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Marvel Must-Have #104
X-Men: Lifedeath
Revolutionary artist Barry Windsor-Smith takes on the Uncanny X-Men! The original X-Men go toe-to-toe against Blastaar, deadly menace from the Negative Zone! Storm and Forge find themselves trapped on a primitive paradise world with no hope of escape! Spiral and Lady Deathstrike target Wolverine for death! And Dazzler is hunted by the Marauders, with only the X-Men to save her!
129 pages, Hardcover
First published July 20, 2011
About the author
Chris Claremont
3,247 books848 followersChris Claremont is a writer of American comic books, best known for his 16-year (1975-1991) stint on Uncanny X-Men, during which the series became one of the comic book industry's most successful properties.
Claremont has written many stories for other publishers including the Star Trek Debt of Honor graphic novel, his creator-owned Sovereign Seven for DC Comics and Aliens vs Predator for Dark Horse Comics. He also wrote a few issues of the series WildC.A.T.s (volume 1, issues #10-13) at Image Comics, which introduced his creator-owned character, Huntsman.
Outside of comics, Claremont co-wrote the Chronicles of the Shadow War trilogy, Shadow Moon (1995), Shadow Dawn (1996), and Shadow Star (1999), with George Lucas. This trilogy continues the story of Elora Danan from the movie Willow. In the 1980s, he also wrote a science fiction trilogy about female starship pilot Nicole Shea, consisting of First Flight (1987), Grounded! (1991), and Sundowner (1994). Claremont was also a contributor to the Wild Cards anthology series.
Claremont has written many stories for other publishers including the Star Trek Debt of Honor graphic novel, his creator-owned Sovereign Seven for DC Comics and Aliens vs Predator for Dark Horse Comics. He also wrote a few issues of the series WildC.A.T.s (volume 1, issues #10-13) at Image Comics, which introduced his creator-owned character, Huntsman.
Outside of comics, Claremont co-wrote the Chronicles of the Shadow War trilogy, Shadow Moon (1995), Shadow Dawn (1996), and Shadow Star (1999), with George Lucas. This trilogy continues the story of Elora Danan from the movie Willow. In the 1980s, he also wrote a science fiction trilogy about female starship pilot Nicole Shea, consisting of First Flight (1987), Grounded! (1991), and Sundowner (1994). Claremont was also a contributor to the Wild Cards anthology series.
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August 6, 2015
This will probably the first and last time you’ll ever read this from me as per a comic book review, but this one is all about the art. It’s another Marvel Premier Edition: hard back, shiny protective cover, extras in the back. But this one is artist-centric, it takes a look at some of Barry Windsor-Smith’s X-Men art for Marvel comics. You can see his work evolve from towing the Jack Kirby-esque company style of the late sixties as this:
to a lovely rendering of Storm from LifeDeath 1:
to a more mature expressionistic Wolverine battle a few years later:
There’s a nice cover and pin-up gallery in the back of the book as well.
Sadly, Windsor-Smith is let down in many of these collected issues by some of Marvel’s worst writing. Starting with X-Men #53 when Marvel was still being overseen by Stan Lee.
Sure, it says Arnold Drake wrote this, but it has Lee’s hokey, overcooked influence all over it. Read the dialogue. Blastaar, goes on like this for pages and pages. Then we have Jean Grey and the X-Men trying to fix some of the late (Ha!) Professor Xavier’s machinery. Jean, because she’s a weak sixties gal messes it up and gets all woozy and fainty and has to be rescued by the lads just when Blastaar enters the scene:
See Blastaar.
See Blastaar talk.
Talk Blastaar talk.
See the X-Men fight Blastaar.
Fight X-Men fight.
See Blastaar talk more.
STFU Blastaar just STFU.
The rest of the book is penned by Chris Claremont. The two title stories are Claremont’s signature touchy-feely books that he would inject into continuity after several issues of fisticuffs, because he’s a serious “writer”. The second story with a powerless Storm wandering the African plains is the one true winner in the book, examining her search within and without herself for the true measure of who she is – with or without her mutant abilities.
Two other stories: a passable Weapon X story with a half-naked Wolverine and a mutant tyke called Exciter (Stan Lee came out of retirement to name her) and an exciting story involving Lila Cheney and Dazzler because the kids just love it when they add that new-fangled rock and roll music into a superhero comic book.
Anne’s new and improved sarcasm font was taken for a spin for that last bit. Let her know how it worked out.
to a lovely rendering of Storm from LifeDeath 1:
to a more mature expressionistic Wolverine battle a few years later:
There’s a nice cover and pin-up gallery in the back of the book as well.
