What do you think?
Rate this book
X-Men Epic Collection
X-Men Epic Collection, Vol. 20: Bishop's Crossing
Collects Uncanny X-Men (1981) #281-288, Uncanny X-Men Annual (1992) #16, X-Men (1991) #4-9, X-Men Annual (1992) #1, Ghost Rider (1990) #26-27.
The coming of Bishop! The reunited X-Men have expanded into two squads - and while the blue team takes on Omega Red and learns secrets of Wolverine's past, the gold team brokers peace with the Hellfire Club! But when advanced Sentinels crash the party, one X-Man may not survive! Then, guns blazing, the man called Bishop arrives from the future pursuing hundreds of escaped convicts through time - and finds himself stranded in the present! Bishop was raised to idolize the X-Men…but he knows a deadly secret waiting in their future! Plus: Colossus is reunited with his brother, the X-Men face the machinations of Mojo and the blue team battles a New Orleans Brood infestation alongside Ghost Rider and… Gambit's wife?!
The coming of Bishop! The reunited X-Men have expanded into two squads - and while the blue team takes on Omega Red and learns secrets of Wolverine's past, the gold team brokers peace with the Hellfire Club! But when advanced Sentinels crash the party, one X-Man may not survive! Then, guns blazing, the man called Bishop arrives from the future pursuing hundreds of escaped convicts through time - and finds himself stranded in the present! Bishop was raised to idolize the X-Men…but he knows a deadly secret waiting in their future! Plus: Colossus is reunited with his brother, the X-Men face the machinations of Mojo and the blue team battles a New Orleans Brood infestation alongside Ghost Rider and… Gambit's wife?!
486 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 29, 2022
19 people are currently reading
122 people want to read
About the author
Jim Lee
1,189 books359 followersLibrarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.
Jim Lee is a Korean-American comic book artist, creator and publisher. After graduating from Princeton, he decided to attempt illustrating comic books, and met with success. Lee's distinctive, crisply hatched line art style and rigid, idealized anatomical forms established a new stylistic standard for superhero comic-book illustration and reinforced a popular trend away from brushed to penned inking in the late 20th and early 21st century. Lee is currently one of the most successful artists in American comics.
He has received a great deal of recognition for his work in the industry, including the Harvey Special Award for New Talent in 1990.
Jim Lee is a Korean-American comic book artist, creator and publisher. After graduating from Princeton, he decided to attempt illustrating comic books, and met with success. Lee's distinctive, crisply hatched line art style and rigid, idealized anatomical forms established a new stylistic standard for superhero comic-book illustration and reinforced a popular trend away from brushed to penned inking in the late 20th and early 21st century. Lee is currently one of the most successful artists in American comics.
He has received a great deal of recognition for his work in the industry, including the Harvey Special Award for New Talent in 1990.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 10 of 10 reviews
May 12, 2022
This collection introduces Bishop and shakes up the team when Prof. X puts him on the team. It includes a cross-over with Ghost Rider and gives us more backstory about Gambit. It also hints that one of the X-Men will betray the team in what becomes the future Bishop is from. At the end of the collection, they shoehorn in 2 annuals that while part of the overall story of the X-Men, falls flat. This was a turbulent time for everyone's favorite mutants. Claremount was out, and while Jim Lee hadn't yet jumped ship to help for Image, you can see that there is no real captain steering the storylines. Everything is a bit jumbled. That said, the artwork is great and the stories entertaining enough.
December 28, 2023
This was a FUN set of issues. Some great Rogue/Gambit stuff in here and love the Gambit and Bella Donna relationship as well. Really do love Jim Lee's art.
May 29, 2024
Any review I offer for Jim Lee-era X-men has to take into account that I was a preadolescent when these issues came out, and I thought they were the coolest thing ever.
Re-reading them more than 30 years later, I think there's still a lot that holds up. Lee and his collaborators--Scott Lobdell, Whilce Portacio--were building a new X-men mythos, and I think they succeeded in bringing multiple engaging ideas to life.
