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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN num: 9780785127635
ISBN number: 0785127631
Label: Marvel Comics
Manufacturer: Marvel Comics
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 544
Printing Date: December 26, 2007
Publishing house: Marvel Comics
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Studio: Marvel Comics
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The X-Men are dead to the world, and evildoers a-plenty are willing to make the hoax a reality! See the debuts of characters and concepts that sculpted the struggles and souls of the mightiest mutants for years to come - including the Reavers, Genosha and the Conover Crusade! The Brood barge in and the Marauders mix it up, topped off with a dose of demons who whip up an awe-inspiring Inferno! Guest-starring Magik and the Goblin Queen and introducing Jubilee! Collecting Uncanny X-Men #229-245, Annual #12-13 & X-Factor 36-39.
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This reviewer has purchased hundreds of X-men titles. Generally, Essentials 1, 2, and 3 are fantastic books and they are well worth their money. Essential #8 is now the weakest of the lot.
The X-men were all killed off at the end of Essential #7 but quickly brought back so the world believes they are dead. Since this fact does not effect the stories at this point you wonder what the bother was.
The problem with Essential #8 is the art. It's terrible. In Essentials #1,2,3, and the rest the artwort ranges from fantastic to good. Indeed, it could be argued that some of the artwork in #2 was just as good as some of (expensive) modern artwork found in the latest issues of X-men. But Essential #8 has some of the weakest artwork ever seen in the X-series of comics.
I don't mind either Dazzler or Longshot in the comics. Dazzler's powers have been changed since her introduction in early subsequent generation X-men. She used to be not much more than a walking disco light show. Now Dazzler has a laser that she can shoot. Longshot is interesting and not as bad as once figured. Longshot and Dazzler replaced Kitty Pryde; I don't know if it was a good trade.
Storm is restored to her wind rider glory that was taken from her after the 1st Brood encounter. That's nice. What's better is she does not quite return to her pre-Brood super sweet ways.
Mr. Sinister and the Goblin Queen emerge as the main opponents of the X-men in this issue. The artwork isn't fair to any of the characters, sorry but the flag ship of Marvel should be treated better. I can't disagree with the writing. It ties up some holes in the lives of the X-men, solves the problem of the duplicate of Jean Grey, and gives more background on Scott Summers, AKA Cyclops.
The Reavers and some of the other villians seem a little interchangable. There are no Shi'ar nor grand schemes. What is also a little strange about Essential #8 is the X-men don't really go any where.
Honestly, I would have only given this comic magazine 2.5 stars. I buy one of these books once a year. So, I have hopes that #9 is better than #8.
If you're an X-fan then you'll get this regardless of the review. If you're a casual comic fan then you'll want to pass.
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Definitely my least favorite of the Essential X-Men series. Chris Claremont is writing and the majority of the pencils here are by Marc Silvestri, so there is quality talent at work here, but the influx of new and not so new characters is fairly uneventful.
The villains for the very first half of the book are The Reavers, and The Brood with references to the Marauders and it's just kind of a blah, blah, blah, paint by numbers, kind of affair, with the antagonists seemingly interchangeable. This is my main complaint with the book. The mystical, Australian Aborigine, Gateway is a prominent character in these stories and his presence is welcome and notable.
The second half of the book is dedicated the The Inferno story line and it is decent, but it just doesn't live up to the hype they tried to make these major cross over "events" appear to be.
Furthermore, the mutants Dazzler and Longshot are the WORST characters in X-Men history and they are prominent members of the team at this point.
I guess this is worth reading if you want to keep up with X-Men continuity, but I sold this back after one reading with little hesitation.
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X-Men Essentials vol. 8 contains nearly 2 dozen X-books at a low price, this is a must have for any X-fan. But, like all Essentials the comics are all in grey and white, hence the low price. This collection covers the time during the mid to late 80's when the X-Men were believed dead, hiding out in the Outback trying to fight the good fight. It also contains one of the major X-overs of the 80's...Inferno, but it has the X-Men and the X-Factor issues of Inferno but none of the New Mutants. Which isn't a big deal since I own the actual inferno book.
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This came in on time and was in perfect condition, I could not put it down.
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A fine entry in the Marvel Essentials, with the mutant team in some of their weirdest adventures. Can you do any better than the Goblin Queen storyline?!
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