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X-Men (2010) (Collected Editions)
X-Men, Vol. 1: Curse of the Mutants
When a suicide bomber strikes in downtown San Francisco, it gets the immediate attention of the X-Men. But this is not your garden variety terrorist - and he's not acting alone. Vampires from around the globe are descending en masse on the City by the Bay, staking a brutal claim for the patch of land the X-Men call their home. What is their agenda? Who is their mysterious leader? The X-Men are about to find out, as they brace themselves for a war of the species that will rock the Marvel Universe!
Collecting: X-Men 1-6, material from X-Men: Curse of the Mutants Saga, Spotlight
Collecting: X-Men 1-6, material from X-Men: Curse of the Mutants Saga, Spotlight
144 pages, Hardcover
First published February 1, 2011
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Victor Gischler
369 books413 followersVictor Gischler is an American author of humorous crime fiction.
Gischler's debut novel Gun Monkeys was nominated for the Edgar Award, and his novel Shotgun Opera was an Anthony Award finalist. His work has been translated into Italian, French, Spanish and Japanese. He earned a Ph.D. in English at the University of Southern Mississippi. His fifth novel Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse was published in 2008 by the Touchstone/Fireside imprint of Simon & Schuster.
He has also writes American comic books like The Punisher: Frank Castle, Wolverine and Deadpool for Marvel Comics. Gischler worked on X-Men "Curse of the Mutants" starting in the Death of Dracula one-shot and continued in X-Men #1.
Gun Monkeys has been optioned for a film adaptation, with Lee Goldberg writing the script and Ryuhei Kitamura penciled in to direct.
Gischler's debut novel Gun Monkeys was nominated for the Edgar Award, and his novel Shotgun Opera was an Anthony Award finalist. His work has been translated into Italian, French, Spanish and Japanese. He earned a Ph.D. in English at the University of Southern Mississippi. His fifth novel Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse was published in 2008 by the Touchstone/Fireside imprint of Simon & Schuster.
He has also writes American comic books like The Punisher: Frank Castle, Wolverine and Deadpool for Marvel Comics. Gischler worked on X-Men "Curse of the Mutants" starting in the Death of Dracula one-shot and continued in X-Men #1.
Gun Monkeys has been optioned for a film adaptation, with Lee Goldberg writing the script and Ryuhei Kitamura penciled in to direct.
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July 7, 2023
Heralds the launch of fourth concurrent X-Men book - X-Men (volume two). Collects X-Men #1-6, Namor #1-4 and numerous Curse of the Mutant specials. Curse is the story of a united Vampire nation under Xarus attacking San Francisco, Utopia and New Atlantis; the loss of an X-Men legend; the search for Dracula; and the fate of the Vampire reign of Xarus. Actually not too bad an event, but really think the X-Men are so over exposed, that during this era there was little time or room for great stories. 6.5 out of 12, Three Stars.
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January 27, 2025
This was pretty cool!
June 4, 2017
The last time i read the X-men was in an Chris Claremont era and I must admit I found these comics pretty decent and with the likes of Wolverine actually enjoyable enough to buy the new installments each month. When they kinda interrupted the various X series in the translation in Dutch I kind of stopped them as well. And Image comics with Spawn, the Darkness, Witchblade & Fathom tickled my fancy a lot more.
Anyhow this is the Mutants versus that other mutation aka vampirism. We get a guest star of Blade, of which I never read a comic but enjoyed the first two movies very much. We also get a cameo albeit very important of the granddaddy of the Vampires, you know the one that made Christopher Lee a household name.
It is up to the newer X men to save the world from the vampires and of course they meet the Wolverine and die regretting just that. But the X men do pay a price which they may live to regret as wel.
A decent installment with a fairly enjoyable and not to difficult a plot to follow.
Anyhow this is the Mutants versus that other mutation aka vampirism. We get a guest star of Blade, of which I never read a comic but enjoyed the first two movies very much. We also get a cameo albeit very important of the granddaddy of the Vampires, you know the one that made Christopher Lee a household name.
It is up to the newer X men to save the world from the vampires and of course they meet the Wolverine and die regretting just that. But the X men do pay a price which they may live to regret as wel.
A decent installment with a fairly enjoyable and not to difficult a plot to follow.
November 4, 2013
Dracula vs X-Men!
This was my nerd-nod to Halloween, and it turned out to be much better than I had originally hoped.
Jubilee gets infected with the vampire virus, and it's up to the X-Men to save her from the son of Dracula!
Of course, what is a vampire story in the Marvel universe without Blade?
The correct answer is: You can't have a vampire story without Blade. Duh.
So. Yeah, Blade makes an appearance and kicks some undead butt.
The X-Men bring Dracula back to life so that he can fight his son, Jubilee goes to the dark side, and Logan ends up getting turned when he tries to save her. There's also some sort of tie-in with Namor, but I couldn't find that title, so... Anyway, he's evidently fighting vampires too, and pops up a few times in this story.
This was so fun to read!
And yes, it's probably campy and ridiculous to hard-core X-fans. But since I tend to only dip my toes into the mutant waters every now and then, I enjoyed it.
It's brain candy. Read it!
This was my nerd-nod to Halloween, and it turned out to be much better than I had originally hoped.
Jubilee gets infected with the vampire virus, and it's up to the X-Men to save her from the son of Dracula!
Of course, what is a vampire story in the Marvel universe without Blade?
The correct answer is: You can't have a vampire story without Blade. Duh.
So. Yeah, Blade makes an appearance and kicks some undead butt.
The X-Men bring Dracula back to life so that he can fight his son, Jubilee goes to the dark side, and Logan ends up getting turned when he tries to save her. There's also some sort of tie-in with Namor, but I couldn't find that title, so... Anyway, he's evidently fighting vampires too, and pops up a few times in this story.
This was so fun to read!
And yes, it's probably campy and ridiculous to hard-core X-fans. But since I tend to only dip my toes into the mutant waters every now and then, I enjoyed it.
It's brain candy. Read it!
June 3, 2013
A Note to the Comic Book Guys
Hi! I'd like to make it known before you read my review that I am not a geek or a nerd. I didn't have a lot of comics growing up so I'm not a DIE HARD person who is going to know everything. I just like to have fun. My comic reviews are not going to say how much I hated this writer or how they should have used this artist. It's just going to be fun! With that in mind, most comic book peeps scare me with their extensive superhero knowledge. I feel like an outsider when I read these books because I like the movies. I have a fear of going into a crowded comic book shop because my anxiety makes me think I'm being talked about as a poser. So, just keep in mind, I like comics, but I don't live eat and breathe them like some might do. I have a very bad memory and would never keep up with you. But I like to read these and have fun so I think in a way we can get along. :)
Thanks,
GRETA
REVIEW
This book was FANGTASTIC!!
And it had Jubilee in it! Squee!! And she has FANGS!! And then Wolverine had FANGS!! And then there were some RAWR pics going on, and blood baths, and awesomeness!!
Man, I really wish I had a superhero body. Well, not the boobs. THose things are soo massive! Maybe that's why the girls have abs of steel just so they can hold those latex (cuz they can not be contained in sweaters).
But yeah.... Vampires!! And Cyclops is all like "YEAH!! Vampires!! Hey Logan, go get Jubilee and umm.. let's take some blood from you cuz ummm... no reason... just sit there!"
OH! And Blade is in this one too which was cool. I've never seen Blade or read a Blade comic book but I know who he is. Most awesome!
And what is Storm's connection with Dracula? I'm gonna have to look into that.
All in all, this comic book was really fun and a great way to spend a Saturday.
