The Uncanny X-Men [Mass Market Paperback]

Chris Claremont (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 15, 1990

A black-and-white graphic novel of an X-Men adventure in mass-market format. Reissue.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Torkids (November 15, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0812510216
• ISBN-13: 978-0812510218
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,493,910 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Chris Claremont is best known for his work on Marvel Comics' The Uncanny X-Men, during which time it was the bestselling comic in the Western Hemisphere; he has sold more than 100 million comic books to date. Recent projects include the dark fantasy novel Dragon Moon and Sovereign SevenTM, a comic book series published by DC Comics. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.George Lucas is the founder of Lucasfilm Ltd., one of the world's leading entertainment companies. He created the Star Wars and Indiana Jones film series. Among his story credits are THX 1138, American Graffiti, and the Star Wars and Indiana Jones films. He lives in Marin County, California.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pocket Sized X-Men, May 15, 2004

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Kelly Langston-Smith (Atomic City, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Uncanny X-Men (Mass Market Paperback)

This book is a black and white X-Men reprint volume in pocketbook format. The 3 comics presented have been chopped up so that there are 2 to 4 panels per page. The reprint quality is decent and the story flows fine, even with the material broken down into a smaller format. The cover is a little misleading (as are many comic covers) in that it depicts a scene from the Phoenix Saga, when the comics inside have nothing to do with that story. The stories included are: Uncanny X-Men #110 by Chris Claremont and Tony DeZuniga and Uncanny X-Men #123 and 124 by Chris Claremont, John Byrne and Terry Austin. The last two stories are part of the classic Claremont/Byrne run and feature the X-Men being captured by Arcade who deposits them in Murderworld from which they must escape or die. Spider-Man makes a quick appearance as well. I find it interesting that Uncanny #110 was reprinted here as it was a fill in issue in the original series and the Classic X-Men re-print series skipped it altogether. It isn't a very good story featuring a goofy villian named Warhawk in his only appearance trying to break into X-Mansion to kill the X-Men. The thing that makes this issue unique (and a bit of a continuity buster) is that back in the early days of the "New X-Men," Claremont has said that Wolverine's claws were never meant to be part of his body. On the next to last panel of this issue, Logan is clearly wearing some sort of wrist gauntlet from which the claws are emerging. The subsequent issues of the monthly comic quickly determined that the claws were, in fact, part of Wolvie's body, but here in this fill-in issue, somebody goofed and it is the only place he is shown as having external claws. Thus endeth the comic book geek lesson.

2 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Chris Claremont's Work Rules, May 13, 2001

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Kay A Hollender - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Uncanny X-Men (Mass Market Paperback)

I think almost anything this guy writes is golden. Very good writer. Made the Pheniox Saga come alive, and has showed us many tales of the x-men.