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5.0 out of 5 stars
X-Tremely interesting new direction, August 20, 2007
This review is from: X-Men: Supernovas (Hardcover)
The X-Men seem to have been drifting along without a rudder, recycling familiar plots, Phoenix again and again, something about the stepford cuccoos or something but they've missed their mark, even the potentially interesting M-Day event didn't culminate into something greater then a really good idea. Now we have this series, I think that it's made great leaps forward, by inviting characters from all different places within the X-Men world to form a team led by Rogue. By not reusing Cyclops, Wolverine, Storm etc. but by focusing on some surprising characters such as Omega Sentinel and Lady Mastermind we're given the chance to experience the X-Men as they were originally concieved as a world in and of itself the continually evolves and adapts to dramatic changes in the world around the characters.
Also the artwork is top-notch in this series an interesting choice that nonetheless works for the series.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An excellent collection and a great primer for Messiah Complex, May 17, 2010
I picked up Supernovas on the recommendation of a clerk at my local comic shop, and I wasn't sure what to expect. It turned out to be one of the better X-men stories I've read. This was one of those books where I got halfway done and felt like I had already gotten my money's worth. Maybe it was because I've read so much with Cyclops, Emma, and Wolverine that it was a nice change up to see Rogue, Mystique, Iceman, and some really interesting B characters take center stage. The relationship between Rogue and Mystique is well written, providing some melodrama to compliment all the action. There are several villains in Supernovas including the introduction of the fairly unconventional Children of the Vault. The Children of the Vault are an interesting creation, though I didn't quite follow the explanation for their existence. The art in Supernovas is pretty good, but it can be hard to follow the action in some of the busier panels.
As a final note, I read Messiah Complex a while back and this really filled in some gaps for me. I'd recommend getting this before MC.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
A-List Creators Work With a B-List Cast of Characters, February 13, 2008
This review is from: X-Men: Supernovas (Hardcover)
"Supernovas," collecting "X-Men" #188-199 and the 2007 Annual, marks the beginning of Mike Carey's run on "X-Men." He takes what's left of the X-Men after Ed Brubaker took half of them into space in "Uncanny X-Men" and Joss Whedon ran off with the other half in "Astonishing X-Men," and does the best that he can with the pieces. So that means that there's very little Cyclops, Wolverine, Emma Frost, Professor X, etc. here. Not that you'll miss them, as Carey gets to play with Sabretooth, Mastermind, Iceman, Mystique, and, most importantly, Cable, setting up the next big X-Men event, "Messiah CompleX."
Both the first and the second story arcs here are reminiscient of Grant Morrison's "New X-Men" from a few years back, even down to the inclusion of a Cassandra Nova-like psychic parasite. When Chris Bachalo's illustrating the title, the book is fun and stylish. While Humberto Ramos is a good artist in his own right, his cartoonish style contrasts unfavorably with Mike Carey's darker take on the X-Men mythos.
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