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23 reviews for:
X-Men: Age of Apocalypse Omnibus
Jeph Loeb, Larry Hama, Howard Mackie, Mark Waid, Warren Ellis, Scott Lobdell, Ian Churchill, Fabian Nicieza
3.95 AVERAGE
23 reviews for:
X-Men: Age of Apocalypse Omnibus
Jeph Loeb, Larry Hama, Howard Mackie, Mark Waid, Warren Ellis, Scott Lobdell, Ian Churchill, Fabian Nicieza
3.95 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-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
Well, here is my mea cupla. Kael Wilson called me out when I bagged on the general notion of "too many mutants, and Marvel's 1990's were stoopid", and challenged me to read this entire series. Challenge accepted -- and I am humbled.
This series is amazing!
Huge kudos for the dozens of writers, artists, and editors who were able to keep so many divergent elements on target, plot-wise. I was having doubts that they would all get back together again in time and in a logical way for the grand finale, but lo and behold -- not only did that happen, but it was presented in such a way as to not make it forced or wonky, by any means.
Although it takes a bit of a "nod & a wink" with why all of the non-mutant superheros were not in the picture to combat Apocalypse's rise to power, I'm okay with this particular suspension of disbelief. The resulting story is worth buying into, even if it's *only* the mutants that are fighting the good fight.
Highly recommended!
This series is amazing!
Huge kudos for the dozens of writers, artists, and editors who were able to keep so many divergent elements on target, plot-wise. I was having doubts that they would all get back together again in time and in a logical way for the grand finale, but lo and behold -- not only did that happen, but it was presented in such a way as to not make it forced or wonky, by any means.
Although it takes a bit of a "nod & a wink" with why all of the non-mutant superheros were not in the picture to combat Apocalypse's rise to power, I'm okay with this particular suspension of disbelief. The resulting story is worth buying into, even if it's *only* the mutants that are fighting the good fight.
Highly recommended!
adventurous
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
tense
fast-paced
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
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.
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.
adventurous
challenging
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
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.
adventurous
dark
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated