Present Based On Books New X-Men, Volume 6: Planet X (New X-Men (2001) #6)
| Title | : | New X-Men, Volume 6: Planet X (New X-Men (2001) #6) |
| Author | : | Grant Morrison |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Trade |
| Pages | : | Pages: 136 pages |
| Published | : | April 1st 2004 by Marvel (first published February 18th 2004) |
| Categories | : | Sequential Art. Comics. Graphic Novels. Superheroes. Marvel. X Men. Comic Book. Fiction |
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Paperback | Pages: 136 pages Rating: 3.86 | 1726 Users | 55 Reviews
Narration Conducive To Books New X-Men, Volume 6: Planet X (New X-Men (2001) #6)
Umm, what? 2.5 stars rounded up.Here's a bunch of interrogative sentences:
Is it just me or is Magneto totally off in this volume? (view spoiler)[And he was secretly Xorn all along? Just to teach the special class and recruit the outcast mutants to his new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants? (hide spoiler)] DUDE, what?! Morrison had this planned all along? This is terrible! You take away my favorite new X-Men (or is it, X-Man?), say he never existed, and then ruin Magneto?
Morrison... I would have words with thee.
*taps shoulder* *whisperwhisperwhisper*
Oh wait, I forgot that this is 13 years old. Nevermind!
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| Original Title: | New X-Men, Volume 6: Planet X |
| ISBN: | 0785112014 (ISBN13: 9780785112013) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | New X-Men (2001) #6, Coleccionable New X-Men #7 |
Rating Based On Books New X-Men, Volume 6: Planet X (New X-Men (2001) #6)
Ratings: 3.86 From 1726 Users | 55 ReviewsColumn Based On Books New X-Men, Volume 6: Planet X (New X-Men (2001) #6)
Note: the new Volume 6 is the old Volume 5. Two stories here: The Murder of Emma Frost and Assault on Weapon Plus.The murder story just shows how ridiculous death has become in superhero universes. You know, from the first panel, that she's not going to stay dead, and in the end she comes back to life in time to identify her murderer. I get what Morrison was trying to do, playing up the inter-generational conflict theme he started in the previous volume, but the entire thing just seems undulyMagneto is back, and all those threads in previous volumes come together for a big fallout. This is surprisingly good, all the xmen are in real danger. Not many character moments but the plot is good enough without them.
Mm. Don't know how I feel about this. What I liked about this series is it essentially starts with Magneto having won. In death he stood as undeniable proof that he was right, that humans would wipe out all of mutantkind if they could, and they did, with 16 million dead at Genosha. In his absence, in his martyrdom, in his victory, it left Xavier with no one to externalise the conflicts of the mutant issue and led to a more introverted examination of the various hypocrisies/contradictions of his
So, I liked it okay. It was fast paced and full of action. I read this already knowing Xorn was Magneto because I got spoiled online somewhere (new to comic books, so bound to happen on a 10+ year old book). But I just didn't feel it. Xorn felt like a real character and now it was made so he wasn't all the cool stuff they said he was. That felt bad, even already knowing it. Also I read Magneto's Testament the other day and it is hard to believe that someone who went through all that would say
We knew it was coming...Grant Morrison gives us a battle of epic proportions against their oldest and greatest foe... Magneto.This volume was great in that it encompassed one big story: "Planet X". My original inkling before even reading this volume was that it would be huge, and it was. It seems that (Volume 2 of this series) "Imperial" and this volume: "Planet X" were the stories that Morrison had been waiting to tell. Both were fantastic and really got down to some earth-shattering plot
I don't like that Magneto is huffing performance enhancing drugs, as the dude's strong enough without him - other than that, I liked this brutal, earth-shattering story-line with the "final" showdown between Xavier's dream and Magneto's nightmare. Of course, the second Morrison left the book Marvel hit the reset button and unkilled Magneto, cheapening Jean's "final"(?) death and the drama of loosing their olderst villian, but that's not Morrison's fault.
Love it or hate it (I loved it), it's a huge twist coming since the beginning. Huge stakes, huge consequences.
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