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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
Man, talk about disappointing. There are many crossover stories that I could care less about in here. . I hate The Fantastic Four, and they show up much too often. Overall, even the original Days of Future Past story hasn't aged well. Back to the drawing board.
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a true classic! essential reading for any comics fan, honestly.
adventurous
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
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
Only two of the issues included in this book are part of the Days of Future Past arc. I really enjoyed those issues, but I didn't really care for the other issues in the book.
The first issue in the book was a summary of the entire series before that point. It was really boring.
In another arc, the characters had to fight their way through hell. It was okay, but it didn't really stick with me.
The Windigo run featured Indigenous stereotyping and cultural appropriation. The Windigo is a figure in Anishanaabe culture, and I don't think it's right to appropriate it. Two of the Alpha Flight members are Indigenous, and their powers were rooted in Indigenous spirituality. I could tell that it was meant to be respectful, but I feel like it missed the mark. It ended up being a rather stereotypical representation of Indigenous culture. I think it would have worked a lot better if the characters were Indigenous people with powers that weren't based on their culture.
After all that, I finally got to the Days of Future Past arc. Let me tell you, reading Days of Future Past as a trans person in 2025 certainly hits different. The story does a great job of laying out exactly how society got to the point of killing and imprisoning mutants. It started with dehumanization, and then the persecution was justified by talking about "safety concerns." The rhetoric used against the mutants echoes all the dehumanizing rhetoric being used against trans people and immigrants right now. The X-Men were written as an allegory of marginalized communities in the real world, and this arc does an amazing job of making that connection clear.
The ending is unsatisfactory. We don't know what changed in 2013 afterthe assassination was foiled. I guess it comes back up in future X-Men series. I wish they would have done another issue showing how things changed (or didn't change).
Days of Future Past was my first exposure to the X-Men, and it got me hooked. Revisiting that feeling was really cool, and Days of Future Past holds up really well. The rest of the included issues don't have quite the same staying power.
The first issue in the book was a summary of the entire series before that point. It was really boring.
In another arc, the characters had to fight their way through hell. It was okay, but it didn't really stick with me.
The Windigo run featured Indigenous stereotyping and cultural appropriation. The Windigo is a figure in Anishanaabe culture, and I don't think it's right to appropriate it. Two of the Alpha Flight members are Indigenous, and their powers were rooted in Indigenous spirituality. I could tell that it was meant to be respectful, but I feel like it missed the mark. It ended up being a rather stereotypical representation of Indigenous culture. I think it would have worked a lot better if the characters were Indigenous people with powers that weren't based on their culture.
After all that, I finally got to the Days of Future Past arc. Let me tell you, reading Days of Future Past as a trans person in 2025 certainly hits different. The story does a great job of laying out exactly how society got to the point of killing and imprisoning mutants. It started with dehumanization, and then the persecution was justified by talking about "safety concerns." The rhetoric used against the mutants echoes all the dehumanizing rhetoric being used against trans people and immigrants right now. The X-Men were written as an allegory of marginalized communities in the real world, and this arc does an amazing job of making that connection clear.
The ending is unsatisfactory. We don't know what changed in 2013 after
Days of Future Past was my first exposure to the X-Men, and it got me hooked. Revisiting that feeling was really cool, and Days of Future Past holds up really well. The rest of the included issues don't have quite the same staying power.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Murder
For such a classic story, this was awfully underwhelming. Especially considering the story arc that this immediately followed, not a whole lot happens. The Days of Future Past storyline is only actually two of the six issues in this volume.
It's all pretty entertaining, but it hasn't exactly aged well. The narrative aspects of the book just drag and kill the pacing. It's kind of fun to read it and see the history in this book, but it just doesn't work anymore. The action takes place in the words rather than the images.
The art is great, though. It's a classic look that was executed really well. There are also some great iconic splashes. One thing I really loved was the old touches that made me shake my head and go "Ah the 80's" with the blatant sexism and outdated terms. It all comes together for a really enjoyable read. This isn't a great book that stands above the others I've read lately, but it's definitely a good story and it has definitely got me excited for this summer's big blockbuster.
It's all pretty entertaining, but it hasn't exactly aged well. The narrative aspects of the book just drag and kill the pacing. It's kind of fun to read it and see the history in this book, but it just doesn't work anymore. The action takes place in the words rather than the images.
The art is great, though. It's a classic look that was executed really well. There are also some great iconic splashes. One thing I really loved was the old touches that made me shake my head and go "Ah the 80's" with the blatant sexism and outdated terms. It all comes together for a really enjoyable read. This isn't a great book that stands above the others I've read lately, but it's definitely a good story and it has definitely got me excited for this summer's big blockbuster.
Pretty fun story. The Christmas demon was a weird inclusion but whatever. A lot of typos in it, too. I think they called Colossus Cyclops at one point.
Comic books, like films, don't always date well - techniques and style change leaving once great classics left at the side of the road.
Sadly, such is the case with the collected edition of Days Of Future.
As much as the film is very much 'of the moment', so is the book, but that means 80s-style. Heavy on narration and expositional dialogue, which for someone entrenched in the modern Marvel world is a hard thing to digest.
Also not helping is the pocketbook-sized version. It's a visual medium, so making each panel no bigger than a postage stamp strangely doesn't enhance the experience.
This one is best left to the completists. The rest of us can watch the film.
Sadly, such is the case with the collected edition of Days Of Future.
As much as the film is very much 'of the moment', so is the book, but that means 80s-style. Heavy on narration and expositional dialogue, which for someone entrenched in the modern Marvel world is a hard thing to digest.
Also not helping is the pocketbook-sized version. It's a visual medium, so making each panel no bigger than a postage stamp strangely doesn't enhance the experience.
This one is best left to the completists. The rest of us can watch the film.