X-Men Epic Collection: The Sentinels Live
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Professor X is dead！ The X-Men have gone their separate ways！ In the late 1960s， searching for a way to reinvigorate its poorest-selling super heroes， Marvel was trying anything and everything。 With the title on the verge of cancellation， writer Roy Thomas and artist Neal Adams suddenly clicked - and the rest is history！ Their epic evolution of the X-Men defines the team to this day。 Adams' lavish and dynamic visuals and Thomas' challenging and contemporary stories combined in a book that throbbed with the pulse of the times。 Their iconic stories collected here introduce Cyclops' brother Havok， the vampiric villain Sauron， the Savage Land Mutates and X-Man-to-be Sunfire！ Not to mention the Living Pharaoh， a classic team-up with Ka-Zar。。。and don't forget the return of Magneto！
Vol。 3: X-Men （1963） 46-66; material from Ka-Zar （1970） 2-6， Marvel Tales （1966） 30
Vol。 3: X-Men （1963） 46-66; material from Ka-Zar （1970） 2-6， Marvel Tales （1966） 30
Reviews
Rhys
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Neal Adams's art is incredible。 Neal Adams's art is incredible。 。。。more
Brian Meenan
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David Muñoz
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The end of the original X-Men run and it was。。。alright。 We still have Roy Thomas as the main writer and this。 time around I enjoyed his work a little more。 We get some more interesting arcs and important stories that will surely affect the X-Men world forever。 We also get introduced to some awesome new characters; the daughter of Magento， Polaris and the brother of Cyclops， Havoc。 I love both of these characters and both of their story arcs were for the most part fun and interesting 。 We also ge The end of the original X-Men run and it was。。。alright。 We still have Roy Thomas as the main writer and this。 time around I enjoyed his work a little more。 We get some more interesting arcs and important stories that will surely affect the X-Men world forever。 We also get introduced to some awesome new characters; the daughter of Magento， Polaris and the brother of Cyclops， Havoc。 I love both of these characters and both of their story arcs were for the most part fun and interesting 。 We also get an amazing arc with the return of the sentinels。 Oh and how can I forget the introduction of Sunfire， who I am a HUGE fan of。 Roy is accompanied by different artist in the beginning， however I think the biggest new member to the X-creative team was Neal Adams。 Neal Adams's artwork is STUNNING and partnered with Tom Palmers inks， it just make the stories much more intriguing。 I do think the book drags in some pieces， and Roy still does a little too much with info dumping and silly overall schemes。 Also wasnt the biggest fan of the return of Professor X。 Just the whole reason behind it was plain silly。 At times a tough long read but introduced some awesome characters。 。。。more
Terrance
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Mostly worth it for the Neal Adams run， but that's only a few issues。 Mostly worth it for the Neal Adams run， but that's only a few issues。 。。。more
Lance Grabmiller
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Collects X-Men #46-66 （July 1968 - March 1970）， some solo Angel stories from Ka-Zar #2-3 （December 1970 - March 1971） and Marvel Tales #30 （April 1971） and some supplemental material。This is it。。。。the end of the original X-Men run， before it languished in reprints for nearly 5 years。 The first half still feels very much in the Silver Age and is marred by some uneven story telling。 The primary stories are good， but every issue contained short origin stories tacked on to the end that just don't qu Collects X-Men #46-66 （July 1968 - March 1970）， some solo Angel stories from Ka-Zar #2-3 （December 1970 - March 1971） and Marvel Tales #30 （April 1971） and some supplemental material。This is it。。。。the end of the original X-Men run， before it languished in reprints for nearly 5 years。 The first half still feels very much in the Silver Age and is marred by some uneven story telling。 The primary stories are good， but every issue contained short origin stories tacked on to the end that just don't quite work as well。 The latter half gets much， much better。 Really feels like it's lifting off into the Bronze Age with some longer form stories and better artwork （especially the covers）。 Unfortunately， the collection tacks on some random solo Angel stories that don't look as good or work quite as well and were just supplements to other comics round the same time。When you see just how good the comic was getting towards the end of its initial run， it makes it doubly sad that it was dropped， just as it was getting good。 The last half of this collection is every bit as good as the first couple years of Claremont's run and sometimes even better。 But， the almighty dollar won and the comic was pretty much shelved （in reprints） for a long time after this。 。。。more
