New X-Men, Vol. 2 [Paperback]

Grant Morrison (Author), John Paul Leon (Illustrator), Igor Kordey (Illustrator), Phil Jimenez (Illustrator), Ethan Van Sciver (Illustrator), Keron Grant (Illustrator), Frank Quitely (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 27, 2008

Sixteen million mutants dead - and that was just the beginning! In one bold stroke, writer Grant Morrison (All-Star Superman, Batman) propelled the X-Men into the 21st century, masterminding a challenging new direction for Marvel's mutant heroes that began with the destruction of Genosha and never let up. Regarded as the most innovative thinker of the current comic-book renaissance, Morrison proceeded to turn the mutant-hero genre on its ear. Gone were the gaudy spandex costumes - replaced by slick, black leather and an attitude to match. Now, his entire Eisner Award-nominated run on New X-Men is collected across three titanic trade paperbacks! Collects New X-Men #127-141.

Product Details

• Paperback: 360 pages
• Publisher: Marvel (August 27, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 078513252X
• ISBN-13: 978-0785132523
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 0.5 x 10.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #295,186 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars New X-Men Vol.2 Hardcover Edition : Reprints Nos. 127-141!, December 13, 2003

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Eduardo Nolazco (Lima, Peru) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: New X-Men, Vol. 2 (Hardcover)

Grant Morrison's New X-Men is constantly surprising me. It makes good twists in the stories. There's only one thing I don't like: the face of some characters changes too much from one number to another (check Wolverine or Emma Frost). There are diferent pencilers so there's nothing to do about it.

Note: Amazon said it includes the stories found in New X-Men book 3 (New worlds) & book 4 (Riot at Xavier's) and some behind the scenes (drawings). It also includes some stories from the book 5 (Assault on weapon plus) because it REPRINTS Nos. 127-141!

It doesn't include the New X-Men Anual 2002. New X-Men Vol.1 Hardcover edition does include the New X-Men Anual 2001

Don't get confused with the links to paperback edition. The paper cover is the same from the paperback edition of volume 3 (the one with wolverine and one claw)

I love the hardcover edition because if you need something to show in your bookshelf, you can remove the paper cover and you get a nice black book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The X-Men take their new mission global, September 27, 2008

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Will Carper - See all my reviews

This review is from: New X-Men, Vol. 2 (Paperback)

Grant Morrison's revolutionary take on the X-Men continues here. Fresh from his encounter with Cassandra Nova, Prof. X decides to take his mutant vision global. With Jean Grey in tow, Xavier tours France, Great Britain, India, and the ruins of Genosha, visiting each of his brand new high-tech X-Corp locations. X-Corp, a global corporation devoted to protecting mutants and advancing mutant rights worldwide, is probably the freshest idea to hit the X-books in some time. With all of his money and resources, it's about time Xavier started to spread the wealth.

After facing down the evil Weapon Plus Program's latest mutant killing machine and burying one of their own, the X-Men must face a threat at home in the form of a band of rebellious mutant students of the Xavier Institute called the Omega Gang. Morrison deftly uses the Omega Gang to show how Xavier's dream of human-mutant co-existence needs to be adapted for the younger generation.

It is in this volume that Morrison begins the controversial psychic affair between Cyclops, the leader of the X-Men, and Emma Frost, a former villain and a skilled seductress. Feeling inadequate ever since he was possessed by the evil spirit of Apocalypse, Cyclops feels he cannot share his darker feelings with Jean and turns to the arms of Emma Frost, who just wants to play a little with stoic Scott Summers.

Certainly controversial, undenibaly revolutionary, Morrison's New X-Men never disappoints.

5.0 out of 5 stars Morrison the Magnificent, February 18, 2012

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Bismarck - See all my reviews

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This review is from: New X-Men, Vol. 2 (Paperback)

Morrison's run on Xmen is fantastic. He understands and appreciates many of the characters and fleshes out their personalities well. The only character that Morrison might have researched a tad more is Beast. In the first volume, Beast is not nearly the fuzzy blue intellectual brimming with witicisms that we all know and love. Morrison does, however, correct this by the later issues. At first, New Xmen with Morrison is a bit of a slow start, but following the storyline through to the end, you see that it was well worth it. Intricate plot lines are followed through to their logical conclusions if you read the entirety of Morrison's run. A necessary read for lovers of Whedon's "Astonishing Xmen", as many of the plot devices referred to there (such as Cassandra Nova; Emma's secondary mutation) start here. Worth reading through to the end.