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It's not even always easy to tell which characters are which.Also there were several frames where the action was confusing. What was his agenda. The overall plot was well thought out, and I enjoyed reading the Summit notes at the end of the trade paperback. I loved seeing the members of the different teams working together, and crossing over into different books. How did they recover so quickly. I gave the story 3 stars because I will read it again. Some negatives: Art:I echo some other thoughts I read in reviews about the "manga" style art in some of the books. For instance when Rogue wakes up, gets up immediately and somehow gains an understanding of what has happened since she's been out from three semi-incoherent sentences by Mystique.
Other examples: The short arguments between Xavier and Cyclops, for that matter, most of the story as it pertained to Xavier, and how the X-Men escaped the Mauraders toward the beginning.Other plot holes: If the purifier soldiers with guns can kill several of the X-Men with a few shots, how were they completely ineffective until the one soldier was overlooked toward the end of the battle when he shot Caliban. While I read a lot of Marvel titles, I haven't kept up as well as I apparently need to in order to know all the characters in this crossover. For instance it looked like Predator X ate Bishop, or at least chewed his arms off. That was hard for me to believe. There were so many sides pulling at the same thing, and you only had a good idea of the agenda of the X-Men. While others have said that the story moved too slowly, I found a few parts where it moved too fast. Of course he seems fine a few frames later when he shot at Cable and missed (don't want to spoil anything). Some positives: Even though this section is much smaller than my complaints below, I want to be clear that I enjoyed the storyline.
- that was unresolved.Why was Sinister so easily killed. It seems kind of important. (That speaks to a larger problem in comics, not just this line). She's not groggy from being in a coma. Graphic novels are stories told in part by text, and in part by picture.
I count at least 9 mutants that were killed in this story arc. How many are left. It wasn't spectacular, but it wasn't as frustrating as some of Marvel's other big story lines (Civil War, Secret Invasion). Is he really dead.For that matter, who is really dead.Lady DeathstrikeMr SinisterVertigo (eaten by Predator X or not).CalibanBishop.Xavier.The mutants that Predator X hunts on his way to find the baby.There were several Marauders that were stabbed through the stomach by Wolverine or Pixie or X-23, are they dead.Some students were killed by the Sentinels2 members of the Marauders are found dead in Alaska (then certainly remain so since they're bodies are eaten by Predator X)It seems that they made a big deal of the 198 existing mutants, but then several nameless mutants are killed. The writers did a good job of keeping you interested.
How were the telepaths taken out so easily in the battle with the Sentinels. If the message isn't well communicated because the reader can't figure out what is going on in some frames, mission officially not accomplished.Story:I have a few complaints about the story. I really don't enjoy that style, but especially not intermixed with other art. There were other scenes too that were difficult to decipher, many of them involving Predator X.
It ends without resolving anything and basically just serves as a list of notable mutants who are now dead in the Marvel universe. The fights are really cool, but there isn't really more than a single plot thread which barely moves along for such a long book.
There are lots of teams, characters and motives intertwining to create one big game changing event that is actually part one of a trilogy.If you're a new reader or old X-Men fan than keep this up and be ready to pick up the next two books, not to mention X-Force, Uncanny X-Men. You won't get all the story but you'll get enough and what you do get will leave you wanting more.Messiah Complex is well complex. I just jumped back into comics and this book is a decent place to jump. Don't get me wrong the story and art are awesome, I'm talking strictly about new readers.
Let me just say how hard it is to write a review with out giving away any of the story. Some cool battles involving the Marauders, x-men, New x-men, and a mutant I won't name and there followers.Not to mention some GREAT, GREAT art. So I'm going to end my review now cuz' I don't want to give away anything. X-Men: Messiah Complex provides more mutant thinning of the marvel universe some important some not so important. It provides some answers to some of the x-futures how they come to be.
so i have no idea what happened in those pages with the big fight and how the x-men are suddenly fighting predator x. then it goes right back to the story after that. not cool. this is probably just a problem with my specific book, but there is a 16 page, uh, misprint, i guess, where the pages were copied from a few pages earlier and it replaces the story for those 16 pages. its in chapter 12 or new x-men #46.
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