X-Men : Mutant Massacre (Paperback)

from JonathanGorman

Kind of the best and worse of the 80s Marvel. Ok, not really the worse, but transitions are awkward and the whole "X-Men" don't kill is pushed to the extremes of believability. This did remind me of how much I liked the Power Pack comic as a kid and how surprisingly well written it was considerin...

from JonathanGorman

Kind of the best and worse of the 80s Marvel. Ok, not really the worse, but transitions are awkward and the whole "X-Men" don't kill is pushed to the extremes of believability. This did remind me of how much I liked the Power Pack comic as a kid and how surprisingly well written it was considerin...

from lithicbee

The Uncanny X-Men issues, especially 212 and 213 are a highlight, and the X-Factor issues made me nostalgic. New Mutants 46 likewise, as it is basically the start of a great story arc involving the New Mutants fleeing from Warlock's father, Magus, but I'll have to pull out the long box to re-read...

from Kurt.Rocourt

It's not a home run but it's a classic X-Men story. The fights are tough and brutal. The number of dead and injured is very high in the story. It seems weird going from X-Men to Thor to Power Pack but that's all part of the story. It doesn't feel like it ends when the book ends. The story seems l...

from tapestry100

Having read these issues for the first time when they were released by in the mid 80s, I can safely say that after 20 years, X-Men: Mutant Massacre can still stand on its own as a decent story. Of course, it's severely dated in some circumstances, but if you can read it in the context for when it...