If you are jumping into this uninitiated, you will not appreciate the stories as there is just too much to learn about all of the characters involved. Oh, by the way, if you are actually reading this ( I write these reviews for myself to keep track of what I have recently read), I would not recommend this to anyone but old school X-Men geeks. A lot of people complain about Bret Blevins art style. God, why didn't the editors step in and help touch up his horrendous dialogue? The final third is New Mutants.

The writing here is by the cringe-worthy Chris Claremont. The characters usually look like they are about to have glamour photos taken. His stuff is cool, but to me has always looked like he learned to draw from fashion school. The second third is X-Men and features some of the first art (for Marvel at least) by Mark Silvestri. The sory and plot isn't bad, but I can't quite get into Walt Simonson's art. This is the first major comics crossover I ever read as a kid. Claremont was also a contributor to the Wild Cards anthology series. In the 1980s, he also wrote a science fiction trilogy about female starship pilot Nicole Shea, consisting of First Flight (1987), Grounded! (1991), and Sundowner (1994). This trilogy continues the story of Elora Danan from the movie Willow. Outside of comics, Claremont co-wrote the Chronicles of the Shadow War trilogy, Shadow Moon (1995), Shadow Dawn (1996), and Shadow Star (1999), with George Lucas. He also wrote a few issues of the series WildC.A.T.s (volume 1, issues #10-13) at Image Comics, which introduced his creator-owned character, Huntsman. Chris Claremont is a writer of American comic books, best known for his 16-year (1975-1991) stint on Uncanny X-Men, during which the series became one of the comic book industry's most successful properties.Ĭlaremont has written many stories for other publishers including the Star Trek Debt of Honor graphic novel, his creator-owned Sovereign Seven for DC Comics and Aliens vs Predator for Dark Horse Comics.

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