Sadly, Windsor-Smith is let down in many of these collected issues by some of Marvel’s worst writing. Starting with X-Men #53 when Marvel was still being overseen by Stan Lee.
Sure, it says Arnold Drake wrote this, but it has Lee’s hokey, overcooked influence all over it. Read the dialogue. Blastaar, goes on like this for pages and pages. Then we have Jean Grey and the X-Men trying to fix some of the late (Ha!) Professor Xavier’s machinery. Jean, because she’s a weak sixties gal messes it up and gets all woozy and fainty and has to be rescued by the lads just when Blastaar enters the scene:
See Blastaar.
See Blastaar talk.
Talk Blastaar talk.
See the X-Men fight Blastaar.
Fight X-Men fight.
See Blastaar talk more.
STFU Blastaar just STFU.
The rest of the book is penned by Chris Claremont. The two title stories are Claremont’s signature touchy-feely books that he would inject into continuity after several issues of fisticuffs, because he’s a serious “writer”. The second story with a powerless Storm wandering the African plains is the one true winner in the book, examining her search within and without herself for the true measure of who she is – with or without her mutant abilities.
Two other stories: a passable Weapon X story with a half-naked Wolverine and a mutant tyke called Exciter (Stan Lee came out of retirement to name her) and an exciting story involving Lila Cheney and Dazzler because the kids just love it when they add that new-fangled rock and roll music into a superhero comic book.
Anne’s new and improved sarcasm font was taken for a spin for that last bit. Let her know how it worked out.
March 24, 2023
This collects Barry Winsor-Smith's (complete?) work on the X-Men.
Issue 53
A super early Barry issue where he's doing his best Jack Kirby impression. He actually does a good job! The story is a simple beat-em up issue. The X-men fight an evil dude - he looks like a Gorilla crossed with Darkseid - named Blastaar. Not sure if this guy shows up again in future comics.
Issue 186+198 - Life Death Parts 1 and 2
This is the reason this book exists. A beautiful tale featuring Ororo who got her powers taken away. She's dealing with some massive depression due to being rendered normal and no longer in touch with the weather. The artwork is among Barry's best. Claremont is able to do some of his rambley poetic musings and it's actually alright - it works with the story.
Issue 205 - The Body Shop
A sort of appendix to Barry's Weapon X story. Here we see Lady Deathstrike get the Weapon X treatment and go after Wolverine. Fantastic artwork here as well. Claremont's verbosity gets in the way of what would otherwise be a simple and effective story.
Issue 214 - With Malice Toward All
This one feels more like a fill-in issue with Barry not really delivering his best work. The story features Dazzler and a few of the X-Men. I'm not the audience for this one as I really don't know the background of this character.
Features numerous covers Barry did for X-men related titles from his late 60s stuff all the way until 1997 when he did a couple Deadpool covers.
Definitely just for fans of Barry, although Life Death on its own is a pretty good X-men tale. You know its a story Barry felt passionate about because he revisits an Ororo style character again in his own story Adastra in Africa (which I now need to go revisit).
I was kind of thinking, who is this collection for? It’s not really for xmen fans, they already have these stories in their omnibuses and other story based collections. This is just a hodge-podge collection of random xmen issues for the most part. If it’s just for us Barry fans, why not give us the rest of his Marvel superhero stuff? I don’t think there’s too much of it. Outside of Weapon X and Machine Man there’s only a handful of other issues. I guess it gets into omnibus territory at a certain point.
And of course, we have to talk colors. Barry is credited as the colorist on some of these issues but of course Marvel in typical fashion has reprinted the book in it’s bright ass flat color with shiny white paper stock. It’s so silly that no one there thinks… hey maybe we should try to match the intent of the original color scheme! Instead they just grab the “same” color and stick it on a glossy page. It’s a damn shame it’s still a better reading experience to find original copies of the comics (with cheap newspaper stock and saturated inks) just because Marvel has no clue how to do proper color. The reprint color so far away from what the book looks like in the original comic it’s nearly inappropriate to credit Barry as the colorist.
Issue 53
A super early Barry issue where he's doing his best Jack Kirby impression. He actually does a good job! The story is a simple beat-em up issue. The X-men fight an evil dude - he looks like a Gorilla crossed with Darkseid - named Blastaar. Not sure if this guy shows up again in future comics.
