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New X-Men (2001)
Novos X-Men, Vol. 6: Planeta X
O geneterrorista conhecido como Magneto está de volta para destruir os X-Men em mais um capítulo da genial passagem de Grant Morrison pelo título dos mutantes! A equipe já lutou incontáveis vezes contra esse adversário e até mesmo já o considerava morto, mas esse ataque de agora pode ser demais para os Filhos do Átomo, arriscando não só acabar com suas vidas, mas também com tudo o que construíram nos últimos tempos!
New X-Men (2001) 146-150
New X-Men (2001) 146-150
136 pages, Hardcover
First published February 18, 2004
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Grant Morrison
1,791 books4,563 followersGrant Morrison has been working with DC Comics for twenty five years, after beginning their American comics career with acclaimed runs on ANIMAL MAN and DOOM PATROL. Since then they have written such best-selling series as JLA, BATMAN and New X-Men, as well as such creator-owned works as THE INVISIBLES, SEAGUY, THE FILTH, WE3 and JOE THE BARBARIAN. In addition to expanding the DC Universe through titles ranging from the Eisner Award-winning SEVEN SOLDIERS and ALL-STAR SUPERMAN to the reality-shattering epic of FINAL CRISIS, they have also reinvented the worlds of the Dark Knight Detective in BATMAN AND ROBIN and BATMAN, INCORPORATED and the Man of Steel in The New 52 ACTION COMICS.
In their secret identity, Morrison is a "counterculture" spokesperson, a musician, an award-winning playwright and a chaos magician. They are also the author of the New York Times bestseller Supergods, a groundbreaking psycho-historic mapping of the superhero as a cultural organism. They divide their time between their homes in Los Angeles and Scotland.
In their secret identity, Morrison is a "counterculture" spokesperson, a musician, an award-winning playwright and a chaos magician. They are also the author of the New York Times bestseller Supergods, a groundbreaking psycho-historic mapping of the superhero as a cultural organism. They divide their time between their homes in Los Angeles and Scotland.
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April 22, 2024
I love Grant Morrison's writing. Bold ambition, grand in scope, hard science fiction with irreverent punk rock aesthetic that was desperately needed in post-1990s superhero comics. And as much as I loved New X-Men for all these reasons, it also has to be said that Grant Morrison is not as good at writing endings.
There is a certain kind of writer who overflows with Big Ideas (Neal Stephenson and George R.R. Martin come to mind) creating more and more threads dangling all over the place, and then when it's time to conclude the story... it doesn't seem to work.
This is my feeling with the penultimate New X-Men chapter, Planet X. Spoiler alert: Xorn was Magneto, the big evil villain all along, and upon rereading I'm not sure that it made sense as something that was thoughtfully foreshadowed in the earlier chapters. The edginess and outright wanton murder apparent throughout the run even shows its flaws in the finale, as it gets kind of exhausting seeing human death camps and everyone miserable and hopeless. There is a deeper message, about how disappointing revolutions are in the end, and about how aging messianic leaders are secretly flawed drug addicts not worth following.
Another spoiler alert: it is later retconned in that this wasn't the "real" Magneto nor Xorn. Which is besides the point when reviewing this book, as it wasn't the author's intention and irrelevant to this set of stories. It is still very much worth reading, the art is excellent, and as a whole the 21st century reinvention of the New X-Men will always deserve its esteemed status in comics history.
4/5 stars, I won't go lower than that.
Next up, the other culminating saga of the cosmic Phoenix concludes, and then there's a short dystopian future epilogue because of course since it's X-Men, and we are done here.
There is a certain kind of writer who overflows with Big Ideas (Neal Stephenson and George R.R. Martin come to mind) creating more and more threads dangling all over the place, and then when it's time to conclude the story... it doesn't seem to work.
