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X-Necrosha
Necrosha, the massive event tying X-FORCE, X-MEN LEGACY and NEW MUTANTS! Selene's Inner Circle stands revealed and her master plan has been set into motion. Watch as the the resurrected dead lay siege to the X-Men's headquarters, and the fight to survive the Black Queen's vengeance begins. But while Warpath and Wolverine realize what's happening, they may be too late to stop it. Because Selene is already well on her way to achieving ultimate power half a world away. Plus, the rest of the X-Men fight mutants back from the dead!
COLLECTING:
New X-Men #32, X-Force #11, #21-25, New Mutants #6-8, X-Men: Legacy #231-234, X-Force/New Mutants: Necrosha One-Shot, X Necrosha: The Gathering, material from X-Force Annual
COLLECTING:
New X-Men #32, X-Force #11, #21-25, New Mutants #6-8, X-Men: Legacy #231-234, X-Force/New Mutants: Necrosha One-Shot, X Necrosha: The Gathering, material from X-Force Annual
448 pages, Paperback
First published July 14, 2010
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August 24, 2020
Re-read 2018
Ok, so this is the more complete version of the Necrosha event than what you'll get in Vol 4 of the X-Force. And while I didn't realize it the first time around, those other stories from the New Mutants and X-men are really an important part of what made this a good compilation.
Now, I did still find the non-X-Force stuff at the end less interesting than the main storyline. But I found it more interesting than I originally did.
If that makes sense?
My biggest criticism would be that the layout of book is somewhat fucked up. The Necrosha story is fine, but then you have extra stories thrown in after the Necrosha story is over...except they were actually happening during the events of Necrosha. And the issue that showed how Selene recruited her inner circle was also put in after it was over. <--That wasn't so bad, but it was just one more thingthat was out of order.
It ended on a silly note with a Deadpool vs Necrosha story.
Overall, this was still one of my favorite events, and definitely my favorite mutant event so far. From start to finish I had a lot of fun re-reading this, and you can't always say that with comics because some of them just don't hold up well.
Definitely recommended!
Original review: 2014
Ok, so this is the more complete version of the Necrosha event than what you'll get in Vol 4 of the X-Force. And while I didn't realize it the first time around, those other stories from the New Mutants and X-men are really an important part of what made this a good compilation.
Now, I did still find the non-X-Force stuff at the end less interesting than the main storyline. But I found it more interesting than I originally did.
If that makes sense?
My biggest criticism would be that the layout of book is somewhat fucked up. The Necrosha story is fine, but then you have extra stories thrown in after the Necrosha story is over...except they were actually happening during the events of Necrosha. And the issue that showed how Selene recruited her inner circle was also put in after it was over. <--That wasn't so bad, but it was just one more thingthat was out of order.
It ended on a silly note with a Deadpool vs Necrosha story.
Overall, this was still one of my favorite events, and definitely my favorite mutant event so far. From start to finish I had a lot of fun re-reading this, and you can't always say that with comics because some of them just don't hold up well.
Definitely recommended!
Original review: 2014
September 26, 2021
I like how they did this X-Crossover. With all the X-Titles dealing with the same big bad but you don't have to jump from book to book to book. You can just read each book straight through. The Black Queen, Selene, is back and she's resurrected a ton of dead mutants and X-Villains from the past, all under her control. It's like The Blackest Night for the X-Men.
Clayton Crain's art is hit and miss for me. Often it's great. The problem is he uses way too much black and it obscures the art. It's like watching TV with the contrast turned all the way up.
The New Mutants issues were a great way to bring back Doug Ramsey. The art's solid there too. The X-Men Legacy stuff seems a bit tangential to the rest of the story but I still really liked it. It was a pretty natural way to bring back an old-time X-Men baddie and the stuff with Destiny and Rogue was really nice. Plus, I love seeing badass Rogue with her powers sorted out.
This collection is put together wonky though. You should read all the stuff in the back half first. It shows how Selene recruits Wither along with the rest of her minions and gives Elias Bard's backstory. The story makes way more sense after reading those first.
Clayton Crain's art is hit and miss for me. Often it's great. The problem is he uses way too much black and it obscures the art. It's like watching TV with the contrast turned all the way up.
The New Mutants issues were a great way to bring back Doug Ramsey. The art's solid there too. The X-Men Legacy stuff seems a bit tangential to the rest of the story but I still really liked it. It was a pretty natural way to bring back an old-time X-Men baddie and the stuff with Destiny and Rogue was really nice. Plus, I love seeing badass Rogue with her powers sorted out.
This collection is put together wonky though. You should read all the stuff in the back half first. It shows how Selene recruits Wither along with the rest of her minions and gives Elias Bard's backstory. The story makes way more sense after reading those first.
January 28, 2025
First story was good the others a little confusing. Made some sense after I finished the stories.
March 3, 2018
I didn't particularly like the concept behind this story as I'm not a fan of resurrection as a plot device. If you don't let dead characters stay dead then death loses all its impact.
Having said this, there were some really nice character moments to be had here. Unfortunately, there was some real crap, too. The same goes for the artwork, sadly.
