La saga di Fenice Nera. X-Men

Epic moment in The X-Men’s history! This TPB edition collects the issues #129-137 of “Uncanny X-Men”. Creative Team: Writer & Co-Plotter: Chris Claremont Illustrator & Co-Plotter: John Byrne NEW FRIENDS & OLD ALLIES During this saga, Dark Phoenix , the X-Men meet new friends along with the return o Leggi tutto

i have decided that "the x-men" is actually short for "the exposition men". i mean, i know this is a collection of several comic books strung together to make one big fat story,and in order to refresh readers' minds as to what happened a month ago or whatever, it is sometimes necessary to throw in l Leggi tutto

Yay! Now I can officially say that I've read X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga ! Wheee! Quintessential is a word I've seen a lot in relation to this story. Yeah. I can see that. This was a pretty major story arc for the X-Men. You know, Jean Grey...Krrrrk *slashes finger across throat*. Gripping is anoth Leggi tutto

The purpose of the X-men was completely subverted in this. It was so cool. Their actions are genuine and heroic, but their foes have also manipulated the world into thinking that they are the good guys too. They’ve hidden themselves rather cleverly in their crime, so when the X-men attempt to bring Leggi tutto

Midway through reading this classic Claremont tale, I understood its significance to the X-Men mythology instantly, and I also wondered if it had some kind of impact on the role of the female superheroine in comics back then and today. That's because I consider Jean Grey in this story to be a very e Leggi tutto

This is one of the greatest comic book story arcs ever told. It has early, rough around the back-hair Wolverine. It has Cyclops at his leadership best. It has Colossus and Nightcrawler and Storm -- the Russian, the German and the African woman -- at their eighties expectation-blowing pomp. It has the Leggi tutto