Jeffrey Greek
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The first third of this is atrocious。 Luckily， the rest （with the exception of a trifle spotlighting Angel） is quite solid。 Hell， it might be the first time this comic was actually good。
Charles Etheridge-Nunn
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A definite improvement on volume two of the epics。 Roy Thomas is evidently getting a bit more comfortable adding to the X-Men canon without as many of the damp squibs from the start of his run。 Havok， Polaris and Sauron all make a great impact。 Professor X's first faked death is quickly resolved before the cancellation of the series。 It's a smoother and more memorable ride than the middle section of this run， but I can't wait to reach the start of Claremont's era。 A definite improvement on volume two of the epics。 Roy Thomas is evidently getting a bit more comfortable adding to the X-Men canon without as many of the damp squibs from the start of his run。 Havok， Polaris and Sauron all make a great impact。 Professor X's first faked death is quickly resolved before the cancellation of the series。 It's a smoother and more memorable ride than the middle section of this run， but I can't wait to reach the start of Claremont's era。 。。。more
Baba
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I read the comic books The X-Men #46-49， and then the renamed adjective-less X-Men #50-66 and Marvel Tales #30 collected in this volume。 We get the debuts of sees debuts Havoc， Lorna Dane， Mesmero， Lorelei， Brainchild， Sauron， Larry Trask， Neo-Sentinels， Z'Nox， 'Erik The Red' etc。 Also Professor X has died！ But this period is about the best drawn and written X-Men to date with Roy Thomas writing and the thrilling run of Neal Adam's art from X-Men #58。 Overall 7 out of 12， better rated than Stan I read the comic books The X-Men #46-49， and then the renamed adjective-less X-Men #50-66 and Marvel Tales #30 collected in this volume。 We get the debuts of sees debuts Havoc， Lorna Dane， Mesmero， Lorelei， Brainchild， Sauron， Larry Trask， Neo-Sentinels， Z'Nox， 'Erik The Red' etc。 Also Professor X has died！ But this period is about the best drawn and written X-Men to date with Roy Thomas writing and the thrilling run of Neal Adam's art from X-Men #58。 Overall 7 out of 12， better rated than Stan Lee's run in opinion！ 。。。more
Edward Davies
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More X-Men origins， and Professor X is dead！ The stories are getting better at this stage， possibly with the first appearance of Polaris in issue 49， and then we get what is possibly the best run in the series to date， featuring the return of The Sentinels and Magneto， the first trip to the Savage Land， some brand new X-Men joining the team， and a fight with The Hulk！ What followed for the next six years was nothing but reprints， but then came Giant Size X-men issue one and the rest is history。。 More X-Men origins， and Professor X is dead！ The stories are getting better at this stage， possibly with the first appearance of Polaris in issue 49， and then we get what is possibly the best run in the series to date， featuring the return of The Sentinels and Magneto， the first trip to the Savage Land， some brand new X-Men joining the team， and a fight with The Hulk！ What followed for the next six years was nothing but reprints， but then came Giant Size X-men issue one and the rest is history。。。 。。。more
Sean Gibson