This is my feeling with the penultimate New X-Men chapter, Planet X. Spoiler alert: Xorn was Magneto, the big evil villain all along, and upon rereading I'm not sure that it made sense as something that was thoughtfully foreshadowed in the earlier chapters. The edginess and outright wanton murder apparent throughout the run even shows its flaws in the finale, as it gets kind of exhausting seeing human death camps and everyone miserable and hopeless. There is a deeper message, about how disappointing revolutions are in the end, and about how aging messianic leaders are secretly flawed drug addicts not worth following.
Another spoiler alert: it is later retconned in that this wasn't the "real" Magneto nor Xorn. Which is besides the point when reviewing this book, as it wasn't the author's intention and irrelevant to this set of stories. It is still very much worth reading, the art is excellent, and as a whole the 21st century reinvention of the New X-Men will always deserve its esteemed status in comics history.
4/5 stars, I won't go lower than that.
Next up, the other culminating saga of the cosmic Phoenix concludes, and then there's a short dystopian future epilogue because of course since it's X-Men, and we are done here.
September 21, 2016
Umm, what? 2.5 stars rounded up.
Here's a bunch of interrogative sentences:
Is it just me or is Magneto totally off in this volume? DUDE, what?! Morrison had this planned all along? This is terrible! You take away my favorite new X-Men (or is it, X-Man?), say he never existed, and then ruin Magneto?
Morrison... I would have words with thee.
*taps shoulder* *whisperwhisperwhisper*
Oh wait, I forgot that this is 13 years old. Nevermind!
Here's a bunch of interrogative sentences:
Is it just me or is Magneto totally off in this volume? DUDE, what?! Morrison had this planned all along? This is terrible! You take away my favorite new X-Men (or is it, X-Man?), say he never existed, and then ruin Magneto?
Morrison... I would have words with thee.
*taps shoulder* *whisperwhisperwhisper*
Oh wait, I forgot that this is 13 years old. Nevermind!
December 2, 2020
There is no way this was the plan. What a total and tonal shift.
March 3, 2018
Pretty epic.
Both the dialogue and the art are generally first rate, which makes the occasional flake out of both so baffling.
Magneto sets up a dictatorship, something he first tried in Uncanny X-Men (1963-2011) #4. He is absolutely insane this time. It's beautiful.
Very nice to see the return of the Toad, who was always one of my favorite characters.
Both the dialogue and the art are generally first rate, which makes the occasional flake out of both so baffling.
Magneto sets up a dictatorship, something he first tried in Uncanny X-Men (1963-2011) #4. He is absolutely insane this time. It's beautiful.
Very nice to see the return of the Toad, who was always one of my favorite characters.
June 27, 2016
I have one BIG complain! First, in vol.5 we have a HUGE spoiler in the back cover of the book. Then in this volume we have a huge spoiler on the cover.... like... WTF MARVEL???
But lets talk about the book. It was more about the characters interaction than the storyline. This book was a lot of drama! It was great, but something is missing. I don't know what exactly. I think the all magneto plot wasn't very interesting... :S
Btw f*ck jean and cyclops marriege! I want Jean with Wolverine and Cyclops with Emma! Don't judge me...
One of my favorite lines is by fantomex to magneto: "is everything you say a cliché?"
Overall i liked it, not a blow mind book AT ALL, but i recommend it .
But lets talk about the book. It was more about the characters interaction than the storyline. This book was a lot of drama! It was great, but something is missing. I don't know what exactly. I think the all magneto plot wasn't very interesting... :S
Btw f*ck jean and cyclops marriege! I want Jean with Wolverine and Cyclops with Emma! Don't judge me...
One of my favorite lines is by fantomex to magneto: "is everything you say a cliché?"
Overall i liked it, not a blow mind book AT ALL, but i recommend it .
August 7, 2022
Planet X is like a mixed bag, there are bits that shine, and bits that drag the story down.
Morrison really wanted to explore a great theme about discrimination, hatred and fascism, but the plot holes and many characters being out of...character...just doesn't let the book reach the height it aims for.
