X-Men Deadly Genesis (spoilers!)
 

Generally, I'm not a Marvel fan, so I didn't have high expectations going into this recently concluded story arc.

Comic Covers (spoilers!)


Typical of most 'shocking revelation' Marvel arcs (bringing to mind the often-derided "Sins Past" Spider-man story), this one delves deep into X-Men continuity, rewriting what we know about the events that transpired in the island of Krakoa, over thirty years ago in "Giant Sized X-Men #1". The repercussions are:

Personally, it was quite an intriguing ride, with unnecessary casualties (at least, in my opinion) that occured at the middle of the narrative. This limited series leads you to rethink your opinions about Professor Xavier on one hand, and the methods used by the X-Men to accomplish their goals, on the other hand. It puts an albatross around the series' most beloved characters, basically.

Coming from a view of a non X-men regular, I thought this was quite startling and original. I'm sure, however, that X-fans harbor differing opinions.

What do you guys think?


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P.S.: If you want to preview the series, I'm fairly certain Happy and I can arrange something. Just ask!

I enjoyed the series alot. Especially since I'm well versed in X history. It resolved a couple dangling plotlines, introduced an intriguing new character, and set up future plot points that are going to be followed up on in Uncanny X-Men in july. The one thing I do hope for:

I think that the series is pretty worthless since they spoiled everything in the solicitations. Marvel really needs to stop doing that. Also, it felt to me like they were trying to make the 616 Charles more like his ultimate version.

I will only assume you mean 616...unless there's reality hopping in the story I'm unaware of...

Honestly?
The book was worthless.
Why is it that people need to decompress every storyline to 6 issues if it can be done in 3 or less?

And it wasnt that good to begin with.

Someone pleaes give me the skinny on House Of M?

The Scarlet Witch uses her powers to recreate reality so that mutants are in charge. At the end, Wanda reverses what she did, but removes many mutants' powers, and some still remember what happened. It was a so-so story with terrible pacing and a blatant deus ex machina.