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X-Men: Age of Apocalypse Omnibus by Ron Garney, Andy Kubert, Mark Waid, Tony S. Daniel, Scott Lobdell, Jeph Loeb, Roger Cruz, Joe Madureira, Ian Churchill, Fabian Nicieza

nctrn's review

adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

slichto3's review

3.0

This was a long but fun book, but didn't quite cohere in a way that completely captured me. In this story, Legion, a mutant with crazy powerful abilities, goes back in time to try to kill his father's frienesis Magneto. Unfortunately, he accidentally kills his father, Charles Xavier, instead. Oops. This changes the whole timeline of the X-Men universe. In the present day, the mutant Apocalypse rules all of America. His philosophy is a dogged pursuit of survival of the fittest, which leads to the US being a war zone with a wealth of atrocities in its past and present. Bishop, another mutant, is the only person from the original timeline able to make it to this timeline. He gets in contact with Magneto, a leading resistance fighter, and Magneto comes up with several plans to try to defeat Apocalypse and restore the timeline.

Since this is a parallel timeline, the folks we are used to from the X-Men universe are mostly still there, but almost all are a little bit different. Magneto is now the leader of the X-Men rather than it's enemy. Beast is no longer X-Men, but sadistic employees of Apocalypse. And rather than being a flirty but teasing potential relationship, now Wolverine and Jean Gray are actually in a relationship. Until they're not. I guess some things don't change so much.

It's fun, and it's a fun story. But dramatic moments don't really hit as much as I had hoped they would. A big fight moment would come up, and as it quickly as it came up, it was gone, with little drama on the way. Also, despite being 1000 pages, this doesn't really cover the whole story. It seemed like there were missing comics. Also, a lot of items seemed to be out of order chronologically. That made things pretty confusing. There'd be talk of some event, then it would disappear and later someone would talk about the result of that event as if it was pretty far in the past. Weird.

If you like the X-Men, this is a fun diversion. Probably not the best if you don't like the X-Men.

bittermostaza's review

adventurous challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

3.25

texaswolfman's review

5.0

Will reread this over and over. Loved the Age of Apocalypse!!!

mjfmjfmjf's review

2.0

I've read the x-men on and off and own just about all of the classic new x-men by Chris Claremont (92-220). I've been reading some lately and realized I had missed some large chunks of the story including the Age of Apocalypse - an alternate timeline in which Xavier dies early and Apocalypse rules. And now that I've read it, I kind of wish I had read a good summary instead. Not especially good art or story and characters misused in ways that just did not read true.

ferzemkhan's review

adventurous dark inspiring tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

macthebrazen's review

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

ravenousbookeater's review

5.0

I adored it!

oleksandrrr's review

Must read if you familiar with X-Men universe