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Wolverine and the X-Men (2011) #1-8
Wolverine and the X-Men by Jason Aaron Omnibus
Blockbuster writer Jason Aaron's incredible, hilarious and touching WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN run is collected in one oversized volume! Wolverine returns to Westchester to start over with a new school, a new student body and a lot of surprises! But can Logan - and a staff including Beast, Iceman, Rachel Grey, Kitty Pryde, Storm, Husk and Doop - really lead the Children of the Atom into the future? Only if they survive the newHellfire Club, Krakoa, Sabretooth, an army of mischievous Bamfs, war with the Avengers, the Phoenix Five and more! As new students join the school, including the time-displaced original X-Men, new threats emerge from Frankenstein's Murder Circus, Wolverine's half-brother Dog Logan, Mystique, the Hellfire Academy...and S.H.I.E.L.D.! Welcome to the Jean Grey School, Wolverine - hope you survive the experience!
COLLECTING: Wolverine & The X-Men (2011) 1-35, 38-42; Wolverine & The X-Men Annual (2013) 1
COLLECTING: Wolverine & The X-Men (2011) 1-35, 38-42; Wolverine & The X-Men Annual (2013) 1
936 pages, Hardcover
First published June 17, 2014
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About the author
Jason Aaron
2,360 books1,678 followersJason Aaron grew up in a small town in Alabama. His cousin, Gustav Hasford, who wrote the semi-autobiographical novel The Short-Timers, on which the feature film Full Metal Jacket was based, was a large influence on Aaron. Aaron decided he wanted to write comics as a child, and though his father was skeptical when Aaron informed him of this aspiration, his mother took Aaron to drug stores, where he would purchase books from spinner racks, some of which he still owns today.
Aaron's career in comics began in 2001 when he won a Marvel Comics talent search contest with an eight-page Wolverine back-up story script. The story, which was published in Wolverine #175 (June 2002), gave him the opportunity to pitch subsequent ideas to editors.
In 2006, Aaron made a blind submission to DC/Vertigo, who published his first major work, the Vietnam War story The Other Side which was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Miniseries, and which Aaron regards as the "second time" he broke into the industry.
Following this, Vertigo asked him to pitch other ideas, which led to the series Scalped, a creator-owned series set on the fictional Prairie Rose Indian Reservation and published by DC/Vertigo.
In 2007, Aaron wrote Ripclaw: Pilot Season for Top Cow Productions. Later that year, Marvel editor Axel Alonso, who was impressed by The Other Side and Scalped, hired Aaron to write issues of Wolverine, Black Panther and eventually, an extended run on Ghost Rider that began in April 2008. His continued work on Black Panther also included a tie-in to the company-wide crossover storyline along with a "Secret Invasion" with David Lapham in 2009.
In January 2008, he signed an exclusive contract with Marvel, though it would not affect his work on Scalped. Later that July, he wrote the Penguin issue of The Joker's Asylum.
After a 4-issue stint on Wolverine in 2007, Aaron returned to the character with the ongoing series Wolverine: Weapon X, launched to coincide with the feature film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Aaron commented, "With Wolverine: Weapon X we'll be trying to mix things up like that from arc to arc, so the first arc is a typical sort of black ops story but the second arc will jump right into the middle of a completely different genre," In 2010, the series was relaunched once again as simply Wolverine. He followed this with his current run on Thor: God of Thunder.
Aaron's career in comics began in 2001 when he won a Marvel Comics talent search contest with an eight-page Wolverine back-up story script. The story, which was published in Wolverine #175 (June 2002), gave him the opportunity to pitch subsequent ideas to editors.
In 2006, Aaron made a blind submission to DC/Vertigo, who published his first major work, the Vietnam War story The Other Side which was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Miniseries, and which Aaron regards as the "second time" he broke into the industry.
Following this, Vertigo asked him to pitch other ideas, which led to the series Scalped, a creator-owned series set on the fictional Prairie Rose Indian Reservation and published by DC/Vertigo.
In 2007, Aaron wrote Ripclaw: Pilot Season for Top Cow Productions. Later that year, Marvel editor Axel Alonso, who was impressed by The Other Side and Scalped, hired Aaron to write issues of Wolverine, Black Panther and eventually, an extended run on Ghost Rider that began in April 2008. His continued work on Black Panther also included a tie-in to the company-wide crossover storyline along with a "Secret Invasion" with David Lapham in 2009.
In January 2008, he signed an exclusive contract with Marvel, though it would not affect his work on Scalped. Later that July, he wrote the Penguin issue of The Joker's Asylum.
After a 4-issue stint on Wolverine in 2007, Aaron returned to the character with the ongoing series Wolverine: Weapon X, launched to coincide with the feature film X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Aaron commented, "With Wolverine: Weapon X we'll be trying to mix things up like that from arc to arc, so the first arc is a typical sort of black ops story but the second arc will jump right into the middle of a completely different genre," In 2010, the series was relaunched once again as simply Wolverine. He followed this with his current run on Thor: God of Thunder.
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April 17, 2015
A fun book and it started off quite well. It loses itself halfway through and finishes with a happy ending! Yawn.
Overall it was a fun story with some great new characters, but overall nothing special.
Overall it was a fun story with some great new characters, but overall nothing special.
April 9, 2017
It's always tough to review an omnibus of this size, since it's nearly impossible to capture the scope of a comic series that spans 42 issues and an annual in one single summary. Add in the fact that I've been reading this one off and on for almost 2 years, and things start to get a little muddy. With all of that in mind, though, I will say this: I always looked forward to picking this back up.