Favorite Line: "Look at me. I'm the number one result of your quality leadership. You invented me. You are the architect of your own destruction."
Hi! I'd like to make it known before you read my review that I am not a geek or a nerd. I didn't have a lot of comics growing up so I'm not a DIE HARD person who is going to know everything. I just like to have fun. My comic reviews are not going to say how much I hated this writer or how they should have used this artist. It's just going to be fun! With that in mind, most comic book peeps scare me with their extensive superhero knowledge. I feel like an outsider when I read these books because I like the movies. I have a fear of going into a crowded comic book shop because my anxiety makes me think I'm being talked about as a poser. So, just keep in mind, I like comics, but I don't live eat and breathe them like some might do. I have a very bad memory and would never keep up with you. But I like to read these and have fun so I think in a way we can get along. :)
Thanks,
GRETA
REVIEW
This book was FANGTASTIC!!
And it had Jubilee in it! Squee!! And she has FANGS!! And then Wolverine had FANGS!! And then there were some RAWR pics going on, and blood baths, and awesomeness!!
Man, I really wish I had a superhero body. Well, not the boobs. THose things are soo massive! Maybe that's why the girls have abs of steel just so they can hold those latex (cuz they can not be contained in sweaters).
But yeah.... Vampires!! And Cyclops is all like "YEAH!! Vampires!! Hey Logan, go get Jubilee and umm.. let's take some blood from you cuz ummm... no reason... just sit there!"
OH! And Blade is in this one too which was cool. I've never seen Blade or read a Blade comic book but I know who he is. Most awesome!
And what is Storm's connection with Dracula? I'm gonna have to look into that.
All in all, this comic book was really fun and a great way to spend a Saturday.
Favorite Line: "Look at me. I'm the number one result of your quality leadership. You invented me. You are the architect of your own destruction."
July 4, 2016
X-men: Curse of the Mutants at face value seems like a desperate stretch. We've run out of mutant versus human stories, or mutant versus mutant, or mutant versus space aliens, or demi-gods, so let's go for the mutant versus vampires storyline. As absurd as it sounds, the story actually works and sets in motion the re-birth of a character that had been falling out of X-men universe for some time. That is of course, Jubilation Lee.
After the events in House of M, Jubilee is one of the mutants that loses her powers and for those of us who have witnessed her contributions to the X-men, know that this is no big loss. The X-Men have moved their headquarters to San Francisco, on the island of Utopia, but now with no powers at all Jubilee refuses to join the team on the island and stays on the mainland. Fearing the onset of depression, Cyclops sends Pixie to check up on her. While they are having lunch at a bistro in downtown San Francisco, a suicide bomber attacks. Only there was no bomb. The bomber himself just exploded, showering all those around him with his blood and the virus within. The virus transmitts the disease that turns humans and mutants alike, into vampires.
And Jubilation Lee is infected.
Cyclops, knowing that this cannot be an isolated incident, sends the X-men to investigate while Jubilee is kept under watchful care. What they find is that vampires en masses are descending on San Francisco and more importantly, toward the island they call Utopia.
With the overthrow and murder of their leader, Dracula, the vampires have created a coalition of all their factions under the leadership of Dracula's son, Xarus. Using his power over the weakened Jubilee, Xarus calls her to him. But he is only doing this to set a trap. He was the other X-Men to follow so that he can turn them as well. Especially Wolverine. What follows is a battle between vampire and mutant, with one definite casualty. Jubilee is turned into a vampire, a change that is not reversible.
Jubilee for years has been nothing more than a sidekick to Wolverine. A surrogate daughter until the much more lethal and cooler X-23 came along. Her mutant power was basically shooting really bright sparklers out of her hands. The bubble gum she was consistently popping had more of an effect than her sparklers. Jubilee was there for Wolverine to take care of and show a softer, gentler side to Logan.
In Curse of the Mutants she takes on a more powerful and grown up role. In her transformation from powerless mutant to vampire, there is also the growth of little scared girl to sexy fearsome vampire vixen. The moment when she bites Wolverine, taking him by surprise should have been a story line moment that brought bigger things.
But like most of what happens when Marvel has a good idea lately, they simply don't know what to do with it.
The other eye opener her is Scott Summers. Cyclops has for years been second fiddle to Professor X and even losing leadership to Storm and Jean Grey from time to time. Here though, he is a tactician. A military mind that uses his people and their skills to fight back the onslaught of the vampire invasion. He is pretty cool and brilliant. He is what he always should have been as the leader of the X-men.
Curse of the Mutants is a pretty good read, far out there, but then again, it is a comic book and a pretty good one at that.
After the events in House of M, Jubilee is one of the mutants that loses her powers and for those of us who have witnessed her contributions to the X-men, know that this is no big loss. The X-Men have moved their headquarters to San Francisco, on the island of Utopia, but now with no powers at all Jubilee refuses to join the team on the island and stays on the mainland. Fearing the onset of depression, Cyclops sends Pixie to check up on her. While they are having lunch at a bistro in downtown San Francisco, a suicide bomber attacks. Only there was no bomb. The bomber himself just exploded, showering all those around him with his blood and the virus within. The virus transmitts the disease that turns humans and mutants alike, into vampires.
And Jubilation Lee is infected.
Cyclops, knowing that this cannot be an isolated incident, sends the X-men to investigate while Jubilee is kept under watchful care. What they find is that vampires en masses are descending on San Francisco and more importantly, toward the island they call Utopia.
With the overthrow and murder of their leader, Dracula, the vampires have created a coalition of all their factions under the leadership of Dracula's son, Xarus. Using his power over the weakened Jubilee, Xarus calls her to him. But he is only doing this to set a trap. He was the other X-Men to follow so that he can turn them as well. Especially Wolverine. What follows is a battle between vampire and mutant, with one definite casualty. Jubilee is turned into a vampire, a change that is not reversible.
Jubilee for years has been nothing more than a sidekick to Wolverine. A surrogate daughter until the much more lethal and cooler X-23 came along. Her mutant power was basically shooting really bright sparklers out of her hands. The bubble gum she was consistently popping had more of an effect than her sparklers. Jubilee was there for Wolverine to take care of and show a softer, gentler side to Logan.
In Curse of the Mutants she takes on a more powerful and grown up role. In her transformation from powerless mutant to vampire, there is also the growth of little scared girl to sexy fearsome vampire vixen. The moment when she bites Wolverine, taking him by surprise should have been a story line moment that brought bigger things.
But like most of what happens when Marvel has a good idea lately, they simply don't know what to do with it.
The other eye opener her is Scott Summers. Cyclops has for years been second fiddle to Professor X and even losing leadership to Storm and Jean Grey from time to time. Here though, he is a tactician. A military mind that uses his people and their skills to fight back the onslaught of the vampire invasion. He is pretty cool and brilliant. He is what he always should have been as the leader of the X-men.
Curse of the Mutants is a pretty good read, far out there, but then again, it is a comic book and a pretty good one at that.
August 10, 2011
About 20 years ago, there was a single issue comic of What If? titled What if Wolverine became Lord if the Vampires? It was a fun book, something that gave you a look at an alternate universe where Wolverine usurped Dracula and spread vampirism like bird-flu.
Here we have a reimagining of the What If? book in the actual timeline. And for all of the criticism of this new series I'll have to say that this puts the X-Men not only in the hands of Grant Morrison worshipping pseudo-intellectuals, but makes this comic book accessible to CHILDREN again. Young adults. It's a way to draw in the core comic demographic. Because the artsy-fartsy shit and the ultra-violent orgies have alienated the younger demographic and although it has made comic books a valid (in my eyes has always been a valid one) art form, it has gotten to a point where it shuns a large amount of it's possible fan-base.