Issue 186+198 - Life Death Parts 1 and 2
This is the reason this book exists. A beautiful tale featuring Ororo who got her powers taken away. She's dealing with some massive depression due to being rendered normal and no longer in touch with the weather. The artwork is among Barry's best. Claremont is able to do some of his rambley poetic musings and it's actually alright - it works with the story.
Issue 205 - The Body Shop
A sort of appendix to Barry's Weapon X story. Here we see Lady Deathstrike get the Weapon X treatment and go after Wolverine. Fantastic artwork here as well. Claremont's verbosity gets in the way of what would otherwise be a simple and effective story.
Issue 214 - With Malice Toward All
This one feels more like a fill-in issue with Barry not really delivering his best work. The story features Dazzler and a few of the X-Men. I'm not the audience for this one as I really don't know the background of this character.
Features numerous covers Barry did for X-men related titles from his late 60s stuff all the way until 1997 when he did a couple Deadpool covers.
Definitely just for fans of Barry, although Life Death on its own is a pretty good X-men tale. You know its a story Barry felt passionate about because he revisits an Ororo style character again in his own story Adastra in Africa (which I now need to go revisit).
I was kind of thinking, who is this collection for? It’s not really for xmen fans, they already have these stories in their omnibuses and other story based collections. This is just a hodge-podge collection of random xmen issues for the most part. If it’s just for us Barry fans, why not give us the rest of his Marvel superhero stuff? I don’t think there’s too much of it. Outside of Weapon X and Machine Man there’s only a handful of other issues. I guess it gets into omnibus territory at a certain point.
And of course, we have to talk colors. Barry is credited as the colorist on some of these issues but of course Marvel in typical fashion has reprinted the book in it’s bright ass flat color with shiny white paper stock. It’s so silly that no one there thinks… hey maybe we should try to match the intent of the original color scheme! Instead they just grab the “same” color and stick it on a glossy page. It’s a damn shame it’s still a better reading experience to find original copies of the comics (with cheap newspaper stock and saturated inks) just because Marvel has no clue how to do proper color. The reprint color so far away from what the book looks like in the original comic it’s nearly inappropriate to credit Barry as the colorist.
March 29, 2017
3,5*
Let there be no doubt about it : I bought this volume for Barry Windsor-Smith only. What can I say? I’m a sucker for the guy.
I read the late 80’s issues in my teens and knew what to expect. Still, I was agreeably surprised to (re)appreciate the stories too. It’s as wordy as Chris Claremont has ever been, with this totally dated way to write long inner monologues in huge thought balloons, cheesy dialogs and long explanatory captions. And yet it is not so bad.
The 2 first issues (Uncanny X-Men 186/198) are Storm dealing with the loss of her powers (she got better, thank you). Here Claremont and co-plotter Windsor Smith do a pretty good job at showing her new frailty, her distress and her renaissance when she finally copes with it.
Issue 214 stars Malice (a psychic entity affiliated with the Marauders) who plays Gregory Hoblit's Fallen on a few X-Men. Not bad but nothing to loose sleep over with.
Issue 53 is only here to thicken the trade and painful to read. Its only interest would be to show the evolution between a very clumsy Windsor-Smith under Kirby's influence in 1969 and the same 15 years later. Huge discrepancy.
And then there’s issue 205. Wounded wolf.
I read this one in 87 or 88 and was totally in awe of Windsor-Smith’s pencils and storytelling at the time. And guess what? I still am.
The powerful splash page of a bloody, half-naked and clearly in pain Wolverine during a snowstorm stuck with me all these years and still impresses the hell of me. As does the whole issue for that matter.
Lady Deathstrike becomes a cyborg-like kill machine to hunt Wolvie. She hurts him so much (off-scene) that he regresses to a feral state. The final confrontation is a beautifully orchestrated orgy of violence that still gives me goosebumps.
Hell, even Power Pack’s Energizer is cute there, when I wouldn’t read one of their own stories to save my life.
Terry Austin inks #186, Bob Wiacek #214. Not the worst choice but none of them can’t compete with Windsor-Smith inking himself in #198 and 205. He gives his own pencils another level of delicacy and intensity they can’t match.
Nobody colors comic the way they were in this Stone Age anymore. The flashy colors used then usually aren't so great but note that Windsor-Smith colors # 198 and 205 and that they arguably are above the average production of the time.
So, a pleasure for the eyes and not so bad stories to boot, if a little outdated.
Let there be no doubt about it : I bought this volume for Barry Windsor-Smith only. What can I say? I’m a sucker for the guy.