There's nothing particularly groundbreaking about Wolverine & the X-Men. It's just, in Jason Aaron's own words, "fun." The first half of this omnibus, when Aaron was first getting into the world of the X-Men and seemed to have a little more freedom to do whatever he wanted, are a total blast. It's funny, heartwarming, and features some great artwork to boot. I get the feeling Marvel wasn't feeling too protective over these (mostly new) X-Men, since they had a bunch of other, larger X-Men priorities (like Avengers vs. X-Men and other crossovers). As such, this reads more like a goofy, sci-fi-laden high school comedy than anything else, and I was very into those early issues.
Then, I guess it got too popular. I don't blame Jason Aaron for this at all, but the latter half of this omnibus starts suffering from crossover fatigue. I'm sure as this title rose in popularity, Marvel starting forcing it to fit into the larger storylines at play (All-New X-Men, Infinity, Battle of the Atom, the Phoenix aftermath), and it just gets kind of... boring. The characters become harder to track. Aaron's central villain storyline involving the new Hellfire Club falls by the wayside, only to be wrapped up in a fairly anti-climactic final battle. Allegiances within the school keep shifting, largely due to events not seen in this book. It makes it much harder to read as a single entity, and as such loses some of its luster.
Overall, though, just reveling in the sheer creativity Aaron displays in this series is enough for me. Storytelling flaws aside, this is a book that keeps you on your toes, and spends more time developing the X-Men as real, genuine characters than almost any X book I can think of in the past decade. It's well worth a read, even if it gets a little muddled at the end.
There's nothing particularly groundbreaking about Wolverine & the X-Men. It's just, in Jason Aaron's own words, "fun." The first half of this omnibus, when Aaron was first getting into the world of the X-Men and seemed to have a little more freedom to do whatever he wanted, are a total blast. It's funny, heartwarming, and features some great artwork to boot. I get the feeling Marvel wasn't feeling too protective over these (mostly new) X-Men, since they had a bunch of other, larger X-Men priorities (like Avengers vs. X-Men and other crossovers). As such, this reads more like a goofy, sci-fi-laden high school comedy than anything else, and I was very into those early issues.
Then, I guess it got too popular. I don't blame Jason Aaron for this at all, but the latter half of this omnibus starts suffering from crossover fatigue. I'm sure as this title rose in popularity, Marvel starting forcing it to fit into the larger storylines at play (All-New X-Men, Infinity, Battle of the Atom, the Phoenix aftermath), and it just gets kind of... boring. The characters become harder to track. Aaron's central villain storyline involving the new Hellfire Club falls by the wayside, only to be wrapped up in a fairly anti-climactic final battle. Allegiances within the school keep shifting, largely due to events not seen in this book. It makes it much harder to read as a single entity, and as such loses some of its luster.
Overall, though, just reveling in the sheer creativity Aaron displays in this series is enough for me. Storytelling flaws aside, this is a book that keeps you on your toes, and spends more time developing the X-Men as real, genuine characters than almost any X book I can think of in the past decade. It's well worth a read, even if it gets a little muddled at the end.
February 16, 2016
Who would have thought that the guy behind “Scalped,” a comic so bleak it makes “The Wire” feel like a comedy, would turn in one of the quirkiest X-Men books in recent years?
The book casts Wolverine, the ultimate bad-tempered loner, as the headmaster of Xavier’s school, renamed the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning. Wolvie has been known to take kids under his wing in the past, and one of those former kids, Kitty Pryde, is along to help keep things in order.
But taking care of these kids is difficult when the school finds itself continually under attack by a new Hellfire Club made up of deranged children. And having Quentin Quire, a jerk you'll love to hate and a genius who once tried to overthrow the school from within, as a student doesn't help.
A lot of the fun in this book comes from seeing the surly, beer-drinkin’, cigar-smokin’ Wolvie having to act as the caretaker for a whole school of young mutants.
The student body and their interactions are nice. It feels like a YA title - there are plenty of crushes, cliques and a broken hearts to keep these kids busy between fighting robots and villainous mutants. The art, particularly the Bachalo issues, is really kinetic and fun and helps sell the youthfulness of the characters.
But this is an X-Men book, after all, so eventually it gets bogged down in crossovers that kill its momentum and make everything just too mundane. Outside of those issues, this book is just plain fun.
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The book casts Wolverine, the ultimate bad-tempered loner, as the headmaster of Xavier’s school, renamed the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning. Wolvie has been known to take kids under his wing in the past, and one of those former kids, Kitty Pryde, is along to help keep things in order.
But taking care of these kids is difficult when the school finds itself continually under attack by a new Hellfire Club made up of deranged children. And having Quentin Quire, a jerk you'll love to hate and a genius who once tried to overthrow the school from within, as a student doesn't help.
A lot of the fun in this book comes from seeing the surly, beer-drinkin’, cigar-smokin’ Wolvie having to act as the caretaker for a whole school of young mutants.
The student body and their interactions are nice. It feels like a YA title - there are plenty of crushes, cliques and a broken hearts to keep these kids busy between fighting robots and villainous mutants. The art, particularly the Bachalo issues, is really kinetic and fun and helps sell the youthfulness of the characters.
But this is an X-Men book, after all, so eventually it gets bogged down in crossovers that kill its momentum and make everything just too mundane. Outside of those issues, this book is just plain fun.
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October 18, 2023
42 of the most amazing X-Men issues ever written. This series truly understands what the X-Men are about. It weaves the "mutant" metaphor seamlessly into a series of unbelievably fun stories packed full of character and color and excitement. The soap-operatic emotional beats hit hard. The jokes are legit funny. The action always has stakes and struggle and a true moment of overcoming, rather than just rote punching and destroying.
