X-Factor Epic Collection: Genesis Apocalypse
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Summary
One triumphant return， one diabolical debut！ When Jean Grey is found alive - with a little help from the Avengers and Fantastic Four - she reunites with the rest of Xavier's original class to form X-Factor！ But as Cyclops， Marvel Girl， Beast， Angel and Iceman face new enemies Tower and Frenzy， little do they realize the villains are part of an Alliance of Evil led by。。。Apocalypse！ They'll fight Iron Man and Spider-Man， encounter uncanny foes such as Bulk and Glow Worm， and take on old sparring partners in Freedom Force - but there's no question who will rise to the role of X-Factor's arch-nemesis。 The story of En Sabah Nur begins here！
Vol。 1: Avengers （1963） 263; Fantastic Four （1961） 286; X-Factor （1986） 1-9; X-Factor Annual （1986） 1; Iron Man Annual 8; Amazing Spider-Man （1963） 282; material from Classic X-Men 8， 43
Vol。 1: Avengers （1963） 263; Fantastic Four （1961） 286; X-Factor （1986） 1-9; X-Factor Annual （1986） 1; Iron Man Annual 8; Amazing Spider-Man （1963） 282; material from Classic X-Men 8， 43
Reviews
Lance Grabmiller
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Collects Avengers #263， Fantastic Four #286 （both January 1986）， X-Factor #1-9 （February - October 1986）， X-Factor Annual #1， Iron Man Annual #6 （both October 1986）， Amazing Spider-Man #282 （November 1986） and lots of supplemental material。Still mad at the retoconning of Jean Grey's death after all these years。 And the way Scott left his wife and child。 And the dumb original premise of X-Factor as mutant hunters。 Luckily， I know it gets better almost immediately after this volume （which leaves o Collects Avengers #263， Fantastic Four #286 （both January 1986）， X-Factor #1-9 （February - October 1986）， X-Factor Annual #1， Iron Man Annual #6 （both October 1986）， Amazing Spider-Man #282 （November 1986） and lots of supplemental material。Still mad at the retoconning of Jean Grey's death after all these years。 And the way Scott left his wife and child。 And the dumb original premise of X-Factor as mutant hunters。 Luckily， I know it gets better almost immediately after this volume （which leaves off just as the Mutant Massacre was beginning）。 Still not over it so I can't really love this volume 。。。more
Michael Holland
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 Interesting read although I find the premise a bit weak in hindsight。 There were a couple highlights including Destiny's premonition there was a chance that Cyclops would eventually fall， become evil。 We've seen that play out now。 This was a nice walk through 80's nostalgia。 Interesting read although I find the premise a bit weak in hindsight。 There were a couple highlights including Destiny's premonition there was a chance that Cyclops would eventually fall， become evil。 We've seen that play out now。 This was a nice walk through 80's nostalgia。 。。。more
Cameron H
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The interpersonal character stuff is phenomenal。 Some of it even better than what was going on over in X-Men at the same time。 （Hell， they even managed to make Angel an interesting character， and you know that couldn’t have been easy。） However， none of praise I heap on it will ever change the fact that the whole “X-Factor as ‘Mutant Hunters’” thing was one of the silliest plot lines ever dreamt up or that Cyclops’ character wasn’t forever changed by the editor mandated character assassination he The interpersonal character stuff is phenomenal。 Some of it even better than what was going on over in X-Men at the same time。 （Hell， they even managed to make Angel an interesting character， and you know that couldn’t have been easy。） However， none of praise I heap on it will ever change the fact that the whole “X-Factor as ‘Mutant Hunters’” thing was one of the silliest plot lines ever dreamt up or that Cyclops’ character wasn’t forever changed by the editor mandated character assassination he suffered during these issues。Still。。。Fun to read 😉 。。。more
Francisco
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This pretty hefty volume， clocking near to 500 pages， charts the first adventures of the X-Factor team。 This is a team which basically consists of the original X-Men from the 1960s， minus Xavier。 So you get a new team composed of Cyclops， Beast， Angel and Iceman and also， controversially， Marvel Girl/Jean Grey。 This is controversial because this was the series that brought her back from the dead after the Phoenix Saga left her for dead。 At the time readers felt it was a betrayal， but now as we a This pretty hefty volume， clocking near to 500 pages， charts the first adventures of the X-Factor team。 This is a team which basically consists of the original X-Men from the 1960s， minus Xavier。 So you get a new team composed of Cyclops， Beast， Angel and Iceman and also， controversially， Marvel Girl/Jean Grey。 This is controversial because this was the series that brought her back from the dead after the Phoenix Saga left her for dead。 At the time readers felt it was a betrayal， but now as we are all aware that no deaths are definitive in Marvel or comics in general， really， it doesn't feel like that at all。 Sillier than reviving Jean is actually the idea behind X-Factor， the gang poses as mutant hunters for hire who actually go save mutants from an increasingly anti-mutant world and train them to be good mutants， in a type of Xavier School thing。 This is a bit of a silly idea as mutants that they are trying to save actually feel attacked and fight back at them and they spend their lives basically lying and spreading anti-mutant propaganda to promote X-Factor。 Imbeciles。 Still the stories are fun an even if Cyclops is once again a bit of an asshole， the team dynamics and dramatics keep your interest throughout。 Oh yeah Apocalypse also appears here for the first time， but his part is completely forgettable and more of a set up of things to come。 。。。more
Judah Radd
