I read X books at a core and I feel like there has been way too many X books out for awhile. Once there was a few too many alternate realities, it started getting dumb. Anyway, heres my .02 on all this mess.
1. Age of Apocalypse - Spinoff from Xforce storyline that was a good story. Not interesting enough to keep up with on its own.
2. All-New X-Men Im not sure if were talking about the same book, but if this is the "past meets the present" book, I was surprised how much I liked it. I still think bringing the original 5 is a recipe for disaster and a cheap route to bring Jean back, but im trying to keep an open mind about it. Hey 1960s calls and wants its characters back!
3. Astonishing X-Men - This bookwas kind of dumpy and I stopped buying it until Liu picked it up an started making it interesting. I love that she put karma in the spotlight and gave it a good mix of characters. I dont know if its on the chopping block, but as long as Liu is working with it, im on. Its very character driven which I love.
4. Cable and X-Force - Havent picked it up yet, but this and the Legion book were the only new X titles I was excited about and looked to be really new concepts. Cables a hottie, and I like seeing him with domino and colossus. Forge and Dr Nemesis are funky adds, but Im guessing you need tech if you are going to be doing hi tech black ops.
5. Deadpool - This guy has like 10 books and has been majorly overexposed since the late 90s. I could care less about anything with him in it. Ive actually shyed away from anything hes in until I started enjoying him in X-force. I always felt he was gimmicky and overplayed, but am opening up to him on a team. Still not down for his solos though.
6. Gambit -Love the series, love the art.The story is kind of cheeseball, but Im glad to see gambit getting some story time that isn't a soap opera with rogue constantly breaking up and getting back together like high schoolers.
7. Savage Wolverine - Same boat as deadpool. Hes already in every possible book, so why buy the solo? I like where wolverine is going with the school and becoming a legacy of professor x's dream, but again hes a character that is majorly overexposed.
8. Ultimate Comics: X-Men - My friend picks these up and gives them to me. Its more modernized alternate timeline of the core Xmen roster we know today. The writing is good and I can see that it appeals to people who dont want to keep up with the 10 books of the 616, but this book is really unnecessary for anyone that reads 616. I can see the appeal, but its not really my bag.
9. Uncanny X-Force - Ive got a wierd love/hate relationship with this book. I dont understand where its going for a month or two and want to drop it, then later am blown away by it. Its definetly the darker/adult book of all the X books right now. As much as I want to hate on it for using overexposed and big gun characters for attention, it delivers solid on its story lines.
10. Uncanny X-Men - Disagreed with it getting restarted and running the long running prior volume, this book has mainly featured scott's exitinction team storyline. I still consider it to be the par for the course book. its got its highs and lows, tells the essential story all the other books are working off of for the storylines that connect.
11. Wolverine - See number 7.
12. Wolverine and the X-Men - Thought the idea was bad at first after Schism and how bad generation hope failed, but gave it a chance because anything had to be better than generation hope. The book reads like old school gen-X which I dont really care for. Its too soft, and doesn't really hold much of my interest. I know I say it all the time, but I really miss the Kyle and Yost New-Xmen era. It was new kids, gritty and you never knew what was going to happen next. I like Quentin Quire and some of the other kids but putting the new xmen and gen hope kids in limbo kind of sucked. Hopefully with storm on board it will bend to being what legacy was when rouge was doing mini stories with the students. That concept was great!
13. X-Factor - Im giving this book a chance because it has a very small but loyal die hard fan base from everything I read on the forums. Right now the team has been in transition for months and I cant really tell where its going. Ill hang out for a few more months, but I hope it gets better. The characters are interesting enough, but its kind of like an indy movie. More about the characters than the overall storyline.
14. X-Men Legacy - Honestly my favorite book and was sad to see it go. This book managed to spotlight characters that needed some development while only getting into crossovers when it needed to. It has great blend, balance and could stand on its own. RIP legacy!
15. X-Treme X-Men - If you told me Dazzler was going to be leading her own team, I would have been on board without question. However making it Exiles dimensions hopping flavored and using alternate universe characters was a dealbreaker for me. I wish it the best of luck, but will prob wait till I see it in the .99 cent bin to go back and read it.
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