New X-Men by Grant Morrison Ultimate Collection Book 3 (New X-Men (2001-2004)) Kindle & comiXology

Well first off let me say that Grant Morrison is one of my favorite writers -- I loved his Zenith and Doom Patrol, and the beginning of New X-Men ( vol 1 ) was really excellent. But vol 2 started to get bogged down ( mostly by the art ) and by vol 3, the ending was just serviceable. I hate to say it, but this is the second time I've seen Morrison do this ( his start and middle on Doom Patrol were awesome, but by the end it was just pretty much incomprehensible ). The "rescue" attempt with the "Here Comes Tomorrow" story-line was promising, but it was way, way too short. It should have been extended by another couple of issues at the very least, to fully flesh out the characters and story. I used to like Chris Bachalo's art on Shade the Changing Man, but he was really the wrong artist to kick-off the first two issues of this compilation. After that, even the nice work by Phil Jimenez couldn't rescue it because the whole story line just collapsed, and I lost interest. Now here's a "What If" -- what if Frank Quitely had done the art on the entire run? Or the Xorn saga hadn't ended up being just smoke and mirrors ? That would have been something!

Oh yeah! The third trade for Grant Morrison's New X-Men is great!Humans vs Mutants! So much hate! And in the middle there's the students at Xavier's School for the Gifted.I can't tell you anything of the book, because I would spoiler it for you. If you've been following the story from the begining of the first trade, then I can tell you that, finishing the story is the right way to go.Tough spot for the X-Dudes, no doubt of that. And Manhattan will feel rage of... KICK, the drug!The art is way better than Volume 2. Phil Jimenez and Marc Silvestri's art is the best so far, and makes the experience even cooler than it is.I give this book 4.5 starsPs: Beak Rules!!!!!!!!

I love Grant Morrison. I love his wacky, unhinged writing style. The story he cooked up for his run with the X-Men is pretty mind blowing, but seems to have been stretched thin during this last installment of the New X-Men. There are side stories and shoe-horned in plot points that have me scratching my head and wondering why the series wasn't a little shorter. That said, the whole thing is massively entertaining. If you love Grant Morrison and the X-Men, you'll love this book.

I have not been impressed with Morrison's run on the X-men. All the characters became brooding and depressed A-holes and several of them completely ignored their character arcs.The writing wasn't very good in general as there were several times when I had no idea what was going on or how story threads were connected. There were some great ideas and some new interesting characters, but it's probably my least favorite run of the X-men.

Got it for my comic book loving brother and he loved it

Altought this is the weakest of three ultimate volumes, it's still very good. Well deserving conclusion to the series.

Reading this makes my inner geek smile every time and my bookasaurus feel full and satisfied.

A fitting conclusion to Morrison's run.

Grant Morrison's X-men trilogy comes to a blistering conclusion.There are three stories in this single book, each illustrated by a different artist - emphasizing drastic changes in mood for each distinctive story lineSPOILER ALERT (but ONLY SLIGHT SPOILERS, I THINK, maybe)Story 1 ('Assault on Weapon Plus') - a 4-parter involving a boys' night out for Scott, Wolverine and new guy Fantomex. This story would never have been allowed back in the old the Stan Lee days (- when much stricter censorship was in place and all comic-book stories had to be approved by the 'comics code' .) Scott Summers has 'business' with a prostitute and we get to see banter between Wolverine and Sabretooth, whilst they're both stood peeing into adjacent urinals - and that's just in the first few pages. As the story unfolds we learn much about secrets behind the Weapon X program - of which Wolverine was a test subject - and we learn of its links to both the Super Soldier and Sentinel programs.Story 2 ('Planet X' ) - a 5-parter - is Morrison's penultimate take on the X-men. This is where things get darker and grittier. Muslim student Dust reveals that a certain terrorist has infiltrated the teaching staff at the Xavier Institute and things get really ugly for the X-men - a story loaded with shocks and horror.MAIN SPOILER ALERTStory 3 ('Here Comes Tomorrow') - a 4-parter - is the stunning conclusion, set 150 years after the previous story. The world is in ruins. The USA is now 'Megamerica', Britain is part of 'Intereuropa Island', New York has been destroyed and Manhattan is just a crater. Most of the surviving populace are mutants. Humans are a dying species - only a few thousand are left. The X-men are now an interspecies team. Wolverine, Cassandra Nova and the Stepford Cuckoos have all survived. Fantomex is presumbly dead, but his external feminine nervous-system - EVA - still lives and can now morph into different shapes - choosing to primarily manifest as a hairless, anatomically perfect female - with silver skin and dome-shaped skull.The Stepford Cuckoos are now the 'Three-in-One' and Cassandra Nova is the Headmistress of the Institute. These surviving X-men - along with No-girl - are joined by a muscled, bird-headed descendant of Beak - and also by British human hero - 'Tom Skylark' - and his Sentinel guardian - 'Rover'.Certain things are never fully explained - such as how have the surviving characters managed to have such extended lives? Ok we know Wolverine has innate healing factor - but why does he also appear to be 20 years younger than the 1970's version of his character (- as portrayed by Dave Cockrum and John Bryne?) Also a flashback showing Scott and Emma at Jean's graveside gives no explanation as to why Emma Frost is suddenly sporting 'Lolo-Ferrari'-type breast implants.Despite such mysteries, this was a thoroughly enjoyable tale with all kinds of magic touches - such as the attraction between Tom Skylark and EVA and the alluded heartbreak of Rover, This is a grand scale, apocalyptic tale and also very cosmic. I loved the end scene of Jean - on a level far beyond Earth, surrounded by other Phoenix avatars.One to be read and re-read time and time again.

First of all, the other review here is of course for the hardcover edition, so bear that in mind folks. Onwards....I've been a big fan of Morrison ever since his ground-breaking arc on Doom Patrol (in my opinion the greatest superhero comcis story arc ever, including 'Watchmen') and thoroughly enjoyed the first two volumes collecting his X-Men run.Unfortunately, this third volume doesn't live up to the expectations created by the earlier arcs - Morrison's handling of Magneto is nothing special, we get the whole Phoenix thing again, nowhere near enough Emma Frost and a 'Dark Beast'/future scenario which is...quite frankly, dull. Sometimes studied whackiness isn't enough, and structurally, these arcs are weak compared to Grant's usua; standard.The art is wanting too, featuring the unwelcome return of Image-kid Marc Silvestri, a vintage but massively over-rated former X-Men artist who is a kind of bargain basement Jim Lee, but a little less scratchy (of course if you like Lee, MCFarlane and that crowd, you'll love this - which probably means you're not a child of the silver/bronze ages of comics).Instead, do yourself a favour and buy all six volumes of Doom Patrol - yes, it may have influenced X-Men a little (the team first appeared about 3 months prior to Marvel's Mutants), but I think Doom Patrol owes much to Fantastic Four. In Grant's DP, you get masterful plotting, wild ideas, structural integirty and great art, plus some of the most stunning ret-conning in superhero history.

When I first began reading Grant Morrision's X-Men run I wasn't entirely convinced of it's quality (though I did go in with very high expectations). The writers strikes at the time of publishing had meant a few lower quality artists had been brought in and, for me at least, effected my enjoyment of the early stage of the run. However, by the final stages of the run the quality is telling in every area of the book. The writing is superb, the art work is of a very high quality and the conclusion to the long developed arc is extremely satisfying.

Good solid comic which include origin facts on Fantom X and xorn

Good condition. Everything was ok.