I read the late 80’s issues in my teens and knew what to expect. Still, I was agreeably surprised to (re)appreciate the stories too. It’s as wordy as Chris Claremont has ever been, with this totally dated way to write long inner monologues in huge thought balloons, cheesy dialogs and long explanatory captions. And yet it is not so bad.
The 2 first issues (Uncanny X-Men 186/198) are Storm dealing with the loss of her powers (she got better, thank you). Here Claremont and co-plotter Windsor Smith do a pretty good job at showing her new frailty, her distress and her renaissance when she finally copes with it.
Issue 214 stars Malice (a psychic entity affiliated with the Marauders) who plays Gregory Hoblit's Fallen on a few X-Men. Not bad but nothing to loose sleep over with.
Issue 53 is only here to thicken the trade and painful to read. Its only interest would be to show the evolution between a very clumsy Windsor-Smith under Kirby's influence in 1969 and the same 15 years later. Huge discrepancy.
And then there’s issue 205. Wounded wolf.
I read this one in 87 or 88 and was totally in awe of Windsor-Smith’s pencils and storytelling at the time. And guess what? I still am.
The powerful splash page of a bloody, half-naked and clearly in pain Wolverine during a snowstorm stuck with me all these years and still impresses the hell of me. As does the whole issue for that matter.
Lady Deathstrike becomes a cyborg-like kill machine to hunt Wolvie. She hurts him so much (off-scene) that he regresses to a feral state. The final confrontation is a beautifully orchestrated orgy of violence that still gives me goosebumps.
Hell, even Power Pack’s Energizer is cute there, when I wouldn’t read one of their own stories to save my life.
Terry Austin inks #186, Bob Wiacek #214. Not the worst choice but none of them can’t compete with Windsor-Smith inking himself in #198 and 205. He gives his own pencils another level of delicacy and intensity they can’t match.
Nobody colors comic the way they were in this Stone Age anymore. The flashy colors used then usually aren't so great but note that Windsor-Smith colors # 198 and 205 and that they arguably are above the average production of the time.
So, a pleasure for the eyes and not so bad stories to boot, if a little outdated.
May 16, 2015
Starts strong, gets weaker towards the end. I see why "Lifedeath" and "Lifedeath II" are justifiably classics. The Wolverine vs. Lady Deathstrike story was probably my favorite of the bunch, despite the title ("Wounded Wolf" — wolverines are not wolves. They aren't even the same family): as another reviewer so aptly put it, "Wolverine should team up with little kids against psychotic cyborgs more often." But more than anything this book shows off Barry Windsor-Smith's incredible range as an artist. I mean, I was literally incredulous that all the stories, from the almost-impressionistic "Wounded Wolf" (which won me by its mix of story and art) to the old-school classic X-Men style of "Rage of Blastaar", were by the same artist. But booyah. That revelation made up for some of the boringness of the last, and even made me give "With Malice Towards All" a second look — I'm still not very much for giving a hoot about Dazzler, but at least the story is hell of lady-driven (as are "Lifedeath" and especially "Lifedeath II" — only the latter passes the Bechdel Test, though, and although there's important, named, female characters in "Wounded Wolf", none of them talk to each other unless you count Spiral exposition-dumping on Deathstrike, or Katie's brief exchanges with Miss Randolph, which.... I dunno. I'd probably count them if "With Malice Towards All" and "Lifedeath II" weren't so obviously truer to the Bechdel Test in spirit rather than just in a checkboxes kinda way.)
Anyway. Another shoutout to Rachel and Miles X-Plain the X-Men for pointing me at this one (the first link goes to the podcast episode page, the second to the visual companion post), and to the New York Public Library for having it on their shelves.
Anyway. Another shoutout to Rachel and Miles X-Plain the X-Men for pointing me at this one (the first link goes to the podcast episode page, the second to the visual companion post), and to the New York Public Library for having it on their shelves.
July 19, 2019
This was a very random collection of X-Men comics. The only overall theme was something about dealing with your own inner beast, overcoming the sense of becoming a monster. Or, possibly, contemplating the value of suicide. (You would mostly think the answer is that suicide=bad, but there was one anecdote in this collection to suggest otherwise.)
Too random.
Did not care for it.
Too random.
Did not care for it.
February 4, 2021
This is an uneven collection of stories; Lifedeath is such a great combination of character work and art, while Wounded Wolf is a grim yet hopeful story where Windsor-Smith's talents are best used. However Lifedeath 2 is just fine, not a bad sequel, but just fine and the final Dazzler/Malice story is kind of forgettable (as is the Silver Age X-Men story at the end).