So here this reboot comes and gives us vampires which are all the rage with little kids and it gives us blocky, cartoonish artwork and it doesn't have the panache and flair of some of the previous writers. But it's solid all around. And gives the kids a chance to get back into it.
Here we have a reimagining of the What If? book in the actual timeline. And for all of the criticism of this new series I'll have to say that this puts the X-Men not only in the hands of Grant Morrison worshipping pseudo-intellectuals, but makes this comic book accessible to CHILDREN again. Young adults. It's a way to draw in the core comic demographic. Because the artsy-fartsy shit and the ultra-violent orgies have alienated the younger demographic and although it has made comic books a valid (in my eyes has always been a valid one) art form, it has gotten to a point where it shuns a large amount of it's possible fan-base.
So here this reboot comes and gives us vampires which are all the rage with little kids and it gives us blocky, cartoonish artwork and it doesn't have the panache and flair of some of the previous writers. But it's solid all around. And gives the kids a chance to get back into it.
May 3, 2016
4.5 Stars... almost perfect.
While out relaxing in a community square, Pixie and a (post M-Day) de-powered Jubilee sit and enjoy a meal and hang out. A man dressed in all leather comes in, disrobes and after a skin sizzle in the sun, explodes, spreading his infected blood over many. Welcome to the beginning of the Vampire Plague.
Jubilee converts to a vampire and after she runs off the join the other Vamps, war is on.
Vampires vs. Mutants.
At first making strides against the horde (with special guest Blade), Wolverine is also converted to a vampire while on the rescue mission to save Jubilee. So... the X-Men decide that their best option is to resurrect Dracula. He will take care of his son, who is leading the horde.
The intensity and large amounts of graphic violence are surprising to see in a Marvel title, but very worth it. They lend very well to the epic nature of the brief 6 issue Volume.
At the end, Dracula takes his place at the top of the vampire clans, Wolverine goes back to normal, but Jubilee ends up in a cell on Utopia, still infected. How will they cure her?
Recommend.
While out relaxing in a community square, Pixie and a (post M-Day) de-powered Jubilee sit and enjoy a meal and hang out. A man dressed in all leather comes in, disrobes and after a skin sizzle in the sun, explodes, spreading his infected blood over many. Welcome to the beginning of the Vampire Plague.
Jubilee converts to a vampire and after she runs off the join the other Vamps, war is on.
Vampires vs. Mutants.
At first making strides against the horde (with special guest Blade), Wolverine is also converted to a vampire while on the rescue mission to save Jubilee. So... the X-Men decide that their best option is to resurrect Dracula. He will take care of his son, who is leading the horde.
The intensity and large amounts of graphic violence are surprising to see in a Marvel title, but very worth it. They lend very well to the epic nature of the brief 6 issue Volume.
At the end, Dracula takes his place at the top of the vampire clans, Wolverine goes back to normal, but Jubilee ends up in a cell on Utopia, still infected. How will they cure her?
Recommend.
May 3, 2018
This was pretty fun, despite the fact that it boiled down to yet another "Oh no, an army is attacking our home and we have to have a huge battle to defend it or mutant-kind is doooooooomed!" story.
I don't know much about Jubilee. Is it canon that she has giant feet? Because whenever they showed her bare feet they were always HUGE.
A few other things I had problems with:
I don't know much about Jubilee. Is it canon that she has giant feet? Because whenever they showed her bare feet they were always HUGE.
A few other things I had problems with:
September 8, 2025
Original 2018 Review:
An X-Men vs. vampires story doesn't seem destined to be one of my favorites, particularly when you throw in Dracula and Blade, and make Jubilee a pivotal part of the story. But this came out during a particularly tepid era of X-Men stories, and Gischler has a better handle on X-Men drama than the other writers playing in the sandbox at the same time as him.
While the color is the same babyshit brown that most Marvel books featured during the Dark Reign era, Medina's art still manages to stand out, even though he shows A Lot Of Teeth, which...maybe because it's a vampire book?
I recommend this for Jubilee fans, Blade enthusiasts, anyone who wishes there were more vampires in the X-verse, and people looking for a different kind of writer. While Gischler's style doesn't always work with the X-books, this particular collecton is a nice change of pace from the other writers of the era.
An X-Men vs. vampires story doesn't seem destined to be one of my favorites, particularly when you throw in Dracula and Blade, and make Jubilee a pivotal part of the story. But this came out during a particularly tepid era of X-Men stories, and Gischler has a better handle on X-Men drama than the other writers playing in the sandbox at the same time as him.
While the color is the same babyshit brown that most Marvel books featured during the Dark Reign era, Medina's art still manages to stand out, even though he shows A Lot Of Teeth, which...maybe because it's a vampire book?
I recommend this for Jubilee fans, Blade enthusiasts, anyone who wishes there were more vampires in the X-verse, and people looking for a different kind of writer. While Gischler's style doesn't always work with the X-books, this particular collecton is a nice change of pace from the other writers of the era.
September 3, 2015
¿Qué puedo decir de un cómic que involucra a los X-Men con Drácula y otros vampiros? Suena muy raro, aunque Marvel suele hacerlo. Personalmente no me gusta las historias de los vampiros y la combinación no me gustó mucho. Las portadas sí eran muy atractivas y bien dibujadas, y bueno, la conclusión más importante fue las consecuencias de la saga en Júbilo, que hasta ahora persisten.
October 9, 2017
THIS REVIEW WILL HAVE SPOILERS!
Rating: ⛤⛤⛤ (3/5 stars)
I probably wouldn't have picked this trade up if it weren't for my amazing sister & her boyfriend. They basically bought this for me because I like comics and I'm a big marvel junkie. Also I am in a reading slump (I think I am) & short reads or comics are always amazing for getting out of a reading slump. This was a fun read. Not the most amazing comic book ever but it was very fun and weird. It was also really easy to follow (not that difficult or confusing like most marvel comics). But I wasn't blown away by it.
Also I liked the characters in this. Of course there were some really big characters in it (like Storm, Cyclops, Wolverine, colossus). But I also liked that it had some lesser heroes in it. Yes I think quite some people already know Gambit, Emma Frost, Blade, Jubilee & Angel (Warren version). But I liked that those characters were in it too. I never expected Blade to pop up so that was a pleasant surprise. Also I really liked Emma frost because you can't go wrong with any character that's called Emma. Maybe because it's my name too😂😂 but in the end ai always really liked these characters that were called Emma too. And her sass was cool but I was like whut to her romance with cyclops. But then who can keep up with all the marvel romances.
I wasn't that familiar with Jubilee. I basically only know her from the film x-men apocalypse but in there she has a super tiny role. And I have googled her a couple of times (thanks to the marvel wikia and Wikipedia). So I liked that we got to know her a little better. As usual I like Angel and he was pretty funny in here. His lines made me chuckle the most. So I will definitely read or watch more of him in the future. The same goes for Gambit. All though he didn't have a big role in this comic, every moment he was there he stole the show for me. Lol the look on his face when he held dracula's head😂 That was priceless. And Pixie. She was very cool too and I loved her whole look/style. She was the only female character I didn't really have a problem with with how she was drawn.
I did have some problems though. Like I still get a bit annoyed how they drew woman. Every girl or woman was soooo sexy and the largest boobs ever and the best skinny figure. LIKE IF YOU ARE A SUPERHERO I WOULD PUT ON SOME CLOTHES. WELL MORE CLOTHES THAN THAT. THAT'S NOT PRACTICAL. Just like capes vapes aren't practical too! Lol I will never forget Edna's advice.
