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not a bad story

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well good story the first mutant birth since m day and everybody's going crazy the x men, marauders, acolytes, x factor, new x men very seriuos and yes there are causalties since marvel love killing off characters and bringing them back peepers was eaten by predator x, caliban was killed but the villians who was killed came back we knew sinister was'nt dead one time the neo killed him 17 times before they got it right and it did'nt workerd xavier was shot but now he's back again, we know rogue did'nt kill mystique and wolverine left her to die we may see her again we saw exodus and lady mastermind and sinister is now miss sinister and bishop is now cable's archenemy. yes the aftermath

Good Old Xmen Fun

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I haven't bought comics for a long time and only resort to buying Hardcovers or Trade Paperbacks for my comic book fix. I was reluctant to buy Xmen Messiah Complex because I've heard that most crossovers have not lived up their billings. But after reading this at one sitting, I must admit that the art, story,characterization, action, tone, and complexity was very very impressive and well-done. I found the new X-teams hard to grasp,but after a few more pages, it wasn't that hard to follow. The backstories or what comic book enthusiasts call continuity was done so that we all can understand without a back history of stories. The art was fantastic to the max. I'd recommend this hardcover if you enjoy a good "mystery" style story with tons of action, killings,and kids learning how to fit into being heroes. This is a good Marvel crossover and there's not that many out there. Highly recommended.

Well worth my wait

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I nearly went crazy waiting for this hardcover to arrive at my library (being broke and unable to buy it, as I would've liked to do) because I kept hearing so much about it: "Messiah Complex" this and "Messiah Complex" that and "the best X-Men crossover in decades" and such. Naturally, I couldn't wait to see if it really was worth the hype and was immediately hooked the instant I got ahold of it. Well, it's worth the hype, at least in my opinion. I might be just a tiny bit biased, seeing as some of my favorite characters (Nightcrawler, Rogue, X-23, Gambit, Cyclops) are involved, as well as some of my favorite writers (Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost, Ed Brubaker) but I really enjoyed this story. The writing and art were spot-on, as well as the plot being engaging, and I love the way it ended, with Cable taking the baby into the future (though I can't help but be curious about what will happen to her there). Only a couple little things bothering me: it distressed me extremely that Caliban, whom I've always had a soft spot for, was killed. Also, it irked me that Shadowcat was too busy guiding a stupid bullet through space to appear here, even in a passing remark. Other than that, an excellent story well worth my time and a beautiful hardcover I'd love to own one day.

x- specially awesome	Customer Rating:
this is one of the better x-men stories ive read in a while. the art is also spectacular. there are 4 or 5 different illustators, an they all rocked it in my opinion. i was pleased with this purchase. if you like the x-men, an you like reading comics(or graphic novels, same thing) then you'll enjoy this book.

Setting Up Something Bigger

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I'm still playing catchup with the X-Men after a long hiatus from reading the series. It has gotten much more violent but also much more expansive in its depictions of the characters' milieu, which has always functioned in a kind of bubble that divides it from the rest of the Marvel continuity. I had high expectations for Messiah CompleX due to the positive reviews and the promise of important events. But really the book is just sort of mutant free-for-all with too much brawn and not enough brains. You get to see Cyclops function as a leader after his "overthrow" of Professor X in Deadly Genesis, and Messiah CompleX contains the deaths of two characters that are VERY central to the X-mythos. However, I think Marvel's mutant titles are notorious for deaths of characters who then quickly come back to life via some deus ex machina, making the whole concept of death somewhat immaterial and pointless in these titles. The premise of the "messiah" predicted way back when by the mutant Destiny is cool though. I just found this installment itself was less interesting than the events it seems to set up for next time around.