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Age of X-Man (Collected Editions)
Age of X-Man: Prisoner X
The Danger Room holds the worst of the worst in the Age of X-Man! When you break the law in paradise, you aren't sent to just any prison. You're sent to the Danger Room...a penitentiary filled with the roughest and meanest mutants who don't fit into X-Man's utopia. They each have a reason for being there, and they're all primed and ready to kill each other. But that's about to change, because the Danger Room's newest prisoner has just arrived...Lucas Bishop! As Bishop navigates between the various mutant gangs to find the truth beyond the walls of the prison, can he trust the other inmates - including Magneto's daughter, Polaris? Or will Bishop have to break out solo?
COLLECTING: AGE OF X-MAN: PRISONER X 1-5
COLLECTING: AGE OF X-MAN: PRISONER X 1-5
112 pages, Paperback
First published September 4, 2019
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March 17, 2021
One of the better Age of X-Man titles which isn't saying much. Bishop is sent to prison for falling in love which is interesting. However, that's not ever explored. It quickly becomes exactly like Marvelous X-Men where Bishop and the other prisoners are just dealing with past memories returning. That gets old real quick. Why didn't they just give us a tale set in an alternate timeline? Why do these all have to be about remembering who Nate Grey is? He's the least interesting part of this whole alternate timeline. The art and coloring are really good in this title though.
January 20, 2020
Another ‘Age of X-Man’ mini and the story is OK but, man-oh-man, the artwork is absolutely beautiful. Michael Spicer’s colour work in particular is absolutely breathtaking; check it out. 3 stars for the story, five stars for the artwork.
October 6, 2019
The best of the Age of X-Men book with perfect narrator (as he is a time traveller) Luca Bishop and some key performances by Honeybadger, Polaris, Dani Moonstone and Beast. In this utopian mutant world any continual descenters are locked up in Prison X and all memories of then wiped out of the general populace!
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Bishop, no stranger to these sort of scenarios tries to work out what is really going on, but has also to deal with numerous bad-ass X-Men prisoners. A nice 8 out of 12, for a few cool twists, great Honeybadger writing and some neat first person dialogue... oh, and some astounding covers. 8 out of 12.
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Bishop, no stranger to these sort of scenarios tries to work out what is really going on, but has also to deal with numerous bad-ass X-Men prisoners. A nice 8 out of 12, for a few cool twists, great Honeybadger writing and some neat first person dialogue... oh, and some astounding covers. 8 out of 12.
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March 12, 2022
This series is set in the prison of the X-Man universe where all the "troublemakers" are imprisoned, or in other words, the mutants starting to remember how the world is supposed be be before X-Men made everything topsy turvy.
A good addition to the crossover, but just like the other volumes, probably a little drawn out.
A good addition to the crossover, but just like the other volumes, probably a little drawn out.
July 26, 2019
Prisoner X is one of the stronger Age of X-Man titles, and is one of the only ones to effectively convey the oppressive atmosphere of the setting. X-Man Lucas Bishop has been arrested and thrown into the notorious Danger Room prison for the crime of loving somebody (why his partner Jean Grey didn't also get arrested is a question Bishop himself brings up near the end of the story--though I suspect the reason for it is that it was his third strike, and for her it was not).
Bishop feels a sense that not all is right with the world, and this feeling is cemented by the mysterious note he receives in his cell at the end of the first issue (as well as the strange laughter only he can hear). In time he starts to experience visions and memories of a world that is not his own. From there he slowly starts to piece together what is wrong with the world with the help of some of the other inmates.
I'm a bit of a sucker for these institutional stories set in prisons or other oppressive environments, and Bishop and Beast (also prominently featured) are two of my favorite X-Men, so I took a liking to this series right from the beginning. I enjoyed Beast taking on the antagonistic role of the prison bully, and seeing poor Polaris (she just can't catch a break) suffering in a delusional state was rough, but the badass moments that she has by the end of the story are all the more well deserved because of it.
I very much enjoyed the art by German Peralta and Matt Horak, and Mike Spicer's coloring served their art style particularly well (especially in what I will describe only as the "other realm" in the final chapter, to refrain from spoilers). My only complaint is that in the final chapter some of the depictions of the villain are a bit goofy looking to the point that they detract from the art, possibly the result of the artists rushing to meet a deadline.
This is one of the two Age of X-Man titles I would actually recommend reading. And for anyone curious about how Dani Moonstar could possibly be here in the Age of X-Man Danger Room when she's also co-existing over in the concurrent Uncanny X-Men title: well, you'll get your explanation for how that is possible in the Age of X-Man Omega one-shot, but prepare to be disappointed (this is no fault of writer Vita Ayala, who did not contribute to that title, but the crappy explanation really makes me wonder if both Vita Ayala and Matthew Rosenberg both wanted to use the character [and who could blame them?] without realizing the other was using her in their book).
