From the frozen Canadian wilderness to the Shi'ar Galaxy, witness behind-the-scenes tales from an earlier X-Men era! See through the psionic sight of a super-villain! Secrets of Magneto, Banshee, Colossus, Storm, Wolverine and more revealed! It's subplot central from Marvel's magnificent mutant maven! Collects the backup stories from Classic X-Men #14-25.
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Short stories, big results,
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This review is from: Astonishing X-Men: Vignettes, Vol. 2 (Paperback)
X-Men Vinaigrettes vol. 2 collects the short back up stories from Classic X-Men #14-25. These are stories drawn by John Bolton- a wonderful, masterful artist- and written by none other than Chris Claremont himself. They're stories that couldn't be told before due to page limits, or the fact they're personal stories while X-Men thrives on action.
The first story is Lilandra's side of her mind meeting with Xavier, and how it affected her. It also gives a bit of back story before she flees to earth to meet Xavier and the X-Men. Next is Corsair's story of meeting the Starjammers, but more than that, it's a tale of what happened after Scott and Alex jumped from the burning plane. It's a cool, insightful, well told story and one of my favorites in this collection. How Banshee met Maeve Rourke and how Tom Cassidy lost her is the next tale. Perfect reading for Siren fans. There are 3 different Phoenix stories, proving Claremont loves the character he was forced to kill. One involves Mesmero using his powers to turn Jean against the X-Men (I know, how could his powers trump hers? Phoenix was still learning how to use her power at this point). Another is a vacation to Greece story which lays the foundation for becoming the Black Queen. Finally, is a very cute story in which Banshee, Wolverine, and Nightcrawler help Phoenix regain her humanity. Magneto's story of love gained and lost provides a pivotal turning point for his hatred of humanity. Two stories feature storm. In one she battles her inner demons and the undead while on vacation, and in the other she's given a chance to become a warrior princess in a galaxy far, far away. Both Colossus and Nightcrawler have solo stories in which they get to play the hero to beautiful young maidens. Lastly, Wolverine wraps it all up with a story of what makes an animal and what makes a man. These might be quiet stories, but they're well done and a treasure for anyone who is an X-Men fan. Highly Recommended.
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i love this book,
This review is from: Astonishing X-Men: Vignettes, Vol. 2 (Paperback)
i agree with the reviewer below that the stories in this book are quiet, but wonderful. I wish Marvel would buy a clue and continue producing this series of trades and reprint the rest of the back-up stories from the classic X-Men series. A third volume of Vignettes would be easy as there are only 18 more stories to reprint.
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