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.
