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X-Men: Age of Apocalypse Omnibus
by Jeph Loeb, Larry Hama, Howard Mackie, Mark Waid, Warren Ellis, Scott Lobdell, Ian Churchill, Fabian Nicieza
This is a huge event, one that isn't for everyone. But if you like a lot of world building and what-if moments, this book is one of the best I read IMO.
Now this is like 8 titles going on at once. Amazing X-Men, Astonishing X-Men, Factor X, WEAPON X and more. And basically each title gives focus to different mutants/groups that all lead back to one big storyline by the end. This isn't a quickly paced title as most of the first issues of each series are letting characters breath and get used to their new look/viewpoints.
The entire Omnibus actually begins with Legions Quest. You know David, Xavier's son? Well he didn't get enough love in his life, and blames Magneto of all people. So he goes back in time, when Magneto and Xavier were best buddies, and decides to try and kill him. However, Xavier jumps in-between, and this leads to his death which creates the alternate universe of Age of Apocalypse.
Fractions are broken up different here. You are either with Apocalypse, basically running this world into the ground and owning people or Magneto and the X-Men trying to fight back. Magneto is on the verge of losing and sends his people out on different missions which is why we lead into so many different comic storylines.
And this is where some people might not be fully invested. The main core storyline takes a backseat to let the world build it's characters. So many pieces of shit, such as Sabertooth, become bonafide heroes in such interesting ways. Characters not much talked about like Blink become heroes you wouldn't expect to. Things change, people change, all based on events.
I will say I think the weapon X stuff is the worst of the bunch. The worst written for sure, nothing was very exciting or fun to read. I really couldn't wait to get past these chapters, and luckily there were only 4 of them but still, 100 pages of nonsense hurts it overall a bit. I also think some of the next generation art is REALLY hard to see at times. And just in general it can get messy with how much is going on, both writing and art style wise.
But honestly I was pretty hooked the whole time. Moments that really shocked me with Nightcrawler, or Colossus. Things going ways I never expected with some nasty kills. The ending having a shocking confrontation that kind of cemented Magneto as a badass. And while some of the art is over the top 90s galore there's some art that is outstanding at times.
So worth checking out for the name and history alone. A event that I had very little expectations for and was kind of blown away how fun it was to read. I think this is also a very re-readable event that'll I'll come back to.
A 4 out of 5.
Now this is like 8 titles going on at once. Amazing X-Men, Astonishing X-Men, Factor X, WEAPON X and more. And basically each title gives focus to different mutants/groups that all lead back to one big storyline by the end. This isn't a quickly paced title as most of the first issues of each series are letting characters breath and get used to their new look/viewpoints.
The entire Omnibus actually begins with Legions Quest. You know David, Xavier's son? Well he didn't get enough love in his life, and blames Magneto of all people. So he goes back in time, when Magneto and Xavier were best buddies, and decides to try and kill him. However, Xavier jumps in-between, and this leads to his death which creates the alternate universe of Age of Apocalypse.
Fractions are broken up different here. You are either with Apocalypse, basically running this world into the ground and owning people or Magneto and the X-Men trying to fight back. Magneto is on the verge of losing and sends his people out on different missions which is why we lead into so many different comic storylines.
And this is where some people might not be fully invested. The main core storyline takes a backseat to let the world build it's characters. So many pieces of shit, such as Sabertooth, become bonafide heroes in such interesting ways. Characters not much talked about like Blink become heroes you wouldn't expect to. Things change, people change, all based on events.
I will say I think the weapon X stuff is the worst of the bunch. The worst written for sure, nothing was very exciting or fun to read. I really couldn't wait to get past these chapters, and luckily there were only 4 of them but still, 100 pages of nonsense hurts it overall a bit. I also think some of the next generation art is REALLY hard to see at times. And just in general it can get messy with how much is going on, both writing and art style wise.
But honestly I was pretty hooked the whole time. Moments that really shocked me with Nightcrawler, or Colossus. Things going ways I never expected with some nasty kills. The ending having a shocking confrontation that kind of cemented Magneto as a badass. And while some of the art is over the top 90s galore there's some art that is outstanding at times.
So worth checking out for the name and history alone. A event that I had very little expectations for and was kind of blown away how fun it was to read. I think this is also a very re-readable event that'll I'll come back to.
A 4 out of 5.