Customer Reviews

X-Men Visionaries: Joe Madureira

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First of all, before you decide you want to buy this book, you should know that it is what the title suggests - a showcase for Joe Madureira's artistic talents. This is the main reason I gave this title four stars, as it is meant as a showcase for Joe Mad's art, and his art is really good. So, even though Scott Lobdell writes pretty ok stories, you won't be buying this trade paperback for that, as the issues here aren't even consecutive, and hence, it is kind of difficult to appreciate whatever story Lobdell is telling. (For the record, this TPB collects Uncanny X-Men #325, 326, 329, 330, 341, 342, 343.)

While they sensibly avoided including the Onslaught-related issues in this collection, they could have stuck to the more "standalone" issues, like 331 (a White Queen & Iceman story) or 338 (Archangel gets back his old feathered wings), and included 328 (Sabretooth nearly eviscerates Psylocke) to complement 329 and 330. The Phalanx/Shi'ar arc that spanned issues 341-344 should have been avoided completely, as the concluding issue 344 was pencilled by Melvin Rubi and thus could not have been included in this collection. This only serves to frustrate the reader, who's left wondering how the storyline will end after finishing 343.

One of the reviewers below asked why Joe Mad's last issue, 350 wasn't included. The reason, I believe, is that that particular issue, whilst containing Madureira's last pencilling work on Uncanny X-Men, also features Andy Smith on pencilling duty. Joe Mad's last full work on Uncanny was issue 348. I guess having the cover of 350 for the cover of this book is the best we can get.

Also, another reviewer mentioned that he owned a couple of Madureira-pencilled issues that weren't featured here. Well, Madureira has done Uncanny X-Men for around 4 years. Surely one can't expect every single issue he's done to be collected here.

Overall, get this if you just wanna appreciate Joe Madureira's much-acclaimed Manga-inspired artistic talents. If you want to read a good story AND enjoy Joe Mad's work at the same time, I suggest The Astonishing X-Men (Series 1) TPB, but that's only a small part of a major storyline, so you might wanna check out his post-X-Men work in Battle Chasers instead, but I have no idea what's happened to that series right now.

The art of joe madureira is cool but ,the printing of this collection is really bad, the color is dull, the 'black' is not black enough, it's much more obvious when compare with magazine form, which's color is much more brilliant.

Joe Mad's run on the Uncanny X-Men is collected here, but I own at least two issues of Uncanny that did not see print in this trade. The art is fantastic, and the characters seem larger than life, but I felt that the story lines were stale. Also, this isn't a collection of a story arc, merely a collection of selected issues of his stint. As a result, there is no real coherence to the stories and reading each chapter feels like starting over almost. If you really like Joe Mad's artwork, then by all means purchase this trade, but if you would like to also read a continuous story also, I suggest Joe Mad's "Battle Chasers: A Gathering of Heroes."

Joe Mad in my opinion, is one of the best pencilers to ever work under the Uncanny X-Men comics. His style is [was] fresh that left many trying to imitate, but most failed at their attempts. I would say the only reason worth buying this for is the art work, and nothing else. The strories are somewhat sloppily put together and is sorta stale. Even then, the printing isn't on par with the likes of the Jim Lee tradeback, but it comes out in the wash, though.

Either way, you'll enjoy this eye-candy Marvel has set out to give to us.

This has some great art and some great stories. The issues where Wolverine and Archangel team up are really cool. They are really hard to find in comic stores and they introduce some really important Psylocke Continuity. I would buy this volume if you like great art and cool characters on a mission to save their friend. This volume is cool because it has a good Wolverine/Archangel story but it is also cool because it has a great Gambit/Sabretooth story. Buy this comic if you love the X-men! I would have given this book five stars if it didn't have such a weak cover. The cover fell of the volume I was reading while I was still in the store. This isn't for the fan that sells his graphic novels later in life. This is just for people that don't really care what condition their books are in.

I'm a big fan of Joe Mad! He's art is very eye catching and appealing. So when this book arrived today ahead of schedule I was quite happy. I had went to bed and unable to sleep I picked it up and began to read. I already own all but the last two books in this collection so I started readying at the second to last. I did flip through to notice duller colors than in my original books but that's okay with me. As I ready holding the book in the normal manner suddenly I noticed in my hands the book had crumbled. I inspected the cover to find that it was no longer attached. The sections it appeared are sewn and then the groups are glued together. The glue gave way not after frequent use but through my first read! If there is a hard cover edition buy that instead! Otherwise be prepared with plenty of superglue! I hate to give a Joe Madureira collection only three stars but the fact that the book near instantly crumbled makes it so.

This was a great graphic novel. Joe Madureira is the greatest comic artist that ever lived, but I have one problem with this book: where is his final issue, Uncanny #350? After all, how can u have a collected edition, if u don't have the final issue?

Now that book is awesome.. joe art work at his prime when he was with x men.. MY GRIPE , is with the book's printing. This book will come apart from the cover at the spine. anddddd pages will fall out. As soon as you open the book you can hear the crackling of the glue and how the pages seemed to be tightly pressed together as if no one should ever open this book at more then a 45 degree angle :(
Maybe in the future marvel will re-release this collect with avid readers in mind who like to fully open up their graphic novels/collected works and not just finger through a few pages and then let the book gain dust on the shelf.

If you love good stories and GREAT art, this book is a must! In my opinion Joe Madureira is one of the best X-artists of all time! I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!!!