Bishop feels a sense that not all is right with the world, and this feeling is cemented by the mysterious note he receives in his cell at the end of the first issue (as well as the strange laughter only he can hear). In time he starts to experience visions and memories of a world that is not his own. From there he slowly starts to piece together what is wrong with the world with the help of some of the other inmates.
I'm a bit of a sucker for these institutional stories set in prisons or other oppressive environments, and Bishop and Beast (also prominently featured) are two of my favorite X-Men, so I took a liking to this series right from the beginning. I enjoyed Beast taking on the antagonistic role of the prison bully, and seeing poor Polaris (she just can't catch a break) suffering in a delusional state was rough, but the badass moments that she has by the end of the story are all the more well deserved because of it.
I very much enjoyed the art by German Peralta and Matt Horak, and Mike Spicer's coloring served their art style particularly well (especially in what I will describe only as the "other realm" in the final chapter, to refrain from spoilers). My only complaint is that in the final chapter some of the depictions of the villain are a bit goofy looking to the point that they detract from the art, possibly the result of the artists rushing to meet a deadline.
This is one of the two Age of X-Man titles I would actually recommend reading. And for anyone curious about how Dani Moonstar could possibly be here in the Age of X-Man Danger Room when she's also co-existing over in the concurrent Uncanny X-Men title: well, you'll get your explanation for how that is possible in the Age of X-Man Omega one-shot, but prepare to be disappointed (this is no fault of writer Vita Ayala, who did not contribute to that title, but the crappy explanation really makes me wonder if both Vita Ayala and Matthew Rosenberg both wanted to use the character [and who could blame them?] without realizing the other was using her in their book).
July 8, 2019
What is Dani Moonstar doing here...?
I just finished reading all the current issues of Uncanny X-Men in the real world outside of Age of X-Man, and she is always very prominently a member of the real-world team.
Otherwise, this was an unpleasant acid trip. It reminded me of trying to fight someone in my dreams and being frustrated that my arms don't work right.
I just finished reading all the current issues of Uncanny X-Men in the real world outside of Age of X-Man, and she is always very prominently a member of the real-world team.
Otherwise, this was an unpleasant acid trip. It reminded me of trying to fight someone in my dreams and being frustrated that my arms don't work right.
November 13, 2021
Por alguma razão, na época do lançamento desse volume, não encontrei um exemplar nas bancas aqui de Porto Alegre. Nenhum. Agora a Panini está relançando esse material nas bancas e pude adquirir o meu exemplar. Foi bom por uma lado, porque esse acabou sendo o melhor encadernado dos seis lançados da Era do X-Man. Ok, ok, mas não fiquem tão eufóricos porque a iniciativa das minisséries da Era do X-Man não foi lá tão bem sucedida como pode se pensar. Esse encadernado, então, fica só um pouquinho acima do material que temos regularmente de super-heróis e muito acima da fase dos mutantes que corria em paralelo naquela época. Preciso ressaltar a arte de German Peralta, que usa da aguada de uma forma magnífica, dando outra dimensão para seus desenhos, é por causa da arte dele que este encadernado ganha as quatro estrelas que estão aqui.
August 3, 2019
One of the best Age of X books!! Loved all the character cameos, the characters were true to their portrayals in other books and the artwork was on point!!
Plenty of intrigue to try and figure out what was going on and there was plenty of action to keep things going!
Plenty of intrigue to try and figure out what was going on and there was plenty of action to keep things going!
August 14, 2021
Probably the best title in this disaster of an event, and can also be read separately as a one shot trade. The riot panels in issue 5 are great to flip through
February 13, 2020
This one ended up being pretty good. The last issue was fun to read.
December 27, 2019
2.5
Non important novel lacks purpose or originality. I've struggled to find anything to recommend here and I've ensured my review matches. The artwork is very good and only struggles with a coherent issue based storyline.
Why the 2.5?
Volume is never one of the must read books and it's a shame as the character's are intriguing. I enjoyed the reveal, but it was too late by then. Not an important book to read, just a gap filler.
Non important novel lacks purpose or originality. I've struggled to find anything to recommend here and I've ensured my review matches. The artwork is very good and only struggles with a coherent issue based storyline.
Why the 2.5?
Volume is never one of the must read books and it's a shame as the character's are intriguing. I enjoyed the reveal, but it was too late by then. Not an important book to read, just a gap filler.
