I think modern readers without a taste for the older stuff would like this better than the original material. In this book, Hickman uses his own characters to ask those same questions, and it feels like a nod to the reader. Hickman and a slew of artists do tremendous work here, thoroughly re-booting the X-Men as a franchise in a way this long-term fan feels no one else really ever has. There was a general sense of alienation to Hickman’s writing, which led many to have “are the xmen the bad guys now” takes, and I don’t think Yu’s stiff figures and sometimes creepy faces really helped that.

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I thought this list was to include all hardcovers, so anything with a "hard" cover should make the cut. The volume ended with Cyclops, who had become increasingly hardline during Gillen's run, in prison for his actions during that storyline. I think this issue was made to start off the individual issues for different characters/teams so I really only got bits of story but the Children of the Vault arc is completed and it was great. Each era breaks down the primary X-Men narrative (usually contained in Uncanny X-Men) into digestible chunks divided by major storylines like “The Dark Phoenix Saga” and “Avengers vs.I’ve tried to examine the X-Men’s entire history one story at a time – so you can read without switching comics mid-story.

X-Men Omnibus Vol. 1 (Uncanny X-Men (1963-2011 Uncanny X-Men Omnibus Vol. 1 (Uncanny X-Men (1963-2011

Hickman's unique style of storytelling can be confusing for new readers, though added info pages are helpful. debuted November 14, 2018, with the weekly 10-part "X-Men: Disassembled" arc and follows on from the events of the Extermination miniseries.I know that wasn't written by Jonathan Hickman, but it does come up in this series, and early on at that! I am constantly updating these eras with notes from my own re-reading as well as improvements from commenters and patrons!

Uncanny X-Men Omnibus Vol. 5, The (The Uncanny X-Men Omnibus)

Jonathan Hickman's contribution to the X-Men, however, will go down as one of my favorite comic runs of all time. The tie-ins with the brood story was good, then the different one-shots which looked at Nightcrawler, magneto seems to be setting up some stuff but its still a good one time read and sort of shows how content these characters have become and I love that, the stuff with Storm was interesting and they could have done more to explore like what really it was that infected her and why and so there's a missed opportunity there!As Apocalypse's plans come to fruition, many X-Men, as well as the members of the Twelve, come together to battle him, even as he warps reality. It was in this battle that Magneto and the Brotherhood were reduced to infancy by Alpha, the Ultimate Mutant. pages (scripted and executed by Marvel’s A-list talent: Lee, Ditko, and Kirby) brimming with evil alien invaders, rampaging giant monsters, and the creation of Marvel’s greatest and most influential superhero — Spider-man!