Judd Winick , Scott Lobdell. X-Men Chronicles 1. X-Men Chronicles 2. X-Man Annual 1. Stories Not Available. X-Man 1. Tales from the Age of Apocalyspse: By the Light 1. Ralph Macchio , Scott Lobdell.
Mark Powers , Jason Liebig. Tales from the Age of Apocalypse: Sinster Bloodlines 1. John Francis Moore , Brian K. Comicraft , Richard Starkings , Kolja Fuchs. Nick Napolitano , Steve Epting. Issues in this Collection.
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Lists containing this Book. Loading Related Books. But while the thread of a great story is there, I found the execution really off putting.
Everyone posed and declaimed and reacted all the time. Hardly anyone really wrestled with the little deeper level. There were too many frelling characters for me to keep track of. Thread of a good story, too weighed down with chuffa and sexy lamps. May 29, Gordon rated it it was ok Shelves: comic-book. Before you pick this up, I hope you read the reviews of the first book and decided to go with this one instead. That being said, even this book is far from perfect.
You're given the first two issues of the many story lines that contain the Age of Apocalypse and there are a lot. Each of these "individual" stories refer to one another constantly, making it seem as I'm having to go back and forth just to get the context of it all.
So, even after avoiding the first book, I feel as though one has to Before you pick this up, I hope you read the reviews of the first book and decided to go with this one instead. So, even after avoiding the first book, I feel as though one has to out right purchase books 2, 3 and 4 even to understand what's going on and I'm discouraged that these books will even make sense on their own without the use of other reference sources.
The familiar X-Men characters are not in their typical rolls, which is part of the confusion, along with their futuristic looks and forced 's dialogue. While I want to enjoy the Age of Apocalypse series, I feel that most of the motivation stems from me wanting to find out what happens rather than good storytelling fueling my interest. Feb 25, Alex E rated it really liked it. While the first volume is a lot of setup, this volume definitely gets the wheels moving towards the end game.
What I think really works well in this storyline is that even though it is a new setup with a new background, the core of who the characters are - are still there. Even Cyclops who is part of Apocalypse's elite team, has a nobleness that he cant escape - as we see in some issues in this volume. The familiarity of the characters anchor us while the world around them completely changes. It While the first volume is a lot of setup, this volume definitely gets the wheels moving towards the end game.
It's a great experiment in literary themes and the setting for those themes. We have a little bit of every title in this volume, and most go up to issue two like: Weapon X, Astonishing X-Men, Gambit and the X-ternals, etc We also get the "why" a team is doing something while another team is doing something else.
This is greatly helped by the very "Marvel" style of storytelling, where the titles are constantly referring to happenings occurring in other titles, giving the entire event the feeling of one cohesive whole. This isn't each creative team doing their own thing in a new setting, nope, this is everyone working together towards a goal.
And that goal is really to re-establish the status quo. I think this was a really enjoyable volume, and really goes into detail on just how bad things are and how much worse they can get. But like I said, it really just gets the wheels rolling and not too far unfortunately. Onto volume 3 where things ramp up considerably. Sep 15, Michael Church rated it it was ok. The only thing that saved this from being a single star was context. I realize it's from the 90's or whatever, so the style and the story and everything are very different from what I am used to, but good god this was painful.
I think the worst part is how LONG it all is. I get that there's a lot of content. I get the stage needs to be set and all that. The thing is, there's been hardly any setting of the stage. They repeat the same crappy lines about how terrible the world is in every one of th The only thing that saved this from being a single star was context. They repeat the same crappy lines about how terrible the world is in every one of the issues.
It's all just something that, you know what Apocalypse is like and what he is supposed to do, so accept that the world sucks. At the very least, the story got some traction this time around. Last volume was really just about who the characters are. This time, there are actual story lines being established. There still is backstory missing, though. It seems like they are more focused on repeating what this place is than who everyone is. They throw around names and code names and expect them to stick, but everything is juxtaposed.
Why are Northstar and Aurora evil? What's the real backstory for people like Angel on the fringe of the story? They just keep neglecting information it seems like.
Also, the dialogue is rough. It feels so forced and unnatural. The X-Men! Except it's not that impressive. No one is likable, all the feelings are stupid and forced and layered on top of empty action.