Also VAMPIRES? I always forget for some reason that Blade is part of the marvel universe. So I was a bit weirded out by this story because I went into this one without knowing anything. It took me some time to accept the vampire part and because of that I enjoyed this one a bit less than I expected too. Thankfully by the end I had expected the vampire aspect.
Also why is magneto on the cover? He is not in this one? So why? That's completely unnecessary.
The art was also okay. It looked cool but it wasn't as pretty as some other comic art I've seen. (And pleaseee stop drawing woman sooo overly sexy. A dash of hotness is okay but don't dooo tooooooo much.)
So this was a fun read that wasn't too difficult to understand. And I liked that some characters popped up that you don't see as much as others. The art wasn't that special though. And some aspects annoyed me. So for those reasons I gave this comic a three stars.
Rating: ⛤⛤⛤ (3/5 stars)
I probably wouldn't have picked this trade up if it weren't for my amazing sister & her boyfriend. They basically bought this for me because I like comics and I'm a big marvel junkie. Also I am in a reading slump (I think I am) & short reads or comics are always amazing for getting out of a reading slump. This was a fun read. Not the most amazing comic book ever but it was very fun and weird. It was also really easy to follow (not that difficult or confusing like most marvel comics). But I wasn't blown away by it.
Also I liked the characters in this. Of course there were some really big characters in it (like Storm, Cyclops, Wolverine, colossus). But I also liked that it had some lesser heroes in it. Yes I think quite some people already know Gambit, Emma Frost, Blade, Jubilee & Angel (Warren version). But I liked that those characters were in it too. I never expected Blade to pop up so that was a pleasant surprise. Also I really liked Emma frost because you can't go wrong with any character that's called Emma. Maybe because it's my name too😂😂 but in the end ai always really liked these characters that were called Emma too. And her sass was cool but I was like whut to her romance with cyclops. But then who can keep up with all the marvel romances.
I wasn't that familiar with Jubilee. I basically only know her from the film x-men apocalypse but in there she has a super tiny role. And I have googled her a couple of times (thanks to the marvel wikia and Wikipedia). So I liked that we got to know her a little better. As usual I like Angel and he was pretty funny in here. His lines made me chuckle the most. So I will definitely read or watch more of him in the future. The same goes for Gambit. All though he didn't have a big role in this comic, every moment he was there he stole the show for me. Lol the look on his face when he held dracula's head😂 That was priceless. And Pixie. She was very cool too and I loved her whole look/style. She was the only female character I didn't really have a problem with with how she was drawn.
I did have some problems though. Like I still get a bit annoyed how they drew woman. Every girl or woman was soooo sexy and the largest boobs ever and the best skinny figure. LIKE IF YOU ARE A SUPERHERO I WOULD PUT ON SOME CLOTHES. WELL MORE CLOTHES THAN THAT. THAT'S NOT PRACTICAL. Just like capes vapes aren't practical too! Lol I will never forget Edna's advice.
Also VAMPIRES? I always forget for some reason that Blade is part of the marvel universe. So I was a bit weirded out by this story because I went into this one without knowing anything. It took me some time to accept the vampire part and because of that I enjoyed this one a bit less than I expected too. Thankfully by the end I had expected the vampire aspect.
Also why is magneto on the cover? He is not in this one? So why? That's completely unnecessary.
The art was also okay. It looked cool but it wasn't as pretty as some other comic art I've seen. (And pleaseee stop drawing woman sooo overly sexy. A dash of hotness is okay but don't dooo tooooooo much.)
So this was a fun read that wasn't too difficult to understand. And I liked that some characters popped up that you don't see as much as others. The art wasn't that special though. And some aspects annoyed me. So for those reasons I gave this comic a three stars.
May 17, 2021
I really like seeing Cyclops as a wartime leader. He's been groomed to be this and it's on full force here.
The side stories are solid: highly recommend Deadpool's arc for action and humor; Namor's arc was interesting - really flushing out his problems and where he's coming from - but I HATE that art style and it actually wasn't necessary (it shows the uniting of Atlanteans); the X-Men one/two-shots were fun looks at the core team (some new, some classic members) taking on various vampires around San Fran.
It's a good time. The battle in issue #5, though it felt grand initially, didn't last long enough.
I'll recommend this one. Great way to bring back the X-Men title book
The side stories are solid: highly recommend Deadpool's arc for action and humor; Namor's arc was interesting - really flushing out his problems and where he's coming from - but I HATE that art style and it actually wasn't necessary (it shows the uniting of Atlanteans); the X-Men one/two-shots were fun looks at the core team (some new, some classic members) taking on various vampires around San Fran.
It's a good time. The battle in issue #5, though it felt grand initially, didn't last long enough.
I'll recommend this one. Great way to bring back the X-Men title book
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 7, 2022
X-Men vs Vampires. You read that right.
It was fun. The art was good. It was sufficiently bloody and well plotted. It’s just not the best X-Men story I’ve read, that’s all. A fine way to pass the time and not much more.
It was fun. The art was good. It was sufficiently bloody and well plotted. It’s just not the best X-Men story I’ve read, that’s all. A fine way to pass the time and not much more.
February 13, 2023
El dibujo es bueno, pero entre la sexualización y que como evento flaquea hace que a la larga se sienta como una chance desperdiciada, aparte que no hablemos de reutilizar elementos clásicos de la saga de Dark Phoenix como el rescate de Wolverine
July 31, 2012
The X-men are one of the most iconic of Marvel’s various IPs and as such they’ve received a lot of attention over the years, whether it is in the form of various animated TV shows, or video games, or live-action movies, or even novels. Cyclops, Wolverine, The Beast, Professor X, Magneto and others are an instantly recognisable brand even if you are only minimally into comics.
Before picking up Victor Gischler’s new 2010 run on the superhero team (volume 3), my only previous run-in with them was the old Fox cartoon show back in the day, the rebooted X-Men Evolution which starred the X-Men as teenagers and the four movies of course. I’d never read a single X-men comic as I just never got into them. Mostly because I grew up more interested in DC superheroes than Marvel ones. So it was rather fun to pick up the new series a few days and begin reading through the issues. In retrospect, I should probably have picked up a more “traditional” series but having read through the first 10 issues by Gischler, I think this is still a good starting point.
Curse of the Mutants is a 6-issue story arc and sets the X-men, under Cyclops’ leadership, up against a united Vampire nation led by Xarus, Count Dracula’s son. The series begins on an explosive note, literally, as a Vampire suicide bomber blows himself up in the middle of San Francisco, releasing a specially-engineered virus that turns people into mindless babblers who want to be fed upon. Caught in the explosion is a former X-men member, Jubilee, who has lost her powers and later appears to have been the target all along, in a conspiracy by Xarus to turn all of the X-men into vampires and strengthen both species in the process.
I really liked this story arc. Gischler has written a great script that is really intriguing, thoughtful, and plays upon the nature of several of the X-men themselves, and their relationships with each other. These are definitely not the X-men of movies or the cartoon shows. The most prominent change being that the entire team has relocated to an island facility off the coast of San Francisco, with Cyclops as its leader rather than Professor X, and Wolverine as the heavy muscle enforcer of the team, even more so than usual. The team itself is much tougher as a whole than I remember from my previous experiences with them, with Cyclops being that much more confident and decisive. All good stuff so far.
