Product Description: X-23: Innocence Lost reveals the full story behind the origin of X-23 - who she is, where she came from and the exact nature of her relationship to Wolverine. You think you know, but you have no idea. In NYX: Wannabe, X-23 joins up with a pack of New York City gutterpunks, the likes of which the Marvel Universe has never seen! The X-Men's dream has always been one of creating hope from despair - in a young mutant's darkest hour Charles Xavier will always be just around the corner, ready with open arms and a helping hand. But Xavier can't be everywhere at once. What becomes of a group of young mutants that have to rely on themselves for everything from food to shelter to lover? Wayward angels with dirty faces who, instead of preparing for Magneto's next big assault, must learn to survive in the cold, harsh world of the city that never sleeps. The world of the X-Men is brought to the streets, and the struggle for survival has never been more uncertain... Collects NYX #1-7 and X-23 #1-6.
Solid The first story was interesting but predictible. The second story could have been amazing, but kind of ended up being an after school special. Love the art though. enjoyable but not great.
X-23/NYX HC:My entrance into X-Men lore This is my first "X-Men" title, and was a great way into the X-Men Universe. "X" doesn't have as deep a history as a lot of the other characters(by deep I mean, decades worth of information). "X" has a deep history-really deep for a character that's only been around since 2004. This fact made the stories easy to grasp, you have the major info in X-23: Innocence Lost-where she's form/And in Nyx-what happened to her afterwards. As well as a second mini available in tpb(trade paper back)called, X-23:Target X-which links the two stories in "X-23 & NYX" All three titles: X-23/Target X/NYX-are a must to grasp the "life" that is X-23. Innocence Lost is the most vital and actually focuses on 2 "lost" characters-X and the other-(read the story).The story "X-23" is very detailed & dark story wise, not as much as Nyx-but still the tones are there.I highly recommend this hard cover-though it's hard to give a "review" to a title like this with out spoiling it.
great if you're a fan of great artwork and a decent storyline, i would definitely recommend the nyx/x-23 collection.
x23 is good, nyx bad! the x23 origin story was very well done. on a few of her early missions she plays up to the 'cute little girl' decoy while ensuing to kill everyone in sight! hehe. good story, good artwork, and alot of action! well done!
the nyx storyline, however, sucked. flat out sucked. it sucked so bad, this will be the last line of my review for it!
Normally I would write a longer review... But in this case I doubt it neccessary. The X-23 character is, in my opinion, one of the better creations of Marvel to date. Her start on the Saturday morning cartoon X-men Evolution was unlikely but to then be continued into the comics is serindipity. And now the two largest and most focused of those comics are in this trade paperback.
The initial story of X-23 is a better read really. Its a focused story of how she came into being and why she later ends up in New York. The art is clear, well colored and detailed. Added to all that there is a short section about the origin of X-23 as a character in the front with cool little easter eggs in the comic.
The NYX stories are also a good read but the focus on X-23 shifts totally and she is really only a side character. No big deal, its still a good read and while, again in my opinion, the art isn't as crisp and the pastels are less evocitive, its still high class work.
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