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X-Men: Grand Design #5
X-Men: Grand Design - X-Tinction #1
From Book 1: The series that has critics and fans raving returns for its final installment! The ruination of the X-Men revisited! Re-live the now-classic storylines like Mutant Massacre and The Fall of the Mutants. With appearances by Longshot, Cable, and The Marauders! Created soup to nuts by comic book superstar Ed Piskor in the Mighty Marvel Manner!
49 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 29, 2019
About the author
Ed Piskor
83 books202 followersEd Piskor had been cartooning professionally in print form since 2005, starting off drawing American Splendor comics written by Harvey Pekar. The duo continued working together on 2 graphic novels, Macedonia, and The Beats. Ed began self publishing Wizzywig after developing a huge interest in the history of Hacking and Phone Phreaking. 3 volumes, making up 3/4 of the full story, have been published to date.
Recently Ed had designed the characters for the new Adult Swim series, Mongo Wrestling Alliance.
Recently Ed had designed the characters for the new Adult Swim series, Mongo Wrestling Alliance.
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July 2, 2019
Really good issue. These are always really fun, and a great summary of X-Men canon. Would definitely recommend for anybody interested in an overview of the X-Men’s major events.
March 27, 2025
Ambicioso proyecto del historietista independiente Ed Piskor, quien intentó brindar como autor completo una narrativa coherente a una franquicia intervenida por docenas de equipos creativos, condensando en cada entrega una década de historias protagonizadas por los célebres X-Men.
La serie final, X-Tinction, reescribe sucesos narrados en la Masacre Mutante (1986) y La Caída de los Mutantes (1988), el regreso de Jean Grey, el juicio de Magneto y Agenda X-Tinction (1990). Hay bastante acomodación respecto a MAdelyne Prior, si bien el resultado lo justifica. Un meritorio esfuerzo de continuidad si se obvia cualquier pretensión artística.
La serie final, X-Tinction, reescribe sucesos narrados en la Masacre Mutante (1986) y La Caída de los Mutantes (1988), el regreso de Jean Grey, el juicio de Magneto y Agenda X-Tinction (1990). Hay bastante acomodación respecto a MAdelyne Prior, si bien el resultado lo justifica. Un meritorio esfuerzo de continuidad si se obvia cualquier pretensión artística.
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November 13, 2023Almost a history of the X-men, part 3a
It's an excellent retelling and condensation of the story of the X-men, as the previous volumes were. Except that, having read the originals, the deviations from the actual history grate.
I acknowledge that many of them were done in service of telling the baseline story told in Uncanny X-men, without getting into the stories from the New Mutants and X-Factor books, and that the creator of this volume probably wasn't stepping terribly far out of line by switching up costumes for ones he preferred - but not even noting the whole X-Factor "find new nutants by playing mutant-busters" thing, or Illyana's connections to Inferno, just don't feel right.
With that caveat - that the story being told is at the very least incomplete - what's here is well told, and does serve as a good summary of the overall storyline from Uncanny X-men circa issues 201-242 (or thereabouts).
It's an excellent retelling and condensation of the story of the X-men, as the previous volumes were. Except that, having read the originals, the deviations from the actual history grate.
I acknowledge that many of them were done in service of telling the baseline story told in Uncanny X-men, without getting into the stories from the New Mutants and X-Factor books, and that the creator of this volume probably wasn't stepping terribly far out of line by switching up costumes for ones he preferred - but not even noting the whole X-Factor "find new nutants by playing mutant-busters" thing, or Illyana's connections to Inferno, just don't feel right.
With that caveat - that the story being told is at the very least incomplete - what's here is well told, and does serve as a good summary of the overall storyline from Uncanny X-men circa issues 201-242 (or thereabouts).
June 25, 2019
3.5 stars
Noble undertaking by Piskor to make sense out of what was originally non-sensical in the original Uncanny X-Men serial. These stories mark the point in X-Men continuity where I jumped ship when the comics were originally released. Reading this re-visioning shows just how much more attention and love Piskor had for Claremont's storylines as he spun out of control.
Noble undertaking by Piskor to make sense out of what was originally non-sensical in the original Uncanny X-Men serial. These stories mark the point in X-Men continuity where I jumped ship when the comics were originally released. Reading this re-visioning shows just how much more attention and love Piskor had for Claremont's storylines as he spun out of control.
March 21, 2020
Interesting concept, but I would rather read the original stories in trade form and get new stories from Mr. Piskor.
January 13, 2021
Sometimes the writing wasn't good, and same with the art. But this made me feel like I was a kid again, reading X-Men for the first time, and that's all that matters to me.
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