Morrison really wanted to explore a great theme about discrimination, hatred and fascism, but the plot holes and many characters being out of...character...just doesn't let the book reach the height it aims for.
September 27, 2020
I liked it.
I would definitely recommend Morrison's X-Men to fans of the title, but it's definitely not as good and interesting as the first arc.
Great artwork as always!
I would definitely recommend Morrison's X-Men to fans of the title, but it's definitely not as good and interesting as the first arc.
Great artwork as always!
December 1, 2019
Planet X (#146-150. [spoilers] Could Xorn have possibly been Magneto? That's the question you have to ask yourself at the end of Morrison's run, even when you read through it all knowing that's the end game. It's a hard sell that you can just barely imagine when you consider how Xorn does (or doesn't) use his powers, but otherwise it seems ... unlikely. Really: you gotta squint to believe the twist.[/spoilers]
Nonetheless, this is a splendid end to Morrison's run. After the sudden by inevitable betrayal, we get the final Magneto story. Yes, perhaps he's lost the nuance of the Claremont years, but he's just seen his entire country of 16 million mutants killed. That is ... believable. And we also get a rather magnificent last Jean Grey and Wolverine story, as they're about to fall into the sun. And Morrison so nicely brings together the young rejects of Xavier's school into a new Brotherhood ... that doesn't end like you'd expect.
A really great` tying together of so many elements from Morrison's run, plus a sufficiently apocalyptic finale. (Too bad the idiots at Marvel ruined some of the major plot points before even a month had gone by.) [5/5].
Nonetheless, this is a splendid end to Morrison's run. After the sudden by inevitable betrayal, we get the final Magneto story. Yes, perhaps he's lost the nuance of the Claremont years, but he's just seen his entire country of 16 million mutants killed. That is ... believable. And we also get a rather magnificent last Jean Grey and Wolverine story, as they're about to fall into the sun. And Morrison so nicely brings together the young rejects of Xavier's school into a new Brotherhood ... that doesn't end like you'd expect.
A really great` tying together of so many elements from Morrison's run, plus a sufficiently apocalyptic finale. (Too bad the idiots at Marvel ruined some of the major plot points before even a month had gone by.) [5/5].
October 6, 2009
What a god-awful conclusive twist to a story for a series that starts out interesting enough to keep me reading up to this point. I heard a lot of hype about Grant Morrison's run on the New X-Men, anticipating reading the whole series, only to be completely baffled by how cheesy and ridiculous the climax is. Marvel, Chris Claramont in particular, spent YEARS making Magneto an incredible 'villain' and a highly complex character, one that was much more likable and believable than most heroes... and what does Grant Morrison do? Craps all over him in just three issues. I'm wondering what kind of drugs Grant Morrison was on. Perhaps he realized that his work was so good thus far, running out of ideas, and stoned out of his mind, he simply decided "wouldn't it be fun if I took a massive dump on it," shortly before passing out in a bag of funions.
April 4, 2007
I don't like that Magneto is huffing performance enhancing drugs, as the dude's strong enough without him - other than that, I liked this brutal, earth-shattering story-line with the "final" showdown between Xavier's dream and Magneto's nightmare. Of course, the second Morrison left the book Marvel hit the reset button and unkilled Magneto, cheapening Jean's "final"(?) death and the drama of loosing their olderst villian, but that's not Morrison's fault.
September 6, 2022
Oof. This was surprisingly bad. This genocidal, evil, incompetent, drug-addicted version of Magneto does not work for me.
May 21, 2023
What the hell was that???
April 2, 2021
Some portions of Morrison's run, like the 4 issues right before this volume, actually deserve the praise and legendary status this run has, at least to some degree. Then there's this, which is absolute trash. Morrison could see Magneto as a plain villain without shades of gray and write him well like that. He didn't. The writing is shockingly piss-poor throught all of this, not to mention the whole Magneto/Xorn thing is a really bad pro-wrestling swerve, and one of those twists when all minor things the character has done before also had a twist purpose, and most of them are stupid, convoluted, quite a stretch or just plain don't make sense. This run is both legendary and infamous for a reason, I'm learning. Up until here, it had ups and downs, but this volume is so bad my opinion of this run degrades significantly. Made me regret reading it at all.
