 Original X-Men #1 $5.99 Quantity
VERY FINE/NEAR MINT
(W) Christos Gage (A) Greg Land (CA) Ryan Stegman THE OG 5 ON AN ALL-NEW ADVENTURE! Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Beast, Iceman and Angel - the first and greatest heroes to bear the X-Men name - once traveled into their own futures and reset the course of history. Now another multiversal mystery calls them forth. When the dust settles, one hero will remain, trapped in the world as we know it. With shocking surprise guests and heart-pounding twists and turns, Christos Gage and Greg Land kick off a story that will shake the whole MU! Date Available: 12/20/2023
BONUS REVIEW by Kevin Healy
 Retailer review only! Welcome to our world: Has 'X' in the title- will sell 10 copies, 5/10 Grahams Features a Ryan Stegman cover on a book w/ interiors by Greg Land. A Land cover would sell better and better represent the book. 3/10 Grahams Greg Land interiors. Pretty, but mostly "borrowed" from photographs, some of dubious nature. Choices like this make sequential art more difficult to effectively move your eye through a page. It will result in casual readers enjoying some individual images. 4/10 Grahams The story works on its own, well enough at least. 5/10 Grahams Does the story actually exist to set up ANOTHER book that exists outside of continuity instead of telling its own story? It does, cheating the reader of the experience they just had by telling them "NOW you know what you need to read to understand this." 1/10 Grahams Does the title they're setting up feature Wolverine? It does, so it will sell way more copies than this, and might drive people back to find this issue in two months. I mean, its Wolverine...its going to sell very very well. 9/10 Grahams. Lastly, the overall retailer to publisher grade. This book will be a sell out for me, probably on the third day of release. It does not add to what Marvel is doing right now with the Fall of X, and is intended to be either a cast off for people who aren't enjoying that storyline, or a fall back for people who only want comics 'the way they used to be'. When Bendis/Immonen brought back the original team in All New X-Men, it was in continuity, had purpose, and moved the mutant front forward during that time frame. Assessment- This is a cash grab. It is not terrible. It will not hurt, offend, challenge, or delight anyone who reads it. Final grade- 5/10 Grahams. I give it 5 out of 10 Grahams VERY FINE/NEAR MINT
(W) Christos Gage (A) Greg Land (CA) Ryan Stegman THE OG 5 ON AN ALL-NEW ADVENTURE! Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Beast, Iceman and Angel - the first and greatest heroes to bear the X-Men name - once traveled into their own futures and reset the course of history. Now another multiversal mystery calls them forth. When the dust settles, one hero will remain, trapped in the world as we know it. With shocking surprise guests and heart-pounding twists and turns, Christos Gage and Greg Land kick off a story that will shake the whole MU! Date Available: 12/20/2023
BONUS REVIEW by Kevin Healy
Retailer review only! Welcome to our world: Has 'X' in the title- will sell 10 copies, 5/10 Grahams Features a Ryan Stegman cover on a book w/ interiors by Greg Land. A Land cover would sell better and better represent the book. 3/10 Grahams Greg Land interiors. Pretty, but mostly "borrowed" from photographs, some of dubious nature. Choices like this make sequential art more difficult to effectively move your eye through a page. It will result in casual readers enjoying some individual images. 4/10 Grahams The story works on its own, well enough at least. 5/10 Grahams Does the story actually exist to set up ANOTHER book that exists outside of continuity instead of telling its own story? It does, cheating the reader of the experience they just had by telling them "NOW you know what you need to read to understand this." 1/10 Grahams Does the title they're setting up feature Wolverine? It does, so it will sell way more copies than this, and might drive people back to find this issue in two months. I mean, its Wolverine...its going to sell very very well. 9/10 Grahams. Lastly, the overall retailer to publisher grade. This book will be a sell out for me, probably on the third day of release. It does not add to what Marvel is doing right now with the Fall of X, and is intended to be either a cast off for people who aren't enjoying that storyline, or a fall back for people who only want comics 'the way they used to be'. When Bendis/Immonen brought back the original team in All New X-Men, it was in continuity, had purpose, and moved the mutant front forward during that time frame. Assessment- This is a cash grab. It is not terrible. It will not hurt, offend, challenge, or delight anyone who reads it. Final grade- 5/10 Grahams. I give it 5 out of 10 Grahams Customers who bought this, also bought:
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