| Title | : | Marvel must have la increíble patrulla-x 1. el don |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | 8411501817 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9788411501811 |
| Language | : | Spanish; Castilian |
| Format Type | : | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages | : | 312 |
| Publication | : | Published January 1, 2023 |
Marvel must have la increíble patrulla-x 1. el don Reviews
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I started this review laughing because I finished this book and forgot I'd finished it 10 minutes later. Nothing about this was memorable for me.
I tried letting my feelings on Whedon's take on the MCU films aside to read this. He's definitely not my favorite person when it comes to Marvel products but I like Firefly and Serenity and I like X-men, so I have this a shot. Strangely enough, the problems I have with his shows weren't present here. The problems I have with his films were, however.
One liners.
He loves his one liners. And a lot of them feel like he was just patting himself on the back as he wrote them. Why? Because they came from characters that wouldn't say things like this. Emma Frost is a complex character but her comments are often biting or slightly cold, not quippy. It made her dialogue seem awkward. Even her making blatantly sexual comments about Scott seemed more in character and those were kind of awkwardly placed, too.
Kitty was... interesting. I appreciated the reference to when she first met Emma and she had a few bad ass moments. She didn't stand out the same way she usually does to me and I'm not sure why that is?
I feel like I should give props for an X-men book that didn't focus on Wolverine over everyone else. That's a rarity.
That being said, I must admit that this is certainly not my favorite line up. I'm not sure why but there are no characters of color here. None of my favorite X-Men, aside from Emma, are here. Even Charles is gone for most of this. My excitement was at a 5/10 to begin with.
Anyway, the first plot contains is kind of the plot to the Last Stand. There's a potential cure for mutants and for two minutes, we get the debate over whether it's okay to choose to be cured Scott says it's not because it's they'd be naive to think the government wouldn't force it on proud mutants. Wolverine thinks it'll increase self-hatred. Beast would like the option. It's X-Men Last Stand. But somehow, more bland?
Anyway, of course there's something that kind of kills the choice. The doctor creating the cure is experimenting in dead mutants. So the X-men go to stop them.
The villains here are not memorable. The first one is a dude, I forgot his name, who's trying to cure the mutants for reasons. The second is the fucking Danger Room. Because Whedon thought that would be fun. Then it's a big ass, hybrid Sentinel. No real complexity here.
It's bland. There's nothing exciting about this. I don't think the next volume will excite me more unless they change the line up. -
What a birthday present!
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I just got the second volume of the Astonishing X-Men hardcover series that collects Joss Whedon’s and John Cassaday’s entire twenty-five issue run on the title that I thought I’d read again the first volume that I bought a few years back. Reading it again reminded how good Whedon was with the X-Men, abetted by Cassaday's crisp and clean line art, he channels much of the excitement from Chris Claremont’s legendary turn with the characters.
The first twenty-four issues and the giant sized issue of Astonishing X-Men have Whedon’s fingerprints all over it. Ever since his cult classic Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie he has been known for his strong female characters. Reading his Kitty Pryde, I can’t help but imagine her as his Buffy analogue, especially her interaction with Emma Frost. Their relationship reminds me of Buffy and Cordelia from the first few seasons of the Buffy television series.
The first volume hardcover contains two arcs. The first, “Gifted”, sets up the characters who will all have important parts to play for the entirety of Whedon’s run. Whedon carries over Grant Morrison’s core X-Men from New X-Men, returning them to their superhero roots as Morrison took them to a more paramilitary direction. There are two key additions as well; one is Kitty Pryde, who is both his Buffy and avatar. This is Whedon returning to the X-Men of his youth, as Shadowcat is returning to the X-Mansion.
He returns Colossus to the team. In a series of a few pages, Whedon and Cassaday drafts an emotional sequence that brought the armored Russian back into the lives of Kitty and the X-Men readers. It brings me goose bumps every time I turn to that page where Kitty and Peter meet again for the first time since his death.
The second arc, “Dangerous” reminds the reader that the X-Men inherited their will to survive from their founder, Charles Xavier. The professor has a gritty turn as an action hero of sorts. This story also planted the seeds that lead to the estrangement of Cyclops and Xavier. In a moment of weakness, Xavier enslaves a sentient intelligence to serve a need the many, essentially bending his principles for his beloved X-Men. The threat they face here is not the only dangerous one, Xavier, despite his physical handicap could be what the title is referring to as well.