Which brings up the art. It's just so in your face and unfocused. Nothing looks like it has enough detail to really give it the focus it needs. None of the panels look like complete thoughts, if that makes sense. I don't know, I was very excited to dig into this "epic" which it really is, just not very satisfying and I hate to say I'm dreading the next two volumes.
It takes so long to get through them in addition to all of the content, there are just so many words. So much unnecessary narration and dialogue just pads what is already a pretty bloated story. Also, I'm pretty sure I see the deus ex coming and I'm not happy about it. I love most of its iterations, but it's basically a repeat of another story, just with slightly altered context.
No motivations, no one to care about, nothing human about anything, complex and repetitive story lines, bloated content, subpar art, and a number of other factors make this a pass.
If you don't feel a need to read this, you can totally avoid it. Jun 18, Brandt rated it really liked it Shelves: comic-books. I've been trudging though the kind of terrible Spider-Man "Clone Saga" and to be honest, I tend to be leery of these crossovers because they usually sound like good ideas, but their execution is usually shitty.
I did have issues with the previous volume, as the stories were presented in chronological story order and not in publication order, but the stories themselves were fine, and this volume gives context to those stories that make them more enjoyable. Essentially the "Age of Apocalypse" is a I've been trudging though the kind of terrible Spider-Man "Clone Saga" and to be honest, I tend to be leery of these crossovers because they usually sound like good ideas, but their execution is usually shitty.
Essentially the "Age of Apocalypse" is a alternate reality where Charles Xavier did not form the X-Men, allowing Apocalypse to turn Earth into his own personal hellscape. This volume is a setup and mostly fleshes out this reality. Heroes become villains and villains become heroes, but all of the motivations make sense and there aren't any head scratching moments to speak of. What makes this collection enjoyable is that the premise is simple and the X-Men creative teams execute it.
The execution isn't perfect, but it is good enough to make me want to continue and not complain about it, like with "the Clone Saga. View 1 comment. Oct 29, Nicole Westen rated it liked it Shelves: superheros , action-adventure , sci-fi , read-graphic-novels , dystopian. The 90's punk slang made me laugh. Although I'm pretty sure in another twenty years or so we'll be saying the same thing about things like 'Come at me bro'. Jul 28, Jane rated it liked it. The second of four books which make the complete Age of Apocalypse saga.
So far I have found this series has got progressively better and has covered a lot of ground in its pages. It would seem that despite the formidable Apocalypses hard rule he has traitors in his own forces you will have to read to find out who.
Magneto begins to lose his cool as a stranger from the future ruffles his feathers with tales of this other universe by which Xavier had not died and how much more balanced that place The second of four books which make the complete Age of Apocalypse saga. Magneto begins to lose his cool as a stranger from the future ruffles his feathers with tales of this other universe by which Xavier had not died and how much more balanced that place is. The Beast continues to perform his deranged genealogical experiments and Scott Summers watches over The Breeding Pens as his own brother plots against him but does Scott have designs of his own.
Weapon X and Jean Grey become affiliates of the Human High Council only to discover how close a war is descending upon them.
As the characters individual tales are told it is captivating to read their individual roles that are played all to achieve one goal… the annihilation of Apocalypse. Oct 15, Hannah Givens rated it really liked it Shelves: graphic-novel , superhero , sci-fi. This is getting good! I really admire the dedication involved in giving so much time and space to this event. Plus, whoever edited this collection managed to get into a good groove, where even though the issues aren't all one sequential story, you really get the feeling and the atmosphere of being on Apocalypse's Earth.
The original comic writers put together a compelling set of alternate characters, so I really do doubt along with them -- I KNOW the "real" universe is a better one, but I still This is getting good!
The original comic writers put together a compelling set of alternate characters, so I really do doubt along with them -- I KNOW the "real" universe is a better one, but I still regret the fact that this Magneto will be erased, and his son Charles will never have been born, and that all the deep relationships here will never have existed, like the awesome partnership between Wolverine and Jean, or Cyclops' slow realization that he's on the wrong side. Sep 13, Nick rated it liked it.
As such, it starts a bunch of stories that don't manage to progress very far because you're too busy jumping between teams and characters. This is not to say that it's bad, though. A number of the stories have potential. It just doesn't work g Vol. It just doesn't work great as a standalone collection.
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