March 13, 2022
antisemitic and horrendous. marvel has no right to use a character who is a holocaust survivor like this.
May 17, 2024
Xorn is Magneto. Go figure. He's sporting some pretty cool threads in here. The rambling, maniacal part is annoying, though. 'There is only I, Magneto.' Who talks like that? And who thinks this story makes any sense? At least the artwork is ok.
Esme and the remedial students willingly join Magneto's Brotherhood, after having been manipulated into adopting his world views. He wants a better place for mutants, but unlike Xavier, at the detriment of humanity. He is still weakened from his previous defeat and is using Kick to enhance his recovering powers. It's enough to dismantle the X-Men and start his spree of destruction.
Esme and the remedial students willingly join Magneto's Brotherhood, after having been manipulated into adopting his world views. He wants a better place for mutants, but unlike Xavier, at the detriment of humanity. He is still weakened from his previous defeat and is using Kick to enhance his recovering powers. It's enough to dismantle the X-Men and start his spree of destruction.
October 1, 2022
Magneto is back! The X-Men's oldest foe had been hiding and recovering inside the school as one of the newest teachers, Xorn. While masquerading as the mysterious pacifist, Magneto was building an army from the disenchanted students. When he strikes, it is a decisive blow by separating the team leaving them unable to protect Professor X or stop a brutal attack on New York City.
Once you get past the fact that this is another "return of Magneto" story (and a couple of other overused tropes), this is a good read. Despite executing a masterful strategy to bring down the X-Men from within their own ranks, he could not surround himself with any substantial allies to capitalize on his initial victory. Because he needs to do more to compensate for that limited support, Magneto takes the performance-enhancing drug Kick which makes him more erratic and out of control. As a result, his growing mob of followers quickly waiver in their commitment to the mutant revolution.
My only complaint is that I think that the conclusion is way too confusing and relies on another overused X-Men plot devise.
Once you get past the fact that this is another "return of Magneto" story (and a couple of other overused tropes), this is a good read. Despite executing a masterful strategy to bring down the X-Men from within their own ranks, he could not surround himself with any substantial allies to capitalize on his initial victory. Because he needs to do more to compensate for that limited support, Magneto takes the performance-enhancing drug Kick which makes him more erratic and out of control. As a result, his growing mob of followers quickly waiver in their commitment to the mutant revolution.
My only complaint is that I think that the conclusion is way too confusing and relies on another overused X-Men plot devise.
November 8, 2020
La Patrulla-X desactivada y Magneto erigiéndose en un genio maquiavélico capaz de urdir una larga trama de engaños para hacerse con el control de la población mutante y destruir la humanidad. Vocación mesiánica del Amo del Magnetismo acrecentada hasta el infinito por su drogadicción y rodeado de una corte de lacayos que lo hunden aún más en la miseria: egomaníaco, genocida, ególatra y con un nivel de conciencia de la realidad cinco pueblos más allá del instituto Ravencroft. Se hace de querer.
¿El tomo más lisérgico y salido de madre de la colección? Posiblemente. También en el que los personajes principales (con total protagonismo de Magneto) aparecen más caricaturizados. Enésimo resurgir y apagarse de Fénix (un Deus ex machina previsible pero que ya es como uno más de la familia).
¿El tomo más lisérgico y salido de madre de la colección? Posiblemente. También en el que los personajes principales (con total protagonismo de Magneto) aparecen más caricaturizados. Enésimo resurgir y apagarse de Fénix (un Deus ex machina previsible pero que ya es como uno más de la familia).
June 6, 2024
Not a huge fan of Morrison giving Magneto a more evil characterization here. I understand the trope of the oppressed becoming the oppressor, but I just think it goes a little too far here.