Still as a collection of some of Windsor-Smith's work on the X-Men, this does a good job.
Still as a collection of some of Windsor-Smith's work on the X-Men, this does a good job.
February 18, 2024
La majorité de ce comic est simplement des discussions de Storm avec elle-même, Forge ou l’ancien d’une tribu africaine sur comment retrouver son humanité lorsqu’on est au plus bas. C’est fantastique! Les discussions se font naturellement mais s’échangent de profondes réflexions et philosophie. Le personnage de Storm devient incroyablement complexe dans ces quelques pages et son passage chez Forge ou dans la tribu se terminent tous les deux pas un moment marquant et une conclusion forte.
Aucune scène d’action, aucun vilain ici (si on ne compte la très courte histoire secondaire) X-men décide de délivrer un message plus que du divertissement et réussit.
Aucune scène d’action, aucun vilain ici (si on ne compte la très courte histoire secondaire) X-men décide de délivrer un message plus que du divertissement et réussit.
May 11, 2014
Storm is so damn cool. The '90's cartoon really sold her short at first. Windsor-Smith's art is stunning, and Claremont proves the X-Men were perfect for pathos filled character studies. Also, Wolverine should team up with little kids against psychotic cyborgs more often.
December 2, 2020
A short collection of titles bound by the inclusion of the two Lifedeath issues and a smattering of Barry Windsor-Smith's art that shows the evolution of his work over the years.
Lifedeath centers around Storm's emotional awakening following the temporary loss of her mutant powers. This takes her through the pains of a complicated love that blossoms between her and Forge, and a separate journey near to her homeland. Both issues are fine character studies that provided Storm with more depth than she'd previously been afforded, and contributed to her becoming a favorite among the X-Men.
Another highlight is an issue featuring a clash between Wolverine and Lady Deathstrike. The art here is striking, and the narrative sets itself a bit apart by weaving its perspective through the eyes of three very different characters as events progress.
Also included is an issue from the Mutant Massacre storyline, and a much older issue that shows Windsow-Smith's humbler beginnings as an artist, not to mention the much humbler storytelling effort that surrounded his art.
Overall, this is a very good, if brief, example of why the X-Men were either near or atop the pile in the 1980s. Chris Claremont was a fine writer who knew his characters, and he was often accompanied by quality artists, as is the case here.
Lifedeath centers around Storm's emotional awakening following the temporary loss of her mutant powers. This takes her through the pains of a complicated love that blossoms between her and Forge, and a separate journey near to her homeland. Both issues are fine character studies that provided Storm with more depth than she'd previously been afforded, and contributed to her becoming a favorite among the X-Men.
Another highlight is an issue featuring a clash between Wolverine and Lady Deathstrike. The art here is striking, and the narrative sets itself a bit apart by weaving its perspective through the eyes of three very different characters as events progress.
Also included is an issue from the Mutant Massacre storyline, and a much older issue that shows Windsow-Smith's humbler beginnings as an artist, not to mention the much humbler storytelling effort that surrounded his art.
Overall, this is a very good, if brief, example of why the X-Men were either near or atop the pile in the 1980s. Chris Claremont was a fine writer who knew his characters, and he was often accompanied by quality artists, as is the case here.
April 21, 2024
Loved the art. The two stories focused on Storm are essential to the character and provide an intimate account of her power loss and relationship with Forge. The issue focused on Wolverine is great writing from Claremont, but does include the Power Pack (an acquired taste in my opinion). A villain gets an improved upgrade in this issue, which bares some significance in future issues. The issue with Dazzler is everywhere and comes off as a bit silly. The TPB finishes off with a classic issue of X-Men involving Blastaar that just is what it is. This TPB jumps issues, so I assume it was collected to highlight some of the more interesting tales from this era post Mutant Massacre and the art of Barry Windsor-Smith.
April 3, 2024
collected editions of comics are so interesting because its like okay we named it after this significant story arc but actually there's a ton of other stuff in here too that you don't care about but it is in fact here.
all that to say that i only read this to read lifedeath and lifedeath ii before next week's x-men episode. ororo munroe you will always be famous and i am so sorry barry windsor-smith but your art hurts my eyes for so many different reasons.
all that to say that i only read this to read lifedeath and lifedeath ii before next week's x-men episode. ororo munroe you will always be famous and i am so sorry barry windsor-smith but your art hurts my eyes for so many different reasons.