My favorite part of the X-Men is watching new characters appear as children and grow up, forging relationships, making mistakes, and potentially becoming heroes (or at least adults). This series does that so sincerely with characters that are strange and ridiculous but also infinitely loveable.
The only X-title on this level is Peter David's X-Factor. I would have read 100 more issues of this comic and never gotten tired of it.
Plus, it has Doop.
My favorite part of the X-Men is watching new characters appear as children and grow up, forging relationships, making mistakes, and potentially becoming heroes (or at least adults). This series does that so sincerely with characters that are strange and ridiculous but also infinitely loveable.
The only X-title on this level is Peter David's X-Factor. I would have read 100 more issues of this comic and never gotten tired of it.
Plus, it has Doop.
May 22, 2024
Se siente muy entrecortado, aunque no es su culpa, solo tuvo varios durante su publicación.
June 17, 2014
"Wolverine & the X-Men: Omnibus" collects the entirety of Jason Aaron's classic run on the title, and it's definitely worth a look. Aaron's strange, off-kilter sense of humor serves the concept well: Wolverine, after separating ideologically from his long-time friend and teammate Cyclops, opens his own school for gifted children. Professor Logan! Who'da thunk it?
Reading an Omnibus is my preferred way of experiencing prolonged runs on a specific character or title (in comics, a run is usually defined by the presence of a single writer or writer / artist collaboration). Some, like Aaron's previous Ghost Rider Omnibus, read as a pretty cohesive story from start to finish. Others, like "W&tXM," were more high-profile series, and so the Omnibus tends to weave in and out of stories that aren't necessarily collected in this volume. "AvX," "Battle of the Atom," and "Infinity" are all crossovers that had major to minor influence on the cast of the title, and it's a little jarring from time to time. If you aren't familiar with those events, it might be better to read "W&tXM" in its 8 volume form, while mixing in the events between volumes.
In terms of story, the Jean Grey School quickly becomes the oddest Mutant establishment since Grant Morrison's run on the title. Mutants such as Glob Herman, Eye Boy, and Shark Girl, not to mention Snot, bring to mind the era of X-Men comics where mutants weren't just beautiful people with magic powers, but occasionally deformed and extremely strange. It's refreshing and always surprising.
Although the story weaves in an out of crossovers, Aaron still provides a strong central story for most of the main cast, Wolverine, Quentin Quire, and Idie comprise the core trio, really, across the span of the story. It's a mixture of characters Aaron focused on in the "Schism" storyline that takes place directly preceding the start of the Omnibus, and in a way, I wish Marvel had included it.
As with any long-running comic, the story is told largely in a series of arcs. I mentioned previously that "W&tXM" was originally published in eight volumes, and each of these is pretty distinct as you read through the Omnibus. Some are stronger than others. If I had to break it down, I'd say that the series starts strong, features great crossovers with AvX, dips a little bit, and then climaxes with a strong story, "The Hellfire Saga," about a rival school rising from the previous conflicts from throughout the series. The concluding chapters, used to say goodbye to the book and cap Aaron's plots that started in "Schism," are not quite as exciting as "the Hellfire Saga," but serve their purpose in giving the overall volume a feeling of cohesiveness and singularity.
It was worth the read! For my money, "Wolverine & the X-Men" stands proudly alongside "New X-Men," "Astonishing X-Men," "X-Statix," and "Uncanny X-Force" as an important chapter in recent X-Men history.
Reading an Omnibus is my preferred way of experiencing prolonged runs on a specific character or title (in comics, a run is usually defined by the presence of a single writer or writer / artist collaboration). Some, like Aaron's previous Ghost Rider Omnibus, read as a pretty cohesive story from start to finish. Others, like "W&tXM," were more high-profile series, and so the Omnibus tends to weave in and out of stories that aren't necessarily collected in this volume. "AvX," "Battle of the Atom," and "Infinity" are all crossovers that had major to minor influence on the cast of the title, and it's a little jarring from time to time. If you aren't familiar with those events, it might be better to read "W&tXM" in its 8 volume form, while mixing in the events between volumes.
In terms of story, the Jean Grey School quickly becomes the oddest Mutant establishment since Grant Morrison's run on the title. Mutants such as Glob Herman, Eye Boy, and Shark Girl, not to mention Snot, bring to mind the era of X-Men comics where mutants weren't just beautiful people with magic powers, but occasionally deformed and extremely strange. It's refreshing and always surprising.
Although the story weaves in an out of crossovers, Aaron still provides a strong central story for most of the main cast, Wolverine, Quentin Quire, and Idie comprise the core trio, really, across the span of the story. It's a mixture of characters Aaron focused on in the "Schism" storyline that takes place directly preceding the start of the Omnibus, and in a way, I wish Marvel had included it.
As with any long-running comic, the story is told largely in a series of arcs. I mentioned previously that "W&tXM" was originally published in eight volumes, and each of these is pretty distinct as you read through the Omnibus. Some are stronger than others. If I had to break it down, I'd say that the series starts strong, features great crossovers with AvX, dips a little bit, and then climaxes with a strong story, "The Hellfire Saga," about a rival school rising from the previous conflicts from throughout the series. The concluding chapters, used to say goodbye to the book and cap Aaron's plots that started in "Schism," are not quite as exciting as "the Hellfire Saga," but serve their purpose in giving the overall volume a feeling of cohesiveness and singularity.
It was worth the read! For my money, "Wolverine & the X-Men" stands proudly alongside "New X-Men," "Astonishing X-Men," "X-Statix," and "Uncanny X-Force" as an important chapter in recent X-Men history.
November 27, 2022
This was not as good as I hoped it would be, and maybe that's on me seeing Jason Aaron writing it. I should have known better considering how many peaks and valleys there was over his stint on Wolverine as a whole, and this 40ish issue run is no exception. While it started strong, it really started to lose me by midway, and by the final few arcs I found myself skimming pages frequently, a lot of talk and very little plot development.