As a 6-issue arc, Curse of the Mutants works really well. Gischler eases the reader into the new setting and then takes them for a rip-roaring ride as the X-men and an unexpected ally hunt down Vampires through the streets and clubs of San Francisco. The first issue starts off well, with a little bit of foreshadowing that something big is about to happen, and ends with a tragedy that sets the X-men reeling. Then issue two kicks off in high gear as Blade, yes Blade, arrives to lend the superheroes a hand and carries out his own purge alongside Wolverine. From thereon, the action is non-stop, all the way to the end of issue six. Tons of fight scenes, tons of “slower” moments where Gischler builds up his characters and makes us believe in them, whether it is the X-men or Xarus and his vampires. Or even the Count of Night himself.
You can find the full review over at Bookworm Blues (this was a guest review by me):
http://www.bookwormblues.net/2012/07/...
Before picking up Victor Gischler’s new 2010 run on the superhero team (volume 3), my only previous run-in with them was the old Fox cartoon show back in the day, the rebooted X-Men Evolution which starred the X-Men as teenagers and the four movies of course. I’d never read a single X-men comic as I just never got into them. Mostly because I grew up more interested in DC superheroes than Marvel ones. So it was rather fun to pick up the new series a few days and begin reading through the issues. In retrospect, I should probably have picked up a more “traditional” series but having read through the first 10 issues by Gischler, I think this is still a good starting point.
Curse of the Mutants is a 6-issue story arc and sets the X-men, under Cyclops’ leadership, up against a united Vampire nation led by Xarus, Count Dracula’s son. The series begins on an explosive note, literally, as a Vampire suicide bomber blows himself up in the middle of San Francisco, releasing a specially-engineered virus that turns people into mindless babblers who want to be fed upon. Caught in the explosion is a former X-men member, Jubilee, who has lost her powers and later appears to have been the target all along, in a conspiracy by Xarus to turn all of the X-men into vampires and strengthen both species in the process.
I really liked this story arc. Gischler has written a great script that is really intriguing, thoughtful, and plays upon the nature of several of the X-men themselves, and their relationships with each other. These are definitely not the X-men of movies or the cartoon shows. The most prominent change being that the entire team has relocated to an island facility off the coast of San Francisco, with Cyclops as its leader rather than Professor X, and Wolverine as the heavy muscle enforcer of the team, even more so than usual. The team itself is much tougher as a whole than I remember from my previous experiences with them, with Cyclops being that much more confident and decisive. All good stuff so far.
As a 6-issue arc, Curse of the Mutants works really well. Gischler eases the reader into the new setting and then takes them for a rip-roaring ride as the X-men and an unexpected ally hunt down Vampires through the streets and clubs of San Francisco. The first issue starts off well, with a little bit of foreshadowing that something big is about to happen, and ends with a tragedy that sets the X-men reeling. Then issue two kicks off in high gear as Blade, yes Blade, arrives to lend the superheroes a hand and carries out his own purge alongside Wolverine. From thereon, the action is non-stop, all the way to the end of issue six. Tons of fight scenes, tons of “slower” moments where Gischler builds up his characters and makes us believe in them, whether it is the X-men or Xarus and his vampires. Or even the Count of Night himself.
You can find the full review over at Bookworm Blues (this was a guest review by me):
http://www.bookwormblues.net/2012/07/...
October 22, 2013
I love charity shops, sometimes you find some real gems - like this graphic novel (though I do wish I had splashed out and bought the four Avenger ones that were there too :( ah well, I know for next time!).
I know that there are various runs and arcs on graphic novels, in particular I believe they are quite obvious with the X-Men and this is my first step out from the Uncanny X-Men arcs - I have to say I enjoyed it immensely. You can see the difference from the get go - this is very obviously a newer book, the artwork is much more my preferred taste to the other X-Men graphic novels I own (which do look dated in a way the older Batman ones don't).
I am curious about the cover, it shows what looks like Magneto though he had no appearances in this novel at all and I do not even have a clue who it is shown at the top of the X-Mean 'pyramid'. There were also a couple of mutants in the story who I had heard of through various means but never 'met' - Jubilee being the foremost, whilst I am presuming that the young female mutant with her in the opening scenes is the same fairylike mutant as appeared in the film X-Men First Class.
You are kind of thrown into this book - Jubilee has lost her powers somehow (and yes, if I can work out what graphic novel covers that event I will endeavour to get it), Angel (Warren Worthington III) has some beefed up powers as it appears he can turn his skin to metal the same as Colussus can - I'm pretty sure he briefly appears in either The Dark Phoenix Saga or Days of Future Past - his portrayal here seems very different to those appearances - but that can be said for most of the mutants who appear here.
I was pleasantly surprised to see that this graphic novel took on the X-Men vs Vampires () and I really enjoyed it, it does have a very open ending but I think at the moment I would be more interested to find out how the X-Men get to the events opening this volume as opposed to seeing what happens next.
I know that there are various runs and arcs on graphic novels, in particular I believe they are quite obvious with the X-Men and this is my first step out from the Uncanny X-Men arcs - I have to say I enjoyed it immensely. You can see the difference from the get go - this is very obviously a newer book, the artwork is much more my preferred taste to the other X-Men graphic novels I own (which do look dated in a way the older Batman ones don't).
I am curious about the cover, it shows what looks like Magneto though he had no appearances in this novel at all and I do not even have a clue who it is shown at the top of the X-Mean 'pyramid'. There were also a couple of mutants in the story who I had heard of through various means but never 'met' - Jubilee being the foremost, whilst I am presuming that the young female mutant with her in the opening scenes is the same fairylike mutant as appeared in the film X-Men First Class.
You are kind of thrown into this book - Jubilee has lost her powers somehow (and yes, if I can work out what graphic novel covers that event I will endeavour to get it), Angel (Warren Worthington III) has some beefed up powers as it appears he can turn his skin to metal the same as Colussus can - I'm pretty sure he briefly appears in either The Dark Phoenix Saga or Days of Future Past - his portrayal here seems very different to those appearances - but that can be said for most of the mutants who appear here.
I was pleasantly surprised to see that this graphic novel took on the X-Men vs Vampires () and I really enjoyed it, it does have a very open ending but I think at the moment I would be more interested to find out how the X-Men get to the events opening this volume as opposed to seeing what happens next.
June 23, 2024
With Amazing covers, a title like that, and the premise of X-Men vs vampires i'd expected a darker story. But once I opened the book up, the actual interior art seemed kinda cartoony. Once I got over it, the art seemed like a perfect fit for the story, and It was just a fun read.
I don't know why they didn't include "The Death of Dracula" which is a pretty good prelude, by this same writer and artist.
The story starts with vampires wanting to be friends and be a big happy family with the mutants, but the X-Men aren't having it.
Once again cyclops strategic mind comes into play, and prepares for a coming war. Sending Namor on a mission... Cuz "the enemy of my enemy is my friend."
And I gotta say, the "Namor: curse of the mutants" Tpb can be skipped, and the "X-Men vs Vampires" Tpb is ok. Making this collection a pretty good stand alone story. They have different sects of vampires, so it's never visually boring. Blade helps out. Wolverine gets to cut loose. (The writers finally knows what to do with Jubilee). And the bit with Archangel and Iceman preparing to be a force to be reckoned with against the coming invasion was pretty good.
Now the X-Men had already fought an invasion which was a bigger deadly threat in "Second Coming", so things didn't seem as dire this time, but this was still entertaining.
I give this 4 Dracula heads.
I don't know why they didn't include "The Death of Dracula" which is a pretty good prelude, by this same writer and artist.
