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X-Necrosha |  | Authors: Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost, Zeb Wells, Mike Carey
Creators: Clay Mann, Clayton Crain, Leonardo Manco, Diogenes Neves
Publisher: Marvel
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Media: Hardcover
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Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 7.6 x 0.9
ISBN: 0785146741
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
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Publication Date: July 14, 2010
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Necrosha, the massive event tying X-FORCE, X-MEN LEGACY, and NEW MUTANTS! Selene's Inner Circle stands revealed and her master plan has been set into motion. Watch as the resurrected dead lay siege to the X-Men's headquarters and the fight to survive the Black Queen's vengeance begins. But while Warpath and Wolverine realize what's happening, they may be too late to stop it. Because Selene is already well on her way to achieving ultimate power half a world away. And the rest of the X-Men fight mutants back from the dead! Collects X-Force #21-25, New Mutants #6-8, X-Men: Legacy #231-233, and X-Force/New Mutants: Necrosha One-Shot.
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 Great X-even but why is it out of order? August 17, 2010
Jessgeta
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This was a very fun read. I look forward to these X events because frankly I don't like to follow every single X title. These give me a fun complete event to pick up and read and typically see a bit of all the characters as well as glimpse of the new teams to see if I want to invest more into them (ex. Yay new x-force).
Yet unlike messiah complex (which was terrific) X-Necrosha seemed out of order to me. For some reason the back story for the big baddie was at the end of the book, meanwhile she was defeated in the middle of the volume. Why the bloody hell did that happen?
I understand Marvel was trying to keep the titles together, X-force 21-25 first followed by new mutants 6-8. Yet these books typically come out monthly so the event builds to a satisfying climax why then do you prevent that from happening when you release the collected hardcover?
Seriously, at least give me the backstory up front and the climax at the end. I and pretty much every other reader in history like things a satisfying conclusion but when you give it to me half way through it makes the rest of the book a bit of a chore. Deadpool bit at the end was nice though.
X-Necrosha: What was once Dead is Now Alive August 7, 2010
Shadow-Wolf
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I'm actually a huge fan of Clayton Crain but I agree that his work just never really coalesced in the X-force Series. It can be too dark as compared to his AMAZING work on Sensation Spider-Man which was bright and vibrant and really popped. Also check out Venom Vs. Carnage. All that said, this is actually his best work on X-Force up to now. (I own all three previous vol)
This was a pretty good read and the X-Necrosha story is actually a decent start to culminating the story started in X-Force Vol. 1. The problem is that Necrosha is ONLY the X-force section of the entire book, about 5 issues so really this Necrosha Hardcover is the closest we will get to an Hardcover X-Force Vol. 4 which is only in paperback otherwise. The other half of the book are a few short (about 3 issues each) tie-in stories which actually take place during the events of the first couple of issues of the X-Force section. It's nice because things happen during the Necrosha story where you're going "what the heck is happening there?" and then you find out after the main story what was happening, but yeah it is a little disappointing that Necrosha isn't as epic as some of these other larger graphic novels running closer to 12 issues per story, but at least you don't have to track down these other series' trades just to get this little snippet of exposition.
Also, understand that this "event" book is another tie-in chapter to the much larger Messiah Saga which began with X-Men: Endangered Species, and was told in X-Men: Messiah Complex, Cable/X-Force: Messiah War, X-Men: Second Coming, and Cable Vol. 1-4, X-Force Vol. 1-3, and any of the other more minimal x-book tie-ins from the time. IF you haven't read X-force up to now, this book won't make any sense at all, I agree, and if you don't know anything about the Messiah Saga, then X-Force will seem like a cheap violence exploit. This is the issue with comics these days, that they are all built layer upon layer to the point you can't read anything without first tracing back a year or two to get the right backstory.
Anyway, for those who have trouble seeing this as an X-Men book, the problem is that "House of M" Changed the X-men status quo so that none of the X-Books are about fighting for equality or diversity or whatever people have read into the them over the years (note: I don't deny the validity of those readings). Yes, the disenfranchised readings were true for X-men pre-HOM, but now the X-men are about survival. All X-books have taken a tad grimmer tone because of the events of HOM. With this new X-Force series, the theme has always been that "the X-Men don't kill, but these aren't the X-Men." Anyway, it's not like the style of stories from forty-years previous could be maintained today anyhow. Times change, readers and what they value in their comics change, and so it's really just a matter of this book being definitive of a different generation of fans.
Personally, I couldn't read X-men before all these changes because it was always so preachy, but now the characters for me are fascinating, but this is a personal feeling and 5 years from now the style will change again and I will be on these boards complaining about the stories not being the way they should be. Such is the fickle nature of this hobby.
