X-Men: Grand Design #2
| Writer | Ed Piskor |
| Artist | Ed Piskor |
| Cover Price | $5.99 |
Revisit all of X-Men history with Eisner-winning writer/artist Ed Piskor!!!
Relive the biggest moments in X-Men history: The flight of the Sentinels! The discovery of the Savage Land!! The death of Charles Xavier!!!
For the X-Fan inside everyone!
Rated T+
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9.0
Newsarama - Pierce Lydon
Jan 04, 2018Who would've thought that what essentially amounts to a history book could be so charming? Ed Piskor's retelling of the X-Men's winding, whimsical continuity is an absolute pleasure. Read Full Review
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9.0
Major Spoilers - Stephen Schleicher
Jan 05, 2018I believe X-Men Grand Design will become the definitive Cliff's Notes version of the X-Men Universe. Read Full Review
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9.0
Comic Watch - James Cesena
Jan 11, 2018Subscribe to us on YouTube, Follow us onTwitter,and Like us onFacebook! Read Full Review
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8.0
IGN - Blair Marnell
Jan 04, 2018Piskor doesn't hold back from some of the stranger elements in the X-Men's backstory, including the Stranger and (finally) Lucifer. The only truly objectionable thing here is that the second issue abruptly stops and the back of the issue states that more issues of X-Men: Grand Design won't be coming until "late 2018." That just stops the momentum of this series dead in its tracks. Read Full Review
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6.0
AIPT - David Brooke
Jan 03, 2018The art continues to be excellent and the story weaves in so much, but a lot of it is so obscure and strange it's hard to get excited. Read Full Review
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Ed Piskor continues to deliver a solid retelling of the X men from the last 50 years in a breathe taking issue. The amount of detail and passion in his series is astonishing, can not recommend this series enough.
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Fantastic second chapter that reads well combined with the first one but also leaves you wanting more and that's a good sign. Too bad we have to wait a long time. Art is great and fits the book well.
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8.5
Still awesome, but this issue will need to be part of the bigger whole. Not a great stand alone or jump on point. It abruptly starts and abruptly ends.
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8.0
As good as the first issue, but... part three will be released in 'late 2018'?????? How is that huge time gap even possible??? I'll have to re-read the whole thing again by then.
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Ed Piskor grinds through 1964-1970, ending with some of the darkest and dumbest days in the X-Men canon. The team goes to the Savage Land, twice, and beats Sentinels, twice, and defeats Mutant Master, twice, and beats Magneto - thrice! Variety! Xavier fakes his death for the first time and Nick Fury responds by breaking up the team. I respect the way Mr. Piskor grapples head-on with frankly weak material. He strives to create a unifying story by tying as many points as possible into Phoenix foreshadowing. This theme just isn't as strong as the biographical look at Professor X in the last issue, though. The art remains endearingly distinctive. I'm less enthused with the increasing vocabulary glitches (using "rampage" as a transitive verb, co more
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