Honestly, I think they stretched this story out too much by having it encompass nineteen issues. Six issues would have been fine... nine, tops.
Having said this, there were some really nice character moments to be had here. Unfortunately, there was some real crap, too. The same goes for the artwork, sadly.
Honestly, I think they stretched this story out too much by having it encompass nineteen issues. Six issues would have been fine... nine, tops.
November 11, 2020
3.5 stars. I must say the Necrosha #1 and the X-force issues were my favorite. If this book was just that story, it would easily get 4 or more stars. Love the build up, Clayton Crains art and seeing the X-force really get tested on if they could get the job done. Loved the back and forth between the characters especially Vanisher. The New Mutants stuff was pretty good as well. I liked what they did with Cypher and Warlok. Then we have Carey’s X-men Legacy. This was the weak link of the book. I can’t really put my finger on it, but for some reason his stories always come across as bland to me. As far as the single New X-men issue, it felt like the odd man out being in this book. Didn’t go with the story that was happening here. Not sure why this book was in here. Then finally we have the X-force #11 and the Necrosha the gathering issues. While I felt like these were good issues, I also felt like they were misplaced. X-force #11 gives the set up for what Seline was trying to do and the Necrosha the gathering issue shows Seline gathering up Wither, Blink and the others. I feel like these would have worked much better being at the front of the book to let you know why they were helping her instead of in the back of the book as an after thought. Overall, a solid book.
September 26, 2021
This book was primarily a big editing fail. The choices made putting this particular book together ignored the idea of there being an understandable story and without redundancies. Though there is an assumption that somewhere published elsewhere something makes this story make sense. Otherwise the book was dark and muddy and hard to follow. And when we finally saw the arc showing Selene recruiting some of her minions, it was hard to believe. The Deadpool story at the end was kind of fun. But re-reading and re-reading Selene's Rome origin story, ugh. Not memorable.
February 21, 2011
What a mess - Kyle & Crain's mainline story should be mind-blowing, visually-stunning stuff but it's sloppy writing (I don't know who or what is going on) and bloody murky art (every action scene is impossible to decipher what just happened, too much black - like low-budget horror - and half the scenes I can't tell who is who). If that's the premier story in this arc, they should've sent it back to the minors for retraining. The X-Force story finally ends well, but it sure took it's sweet time getting up out of the Final Crisis-like muck.
As for the New Mutants drivel, can we all say... Awww.
BTW, where did a fully-powered Magneto come from?
In Legacy, Carey carries on his love affair with Rogue, and her new status as controlled mutant is very cool. But frankly, these stories have *no* place in the Necrosha volume - not one substantive connection to that story arc, just an excuse to beef up this tome to $40 size (and drag what few readers are following Legacy into possibly buying something they never would).
The new X-Men stuff is a little more connected but pretty weak nonetheless. The happiest moment was seeing a little Deadpool bonus at the final few pages.
Overall a pretty giant-sized waste of potential.
As for the New Mutants drivel, can we all say... Awww.
BTW, where did a fully-powered Magneto come from?
In Legacy, Carey carries on his love affair with Rogue, and her new status as controlled mutant is very cool. But frankly, these stories have *no* place in the Necrosha volume - not one substantive connection to that story arc, just an excuse to beef up this tome to $40 size (and drag what few readers are following Legacy into possibly buying something they never would).
The new X-Men stuff is a little more connected but pretty weak nonetheless. The happiest moment was seeing a little Deadpool bonus at the final few pages.
Overall a pretty giant-sized waste of potential.
August 29, 2012
The first time around, I found X-Necrosha way too hard to understand because its deep, deep continuity. The second time around, I was able to enjoy the story more. It's only drawback was the artwork going overly murky at times [8/10]. The New Mutants bit was also quite good [8/10]. The Legacy/Proteus story is unfortunately largely a big fight, though it's got some nice character bits here and there [6/10]. The Indra & Cuckoo story that finishes off the Legacy inclusion is much more interesting, and a nice look at where the Rogue Legacy could go if not for all these damned crossovers [7/10].
April 21, 2011
The X-Force stuff is great; I loved the Kyle/Yost run, with Clayton Crain art. I'd give those parts 4 stars. However, some of the extras leave a little to be desired, thus dragging down the whole. Especially at a cover price of $39.99, you'd expect this to be better.
January 10, 2014
The Black Queen finally gets a good story. For years, the Hellfire Club has been used as "just another band of villains". It's surprising it took this long for someone to come along and really create something unique with one of the background players. Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost do a great job with the story for X-Force and while the New Mutants portion falls a bit flat, seeing the Hellions and Thunderbird come back (even for a lil bit) is a lot of fun. I should also point out that while Marvel did a rush job of getting the trade paperback printed and out on shelves which led to a poor reader experience, the digital version has been corrected with story continuity happening as it should.
August 12, 2021
This is such a great comic series, full of action and surprises. I will say the layout of the book itself is weird (at the back of the book is the first part of the plot, I think it is slightly explained in the front). I am also a huge fan of the varient covers that take inspiration from classic vampire film posters, as a horror and vampire cinema fan I spotted them all and loved that so much. Although this doesn't entirely link to the messiah complex or messiah war it is a great read after these two. I actually really like the villain but wasn't keen on her overly revealing costume. This was honestly such a cool concept and is a really fun read.