The story starts with vampires wanting to be friends and be a big happy family with the mutants, but the X-Men aren't having it.
Once again cyclops strategic mind comes into play, and prepares for a coming war. Sending Namor on a mission... Cuz "the enemy of my enemy is my friend."
And I gotta say, the "Namor: curse of the mutants" Tpb can be skipped, and the "X-Men vs Vampires" Tpb is ok. Making this collection a pretty good stand alone story. They have different sects of vampires, so it's never visually boring. Blade helps out. Wolverine gets to cut loose. (The writers finally knows what to do with Jubilee). And the bit with Archangel and Iceman preparing to be a force to be reckoned with against the coming invasion was pretty good.
Now the X-Men had already fought an invasion which was a bigger deadly threat in "Second Coming", so things didn't seem as dire this time, but this was still entertaining.
I give this 4 Dracula heads.
October 3, 2019
This follows on from Death of Dracula.
Dracula's son Xarus has appointed himself Lord of the Vampires and united the clans. He's unleashed a vampire virus and turned Jubilee planning to use her as bait to get to Wolverine.
The rest of the X-Men (Cyclops, Emma Frost, Colossus, Iceman, Angel, Storm, Gambit - plus a couple of minor additions: Pixie, Dr.Nemesis, Prince Namor) join up with Blade and concoct an insane plan to resurrect Dracula to fight his son. This has to go down in history as one of the stupidest ideas of all time. Just saying.
Many of the characters are seriously under used in this and Storm & Emma Frost over sexualised. Artwork is for the most part pretty good although I really dislike the design of Dracula - what is with the earrings?
Loved having Wolverine turned into a vampire though and while Blade isn't at his wittiest, his inclusion is still fun. I also loved the idea of Iceman getting himself blessed and so his ice is holy water.
This isn't a patch on the recent Wolverine Vs. Blade one-shot - but still vampires, Blade, X-Men.... you could do a lot worse.
Dracula's son Xarus has appointed himself Lord of the Vampires and united the clans. He's unleashed a vampire virus and turned Jubilee planning to use her as bait to get to Wolverine.
The rest of the X-Men (Cyclops, Emma Frost, Colossus, Iceman, Angel, Storm, Gambit - plus a couple of minor additions: Pixie, Dr.Nemesis, Prince Namor) join up with Blade and concoct an insane plan to resurrect Dracula to fight his son. This has to go down in history as one of the stupidest ideas of all time. Just saying.
Many of the characters are seriously under used in this and Storm & Emma Frost over sexualised. Artwork is for the most part pretty good although I really dislike the design of Dracula - what is with the earrings?
Loved having Wolverine turned into a vampire though and while Blade isn't at his wittiest, his inclusion is still fun. I also loved the idea of Iceman getting himself blessed and so his ice is holy water.
This isn't a patch on the recent Wolverine Vs. Blade one-shot - but still vampires, Blade, X-Men.... you could do a lot worse.
July 30, 2011
The latest volume of X-Men sees the assembled mutant nation on Utopia become the targets of the newly-unified vampire nation. Thanks to an initial suicide vamp outbreak, Jubilee is infected and San Francisco is under seige. While Cyclops enlists the help of both Blade and a resurrected Dracula, Wolverine falls victim to Jubilee's bite. In order to repel the invasion, Cyclops pulls out all the stops: Namor's aquatic assault, a blessed Iceman to rain down frozen holy water, and a Trojan Horse gamble that puts Wolverine back on the side of X. While a initial head-scratching idea, Curse of the Mutants provides a great look at what is is like to be hated and feared for being different - from both sides of the coin.
June 7, 2014
This is probably right up there with my favourites so far, out of the ones I've read. Hard Labour is still my favourite, I think, and Joss Whedon's is going to be very close to the top of anyone's list, I would think, but this is a good solid story and the artwork is wonderful and the characters are rich and true to what I have always known in the universe. I really enjoyed the arc and really want to get my hands on more of it in the future, if I can, especially to see how Jubilee's story works out.
November 9, 2011
I really love Victor Gischler's novels, and this was a very nice X-men vs. Vampires romp. It makes me want to start buying comics again. The art was also fantastic in this book.
January 29, 2019
Vampires vs Mutants. GREAT.
May 11, 2020
Advenimiento había terminado y las colecciones con una X en el nombre se multiplicaban. Desde que X-Men se había convertido en X-Men: Legado después de Complejo de Mesías, el título había quedado disponible, y la editorial decidió ocuparlo recurriendo al novelista Victor Gischler y al dibujante Paco Medina, que ya había trabajado en la franquicia mutante junto a Kyle y Yost en New X-Men. Y la idea de la colección era favorecer la interrelación de los mutantes con otros personajes de la casa, como Spiderman, los Cuatro Fantásticos, o en este primer arco, Blade.
En Marvel tenían claro que los vampiros volvían a estar de moda, quizá no por las razones adecuadas (Stephanie Meyer, seguro que no eran las razones adecuadas), así que decidieron aprovechar y traer de vuelta a Drácula, ya que el Señor de los Vampiros tenía una historia antigua y compleja con ellos, especialmente con Tormenta, a la que había estado a punto de convertir en vampira (de hecho, Marvel desarrollaría a una Tormenta vampira en un mundo alternativo, un personaje muy interesante). Pero en este caso, Drácula no sería quien atacase a la Patrulla, sino que lo haría su hijo, Xarus, después de dar un golpe de estado y acabar con su propio padre. Gischler nos traería una nación vampírica dividida en sectas evidentemente basada en los clanes del juego de rol Vampiro: La Mascarada; con clanes guerreros, clanes humanistas, investigadores... En fin, un poco de todo. Y los vampiros realizan un ataque terrorista sobre San Francisco, utilizando sangre vampírica modificada de forma vírica para atraer a ellos a Júbilo, personaje que había perdido sus poderes tras Dinastía de M y que había vuelto al mundo superheróico como la Nuevo Guerrero Wondra en los tiempos posteriores a Civil War, pero al que Gischler devolvía al centro de la "vida mutante".... por decirlo de alguna manera.
En fin, La Maldición de los Mutantes trae un nuevo conflicto de amplio espectro entre la Patrulla-X y los vampiros, y lo hace contando con el mayor especialista en vampiros de Marvel... o al menos, el más cinematográfico, que parece que ya nadie se acuerda de Hannibal King y Frank Drake... ¡Blade! No es que aporte mucho a la historia como tal, ya que realmente Gischler convierte a Cíclope en el personaje central de la saga, comiéndose con mucho a todos y cada uno de sus compañeros.
Una historia muy entretenida.
En Marvel tenían claro que los vampiros volvían a estar de moda, quizá no por las razones adecuadas (Stephanie Meyer, seguro que no eran las razones adecuadas), así que decidieron aprovechar y traer de vuelta a Drácula, ya que el Señor de los Vampiros tenía una historia antigua y compleja con ellos, especialmente con Tormenta, a la que había estado a punto de convertir en vampira (de hecho, Marvel desarrollaría a una Tormenta vampira en un mundo alternativo, un personaje muy interesante). Pero en este caso, Drácula no sería quien atacase a la Patrulla, sino que lo haría su hijo, Xarus, después de dar un golpe de estado y acabar con su propio padre. Gischler nos traería una nación vampírica dividida en sectas evidentemente basada en los clanes del juego de rol Vampiro: La Mascarada; con clanes guerreros, clanes humanistas, investigadores... En fin, un poco de todo. Y los vampiros realizan un ataque terrorista sobre San Francisco, utilizando sangre vampírica modificada de forma vírica para atraer a ellos a Júbilo, personaje que había perdido sus poderes tras Dinastía de M y que había vuelto al mundo superheróico como la Nuevo Guerrero Wondra en los tiempos posteriores a Civil War, pero al que Gischler devolvía al centro de la "vida mutante".... por decirlo de alguna manera.
