( 8 reviews )
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Posted: Apr 25 2009
This collects the first four issues of the Marvel Comics "Exiles" series co-created by writer Judd Winick and artist Mike McKone. This alternate reality X-Men-centered title started in 2002 and ran for 100 issues before it was renamed "New Exiles". It has since been rebooted in 2009 with another new team and new #1 issue. The original team consists of: Blink, Mimic, Magnus, Thunderbird, Nocturne and Morph, all from different universes besides our own within the Marvel Multiverse. Each member has been seemingly randomly transported into a new dimension, where they learn they must bounce between different worlds, solving problems and preventing destruction, all the while moving closer to returning to their own respective realities. The team must complete missions based on clues from a mystical Tallus, or else they face being squeezed out of existence. They face an alternate version of Professor X and witness an alternate Trial of The Phoenix. Like the 1970s restart of the X-Men, the plot features the death of an original team member. The newly released Exiles Ultimate Collection TPB Volume 1 collects the first nineteen issues and is currently priced at $23 for 280 pages, offering a much better value for fans of this series than this slim TPB.
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Posted: May 16 2008
The first TPB of the Exiles, simply awesome. The characters Morph, Mimic, Thunderbird, TJ (Nightcrawler's daughter),Blink, and Magnus (Magneto's son) are "plucked" from there universes and dropped in a mysterious point. Where they are all informed that they have been "mixed up" in time. And they have to travel across various universes and times to set themselves and other things back to normal. In theses other universes many strange things happend bad guys are good visa versa. Very nice to have prior Marvel knowledge when reading this. It has good dialouge and I think Morph is absolutely hilarious, even if he is over the top. I really, highly recommend this TPB. And all the other ones in the series. I have read Vol 2 also review comming soon. 5 STARS!
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Posted: Jan 11 2008
This comic and I crossed paths in quite an interesting manner. A friend who knew that I enjoyed Marvel characters who were a little off the beaten path such as Mimic and Thunderbird. A shot while later I was reading this first TPB with an intense vigor and wanted more. The concept itself is pure brilliance. Think Sliders meets Quantum Leap meets the X-Men universe with awesome results. The characters are well drawn and even better to watch develop. Even in this 1st issue events that occur change characters forever. Not only are the characters great but the worlds the Exiles visit are just as brilliant and full of detail. Wonderful story lines and amazing character development really hold this comic together. If you enjoyed What-If or any alternate universe in any comic book series i would suggest reading at least this first volume and getting your feet wet. You may very well get sucked into a sweeping story and colorful characters, both metaphorically and literally, and find yourself as addicted as myself.
