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Anti-mutant paranoia reaches new heights. 1
Well this is it. Anti-mutant paranoia stops being a subplot and becomes one of the main themes in this series. There were certainly previous issues leading to this point. #4 introduced the concept that normal humans both fear and hate mutants. Having a flashback where Magneto saves Scarlet Witch from a mob about to lynch her. Toad got his own share of such loving fans in #5, as did Beast and Iceman in #8. The concept of Homo sapiens viewing Homo superior as the "enemy within" was also mentioned...
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Sentient Sentinels 0
This issue has a lot of things going for it in terms of developing and expanding the X-Universe, making it the multifaceted dangerous place (especially for mutants) that we know it to be today (at least before M-Day). Though it does still utilize the tired "this...no, this...no, this is the most dangerous foe we've ever encountered!" structure (even Professor Xavier, as smart as he is, should be tired of saying that each time they encounter someone knew), at least the foe this time is not the l...
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The Sentinels' Big Heads 0
Great...the kids get a "vacation" and the Professor has to deal with the blowback of the "Mutant Menace."Homo-sapien: 1Homo-superior: 0I've clearly read a bunch of these books so far, this being review number 14 and all, but this one was hard pressed to keep my attention. I usually blow right through the book with no problems, even if it's bad, at least it evokes some emotion in me. Whether a book makes me happy, sad, or angry, it it causing me to think and feel. This book for the first several ...
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Before Days of Future Past 0
While widely considered one of Marvel's best titles, that wasn't always the case for The X-Men. It really wasn't until the 1981 X-Men volume 2 that it took center stage as Marvel's best book. Back in the mid-1960s, X-Men was pretty much an also-ran from the 'House of Ideas'.That is until the Sentinel Saga. Beginning with this issue, Stan Lee hit on a really great idea. Mutants are already a little suspect - what if you ratchet up fear of mutants to full blown Red-scare level paranoia? Then what ...
2 out of 2 found this review helpful.
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