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A review by mschlat
Essential X-Men, Vol. 2 by Chris Claremont
4.0
Comfort comics reading, almost entirely in pamphlet form (except for Dark Phoenix, which I'll review separately.) A couple of observations:
1) This is where I started to like Wolverine and also about the last time I liked Wolverine. Claremont and Byrne do a good job of starting to peel back the mystery and adding nuance. Sadly, after this, I just associate the character with overexposure.
2) Man, wasn't the introduction of Kitty Pryde great? I love the early issues with her ("Demon" and "Days of Future Past"). And almost nothing after that (save a Whedon storyline in Astounding X-Men) is memorable.
3) Hey, 1) and 2) show a pattern!
1) This is where I started to like Wolverine and also about the last time I liked Wolverine. Claremont and Byrne do a good job of starting to peel back the mystery and adding nuance. Sadly, after this, I just associate the character with overexposure.
2) Man, wasn't the introduction of Kitty Pryde great? I love the early issues with her ("Demon" and "Days of Future Past"). And almost nothing after that (save a Whedon storyline in Astounding X-Men) is memorable.
3) Hey, 1) and 2) show a pattern!