The rest is petty good though.
The rest is petty good though.
December 12, 2024
toujours très bon, cette fois on est en plein dans l’action avec le retour de magneto même si son plan est un peu chelou
j’ai adoré mais mon gros bémol c’est que je trouve la mort de vous savez quià la fin un peu gratuite
j’ai adoré mais mon gros bémol c’est que je trouve la mort de vous savez quià la fin un peu gratuite
November 21, 2023
Magneto back in town
March 26, 2023
Honestly was going to say it's one of the best things I've ever read but the ending got away from me a little. I'm not entirely sure I understand what happened and why. That said, great book. I've mostly read Magneto as a hero so this is a great villain story for him. Great Fantomex moments, my all time fave. I love this X-Men roster, although they didn't each get much to do in this story. Overall high stakes and amazing art makes for a great read.
July 26, 2021
Magneto reveals himself and goes full super villain in his final move against humanity.
I love Grant Morrison's run on the X-Men, but this volume and the next one are the low points in my opinion. I'm of two minds with this volume:
On one hand, it's awesome that Morrison took Magneto THERE. He has been threatening this type of backlash and "punishment" for mankind since the very beginning of the X-Men series. To see him at his most unhinged and sadistic, does satisfy the young X-Men fan who was genuinely scared of the threat that is Magneto.
On the other hand, Magneto as a character has grown so much further than those original days. He is a much more nuanced characters that isn't so black and white. Here we see him just like a rabid dog literally doped up on drugs and not making sense, hallucinating, and going against key moral standings that he himself has been victim to. Also the whole Xorn thing doesn't make much sense, and the character of Xorn was pretty cool in general. I know down the line they try to bring him back, but the stain of Magneto is never really wiped away.
Don't get me wrong, there are some very cool moments in this, and like I said earlier, viscerally, this volume is great on a almost primal level. But it just "feels" off. I think Morrison obviously went for broke on this one, and missed the mark a bit by devolving Magneto into a super villain trope.
However, its still a fun read, and part of an amazing run, so I highly recommended for fans of the X-Men.
I love Grant Morrison's run on the X-Men, but this volume and the next one are the low points in my opinion. I'm of two minds with this volume:
On one hand, it's awesome that Morrison took Magneto THERE. He has been threatening this type of backlash and "punishment" for mankind since the very beginning of the X-Men series. To see him at his most unhinged and sadistic, does satisfy the young X-Men fan who was genuinely scared of the threat that is Magneto.
On the other hand, Magneto as a character has grown so much further than those original days. He is a much more nuanced characters that isn't so black and white. Here we see him just like a rabid dog literally doped up on drugs and not making sense, hallucinating, and going against key moral standings that he himself has been victim to. Also the whole Xorn thing doesn't make much sense, and the character of Xorn was pretty cool in general. I know down the line they try to bring him back, but the stain of Magneto is never really wiped away.
Don't get me wrong, there are some very cool moments in this, and like I said earlier, viscerally, this volume is great on a almost primal level. But it just "feels" off. I think Morrison obviously went for broke on this one, and missed the mark a bit by devolving Magneto into a super villain trope.
However, its still a fun read, and part of an amazing run, so I highly recommended for fans of the X-Men.
January 26, 2010
We knew it was coming...
Grant Morrison gives us a battle of epic proportions against their oldest and greatest foe... Magneto.
This volume was great in that it encompassed one big story: "Planet X". My original inkling before even reading this volume was that it would be huge, and it was.
It seems that (Volume 2 of this series) "Imperial" and this volume: "Planet X" were the stories that Morrison had been waiting to tell. Both were fantastic and really got down to some earth-shattering plot points.
Amazing artwork by Phil Jimenez and co. made this an assault visually as well as conceptually.
Truly a great point in Morrison's New X-Men run.
Grant Morrison gives us a battle of epic proportions against their oldest and greatest foe... Magneto.
