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A review by crookedtreehouse
Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia by Matt Fraction
3.0
This collection was put together in an incompetent manner. I never understand why editors at Marvel, when putting together these collections, put the story together by title, rather than chronological order.
The three issues of Dark X-Men The Beginning at the nd of the volume, should have been the first three issues of the trade. The X-Men Legacy issues sandwiched between the main Utopia story and the Dark X-Men The Beginning, should actually have gone between the second and third issues of the main Utopia storyline.
Editorial issues aside, the story is a bit of a mess. It starts strong, with an alarming allegory to modern day protesting against Nazis (anti-mutant groups) and Trump (Norman Osborn during Dark Reign) but then doesn't know quite where to go. It frequently jumps between characters, giving the appearance of a story but never showing the interesting bits.
It's still better than a bunch of the other Dark Reign era books, and Fraction's dialogue is, at least, enjoyable.
The art even manages to be fairly colorful, which is a rarity during the Mud Reign era.
I recommend it for its importance in X-Men continuity (it establishes Utopia) and for fans of the silly intro narration pages that were en vogue in the early 2010s.
The three issues of Dark X-Men The Beginning at the nd of the volume, should have been the first three issues of the trade. The X-Men Legacy issues sandwiched between the main Utopia story and the Dark X-Men The Beginning, should actually have gone between the second and third issues of the main Utopia storyline.
Editorial issues aside, the story is a bit of a mess. It starts strong, with an alarming allegory to modern day protesting against Nazis (anti-mutant groups) and Trump (Norman Osborn during Dark Reign) but then doesn't know quite where to go. It frequently jumps between characters, giving the appearance of a story but never showing the interesting bits.
It's still better than a bunch of the other Dark Reign era books, and Fraction's dialogue is, at least, enjoyable.
The art even manages to be fairly colorful, which is a rarity during the Mud Reign era.
I recommend it for its importance in X-Men continuity (it establishes Utopia) and for fans of the silly intro narration pages that were en vogue in the early 2010s.