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X-men: Misfits 1 [Paperback]

Raina Telgemeier , Dave Roman , Anzu
4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)

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August 11, 2009 X-Men (Book 1)
THE X-MEN GET A RADICAL NEW REMIX IN A STORY ABOUT TEEN ANGST, FIRST LOVE, AND WHAT IT’S LIKE TO BE ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN

High school student Kitty Pryde has always been the odd girl out. A mutant, she was born with strange superpowers, magical talents that make her the class freak. But Kitty’s world is changed when she’s invited to study at Professor Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters, a special home for mutant teens. There’s just one catch: Kitty’s the only girl at the all-boy school, and she ends up just feeling like a freak all over again.

Then Kitty meets Pyro and the ultra-hot bad boys of the Hellfire Club. They’re the school’s elite–handsome, rich, and totally above the rules. Now Kitty seems to have it all: a dreamy boyfriend, super-cool friends, and the chance to develop her extraordinary talents. But why is her heart telling her that something is wrong? Will Kitty ever find the place where she belongs, or is she doomed to be a misfit forever?

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X-Men is renowned for being one of the most girl-friendly super hero comics franchises, so a shojo (girl's) manga re-boot of the series is not that far-fetched. The conceit of seeing the X-Men redrawn as supercute boys, or in the case of Beast, redrawn as an adorable human-size badgerlike thing, works without a hitch. 15-year-old Kitty Pryde, who has the mutant ability to slip through walls, enrolls in Xaviar Academy, where she meets classic X-men characters, most still in their teen years. By some unexplained twist of fate that could only happen in shojo, Pryde is the only female student (Storm is a teacher). This makes the formerly insecure girl very popular with her peers, so much so that she is asked to join the Hellfire Club, which is hilariously reimagined as a parody of Ouran High School Host Club rather than a sinister organization of wealthy elites. Telgemeier and Roman deliver a delightful script that will appeal to old fans while being friendly toward new readers or fans of the X-Men films. The art by Anzu (TheReformed) is over-the-top shojo parody, with lots of screentone and flowers. (Aug.)
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Product Details

  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Del Rey; First edition (August 11, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 034550514X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0345505149
  • Product Dimensions: 0.7 x 5 x 7.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #440,196 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.3 out of 5 stars
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4.3 out of 5 stars
I really like the book and I have read it a bunch of times. M. Bayne  |  6 reviewers made a similar statement
I can't wait for the next volume! Amy M.  |  2 reviewers made a similar statement
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By Amy M.
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I'm a huge long-time fan of both X-Men and shojo manga, so I was extremely excited when I heard this book was coming out!

I knew from the recent Wolverine manga that it would be a reimagining, so I wanted to go into it and not dwell too much on thoughts like, "He wouldn't act like this!" or "This is so wrong!" But I didn't even have those thoughts when I read this one! It was remarkable how most of the characters seemed true to their mainstream selves to a point; the changes that were evident were still really interesting and not too out of left field. (I'm a bit worried that one classic couple won't end up together due to an age difference [?], but they're not together in the comics anymore, either. And then there's Kitty and her classic comic love... Not happening here! My jaw kind of dropped when I saw him in his new form...)

The art was beautiful, unlike a lot of OEL manga I've read. (Which usually have great stories but the manga art seems a little "off.") And the art inside matched the gorgeous cover!

Shojo fans who don't even know about the X-Men will like this and I think X-Men fans who are willing to read it with an open mind may like it, too. Like one of the authors said his sister kind of said, X-Men has always been full of "bishounen" to me--'bout time someone treated the story that way!

I can't wait for the next volume! I want to see what other X-Men are joining the school.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A Love Letter to Shojo + X-Men Fans September 27, 2009
Format:Paperback
A fresh take on the X-Men, mixing Xavier's School with Shojo manga (a la Ouran). Like a love letter to everyone who loves both.