It was the 90s, so a lot of it is over the top, both in terms of visuals and story beats. But they were smart enough to leave elements unexplained, preserving a bit of mystery, and they also demonstrated enough restraint to avoid the kind of Adam X-Treme/"verging into parody" territory these titles would land in just a year or two later. (Although the Ghost Rider crossover does give a sense of where things are going.)
Like Cable, Bishop is a tough dude from the future who shoots big guns and isn't shy about killing bad guys. (One of his earliest lines is, "Lock and load, gentlemen. Prepare for termination sweep.") But for all the yelling and zapping he does, his deep X-fanboy status makes him endearing, especially since he comes to the realization early on that he doesn't have everything figured out in his new setting.
Sure, it stretches credulity that Professor X welcomes him onto the team so quickly, but Bishop and his foil Trevor Fitzroy brought a new energy to this universe, one that helped clear out some of the deadwood of the Claremont era. If you like big superhero stories, this remains a good read, with a lot of inky, compelling art from Portacio. Future issues never quite deliver on this promise, but that's a problem for later, not now.
Re-reading them more than 30 years later, I think there's still a lot that holds up. Lee and his collaborators--Scott Lobdell, Whilce Portacio--were building a new X-men mythos, and I think they succeeded in bringing multiple engaging ideas to life.
It was the 90s, so a lot of it is over the top, both in terms of visuals and story beats. But they were smart enough to leave elements unexplained, preserving a bit of mystery, and they also demonstrated enough restraint to avoid the kind of Adam X-Treme/"verging into parody" territory these titles would land in just a year or two later. (Although the Ghost Rider crossover does give a sense of where things are going.)
Like Cable, Bishop is a tough dude from the future who shoots big guns and isn't shy about killing bad guys. (One of his earliest lines is, "Lock and load, gentlemen. Prepare for termination sweep.") But for all the yelling and zapping he does, his deep X-fanboy status makes him endearing, especially since he comes to the realization early on that he doesn't have everything figured out in his new setting.
Sure, it stretches credulity that Professor X welcomes him onto the team so quickly, but Bishop and his foil Trevor Fitzroy brought a new energy to this universe, one that helped clear out some of the deadwood of the Claremont era. If you like big superhero stories, this remains a good read, with a lot of inky, compelling art from Portacio. Future issues never quite deliver on this promise, but that's a problem for later, not now.
July 24, 2024
This is an especially pivotal story if you're a fan of X-Men The Animated Series and/or X-Men '97. As you can probably guess by the title, this is the debut and origin of Bishop. We also see some stories involving Colossus's lost brother, The Upstarts' ascendence, the beginning of the storyline where we learn the X-Men were betrayed and ultimately killed by one of their own, and this is where we first see that Cyclops has a wandering eye when there are other hot telepaths around. You can't put all the blame on Emma when it was her turn to get caught in his cheating eye beams.
This mainly makes headcanon because it packs a bunch of important 90s X-stories in just a few issues. Lee had great pacing here, and ideas that still resonate in modern comics. It's really a stark contrast between his books and the other X-books of the era. He just kept throwing out good ideas, and then moving on to other new ideas. He didn't abandon anything either, he just found ways to weave the ideas into each other. Brian K Vaughan gets a lot of credit for writing comics so that each page is like an episode of a show, and each issue is like a season with a cliffhanger that makes you want to tune in the next week. I'd argue that Lee, Whilce Portacio, and company were doing that twenty years earlier.
If you like 90s X-books, this is your jam, your bread, your peanut butter, and the knife you need to spread them. It's well worth the read, even if it isn't An Absolute Classic story.
