Product DescriptionMore secrets of the world's deadliest mutant are exposed! Wolverine, Cyclops and the enigmatic Fantomex travel to the other side of the world and beyond in search of the keys to their pasts. However, what they find within the deadly Weapon Plus program may be more frightening than their worst nightmares!
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Rating: - Sadly, A Black Mark On An Otherwise Good Run
Up to this point, Grant Morrison's New X-Men had been very good. In my opinion, it wasn't as good as Whedon's Astonishing X-Men, which picks up where Morrison eventually leaves off, but it was still good in its own right. This trade paperback contains two story arcs, Murder at the Mansion and Assault on Weapon Plus. The first is good, but the second is absolutely terrible.
Murder at the Mansion picks up right after the end of the previous arc. Jean Grey has discovered that Emma Frost has ... Read More
Rating: - Now I know why I didn't buy Morrison's run...
I really didn't enjoy this TPB that much, and it definitely enforced why I'm not that fond of Morrison's writing on any X title from Marvel. He brings the angst to the characters, and he writes them intelligently enough, but he also makes me dislike all of them. Even normally upright characters like Jean Grey and Cyclops were so twisted I forgot they were heroes in this. Yuck.
My main complaint is that I was hoping for a cleaner back history of Wolverine's Weapon H/Weapons Plus origin, ... Read More
Rating: - The calm before the storm
Collecting both the "Murder at the Mansion" and "Assault on Weapon Plus" storyarcs, this TPB is more of a calm before the storm of Grant Morrison's now legendary run on New X-Men. Picking up where "Riot at Xavier's" left off, Jean Grey catches Cyclops and Emma Frost and learns of their psychic affair, sending Cyclops running off, and eventually leaving Emma in a pile of shattered diamond. From there on, Bishop and Sage make guest appearances as they investigate the murder, which leads to the beginning ... Read More
Rating: - Hmm...
This was the weakest story arc in Morrison's new X-Men run.
It begins with the weakest issue of his entire run, an issue that does not seem at all to be even remotely close to a Grant Morrison comic book.
Chris Bachalo's art is the most radically different from any of the other 8 artists on the series. While Igor Kordey's art was not great, it at least fit in with van Sciver, Grant, Jiminez, Quitely, Yu and Leon. Bachalo does not resemble them stylistically.
Rating: - Great story.
I didn't love this story the first time I read it; but it's much better when you read it as a whole, rather than one issue a month. Grant Morrison writes incredibly well, as always.
Wolverine and Fantomex play off of eachother very well, as do Cyclops and Wolverine. More importantly, Morrison fleshes out earlier ideas regarding the Weapon Plus program. This is a very original take on the Weapon X (or Ten) project that's been done to death throughout the eighties and nineties. There are some important ... Read More
- Sadly, A Black Mark On An Otherwise Good Run
- Now I know why I didn't buy Morrison's run...
- The calm before the storm
