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- Paperback: 248 pages
- Publisher: Marvel; Gph edition (April 8, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0785136983
- ISBN-13: 978-0785136989
- Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.9 x 0.6 inches
- Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
This book, like all the books in the Marvel Masterworks line, is an excellent addition to any comic fan's bookshelf. The softcover versions are affordable and contain full-color reprints of classic comics in chronological order. These books are a great resource for nostalgic baby boomers, comic book collectors/historians, or curious new readers. They provide a convenient way to follow the evolution of long-running comics franchises like the "X-Men", the "Fantastic Four", and "Spider-Man" from their humble beginnings.
With any story, it is helpful to go back to the very beginning, to see who everyone is and where they came from. That's what you get with X-Men, Vol. 1. This book collects the very first adventures of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby's superhero squad the X-Men. In these stories we meet the original X-Men lineup (Cyclops, Beast, Angel, Ice Man, Marvel Girl and, of course, Professor Xavier) as well as notable villains Magneto, the Blob, Toad, Quicksilver, and Scarlet Witch. Any fan of the X-Men from cartoon shows, movies, or newer comics will get a kick out of these early stories, where our favorite superheroes are still clean-cut teenagers. It's also neat to see co-creator Stan Lee start developing the characters into the personalities with which we are now familiar.
Marvel Masterworks volumes are excellent, and this stands as one of the most important ones. (The very start of the X-Men!)
However, I must warn new readers and younger X-fans that the stories collected in this volume are from 1963 and 1964, and the comic book style will seem very dated to modern readers.
This collection is a great read not just for pure comic book fans but also for social historians.
Collected here are the first ten issues of X-Men, back before anyone knew whether the series would stick or not... the issues are reprinted in great color, and on thinner page weight more similar to how they would have appeared and felt the first time (a similar collection like the DH Magnus Robot Fighter for instance only covers 7 issues, but takes up considerably more shelf space because of paper stock).
Many have written that the 60's era dialogue-to-art ratio might be jarring for modern readers, and that's true, but it can also be enjoyed much more richly than when first pressed because it is such a wonderful lens on the social culture of the day. Here you have Marvel Girl - a modern, hip, self-actualized teenage girl who's powerful feminist independence is realized through her amazing mental power of psychically pulling out her own chair at dinner!
We see Jean's parents driving away from a school visit in their convertible, wondering what their daughter might be learning at the Institute because the curriculum is, "Government classified," shrugging their shoulders with an, "oh well, maybe some day we'll find out!" Perhaps on their way to a care-free fondue lunch?
This is of, and produced in, a very different time. This is the comic that would be on the stands in Mad Men. The stories have a formula like so many in the day, but they do push the envelopes and advance character relationships. If you like titles such as Mike Allred's The Atomics, this and early Fantastic Four are clear inspirations.
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