February 25, 2018
The story itself isn’t bad, but the way it’s arranged in this compilation is absurd. The last issue in the volume tells the story of how Selene put together her crew. The first set of issues tells you the end of the story arc. In the middle, you have some stuff about Rogue training newbies, which doesn’t really fit in with what the overall compilation is supposed to be about. Whoever put this together was a tool who couldn’t even grasp basic chronology. Oh, and the art in most of it is sketchy AF or just bad.
December 21, 2018
Jesus god did this collection suck! And it was $25 too! Frowny face. The first part is a continuation of the main X-Force story, and it was such an anticlimactic climax I could barely give it 3 stars. Very blah. Anyway, then there’s this boring story about Muir Island with Magneto, Rogue, and Proteus. And then there’s this other boring story featuring the New Mutants and language boy. And after that, it ends with some boring short stories of Selene running around recruiting her recruits.
So overall, this was a total yawn city, and I’m really disappointed. Fortunately the final volume is available for free at the library, otherwise I probably wouldn’t bother with it. A very drastic nose dive for an otherwise brilliant series.
Edit: After reading the last volume in the series, I am upping this to 2.5 stars because I now see where they were going with some of the stuff in here.
So overall, this was a total yawn city, and I’m really disappointed. Fortunately the final volume is available for free at the library, otherwise I probably wouldn’t bother with it. A very drastic nose dive for an otherwise brilliant series.
Edit: After reading the last volume in the series, I am upping this to 2.5 stars because I now see where they were going with some of the stuff in here.
April 5, 2021
The undead cannot truly die. Giving the bad guy what they want can lead to their defeat.
March 7, 2025
Chrises on Infinite Earths: My Yorrick & Just as She Foresaw
Read for x-force darkness, a lot of undead mutants, and Selene chewing the scenery
Read for x-force darkness, a lot of undead mutants, and Selene chewing the scenery
August 30, 2019
Great main story, mediocre tie ins.
The main story is awesome. X-Force and New X-Men had been hinting to some hardcore Selene shit, and this is where it finally pays off big time. She’s a fascinating and evil as fuck villainess and the entire drama that unfolds is satisfying and thrilling.
The tie ins? Meh. The New Mutants shit is snoozy. The X-Men Legacy stuff has its ups and downs.
Necrosha: The Gathering is fun and provides some backstory. Maybe it should have been in the beginning?? Also, there’s an X-Force issue that I’d already read which provides some Eli and Selene backstory. Also should have been placed towards the front. Oh well, still cool.
The X Force art is hands down the best. The other art ranges from decent to distracting (in a bad way.)
If this was just the main story and all the relevant X-Force stuff, I’d give it 5 stars. Unfortunately, it’s crowded with lame, borderline irrelevant tie ins. Such is the nature of event subtitles. All in all, this is an essential part of your Mutant read through and you’re gonna have to check it out.
The main story is awesome. X-Force and New X-Men had been hinting to some hardcore Selene shit, and this is where it finally pays off big time. She’s a fascinating and evil as fuck villainess and the entire drama that unfolds is satisfying and thrilling.
The tie ins? Meh. The New Mutants shit is snoozy. The X-Men Legacy stuff has its ups and downs.
Necrosha: The Gathering is fun and provides some backstory. Maybe it should have been in the beginning?? Also, there’s an X-Force issue that I’d already read which provides some Eli and Selene backstory. Also should have been placed towards the front. Oh well, still cool.
The X Force art is hands down the best. The other art ranges from decent to distracting (in a bad way.)
If this was just the main story and all the relevant X-Force stuff, I’d give it 5 stars. Unfortunately, it’s crowded with lame, borderline irrelevant tie ins. Such is the nature of event subtitles. All in all, this is an essential part of your Mutant read through and you’re gonna have to check it out.
August 23, 2020
4.5 Stars
So the X-Force part of this story was a solid 5 stars like the rest of the run has been. The other stories not quite as good.
One thing odd about this particular volume is how the issues are presented out of order. The main part of the story are the X-Force issues including the big ending, but those are the first issues in the collection. Once you read the first half of the collection, you know how everything ends and then the rest is stuff you learn after the fact. The last thing in the collection is the assembling of the villains which happened before the story even started. It's unusual for Marvel to put the stories in such a weird order. It's really fairly minor, but it was weird seeing the big ending before the build up.
So putting aside the reading order presented in the collection, this was a good crossover. Very dark like the tone of the X-Force series, but some of the best X-Men stories are the darkest.
So the X-Force part of this story was a solid 5 stars like the rest of the run has been. The other stories not quite as good.
One thing odd about this particular volume is how the issues are presented out of order. The main part of the story are the X-Force issues including the big ending, but those are the first issues in the collection. Once you read the first half of the collection, you know how everything ends and then the rest is stuff you learn after the fact. The last thing in the collection is the assembling of the villains which happened before the story even started. It's unusual for Marvel to put the stories in such a weird order. It's really fairly minor, but it was weird seeing the big ending before the build up.
