X-Men: The Characters and Their Universe by Michael Mallory

X-Men: The Characters and Their Universe Reviews

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  Megan

  I bought this book for my X-Men loving fiance and he was not disappointed. Though the text could be better at times, the pictures and the sheer amount of X-Men history packed into this book is worth the price. My only negatives were that there was no character spotlight for Rogue, but that is a personal nitpick as she is my favorite X-Man, and that Mallory frequently tried to pull parallels between X-Men and Harry Potter. We get it. You think that J.K. Rowling took her idea of Hogwarts from Xavier's boarding school, and that the struggle between mutants and normal humans is the same one that Rowling used in her wizard vs. muggle mentality. I would just have rather that those opinions been left out to solely focus on the amazing creation that is the X-Universe. Still, it is a gorgeous volume and makes a nice coffee table book for comic fans. I give it three stars.
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  Annika

  A very basic introduction to the X-Universe. Madelyne Pryor's name was spelled a few different ways throughout the book and I don't think any of them were the correct spelling. Would have appreciated the usage of the term "Earth-616" to distinguish the main continuity from the alternate realities and characters presented, especially when talking about the Summers family tree.
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  Joshua Bertram

  Aside from a few editing screwups, this is a very well put-together book, nicely bound in black leather and full of gorgeous full-colour gloss images. It's basically an overview of 40 years of X-Men history (covering up to just past the release of X-Men: the Last Stand). A must have for True Believers!
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  Brian

  This wonderful book was a wonderful Christmas gift from a wonderful friend
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  Jocelin

  Great coffee table book. Wonderful illustrations and great stories about the X-Men.
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  Monica

  I bought this for myself. Love the size, photographs, and background of the characters. Great coffee table book.
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  Jeremy Echols

  I don't want to sound like that guy, but this book was grossly inaccurate in a lot of the details provided about the x-men. For example, one page details Storm as having lost her parents in a plane crash, while a classic comic panel on the same page states that her parents died from a bomb. Dates are wrong, storylines are misattributed to other series: bottom line, the information in this book is a mess.
  Pictures are pretty, though.