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Skip it。So。。。 there are two important things that happen here。 Jean Grey returns， and Apocalypse is first seen。 Those things sound exciting and fascinating， right？ Wrong。This is the original five X-Men， brought back together as a team， but under really stupid and illogical circumstances。 The appeal to nostalgia is tangible。Here is a story with no focus。 No heart。 The character drama is lifted off of “Love Boat” or “As the World Turns。”“I can’t tell my wife that Jean is back， but I can’t tell Jea Skip it。So。。。 there are two important things that happen here。 Jean Grey returns， and Apocalypse is first seen。 Those things sound exciting and fascinating， right？ Wrong。This is the original five X-Men， brought back together as a team， but under really stupid and illogical circumstances。 The appeal to nostalgia is tangible。Here is a story with no focus。 No heart。 The character drama is lifted off of “Love Boat” or “As the World Turns。”“I can’t tell my wife that Jean is back， but I can’t tell Jean I’m married。。。 and every time I try to tell her， we get interrupted。 This happens over and over again， and by the way， Angel wants to fuck Jean。”That’s not an exaggeration。 These are cheap plot devices， unbecoming of The X Men。 The art sucks。 It’s sloppy， lacks detail， is boringly colored。。。 it’s just gross。 It hurts my eyes。This was a struggle。 The only reason it gets two stars is because it introduces Apocalypse （in a really lame and boring way） and it brings Jean back （in another stupid way that retcons a lot of the drama out of the Dark Phoenix Saga。）Completionists， here you go。 Everyone else， go read something better。 。。。more
Marco Antonio di Forelli
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Los primeros seis números están bien， pero la cosa mejora en cuanto Louise Simonson empieza a escribir los guiones。 Un punto de quiebre para la franquicia mutante y， mal que nos pese， la destrucción del arco de personaje que Chris Claremont había desarrollado para Cíclope。 Editoriales y su manía de no dejar que sus personajes evolucionen。
B
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This was a surprisingly good book considering that there does not seem to be a real impetus behind it （other than "Let's get the original X-Men back together！" and the basic conceit of the plot （"they're mutants posing as mutant hunters！"） is unwieldy and unbelievable。 Also， two big characters are introduced: Cameron Hodges and Apocalypse。 And it seems clear that the author's original conceptions of both are extremely unsatisfying and completely abandoned。 Apocalypse in particular is goofy。 He g This was a surprisingly good book considering that there does not seem to be a real impetus behind it （other than "Let's get the original X-Men back together！" and the basic conceit of the plot （"they're mutants posing as mutant hunters！"） is unwieldy and unbelievable。 Also， two big characters are introduced: Cameron Hodges and Apocalypse。 And it seems clear that the author's original conceptions of both are extremely unsatisfying and completely abandoned。 Apocalypse in particular is goofy。 He gathers a couple of sixth-rate mutants in search of a second-rate mutant with first-rate personal problems。 Then the stretches his body to allow a laser to shoot through it。 （I'm not sure Apocalypse can do that anymore。）Finally， he retreats and slowly descends from battle yelling， "And now I bid you all adieu！ Do not try to find me！ A search would prove fruitless， so many and varied are my guises！"A winner。This book also introduces Artie， Rusty， and Skids。 The best thing you can say is that Artie seems fine。 sometimes。 。。。more
Audrey Hacker
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bad
Juan Carrillo
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Time to grow upJean Grey coming back from the dead started almost a running joke in regards to Marvel Girl being very hard to kill。 This is also a growing point in the life's of the original 5 and how this took them to the next step in there evolution and growth to becoming adult heroes and a better master of what there powers will grow to become。 Time to grow upJean Grey coming back from the dead started almost a running joke in regards to Marvel Girl being very hard to kill。 This is also a growing point in the life's of the original 5 and how this took them to the next step in there evolution and growth to becoming adult heroes and a better master of what there powers will grow to become。 。。。more
Chen-Wei Cheong
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It was nice to re-read all the old X-Factor issues from the old days。 A period of time when mutantkind was still in constant struggle for survival in the world， and how the original X-Men banded together to save young and emerging new mutants， under the pretense of hunting mutants， and taking on the name of the group X-Factor。 Also， we find out what happened to the original Jean Grey， and how she was saved by the Phoenix Force。 Like with all Marvel comic characters， one never stays dead， even af It was nice to re-read all the old X-Factor issues from the old days。 A period of time when mutantkind was still in constant struggle for survival in the world， and how the original X-Men banded together to save young and emerging new mutants， under the pretense of hunting mutants， and taking on the name of the group X-Factor。 Also， we find out what happened to the original Jean Grey， and how she was saved by the Phoenix Force。 Like with all Marvel comic characters， one never stays dead， even after there "killed off" in storylines。 。。。more
Dubzor
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The original X-FACTOR can be summed up thusly。。。Scott Summers is an asshole。Aside from aforementioned former x-man's dickishness， the whole concept is terribly flawed and it's really not until a change in the creative team that the book gets any good。Then there's Jean Grey's first ressurection。 Ugh。。。it's dumb。Not for the casual fan， more for hardcore X-historians。 The original X-FACTOR can be summed up thusly。。。Scott Summers is an asshole。Aside from aforementioned former x-man's dickishness， the whole concept is terribly flawed and it's really not until a change in the creative team that the book gets any good。Then there's Jean Grey's first ressurection。 Ugh。。。it's dumb。Not for the casual fan， more for hardcore X-historians。 。。。more
David
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