CHRIS CLAREMONT RETURNS TO THE X-MEN!
One of the biggest milestone events in X-Men history is almost here! Kitty Pryde and Colossus are finally about the tie the knot...but what's a wedding without the respective bachelor and bachelorette parties? Join Marc Guggenheim and Kelly Thompson for two parties that can only be celebrated Marvel style! All this, plus, a Kitty and Colossus story by legendary X-Men scribe, Chris Claremont!!!
Rated T+
X-MEN: WEDDING SPECIAL #1 might not be much of a serious read, but that doesn't mean it's not good. Instead of being purely about kicking ass and being a superhero, this issue focuses on Kitty's past and her relationships with both Colossus and other mutants, like Callisto and Wolverine. While it may not be required reading for X-MEN GOLD, it's a nice companion piece that pushes Kitty's character development a step further. Read Full Review
A heart-warming farewell to Kitty from BOTH of her fathers. Read Full Review
X-Men Wedding Special features some great Kitty Pryde moments, but it does little to hype up her impending marriage. Read Full Review
It's fine and fun, but there's not a ton of substance to work with here. Claremont's section had heart (and ghosts), Guggenheim's had a bit of fun (but bad writing) and Thompson's had personality (but nothing of note happens). It's an okay aside on the march down the aisle. Read Full Review
X-Men Wedding Special #1 is a bit of a lackluster batch. Its not a bad read by any means, but it doesnt do a lot of interest with its conceit. I would recommend it to the diehard X-Men fan, but I would struggle to justify its price for any other kind of reader. Read Full Review
The stories go from bad, to not bad, to good, making the issue easily recommendable if you're really invested in these characters, but easily skipped if you're not. Read Full Review
Anthology books are a tough sell. Usually you get one good story and a lot of filler. I'd rather they go all in one well done tale from a special creative team instead of breaking it up and squandering the opportunity. Read Full Review
A disappointing special that fails to make the upcoming wedding feel special. Read Full Review
X-Men Wedding Specialdefinitely lessened my faith in the marriage between Kitty and Colossus as well as heterosexual, monogamous marriage as an institution in general. Okay, maybe not completely, but the Marc Guggenheim and Greg Land story is a great example of how bachelor parties are dated and played out. However, Marika Cresta is a real find as an artist in the final story and should definitely be the main artist on one of the big X or Marvel books. Read Full Review
To sum this all up for me, the X-Men franchise desperately needs to stop being a nostalgia act and a find way to move forward while honoring the past. Read Full Review
In an era where putting the word "X-Men" on the cover is absolutely no guarantee that a comic book will sell, it's hard to know who this comic book is actually for, besides Kitty/Colossus diehards (if those exist?) and Chris Claremont completionists. Read Full Review
Ok I'm a masochist now ??? Why did I take this ? Hoooo I know Todd Nauck (Petter David/Todd Nauck's Young Justice Forever)
And for once since a while Claremont story was decent (while that begin with the stupid space suppository).
The second story wasn't bad at all too. I enjoy it a lot actually (Nice to using the Damnation ending by the way).
And the last .. Well not bad. A little creepy to see Calisto having feeling for Piotr (Doesn't she die with Mikhail in the 90's).
Cover - Weird to see kitty gone through colossus leg. But not bad & somewhat related. 1/2
Writting - Good, Great & Good writing give me a good time about something that could have been far worse. 2.5/3
Arts - Love Todd Nauck (Just Deal wi more
I like this line I want to see more from katty and the xmen, this arc should of happened like 10 years ago.
It was awright. 3 short stories about Kitty and Colossus. Modern Claremont is well Modern Claremont. Aka not very good. Guggie story is ok, but even as I say, that It's the best Land Art I've ever seen, It's till Greg Land. Best One was Kelly Thompson story, and I hope that they will get her a normal title.
Kitty dreams of the men she's lost and what they'd say about her marriage, and then we get the bachelor and bachelorette parties. This issue has three separate strips. Unfortunately, only one writer and one artist did worthwhile work, and they're not even on the same strip. (Kelly Thompson and Todd Nauck are the book's superstars of readability.) The low average quality of storytelling and the undeniably skippable nature of the stories makes this a pretty hard pass.
This was a real chore to sit through
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