This is an excellent collection of the first twelve issues of Astonishing X-Men. It is done in an oversized trim, so to better enjoy Cassaday’s fine work with the pencil and brush. Laura Martin’s colors look better with the slick archival paper. This should be essential reading for every X-Men fan and this is one of the best formats to enjoy it in. -
Whedon's time on X-Men was one of the classic runs of the whole X-franchise, and Cassady's careful and nuanced art was a perfect complement to Whedon's character building and subtle plot development. He makes the Emma-Scott relationship believable, which no one at the time really wanted to happen, and Emma becomes a very sympathetic character. He wrote an X-book that didn't have Logan dominate every page for the first time since Chris Claremont. The real star of the book is Kitty Pryde, and if she sounds a bit like Buffy from time to time that's just fine, it works. (What doesn't work for bibliographers is Marvel issuing multiple editions with the same title and different contents, but that doesn't affect the story. (I read the March 2024 "Epic" edition.)) The story's twenty years old now, but they haven't done anything since that's as good. Excelsior with a capital X!
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Woah this had me from the get go. Great action packed adventure story telling with some awesome art with the fight scenes. Has everything you wont from an xmen story. This is highly recommended and a must read!!!Read it from start to finish without breaking!!
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I remember picking up the first issue of this and putting it down again in disgust after seeing that Cyclops, who I already thought was a jackass, was now dating Emma Frost. (Who is even worse.) Reading the whole story arc, however, I quite quite liked it. I can see why Scott and Emma would get together (they are both hot and the only ones who reliably act like adults), I liked what was happening with the school. I feel bad for Beast, and was actually interested in Kitty Pryde for the first time in ever. I feel like the end of this collection was a big tease for something that involves people I should know but don't, due to my only sporadic comic reading. Hence the only 4 stars. The overall story, however, was pretty tight and extremely interesting.
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This may come as a surprise, but Joss is good with snappy dialogue and ensemble casts.
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(4.5 rounded up) I haven't read a ton of X-Men content, so there is probably a little nuance that I'm missing, but I really thought this was a super fun collection that felt like watching a miniseries! It's well paced, has an interesting (if slightly familiar) plot, and does a great job of hooking the reader forwards but also providing a satisfying end. Each of the main characters were ones I was familiar with in some capacity and all of them (except Scott, he just annoys me) grew on me throughout this story, especially Emma and Kitty. Also Danger was a very exciting character to get to read - I enjoy AI/sentient beings arcs like that and this one was no exception. I'm eager to read more of this storyline!
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Joss Whedon and John Cassaday’s critically acclaimed ‘Astonishing X-Men’ run was the spiritual successor to Grant Morrison’s ‘New X-Men’, so (as Whedon alluded to in an email conversation reprinted at the back of this book) they were always going to have a mammoth task ahead of themselves. However, although this run makes several references to Morrison’s stories, and uses mostly the same team from that period, Whedon and Cassady pretty much took this in their own direction. For one thing, this is far more accessible than Morrison’s run, so it’s pretty much the perfect jump-on point for X-Men newcomers (though I’d always recommend following this up from Morrison’s run, if that’s at all possible). Also, the whole tone of the book couldn’t be more different than that of Morrison’s. It’s very much “grounded” compared to Morrison’s far-out “space opera” drama, while a subtle humour is laced throughout (sometimes hilariously so). While Morrison’s run will always be my favourite of the two (back in the days, you used to not be able to go a month without fans on the comic book message boards debating about which is best), re-reading this now, it’s clear that Whedon & Cassaday’s run is the consistently stronger of the two. Morrison’s run was definitely quite a disjointed read, where a brilliant story arc might immediately precede a not so good one. And it also suffered from rotating artists of varying quality (from great to awful), which wouldn’t have been so bad if they had changed per arc, but often changed per issue instead. Although it lead to severe delays, and much agitation from the fans at the time, Whedon’s writing was always complimented with the brilliant pencils and inks of John Cassaday. Read it, if you haven’t already done so. X-Men comics don’t come much better than this.
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A lot of Action and Humor to balance it.
Astonishing X-Men' run is my second book from this series. The first one was Grant Morrison's New X-Men. I found myself comparing the two unreasonably. I felt Grant's approach was enlightened and whereas Joss Whedon has a commercial approach. And I am not sold on either. Infact, I enjoy both when done right.
