The Neal Adams Collection (X-Men Visionaries) [Paperback]

Roy Thomas (Author), Tom Palmer (Illustrator), Neal Adams (Illustrator)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Marvel Entertainment Group (July 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0785101985
• ISBN-13: 978-0785101987
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 6.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #816,332 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great work, insane reprint., February 7, 2002

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Christopher Schumacher (Chicago, Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Neal Adams Collection (X-Men Visionaries) (Paperback)

The Thomas/Adams era of X-Men is mostly forgotten: everyone seems to remember the original X-Men as being complete failures. This book actually shows that the original X-Men could be interesting characters; these were the books that Claremont, Cockrum and Byrne were flipping through during their early days to get the feel of the series. However, it should be noted that the editorial decision to not include any issues -not- penciled by Neal Adams is a bit insane. Because of this we come in half-way through the (first!) Havok storyline, and the first appearence of Sunfire is left out, as is the famous fight with the Hulk, which was also their last issue. Hopefully some day we will see these in reprinted form, as the originals are almost impossible to get.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 2nd print of tpb a minor improvement, April 1, 2003

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Mark Twain "Sam" (Lavtaria) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Neal Adams Collection (X-Men Visionaries) (Paperback)

The 2nd print is very close, but no cigar. After the computer coloring hack job of the first print, Marvel redid some of the issues, as there were originally printed 30 years ago. Unfortunately, there are still some pages, here and there, that still have this bad coloring work. On top of it, I now see some colored pages from the 80's special edition reprints making it an inconsistent mess.
Hopefully by the time Marvel releases the 3rd print, ALL of the coloring for this collection will be brought back to its former glory.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars More color complaints, February 5, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: The Neal Adams Collection (X-Men Visionaries) (Paperback)

Seriously, what were they thinking when they gave the coloring job on this the green light? For those who love great artwork in comics, this short run by Neal Adams on X-Men in the late 60's is really one of the highlights. So why would Marvel treat it so poorly? One reviewer mentioned the previous print job as being worse but I disagree. This is a mess; costumes change color from page to page, some pages are flat, saturated color while others are dot printed (which looks far worse on high grade paper than on newsprint!). I also hope they give this a third, improved printing. For those of you who can't wait, the great artwork is still there, it's just buried under an inept rush-job. Personally, I would've prefered the thing in b&w.