July 15, 2021
I was pretty sure this was the story I had read as a kid. Turns out it wasn't. That wasn't the only disappointment in this collection. Two underwhelming stories, and a couple of filler comics that had little-to-nothing to do with Storm's arc. I think I'm just not into comics anymore?
October 8, 2018
4.5 stars
March 25, 2020
Read this a while ago but forgot to log. Good stuff!
April 11, 2020
Very good
August 15, 2020
Lifedeath and Lifedeath II are brilliant. The solo wolverine issue is great too. I could have done without the rest.
July 21, 2024
Love anything X-men so was amazing
August 19, 2024
The centerpiece of this collection is the 2-issue story of Storm coming to terms with losing her power. This arc is another example of how Chris Claremont rose the X-Men to such revelatory heights and Barry Windsor-Smith's art is a perfect accompaniment. X-Men was at it's best when it eschewed typical superhero shenanigans for actual psychological character analysis and Lifedeath is a perfect encapsulation of this.
The other issues are only included because they feature BWS artwork, which, while still great, pale in comparison. The last issue from 1969 is particularly goofy.
The other issues are only included because they feature BWS artwork, which, while still great, pale in comparison. The last issue from 1969 is particularly goofy.
September 7, 2016
This is a fantastic X-Men collection! The main focus here is Storm and the 2-issue LifeDeath arc that deals with Storm's personal struggles after a major event in the storyline back in the 80's (is it past the spoiler statute yet?). Fantastic writing and fantastic art come together for a really good story. Worth reading for any X-Men or comics fan.
We also get a Wolverine one-shot, also by Claremont and Windsor-Smith. I felt a bit lost on this one because I don't know the full context around it, but it has a few incredible panels detailing Wolverine doing what he does best - fight.
The last issue rounding out this collection is an older one drawn by the same artist. It isn't that great, but does help showcase where he came from on his way to the incredible artwork showcased in his later career in the rest of this volume. The covers showcase at the back also highlights the range of his talent.
We also get a Wolverine one-shot, also by Claremont and Windsor-Smith. I felt a bit lost on this one because I don't know the full context around it, but it has a few incredible panels detailing Wolverine doing what he does best - fight.
The last issue rounding out this collection is an older one drawn by the same artist. It isn't that great, but does help showcase where he came from on his way to the incredible artwork showcased in his later career in the rest of this volume. The covers showcase at the back also highlights the range of his talent.
April 15, 2012
Barry Windsor-Smith's art is amazing. I was a big Art Adams fan growing up, and now I see where he got a big chunk of his style from. The actual 'Lifedeath' story by itself would get 4 stars from me; combined with the less-good Lifedeath II and all the other ok stuff, brings it down to the 3 or 3.5 star-range. I like that you get an oversized issue or two just to deal with the emotional ramifications of Storm losing her powers and figuring out what her place in the world is. Feels like today they just wouldn't have spent the time building up her issues and her relationship with Forge -- oh, there would have been a comic with a lot of talking in it, but none of the care for the emotional states of the characters. Anyway, pretty solid collection.
February 20, 2016
This is the best Storm story. Other Storm Stories? Often good, but this one is best, and it is the reason Storm is one of my top five X-Men, all time. This ought to be made into a film, and were I in charge of those decisions it already would have been. I can not say enough about Lifedeath, it is spectacular, one of the most important and best executed X-Men storylines of all time.
October 18, 2016
Collects Uncanny X-Men 186, 198, 205, 214, and 53, all of which were illustrated by Barry Windsor-Smith. The first two issues tell the story of Storm losing her mutant powers to a weapon created by Forge. Issue 198, in which Storm travels to an unnamed African country and assists a famine-stricken village (circa 1985) is my favorite issue.
January 3, 2017
Wish this had been a more proper collection. They keep putting disjoint issues together in these collections.
The title issues (Lifedeath, Lifedeath II, both focusing on a powerless Storm) are some of the best out there, and she is the most interesting character at this point in X-Men's history.
Barry Windsor-Smith's artwork throughout this is phenomenal.
The title issues (Lifedeath, Lifedeath II, both focusing on a powerless Storm) are some of the best out there, and she is the most interesting character at this point in X-Men's history.
Barry Windsor-Smith's artwork throughout this is phenomenal.
April 14, 2013
Fantastic BWS artwork (as usual - one of my favorite artists), so-so stories. The inclusion of one of Windsor-Smith's earliest X-Men stories serves to illustrate just how far his artwork has grown and developed over the years.
February 18, 2016
Reread.
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