So putting aside the reading order presented in the collection, this was a good crossover. Very dark like the tone of the X-Force series, but some of the best X-Men stories are the darkest.
September 27, 2021
FULL REVIEW - https://youtu.be/vdZNfzCrnlE
Two Average and One Good Story with a Funny Little Annual to Close Things Out
OVERALL RATING: 2.75 stars
Art: 3.25 stars
Prose: 3 stars
Plot: 2.5 stars
Pacing: 3.25 stars
Character Development: 2.75 stars
World Building: 2.5 stars
For starters I am a big fan of Crane's art but it didn't work here. It was too dark and was hard to follow what was going on in the X-Force pages. Otherwise the art was fine. The highlight run was the least important written by Zeb Wells - New Mutants. Saved the event single handedly. The Annual focusing on Deadpool was hilarious and well done. But the rest of it was really bland. Generally like what Carey, Yost and Kyle do but this was a bit of a miss. Landing somewhere between average and good. But more toward average.
Two Average and One Good Story with a Funny Little Annual to Close Things Out
OVERALL RATING: 2.75 stars
Art: 3.25 stars
Prose: 3 stars
Plot: 2.5 stars
Pacing: 3.25 stars
Character Development: 2.75 stars
World Building: 2.5 stars
For starters I am a big fan of Crane's art but it didn't work here. It was too dark and was hard to follow what was going on in the X-Force pages. Otherwise the art was fine. The highlight run was the least important written by Zeb Wells - New Mutants. Saved the event single handedly. The Annual focusing on Deadpool was hilarious and well done. But the rest of it was really bland. Generally like what Carey, Yost and Kyle do but this was a bit of a miss. Landing somewhere between average and good. But more toward average.
May 3, 2020
Necrosha-X fue el último tramo de X-Force para el tándem Kyle-Yost, y para mí, el más flojo de todos. Os cuento.
Desde el principio de la colección, habíamos visto a un personaje extraño, llamado Eli Bard, que había ayudado a la reaparición de Bastión y cuyo objetivo había sido conseguir el poder tecnorgánico de la Tecnarquía, el virus transmodo cuyas consecuencias habíamos visto en Nuevos Mutantes mucho tiempo atrás, con las tramas relacionadas con Warlock y Magus (no los de la parte cósmica Marvel... esto es complicado). Total, que Eli Bard había conseguido el virus transmodo, y después descubrimos que era una especie de vampiro inmortal creado por Selene, la antigua Reina Negra del Club Fuego Infernal, y que también es una mutante inmortal. Y con el virus transmodo, Eli Bard le entrega a Selene los cuerpos revividos e infectados de Caliban, el rastreador mutante, y de John Proudstar, el primer Ave de Trueno, muerto muuuuchos años atrás y hermano mayor de James Proudstar, el Sendero de Guerra de X-Force.
Estos son los antecedentes de Necrosha-X, que parecía coincidir en el tiempo con La Noche Más Oscura y que al igual de esta iba a tratar de muertos vivientes... o al menos, de mutantes muertos vivientes. Y es que utilizando el virus transmodo, Selene decide crearse una cábala de seguidores y atacar Utopía, utilizando para ello a todos los mutantes muertos de la historia de la Patrulla-X. Además, Selene se trae a la fiesta a Ruina, personaje de Academia X que ya se había mostrado unido a la mutante vampírica. Así que junto a Eli Bard, Ruina y los resucitados Ave de Trueno, Caliban, Destello, Senyaka y Mortis, que forman el círculo interior de Selene, vemos aparecer a muuuuchos de los personajes que han muerto en la historia de los mutantes: Cifra, Rusty Collins, Pyros, Supersable, Torre, Muro de Piedra, Banshee, Risque, Destino, y muchos, muchos más que hacen al menos pequeñas apariciones. Con todo esto, Selene planea realizar un ritual con el que absorber las almas de todos los mutantes fallecidos... y para ello, acude a Genosha, donde se encuentra el mayor número de mutantes muertos del planeta.
En si, el resumen está chulo, y aunque no llegue a ser una historia superprofunda, sí que parece entretenida. Y oye, no nos equivoquemos, lo es. Pero la sensación que tengo a nivel de guión es que está muy alargada, o más bien, estirada, quizá porque con la inminente llegada de Advenimiento, no podían meter nuevas historias y había que acabar con la serie... o por lo que sea. Y por otro lado, igual que he defendido el dibujo de Clayton Crain en el resto de la serie, aquí, con tantos personajes reaparecidos, creo que se pasa de oscuro, y hay momentos en los que no sabes qué está pasando (hay un encontronazo entre Azogue y... alguien... donde pasan cosas pero no sé qué cosas ni con quién). Creo que por eso esta historia pierde mucho fuelle y deja un "prefinal" para la serie un poco bluf para lo que había sido todo antes.
