As the X-Men embark on their inaugural world tour, they must confront some unsettling truths about their mentor, Professor Charles Xavier. Before founding his school for young mutants, Xavier abandoned his only son, David, a mutant with uncontrollable reality-warping abilities. Now, David has returned, looking to exact revenge on the father who left him - and he's willing to eradicate anyone who stands in his way. Will the X-Men be forced to kill Xavier's son to end his threat against the world? Following the tragedies of their world tour, the X-Men seek the calming protection of Xavier's school - but their suspicions of his methods only increase. Xavier's mental blocks on student Jean Grey's psychic abilities continue to crumble, and she grows increasingly unstable - plagued by visions of a world engulfed in the flames of a fiery phoenix. When the X-Men finally meet Xavier's mysterious financial backers, Jean's hallucinations become reality as the otherworldly Phoenix takes possession of the teenage telepath. Also included in this volume is a bonus tale of Gambit, a Cajun street hustler who must use his mutant gifts to protect a homeless boy in great danger. Collects Ultimate X-Men #13-20.
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Along with Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Millar has been one of the key writers for Marvel Comics in the 21st century. After proving himself in the '90s as a talent to watch while writing for DC Comics and the UK comic 2000AD, his arrival to Marvel came at a time when Ultimate Spider-Man had just shot up the sales charts. It was in this environment that Millar made his first major contribution to Marvel with Ultimate X-Men, as Millar integrated forty years' worth of X-Men history, characters and lore into a solid two-year run, making the companion title to Ultimate Spider-Man every bit the creative and commercial success. Next up was The Ultimates, a new rendering of the Avengers that was to continue building on the success of the Ultimate line. He and artist Bryan Hitch pulled it all off in spades: The Ultimates and its sequel, Ultimates 2, were ensconced at the top of the sales charts every month; what's more, they were critical successes, as well. Meanwhile, Millar was invited to enter the regular Marvel Universe to take a stab at two of its most iconic characters: Spider-Man and Wolverine. Paired with industry heavyweights to draw his stories -- Terry Dodson on Marvel Knights Spider-Man and John Romita Jr. on Wolverine -- Millar brought the same fast-paced and cleverly constructed plots with which his Ultimate fans were already familiar. Amid building a small library of Millarworld indie comic books -- including the titles Chosen and Wanted, the latter of which was turned into a Hollywood blockbuster starring Angelina Jolie -- he managed to write Civil War, the epic seven-issue miniseries that definitively reshaped the landscape of Marvel's heroes. Kick-A**, a Marvel Icon project done in tandem with John Romita Jr., made an impressive impact on the sales chart before also being adapted for a major motion picture. In addition, Millar has reunited with Civil War artist Steve McNiven in both the pages of Wolverine and their creator-owned book Nemesis.
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By sgun73 "Steve" (Carmel, IN) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Ultimate X-Men: Ultimate Collection, Vol. 2 (Bk. 2) (Paperback)
This was as great as the first trade paperback and picks up where the first one left off with more action and excitement. Continues to deliver excellent art and sharp crisp writing.
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Good - except for the bonus Gambit story!,
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This review is from: Ultimate X-Men: Ultimate Collection, Vol. 2 (Bk. 2) (Paperback)
Another largely excellent Ultimate X-Men trade paperback, collecting the twelve issues in the 2nd year of Mark Millar's take on Marvel's premier mutant team and also featuring a bonus story by Chuck Austen featuring X-Men fave Gambit. The first story arc, `World Tour' has the X-Men up against Xavier's teenage son Legion, who has uncontrollable reality-warping powers and is angry at Xavier for leaving him and his mother - Moira MacTaggert - some years before to set up the X-Men. Legion is a very dangerous and unstable mutant, who does not hesitate to kill and whose aim is to destroy everything that Xavier and his dream stands for - a plan which involves wiping out several of the world's major cities. Will Xavier's X-Men be prepared to use lethal force to stop the insane Legion, in defiance of Xavier's pacifist ideals? In the second story arc, `Hellfire & Brimstone', Xavier and his X-Men prepare to meet the wealthy and mysterious benefactors who have been funding Xavier's school. These benefactors are revealed to be an organization calling themselves The Hellfire Club, and they have a special interest in teenage X-Men telepath Jean Grey, who has been having severe psychotic hallucinations and visions of a fiery Phoenix engulfing the world in flames... Finally we have a bonus tale featuring Cajun street hustler Gambit, using his special gift of being able to charge physical objects with kinetic energy to protect a young homeless girl from gangsters who would harm her.
Comments: I found this to be another largely excellent Ultimate X-Men trade paperback. The first story arc delves into the skeletons in Xavier's closet, as we are introduced to the son and wife he left - or some might say abandoned - in order to found the X-Men, and see the present day consequences of those past actions. The second story arc introduces the classic Phoenix character to the Ultimate universe, with the expectant death and destruction. There are also a number of interesting subplots, such as love rivals Cyclops and Wolverine coming to blows - and almost more - over Jean Grey and Beast inadvertently revealing to The Brotherhood the truth about Magneto's `death' (see `The Tomorrow People'). These two story arcs have excellent artwork from artists including X-Men veteran Andy Kubert, original Generation X title penciller Chris Bachalo and Kaare Andrews (who has a different and distinctive style). However, Chuck Austen's bonus Gambit story is a let-down, with a weak story and poor artwork from artist Esad Ribic, so I feel would have been better not included. Nonetheless, it is only a bonus story, so this trade paperback still elicits 4 stars.
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This review is from: Ultimate X-Men: Ultimate Collection, Vol. 2 (Bk. 2) (Paperback)
Absolute X-Men is probably the best x-man series I've found. The double volume paperback make it very affordable to own them.
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