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A review by crookedtreehouse
X-Men vs. Apocalypse, Vol. 1: The Twelve by Erik Larsen
3.0
This would be another two star entry in the [a:Alan Davis|15089|Alan Davis|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1522157724p2/15089.jpg] era of the X-Men except for a couple of side story issues. The collection begins with an excellent Wolverine issue by [a:Erik Larsen|1458337|Erik Larsen|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1215893503p2/1458337.jpg] and [a:Leinil Francis Yu|12432|Leinil Francis Yu|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1286435831p2/12432.jpg]. It's miles beyond Yu's previous X-Men work, and unlike any other X-Men art of the era.
There's also [a:Rob Liefeld|93208|Rob Liefeld|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1210968791p2/93208.jpg]'s two best issues ever of Cable. Drag him for his inconsistency all you want, his two Cable issues here are undeniably his style, but they seem much more confident (as opposed to over-confident) and mature than anything I remember seeing from him before or since.
The constant complete changes in art style between each chapter is a bit jarring, but for the most part, all of the art looks deliberate and unrushed, which is a vast improvement over the last few volumes of X-books.
The main X-story, on the other hand, is still just an absolute mess of Skrulls and Apocalypse, and prophecies, and deep continuity. It's exhausting, but at least it looks good.
I recommend it for Apocalypse fans, continuity freaks, and anyone looking for proof that Rob Liefeld is capable of making good art.
There's also [a:Rob Liefeld|93208|Rob Liefeld|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1210968791p2/93208.jpg]'s two best issues ever of Cable. Drag him for his inconsistency all you want, his two Cable issues here are undeniably his style, but they seem much more confident (as opposed to over-confident) and mature than anything I remember seeing from him before or since.
The constant complete changes in art style between each chapter is a bit jarring, but for the most part, all of the art looks deliberate and unrushed, which is a vast improvement over the last few volumes of X-books.
The main X-story, on the other hand, is still just an absolute mess of Skrulls and Apocalypse, and prophecies, and deep continuity. It's exhausting, but at least it looks good.
I recommend it for Apocalypse fans, continuity freaks, and anyone looking for proof that Rob Liefeld is capable of making good art.