I understand based on the afterword Aaron wrote this to be a fun adventure book with some new mutants, but it didn't have quite enough meat on the bone to go for as long as it did. The book mostly focused on Wolverine and Quinten Quire's dynamic, and that's all well and good, but Aaron clearly has a favoritism for Quire, even making him a future host of the Phoenix. The rest of the cast is varying degrees of good to pointless, and most of the teaching staff barely gets more than a line or two by the back half. A lot of one's investment in this whole run comes down to two things: can you buy into the overarching antagonists being 12 year old psycho geniuses running the hellfire club, and how much can you care for the most of the 4-5 students Aaron wanted to give spotlight too.
The crux for me was I had a hard time buying into either of those two, especially the antagonists. I guess making your villains kids removes the obvious "have Logan just stab them to death," but it trades that for that ability to buy into the threat. The students themselves were fine in the first half but most do not develop enough for me to care, or understand what their development is for. The first half of the run is a bit more fun, and Aaron probably was fresher and more focused. But for several arcs in a row in the back half it just seemed....outrageous or uninteresting. By the time I was reading the afterword, I was checked out. I get you were trying to write a fun school book Aaron, but you should have balanced the actual academics and adventures better, or come up with some better story beats. If I had to give this a grade? It gets a very middlinging C
I understand based on the afterword Aaron wrote this to be a fun adventure book with some new mutants, but it didn't have quite enough meat on the bone to go for as long as it did. The book mostly focused on Wolverine and Quinten Quire's dynamic, and that's all well and good, but Aaron clearly has a favoritism for Quire, even making him a future host of the Phoenix. The rest of the cast is varying degrees of good to pointless, and most of the teaching staff barely gets more than a line or two by the back half. A lot of one's investment in this whole run comes down to two things: can you buy into the overarching antagonists being 12 year old psycho geniuses running the hellfire club, and how much can you care for the most of the 4-5 students Aaron wanted to give spotlight too.
The crux for me was I had a hard time buying into either of those two, especially the antagonists. I guess making your villains kids removes the obvious "have Logan just stab them to death," but it trades that for that ability to buy into the threat. The students themselves were fine in the first half but most do not develop enough for me to care, or understand what their development is for. The first half of the run is a bit more fun, and Aaron probably was fresher and more focused. But for several arcs in a row in the back half it just seemed....outrageous or uninteresting. By the time I was reading the afterword, I was checked out. I get you were trying to write a fun school book Aaron, but you should have balanced the actual academics and adventures better, or come up with some better story beats. If I had to give this a grade? It gets a very middlinging C
June 26, 2014
An interesting idea, taking a violent character and turning him into the headmaster of a school complete with teaching classes. Of course we don't see Wolverine with a lot of actual class room time here. But we do see him do some off site "fund raising" and the author makes it clear he is still involved in his X-force team in the evenings.
We do see some new young mutants having to deal with what they can do and who they want to be, good or bad? We also see a youthful Hellfire club as rivals. I did enjoy Gladiator's son (the cosmic Gladiator, not the Daredevil/Spider Man villain). I think Jason Aaron did a pretty good job of getting you to care about these new characters and have an occasional laugh at their antics.
We see several issues significantly influenced by AvX (Avengers vs X-men). Fortunately I have read that story so I wasn't lost. We see Iceman and Kitty Pryde as school teachers and Storm joins the school for a little bit and gets steamy with Wolverine. Love her Mohawk look.
The story is worth the read if this sounds like the sort of thing you would be interested in. And I can't imagine a more pleasant way to have this in you collection than in this omnibus.
Comments on quality: Sewn binding, the slimmer paper is used. I wish they took the time to number the pages. A minor quibble I guess. The artwork was good, ok, and sometimes mediocre as we had many artist changes. Art ratings are clearly in the eye of the beholder. I guess it's usually too much to ask anymore that a single artist stay with a book for 40 issues. The only other quibble is that the dust jacket spine is white. It jumps out next to my black background omnibus editions next to it on the shelf.
We do see some new young mutants having to deal with what they can do and who they want to be, good or bad? We also see a youthful Hellfire club as rivals. I did enjoy Gladiator's son (the cosmic Gladiator, not the Daredevil/Spider Man villain). I think Jason Aaron did a pretty good job of getting you to care about these new characters and have an occasional laugh at their antics.
We see several issues significantly influenced by AvX (Avengers vs X-men). Fortunately I have read that story so I wasn't lost. We see Iceman and Kitty Pryde as school teachers and Storm joins the school for a little bit and gets steamy with Wolverine. Love her Mohawk look.
The story is worth the read if this sounds like the sort of thing you would be interested in. And I can't imagine a more pleasant way to have this in you collection than in this omnibus.
Comments on quality: Sewn binding, the slimmer paper is used. I wish they took the time to number the pages. A minor quibble I guess. The artwork was good, ok, and sometimes mediocre as we had many artist changes. Art ratings are clearly in the eye of the beholder. I guess it's usually too much to ask anymore that a single artist stay with a book for 40 issues. The only other quibble is that the dust jacket spine is white. It jumps out next to my black background omnibus editions next to it on the shelf.
November 7, 2022
At the time that this series came out, most of the other X-titles were not doing well. Their writing was all over the place. They even had to come up with the Avengers vs X-Men gimmick as well as kill off Professor Xavier to generate interest. But those stories were just OK at best. The Uncanny X-Force series was the best thing going on and it had just ended just before this came out. This was actually pretty good. It didn't take itself too seriously, and it featured the most interesting X-Men characters that were still alive. Art was great, at least by the time Bachalo stepped aside and let Nick Bradshaw take over. And most the arcs were fun. Biggest downside to this series was when AvX stories temporarily took over. I'm a long time fan of X-comics and if I had to choose a series that follows the previously established X-Force series, this would be it.
