X-Men Years of Future Past

Marvel stories are Marvel stories and this one doesn't break the mold. It takes place 15 years after the purges of the Mutant Control Act, and centers on Kitty Pride's daughter, Chrissy, who's never known a life outside the walls of the mutant interment camp. The story is very well-written, we see a lot of our favorite X-Men (and the gravestones of many others) and while the ending was predictable it was also simultaneously satisfying and troubling.A book about war shouldn't be anything else.I was drawn to read the story by one specific point, though -- a monologue of sorts, a life lesson told by Colossus to Chrissy and Wolverine's son Cameron, on how the war against the mutants began.A joke? This all began as a joke, you know, children.It always begins as a joke. Listen to me, both of you.One sees a father or a mother of whom they do not approve—and their brats won’t shut up and the parents are so exhausted that they just let their children scream, all sticking, and crying and hitting and wild.And you say to your friends “you should have to pass a test to breed.” Do you understand? “You should have to get licensed to have kids.”It starts as a joke.It is one of the most important pieces of writing I've found in comics. It single-handedly explains why I do my best to fight against racism, sexism, ableism... "Human hate can adapt to anything", Colossus explains, "You think you are safe. But if someone hates you, they will come up with the reason after the fact."For that reason alone, this book is worth the read. Marguerite Bennett captures an important lesson, and to her I am grateful.

Like many other Secret Wars tie-ins, Years of Future Past tries to do the impossible: revisit a classic story in 4 issues while also tying into the year's mega-crossover, and showing alternate versions of dozens of X-characters plus a couple new ones. In this case, Marguerite Bennett is also trying to make Big Statements about the X-Men, and so she crams in as many philosophical conversations about the nature of prejudice, the pressure of being a teenager and/or a superhero, the acceptable uses of violence, etc. as she possibly can. So these issues are basically packed full of dialogue bubbles, serious faces, and the occasional action splash page followed by several pages of debriefing, in an attempt to copy Chris Claremont's loquacity as well as his tone. The art is good but not exceptional throughout, with an admirable restraint in sticking to the John Byrne impression that a throwback miniseries needs; covers by Art Adams give some of that oldschool feel as well.However, unlike many other Secret Wars tie-ins, Bennett has actually figured out the best parts of the original and decided to do more of them. There are new, young viewpoint characters, who have defined personalities and character arcs, although everyone (heroes and villains alike) is inexplicably convinced that they are Buffy and Angel, destined to save the world, which is pretty annoying. There are logical extensions of the setting, genuinely unexpected plot twists, and the most daring of choices for a miniseries, an ambiguous ending. (Which is one of the reasons the original was so good.)The execution is awkward, but Bennett's heart is in the right place. She hasn't created a new legend, but this miniseries is way better than the 1991 Years of Future Past crossover, or the 2014 Battle of the Atom crossover.

Days of Future Past remains one of Chris Claremont's most famous story arcs from his time writing the X-Men. This Secret Wars tie-in sees a zone of Battleworld where Kitty Pryde never returned to the past to stop her dark timeline from occurring and instead stayed to raise a daughter with her husband Colossus. The focus of this story is Kitty's daughter Kate Pryde (who wears her mother's original X-Man uniform to confuse you), one of the last mutants born to the dark future. When the mutants learn of a plot to assassinate the human baron of this part of Doom's Battleworld they decide to save his life to prove their value to the humans. However, many forces conspire against this plan including some of the mutants claiming to be working on the same side as the Pryde family. Bennett is a good author, but sometimes (especially here) her attempts to imbue a message into her work can feel forced and preachy. Many other reviews point to a massive one page lecture that Colossus gives to Kate as evidence of her prioritizing themes and messages over good storytelling. Unlike some of her best work, her thoughts and politics aren't genuinely woven into the text and instead just stand out as heavy handedness. Furthermore, the various twists and turns in the book's finale are a few too many and leave you feeling like Bennett rushed to make the conclusion more interesting (secret siblings, this character is evil, this character is also evil). While it was great to revisit this fan favorite time line, the end result is a decent read that isn't one of Bennett's or Secret Wars' best.

Good comic, fast shipping, great quality, appropriate packaging.

I'm a fan of the future storylines generally. This was okay, but didn't really go anywhere or have a deep enough universe to be satisfying.

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I love the original Days of Future Past, but this doesn't even come close to being enjoyable as nostalgia for that. Super rushed story. No time to come to care for the new characters or develop them at all believably. Nothing original or even twisted interestingly. Predictable. Really disappointing.

Great product. Thanks.

Fantastic addition to any marvel and/or x-men collection, Amazing Artworks, Sensational Storylines, 100% well worth purchasing

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