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A review by squidbag
X-Men: Phoenix Rising by Jackson Butch Guice, Bob Layton, Roger Stern, John Buscema, John Byrne
4.0
Memory lane, man.
I guess I was a little obsessive about Phoenix when I first started getting into X-Men; Jean's death is kind of the fulcrum event between the old guard and the new guard (Jean/Kitty) and when I started reading X-Men, I was collecting in two directions - forward and backward. I would read what happened this month, and then get through the crop of old stuff that I picked up at flea markets and backwater comic stores - so I knew Jean was dead before I read the death itself. I even had the "alternate ending & interviews" issue with John Byrne talking about grapes.
This, though - this was current. I was reading FF, Avengers and X-Men when this happened, and the house ads for X-Factor made everyone unreasonably excited. I say all of this to say that I cannot, with any responsible objectivity, evaluate the interior content. I can say that all of the parts of this reveal unfold across four titles, and they're all included here, along with material that came later. Exactly what you need from this collection.
I guess I was a little obsessive about Phoenix when I first started getting into X-Men; Jean's death is kind of the fulcrum event between the old guard and the new guard (Jean/Kitty) and when I started reading X-Men, I was collecting in two directions - forward and backward. I would read what happened this month, and then get through the crop of old stuff that I picked up at flea markets and backwater comic stores - so I knew Jean was dead before I read the death itself. I even had the "alternate ending & interviews" issue with John Byrne talking about grapes.
This, though - this was current. I was reading FF, Avengers and X-Men when this happened, and the house ads for X-Factor made everyone unreasonably excited. I say all of this to say that I cannot, with any responsible objectivity, evaluate the interior content. I can say that all of the parts of this reveal unfold across four titles, and they're all included here, along with material that came later. Exactly what you need from this collection.