March 12, 2022
Read this in singles as it was coming out and still holds up today. Missed out on picking up this omnibus the first time around and immediately ordered the new printing. This is such a fun series that is about growing up and also about being a parent. Seeing wolverine open up a school and have to teach a bunch of young mutants is awesome. Definitely get vibes of young avengers and avengers academy with this series. The doop issue is still my favorite. You can read this without needing to know much about x-men history and there is a satisfying conclusion. Nick Bradshaw and Chris Bachalo handle the bulk of the art and crush it. Worth a read for any marvel fan interested in the x-men and looking for a more light hearted read.
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December 27, 2022This is an incredible run that really does serve to redefine the X-Men concept in ways that needed redefining. It's fun, but that often translates in comics into "shallow" and frankly "stupid." This isn't those things -- it's sharp, and heartfelt, and sad (Broo! Kid Gladiator!), and it treats its characters with respect in ways that set up a long future for this sort of X-Men story. Honestly, it's probably the best X-Men run since Claremont's -- it's easier to follow than Morrison's, more substantial than Whedon's, and more transformative than Fraction's. It's a Big Ideas comic, and it nails it on every level. What a surprisingly delightful thing.
February 2, 2016
I adored the story and all the characters; would have given it five stars but for the creepy creepy decision (made mainly, it seems, by a couple of the artists) to sexualize the kids, esp. Idie. There are a couple issues where it's super egregious.
If you can get beyond that, it is really quirky and sweet.
If you can get beyond that, it is really quirky and sweet.
January 26, 2020
Mi è piaciuta davvero molto come serie.
Jason Aaron aveva delle grandi idee (anche a lungo termine) e si è dimostrato un grande scrittore corale, capace di dare ad ognuno dei personaggi la propria e autentica voce, rispettando così le aspettative del lettore. Certi autori non sono in grado di scindere il proprio stile e andare oltre quello che vorrebbero loro dai personaggi. Certi non sono in grado di rispettare degli standard imposti dai personaggi, ma Aaron ce l'ha fatta, dando al lettore quello che ti aspetteresti dalle premesse degli stessi protagonisti. Ti aspetti un Wolverine volenteroso nel seguire le orme di Xavier, però comunque troppo Wolverine per smettere di essere Wolverine? Fatto. Ti aspetti del teen drama al passo con tempi, che però ricordi i vecchi X-Men e Nuovi Mutanti di Claremont? Fatto.
Magnifico anche come Aaron riesca a gestire - e dare il giusto spazio -a ben due comparti corali: il corpo insegnanti e il corpo studentesco, senza (oltretutto!) lasciare nessuno indietro e dar nulla per scontato. Per dio, ci sono pure dei momenti di approfondimento per Toad, che in queste storie fa il bidello. Ognuno di loro ha un compito preciso nella serie e nulla è lasciato al caso.
Penso sia indubbiamente la forza motrice di questa serie: avere tanti personaggi, tutti ben gestiti, portavoce di varie tematiche dove chiunque può rivedersi.
L'unico problema è che, dalla serie di tie-in legati al crossover "Avengers VS X-Men", c'è l'impressione che la serie perda il suo obiettivo e la sua strada, per poi recuperarlo barcollando verso la fine e un finale di serie, da una parte piacevole, ma agrodolce. Vero, ma questo perché - all'epoca - la Marvel aveva deciso di incentivare di più le serie degli X-Men scritte da Brian Michael Bendis, soprattutto quell'idea (dimmmerda, pensandoci a posteriori) dei Time-Displaced X-Men vista da vicino in "All-New X-Men".
Leggendo gli Uomini X secondo Bendis si nota di più una maggior fiducia della major verso i progetti dell'autore di Portland, e un po' meno verso quelli di Aaron, in quanto un difetto di "Wolverine and the X-Men" è che la serie subisca continuamente i cambiamenti che avvengono nelle altre serie dove Bendis faceva, sostanzialmente, il cazzo che voleva. Indubbiamente, "Wolverine and the X-Men" era il classico cugino sfigato/figlio non preferito di Mamma Marvel, che però - in fondo, in fondo - era più X-Men di tutte le altre serie satellite in circolazione all'epoca. La serie di Aaron voleva seguire una rotta tutta sua, che però veniva continuamente intervallata da fastidiose incursioni. Il crossover "Battle Of The Atom" è un chiaro esempio di come la storia fosse solo un pretesto per l'ammutinamento di Kitty Pryde dalla fazione di Logan a quella di Ciclope, il tutto perché a Bendis piaceva scrivere Kitty Pryde e la Marvel ha fatto come Garibaldi: "obbedisco".
Certo è che Aaron stesso poi non approfondisce i vari cambiamenti, lasciando il rimando di tale cambio alle note oppure alla lungimiranza del lettore di andare, da solo, a cercare i perché dei vari cambiamenti. Per questo il finale è molto bello, potente e incisivo ma - allo stesso tempo - si avverte come la sensazione che sia arrivato in maniera prematura, forse perché Jason Aaron stesso si era stancato della macchina editoriale mutante dell'epoca.
Ah, dovrei dire anche qualcosa sui disegni, ma penso che i nomi della gente coinvolta parlino da soli.