I stopped comparing halfway through and read the book as it was a new story. In some sense it was to me! I am only two books old in X-Men run and so not very familiar with the world and characters. I felt many ongoing stories did not conclude. Or perhaps I missed something. I am not sure if a cure was ever found to fix the mutants. I am also missing the backstory on Emma. She was being elusive in the end and her love life fell apart due to that. Not that I got any romantic feels from them. Wolverine preoccupied this one for me. I especially treasured the dialogues when he appeared.
The action scenes were very well done and also the villain was much more powerful. More than our mutants! Graphics were fantastic and fused with humorous exchange between the characters. Except for when Professor dominated the scene.
I also learned that Joss created Buffy the Vampire Slayer, so I understand the mercenary reach when compared to Grant Morrison. In conclusion, I would say they have their own appeal and I thoroughly enjoyed them. -
Colossus
If you are in X-Men fan of which I am a minor one then you will enjoy this chronicle. I was never a huge fan but I have always enjoyed the comics and the movies. I chose this one at random and I very much enjoyed it. This is a great read for any superhero fan. The storyline is excellent from start to end and is clearly part of the ever-expanding story. -
Una pasada de cómic. Tanto la historia, con dos partes claras, como el dibujo, combinan perfectamente y su resultado es muy cinematográfico. En sus planos, sus iluminaciones, sus giros. Un gran tomo.
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Now that was a headrush!! -
I've read these a few times before; they're kind of comic comfort food for me at this point. A fun set of X-men stories with a lineup I really like. Whedon writes the X-men well, gets their team dynamic, and does a good job of exploring a post New X-men world. I did notice this time that both the central ideas of the mutant cure and the Danger Room could have been explored a bit more, but what is there is thoughtful enough to allow the fun bits to feel more meaningful. I kind of wish Whedon's career had followed the path
J Michael Straczynski's did so we could now enjoy years of X-men stories. Sadly it did not.
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So. Much. Fun!
I'm sorry, X-Men, I'm sorry I ignored you my entire life. You win. I am yours. -
*4.5 stars*
There’s a lot to say so I’ll try to remember and keep it nice and simple. This was my first X-MEN comic...I may have read an issue or two when I was a kid, but this was definitely my first, full read through of one. Joss being the writer aside, this comic is well-written with subtle seeds planted amidst good relationship dynamics, good plot, and so many cool “superhero” beats, all making for an entertaining, engaging, and dramatic read. I can really see you going back for a read through to pick up on those seeds and appreciate the payoffs even more.
Because the films do it too much, I knew some of the themes that X-Men comics had to had explored was isolation, prejudice, rejection, etc. So it felt familiar in the beginning of the book, but to be honest felt better delved into than the films maybe due to the fact that the films have left a bad taste in my mouth haha. And once it got around to Colossus and how he was inhumanely experimented on, not to mention, how Danger began to me, as what felt like an odd villain choice, but got to see her motivation and argument, was when I felt this comic was doing something special.
Full disclosure: I have no knowledge of the X-Men mythos — the very little I had was picked up from the 90s cartoon and the films. But I decided to curate a comic list for myself, one with an emphasis on Cyclops (as he is my fave X-Man), so I started with this. And I do not regret it. The book lives up to the hype. And the reason why I say I didn’t have much X-Men knowledge before was because I can tell there was love thrown into the work that’s come before this book, in little moments and nods. Huge huge credit goes to John Cassaday who illustrated it. You can jump me, but I’ve been reading comics for about 9 years now and have never ran into his work! But I can see why he lives up to the legend. His work has a level of realism to it while still maintaining that comic book feel. I also can’t forget Laura Martin who colors, because I don’t think this book would be as good without her and John’s work. John elevated Joss’s storytelling to another level. This book did its job: made me fall in love with the X-Men and reaffirmed why Cyclops is my favorite X-Man. -
I must confess that I'm not hugely familiar with the X-Men. I used to watch the cartoon when I was young, and watched the first couple of films. This first half of Joss Whedon's run with the X-Men covers two story arcs. In the first, the idea of a cure for mutation is introduced, along with an alien who has a vendetta against the X-Men. In the second, a damaged sentinel attacks the X-Men mansion under the orders of an unseen mastermind and there is danger from within.