This mainly makes headcanon because it packs a bunch of important 90s X-stories in just a few issues. Lee had great pacing here, and ideas that still resonate in modern comics. It's really a stark contrast between his books and the other X-books of the era. He just kept throwing out good ideas, and then moving on to other new ideas. He didn't abandon anything either, he just found ways to weave the ideas into each other. Brian K Vaughan gets a lot of credit for writing comics so that each page is like an episode of a show, and each issue is like a season with a cliffhanger that makes you want to tune in the next week. I'd argue that Lee, Whilce Portacio, and company were doing that twenty years earlier.
If you like 90s X-books, this is your jam, your bread, your peanut butter, and the knife you need to spread them. It's well worth the read, even if it isn't An Absolute Classic story.
October 4, 2024
X-Men Epic Collection, Vol. 20: Bishop's Crossing. Trama/Arte Jim Lee, Trama/Arte Whilce Portacio, Diálogos John Byrne. Calificación 3/5 estrellas.
El arte de Jim Lee es lo que hace que se compre el libro. De lo mejor dibujado por Jim Lee.
Tras la salida de Chris claremont de los X-Men fue buena pero no la mejor historia, Magneto fue fácilmente engañado por Fabián Cortéz después no se extendió como se suponía el arco de los Upstarts planeado por Jim Lee y Whilce Portacio.
Marvel debería de vender un libro con tramas planeadas por John Byrne, Chris Claremont como fue el What If Magneto has founden the original X-Men? o la muerte de Mariko, así como The Dark Wolverine Saga de Claremont o la inconclusa como fue the Upstarts de Jim Lee Y Whilce Portacio.
Después de la salida de John Byrne de los X-Men, Claremont nunca hizo historias de la calidad de Dark Phoenix Saga o Days of the Future Past.
Las tramas eran repetitivas de Claremont en su carrera en The Uncanny X-Men; ejemplos como cuando la gente piensa que los X-Men estan muertos, la batalla en el espacio contra Magneto, Havok nuevamente bajo control mental contra Cyclops. Personajes femeninos que intercambian cuerpos.
Tramas que no conducían a nada como el sueño de Mystique con Mastemind. Diálogos de telenovelas innecesarios, estúpidos, extensos que saturaban el arte y no daban ganas de leer, muletillas como "últimas palabras famosas", etc.
Los odiosos personajes algunos les dio un protagonismo desmedido ejemplos: Carol Danvers como Binary, Mystique, con su romance con Destiny, el recount de Corsair como padre de Cyclops, los Morlocks, Lockheed, Gambit, Magneto, Psylocke y nunca supo que hacer con Madelyne Pryor..
Cuenta este libro con X-Men #4-9 todos dibujados por Jim Lee que también hizo las tramas. Bob Harras lo hecho a Claremont ya que Lee vendía más, Claremont salio dandole un final a Magneto personaje que convirtió en propaganda judía explotando el holocausto hasta el cansancio, ignorando la contuididad que le antecedia al personaje.
Me hubiera gustado que Chris Claremont escribiera una historia donde Magneto expone su postura con la usurpación judía en Palestina.
Los siguientes números los diálogos fueron escritos por John Byrne que renunció por la inmputualidad de Jim Lee al entregar los dibujos.
El filtreo entre Gambit y Rogue con ese vestido fue lo mejor de los números. Gambit es un mary sue siempre gana y es odioso la versión masculina de Carol Danvers que Claremont patento.
Después los siguientes números fueron escritos los diálogos por Scott Lobwell que se convertiría en el escritor tras la salida de Jim Lee y así nunca vimos lo que Lee y Whilce Portacio tramaban con los Upstarts.
Los Upstarts eran Shinobi Shaw, Trevor Fitzroy, Fabian Cortéz, Fenris, Gamemaster y Selene después se agregaron Siena Blaze y Graydon Creed fueron un grupo que mataban como o un juego a los mutantes entre más prominentes fueran más puntos tendrían, el ganador obtendría un premio desconocido se rumoreaba que el liderazgo de The Upstarts, omnipotencia, servidumbre o inmortalidad, pero en realidad eran manipulados por Selene con ayuda de Gamemaster una historia que nunca sabremos su final, a no ser que Jim Lee lo diga.