En fin, La Maldición de los Mutantes trae un nuevo conflicto de amplio espectro entre la Patrulla-X y los vampiros, y lo hace contando con el mayor especialista en vampiros de Marvel... o al menos, el más cinematográfico, que parece que ya nadie se acuerda de Hannibal King y Frank Drake... ¡Blade! No es que aporte mucho a la historia como tal, ya que realmente Gischler convierte a Cíclope en el personaje central de la saga, comiéndose con mucho a todos y cada uno de sus compañeros.
Una historia muy entretenida.
October 26, 2021
Beginning when Jubilee become infected with vampirism, the X-Men find themselves targeted by a veritable army of vampires under the command of Xarus. To protect their island home, Utopia, Cyclops seeks allies wherever he can, even in the form of Xarus' father; Dracula himself.
On paper this is a great idea; X-Men versus vampires, but in reality it's not as engaging as it sounds.
Personally, I'm not really a big fan of the Marvel take on vampires, with confusing lore and pretty cheesy designs, although I did enjoy seeing Blade in action alongside the X-Men. But, perhaps because of the clash of genres, the supernatural vampires never feel like they're suitable antagonists for the Children of the Atom.
There were two good elements to this book, however. T
he first is that we see Scott Summers as he starts to show some of the cynical ruthlessness that would later lead him into conflict with former friends and allies. He's only too willing to deceive his friends and make alliances with almost-the-literal-devil in order to protect mutantkind.
The second thing I enjoyed here was Jubilee's role in the story.
Despite her crappy power-set, I've had a soft spot for the character since the 90s cartoon days, so it was nice to see her play an important role here. Having lost her powers she feels an outsider even among the outsiders who are her friends and it is that feeling of being along and mundane that leads her to embrace becoming a vampire. It's a nice exploration of how desperately unhappy she was and how she'd take anything offered to make that unhappiness go away.
Plus, if you ever wanted to see a sexy vampire version of Jubilee somewhere other than in creepy fan art, then here's your chance.
* More reviews here: https://fsfh-book-review2.webnode.com *
On paper this is a great idea; X-Men versus vampires, but in reality it's not as engaging as it sounds.
Personally, I'm not really a big fan of the Marvel take on vampires, with confusing lore and pretty cheesy designs, although I did enjoy seeing Blade in action alongside the X-Men. But, perhaps because of the clash of genres, the supernatural vampires never feel like they're suitable antagonists for the Children of the Atom.
There were two good elements to this book, however. T
he first is that we see Scott Summers as he starts to show some of the cynical ruthlessness that would later lead him into conflict with former friends and allies. He's only too willing to deceive his friends and make alliances with almost-the-literal-devil in order to protect mutantkind.
The second thing I enjoyed here was Jubilee's role in the story.
Despite her crappy power-set, I've had a soft spot for the character since the 90s cartoon days, so it was nice to see her play an important role here. Having lost her powers she feels an outsider even among the outsiders who are her friends and it is that feeling of being along and mundane that leads her to embrace becoming a vampire. It's a nice exploration of how desperately unhappy she was and how she'd take anything offered to make that unhappiness go away.
Plus, if you ever wanted to see a sexy vampire version of Jubilee somewhere other than in creepy fan art, then here's your chance.
* More reviews here: https://fsfh-book-review2.webnode.com *
October 13, 2024
Tirando del hilo temático de cierto número de la laureada etapa de la Patrulla X con Chris Claremont donde se rescataba al Drácula Marvelita como un supervillano más que rondaba a Tormenta. Una nueva era editorial para los mutantes de la Casa de las Ideas iniciaba con un eventillo particular que enfrentaba a los mutantes afincados en la Utopia de San Francisco con un alzamiento vampírico por el golpe de estado de uno de los hijos de Drácula, Xarus.
A día de hoy, acabamos de asistir a Blood Hunt. Otro arco argumental sobre un alzamiento vampírico a escala más global. Pero es curioso recuperar este antecedente. Algo que inicia y busca pretextos en asociar a las agrupaciones de chupasangres y los mutantes en un mismo estado de superioridad ante el homo sapiens/mortal y la persecución y ostracismo que estos les han provocado a lo largo de los años. Por tanto se establece una idea de que más que una defensa total por parte de la Patrulla X liderada por Cíclope, quizás el oscuro canto de cisne de hermandad de Xarus pueda calar en la comunidad mutante... Pero esto solo quedará en un par de casos aislados que motiven algo más de empaque de acción a la situación. La Maldición de los Mutantes se integra en esa etapa post House of M, donde la reducción de números de mutantes, motiva acciones más directas y sin moralina por parte de Scott Summers y Emma Frost. Y la creación de los X-Force más letales o esa unión científica que auspician en Utopia, asentaban un estilo de narrativa más desacomplejada. Por lo que este conflicto con los No-Muertos que necesitaban de volver a sufrir la vara correctiva del Conde Drácula, queda en un ratejo de evasión que deja colgando el mayor punto de interés de la historia con esa conversión vampírica de Júbilo.
A día de hoy, acabamos de asistir a Blood Hunt. Otro arco argumental sobre un alzamiento vampírico a escala más global. Pero es curioso recuperar este antecedente. Algo que inicia y busca pretextos en asociar a las agrupaciones de chupasangres y los mutantes en un mismo estado de superioridad ante el homo sapiens/mortal y la persecución y ostracismo que estos les han provocado a lo largo de los años. Por tanto se establece una idea de que más que una defensa total por parte de la Patrulla X liderada por Cíclope, quizás el oscuro canto de cisne de hermandad de Xarus pueda calar en la comunidad mutante... Pero esto solo quedará en un par de casos aislados que motiven algo más de empaque de acción a la situación. La Maldición de los Mutantes se integra en esa etapa post House of M, donde la reducción de números de mutantes, motiva acciones más directas y sin moralina por parte de Scott Summers y Emma Frost. Y la creación de los X-Force más letales o esa unión científica que auspician en Utopia, asentaban un estilo de narrativa más desacomplejada. Por lo que este conflicto con los No-Muertos que necesitaban de volver a sufrir la vara correctiva del Conde Drácula, queda en un ratejo de evasión que deja colgando el mayor punto de interés de la historia con esa conversión vampírica de Júbilo.
June 3, 2020
Xarus, Draculov syn, spojil všetky donedávna znepriatelené upírske klany. Vytvoril tak obrovskú armádu, ktorá si vybrala jediný cieľ. Utópiu - sídlo mutantov. Xarus má pre X-Menov iba dve možnosti. Buď sa k nemu pridajú a zmenia sa sa na upírov, alebo budú zničený.
Ako som už v úvode naznačil, pôjde o súboj dvoch táborov. Na jednej strane je Xarus, s obrovskou armádou, ktorá pomaly obsadzuje San Francisco a spôsobuje tam po nociach nemalé problémy. Na druhej strane tu je Cyclops, ako vedúca osobnosť Utópie a aj mutantov ako takých. Príbeh je jednoduchý a stručne povedané, točí sa primárne v rovine duelu mutantov a upírov. Samozrejme, každá strana má nejaké to eso v rukáve, čo často mení rozloženie síl, ale inak je to vcelku priamočiare, dynamické a najmä akčné. Čiže zábavná jednohubka na odreagovanie.