Jason Aaron aveva delle grandi idee (anche a lungo termine) e si è dimostrato un grande scrittore corale, capace di dare ad ognuno dei personaggi la propria e autentica voce, rispettando così le aspettative del lettore. Certi autori non sono in grado di scindere il proprio stile e andare oltre quello che vorrebbero loro dai personaggi. Certi non sono in grado di rispettare degli standard imposti dai personaggi, ma Aaron ce l'ha fatta, dando al lettore quello che ti aspetteresti dalle premesse degli stessi protagonisti. Ti aspetti un Wolverine volenteroso nel seguire le orme di Xavier, però comunque troppo Wolverine per smettere di essere Wolverine? Fatto. Ti aspetti del teen drama al passo con tempi, che però ricordi i vecchi X-Men e Nuovi Mutanti di Claremont? Fatto.
Magnifico anche come Aaron riesca a gestire - e dare il giusto spazio -a ben due comparti corali: il corpo insegnanti e il corpo studentesco, senza (oltretutto!) lasciare nessuno indietro e dar nulla per scontato. Per dio, ci sono pure dei momenti di approfondimento per Toad, che in queste storie fa il bidello. Ognuno di loro ha un compito preciso nella serie e nulla è lasciato al caso.
Penso sia indubbiamente la forza motrice di questa serie: avere tanti personaggi, tutti ben gestiti, portavoce di varie tematiche dove chiunque può rivedersi.
L'unico problema è che, dalla serie di tie-in legati al crossover "Avengers VS X-Men", c'è l'impressione che la serie perda il suo obiettivo e la sua strada, per poi recuperarlo barcollando verso la fine e un finale di serie, da una parte piacevole, ma agrodolce. Vero, ma questo perché - all'epoca - la Marvel aveva deciso di incentivare di più le serie degli X-Men scritte da Brian Michael Bendis, soprattutto quell'idea (dimmmerda, pensandoci a posteriori) dei Time-Displaced X-Men vista da vicino in "All-New X-Men".
Leggendo gli Uomini X secondo Bendis si nota di più una maggior fiducia della major verso i progetti dell'autore di Portland, e un po' meno verso quelli di Aaron, in quanto un difetto di "Wolverine and the X-Men" è che la serie subisca continuamente i cambiamenti che avvengono nelle altre serie dove Bendis faceva, sostanzialmente, il cazzo che voleva. Indubbiamente, "Wolverine and the X-Men" era il classico cugino sfigato/figlio non preferito di Mamma Marvel, che però - in fondo, in fondo - era più X-Men di tutte le altre serie satellite in circolazione all'epoca. La serie di Aaron voleva seguire una rotta tutta sua, che però veniva continuamente intervallata da fastidiose incursioni. Il crossover "Battle Of The Atom" è un chiaro esempio di come la storia fosse solo un pretesto per l'ammutinamento di Kitty Pryde dalla fazione di Logan a quella di Ciclope, il tutto perché a Bendis piaceva scrivere Kitty Pryde e la Marvel ha fatto come Garibaldi: "obbedisco".
Certo è che Aaron stesso poi non approfondisce i vari cambiamenti, lasciando il rimando di tale cambio alle note oppure alla lungimiranza del lettore di andare, da solo, a cercare i perché dei vari cambiamenti. Per questo il finale è molto bello, potente e incisivo ma - allo stesso tempo - si avverte come la sensazione che sia arrivato in maniera prematura, forse perché Jason Aaron stesso si era stancato della macchina editoriale mutante dell'epoca.
Ah, dovrei dire anche qualcosa sui disegni, ma penso che i nomi della gente coinvolta parlino da soli.
July 19, 2025
Where to start.
This was such a fun read from start to finish. A story about Wolverine having the responsibility of opening his own school for mutants which while feeling fresh and new still felt like the old x-men stories we all know and fell in love with. There are so,e great characters that you fall in love with throughout this story. From some reworked classics to some I’d never heard of. The cast of youngsters such as Quentin Quire, Kid Gladiator, Idie, Broo just to name a few. The story mainly follows this group of youngsters and their time at the Jean Grey School however there are some off campus adventures as well featuring trips into space. It’s a wild ride all around. The villains were pretty memorable. Kade Kilgore and his band of kid cretins who have seen and done some shit.
The story was a heartwarming tale of growing up and feeling comfortable in your own skin and the friends and family you make along the way. It got pretty emotional at times especially towards the end.
The let downs were with a few characterisations feeling a bit off at times but it matched the tone of the story at least. It was very much a more light hearted run for the most part. As well as the crossover events sort of detracting from the story and leaving big chunks of unexplained sequences if not reading the other xmen books in conjunction with this title. The weakest being the avengers vs xmen crossover.
All over though I highly enjoyed this book and it’s the quickest I’ve ever gotten through an Omnibus. It’s also made me want to read more X-Men
This was such a fun read from start to finish. A story about Wolverine having the responsibility of opening his own school for mutants which while feeling fresh and new still felt like the old x-men stories we all know and fell in love with. There are so,e great characters that you fall in love with throughout this story. From some reworked classics to some I’d never heard of. The cast of youngsters such as Quentin Quire, Kid Gladiator, Idie, Broo just to name a few. The story mainly follows this group of youngsters and their time at the Jean Grey School however there are some off campus adventures as well featuring trips into space. It’s a wild ride all around. The villains were pretty memorable. Kade Kilgore and his band of kid cretins who have seen and done some shit.
The story was a heartwarming tale of growing up and feeling comfortable in your own skin and the friends and family you make along the way. It got pretty emotional at times especially towards the end.
The let downs were with a few characterisations feeling a bit off at times but it matched the tone of the story at least. It was very much a more light hearted run for the most part. As well as the crossover events sort of detracting from the story and leaving big chunks of unexplained sequences if not reading the other xmen books in conjunction with this title. The weakest being the avengers vs xmen crossover.
