Quitely’s work is clear and hyper-legible meaning whether he’s drawing Sentinel attacks, drug-addled mutants, or time-skips that produce mutant hawks (yes), you can always read what’s happening… even when it’s Morrison-level craziness. His art’s not to everyone’s taste, but I thought he was the perfect choice. Honestly, filled.Īnd artist Frank Quitely has a field day on this arc. Grant’s run is both a “greatest hits” of important X-Men concepts and storylines, but is also filled with fresh new ideas. That’s why he was the perfect person to reboot the whole series. Morrison has this trick where he makes everything old new again. While his Big 2 superhero work has been primarily with DC Comics (including Animal Man, The Doom Patrol, All-Star Superman with Quitely, and Batman: Arkham Asylum ), for a three year stint Marvel was able to convince the legend to revamp the X-Men.
Grant Morrison is likely the second most critically revered and influential comic book author of the last 35 years, trailing only Alan Moore in terms of recognition and output. Where to Begin: New X-Men by Grant Morrison July 2001 through May 2004 Note, though, that a fair amount of questions can be answered during this period of Uncanny X-Men, such as “When did Juggernaut become a good guy?” and “When did Iceman get so frigid?” This is my recommended approach for anyone feeling a bit overwhelmed by the volume of all these X-options. Note that “Dream’s End” is diving in head first to the tail end of 90’s X-Men that is hot on the heels of the Onslaught Saga.įrom this point forward Uncanny X-Men, Marvel’s flagship X-book, takes a back seat to the ‘New X-Men.’ You can approach this revelation in a few ways, one of which is to just bypass Uncanny X-Men all together. You can also add issues Cable #87, Bishop #16 and X-Men #108-110 for the full experience. The events of ‘X-Men: Dream’s End’ will play an important role in Joss Whedon’s upcoming Astonishing X-Men. (The Search for Cyclops issues are the ones most referenced by Morrison) Issues Included: X-51 #8, Uncanny X-Men #378 and Annual 1999, Cable #77, Wolverine #148, X-Men Unlimited #26, X-Men #98, and X-Men: The Search for Cyclops #1-4. X-Men vs Apocalypse: The Ages of Apocalypse
It’s worth noting here, these first two selections fit most appropriately within our full Apocalypse reading order.
Likewise, if you really want to run the clock back, check out Comic Book Herald’s complete guide to X-Men comics in the 90’s! We’ll get there in a minute, but there are a handful of X-issues that you can read before New X-Men that will help set the stage for references to come.
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