X-Men: Messiah Complex | 
 enlarge | Authors: Mike Carey, Ed Brubaker, Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost, Peter David
Creators: Marc Silvestri, Billy Tan, Chris Bachalo, Humberto Ramos, Scot Eaton
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Category: Book
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Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 5649
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 7.5 x 1
ISBN: 0785128999
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9780785128991
ASIN: 0785128999
Publication Date: April 30, 2008
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Product Description
The biggest event to hit the X-Men in ten years is here! Just when it looked like there was no possibility of a future for mutants, hope arrives. But the X-Men aren't there to meet it - The Marauders and Purifiers beat them to it. Now the race is on to get the first new mutant since House of M! Collects X-Men: Messiah Complex One-Shot, Uncanny X-Men #492-494, X-Men #205-207, New X-Men #44-46, and X-Factor #25-27
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 Good Old Xmen Fun August 2, 2008
I haven't bought comics for a long time and only resort to buying Hardcovers or Trade Paperbacks for my comic book fix. I was reluctant to buy Xmen Messiah Complex because I've heard that most crossovers have not lived up their billings. But after reading this at one sitting, I must admit that the art, story,characterization, action, tone, and complexity was very very impressive and well-done.
I found the new X-teams hard to grasp,but after a few more pages, it wasn't that hard to follow. The backstories or what comic book enthusiasts call continuity was done so that we all can understand without a back history of stories. The art was fantastic to the max.
I'd recommend this hardcover if you enjoy a good "mystery" style story with tons of action, killings,and kids learning how to fit into being heroes. This is a good Marvel crossover and there's not that many out there.
Highly recommended.
Well worth my wait July 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I nearly went crazy waiting for this hardcover to arrive at my library (being broke and unable to buy it, as I would've liked to do) because I kept hearing so much about it: "Messiah Complex" this and "Messiah Complex" that and "the best X-Men crossover in decades" and such. Naturally, I couldn't wait to see if it really was worth the hype and was immediately hooked the instant I got ahold of it.
Well, it's worth the hype, at least in my opinion.
I might be just a tiny bit biased, seeing as some of my favorite characters (Nightcrawler, Rogue, X-23, Gambit, Cyclops) are involved, as well as some of my favorite writers (Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost, Ed Brubaker) but I really enjoyed this story. The writing and art were spot-on, as well as the plot being engaging, and I love the way it ended, with Cable taking the baby into the future (though I can't help but be curious about what will happen to her there). Only a couple little things bothering me: it distressed me extremely that Caliban, whom I've always had a soft spot for, was killed. Also, it irked me that Shadowcat was too busy guiding a stupid bullet through space to appear here, even in a passing remark. Other than that, an excellent story well worth my time and a beautiful hardcover I'd love to own one day.
x- specially awesome July 23, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
this is one of the better x-men stories ive read in a while. the art is also spectacular. there are 4 or 5 different illustators, an they all rocked it in my opinion. i was pleased with this purchase. if you like the x-men, an you like reading comics(or graphic novels, same thing) then you'll enjoy this book.
 Setting Up Something Bigger July 19, 2008
I'm still playing catchup with the X-Men after a long hiatus from reading the series. It has gotten much more violent but also much more expansive in its depictions of the characters' milieu, which has always functioned in a kind of bubble that divides it from the rest of the Marvel continuity. I had high expectations for Messiah CompleX due to the positive reviews and the promise of important events. But really the book is just sort of mutant free-for-all with too much brawn and not enough brains. You get to see Cyclops function as a leader after his "overthrow" of Professor X in Deadly Genesis, and Messiah CompleX contains the deaths of two characters that are VERY central to the X-mythos. However, I think Marvel's mutant titles are notorious for deaths of characters who then quickly come back to life via some deus ex machina, making the whole concept of death somewhat immaterial and pointless in these titles.
The premise of the "messiah" predicted way back when by the mutant Destiny is cool though. I just found this installment itself was less interesting than the events it seems to set up for next time around.
 Just OK July 18, 2008
I don't want to waste my time reviewing this, so here goes. Don't buy into the hype too much. This is a good story but it could've been executed easliy in 9 or even 6 issues. It really started off slow. It wasn't as interesting as many books have been over the past couple years. I simply prefer the other X-Books and Wolverine to this stuff. Even Mighty Avengers vol 1 & 2 are better than this.
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