This issue features “The World’s Greatest Lettering by: Artie Simek”. In my last review, I stated that apparently Magneto was being held back by the BoEM…and on page 2 of this issue, he says it himself. Damn, I’m good.
Magneto
X-Men #017 The X-Men…Grey’s Anatomy Edition
I wasn’t very clear until the second page of this issue, but this seems to be a continuation of the fallout after the three Sentinels books. Not even into the second page and Professor X had already mentally controlled the mind of a high ranking human.
X-Men #011 Magneto Takes a Sabbatical
I started to get my hopes up to early it seems. The first couple of issues were not good, then it seemed to get a little better, and then the last couple of issues destroyed my hopes again. Damn you Stan…I know I had heard that you’re writing was not good, and that you got by on your family connections and an admittedly good business sense, but really? This is just awful.
Homo-sapien: 0
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X-Men #007 The Graduation Evacuation
In the six previous books, there has apparently been enough time passed for the X-Men to fully go through prep school AND their specialized mutant power training. Ridiculous. I really wish they hadn’t just skipped forward for no apparent reason. The just lost the ability to let us watch them grow. Now, if you’re reading All-New X-Men in 2012/2013 then this little skip in time is perfect, because the X-Men from the 1960’s are pulled into 2012 by Beast. Not sure that all of those dates are accurate, with comic book time and all.
Homo-sapien: 4
Homo-superior: 1
X-Men #006 Fancy Pants Fish Man
So Quicksilver is finally in his blue suit(but only for the cover), Jean Grey has a mask that lets her hair out and the Prince of Atlantis is being an asshole… again, but this time to the X-Men instead of the FF.
Homo-sapien: 1
Homo-superior: 2 Continue reading
The Comic Stretch 