Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN num: 9780871357397
ISBN number: 0871357399
Label: Marvel Entertainment Group
Manufacturer: Marvel Entertainment Group
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 160
Printing Date: 1992-01
Publishing house: Marvel Entertainment Group
Age index: Young Adult
Sale Popularity Level: 351560
Studio: Marvel Entertainment Group
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A sequel of sorts to the visionary X-Men: Days of Future Past storyline, Days of Future Present was a crossover that ran through the X-Titles and Fantastic Four Annuals in the summer of 1990. The story kicks off when an adult Franklin Richards (son of the Fantastic Four's Reed and Sue Richards) comes back in time to when he was a small child (the present day) to try and prevent some of the horrible events described in Days of Future Past from coming to pass. His misguided attempts bring him into conflict with the Fantastic Four, New Mutants, X-Factor and the X-Men, and in the process we get a glimpse of the future's New Mutants team (led by a much older Banshee) as well as the unique relationship between Franklin and Rachel Summers (who at the time was the incarnation of the Phoenix). As if that weren't enough, the mutant-hunting Master of the Hounds Ahab is hot on Franklin's trail.
The writing chores on this crossover are shared between longtime X-Men scribe (and Days of Future Past author) Chris Claremont and Walter and Louise Simonson. For the most part, they carry off this convoluted time travel story without a hitch. All three tend to write dialogue that no real person would ever say, and give each character paragraph-length thought balloons, but hey, that was what the X-titles in the 80's were all about.
The art in this volume is hit and miss. The Fantastic Four Annual was drawn by Jackson Guice, whose run on Iron Man was one of my favorites. His work here is solid as always. The New Mutants Annual (or at least the majority of it) was drawn by Terry Shoemaker, who is always consistent and never exciting. The X-Factor chapter is the collection's low point. Jon Bodganove was one of the worst artists to work on that title, and his pencils are just awful to look at. Fortunately the book's closing chapter - the Uncanny X-Men Annual - was illustrated by none other than Art Adams, one of the best X-Men artists of the 80's. His unique style and attention to detail are impeccable, and send the story out with a bang.
While not as compelling as the original Days of Future Past saga, Days of Future Present is an entertaining story with plenty of interesting twists that serious X-Men fans should enjoy. I wouldn't call it essential by any means, but it definitely has its moments.
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One of the more complicated marvel stories around. In a nutshell: A grown up Franklin (Sue & Reed's kid) comes back in time from the future to the "present." He doesn't recognize the present as the present and rearranges things (and reality) to something closer to what he remembers. This brings in past AND future versians of the FF, the X-men, and various other X-groups. As if this isn't complicated enough already, Franklin is... well... sick. Baby Franklin is unconscoius and the adult has something seroiusly wrong with him. And all of this is before Rachel's (Scott & Jean's possible future child from an alternate reality) past shows up... Have fun!
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One of the more complicated marvel stories around. In a nutshell: A grown up Franklin (Sue & Reed's kid) comes back in time from the future to the "present." He doesn't recognize the present as the present and rearranges things (and reality) to something closer to what he remembers. This brings in past AND future versians of the FF, the X-men, and various other X-groups. As if this isn't complicated enough already, Franklin is... well... sick. Baby Franklin is unconscoius and the adult has something seroiusly wrong with him. And all of this is before Rachel's (Scott & Jean's possible future child from an alternate reality) past shows up... Have fun!
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