This volume was great in that it encompassed one big story: "Planet X". My original inkling before even reading this volume was that it would be huge, and it was.
It seems that (Volume 2 of this series) "Imperial" and this volume: "Planet X" were the stories that Morrison had been waiting to tell. Both were fantastic and really got down to some earth-shattering plot points.
Amazing artwork by Phil Jimenez and co. made this an assault visually as well as conceptually.
Truly a great point in Morrison's New X-Men run.
June 14, 2009
The culmination of the first full run of any X title I was ever compelled to read. Written by Grant Morrison from issue 114, New X-Men existed as the title change from X-Men and reduced the team to something manageable. It made me like characters I'd never given a rip about, it challenged my perceptions of the Marvel Universe, and this collection, Planet X features the best villain reveal in the entire history of the franchise.
August 31, 2008
Amazing!! This really would have worked as an end to Morrison's run. This volume showcases everything that's right about the X-Men (not morally). Morrison takes chances and pushes the characters to their end. Yay!!
February 24, 2012
Magneto is back, and all those threads in previous volumes come together for a big fallout. This is surprisingly good, all the xmen are in real danger. Not many character moments but the plot is good enough without them.
May 25, 2015
The best of Morrison's run. This is what it's all about.
December 22, 2021
Chyba każdy miłośnik komiksu superbohaterskiego przywyknął do częstego „ożywiania” martwych postaci. Z pomysłu tego postanowił również skorzystać Morrison, który przywrócił na łamy swojego dzieła największego przeciwnika X-Menów, jakim był Magneto. Wydawało się, że Mistrz Magnetyzmu i odwieczny wróg Xaviera (oraz jego koncepcji pokojowego współistnienia z ludźmi) został ostatecznie pokonany. Poświęcenie i wysiłek X-Menów wydawał się przynieść wymierny skutek w postaci długo wyczekiwanego pokoju. Nic jednak bardziej mylnego! Erik Lehnsherr (Magneto) ukrył się, aby odzyskać siły, przeanalizować swoją porażkę i opracować kolejny plan zniszczenia rasy ludzkiej i zastąpienia jej przedstawicielami homo superior. Dla mutantów stojących po stronie ludzi oznaczało to tylko jedno – konieczność ponownej walki. Tym razem będą oni zmuszeni na jeszcze większą dawkę wysiłku i poświęcenia, która i tak nie da pewności tego, co przyniesie przyszłość.
Czwarta część zbiorczego wydania sagi Morrisona (zbierająca materiały z New X-Men #146-154) pod wieloma względami jest przedstawicielem typowego komiksu superbohaterskiego. Autor nie sili się na zbytnią rewolucyjność, sięgając tutaj po sprawdzone schematy. Nie idzie on jednak na całkowitą łatwiznę. Zastosowane elementy dostosowuje on do własnych potrzeb, niektóre mniej lub bardziej przemodelowując i wydobywając z nich pożądaną przez czytelnika epickość i widowiskowość. Pierwsza połowa dzieła poświęcona jest wspomnianemu ponownemu starciu X-Menów i Magneto. To właśnie główny antagonista i jego zachowanie jest jedną z mocniejszych stron albumu. Morrison w naprawdę dobry sposób ukazuje postępujące szaleństwo Erika, który kreowany jest tutaj na skrajnie brutalnego rewolucjonistę, w którym nie ma już nawet ułamka człowieczeństwa. Jednocześnie stara się on zaprezentować złożoność tej postaci i jej decyzji, bez zbędnej próby „tłumaczenia” jego poczynań. Swoje przysłowiowe pięć minut mają tutaj również inni bohaterowie, którzy w ostatecznej walce często muszą borykać się z masą osobistych problemów. Na duży plus należy zaliczyć również bardzo ciekawy epilog opowieści, który przenosi odbiorcę 150 lat w przyszłość i ukazuje nowe zagrożenia dla mutantów.
