parody of the 90s? Or something?? I'm genuinely confused. Like Jubilee intervenes to make a gang leader let a gang member go to high school, while observing that she didn't think there were gangs anymore??
I feel like Jubilee is suuuch a loveable character that I do not understand at all why anyone would do this to her.
Also the art was weird and everyone looked lumpy.
I feel like Jubilee is suuuch a loveable character that I do not understand at all why anyone would do this to her.
Also the art was weird and everyone looked lumpy.
July 7, 2012
Meh. I guess the story's kinda cute, but the art really bugged me--these kids are supposed to be in high school and for the first half of the book they all look about 40. Also there are some really weird shadowing issues later on, especially when it comes to Shane Shooter. As for the story, while it's somewhat entertaining, there's really not much that's compelling, and the way Wolverine just suddenly shows up out of nowhere towards the end is kind of dumb. I'm glad we only paid $2.00 for this.
December 11, 2016
If you're into graphic novels about self involved high school girls, who have little but boys and shop lifting on the brain (and happen to be x-men mutants) then this is the graphic novel for you.
As I have my very own surly teenager (Hi Flynn!) there is very little entertainment value in reading about someone else's brat. Now Jubilee's arse kicking Aunt? She seems cool.
I only picked this one up because it's by Robert Kirkman. Apparently not everything he does is brilliant. Some of his work is clearly just so he can pay the bills.
As I have my very own surly teenager (Hi Flynn!) there is very little entertainment value in reading about someone else's brat. Now Jubilee's arse kicking Aunt? She seems cool.
I only picked this one up because it's by Robert Kirkman. Apparently not everything he does is brilliant. Some of his work is clearly just so he can pay the bills.
August 23, 2016
I like the concept for this book more than the execution. Shane Shooter is a great character, and exploring gang life in a post-Pride LA is extremely compelling, but there were a few points where the writing rather failed to capture the youth voice. Some of the attempts at colloquialisms were a bit awkward, but they tried. I feel like interesting things could have been done with this series. It's a shame it was cut so short.
July 14, 2017
First Comic book I have ever owned and I'm very excited for it! It was a good story I really want to read more comic books now... mostly the X-Men! It was super cheesy and in a good way... I can see why the series got canceled but I still really like it... I kinda wish for more there wasn't much development (probably because they canceled it) It's just a really fun read.
June 25, 2016
My favorite girl with her own book! It was not as amazing as it sounds. The art was cute but most of the good stuff was in the last two issues: Jubes + Shane being adorbs, Logan really playing into his adoptive dad role, Aunt Hope + Brad being badass. What I couldn't get over was the hella ableism.
June 27, 2016
I really liked the charactets, and will definitely read the next one. At times the plot felt flimsy, and some of the characters choices didn't seem to make sense, but overall it was an enjoyable, fluff piece of a read
February 1, 2012
3.5 for making my day a bit more enjoyable.
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