Cuando Jim Lee y Whilce Portacio dejaron el título de The X-Men y The Uncanny X-Men para fundar Image junto a Erik Larsen, Rob Liefeld, Marc Silverstri, Todd McFarlane y Jim Valentino, he leído teorías de fans que el crossover en vez de ser el improvisado X-Cutioner's Song, sí se hubiera seguido lo planeado anteriormente, era con The Upstarts.
Después de leer Necrosha donde con las almas de los mutantes muertos, Selene intenta convertirse en Diosa, creo que eso podía funcionar como la trama de los Upstarts de Lee y Portacio.
The Upstarts trama de 1991 por Jim Lee y Whilce Portacio no finalizada por su salida de Marvel y creación de Image donde Selene manipuló a Trevor Fitzroy, Fabian Cortéz, Shinobi Shaw, Gamemaster, Fenris para matar varios mutantes, era la idea que el premio la convertirse en diosa
Las tonterías de Bishop en Messiah complex, con la estupidez de Bishop traidor. Hay poca inteligencia para usarlos los personajes no saben algúnos escritores que hacer con ellos, mal escritos los personajes como Bishop un tonto, no fue consebido originalmente como lo escribieron ahi como un traidor arruinaron al personaje.
El arte de Jim Lee es lo que hace que se compre el libro. De lo mejor dibujado por Jim Lee.
Tras la salida de Chris claremont de los X-Men fue buena pero no la mejor historia, Magneto fue fácilmente engañado por Fabián Cortéz después no se extendió como se suponía el arco de los Upstarts planeado por Jim Lee y Whilce Portacio.
Marvel debería de vender un libro con tramas planeadas por John Byrne, Chris Claremont como fue el What If Magneto has founden the original X-Men? o la muerte de Mariko, así como The Dark Wolverine Saga de Claremont o la inconclusa como fue the Upstarts de Jim Lee Y Whilce Portacio.
Después de la salida de John Byrne de los X-Men, Claremont nunca hizo historias de la calidad de Dark Phoenix Saga o Days of the Future Past.
Las tramas eran repetitivas de Claremont en su carrera en The Uncanny X-Men; ejemplos como cuando la gente piensa que los X-Men estan muertos, la batalla en el espacio contra Magneto, Havok nuevamente bajo control mental contra Cyclops. Personajes femeninos que intercambian cuerpos.
Tramas que no conducían a nada como el sueño de Mystique con Mastemind. Diálogos de telenovelas innecesarios, estúpidos, extensos que saturaban el arte y no daban ganas de leer, muletillas como "últimas palabras famosas", etc.
Los odiosos personajes algunos les dio un protagonismo desmedido ejemplos: Carol Danvers como Binary, Mystique, con su romance con Destiny, el recount de Corsair como padre de Cyclops, los Morlocks, Lockheed, Gambit, Magneto, Psylocke y nunca supo que hacer con Madelyne Pryor..
Cuenta este libro con X-Men #4-9 todos dibujados por Jim Lee que también hizo las tramas. Bob Harras lo hecho a Claremont ya que Lee vendía más, Claremont salio dandole un final a Magneto personaje que convirtió en propaganda judía explotando el holocausto hasta el cansancio, ignorando la contuididad que le antecedia al personaje.
Me hubiera gustado que Chris Claremont escribiera una historia donde Magneto expone su postura con la usurpación judía en Palestina.
Los siguientes números los diálogos fueron escritos por John Byrne que renunció por la inmputualidad de Jim Lee al entregar los dibujos.
El filtreo entre Gambit y Rogue con ese vestido fue lo mejor de los números. Gambit es un mary sue siempre gana y es odioso la versión masculina de Carol Danvers que Claremont patento.