January 5, 2021
X-man Bishop finds himself in prison, the big house, the joint. But is it a prison of the mind or one made of bars? I guess I should've been clued in on the first page when it said Danger Room Prison in big bold letters but I didn't notice or scanned anyway, the danger room is where the x-men go to train, it's a virtual reality room in X-Man mansion which this prison isn't that but again it was a clue. Look,it ain't that big a mystery, by now I knew that this whole 'Age of X-Man' schtick was some kind of alternate reality controlled by Nathan grey, I figured that out in Apocalypse and X-tracts, I ain't no X-men dummy, but still I thought this might be a real prison in Nathan Grey's reality but it ain't even that - it's an unreal prison in an unreal reality. Get it? No, neither do I, but pay no heed we're here to partake of 5 issues of this current X-men saga, not to understand the whys and wherefores, it's only comix, kids. So, some thoughts, Bishop? Again I'm no X-man X-pert but what the hell is his mutant power anyway? To continually have an M tattoo on his face, I get that the guy is tough and good w/weapons but other that glaring suspiciously what is going on? Don't answer that. Another question I have is why is Beast always playing second fiddle in these X-men comics? He's smart as all get-out and he's one bad blue mo-fo w/Hulk like strength, he should be the star of every comic he's in, but he ain't he's usually a 2nd banana to guys like Bishop, who again, as far as I can tell, has a mean face tattoo and a mean grimace. Moonstar is also featured in this as well and I know she has some mystical powers, not really sure what they are, but she has a great name and beautiful indigenous appeal and somehow she saves the day at the end from the freaky-eraser-headed Legion who I can tell is a psycho telepath who I guess is the one who has created the whole fake prison thing at the behest of Nathan grey who we see in a couple sporadic panels looking mean and not saying anything because he's just there to remind us that he's the one behind this whole Age of X-Man charade-reality. I've now written far, far too much about a 110 page comic but I will mention the art work by German Peralta is cool, I like his stuff, unfortunately the last chapter (issue) is done by Matt Horek who takes it down a notch, art wise. The writing is by Vita Ayala is okay, I'm guessing the overall story was by whoever is behind the whole 'Age of X-Man' arc so she can't be blamed entirely for that. It is capable writing, although incoherent to me. I usually love prison stories too. I liked this one, not sure if I'm gonna chase down any more 'Age of X-Man' books though. Oh boy, I really have written way too much on this stuff. Thankyou very much.
September 27, 2019
This review is sort of a cheat as I am reviewing the whole crossover at one time. I'm recovering from a surgery with a lot of time to lay around and read so I plowed through the all of the trades at one time. (I would give the whole series a 3.5 star rating, most likely...)
I feel like this series was interesting. I'm a sucker for an alt-universe tale but I thought that this one was on the better end of the spectrum, personally. A bit more cerebral than punchy, though, so your mileage may vary. (And some of the more cerebral bits are sort of only surface-cerebral, but hey - that's superhero books for ya.)
At any rate, I thought it was a good premise (and I like this take on Nate, personally) and most of the sideplots were interesting and had great moments of characterization. The overarching main plot was a little empty in the end (and very rushed - I'm curious if there was originally going to be more time given to this series?) but I personally feel that several of the personal arcs were definitely worth it in the end.
High points for me were Nextgen (I always love the young X-Men characters, though) and X-tremists (I really dug the blob/Psylocke dynamic) while the low points were Prisoner X and the X-tracts (neither of which was particularly a low point in my opinion - just not up to the others).
I feel like this series was interesting. I'm a sucker for an alt-universe tale but I thought that this one was on the better end of the spectrum, personally. A bit more cerebral than punchy, though, so your mileage may vary. (And some of the more cerebral bits are sort of only surface-cerebral, but hey - that's superhero books for ya.)
At any rate, I thought it was a good premise (and I like this take on Nate, personally) and most of the sideplots were interesting and had great moments of characterization. The overarching main plot was a little empty in the end (and very rushed - I'm curious if there was originally going to be more time given to this series?) but I personally feel that several of the personal arcs were definitely worth it in the end.
High points for me were Nextgen (I always love the young X-Men characters, though) and X-tremists (I really dug the blob/Psylocke dynamic) while the low points were Prisoner X and the X-tracts (neither of which was particularly a low point in my opinion - just not up to the others).
July 25, 2020
This was very much just OK.
It turns out the whole thing is being controlled by
Also, parts of the problems of the Age of X-Man plague this like they plague everything else. Most characters seem to remember that the world is fake. Pretty much right away. Others are so changed (E.g., the Beast) that they're basically an entirely different character in the same skin. And the narrative space in which these books play . . . . It's like there's nothing really for anyone to do because the story is all resolving itself in the main book (Marvelous X-Men).
