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Title: Great Characters--Zero Plot
Review: As a die-hard X-Men fan I had to pick up this trade paperback. Taking the X-Men out of a visual comic form allows more to be written. It gives writers a great opportunity to flesh out these colorful characters. Unfortunately, the anthology format ensured that no plot would survive. Each story is averaging 20 pages. In order to accomodate such a shortage of paper, the writer has to present a plot, flesh it out, and resolve it on the turn of a dime. I was frustrated halfway through the book at the stilted writing and lame ending after ending after ending. This book does get two stars. One, because it is afterall the X-Men, and two--it does focus on a variety of heroes. If you want X-Men fiction that won't leave you unsatisfied, I recommend checking out those novels written by Christopher Golden. (The Mutant Empire Trilogy is nicely written.)
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