X-Men #1 and 2

[mitchcrane]

Firstly, welcome brand new X-title ;D.

I was eager to check this title out because it feels like the most traditional X-title. Its based at the X-mansion, it has Wolverine, Storm and Xavier and it seems like their goal it focused solely on mutant superheroic issues, rather than managing students, black ops of public affairs.

I love how this team doesn't feel too "fanboy" ie it doesn't have a line up of characters you would see in an actual X-men comic. Not that I'm bagging out the other fan fic titles. Hell I have an X-title with the likes of Typhoid Mary, Juggernaut and Pyro . You balance out the X-veterans with some lower grade, but equally popular characters like Blink and Domino.

I was happy to see the return of Holocaust, along with some stuff finally happening with Sekmet. I'm curious to see when she became pregnant with Apocalypse's baby. I guess he hasn't been dead for long in MA. Holocaust come across as a bit of a follower in this, but on the plus side he came across as pretty powerful, which is something that sometimes got neglected in the comics.

I'm hopeful that Blink was selected to become of of Apocalypse's heirs because she's a descendant of Apocalypse (in the comics at least) and I'm curiopus to see what comes of the pair when they leave the sarcophagi

[brentlambert]

Jul 5, 2011 0:04:00 GMT -5 mitchcrane said:

Firstly, welcome brand new X-title ;D.

I was eager to check this title out because it feels like the most traditional X-title. Its based at the X-mansion, it has Wolverine, Storm and Xavier and it seems like their goal it focused solely on mutant superheroic issues, rather than managing students, black ops of public affairs.

I love how this team doesn't feel too "fanboy" ie it doesn't have a line up of characters you would see in an actual X-men comic. Not that I'm bagging out the other fan fic titles. Hell I have an X-title with the likes of Typhoid Mary, Juggernaut and Pyro . You balance out the X-veterans with some lower grade, but equally popular characters like Blink and Domino.

I was happy to see the return of Holocaust, along with some stuff finally happening with Sekmet. I'm curious to see when she became pregnant with Apocalypse's baby. I guess he hasn't been dead for long in MA. Holocaust come across as a bit of a follower in this, but on the plus side he came across as pretty powerful, which is something that sometimes got neglected in the comics.

I'm hopeful that Blink was selected to become of of Apocalypse's heirs because she's a descendant of Apocalypse (in the comics at least) and I'm curiopus to see what comes of the pair when they leave the sarcophagi

Thanks for the review Mitch (one for Dark X-Men is coming soon). The X-Men squad will have a lot of focus on superheroics as I want this to be the high adventure title. But there will be a couple of students in the mix. Just not as heavily as UXM as will be explained in coming issues. I can't take all the credit for the roster as it was a joint effort between Tony and myself. So if you like the squad he is owed some thanks too.

Yea one thing that has always bugged me is that Holocaust should be a major villian in terms of power and ferocity. In my mind, he's the kind of guy who can take on whole teams. But he hasn't really been portrayed like that since his early days. I intend to rectify that most definately.

There are quite a few reasons why Sekhmet saw Blink as a potential recruit. Same for Storm

[robert99]

The small thing that bugs the hell out of me s the Emma Frost/ Charles Xavier relationship. I'm a big Emma fan and read most of her appearances. I just don't see these two together. Hell I could buy the Cyclops relationship better than this.

[brentlambert]

Aug 23, 2011 17:44:12 GMT -5 robert99 said:

The small thing that bugs the hell out of me s the Emma Frost/ Charles Xavier relationship. I'm a big Emma fan and read most of her appearances. I just don't see these two together. Hell I could buy the Cyclops relationship better than this.

Well, I've never been a man afraid of putting in the work to explain something. So you will get a sound explanation as to how Charles and Emma ended up being together. Is their relationship perfect? Not by any means, but there are threads of commonality that bind them and I think once extrapolated it will make more sense.

At least I hope lol.