A Book Log
So, the usual question applies: would this be enjoyable to somebody who does not particularly follow the X-men, and doesn't particularly care about them unless they're in a self-contained story which I can enjoy without knowing anything about all the last 40 years of x-men continuity?
Pam -- Thu Jan 20 22:18:40 2005
I'm not sure. On the one hand, Whedon's doing a lot more exposition of familiar material than you'd expect from Issue #876 or whatever it would be if they just counted straight; but on the other hand, he does rely on having some familiarity with the characters and setting. On the gripping hand, you probably wouldn't care -- it's a great X-Men story, but it's still an X-Men story.
Mike Kozlowski (web@klio.org) (http://www.klio.org/marks/) -- Thu Jan 20 22:41:24 2005
Except: Joss. I don't give a rat's ass about the X-Men, but.
Mike Bruce (bruce@jhereg.net) -- Fri Jan 21 00:05:56 2005
My point exactly.
I will perform an on-site evaluation, I guess. (aka flipping through it at the store)
Pam -- Fri Jan 21 12:35:55 2005
I would say that this is above average superhero comics, but if you're not particularly a fan of superheroes or the X-Men I'd have a hard time recommending it. It has the typical Whedonesque dialogue touches, which is nice, but an awful lot of the enjoyment I've gotten out of it has been due to the nostalgic value of what Whedon's doing. It's great, don't get me wrong, but my guess is that a non-X-fan would be pretty indifferent to it.
Matt Wheeler (mwheeler@sbcglobal.net) -- Fri Jan 21 18:24:19 2005
I'd say about the same as Matt Wheeler -- it's a very good superhero comic book, but it is of the genre, not above it.
Mike Kozlowski (web@klio.org) (http://www.klio.org/marks/) -- Fri Jan 21 18:30:55 2005