The volume focusses on a core group, missing Professor X, who reform the X-Men as a superhero team to be visible and a beacon for the good that mutants can do in the world. Scott Summers and Emma Frost are co-leaders, with Hank McCoy, Kitty Pride and Logan filling out the ranks (superhero codenames are hardly ever used). It's a fun book, filled with Whedon's trademark humour (a particular favourite is a fight where Kitty and have thought bubbles that are mostly angst, and then we cut to Logan who's just thinking how much he loves beer). It's a great way to cut the tension and stop it feeling too "woe is me".
It's also a decent introduction to the characters, even for someone like me, whose knowledge of the X-Men and the universe is limited. We get up to speed with who everyone is, what the setup is and what the factions are quickly, and without infodumping - as you would expect from a writer of Whedon's calibre.
The art is pretty good, although I wouldn't call it special. There are some good splash pages and it fits the superhero style well. The one disconcerting thing for me in terms of the art is that Nick Fury is white. As far as I'm concerned Nick Fury is, and has always been, black (and looked like Samuel L. Jackson). This series predates the MCU by a good four years, but it's still disconcerting for someone who's main entry to Marvel has been the MCU.
So a good entry to the X-Men universe, with good characterisation of the cast and a fun book to read, enhanced by Joss Whedon's ear for dialogue. -
Mi aspettavo qualcosa di più, ma tutto sommato mi ha intrattenuto. Whedon è comunque un grande sceneggiatore, non annoia, fa ridere nei momenti giusti. La prima parte (in cui emerge il tema della cura del gene X) sicuramente è più incisiva della seconda, che è una storia “qualunque” del mondo supereroistico.
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Joss Whedon wrote an X-Men comic! Really that pretty much says it all--all the sad, funny, painful moments and good fight scenes are already summed up in that one sentence.
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I can definitely respect why so many people love this collection, but for some reason it just didn't click for me. When the collection for issues #13-24 comes out I'll definitely pick it up, as hopefully reading the whole Whedon run will make the beginning to this hit harder for me.
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I neither love nor hate Joss Whedon. Besides Dr. Horrible nothing of his I've seen/read has really jumped out at me as being above the genre, so I'm always amazed at how fanatical his fans are. Again, I'm not saying his stuff is bad, just that it seems to be at about the norm of how good things should be.
So, with that in mind I went into this as I go into all Joss Whedon things. Hearing talk from all his fans about how it's the single greatest accomplishment in the medium but expecting to just not live up to the level of hype it was given. I'd have to say I was surprised to find it was far better than I was expecting, but it certainly didn't live up to all the hype.
The selection of characters for the team is superb, that alone made it hard for this story not to go wrong. Kitty Pryde is my favorite X-character ever and the opening montage of her coming into the mansion and seeing ghosts of her past was amazing, the book was worth the read for that alone. And seeing Colossus come back was incredible, and the fact Kitty got to find him made it even more touching.
What I found lacking was the antagonists of the story. I finished this still not really knowing what exactly was going on with the alien dude but looking forward to finding out. It wasn't that the plot line around his wasn't resolved, the longer it takes the better, that's one of the things that makes comics great, but he just didn't wow me... I read in someone else review that they like him cause they felt he would have fit in a Buffy episode. That's kind of why I didn't like him, he just kind of seemed like a guy with a mask on that didn't do much but yell at goons. My other big complaint was how lost I felt for most of it. Reviews I read made a big deal about how you didn't have to be caught up on the continuality of x-men to get this, but I felt pretty lost. I'm only up to the lat 70's/early 80's and I had little idea what was going on for most of it.
The artwork in it was amazing though. Rarely a panel disappointed. -
Astonishing X Men Volume 1
5 Stars, Buy it
Self Purchase, Comixology
SERIOUS SPOILERS
I haven’t read all of the X-men or really any of the continuing, ongoing X-men series but I know enough about them to get by. I wasn’t sure where to start so I’m just jumping in reading what I remember my ex read.After reading about 4-5 issues of this, I realized I have read this before, but it was pre internet databases of book tracking. So I will shelve this as a re-read review. But even as a re-read this is one amazing ass series. The lines are freaking awesome. This was blow me away it was so good. Highly recommend.
