Magneto Undertakes A New Mission In Hickman And Oliver's Giant-Size X-Men

Yeah, I don't disagree that Marvel overdoes the "bold new era" bit, but Dawn of X really is a bold new era for the X-Men. And the stories so far have been really, really good. I'm nervous about the direction they're heading and its possible implications, but I'm 100% along for the ride until (and if) those fears are realized. The storytelling has been so good so far thatI'm cautiously optimistic that I'm actuallysupposed to be nervous about this, that it's actual intentional suspense-building, but time will tell. If you've ever been a fan of the X-Men you're doing yourself a disservice by sleeping on the current lineup.

I wonder how much the variant covers for this cost...I'm really surprise how a different comic cover ranks up the price of the comic book....is this all real at all?

1 hour ago, Ithadar said:

Yes this is just same old Marvel propaganda. They destroyed the comics for me years ago. Ive collected Marvel since the early 80s but had to pass on the ridiculous hype over the last 5-7 years. I love that they pump out great movies but I guess its like the old saying, Careful what you wish for because the comic side of their business has suffered ever since. They has continually destroyed amazing work of past writers year after year. Superb villains have become ridiculous heros great back stories have been butcheredby new writers who obviously donteven research the history. Maybe back issues are hard to come by. Perhaps its the result of the new writers not having any kind of an imagination due to being raised in front of a television. Maybe Im just getting old and bitter. Maybe one day they can reinvent the universe back to a week before the original Onslaught and stop the first cataclysmic event from starting the avalanche of overpriced grade three story telling. Im not saying everything was garbage after that but a good 90% was.

You are going on a bit of a tangential rant and blaming TV for things. If you want a honest opinion, you are sounding old and bitter.

Marvel went through a few bumpy years after Secret Wars, but things have really taken off ever since C.B. Cebulski took over from Alex Alonso. This Dawn of X revamp, for instance, has been one of the most revitalising things to happento the X-Men since New X-Men. And there have been other great books that came because of this change in the line of command. Al Ewing's Immortal Hulk, Nick Spencer's Amazing Spider-Man, and Donny Cates' Venom, to name a few.The most averageof books nowadays are still fun reads too. Even the last few bumpy years that I mentioned had some fantastic series. I also have to hit a hard disagree on the "90% garbage" thing.

3 hours ago, mako said:

Maybe I'm reading to much into this, but is even Marvel getting bored with these "BOLD NEW DIRECTION!!!" press releases? It just seems like they're repeating themselves more and more with the standard hype words and going into as little detail as possible plot-wise. Either there's a very bored intern churning these out, or there's a Mad-Libs-esque fill in the blank Press Release form floating around the Bullpen.

"Coming this(Place Date Here) ,(Character Name Here)begins a(Motivating Descriptive Here)new era!"

Yes you're reading too much into this. Too bad you can't say you read too much comics as well.

Yes this is just same old Marvel propaganda. They destroyed the comics for me years ago. Ive collected Marvel since the early 80s but had to pass on the ridiculous hype over the last 5-7 years. I love that they pump out great movies but I guess its like the old saying, Careful what you wish for because the comic side of their business has suffered ever since. They has continually destroyed amazing work of past writers year after year. Superb villains have become ridiculous heros great back stories have been butcheredby new writers who obviously donteven research the history. Maybe back issues are hard to come by. Perhaps its the result of the new writers not having any kind of an imagination due to being raised in front of a television. Maybe Im just getting old and bitter. Maybe one day they can reinvent the universe back to a week before the original Onslaught and stop the first cataclysmic event from starting the avalanche of overpriced grade three story telling. Im not saying everything was garbage after that but a good 90% was.

11 minutes ago, mako said:

Maybe I'm reading to much into this, but is even Marvel getting bored with these "BOLD NEW DIRECTION!!!" press releases? It just seems like they're repeating themselves more and more with the standard hype words and going into as little detail as possible plot-wise. Either there's a very bored intern churning these out, or there's a Mad-Libs-esque fill in the blank Press Release form floating around the Bullpen.

"Coming this(Place Date Here) ,(Character Name Here)begins a(Motivating Descriptive Here)new era!"

It tells you it won't be a bold new direction at all