Desde el principio de la colección, habíamos visto a un personaje extraño, llamado Eli Bard, que había ayudado a la reaparición de Bastión y cuyo objetivo había sido conseguir el poder tecnorgánico de la Tecnarquía, el virus transmodo cuyas consecuencias habíamos visto en Nuevos Mutantes mucho tiempo atrás, con las tramas relacionadas con Warlock y Magus (no los de la parte cósmica Marvel... esto es complicado). Total, que Eli Bard había conseguido el virus transmodo, y después descubrimos que era una especie de vampiro inmortal creado por Selene, la antigua Reina Negra del Club Fuego Infernal, y que también es una mutante inmortal. Y con el virus transmodo, Eli Bard le entrega a Selene los cuerpos revividos e infectados de Caliban, el rastreador mutante, y de John Proudstar, el primer Ave de Trueno, muerto muuuuchos años atrás y hermano mayor de James Proudstar, el Sendero de Guerra de X-Force.
Estos son los antecedentes de Necrosha-X, que parecía coincidir en el tiempo con La Noche Más Oscura y que al igual de esta iba a tratar de muertos vivientes... o al menos, de mutantes muertos vivientes. Y es que utilizando el virus transmodo, Selene decide crearse una cábala de seguidores y atacar Utopía, utilizando para ello a todos los mutantes muertos de la historia de la Patrulla-X. Además, Selene se trae a la fiesta a Ruina, personaje de Academia X que ya se había mostrado unido a la mutante vampírica. Así que junto a Eli Bard, Ruina y los resucitados Ave de Trueno, Caliban, Destello, Senyaka y Mortis, que forman el círculo interior de Selene, vemos aparecer a muuuuchos de los personajes que han muerto en la historia de los mutantes: Cifra, Rusty Collins, Pyros, Supersable, Torre, Muro de Piedra, Banshee, Risque, Destino, y muchos, muchos más que hacen al menos pequeñas apariciones. Con todo esto, Selene planea realizar un ritual con el que absorber las almas de todos los mutantes fallecidos... y para ello, acude a Genosha, donde se encuentra el mayor número de mutantes muertos del planeta.
En si, el resumen está chulo, y aunque no llegue a ser una historia superprofunda, sí que parece entretenida. Y oye, no nos equivoquemos, lo es. Pero la sensación que tengo a nivel de guión es que está muy alargada, o más bien, estirada, quizá porque con la inminente llegada de Advenimiento, no podían meter nuevas historias y había que acabar con la serie... o por lo que sea. Y por otro lado, igual que he defendido el dibujo de Clayton Crain en el resto de la serie, aquí, con tantos personajes reaparecidos, creo que se pasa de oscuro, y hay momentos en los que no sabes qué está pasando (hay un encontronazo entre Azogue y... alguien... donde pasan cosas pero no sé qué cosas ni con quién). Creo que por eso esta historia pierde mucho fuelle y deja un "prefinal" para la serie un poco bluf para lo que había sido todo antes.
September 1, 2024
X-Men Milestones: Necrosha, calificación 3/5 estrellas.
Como vas leyendo te das cuenta que no tiene un orden lineal la historia acaba en el primer tercio, el segundo tercio es aburrido y en el último tercio está el inicio el reclutamiento de los perdedores de Selene al final esta un annual con tonterías de Deadpool.
Muertos vuelven a la vida, esta primisia no es nueva es de Lord of the Rings, la Saga de Hades de Saint Seiya, Avengers de Kurt Busiek y George Perez etc.
El militarismo existe desde los New Mutants/X-Factor de Rob Liefeld pero en esa epoca de Necrosha Los X-Force fueron propaganda para reclutamiento militar, Wolverine gritando ¡X-Force! Maten a todos, son un cadre de sadicos asesinos bravucones y abusivos y se supone que son los héroes. La violencia no significa que haga mejor la historia o que sea más maduro el comic.
Como la quinta vez que reviven a Doug Ramsey. Los New Mutants que pereza, fueron creados para segundear, nunca alcanzaron la popularidad de los X-Men. El segundo tercio del libro se volvió muy aburrido y de relleno. También es de pereza los New X-Men.
El único personaje agradable de X-Force es Vanisher es el menos sadico. Los escritores son fans enamorados de Magneto como un Fanfic lo pone a pelear contra Proteus y lo hacen ganar. Colossus sigue siendo humillado como un tonto inútil por décadas por parte de los escritores. Destiny es aburrida en cada intromisión en los X-Men, Psylocke fue una odiosa marimacho bravucona. Warpath le dieron mucho protagonismo cuando lo crearon como remplazo de thunderbird que solo es recordado por morir y fue entonces un potencial desperdiciado.
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.
Como vas leyendo te das cuenta que no tiene un orden lineal la historia acaba en el primer tercio, el segundo tercio es aburrido y en el último tercio está el inicio el reclutamiento de los perdedores de Selene al final esta un annual con tonterías de Deadpool.
Muertos vuelven a la vida, esta primisia no es nueva es de Lord of the Rings, la Saga de Hades de Saint Seiya, Avengers de Kurt Busiek y George Perez etc.
