Product Description: The X-Men are dead to the world, and evildoers a-plenty are willing to make the hoax a reality! See the debuts of characters and concepts that sculpted the struggles and souls of the mightiest mutants for years to come - including the Reavers, Genosha and the Conover Crusade! The Brood barge in and the Marauders mix it up, topped off with a dose of demons who whip up an awe-inspiring Inferno! Guest-starring Magik and the Goblin Queen and introducing Jubilee! Collecting Uncanny X-Men #229-245, Annual #12-13 & X-Factor 36-39.
Just ok Definitely my least favorite of the Essential X-Men series. Chris Claremont is writing and the majority of the pencils here are by Marc Silvestri, so there is quality talent at work here, but the influx of new and not so new characters is fairly uneventful.
The villains for the first half of the book are The Reavers, and The Brood with references to the Marauders and it's just kind of a blah, blah, blah, paint by numbers, kind of affair, with the antagonists seemingly interchangeable. This is my main complaint with the book. The mystical, Australian Aborigine, Gateway is a prominent character in these stories and his presence is welcome and notable.
The second half of the book is dedicated the The Inferno story line and it is decent, but it just doesn't live up to the hype they tried to make these major cross over "events" appear to be.
Furthermore, the mutants Dazzler and Longshot are the WORST characters in X-Men history and they are prominent members of the team at this point.
I guess this is worth reading if you want to keep up with X-Men continuity, but I sold this back after one reading with little hesitation.
A must have for X-fans. X-Men Essentials vol. 8 contains nearly 2 dozen X-books at a low price, this is a must have for any X-fan. But, like all Essentials the comics are all in black and white, hence the low price. This collection covers the time during the mid to late 80's when the X-Men were believed dead, hiding out in the Outback trying to fight the good fight. It also contains one of the major X-overs of the 80's...Inferno, but it has the X-Men and the X-Factor issues of Inferno but none of the New Mutants. Which isn't a big deal since I own the actual inferno book.
Loved it This came in on time and was in perfect condition, I could not put it down.
X-Men in the '80s... 'Nuff Said A fine entry in the Marvel Essentials, with the mutant team in some of their weirdest adventures. Can you do any better than the Goblin Queen storyline?!
Essential X-men Volume 8 I have enjoyed collecting the essential series of the X-men, and finally volume 8 has arrived. A great set--the only complaint that I have is that they included 3 issues of X-factor (Inferno) in this collection. Sadly, you really see the contrast in the quality of story and art when you put Louise Simonson in the same volume as Chris Claremont. To be honest, there really is no comparison, Chris Claremont's work far outshines anything that Ms. Simonson can come up with.
I look forward to the next volume--I just hope it doesn't take as long to come out as this one did :)
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