Después los siguientes números fueron escritos los diálogos por Scott Lobwell que se convertiría en el escritor tras la salida de Jim Lee y así nunca vimos lo que Lee y Whilce Portacio tramaban con los Upstarts.
Los Upstarts eran Shinobi Shaw, Trevor Fitzroy, Fabian Cortéz, Fenris, Gamemaster y Selene después se agregaron Siena Blaze y Graydon Creed fueron un grupo que mataban como o un juego a los mutantes entre más prominentes fueran más puntos tendrían, el ganador obtendría un premio desconocido se rumoreaba que el liderazgo de The Upstarts, omnipotencia, servidumbre o inmortalidad, pero en realidad eran manipulados por Selene con ayuda de Gamemaster una historia que nunca sabremos su final, a no ser que Jim Lee lo diga.
Cuando Jim Lee y Whilce Portacio dejaron el título de The X-Men y The Uncanny X-Men para fundar Image junto a Erik Larsen, Rob Liefeld, Marc Silverstri, Todd McFarlane y Jim Valentino, he leído teorías de fans que el crossover en vez de ser el improvisado X-Cutioner's Song, sí se hubiera seguido lo planeado anteriormente, era con The Upstarts.
Después de leer Necrosha donde con las almas de los mutantes muertos, Selene intenta convertirse en Diosa, creo que eso podía funcionar como la trama de los Upstarts de Lee y Portacio.
The Upstarts trama de 1991 por Jim Lee y Whilce Portacio no finalizada por su salida de Marvel y creación de Image donde Selene manipuló a Trevor Fitzroy, Fabian Cortéz, Shinobi Shaw, Gamemaster, Fenris para matar varios mutantes, era la idea que el premio la convertirse en diosa
Las tonterías de Bishop en Messiah complex, con la estupidez de Bishop traidor. Hay poca inteligencia para usarlos los personajes no saben algúnos escritores que hacer con ellos, mal escritos los personajes como Bishop un tonto, no fue consebido originalmente como lo escribieron ahi como un traidor arruinaron al personaje.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 6, 2023
While I liked some of the story here the art was really hit or miss for me. Highlight story was probably omega red or the story with the hole sucking up the earth in which we meet colossus’s brother. The downside to this volume was the mojo stories at the end which I found to be really boring to read. All in all a good but not my favorite volume.
April 8, 2024
Brood Ghost Rider and Bishop. 'Nuff Said.
I do like these 90s X-Men books. They are very over the top, though they don't seem to have the substance of the 80s runs. Having a lot of fun going back to these issues.
I do like these 90s X-Men books. They are very over the top, though they don't seem to have the substance of the 80s runs. Having a lot of fun going back to these issues.
August 7, 2022
An enjoyable volume, but felt a little disjointed with so many story lines intersecting.
February 19, 2024
I'm on the last 2 comics. and I'm quite pleased with this book. I haven't read epic Collection #19, so i cant compare the two books. the book starts off with Moira Mactaggert's conflict, which you need to read X-Men 1-3 to understand. her part of book is through, she never brought back up again (in this epic collection). There's GambitxRogue moments and a character from gambit's past debuts in this book. It's awhile for bishop to appear in the book, and once he does he's still not relevant to the X-Men, but by the end of the book there's plenty of him. cyclops and jean are on two different X-Men teams. it's never brought up in this book there feelings on this situation. but Cyclops has a crush on one of his teammates. overall, I like this book. As much as i'd like it to be better, but there nothing bad enough to deduct a star from my rating.
i highly recommend reading Wolverine #48-50 before X-Men 4-7. i wish they were included with the collection. it's best to have read Uncanny X-Men #258, it's not really necessary.
i highly recommend reading Wolverine #48-50 before X-Men 4-7. i wish they were included with the collection. it's best to have read Uncanny X-Men #258, it's not really necessary.
January 6, 2025
Ooooh, nostalgia.
Displaying 1 - 10 of 10 reviews