El militarismo existe desde los New Mutants/X-Factor de Rob Liefeld pero en esa epoca de Necrosha Los X-Force fueron propaganda para reclutamiento militar, Wolverine gritando ¡X-Force! Maten a todos, son un cadre de sadicos asesinos bravucones y abusivos y se supone que son los héroes. La violencia no significa que haga mejor la historia o que sea más maduro el comic.
Como la quinta vez que reviven a Doug Ramsey. Los New Mutants que pereza, fueron creados para segundear, nunca alcanzaron la popularidad de los X-Men. El segundo tercio del libro se volvió muy aburrido y de relleno. También es de pereza los New X-Men.
El único personaje agradable de X-Force es Vanisher es el menos sadico. Los escritores son fans enamorados de Magneto como un Fanfic lo pone a pelear contra Proteus y lo hacen ganar. Colossus sigue siendo humillado como un tonto inútil por décadas por parte de los escritores. Destiny es aburrida en cada intromisión en los X-Men, Psylocke fue una odiosa marimacho bravucona. Warpath le dieron mucho protagonismo cuando lo crearon como remplazo de thunderbird que solo es recordado por morir y fue entonces un potencial desperdiciado.
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.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
December 15, 2023
The dead shall rise, as a self professed goddess tries to ascend!
Closing out my X-Force 2008 re read, X-Nechrosa is the loose conclusion to the run proper, as well as bringing in elements from both Carey's XM Legacy and Wells New Mutants. While the concept of the crossover I like, having the ghosts of the mutants past haunt and hurt them, unfortunately the collection itself isn't put in proper reading order, so it's a pain to read.
The actual first issue and X-Force issues are as amazing as always, that book stayed strong the whole way through, even if it's a bit simple. While I really enjoyed them on the surface, some of the members of Seline's inner circle are deeper cuts than I expected, and some of the emotional payoffs herald back to Yost and Kyle's overall run on X books like New mutants, books I haven't read yet, so it's a bit lost on me. Warpath getting to shine like he has here, especially with his brothers involvement, is a peak he hasn't gotten to since.
The New Mutant issues put some respect on a resurrected Doug Ramsy's name, seeing as he was a joke for so long, even with the Hellions taking up page space. Those issues worked, maybe better in context tho. The X-Men Legacy issues are a bit removed from the central conflict, as per usual, but fighting off Proteus is a interesting twist, especially with Destiny's involvement for Rogue.
Some of the back matter involves one shots relevant to the assembling of the villains under Selene (that women is.... questionable, especially being immortal and leading two men around with her femme fatale angle). This material should have been better organized, but that's asking too much for a old book.
The X-Force issues themselves were satisfying and downright badass, but everything else varied in quality and investment. Overall a success story wise, production less so.
Closing out my X-Force 2008 re read, X-Nechrosa is the loose conclusion to the run proper, as well as bringing in elements from both Carey's XM Legacy and Wells New Mutants. While the concept of the crossover I like, having the ghosts of the mutants past haunt and hurt them, unfortunately the collection itself isn't put in proper reading order, so it's a pain to read.
The actual first issue and X-Force issues are as amazing as always, that book stayed strong the whole way through, even if it's a bit simple. While I really enjoyed them on the surface, some of the members of Seline's inner circle are deeper cuts than I expected, and some of the emotional payoffs herald back to Yost and Kyle's overall run on X books like New mutants, books I haven't read yet, so it's a bit lost on me. Warpath getting to shine like he has here, especially with his brothers involvement, is a peak he hasn't gotten to since.
The New Mutant issues put some respect on a resurrected Doug Ramsy's name, seeing as he was a joke for so long, even with the Hellions taking up page space. Those issues worked, maybe better in context tho. The X-Men Legacy issues are a bit removed from the central conflict, as per usual, but fighting off Proteus is a interesting twist, especially with Destiny's involvement for Rogue.
Some of the back matter involves one shots relevant to the assembling of the villains under Selene (that women is.... questionable, especially being immortal and leading two men around with her femme fatale angle). This material should have been better organized, but that's asking too much for a old book.
The X-Force issues themselves were satisfying and downright badass, but everything else varied in quality and investment. Overall a success story wise, production less so.
June 26, 2025
This book ultimately left me with more questions than answers. While I did enjoy the core storyline, several elements left me feeling unsatisfied.
First and foremost, the artwork was a major sticking point. I understand that different artists worked on the various series included in this volume—such as X-Force and X-Men: Legacy—but the main story, primarily from the X-Force issues, was difficult to follow due to its excessively dark color palette. Nearly every character was dressed in black, and the heavy shadowing overwhelmed the panels. It often became hard to distinguish characters or even understand what was happening in a given scene.
Another confusing aspect was the volume’s structure and numbering. Although I get that this milestone edition collects all the issues from the event, it’s frustrating that the organization is based on series rather than chronological narrative. The main story plays out first, only for the volume to circle back with additional issues that should have been interwoven throughout. This disrupted the flow and made some sections feel like a chore, rather than enhancing the plot as they probably intended.