It turns out the whole thing is being controlled by
Also, parts of the problems of the Age of X-Man plague this like they plague everything else. Most characters seem to remember that the world is fake. Pretty much right away. Others are so changed (E.g., the Beast) that they're basically an entirely different character in the same skin. And the narrative space in which these books play . . . . It's like there's nothing really for anyone to do because the story is all resolving itself in the main book (Marvelous X-Men).
May 18, 2020
I kept wanting to like this book, but it's hard to understand why Nate Grey has a prison for people when he just mind wipes the rest. In Age of X, way back when, all the psychics were locked up to stop them from interfering with the new world. Here, Beast is locked up...why? It also doesn't help that having Bishop be the one that remembers feels awfully redundant to Age of Apocalypse. And I couldn't tell you what Legion was attempting, or why he's in this crossover at all, other than he was there on the beach during Uncanny X-Men.
December 30, 2019
Another of the off-shoots from the Age of X-Man. This time focusing on the Prison Industry run by Forge and an old enemy/friend. Bishop ends up on the wrong side of the law after his recent daliance and this time he is joined by X-23, Beast, Dani Moonstar and Polaris. Not a bad team up really!
A story that adds to the universe and gives some more page time to other X-Men. Bishop carries the story and shows what a good leading man he is.
A story that adds to the universe and gives some more page time to other X-Men. Bishop carries the story and shows what a good leading man he is.
March 11, 2022
3.5/5
I was mostly reading this for Legion and his appearance here was a little disappointing, but overall this wasn’t a bad read. Also at this point I’m just mentioning it to keep track for myself, but either I didn’t notice before, or way more artists are drawing David’s heterochromia now. It’s just a nice touch on his character design that I feel is mostly ignored, so it was nice to see it here.
I was mostly reading this for Legion and his appearance here was a little disappointing, but overall this wasn’t a bad read. Also at this point I’m just mentioning it to keep track for myself, but either I didn’t notice before, or way more artists are drawing David’s heterochromia now. It’s just a nice touch on his character design that I feel is mostly ignored, so it was nice to see it here.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 24, 2020
Really tight story and very enjoyable. In terms of this series this felt like the most natural progression and most coherent. (Which, okay, I have read how many other of these books before now? I've got the world, so maybe order it working in its favor as well.) Really enjoyed this angle on the Age of X-Man world and looking forward to finishing the series arc!
October 7, 2020
Okay, this is the best Age of X-Man mini. A prison tale focused on Bishop, Beast, Honey Badger, Polaris, and Moonstar as they try to figure out why a prison even exists in a supposed utopia. Forge as the prison warden is pretty good (certainly better casting than Angel as a dean), and the surprise character as willing accomplice was excellent.
December 18, 2021
Another story from the Age of X-Man event. In the world created by the X-Man Nate Grey, Mutants that don't conform are sent to the prison complex, the Danger Room. When a new inmate, Lucas Bishop, arrives with memories of a different reality, he sets out to convince others with similar thoughts that maybe their reality isn't quite as it seems.
April 6, 2023
Bishop and the supporting cast wonder why love is outlawed while trying to figure out why they're having flashbacks of another life. Like most of the Age of X-Man titles, a mystery needs to work on multiple levels when the reader already knows everything that's going on and these stories don't really go that far.
February 23, 2022
This series was weird and fun, but Bishop isn't my favourite focal character so it lost something there. But Gabby/Honey Badger/Scout makes every book she's in incredible, and Ayala does an excellent job showing the conflict in these characters and this world.
August 30, 2023
A well done "main character wakes up in alt reality but w/ memories of their real life" story. I think the narrative perspective should have stayed with Bishop and not jumped to a different character in the middle issues. Would have helped the flow of the story and added tension.
November 28, 2019
Maybe one of the more interesting tie-ins to an event that failed for me.
Bishop served as a solid point of view choice for this story.
Bishop served as a solid point of view choice for this story.
December 2, 2019
Again, DNF.
See my review of the X-tracts mini for more of the same.
See my review of the X-tracts mini for more of the same.
December 9, 2019
I kinda love how the whole 'who could have done this' question boils down to: 'Ok, who's the most emotionally damaged psychic we know?'
March 28, 2021
This was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed following characters that mainstream storylines don't tend to focus on so it was nice spending time with Bishop, Polaris and Moonstar especially!
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August 14, 2021lorna dane my beloved
January 17, 2022
I was surprised by how much "edge" this story has!
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