Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men, Vol. 5 Arnold Drake Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men, Vol. 5

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Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men, Vol. 5 Arnold Drake Collects Uncanny X-Men (1963) #43-53, (1963) #53, Ka-Zar (1970) #2-3, Marvel Tales #30.

Get ready for a crash course in X-MEN, students! Lesson #1: It ain't easy being a mutant. No sooner has their mentor, Professor X, died than Magneto and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants show up! Only a study in teamwork with the Avengers can help our grieving heroes make the grade. Lesson #2: Think twice before inviting family over. A friendly house call from the Juggernaut or Polaris, daughter of Magneto, isn't an appealing off-campus adventure! Lesson #3: Battling enemies including Mesmero, Blastaar, Red Raven, Warlock and Computo may cause cramps. Be sure to stretch before jumping into this pool! And for extra credit, pull an all-nighter with the origins of Iceman and , and a rare Angel solo story!

Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men, Vol. 5 Details

Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men, Vol. 5 (Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men #5)

304 pages , Published December 19th 2012 by Marvel (first published January 1st 2005)

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Download and Read Free Online Marvel Masterworks: The X-Men, Vol. 5 Arnold Drake Christine says

I needed to read a book with a title that started with "x" for my alphabet book challenge. I just saw the latest X-Men movie and the idea came to me to read one of the masterwork volumes of X-Men. It was ok, a bit campy for sure. I especially liked reading the backstory of the Beast and Angel. I have to admit that I like the movies better than the comic books. I know, heresy to the true fan, lol.

Christopher Rush says

(I only read the X-Men issues separately, not the other issues included in this oop collection.) This really shows why the series was cancelled after another year or so - the quality just was not there. Certainly some exceptions exist in this group, thanks solely to the art of Jim Steranko for a couple of issues, and the introduction of Lorna Dane is a great idea, but it's an idea that doesn't go anywhere here. Instead, this run is full of ideas that seemed good at the time but ultimately failed: it picks up with the funeral of Xavier, and the letters pages at the time are adamant in the complete, irreversible nature of Xavier's death (obviously we know how that turned out); this is followed up with the break-up of the team, by the FBI of all people, as if they have some sort of jurisdiction over the team. This is typical of the issues here: potentially fine ideas hampered by illogicalities, inanities, and failed execution. Had the X-Men volunteered to split up, giving the creative team a chance to highlight different characters in a short series, that could have been great - instead, it contradicts decisions already made, goes nowhere, and provides some of the worst stories in the history of the X-Men. Magneto is brought back, supposedly killed off, and brought back again a couple issues later, with a henchman, Mesmero, we've never seen before but is apparently Magneto's life-long acolyte. Juggernaut is brought back for what almost was a confrontation of Marko's human side and the loss of his step-brother, but this, too, goes nowhere, and the issue devolves into a meaningless battle and an inane deus ex machina ending. This run suffers from a lack of continuity, coming most likely from the great turnover in writers, artists, and decision makers. We see again a fight with the Avengers begun for no reason and ending simply because the issue has run out of panels. It does have some nice moments, oddly enough from Toad, but they are overshadowed by the general shoddy work. Jim Steranko's work does a good deal to stave off ennui with the series, though once his contributions end, the series immediately plummets to slipshod work again, as if no one was paying attention to the possibilities of quality work. The last X-Men issue features a humdrum battle with Blastaar (who spends most of the issue facing away from the audience) and some of the worst treatment of Jean in the entire series (with Bobby even joking they never should have allowed women to start voting). The series is sadly and definitely on its last legs here in its initial run.

Mike Clooney says

The title of the Masterworks series can be misleading sometimes - I doubt you'll find many people who would use that word to describe any of the stories in this volume. In 1968, contrary to its status today as a perennial blockbuster hit, X-MEN was one of the red-headed step-children of the Marvel line. Always a poor seller, editor passed the Merry Mutants around to out-of-work comics veterans who were scrounging at Marvel for any gig they could get (Doom Patrol and Deadman creator Arnold Drake, who wrote most of these issues) or green-as-grass newcomers needing an audition platform (the first very shaky comics work of future legend Barry Windsor-Smith is seen here in issue 53).

Although I always make allowances for the era, these stories aren't a good read even by Silver Age standards, especially when you consider some of the enduring Marvel classics that were being published contemporaneously. Longtime DC writer Drake shows little familiarity with the characters (oddball never- before-seen super-powers frequently pop up) and the series jarringly changes direction more than once, ignoring or not resolving some of its own major plot points. Longtime X-Men penciller Werner Roth, always solid though workmanlike and unspectacular, contributes most of the art in this volume. The artistic highlights, however, are the few issues drawn by the legendary Jim Steranko - his issues are notable for introducing Lorna Dane/Polaris and the Steranko-designed "classic" X-Men logo which would endure for decades - and even then, it's far less than Steranko's best work.

For completists and comics history buffs only; Not recommended for casual reading.

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