X-Men: Bishop's Crossing (Uncanny X-Men (1963-2011))

There are a lot of different stories running through Bishop’s Crossing. For example, two youngsters are attempting to take over the Hellfire Club by eliminating the old guard. The X-Men get sucked into an alien world through a vortex. The reason it’s called Bishop’s Crossing however is because it introduces the newest X-Man Bishop. He was a cop from the future whose job was to police mutants. He followed a group of escaped mutants led by Trevor Fitzroy into the past, which was the X-Men’s present. His first interactions with the X-Men were not smooth as he didn’t believe they were the mutant team of legend and fought them several times before he finally became part of the team. He came to learn what it meant to be a hero in the 20th Century.The series of comics was important because they marked a sea change in the series. John Byrne was on his way out. He’d written and led the comic for 20 years. In his place there was a trio of Jim Lee, Whilce Portacio who began as an artist and Scott Lobdell.

After Chris Claremont and Jim Lee got things started off with X-Men #1, Lobdell, Portacio and Byrne continue things with the Gold Team, consisting of Storm, Jean Grey, Colossus, Angel, Iceman, and soon, Bishop. Bishop's introduction is exciting, with him traveling to the past to hunt down mutant criminals from his timeline. He and Storm soon develop a friendship that's enduring for its lack of romance - guys and gals can just be friends sometimes. Storm and Colossus in particular get some huge personal moments here. Storm's relationship with Forge comes to a head, and Colossus is reunited with his long-lost brother. There are also huge changes for Emma Frost, longtime X-villain and soon-to-be X-Man. It's a fun time, occasionally brought down by its references to other X-books, and it's general over-the-top 90s ness. If you are reading through the entire series, this is great. If you are just trying to read the hits, I would maybe go with Fatal Attractions or Phalanx Covenant instead.

I've been kind of nostalgic for my old X-Men collection so I picked up a few digital paperbacks reprinting storylines from the 90's. No, you can't go home again. What was cutting edge back then is just chaotic action scenes, one after another. Character development was merely little mechanical doohickeys suddenly all over the costumes, skin tight pants with big butts, long hair down the back with every - single - hair drawn independently....and that was just the guys. They've got Bryne writing the dialogue but it's just exposition written on top of drawings of people screaming in the middle of continual fight scenes. Never syncs up. Glad I got it, but I now remember why I stopped picking this up after Claremont left.

I read this as a kid and revisited it as an adult. Sadly, I realized that there are lots of plot holes and extraneous side plots that detract from the overall story. If you like Bishop and want to read his first appearance story, this is for you. But if you are looking for a well told story, look elsewhere.

This is a collection I have been hoping would happen for many years: The Gold Team stories from the "Mutant Genesis" period. Very pleased to add this to my collection.

A collection of some of the greatest X-men stories of all time consisting of the newly reformed team that sold the most comics in history. 'Nuff said.

Takes me back to the 90's, when X-Men were X-Men.

Worth buying. Well packaged for shipping.

Great title loved the artwork

A arte dos anos 90 em um primeiro momento impressiona e faz parecer que houve um salto na qualidade do traço (pelo menos para um leigo, como eu), porém, ele logo se torna cansativo.Além disso, o enredo das histórias é sempre sacrificado em função de cenas de ação que muitas vezes não fazem sentido. Assim, essa HQ é um típico exemplar do que os X-Men se tornaram nos anos 90, uma equipe de psicopatas movidos por doses cavalares de testosterona e que seria muito bem parodiado em Reino do Amanhã.Ainda assim, é possível se divertir com a leitura. O arco final e seu desfecho brutal me traz lembranças muito boas de quando era um jovem impressionável.Basicamente, X-Men dos anos 90. Você sabe o que esperar e receberá exatamente isso.

...als die Comic-Welt noch in Ordnung war und nicht alle zwei Jahre alles ge-New52-ed oder ge-Now!-ed wurde. Tolle creative-teams, u.a. Whilce Portacio und Jim Lee kurz vor ihrem Bruch mit Marvel und der Gründung von Image. Dementsprechend tolle Zeichnungen (wenn man den Stil der 90er mag, ich bin ein großer Fan!:))Für Neulinge und Quereinsteiger allerdings kaum geeignet. Man sollte zumindest die letzten Events ab Mutant Massacre kennen, Claremonts Vorgeschichte seit Second Genesis schadet generell nichts wenn man sich für X-Men interessiert. Chronologisch spielen die Stories hier zwischen dem ersten und zweiten Claremont/Lee-Omnibus (viel teuer heutzutage) bzw. parallel zu Teilen davon.

Nice stories, but not Great.

Great stuff full of extras a lots of issues with the best Portacio, the best Jim Lee, Romita KR or Andu Kubert, lots of extras of the Marvel Swimsuits...What can I say? 5/5