Lastly—and I admit this may partly be on me—the book assumes too much familiarity with the broader X-Men universe. I’ve read plenty of X-Men comics, yet I still found myself unfamiliar with a number of characters suddenly reappearing without any context or explanation. This undermines the emotional weight of the story. A milestone volume like this should at least provide some background or clarity—not just for newer readers, but even for those who’ve been following for years.
In short, this volume lacked accessibility, cohesion, and visual clarity. I don't recommend it.
Grade: D
First and foremost, the artwork was a major sticking point. I understand that different artists worked on the various series included in this volume—such as X-Force and X-Men: Legacy—but the main story, primarily from the X-Force issues, was difficult to follow due to its excessively dark color palette. Nearly every character was dressed in black, and the heavy shadowing overwhelmed the panels. It often became hard to distinguish characters or even understand what was happening in a given scene.
Another confusing aspect was the volume’s structure and numbering. Although I get that this milestone edition collects all the issues from the event, it’s frustrating that the organization is based on series rather than chronological narrative. The main story plays out first, only for the volume to circle back with additional issues that should have been interwoven throughout. This disrupted the flow and made some sections feel like a chore, rather than enhancing the plot as they probably intended.
Lastly—and I admit this may partly be on me—the book assumes too much familiarity with the broader X-Men universe. I’ve read plenty of X-Men comics, yet I still found myself unfamiliar with a number of characters suddenly reappearing without any context or explanation. This undermines the emotional weight of the story. A milestone volume like this should at least provide some background or clarity—not just for newer readers, but even for those who’ve been following for years.
In short, this volume lacked accessibility, cohesion, and visual clarity. I don't recommend it.
Grade: D
December 1, 2022
The Black Queen, Selene, returns, and she brings back pretty much every dead mutant you can think of (well except one notable one, she didn't make an appearance).
So let's get this out of the way first, this is Blackest Night, but with the X-Men instead of the Green Lanterns. And even though its the same premise, it was still entertaining and a really good read. We have three books running parallel to each other, all dealing with the same situation, but not really linked together as other crossover events have been in the past. In other words, you get a full story from New X-Men, a full story from New Mutants, and a full story from Legacy. And of course X Force is kind of the main story that resolves the conflict altogether.
Some highlights include Doug Ramsey returning and the New Mutants dealing with his return, Magneto and Rogue flirting after their brief affair in the savage land, and of course, X-Force ripping through an army of zombies.
If there is one complaint its that, while I certainly do really enjoy Clayton Crain's art, here he uses too much shadow at times where it's literally impossible to see what is happening. You kind of just have to guess based on the dialogue at what just happened, and that is a definite downside to the book.
I also read a lot of people saying the placement of the issues of the collected edition are badly placed, but I used a reading guide to go issue by issue, so I didn't have that problem really.
Overall, a good, huge, and ultimately just fun story that has all the mutants fighting and banding together. What more can you want from the X-books?
So let's get this out of the way first, this is Blackest Night, but with the X-Men instead of the Green Lanterns. And even though its the same premise, it was still entertaining and a really good read. We have three books running parallel to each other, all dealing with the same situation, but not really linked together as other crossover events have been in the past. In other words, you get a full story from New X-Men, a full story from New Mutants, and a full story from Legacy. And of course X Force is kind of the main story that resolves the conflict altogether.
Some highlights include Doug Ramsey returning and the New Mutants dealing with his return, Magneto and Rogue flirting after their brief affair in the savage land, and of course, X-Force ripping through an army of zombies.
If there is one complaint its that, while I certainly do really enjoy Clayton Crain's art, here he uses too much shadow at times where it's literally impossible to see what is happening. You kind of just have to guess based on the dialogue at what just happened, and that is a definite downside to the book.
I also read a lot of people saying the placement of the issues of the collected edition are badly placed, but I used a reading guide to go issue by issue, so I didn't have that problem really.
Overall, a good, huge, and ultimately just fun story that has all the mutants fighting and banding together. What more can you want from the X-books?
June 9, 2021
You know how when you watched Pulp Fiction for the first time it was fun that the movie messed with the chronological order of events so you could have one more scene with Samuel L Jackson and John Travolta? Remember how great that was? This collection is the exact opposite. Issues are out of order from the event's chronology for no real reason I can see. The "Selene's getting the death themed gang together" issue comes at the end after the event is over for no reason I could understand and the collection editors chose to have series happen in runs rather than switching off so you end up with all the X-Force then all the New Mutants then all the X-Men: Legacy even though all the events are taking place simultaneously. Even though I didn't care for this story to the point where I would prefer it left out of the X-Men Milestones Collection generally and actively dislike Clayton Crain's art on X-Force in particular, the ham handed ordering of this collection never gave it a chance to succeed.
June 29, 2024
This is a clusterphuck of continuity-defying, Blackest Night riffing nonsense. Let's bring back all of the dead characters! Horrible. Even Clayton Crain's beautiful artwork on X-Force couldn't maintain my interest or save this story arc. I wanted out even faster than the characters in the story. I no longer know these X-Men, and worse still, I no longer care. Everyone has been killed and brought back to life so many times that none of it means anything anymore. I am done with all of these ancillary X-titles and events and am sticking with Uncanny X-Men only from here on out. I have to be honest, though, the next time I sit down and read a stretch of that title will determine if I stick with even the flagship title any more. It breaks my heart to say this, but I don't like the X-Men anymore. The X-Men of the '70s and '80s are some of my favorite comic books ever published, but any more? It doesn't seem to matter, and that makes me sad.
