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Title: The Essential X-Men Volume 3 by Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum ISBN: 0785106618 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.28
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Stories and Art
Comment: ...
"Mutant Genesis" reprints (in color, not b&w) the first seven issues of the second series X-Men (now renamed New X-Men) from 1991. Claremont writes the first three issues, and John Byrne and Jim Lee write the remaining four. Lee provides pencils for all.
The the 3-issue story "Rubicon" represents Claremont's finale as he left the series he'd written for 14 years and made the highest selling comic EVER. It ranks among his best writing (which is saying a lot). The story revolves around Magneto's quest for vengence against Charles Xavier and Moira MacTaggert, involving nearly thirty years of X-Men history, including the effects of the Holocaust, prejudice, nuclear proliferation, and the effects of anger on the human soul. Highly recommended.
If you enjoy this trade, I would recommend Claremont's work in:
"X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills"; "X-Men: Vignettes"; and the four volumes of Essential X-Men b&w reprints.
Rating: 3
Summary: Bargain Volume, But Not As Good As #1 and #2
Comment: This is a great value for the money getting about twenty issues of continuity in a single volume. However, this is not as good as the first two volumes. Byrne and Claremont were clicking on the first two volumes but when Byrne left the book, it seemed as if the characters were totally different and the book seemed like a different series altogether. Clarmemont seemed to have lost the plot and vision of the book at this point. There are some good stories in this volume and Cockrum's art is wonderful (though not as nice as his first run). However, this is the point in X-Men history where the characterization of the X-Men settled into repetitive cliches (and continued that way for years) and ceased to evolve. I like this series of Essential books but this is not as good as the first two and is for completists only.
Rating: 4
Summary: Awesome. It's just awesome.
Comment: This volume is great. You have to get it if you love the X-men. This volume contains the first seven or so issues of the X-men series that came out twelve years ago. I loved these stories as a kid and I love them now. They are still just as good as I remember. Issues 1-4 have a really good Magento/X-men battle while Issues 4-7 have a great Wolverine story that carries over into the now classic "Wolverine#50." I hope the issues that follow this one (Jim Lee's "Ghost Rider/X-men/Brood story" and Jim Lee's "Longshot" story) get published in a volume that Accompanies this one.
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Title: Essential X-Men Vol. 4 by Chris Claremont, John, Sr. Romita, Dave Cockrum ISBN: 0785107754 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Essential X-Men Vol. 1 RPT by Chris Claremont, Suzanne Gaffney, John Byrne, Gaffney Suzanne, Dave Cockrum ISBN: 0785102566 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Essential Uncanny X-Men by Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Alex Toth, Werner Roth ISBN: 0785109919 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: X-Men Visionaries by Jim Lee, Ann Nocenti, Chris Claremont ISBN: 0785109218 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $29.99 |
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Title: X-Tinction Agenda (X-Men)(STAR0364) by Chris Claremont, Jim Lee, Louise Simonson ISBN: 0871359227 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: November, 1992 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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