All over though I highly enjoyed this book and it’s the quickest I’ve ever gotten through an Omnibus. It’s also made me want to read more X-Men
July 29, 2018
I realised it's been a long time now since I last read some comics. Not sure why, just been busy.
I've never been a huge X-fan but I read Morrison's New X-Men run and Whedon's Astonishing back when they came out. The X-men have always felt a little too self involved for my liking. There's even a reference to their inevitable infighting in the run here (and seriously, when they're fighting each other, Wolverine barrels in 'claws out' without a care). But I like Jason Aaron's work and this is a fine, comedic and heartfelt run.
Placing the focus squarely on the kids pays off nicely, especially when they're such a great bunch. By contrast, the 'adults' have less impact and even Wolverine seems mostly absent for the middle section. Maybe a fault of the grand Marvel tradition of bogging down every run with what ever big crossover event is in play elsewhere. It all lost a little focus and without reading the other events it was a little disjointed and distracting. Half the teachers leave to join Cyclops. Next issue they're back? Where did Kitty go? No idea.
Still, it all rallies at the end, providing a satisfying conclusion. A lot of fun, great characters and striking art.
I've never been a huge X-fan but I read Morrison's New X-Men run and Whedon's Astonishing back when they came out. The X-men have always felt a little too self involved for my liking. There's even a reference to their inevitable infighting in the run here (and seriously, when they're fighting each other, Wolverine barrels in 'claws out' without a care). But I like Jason Aaron's work and this is a fine, comedic and heartfelt run.
Placing the focus squarely on the kids pays off nicely, especially when they're such a great bunch. By contrast, the 'adults' have less impact and even Wolverine seems mostly absent for the middle section. Maybe a fault of the grand Marvel tradition of bogging down every run with what ever big crossover event is in play elsewhere. It all lost a little focus and without reading the other events it was a little disjointed and distracting. Half the teachers leave to join Cyclops. Next issue they're back? Where did Kitty go? No idea.
Still, it all rallies at the end, providing a satisfying conclusion. A lot of fun, great characters and striking art.
November 16, 2016
I bought this on a whim, because the price was right and I had read some of the individual comics from the series and actually enjoyed them more than I thought I would. It is a somewhat offbeat collection of stories - some of the comics obviously tie into larger macro-events in the Marvel U. The artwork is very hit-and-miss, in my opinion, but that is more a matter of taste than anything else. Much of the artwork, I did not like. The stories were . . . hit-and-miss for me, as well. Some of them I liked; some of them, not so much. There was some decent development for some of the characters in the story. It was 'fun' to see some of the characters from the New X-Men run in this series.
One thing that I especially liked:
I thought the premise was a fascinating one - Wolverine being the Headmaster of a new school for gifted youngsters. I did feel like it did a nice job exploring different aspects of relationships and how people with special powers/gifts/abilities might relate to each other. There were various interactions amongst some of the students that were pretty priceless, and others that were downright stupid and appearing forced. Kudos to the author for trying to get his point(s) across in what can be a difficult process.
I loved Quentin Quire, Kid Gladiator, and Shark Girl. Idie was all right; it took a bit for her to grow on me. Brood was . . . okay, I guess, as a character. Definitely out there, though. He did a nice job with Genesis, too; I have not been keeping up with the X-Men line of comics for some time, so there were a number of 'recent' characters about whom I had no idea about who they were or what kind of 'backstory' they might have had. The mutant titles had become too annoying and irrelevant for me to keep reading them.
In the final blurb from the author at the end of the compilation, he starts off by saying 'fun is not a bad word', which with I fully agree. He talked about how he wanted his stories to be filled with humor and interspersed with the same energy the stories from, say, the Claremont-era had. I cannot quite say he succeeded; but, then again, what he calls 'humorous' and what I consider 'humorous' appear to be clearly two different things. Some of the stories seemed more than a little morbid and dark for them to be funny. Others seemed to rely upon stale tropes and cliche stereotypes that bogged the stories down. At the same time, there were flashes of hilarity as well,
Another "thing" that I loved, that I wished they might have done more, with, involved Kitty Pryde and Bobby Drake!
The standalone Doop story was completely unnecessary and stupid and I did not like it. But, again, that is my opinion. It did not add anything to the overarching plotline, from what I could see. The only thing that kept it from being a complete waste of time reading it was the "team-up" with Howard the Duck. That was kinda funny to read about, and then Wolverine's questioning why Iceman's quarters smelled like Howard the Duck added to the level of humor [a bit].
The Bamfs and their antics throughout the course of the comics were funny, and humorous to read. Crazy little creatures! I kept wondering if they were somehow related to Nightcrawler.
Toward the end of the compilation, it did get a bit dark and morbid; it was hard to see much light at the end of that tunnel. The stories also seemed to jump around quite a bit as it drew to a close. The very last story, though, was a nice touch to wrap things up.
Overall, I am glad I read this compilation. I do think it makes a nice addition to the "X-Universe" in the greater Marvel U.
One thing that I especially liked:
I thought the premise was a fascinating one - Wolverine being the Headmaster of a new school for gifted youngsters. I did feel like it did a nice job exploring different aspects of relationships and how people with special powers/gifts/abilities might relate to each other. There were various interactions amongst some of the students that were pretty priceless, and others that were downright stupid and appearing forced. Kudos to the author for trying to get his point(s) across in what can be a difficult process.
I loved Quentin Quire, Kid Gladiator, and Shark Girl. Idie was all right; it took a bit for her to grow on me. Brood was . . . okay, I guess, as a character. Definitely out there, though. He did a nice job with Genesis, too; I have not been keeping up with the X-Men line of comics for some time, so there were a number of 'recent' characters about whom I had no idea about who they were or what kind of 'backstory' they might have had. The mutant titles had become too annoying and irrelevant for me to keep reading them.