Za warstwą graficzną albumu stoi dwójka artystów (Phil Jimenez i Marc Silvestri). Sztuka obu panów jest bardzo efektowna, przejrzysta i mocno przyciągająca uwagę. Obaj starają się w swoich pracach ukazać swój indywidualny styl, jednocześnie album jest bardzo spójny wizualnie. Prace Jimeneza wydają się być jednak odrobinę bardziej wyraziste (szczególnie jeśli chodzi o projekty postaci). Silvestri z kolei swój geniusz pokazuje w scenach akcji, gdzie doskonale sprawdza się jego „surowość”.
https://popkulturowykociolek.pl/recen...
Czwarta część zbiorczego wydania sagi Morrisona (zbierająca materiały z New X-Men #146-154) pod wieloma względami jest przedstawicielem typowego komiksu superbohaterskiego. Autor nie sili się na zbytnią rewolucyjność, sięgając tutaj po sprawdzone schematy. Nie idzie on jednak na całkowitą łatwiznę. Zastosowane elementy dostosowuje on do własnych potrzeb, niektóre mniej lub bardziej przemodelowując i wydobywając z nich pożądaną przez czytelnika epickość i widowiskowość. Pierwsza połowa dzieła poświęcona jest wspomnianemu ponownemu starciu X-Menów i Magneto. To właśnie główny antagonista i jego zachowanie jest jedną z mocniejszych stron albumu. Morrison w naprawdę dobry sposób ukazuje postępujące szaleństwo Erika, który kreowany jest tutaj na skrajnie brutalnego rewolucjonistę, w którym nie ma już nawet ułamka człowieczeństwa. Jednocześnie stara się on zaprezentować złożoność tej postaci i jej decyzji, bez zbędnej próby „tłumaczenia” jego poczynań. Swoje przysłowiowe pięć minut mają tutaj również inni bohaterowie, którzy w ostatecznej walce często muszą borykać się z masą osobistych problemów. Na duży plus należy zaliczyć również bardzo ciekawy epilog opowieści, który przenosi odbiorcę 150 lat w przyszłość i ukazuje nowe zagrożenia dla mutantów.
Za warstwą graficzną albumu stoi dwójka artystów (Phil Jimenez i Marc Silvestri). Sztuka obu panów jest bardzo efektowna, przejrzysta i mocno przyciągająca uwagę. Obaj starają się w swoich pracach ukazać swój indywidualny styl, jednocześnie album jest bardzo spójny wizualnie. Prace Jimeneza wydają się być jednak odrobinę bardziej wyraziste (szczególnie jeśli chodzi o projekty postaci). Silvestri z kolei swój geniusz pokazuje w scenach akcji, gdzie doskonale sprawdza się jego „surowość”.
https://popkulturowykociolek.pl/recen...
July 6, 2025
I hate every page of this poorly-paced, inisipidly written middle finger to Marvel editorial. I understand that Morrison was irritated that he was supposed to return his exciting and creative evolution of the X-Men to the usual status quo. I understand the rebellious urge to then make this every X-cliche in the book: The villain was Magneto all around, Jean Grey dies, the story jumps decades into the future. But, while I can appreciate it being a middle finger to Marvel editorial, I hate that it's also a middle finger to people who were enjoying Morrison's run on this title.
The Magneto in this book is unrecognizable. It was entirely possible to believable but Morrison just doesn't bother. comes out of nowhere and makes no sense.
The whole story reeks of homework written five minutes before class. From any other writer, I would consider this a lowpoint, but this is kind of vintage Morrison, he has some cool ideas but instead of following through with them, he just loses interest and writes garbage that his die-hard fans will swear to you is genius. It isn't. This wasn't a well-plotted story. This is bad writing by someone who knows better.
Don't read it. The previous volume, New X-Men, Vol. 5: Assault on Weapon Plus was already pretty shaky but I really think that if you're an X-Fan and not completely devoted to Morrison's writing, that this will feel like a massive letdown.