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If Lee and Kirby birthed the X-Men （and if the thought of Iceman slip-sliding out of Stan’s uterus doesn’t give you pause， you’ve got issues， my friend）， Roy Thomas and Neal Adams were the cool older kids who lived up the street and taught them how to not be dorks。Look， I love Stan and Jack， and I can read Stan/Ditko Spidey for days。 But， the X-Men， while conceptually delightful， was sputtering when Thomas and Adams took over。 It’s not like the Thomas/Adams duo instantly spun the stuff of legend If Lee and Kirby birthed the X-Men （and if the thought of Iceman slip-sliding out of Stan’s uterus doesn’t give you pause， you’ve got issues， my friend）， Roy Thomas and Neal Adams were the cool older kids who lived up the street and taught them how to not be dorks。Look， I love Stan and Jack， and I can read Stan/Ditko Spidey for days。 But， the X-Men， while conceptually delightful， was sputtering when Thomas and Adams took over。 It’s not like the Thomas/Adams duo instantly spun the stuff of legends， but they did—wait for it—evolve the X-Men into something other than “beat up the bad guy of the month while cracking wise” by introducing more complex relationships， deeper storylines， and a greater focus on social issues。 It’s not the gold standard for X-Men—for my money， that is， and likely always will be， Claremont and Byrne—but it enabled the gold standard to come into being。 So， a tip of the cap to Thomas and Adams for teaching the squeaky clean teens to smoke， question authority， and explode frogs in the mailbox of that guy at the end of the block who always glares at people for walking by his house。 。。。more
Christopher （Donut）
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This collects Uncanny X-Men 46-66， plus three 10 pp。 Angel solo stories written by Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel （although he is credited as Jerry Siegal）。I had the Neal Adams issues in a separate collection， but was determined to get them again here， along with two issues drawn by Jim Steranko， and the infamously unpropitious debut of Berry Smith:Cam I confess to never getting issue 64 （drawn by Don Heck） and issue 66 （drawn by Sal Buscema）？Reading them again now， I can see the strain on Nea This collects Uncanny X-Men 46-66， plus three 10 pp。 Angel solo stories written by Superman co-creator Jerry Siegel （although he is credited as Jerry Siegal）。I had the Neal Adams issues in a separate collection， but was determined to get them again here， along with two issues drawn by Jim Steranko， and the infamously unpropitious debut of Berry Smith:Cam I confess to never getting issue 64 （drawn by Don Heck） and issue 66 （drawn by Sal Buscema）？Reading them again now， I can see the strain on Neal Adams in his later issues。 It is really only 56-61 which shine。 。。。more
Sarah Mac
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Roy Thomas & Neal Adams grabbed old-school X-Men by the nuts。 You can definitely feel the paradigm shift; it was cool to watch the "let's battle Magneto while he yells at incompetent underlings！" style** stretching & metamorphosing to a hipper， hoopy adventure with pertinent， albeit comic-style， messages about forgiveness， grief， & generational misunderstandings -- but still mixed with plain ol' asskicking fun & goofy monsters。 （And while Magneto does reappear， thankfully he too is somewhat alte Roy Thomas & Neal Adams grabbed old-school X-Men by the nuts。 You can definitely feel the paradigm shift; it was cool to watch the "let's battle Magneto while he yells at incompetent underlings！" style** stretching & metamorphosing to a hipper， hoopy adventure with pertinent， albeit comic-style， messages about forgiveness， grief， & generational misunderstandings -- but still mixed with plain ol' asskicking fun & goofy monsters。 （And while Magneto does reappear， thankfully he too is somewhat altered， shifting into the suaver， more slyly malevolent arch-nemesis we know today。）As for Neal Adams' artwork， that speaks for itself。 It's definitely of its time， often reminding me of retro Fillmore posters -- but that's a compliment， because I love Fillmore graphics。 （Flying Eyeball， anyone？） In our modern world of overdone CGI， his hand-crafted style is fresh & appealing， detailed with Hitchcockian diagonals & a great sense of flow。 I can't claim any significant knowledge re: the history of comic book art， but I do know what I like to look at。 And IMO， anyone who can draw a half-pteranodon， half-human supervillain -- & then get the reader to take him seriously in a multi-issue story arc -- is blessed with epic talent。 Also: Ka-Zar。 He's an ultimate badass。 *fangirl scream*The second half of this collection was great; the first， not so much。 But if you can't LOL at those god-awful Computo or Blastaar issues， why are you even reading comic books？ :P**I'm not knocking the Kirby era。。。but those villain-of-the-month stories are really difficult to keep interesting。 They desperately needed a fresh hand at the helm， & Thomas/Adams provided it。 。。。more
Andrew
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The stories covered in this volume are pretty inconsistent， but still a fun read。
Joe
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