In the final blurb from the author at the end of the compilation, he starts off by saying 'fun is not a bad word', which with I fully agree. He talked about how he wanted his stories to be filled with humor and interspersed with the same energy the stories from, say, the Claremont-era had. I cannot quite say he succeeded; but, then again, what he calls 'humorous' and what I consider 'humorous' appear to be clearly two different things. Some of the stories seemed more than a little morbid and dark for them to be funny. Others seemed to rely upon stale tropes and cliche stereotypes that bogged the stories down. At the same time, there were flashes of hilarity as well,
Another "thing" that I loved, that I wished they might have done more, with, involved Kitty Pryde and Bobby Drake!
The standalone Doop story was completely unnecessary and stupid and I did not like it. But, again, that is my opinion. It did not add anything to the overarching plotline, from what I could see. The only thing that kept it from being a complete waste of time reading it was the "team-up" with Howard the Duck. That was kinda funny to read about, and then Wolverine's questioning why Iceman's quarters smelled like Howard the Duck added to the level of humor [a bit].
The Bamfs and their antics throughout the course of the comics were funny, and humorous to read. Crazy little creatures! I kept wondering if they were somehow related to Nightcrawler.
Toward the end of the compilation, it did get a bit dark and morbid; it was hard to see much light at the end of that tunnel. The stories also seemed to jump around quite a bit as it drew to a close. The very last story, though, was a nice touch to wrap things up.
Overall, I am glad I read this compilation. I do think it makes a nice addition to the "X-Universe" in the greater Marvel U.
January 27, 2023
This was a fun read. It’s starts off on a strong couple of short arcs (with fantastic Chris Bachalo art), dips a bit when Aaron is required to write some X-Men Vs. Avengers tie in issues, but then picks back up and ends on a pretty great note. It’s most definitely not your typical X-Men title, and there were times that I felt Aaron was toeing the line in regards to X-Men canon, but then the story would be so fun, quirky and silly that I’d put that concern away and just enjoy the ride. This run ends on a strong note as well, and the final page just felt right for the series. It was the ending the school and all it’s crazy cast of characters deserved.
February 2, 2021
Jason Aaron isn't really known for his humor but he gives it the old School for Gifted Youngsters try in this series. The storylines are uneven and the stakes seem out of sync with the tone as Aaron tries to deliver a lighter tone while the Hellfire Club is trying to murder high school students. I liked it enough to stick with it and for the most part really liked the art but the only time I ever really fell in love with this series was a two issue team up with Wolverine and Cyclops which was also the only time in the series Aaron really felt like he was in his element.
August 21, 2022
Wolverine and the X-Men continues to be a treat all these years later, and if anything it reads much better as a single omnibus volume. You can better see how much of the story is about the characterization of Wolverine a few of the staff and (most importantly) the students. Long-running plotlines like the kid's Hellfire Club cohere better, while stories like the Savage Land excursion don't feel like as long of a weird interlude.
It's a pity that we're missing a major storyline in the Battle of the Atom crossover, but that's available elsewhere.
It's a pity that we're missing a major storyline in the Battle of the Atom crossover, but that's available elsewhere.
December 20, 2022
This book was more fun than I expected. Basically a “New Mutants Go To School” book, with Logan as headmaster. I’d put this somewhere between 3 and 4 stars if that was an option. Art is vintage 2010 Marvel, and the Hellfire story woven throughout was pretty good.
Part of the reason I didn’t like it as much as I might otherwise was because of how self-contained it was. It references major events at the time like New Avengers but only on a very surface level. I would’ve liked to see more involvement there. Still, others might prefer it that way, so this might be right up your alley.
Part of the reason I didn’t like it as much as I might otherwise was because of how self-contained it was. It references major events at the time like New Avengers but only on a very surface level. I would’ve liked to see more involvement there. Still, others might prefer it that way, so this might be right up your alley.
December 19, 2024
I had a hard time with this cause it contains everything I like about the X-men, the character drama, the school, and stories that play the long game. It also has everything I hate. Confusing continuity, tie-in issues, references to comics and events you have no idea even existed. It leads to a really uneven reading experience. I liked when the book could just do it’s thing uninhibited by the larger marvel comic ecosystem.
March 3, 2019
This book was pretty varied, as it's the whole series but lacks much of an uber arc. Some of the individual storylines were better than others, but overall it was good. Raven enjoyed it, he really likes several of the younger xmen characters, like quentin quire and broo. The art was never bad, but I'm sad chris bachalo didn't spend more time on it.
January 2, 2025
What a waste of good money! Way too teeny for my taste in both art and story. The characters were very young as well (the new ones) and I didn't like what they did with the older ones too. The story lack action and significant stakes. So... nothing really work for me with that massive omnibus. I wouldn't recommend it!
December 27, 2016
Almost everything I love about the x-verse exemplified. Better than Bendis' shitty run in pretty much every way.
August 26, 2020
This has not the impact that Aaron's other work has, but this is a fun and lighthearted run on some of the best X-men Marvel has to offer.
May 7, 2023
Overall, I did not enjoy this and it became a chore to read at times. Toad was probably my favourite character, but there are many students at the school that are unlikable or uninteresting.
July 26, 2023
I absolutely loved this book! It's fun from start to finish. I never thought I see wolverine in a book like this, but I have to say, I have and it's perfect!
May 19, 2025
Wolverine and Crew Misadventures running The Jean Grey School.
July 21, 2025
I would give my life for Broo.
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October 29, 2025good stuff even if it kinda misses the point of Quinten Quire
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