Výhodou tohto príbehu je, že funguje aj samostatne a preto netreba mať pred jeho čítaním žiadne encyklopedické vedomosti. Súčasťou tímu sú klasické postavy ako Wolverine Colosus, Emma Frost, Magento, Blade, Namor a samozrejme Cyclops. Cyclops ma tu prekvapujúco bavil, napriek tomu, že ma väčšinou tá jeho skautská povaha dosť vytáča. Je tu evidentne cítiť vplyv Emmy Frost, ktorá z neho urobila pravého lídra, ktorý ide vcelku jasne za svojim cieľom.
Ak máte teda chuť na zábavnú melu mutantov a upírov, príbeh Curse of Mutants vám vrelo odporúčam.
Ako som už v úvode naznačil, pôjde o súboj dvoch táborov. Na jednej strane je Xarus, s obrovskou armádou, ktorá pomaly obsadzuje San Francisco a spôsobuje tam po nociach nemalé problémy. Na druhej strane tu je Cyclops, ako vedúca osobnosť Utópie a aj mutantov ako takých. Príbeh je jednoduchý a stručne povedané, točí sa primárne v rovine duelu mutantov a upírov. Samozrejme, každá strana má nejaké to eso v rukáve, čo často mení rozloženie síl, ale inak je to vcelku priamočiare, dynamické a najmä akčné. Čiže zábavná jednohubka na odreagovanie.
Výhodou tohto príbehu je, že funguje aj samostatne a preto netreba mať pred jeho čítaním žiadne encyklopedické vedomosti. Súčasťou tímu sú klasické postavy ako Wolverine Colosus, Emma Frost, Magento, Blade, Namor a samozrejme Cyclops. Cyclops ma tu prekvapujúco bavil, napriek tomu, že ma väčšinou tá jeho skautská povaha dosť vytáča. Je tu evidentne cítiť vplyv Emmy Frost, ktorá z neho urobila pravého lídra, ktorý ide vcelku jasne za svojim cieľom.
Ak máte teda chuť na zábavnú melu mutantov a upírov, príbeh Curse of Mutants vám vrelo odporúčam.
February 13, 2023
You know, with superheroes being the prevalent aspect of the Marvel Universe, its sometimes falls by the wayside the fact that there are also "monsters" in this universe. Warewolves, Frankenstein monsters, zombies, and of course.... vampires. And in this storyline, one of the vampires gets the (brilliant) idea to combine the two races to become... unstoppable really.
Here we have the layout of the vampire world within Marvel, and we see how the separate vampire sects have an uneasy alliance - all with Dracula at the head of it. However, when his son revolts and kills Dracula, all hell breaks loose. They go full steam ahead with their mutant take over plan and actually manage to get Jubilee infected. This doesn't sit well with the team, who send in their best tracker, wolverine - who, if you know about Wolverine and Jubilee's history, is taking this very personally. ... unfortunately he gets infected too and the vampires attack Utopia.
This was a fun story with a few twists and turns that were a bit contrived, but the fun aspect of the story is always there. It's cool to not only see the X-Men taking down vampires, but its kinda cool to see them as vampires as well. Ultimately this was just a good time, without much depth to it. It reminds of those old Marvel comics where adventures happen but they don't impact the overall status quo.... ....well except for Jubilee being a vampire now. Recommended for fans of fun Marvel stories.
Here we have the layout of the vampire world within Marvel, and we see how the separate vampire sects have an uneasy alliance - all with Dracula at the head of it. However, when his son revolts and kills Dracula, all hell breaks loose. They go full steam ahead with their mutant take over plan and actually manage to get Jubilee infected. This doesn't sit well with the team, who send in their best tracker, wolverine - who, if you know about Wolverine and Jubilee's history, is taking this very personally. ... unfortunately he gets infected too and the vampires attack Utopia.
This was a fun story with a few twists and turns that were a bit contrived, but the fun aspect of the story is always there. It's cool to not only see the X-Men taking down vampires, but its kinda cool to see them as vampires as well. Ultimately this was just a good time, without much depth to it. It reminds of those old Marvel comics where adventures happen but they don't impact the overall status quo.... ....well except for Jubilee being a vampire now. Recommended for fans of fun Marvel stories.
June 8, 2025
55/100.
Enfrentamiento entre los X-Men y los vampiros con un gran dibujo de Paco Medina que se queda en solvente si analizamos el guion de Victor Gischler. Es una miniserie de seis números en los que los villanos no son especialmente carismáticos y todo el peso de la trama cae en los X-Men, especialmente, en Cíclope, Lobezno, Emma Frost y Júbilo. Me ha gustado ver cómo se forjó algo que aún tiene consecuencias hoy en día, aunque quizás me habría gustado ver algo más de Tormenta (por motivos obvios) o de Iceman, simplemente porque Bobby me gusta mucho.
Quizás la experiencia de lectura no ha sido tan agradable porque he leído el Marvel Essentials. No es por su pequeño tamaño, sino porque en gran parte del cómic, las páginas estaban mal cortadas, lo que quiere decir que la mitad de bocadillos no eran legibles. Como lo compré de segunda mano y no me percaté cuando lo recibí, ahora me lo tengo que comer así. Uno más de los peligros de Wallapop. Al menos, me costó bastante baratillo (y ahora está descatalogado, así que, me quedo con este rara avis encantado).
Enfrentamiento entre los X-Men y los vampiros con un gran dibujo de Paco Medina que se queda en solvente si analizamos el guion de Victor Gischler. Es una miniserie de seis números en los que los villanos no son especialmente carismáticos y todo el peso de la trama cae en los X-Men, especialmente, en Cíclope, Lobezno, Emma Frost y Júbilo. Me ha gustado ver cómo se forjó algo que aún tiene consecuencias hoy en día, aunque quizás me habría gustado ver algo más de Tormenta (por motivos obvios) o de Iceman, simplemente porque Bobby me gusta mucho.
Quizás la experiencia de lectura no ha sido tan agradable porque he leído el Marvel Essentials. No es por su pequeño tamaño, sino porque en gran parte del cómic, las páginas estaban mal cortadas, lo que quiere decir que la mitad de bocadillos no eran legibles. Como lo compré de segunda mano y no me percaté cuando lo recibí, ahora me lo tengo que comer así. Uno más de los peligros de Wallapop. Al menos, me costó bastante baratillo (y ahora está descatalogado, así que, me quedo con este rara avis encantado).
May 15, 2025
This story is alright. Think ain't much of a review. The Wolverine and Jubilee comics take place right where this book ends. The events in Issue 1 & 2 are two separate missions that feature Wolverine with him teaming up with different X-Men members. I think they've could've made that more clear, because based on the scenery it looked like one mission. First issue Wolverine is with Pixie and Angel in the city and in the second issue Wolverine in the city with Colossus and Storm.
An important book to get alongside this one is the Namor Curse of the Mutants book (The events of the book take place after issue 3 of Curse of the Mutants). Marvel should've made a Curse of the Mutants Omnibus by now. Read all the Curse of the Mutants issues on the Marvel Unlimited App. If they ever announce a Curse of the Mutants Omnibus, that would be the my recommend way of reading this story physically.
An important book to get alongside this one is the Namor Curse of the Mutants book (The events of the book take place after issue 3 of Curse of the Mutants). Marvel should've made a Curse of the Mutants Omnibus by now. Read all the Curse of the Mutants issues on the Marvel Unlimited App. If they ever announce a Curse of the Mutants Omnibus, that would be the my recommend way of reading this story physically.
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