X-Men: Supernovas

This a ten issue book, I couldn't put it down. This book starts the events that lead to the end of the X-Men. I don't want to spoil any of the cliff hangers in the book, but it details the actions of Rogue and her handpicked team and leads up to the Messiah Complex.

It's kind of filler story, only not really because there are consequences to what happens in the book. New villains, new team. if you like the team, like Bachalo's art, buy it. Writing is good. Cable and Mystique are X-men, Sabertooth is a prisoner throughout. 2 new recruits. There's There's 4 stories: Supernovas: New villains, new species Children of the Vault, very cool Covenant: Babysitting Northstar and Aurora. Exodus and his Marauders attack. One issue long, shorter than the others, skip it. Primary Infection: Pandemic, new villain, doing some stuff. Rogue is kidnapped. Red data: a mummudrai and a new alien weapon/threat

This is, overall, a quite interesting TPB.I'm an X-Men fanatic, but I usually read the spin-offs, as the writing for the mainstream ones has gone down-hill since the New X-Men title was changed back. The drawing for this story was generally quite good (one guest artist who didn't do so well), but otherwise great. Th story launched a nicely constructed new team, lining up a balance of rogues (sorry, goodn't resist the pun)in Cable and Rogue, two straight laced heroes in Cannonball and Iceman, and three anti-heroes who might (in one case, abretooth, definetly) stab the team in the back. Featured several well done characterizations, and an intriguing new villain team in the Children of the Vault. Highly recommended for new and long time X-team readers.

now most of us x-fans remember when grant morrison took over this title at the turn of the century, breaking the x-men out of the costumes, making them darker, and grittier, which in turn became the astonishing x men. but out of the reload event after he left(yes folks, this book during his run was THE center of the x-universe) most of the books underwent many changes. there really havent been that many trades from this book since morrison's run, and marvel decided to collect the trades from both x titles this summer and made the best. this book shows what is left of the adult x men(which there arent that many) and cyclops designates rouge to lead a strike force taking out many of the remaining threats for mutants on earth. xavier on the other side of things in uncanny(he appears in supernovas, but isnt seen again because of the uncanny arc) while those x-men are in space leaving like 12 mutants in all to carry the x. while many peopeconsider both of these books to be subpar, they are actually some of the best books since morrison's run. bringing in a team of b league mutants not heard from in years, and collecting them in a beautiful hardcover leading up to the milestone 200th issue(ends at 199), this book is full of action and wit which many x-fans have been wanting for many years!

The X-Men seem to have been drifting along without a rudder, recycling familiar plots, Phoenix again and again, something about the stepford cuccoos or something but they've missed their mark, even the potentially interesting M-Day event didn't culminate into something greater then a really good idea. Now we have this series, I think that it's made great leaps forward, by inviting characters from all different places within the X-Men world to form a team led by Rogue. By not reusing Cyclops, Wolverine, Storm etc. but by focusing on some surprising characters such as Omega Sentinel and Lady Mastermind we're given the chance to experience the X-Men as they were originally concieved as a world in and of itself the continually evolves and adapts to dramatic changes in the world around the characters. Also the artwork is top-notch in this series an interesting choice that nonetheless works for the series.