The only other real problem I have with this collected volume is that they didn't include the entire X-force Annual, which for some reason they haven't collected wither of in the smaller volumes. The larger X-force Hardcover does though, so if you are looking to get into X-Force, get the larger, more complete volume. I have both voluems in single issues but as a collector, I don't want to continually take them out of their bags to read just to get the most complete story.
Well I think that's a N'uff Said and I hope any of this ranting has helped...
 The Art is just awful for the most part July 25, 2010
i like pie (NY)
1 out of 8 found this review helpful
The title says it all.
The story works and is actually a pretty good and interesting yarn but this terribly rushed work by Crain (illustrator for the first half) just kept pulling me out of the story and wondering what the editors were thinking to let this pass as acceptable.
I really enjoyed the last few Xforce stories and was able to look past Crain's lack of structure, figure comprehension and over use of black, because his filters and layers looked ok and covered a lot of this up.
But this is just too rushed and looks like he just doesn't care at all.
To be honest I'd recommend reading the Wikipedia entry about this one to find out what happened and instead spend your $$ on another x-book that at least has clarity
Another Solid X-Event July 23, 2010
Ant
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
While not as incredibly well done as Messiah Complex, X-Necrosha does make for a far more entertaining tale than either Messiah War or Utopia. The story itself isn't so much a crossover though as it is a common theme running through various titles, which can very easily be divided into three distinct stories each with their own merits.
The first and bulkiest of the tales is the one running through X-Force. It is written by Chris Yost and Craig Kyle with art by Clayton Crain and is the real basis behind the book itself. Unfortunately this story is probably the weakest. It starts great with the revival of some great X-Villains and the invasion of Utopia which is perfectly illustrated by Crain's dark murky style, but the event quickly loses steam. Despite a few early surprises after the initial invasion there isn't much left to the story and the final battle just seems to lose feeling. Even Crain's artwork seems less inspired, probably due to timing constraints as the further into the book the more blurry the images become. Still it is a worthy piece, and if you've been reading X-Force for the last year and a half it's a must since the story has been building sense the series launched.
The next story comes from New Mutants with writer Zeb Wells and primarily artist Diogenes Neves. The story revolves around how the New Mutants face the invasion of Utopia having to deal with both the revival of the Hellions and their former teammate Doug Ramsey. Wells does a great job of reviving Doug not only literally but metaphorically as well bringing depth to the character and his abilities he had been lacking since his inception. The art isn't quite up to the level of the script on this one, but it is well done, you probably won't come away dying for more Neves nor will you come away disappointed and I suspect we'll be seeing improvement in the artist as his career develops.
Last but certainly not least is Mike Carey and Clay Mann's X-Men Legacy story. This one is the most removed of all the material dealing with a villain who "hitched" a ride back to life with the revived Destiny. As Proteus is not really under the control of Selene this piece really has quite a different feel to it. Carey's scripting as always is excellent though it's really no surprise that the characters who get the most spotlight are Rogue and Magneto, the real surprise on this one is Mann's artwork. The artist's work is very reminiscent of Oliver Copiel and equally impressive, easily the best in the book, and it's what really makes this story the standout of the bunch.
The book itself also has a decent helping of extras, two important issues included are back issues from X-Force and New X-Men showing some of the roots to the story that stretched back years, but in an odd design choice the pieces are actually after the story they should precede. Also included is The Gathering (another prequel piece), a brief Deadpool story from the X-Force Annual, and another Rogue centric issue of X-Men Legacy. None of these issues are essential to the reading but they each, particularly the later two, make great reads and are much appreciated extras as I'm sure even without them the price tag would have remained the same.
All in all X-Necrosha is a great concept and makes for a quite enjoyable read and certainly brings something different to the world of X-Men.
 Good idea... July 18, 2010
David Keith (Indiana)
8 out of 11 found this review helpful
Great idea to have the dead, friend and foe alike, rise to battle the X-folks. Guess this is supposed to be Marvels version of DCs Blackest Night. This is a pretty meaty collection including quite a few collected issues. It never really comes together. I'm pretty knowledgeable of X-history, but I was pretty confused by much of this story. I've been reading X-men for most of 40 some years. I think the black on black murky artwork from X-Force is mostly to blame. Like why does Wolverine have glowing red eyes? Hunh? And way too many characters to keep track of. Don't know or remember who many of these guys are.
The one saving grace of this volume is the very last story. It's one of the best Deadpool stories I've ever come across written by Robert Kirkman. Think it was reprinted from X-Force annual #1. I'd save your money and just buy that single issue.
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