August 31, 2018
I felt they could have ordered the comics a bit differently. I guess I'm used to the format of spreading the story out over the course of the whole volume, but rather in this case they kept it more contained to each comic arc that was associated with the event.
So you read the event, then backtracked and went through the event from the X-Men and X-Force teams respectively, and then finished with the tie-in.
Doing it in this way helped keep each storyline more succinct and less chaotic than if they had placed the entire volume in the sequential order.
Maybe I just like how they did the Age of Apocalypse volumes and want all the collected volumes to be like that.
There was some information revealed at the very end of the book that would have been cool to know at the beginning, but all in all a great read, and will likely read again.
So you read the event, then backtracked and went through the event from the X-Men and X-Force teams respectively, and then finished with the tie-in.
Doing it in this way helped keep each storyline more succinct and less chaotic than if they had placed the entire volume in the sequential order.
Maybe I just like how they did the Age of Apocalypse volumes and want all the collected volumes to be like that.
There was some information revealed at the very end of the book that would have been cool to know at the beginning, but all in all a great read, and will likely read again.
January 5, 2020
I really enjoyed this book even though the layout is awful. The story isn’t laid out in chronological order. There’s a Necrosha Chronology diagram at the beginning of the book but I took the liberty of outlining a better suggested reading order with the help of comicbookreadingorders.com. There’s a lot of jumping around but I felt doing the work really enhanced the overall story.
1. X-Force #11
2. New X-Men #32
3. Necrosha: The Gathering #1
4. New Mutants #6 (begin reading after the X-Force #25 variant artwork)
5. X-Force #21
6. New Mutants #7
7. X-Force Annual #1
8. X-Force #22
9. New Mutants #8
10. X-Force #23
11. X-Men: Legacy #231
12. X-Men: Legacy #232
13. X-Force #24
14. X-Men: Legacy #233
15. X-Force #25
16. Dazzler Necrosha Aftermath One-Shot (not collected in this book)
17. X-Men: Legacy #234
1. X-Force #11
2. New X-Men #32
3. Necrosha: The Gathering #1
4. New Mutants #6 (begin reading after the X-Force #25 variant artwork)
5. X-Force #21
6. New Mutants #7
7. X-Force Annual #1
8. X-Force #22
9. New Mutants #8
10. X-Force #23
11. X-Men: Legacy #231
12. X-Men: Legacy #232
13. X-Force #24
14. X-Men: Legacy #233
15. X-Force #25
16. Dazzler Necrosha Aftermath One-Shot (not collected in this book)
17. X-Men: Legacy #234
May 20, 2020
Necrosha is such a strange event. I decided to bind it within my Matt Fraction X-Men bind, but it doesn't really belong there at all. I've already put the X-Men Legacy issues in my XML bind, and the New Mutants issues in my NM bind. That left the core X-Force story and the various side stories needing a place to go. The rest of X-Force is in official oversize hardcovers, so it can't go "with" those in any meaningful way. And it does incorporate the X-Men on Utopia. But it's still quite the tonal shift from Fraction's run. Maybe I won't put it in. Still deciding. The story itself is cool in parts, but also a lot of confusing stuff. Clayton Crain's art is dark and compelling, but also muddy and hard to follow sometimes. Eh, for all its faults I do overall like this event.
July 23, 2017
The X-Force stuff, which really runs this event is pretty good. It could have used a little more space at the finale to explain what exactly was going on, and it was pretty choppy due to the order in which this volume is collected, but it's good.
The New Mutants storyline is pretty weak.
The Legacy story is pretty good, but only tangentially related to the Necrosha plot. Under than happening contemporaneously, there's really no reason it goes here.
There's a lot of backup stuff of varying quality, and the order of the book is a little odd. I think I would have put more of the backup stuff near the beginning, to make sense of some of the choppy plotlines.
The New Mutants storyline is pretty weak.
The Legacy story is pretty good, but only tangentially related to the Necrosha plot. Under than happening contemporaneously, there's really no reason it goes here.
There's a lot of backup stuff of varying quality, and the order of the book is a little odd. I think I would have put more of the backup stuff near the beginning, to make sense of some of the choppy plotlines.
January 22, 2022
This is an X-Force story - the X-Men Legacy tie-in works, and the New Mutants story is not my cup of tea, but this is ABOUT the X-Force characters. In fact, more than anything, it's about Warpath. It's nice to see him get some good content, and deal with a lot of loss and come to terms with his role, especially compared to his deceased brother.
That said, some of the art is tough to make out. And honestly, the rest of this story is just a thin excuse to have the X-Men fight their dead villains, and give themselves the wiggle room to bring a few back to life.
That said, some of the art is tough to make out. And honestly, the rest of this story is just a thin excuse to have the X-Men fight their dead villains, and give themselves the wiggle room to bring a few back to life.
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