First Look: AGE OF APOCALYPSE #1

@ithinkitwasyou said:

one of my favorite things about the X-Men in the age of apocalypse was that the dynamic of leadership and the teams had been flipped on it's head. I liked that Wolverine wasn't an X-Men anymore. I liked that Sabertooth kind of took his place. I liked Morphs comic relief. I Liked Storm and Quicksilver being the equivalent to Scott and Jean as team leaders, and power couples. I liked Storm's look with the short more millitant hair style. All of this has been lost washed away. If they wanted to create yet another alternate reality with completely different characters, I wish they would have done that as opposed ruining one of my favorite story lines by modernizing it. so much of the dynamic that I loved in the AoA originally seems to have been lost in all of the revisits thus far.

The problem with creating new characters is that the fans won't buy into them.So creative teams are forced to recycle the same tired characters ad nauseum.That is probably why, thinking they had created a closed storyline,the original writers killed off so many characters in the original AOA.This concept wasn't supposed to come back,but here it is anyway.Did somebody say X-Men vs. Watchmen?

@LordRequiem said:

To me, at least, the artwork looks a wee bit messy.

I think you're right here. Some of the art is hard to follow but I understand the need to give it an edgy look.This might be a little too edgy.

This looks like absolute shite. On every level. Meh.

i've been tossing and turning about whether to get this or not.

@Thunderscream said:

@Mutant God said:

is that Azazel in the 2nd picture next to logan

I think it might be Namor

@Thunderscream: Na he has a tail if you look closely. More likely Azazel

I was debating whether or not to pick this up, I am having to drop a few books due to not having the money to pay for everything that's released, and this just doesn't grab my attention enough to buy it.

gon to gave it a read liked the aoa so why not

On the edge about whether or not I'm trade-waiting/waiting for it to go to Marvel's digital catalog or buying monthly.

@ComicMan24 said:

Looks great. Can't wait to read it.

Is that bullseye in the red? :o

This was already a must buy for me, but the art has me even more stoked.

The art REALLY drew me into this. Don't know if I have the $$$ to get it now...but I might very well in the future as a trade.

Yes! i was psyched before and now seeing this art im sold!!! AoA is very interesting and the part it played in uncanny x-force was awesome so i cant wait to pick up from there.

Not interested in this book, but am interested in seeing this artists future work.

@thanobomb1124 said:

@Namor1987

@nappystr8 X-Terminated would do & @ThePrez roster for X-Terminated is Horror Show (Graydon Creed the big guy in the mask), Good Night (Donald Pierce the guy in the all black domino mask), Fiend (Francesca Trask the girl in the purple outfit tech looking outfit), Deadeye (Rismans daughter she has the hood cloak & sniper rifle) & lastly Prophet (William Stryker the guy in the hooded ninja gear).

Whos the guy in all red. 3rd pic?

Probably a new character

@ithinkitwasyou said:

one of my favorite things about the X-Men in the age of apocalypse was that the dynamic of leadership and the teams had been flipped on it's head. I liked that Wolverine wasn't an X-Men anymore. I liked that Sabertooth kind of took his place. I liked Morphs comic relief. I Liked Storm and Quicksilver being the equivalent to Scott and Jean as team leaders, and power couples. I liked Storm's look with the short more millitant hair style. All of this has been lost washed away. If they wanted to create yet another alternate reality with completely different characters, I wish they would have done that as opposed ruining one of my favorite story lines by modernizing it. so much of the dynamic that I loved in the AoA originally seems to have been lost in all of the revisits thus far.

Well said. I pretty much have zero interest in this, (despite the fact I love Uncanny X-force so I've been prepped for the new AoA).

Never heard of these creators, are they any good?

@Shadow_Thief:

Well now that you've suggested it, YES, as thousand times yes.

Am I the only one that thinks Sabretooth looks exactly like Akuma from the street fighter series?

hopefully the stories are good

I'll give it a shot. Looks interesting.

@ReVamp said:

@sinful said:

Yum Yum...gotta get me some

@nappystr8 X-Terminated would do & @ThePrez roster for X-Terminated is Horror Show (Graydon Creed the big guy in the mask), Good Night (Donald Pierce the guy in the all black domino mask), Fiend (Francesca Trask the girl in the purple outfit tech looking outfit), Deadeye (Rismans daughter she has the hood cloak & sniper rifle) & lastly Prophet (William Stryker the guy in the hooded ninja gear).

why?!?!!? WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

I don't think Jean Grey's costume is plausible, much less functional.

I love Age of Apocalypse, but having a cover like that (Jean's costume) gets into that area where I would be embarrassed if some non-comics reader saw me with that.

O looks whose back .

The Art looks awesome.

Damn, no love for AoA Creed. That's alright, I'm more interested in Prophet anyway :P

To me, at least, the artwork looks a wee bit messy.

@nappystr8 X-Terminated would do & @ThePrez roster for X-Terminated is Horror Show (Graydon Creed the big guy in the mask), Good Night (Donald Pierce the guy in the all black domino mask), Fiend (Francesca Trask the girl in the purple outfit tech looking outfit), Deadeye (Rismans daughter she has the hood cloak & sniper rifle) & lastly Prophet (William Stryker the guy in the hooded ninja gear).

@Mutant God said:

is that Azazel in the 2nd picture next to logan

I think it might be Namor

This series doesn't look bad, but why even call it AoA? Apocalypse has been out of the picture for awhile in that universe and just about every character which distinguished that series has been killed off or transplanted to the 616. Even if it is the AoA universe, using that name just seems like a slap in the face to fans of that series. Call it X-Men: Human Rebellion, or X-Force: Otherworlds or something.

one of my favorite things about the X-Men in the age of apocalypse was that the dynamic of leadership and the teams had been flipped on it's head. I liked that Wolverine wasn't an X-Men anymore. I liked that Sabertooth kind of took his place. I liked Morphs comic relief. I Liked Storm and Quicksilver being the equivalent to Scott and Jean as team leaders, and power couples. I liked Storm's look with the short more millitant hair style. All of this has been lost washed away. If they wanted to create yet another alternate reality with completely different characters, I wish they would have done that as opposed ruining one of my favorite story lines by modernizing it. so much of the dynamic that I loved in the AoA originally seems to have been lost in all of the revisits thus far.

All I can say is De La Torre can draw.

On an only slightly unrelated note, am I the only one who, upon hearing mention of the AoA, immediately gets a version of The Age of Aquarius with "Aquarius" replaced by "Apocalypse" stuck in their head?

Seriously, somebody needs to make that video.

whos the roster in this AoA

Definitely going to pick this up.

Pretty psyched; the original AoA arc was one of my all-time favorites, growing up.

is that Azazel in the 2nd picture next to logan

Has a great style, this should be a good read, especially spinning out of Uncanny X-Force.

@inferiorego said:

this looks pretty cool!

@sinful said:

Yum Yum...gotta get me some

Looks great. Can't wait to read it.

Looks amazing. Can't wait to read it.

this looks pretty cool!

Great balls of fire (can't say what I was thinking because this site is Pg) but I love the artwork it sets the tone for a very dark & gritty series.

Eh... if Sabretooth and Jean are still :depowered" I'll think about it!!! They already killed basically all the AoA X-Men so what's the point! These new characters are alright (I mean really haven't read them yet, but that Prophet guy was cool!)

Yum Yum...gotta get me some