All-New X-Men, Vol. 3: Out of Their Depth Author: Visit Amazon's Brian Michael Bendis Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0785168222 | Format: PDF
All-New X-Men, Vol. 3: Out of Their Depth Description
- Series: X-Men (Book 3)
- Hardcover: 136 pages
- Publisher: Marvel (October 8, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0785168222
- ISBN-13: 978-0785168225
- Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 6.9 x 0.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Since the first volume of All-New X-Men, Mystique has been robbing banks and whatnot, stockpiling the cash because she no longer believes in anything and just wants to be rich. In this entire volume all that happens is the X-Men stop her. That's the whole book. A sub-plot that turns out to be completely irrelevant becomes the main storyline of an entire book.
If you're unfamiliar with the series premise, the original X-Men have been brought to the present from the past and now refuse to go back thanks to the X-Men telling them what happens to them. This dumb premise was worn out by the second book at the most and in this third volume just feels repetitive and dull.
One of the original X-Men leaves to join the other side, but it's hardly a shocking moment, plus I've read the Battle of the Atom mini-series and know what happens at the end of that bizarre storyline, so it's even less memorable to me. The Uncanny Avengers also show up after the original X-Men were seen robbing one of Stark's properties, though Wolverine calls it instantly that it's a Mystique and Mastermind trick - which of course it is. Even Wolverine feels jaded at Bendis' feeble attempts at story.
The only reason to have the Uncanny Avengers show up is so that Havok aka Alex Summers can meet his brother's younger self and the two can have a moment. Awww... whatever. We've seen moments like this time after time since the original X-Men showed up and I'm getting bored with it, especially when Bendis has nothing else but to have characters meet these younger characters and remark on how innocent and different they are. It was cute at first but really, move on already!
Stuart Immonen's art is definitely the best and only good part of the book.
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