Robb Ghag reviews All-New X-Men #19…
“The X-Men are shaken to the core by the Battle of the Atom. Kitty Pryde is particularly is shaken by the events of the X-Men crossover. With her students gone, what is Kitty to do?“
If you’re a fan of the X-Men, then you must be reading All-New X-Men. If there was a pre-cursor to the new film, it’s coming in the pages of this comic.
The first few pages are a throw back (both visually and stylistically) to the “God Loves, Man Kills” storyline, which was the basis for X2: X-Men United. The storyline with Stryker, his son, the purifiers and the battle with the “All-New X-Men”, is simply awesome.
From the beginning of this series, all the way to now, this book continues to deliver the goods, from Battle of the Atom, to Yesterday’s X-Men, and I am sure this will continue into the eagerly anticipated “Trial of Jean Grey” storyline coming in issue #22 next month.
The entire concept of the book looks to lend itself to something that, again if you are an X-Men fan, you can never get enough of: time travelling mutants. With the new release of the X-Men: Days of Future Past trailer; some of my favourite characters from the comics look to be coming to the big screen. I think it is safe to say that a few years from now, the entire concept of All-New X-Men will be the basis of the next X-Men reboots, and I cannot wait!
Robb Ghag works for an Arts & Entertainment Brokerage in Toronto Canada. An Animation and Film school graduate, he specializes in Risk Management of Animation and VFX studios throughout North America.
Originally published January 22, 2014. Updated April 11, 2018.
