rltinha's review against another edition
O problema de se chegar a obras seminais depois de décadas a contactar com as narrativas emergentes daquela influência é que não se leva a frescura virginal necessária para se sentir o assombro adequado.
A piorar esta incapacidade de fruição estão ainda as issues iniciais, inseridas para alcançar a paginação média exigida pelos padrões da colecção em que se inseriu este título.
Por este motivo assinalou-se o preenchimento do quadradinho no formulário imaginário dos essenciais dos comics, mas o que se reteve foi uma pouco estimulante leitura de comics de uma era em que a hiper e prolixa explicação ainda era norma, embora já sem o encanto da hilaridade inicial, fazendo uso de mecanismos enfadonhos pela sua previsibilidade, sem esquecer a afronta estética da coloração «daltónico às escuras» típica dos comics dos 80’s.
A piorar esta incapacidade de fruição estão ainda as issues iniciais, inseridas para alcançar a paginação média exigida pelos padrões da colecção em que se inseriu este título.
Por este motivo assinalou-se o preenchimento do quadradinho no formulário imaginário dos essenciais dos comics, mas o que se reteve foi uma pouco estimulante leitura de comics de uma era em que a hiper e prolixa explicação ainda era norma, embora já sem o encanto da hilaridade inicial, fazendo uso de mecanismos enfadonhos pela sua previsibilidade, sem esquecer a afronta estética da coloração «daltónico às escuras» típica dos comics dos 80’s.
ferzemkhan's review
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.0
beabeabea_'s review against another edition
3.0
the chapters in this comics didn't follow a plot, which didn't make the comic bad, i liked it, but if the whole thing followed a plot it would have been better, and there was chapters that were a bit unnecessary
theuneditedbookreview's review
adventurous
medium-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
nightxade's review
3.0
There are a few major storylines from the ‘80s X-Men that I missed out on. With the movie now in theatres, it was time to catch up on one of the more iconic ones. I was disappointed to discover that this collection is not entirely focused on the Days of Future Past storyline. Instead, it opens with Jean Grey’s funeral (the very first one!), with Scott basically going through flashbacks of the X-Men and his love for Jean. The Days of Future Past story does not take place until the second or third issue in the collection, and is surprisingly not very long. But the important thing is that it establishes where human hate of mutants can and will lead if the X-Men don’t do their job well. It’s an interesting storyline, but I think the impact is lost for me because of the brevity. While I knew all the characters, there wasn’t enough time to appreciate them within this timeline and therefore mourn their losses when I knew the events would be remedied a few panels later. That said, sentinels and the anti-mutant sentiment certainly did become a major issue for the X-Men after this, so the impact of the theme made it worth the read.
jessiqa's review
4.0
Firstly, I admit I have not seen the movie based on this story-line; moving on. The book contains 7 issues, only 2 of which are part of the title story. Mostly, this is the introduction of Kitty Pryde to the comics. These are her first issues and she's only 13 years old. This is great. All the other characters are much older than her and serve as mentors as she tries to figure out her place as an X-Man and as a mutant. (It's a little weird that none of the characters found it inappropriate that she stole a kiss from Colossus under some mistletoe, considering the age difference, but whatevs.) Also, she's a bit spooked by Nightcrawler, even after several issues, which makes him (and me) sad. (He's my favorite.)
The first issue is Scott Summers (Cyclops) telling the entire history of the X-Men basically. At Jean Grey's funeral. Now, if I had read all 137 issues previous to this one, I'd probably be annoyed at entire issue devoted to a recap. However, since I haven't read all of that, I was saved the trouble by Cyclops' story-telling. Naturally, he centers the whole story around himself and how everything happens to him, so take his narration with a grain of salt.
The story moves on to X-Men Annual #4 Nightcrawler's Inferno. Basically, the X-Men and Dr. Strange have to navigate Dante's Inferno, which has been created by a mysterious foe specifically for Nightcrawler. Devout Catholic that he is, he totally buys into it and feels he deserves this fate, but just wants to get his friends out of harm's way, for they have done nothing wrong. It's nice to see a 600-year-old poem continue to inspire art today. Take that, all those who feels comics have no literary merit!
Look, this volume is terrific. There's a story-line where Wolverine goes to Canada and fights a Wendigo alongside Alpha Flight. Storm shines as the leader of the X-Men after Cyclops takes a leave of absence. The artwork by John Byrne is wonderful and I love the bright colors. The last few pages are artwork from alternate covers and whatnot and there's one that I really wish I had as a full-sized poster (from Essential X_Men Vol 3 back cover). Pick this one up if you want to know the story behind the movie Days of Future Past, or if you want to see a demon crash it's way all through the mansion.
The first issue is Scott Summers (Cyclops) telling the entire history of the X-Men basically. At Jean Grey's funeral. Now, if I had read all 137 issues previous to this one, I'd probably be annoyed at entire issue devoted to a recap. However, since I haven't read all of that, I was saved the trouble by Cyclops' story-telling. Naturally, he centers the whole story around himself and how everything happens to him, so take his narration with a grain of salt.
The story moves on to X-Men Annual #4 Nightcrawler's Inferno. Basically, the X-Men and Dr. Strange have to navigate Dante's Inferno, which has been created by a mysterious foe specifically for Nightcrawler. Devout Catholic that he is, he totally buys into it and feels he deserves this fate, but just wants to get his friends out of harm's way, for they have done nothing wrong. It's nice to see a 600-year-old poem continue to inspire art today. Take that, all those who feels comics have no literary merit!
Look, this volume is terrific. There's a story-line where Wolverine goes to Canada and fights a Wendigo alongside Alpha Flight. Storm shines as the leader of the X-Men after Cyclops takes a leave of absence. The artwork by John Byrne is wonderful and I love the bright colors. The last few pages are artwork from alternate covers and whatnot and there's one that I really wish I had as a full-sized poster (from Essential X_Men Vol 3 back cover). Pick this one up if you want to know the story behind the movie Days of Future Past, or if you want to see a demon crash it's way all through the mansion.
orlathewitch's review
5.0
I always love classic X-Men and the first Uncanny was the best. Kitty Pryde's introduction with the time travelling Days of Future Past story is still one of the truly great storylines, not just for Marvel, but comic books in general.
It fleshes out the characters that weren't in the original 5 as well as giving greater political context to the fear and oppression that faces mutants in the future, near and distant.
The X-Men have always been an excellent alagory for discrimination and paranoia that can be used in so many different ways and this is one of the best examples of that beginning.
It fleshes out the characters that weren't in the original 5 as well as giving greater political context to the fear and oppression that faces mutants in the future, near and distant.
The X-Men have always been an excellent alagory for discrimination and paranoia that can be used in so many different ways and this is one of the best examples of that beginning.
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