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韋恩·馬克利
韋恩·馬克利（Wayne Markley）
Over the last three weeks, marvel has released three epic collections reprinting the early runs of three crucial books to the mutant mythos. all of these books collect the earliest issues, and at times the issues that lead up to the series, in the sequence they were originally published. all of these are good reads and lay down a lot of the foundation of what you see in today’s X-verse. As these collections are the beginning of the series, the creators tend to have grand visions that have mixed results. Also, as each of these three volumes are from different time frames of the marvel Universe, at times it was a bit confusing as to what happened when. overall though, I found them very enjoyable.
X aspect epic Collection: Genesis & Apocalypse
X aspect epic Collection: Genesis & Apocalypse collects Avengers #263, wonderful four #286 (which set up the storyline that launched X-Factor), and X-Factor #1-9. plus there is amazing Spider-Man #282 and Iron man annual #8 which feature X-Factor but does not necessarily tie into the main book. There are also two Phoenix stories from the long running title classic X-Men. The basic premise behind X-Factor was to bring back the original five X-Men from the 1960s as a group as close to the original fab five as possible. In doing this, they brought back Jean Gray, minus her telepathy; the Beast is de-furred and is back to being a normal human; Scott leaves his partner and family for the returning Jean, and so much more. The premise is that X-Factor, when in their non X-Men costumes, are mutant hunters and are siding with the anti-mutant hysteria. As the X-Terminators (which they are known as when in their X-Men uniforms) they try help to mutants and take them in, just as Xavier did originally for them. The stories are not the greatest as the premise is a hard sell as it seemed odd to me that Scott would just run off and leave his partner and child behind and throughout the first nine issues they are nearly an afterthought. The subplot is discussed, but it is never really explained other than he left and then his family moved and he can’t find them. nor does he seem to try to. Bob Layton wrote the first five issues of X-Factor with Louise Simonson taking over with issue six, which by the way, also introduced Apocalypse. In these early appearances you really do not see, or get much of a feel, as to who Apocalypse is, and in the beginning he seems like another incarnation of Magneto. He is just gathering a group of evil mutants (who are the good guys) to fight the X-Terminators (who are X-Men in disguise pretending to be bad guys). a lot of of the X-Factor issues are drawn by Jackson Guice, and they are competent, but nowhere as great or as polished as Guice’s later work would become. What really struck me reading this collection is the difference in the detail and style of art in the Avengers story by John Buscema and Tom Palmer and the rest of the book (Buscema and Palmer were amazing). overall this is a good read, but it is really a primer for material to come, as the later X-Factor stories, which will hopefully be in future epic collections, are much better than this material. These stories are from 1986 except for the classic X material which is from 1987 and 1990.
New Mutants epic Collection: Renewal
New Mutants epic Collection: renewal collects marvel graphic novel #4 (their first appearance), new Mutants #1-12, Uncanny X-Men #167, marvel Team-Up annual #6, Magik #1-4 and extras. all of the stories are written by Chris Claremont (with a helping hand from bill Mantlo) and art was by Bob McLeod initially, and he was later joined by Sal Buscema, Ron Frenz, John Buscema, and others. It is interesting that the first story is a Spider-Man/Fantastic four crossover from the pages of marvel Team-Up #100 (and drawn by Frank Miller) which introduces the character of Karma. This story was from 1980. then in 1982, Claremont wrote the new Mutants marvel graphic novel (volume #4 in the series) which introduced the team of the new Mutants as he brought back Karma as well as introduced Cannonball, Rahne (Wolfbane) Sinclair, Moonstar, and Sunspot. This graphic novel is generally an introduction to the characters and how they pertained to be a group. It is very similar to the original X-Men story as professor X brought them together as they were all mutants who were shunned from their homes and families. These characters came from around the world unlike the original X-Men, but the basic struggles and stories are very similar to the early X stories, although with much better art. (After Kirby left the original X-Men with issue #10 the series went through a long run of mediocre artists.) The series moves along at a quick pace with a number of guest stars in the early issues such as Spider-MaN，斗篷和匕首。他們還必鬚麵對地獄火俱樂部和銀色武士。也許本卷中最關鍵的部分是巨像的姐姐馬吉克（Magik）的引入，後者繼續成為X-Men宇宙的重要組成部分。該系列是對原始概念的有趣更新和良好的閱讀。這些故事轉載於1980 – 1984年。
Excalibur Epic Collection：畫劍
Excalibur Epic Collection：劍繪製了大量材料組合，包括英國＃1和2，Excalibur＃1-11，Excalibur特別版，Mojo Mayhem，Mighty of Marvel和Marvel Comics Presents。有了這個系列，這是一個混合的袋子。幾乎所有的藝術都很棒，艾倫·戴維斯（Alan Davis）做了很多藝術。但是，馬歇爾·羅傑斯（Marshall Rogers），藝術亞當斯（Art Adams）和埃里克·拉爾森（Erik Larson）也有一些故事。這些故事是一長串創作者的清單，在這裡列出的時間太長了。大部分的Excalibur故事是由Chris Claremont撰寫的，奇蹟英國的材料是許多人。為了擴大X系列的嘗試，Marvel將英國隊長及其搭檔Meggan的團隊齊聚一堂，而Nightcrawler，Kitty Pride和Rachel“ Phoenix”夏天與他們一起組成了一種英語X-Group 。的確，前提是他們都聚在一起拯救了瑞秋·薩默斯（Rachel Summers），並決定在一起。這些很有趣，有時是寫得過多的故事，但是艾倫·戴維斯（Alan Davis）的藝術很美。團隊遇到了各種各樣的邪惡行動，例如街機，瘋狂的幫派和強大的X-Babies。多年來，Excalibur多次重新啟動，會員資格和專注不斷變化，但從未真正找到觀眾。該系列實際上是各種excalibur化身中最好的，通常是由於此處收集的藝術家。這是一本有趣的讀物，比早期的X因子或新的突變故事更樂觀，越來越焦慮，但又比其他標題對X宇宙的影響也較小。所有的Excalibur故事都是從1989年開始的，英國漫威的故事的重印是1977年（英國上尉）和1983年（Mighty Marvel的世界），這些故事是先前的，並建立了即將來臨的Excalibur世界。
X-Force Epic Collection很快就會出現：在槍支下，這很重要，因為它取代了新的突變體並將Cord置於領導地位，並在Marvel宇宙中擁有Deadpool最早的食慾。這也是羅布·利菲爾德（Rob Liefeld）做過的一些最偉大的工作（當它首次推出時，它是一個巨大的賣家）。與這三個先前的史詩般的收藏一樣，這個第四個標題有助於在漫畫和電影中為現代X宇宙建立基礎。
Marvel一直在努力將所有這些經典的突變故事慢慢恢復印刷。有時，由於該系列是在不同的時間完成的，而且連續性很難弄清楚。另一方面，這些引人入勝的讀物塑造了今天的X verse。所有這些第一卷都開始強勁，隨著系列的發展，質量並不像第一卷中那樣高。儘管如此，對於任何年齡段的X戰警粉絲來說，都強烈建議閱讀所有這三本書。
這段時間將其包裹起來。我很想知道您對這種經典材料的看法。你讀過嗎？它堅持嗎？可以通過mfbway@aol.com或在韋恩·馬克利（Wayne Markley）的Facebook上與我聯繫。我在這裡寫的一切都是我的觀點，並沒有反映韋斯特菲爾德漫畫或其員工的想法或意見。誠實的。最後，您在閱讀什麼會推薦什麼？我想知道！一如既往…
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