We follow Kitty Pryde as the only current female student at Xavier's in her first months at the school. It's so fun to pick out each character in their new manga form (Beast is Totoro-like, Cyclops is still sanctimonious, except in teenage version, which means straight edge, ah, beautiful).
I can't wait for volume 2, I hear there will be more female students!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars I liked it a lot more than I thought I would August 13, 2009
Format:Paperback
the title says it all. As a girl, big x-men fan, and otaku I just could not say no. And I waited for so long with multiple publishing dates that were always changed. Anyway,I figured I'd have my fun laughing at it or maybe even hate it but as a manga it was very well written and the art was very VERY good. I rate it a four out of five all because of Marvel. Why do you create so many different realities Marvel?! Jean Grey is a teacher but Scott Summer's is a student? The robot colossus was on the line of good and bad, the sight of it turned me off but the laugh that followed allowed me to accept it. I wil buy the next volume for sure.
So if you're an x-men fan I suggest this manga. Even for guys who want a good laugh. And the powers/action is pretty good too. The shojo didn't overpower the manga which was good. I liked it a lot
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars A Little too Ouran High for Me December 23, 2009
Format:Paperback
Take the desperate plight of an emerging branch of the evolutionary path of Mankind and add in the Hana-Kimi/Ouran High School overtones of a girl in an all boy school and a club of "elite" students, and well--it's a strangely enjoyable (though trite and a frankly overtold sort of story) product to put in the hands of the next generation of X-Men fans. The art is very good and the take on the story is decent--but the mixing of the X-Men and shojo manga is just way too darn weird to me.

Though--you might take my dismay at finding Nightcrawler on no more than a handful of pages into consideration here as well.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good book! October 21, 2012
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This is a terrific YA Manga for ages 9-17 with a lot of humor and wonderful art. Dave and Raina really understand and can relate to being a kid/teenager very well.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Original and Amazing April 18, 2012
By V. Roe
Format:Paperback
X-men: Misfits is a new and interesting twist in the X-men. It was an amazing book that really featured mutants working together at the Xavier Acadamy, even Magneto. I'm extremely sad that there's only one book. I got really attached to the charaters in it, and I want to know what happens next!!!:( Oh well, it still gets 5 stars in my book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Surprising enjoyment May 31, 2011
By Jo-moe
Format:Paperback
Having grown up in one of the eras of the Marvel heroes I had a few miss-givings about reading this specific version of my favorites, the X-men. Getting it used for under five bucks was what got me to read it in the first place. I'll admit it does not follow any story of the x-men I've run into so far, and is from Kitty's point of view, but the art is on par with some of my favorite shojo, they got the mutant powers to look good, and left me on a cliff hanger.

If there's a second, I will buy and read it.
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Falling through walls. Teleportation. Transformation. Some powers that mutants have that humans don't. The main character in X-Men: Misfits is Kitty, a mutant who isn't used to her mutant power of going through walls, and goes to a special school for mutants to learn about it.

The chibi parts are funny and made me laugh (chibis are super-cartoony versions of the characters), and I like that there are so many chibi moments . Like when Kitty gets confused and gets those question marks over her head. Or when she has a funny, stunned chibi reaction when Beast, one of her teachers, roars in class. And later, a mutant name Quicksilver races Kitty across the school and that's funny because that's basically all chibis. And there are lots of funny little moments, like when Kitty sees fondue for the first time and wonders if it is like nacho cheese (they are equally good, Kitty, but way different things), or when Jamie Madrox multiplies himself to carry Kitty's bags and all his selves get in a fight.

Kitty gets all nervous around the boys. But then she gets to know them and she finds out that some of them are really nice. Especially in the case of Nightcrawler. Nightcrawler is a mutant with the power of teleportation, but I don't get why he has a metal tail and three clawed toes on each foot, and I'd like to learn why. Pyro, a fire-using mutant, will do anything to get a kiss out of Kitty, including yanking her out of class!

I don't really get why the humans are so scared of the mutants. Like, they're terrified that they're going to get some disease and become mutants too. Why? Because basically I think it would be cool to be a mutant. Magneto makes a point about why the humans are so scared, but I'd like to have more explanation.
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