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Title: X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga by Chris Claremont, John Byrne, Terry Austin ISBN: 0-7851-1147-6 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: August, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.6 (40 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An X-Men Pinnacle
Comment: It is up to each X fan to decide if subsequent events have diluted the power of the Dark Phoenix saga, but it is still the one story that everyone who really wants to know the X-Men must be familiar with.
Seemingly by a miracle, Jean Grey's life was recently saved by psychic melding with an elemental force called the Phoenix. Unfortunately, a price soon becomes apparent. At first in small ways, it starts to become obvious that the Phoenix has started to change Jean, wheather for good or ill not immediately apparent. As the obscene Hellfire Club - which makes Magneto look like a boy scout - tries to find a way to make use of Jean, it slowly becomes evident that the power of the Phoenix is becoming beyond her control. This time, not even her teammates - not even Scott - may be able to save her.
This story is still powerful, and younger readers should be aware that, at the time, it sent shockwaves through the comic reading world because nothing like the tragic resolution had ever been done before. It was grim indeed.
There is, however, a light at the end of the tunnel. As the remaining X-Men grieve, a young girl hesitantly arrives at Xavier's to begin schooling - a girl who had a peripheral involvement in the Phoenix events. She's Kitty Pryde, who will eventually become the love of Colossus' life, like a foster daughter to Storm and like a little sister to Nightcrawler.
Newer fans will be surprised in particular by the beginning of Kurt and Kitty's friendship. "I don't think the little Fraulein likes me", Kurt notes to himself during the calm before the storm. The matter is dropped in the whirlwind of events, but it will come back to haunt them both. The truth is that Kitty, in spite of her best efforts to hide it, WAS a bit frightened by Kurt for quite some time. It would take alot of mental conditioning on her part and patience and sensitivity on his before she became his fiercely adoring Katzchen.
Rating: 5
Summary: The epitome of an X-Men saga
Comment: This is a great introduction book for any reader who has just started getting into the X-Men. A tale of love and disaster, this tragic story was what brought the X-Men to the forefront of the comics industry. Simple enough for a first grader to understand, yet, as an adult if you look beyond the action you get the deep sense of what true power can mean in the wrong hands. Newer readers, who have read the recent X-books, will be able to understand the convoluted mess that is the character Jean Grey's life, by checking out how she weilds evil as the Black Queen and as Dark Phoenix. You will also see Dazzler and Kitty Pryde in their debut appearances. Also the last chapter, "Elegy", gives a condensed version of the X-men's origin, which will enlighten any newer reader. This book should have been the basis of the X-Men movie due out in summer of 2000. Fantastic reading
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the most important comic stories of all time
Comment: The Dark Phoenix saga has too much backstory to really mention in a review. Both the history of the character of Jean Grey and the writer/artists conflicts with the then editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics isn't found anywhere in this book (and believe me, it adds a lot to the tale) but the co-plotters Chris Claremont and John Byrne (assisted by Terry Austin on inks and a huge acknowledgement to the overlooked Tom Orzechowski and his lettering) have written such an engaging tale that you can jump in anywhere and enjoy the story. The best thing is that they were not consciously setting out to write a "saga" and therefore, they weren't pressured to create something that would sell in the trade paperbacks twenty years on. It's just far and away a story with a punch: a gut wrenching finale and some of the most beautiful artwork of the era.
This latest edition of the trade spruces up the artwork (no more dot matrix colors) and includes (for the first time) the much needed cover gallery, which was absent from previous printings. The art and story have hold up so well that almost a quarter of a century later it still stands as one of the best comic stories of all time.
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Title: X-Men: From the Ashes by Chris Claremont, Paul Smith, Bob Wiacek, John S. Romita, Walter Simonson ISBN: 0871356155 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: March, 1991 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: X-Men: Phoenix Rising by Roger Stern, Bob Layton, John Byme, John Buscema, Jackson Gulce ISBN: 0785107118 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: May, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: X-Tinction Agenda (X-Men)(STAR0364) by Chris Claremont, Louise Simonson, Rob Liefeld ISBN: 0871359227 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: November, 1992 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: X-Cutioner's Song: Featuring the X-Men, X-Factor and X-Force by Scott Lobdell, Peter David, Fabian Niceza, Fabian Nicieza, Kelly Corvese, Bob Harras ISBN: 0785100253 Publisher: Marvel Books Pub. Date: May, 1994 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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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 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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