X-Men Legacy #249 Review

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Magneto, Rogue, and Frenzy come to a life changing decision. Today I will be reviewing X-Men Legacy #249 . Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think.

So let’s talk about the book. Magneto and Rogue take a trip to a holocaust museum where Magneto tells Rogue a story from his past. He does so in an attempt to push Rogue away after the events of Age of X showed Rogue that she has feelings for Magneto. Too bad her feelings for Magneto only cause her to get closer to him as the two kiss. Meanwhile, Frenzy has an epiphany in regards to her life. In Age of X she had a purpose and a life. She wants that life to exist in the real world. To attain this, she informs Gambit that she plans on changing and becoming an X-Man. As this is occurring, Dr. Nemesis is testing out the device that Legion will use to control his powers and multiple personalities. Too bad six of them don’t want to cooperate and are resisting and rebelling. Legion asks Dr. Nemesis to call his father, Professor X, to help him. And that’s the book.

So let’s talk opinions. From the second I saw the cover to this issue, I could tell this would be a powerful story. It was. That cover really conveyed the pain and emotion that is the heart of Magneto. Shaped by the Holocaust, Magneto is not only a merciless killer, but a first hand victim of genocide. Which is what always struck me funny about this character. He was willing to keep the mutant race alive by committing genocide on all of humanity. Yet he’s seen the horror of genocide up close. The irony is deep enough to make you go nuts. In the case of Rogue, he feels that she is pure and his inner darkness would ruin that so he tries to push her away. Too bad she has been pushed away most of her life because of her powers and now she will not be pushed by anyone. These two make a great pair. (Age of Apocalypse proved that) I also love the Frenzy situation. Here is a person who has been a villain most of her life. Now she lived as a hero and saw that being a hero is better. It was a life changing experience. I love her powers (basically a female Luke Cage) and it will be great to have her as the powerhouse of a really powerful team. Plus, with all of the sexual tension between her, Gambit, Rogue, and Magneto, it should be really fun seeing all four interact together as teammates. Lastly, we have Legion. I guess his rebellious personalities will be the focus of the next few issues. I like Legion. Always have. The problem is that Legion has the powers of a god. This always makes stories with him tricky. It will be interesting to see how the writers play this one out. In general, the stage has been set for a slew of great possible story arcs. I can’t wait. PS- the art rocked this issue too. A really good issue overall. That’s my opinion folks. Take it or leave it.

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Uncanny X-Men #537 Review

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Kruun versus the X-Men. Today I will be reviewing Uncanny X-Men #537 . Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think.

So let’s talk about the book. Kruun has a plan set in motion. He has a bunch of mutant “cure” which he has used to incapacitate Cyclops, Emma, and some others probably. He “cures” Colossus and delivers a beatdown to him in front of Kitty Pryde, who he plans on killing with a knife made of Breakworld metal that can actually cut her. She runs to her teammates but finds them either unconscious or paralyzed. When her first few choices fail, she heads to Wolverine, who immediately senses Kruun and rises from meditation to face him. Kitty runs for more help but is confronted by Haleena, Kruun’s love who proceeds to cut her throat. Kitty falls into the middle of a ritual circle that Haleena has drawn into the floor. And that’s the book.

So let’s talk opinions. Well this issue was a lot better than the last two. It had action, tension, and some decent plot progression. I do still have one big problem with the story though. That problem is the unbelievability that the X-Men would allow themselves to get into this situation to begin with. On an island of telepaths, powerhouses, energy blasters, and untrusting people in general, Kruun was just able to get the drop on all of them. I don’t buy it. That is a hole in the plot big enough to fly a plane through. (Maybe it’s just me). Still, we had some good suspense this issue. We had Kitty being the resourceful woman we all know and love. I can’t wait to see Wolverine versus Kruun. Plus, I’m pretty interested to see if Helena is on our side or Kruun’s. Personally, I don’t think Kitty will die because of the ritual circle she is in. I am curious to see what the ritual will be. The art this issue was a monumental improvement. Much better face work and good imagery. Wolverine on the mountain was pretty cool. Overall, I’m not too impressed with this arc and I can’t wait for it to be over. That’s my opinion folks. Take it or leave it.

