All-New X-Men, Vol. 2: Here to Stay Author: Visit Amazon's Brian Michael Bendis Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0785168214 | Format: PDF
All-New X-Men, Vol. 2: Here to Stay Description
- Series: X-Men (Book 2)
- Hardcover: 136 pages
- Publisher: Marvel; First Edition edition (June 11, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0785168214
- ISBN-13: 978-0785168218
- Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 6.9 x 0.4 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
I only read this a couple of days ago but I drew a blank when I tried to recall what happened in this book and, upon flicking through it again, rediscovered that not a whole lot does. This isn't by itself a terribly bad thing as the book is eminently readable and more or less entertaining but it is a book where not only does very little happen, but it feels like a lot of stuff from the first book is repeated and the whole pointlessness of the situation is underlined more firmly in this book.
For those who don't know the setup, Beast went back in time and brought back the original X-Men to the present day, ostensibly to try and show present-day Scott Summers aka Cyclops just how much he's changed and to turn him off of the current path he's on, ie. war-mongering fugitive. This clearly doesn't work in the first book but rather than send the kids back and avoid some weird space-time conundrums, the kids are bizarrely "here to stay".
The Avengers find out what Beast did and are rightly annoyed at his reckless behaviour. I mean, Wolverine's latest time travel adventure basically ripped the very fabric of the space time continuum (see Age of Ultron) so Beast just nonchalantly changing the past on a whim is rightly something to be angry about. What is it about the X-Men that they think they can just do whatever the hell they want?
As for what happens in this book, young Scott, Jean, Hank, Bobby and Warren are getting used to the present day, reconciling what they'll do in the future, and what it means. Scott especially is conflicted about the person he will become while present-day Scott decides to start up his own rival school to Logan's with a different philosophy.
Title: All-New X-Men Vol. 2: Here to Stay (HC)
Publisher: Marvel
Writer: Brian Michael Bendis
Artists: David Marquez, Stuart Immonen (pencils), Stuart Immonen, Wade Von Grawbadger (inks), Marte Gracia, Rain Beredo (colors), Stuart Immonen, Wade Von Grawbadger, Marte Gracia (covers)
Collects: All-New X-Men #6-10
Price: $24.99
Here is the Bendis I love to read! Wow! What a fun, interesting book! Although Vol. 1 of this series was pretty book, this second collection is just outstanding. I like the artwork on this book, but it’s really the storyline and dialogue that shines in this book. You have tons of character interaction as the original X-men learn about the present day, ask lots of questions to their peers, and decide on whether or not staying in the present is the right choice. More than that, though, you have building subplots involving Sabertooth and Mystique, more internal strife, some laugh-out-loud moments, and a great cliffhanger ending. You’ll be hard pressed to find another Marvel book more engaging than this one. This is the best book from Bendis in years, and I have no problem grading the writing on this book as A+ material. The cliffhanger ending to this book is outstanding, and I eagerly look forward to reading the next book in this series!
Marquez and Immonen do nice work on the art, and their styles are similar enough that it isn’t jarring when the pages shift from one artist to the other. The inkers and colorists do a fine job, too, but for me, it all comes back to the writing. I can deal with sub-par artwork if the writing is good. In this book, you have above-average artwork combined with superb writing, though, so I must highly recommend this book to all comic book fans.
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