The art is fine. It's not as exciting as it was in the early volumes and not as jarringly odd as Chris Bachalo's work on "Assault On Weapon Plus", but it's also not bad.
I am amused that I must have completely skipped this in my 2018 readthrough, as I can't find a previous review for it.
I wish I'd skipped it this time.
The Magneto in this book is unrecognizable. It was entirely possible to believable but Morrison just doesn't bother. comes out of nowhere and makes no sense.
The whole story reeks of homework written five minutes before class. From any other writer, I would consider this a lowpoint, but this is kind of vintage Morrison, he has some cool ideas but instead of following through with them, he just loses interest and writes garbage that his die-hard fans will swear to you is genius. It isn't. This wasn't a well-plotted story. This is bad writing by someone who knows better.
Don't read it. The previous volume, New X-Men, Vol. 5: Assault on Weapon Plus was already pretty shaky but I really think that if you're an X-Fan and not completely devoted to Morrison's writing, that this will feel like a massive letdown.
The art is fine. It's not as exciting as it was in the early volumes and not as jarringly odd as Chris Bachalo's work on "Assault On Weapon Plus", but it's also not bad.
I am amused that I must have completely skipped this in my 2018 readthrough, as I can't find a previous review for it.
I wish I'd skipped it this time.
July 16, 2017
Continuing the x-citing x-read of 2017…
So I have been a bit wishy washy on Morrison’s run on the X-men, neither really loving or hating it. What I will say is that the man knows how to narratively build to something. Many of the character and main plot threads coalesce in this volume into something much more than the sum of their parts. It’s a really great story – exciting, emotional, impactful.
I suppose the problem for me is so many comic (and x-men in particular) clichés come into play in the plot (the jean and wolvie stuff in particular, but a bit of Magneto coming back, and of course Manhattan is destroyed once again) and they detract from what is otherwise a really great book. There are fantastic character moments – one that actually made me like Scott Summers for a few panels which is pretty much a miracle at this point. (And Beak is awesome here, showing some major spine – a pretty inspirational stand, particularly at this point in 2017…)
A few characters (Emma in particular) are reduced to set dressing for these issues in a lot of ways, but in general this story shines. Morrison builds to a strong crescendo and doesn’t look back. He also does not take the story where you thought it was going to go once he hits that climax. There are a few genuine surprises.
I’m still not in love overall with Morrison’s and Marvel’s direction with the X-men at this point in the timeline (suddenly huge mutant population, x-corp, etc…), and I will say that it might have been better had Morrison chosen a different villain as some of his actions seem a bit out of character for Magneto as we have known him but this book is up there with some of the best that I have read, so they’re obviously doing something right.
So I have been a bit wishy washy on Morrison’s run on the X-men, neither really loving or hating it. What I will say is that the man knows how to narratively build to something. Many of the character and main plot threads coalesce in this volume into something much more than the sum of their parts. It’s a really great story – exciting, emotional, impactful.
I suppose the problem for me is so many comic (and x-men in particular) clichés come into play in the plot (the jean and wolvie stuff in particular, but a bit of Magneto coming back, and of course Manhattan is destroyed once again) and they detract from what is otherwise a really great book. There are fantastic character moments – one that actually made me like Scott Summers for a few panels which is pretty much a miracle at this point. (And Beak is awesome here, showing some major spine – a pretty inspirational stand, particularly at this point in 2017…)
A few characters (Emma in particular) are reduced to set dressing for these issues in a lot of ways, but in general this story shines. Morrison builds to a strong crescendo and doesn’t look back. He also does not take the story where you thought it was going to go once he hits that climax. There are a few genuine surprises.
I’m still not in love overall with Morrison’s and Marvel’s direction with the X-men at this point in the timeline (suddenly huge mutant population, x-corp, etc…), and I will say that it might have been better had Morrison chosen a different villain as some of his actions seem a bit out of character for Magneto as we have known him but this book is up there with some of the best that I have read, so they’re obviously doing something right.
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