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X-Men Giant Size#1 Review

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A blast from the past leads to a new story arc. Today I will be reviewing X-Men Giant Size#1. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think.

So let’s talk about the book. The Neo decide to attack Utopia and are slowly winning the battle. Their issue us that the Neo are dying out and no new Neo are being born, while new mutant births are starting to occur. It seems that M-Day affected the Neo as well. Cyclops is fighting when suddenly he has a seizure. He flashes back to a fight many years ago with the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. It was a battle set up by Magneto to expose the X-Men to the Sentinels for the first time. The X-Men manage to escape and return to Xavier’s. While Cyclops and Xavier argue, creatures mysteriously appear in front of them. They name themselves as the Evolutionaries and their purpose is the survival of homo superior. Scott then wakes from his flashback and finds the Evolutionaries are back. Their first action is the complete and total extinction of the Neo. Next, they declare that for mutants to live, all of humanity must die. And that’s the book.

So let’s talk opinions. Here we go. It’s about damn time something exciting happened in X-Men. Curse of the Mutants was pretty cool, but the five issues afterward was pure crap and a waste of space. This story actually feels like its something big and can change the landscape of mutantdom. I love the Evolutionaries and their cold matter of fact demeanor. I’m curious to see how they are so powerful and what their motives are. Wiping out the Neo is a pretty big thing too. I’m excited to see how the X-Men deal with this new threat. I was also extremely happy with the art in this issue as well. There were so many beautiful splash images and action sequences. Both past and present artists did an excellent job capturing the x-men in all of their glory. I especially liked the last page mirror image showing the past and present of the X-Men. It’s nice to see that the team’s dynamics haven’t changed that much in over 50 years. We replaced one telepath with another and one agile powerhouse with a super vicious and violent force of nature. Plus Angel changed his wings. Personally, I think the present five would hand the past five their ass in a fight, though. Let’s hope the pace and excitement transfers to the regular series in a similar fashion. This issue rocked. That’s my opinion folks. Take it or leave it.

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Astonishing X-Men #38 Review

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Those evil sleazoids from space are back to cause some more trouble for our favorite mutants. Today I will be reviewing Astonishing  X-Men #38. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think.

So let’s talk about the book. While half the team is in Japan, the other half is visited by Beast who asks them for help. It seems that Abigail Brand is stuck on a space station by a pack of Brood warriors and a Brood queen. Storm, Colossus and Kitty Pryde travel with Beast to S.W.O.R.D. headquarters to hook up with Lockheed and head of to the space station. When they arrive, they find agent Brand and manage to rescue her, some other scientists, and some machinery that would make it possible to extract a brood egg from a host without killing the host. This would allow the brood to reproduce with a single host multiple times. Not good for us humans. So as they leave the space station, Beast orders it to be blown up. Too bad agent Brand is already Brood and calls off the order. And that’s the book.

So let’s talk opinions. Art. From the amazing image on the cover, you would expect the interiors to be great too, right? Well I’m sorry to say you would be sadly disappointed. While not completely disgusting, the X-Men look terrible. Beast is completely off. His face, hair and jaws look really strange. Kitty and Colossus look totally weird as well. Their faces and bodies look strange. In fact, most of the human faces appear mannequiny. Very stiff. Also, all of their necks seem to have disappeared. The Brood look all right but nothing spectacular. The final splash of Brood Brand was pretty cool though. As for the story, it was all right as well. Not very original, but how many times can you play the “already a brood” card before it becomes expected. The action was nicely done. I also really enjoyed the exchange between Kitty and Lockheed. That kind of saved the issue in it’s lighthearted nature. I like Lockheed but I always liked him as a Dragon, and not an agent of S.W.O.R.D. That’s just getting ridiculous. Still, I think I like this story arc a bit more than the Japan story arc. We’ll see which one is better when they both are over. That’s my opinion folks. Take it or leave it.

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