I love the beginning, Kitty has some great lines, like “Sorry about the timing, did I miss the sorting hat?” Wolverine also has a great line when he makes his appearance in the first issue. OOOHH I’ve forgotten how much I like Hank McCoy aka the Best. Emma frost is a Whore but whatever, she looks good with the ice lipstick. And again, Kitty has some kick ass lines. LOVE Lockheed. SO it’s announced that there is a cure for the mutant gene. The Beast seems to be considering taking the serum to the dismay of all the other mutants. It turns out that the scientist got some help on discovering the cure, and it appears to be alien in nature. In issue 4, a evil guy who I don’t know breaks into the academy while the Xmen are out on a mission. Kitty disapears while on their mission. Other stuff happens but I don’t want to ruin anything. Issue 5 Kitty has to deal with one major as surprise and Issue six semi wraps things up. -
I think the fact that I picked this up and put it down so many times in the last week and a half says a lot about my opinion of this book. There were some great moments, sure. Whedon's zingers and one liners are sprinkled throughout and they make for some great I-laughed-out-loud panels (my favourite being Logan's internal monologue consisting of "I really like beer"). But...there just isn't enough here to really get me excited.
See, part of my problem is that I abandoned comics back in the 90's, after the ridiculousness of the first Age of Apocalypse event. That summer stripped me of my deep-seated love of the X-Men. It broke the ties I had to graphic novels. It wasn't until a few months ago, literally twenty goddamn years, that I rediscovered my love for comics. Instead of Storm and Wolverine, I love Nightwing and Midnighter now, discovering everything I missed in DC and in Marvel's Avengers related titles. I'm even trying to read X-Men from the very beginning to see if I can rediscover the magic that had me spending my entire after school job paycheck every week. Trouble is, I still carry the mistrust of X-titles AoA left me with. I find myself holding back on these stories because I figure hey, I've already been burned once, why get too invested?
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If anything I actually enjoyed this more the 2nd time, particularly the 2nd "Danger" arc which I now think is just as good, if not better, now! Also now that i've got the 2nd collection I can carry on this time! :)
Original review from 1st reading:
X-Men + Joss Whedon. I was always gonna enjoy this. Of course the artist John Cassaday deserves a fair bit of the credit too for doing a wonderful job, especially in the first half of this collection. Speaking of which I definitely enjoyed the 1st 6 issue arc "Gifted" over the "Danger" arc. It was still good, but Gifted certainly set the bar pretty high. As a plus, these stories have given me a new appreciation for Kitty Pryde, Emma Frost and Beast particularly now that I've seen more of them in comic form.
Also worth noting, that traditional Whedon humour is very much intact and there were moments where I laughed out loud.
Overall I recommend giving the collection a read, and I look forward to getting the next 12-issue collection when I have the money!
If you're interested, go buy it!
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Joss Whedon hits the ground running and doesn't stop. Some of these pages by John Cassaday deserve to be in museums, on display to illuminate the incredible art form of comic books. Pages explode with momentum, Laura Martin also deserving a mention, as her colors complete this imagery.
The idea of the "Mutant Superhero" team returns, as this seems to be one of the clearest ways to distance Whedon's run from the juggernaut that was Morrison's New X-men. Cassaday's clean, sleek penciling also a stark contrast from the motley crew of artists that worked with Grant Morrison. Indeed, even the continuity of having one artist gives this run a different feel. As mentioned earlier, while Morrison's run really went through its paces, Whedon keeps a tight focus with two intense six-issue arcs contained in this volume. No need to mention plot points, as its best experienced within the pages.
Whedon proves, once again, his talent for writing and delivers big, satisfying X-men storytelling. John Cassaday and Laura Martin create some of the most wondrously real depictions of the X-men I've ever seen. And things are stewing underneath. Onward to volume two! -
Whedon shows off his signature snappy dialog and grasp of characters. Although this graphic novel features more X-men that I am unfamiliar with (Emma Frost, and Shadowcat) and X-men that I can't stand (I'm looking at you, Cyclops!!), I did enjoy the story and artwork.
Everything is very fast-paced and I pretty much devoured the whole thing. I'm working on Vol. 3 right now and will get Vol. 4 at the library tomorrow. This sort of thing always makes me forget how long the wait with graphic novels is usually. It would take at least two years for the whole story to unfold. Maddening! -
I bought these Ultimate editions of this fantastic run of X-Men for free comic book day this year and I'm only getting to them now. It's been awhile since I've read the whole run and man is it ever good. It might actually be better than I remember. I'm still a bit put off by Beast but he warms up to me.
No big surprise that there's great dialogue and great use of an ensemble cast but I am really blown away by the emotion here. With Kitty, with Cyclops, even with Emma Frost of all people. It's just an all around wonderful run.
