Hi Bookworms!

I’ve been reading up a storm this summer, and since I’ve been reading a lot of MG/YA content lately I needed a little change of scenery. Naturally, I picked an X-Men graphic novel.

This time I read X-Men: Extermination (Extermination #1-5) by Ed Brisson, Mark Brooks, and Pepe Larraz.

This was something of an impulse purchase. When I saw the cover and blurb I knew there would be timey wimey shenanigans with this graphic novel, and I always love how complex those storylines are in the X-Men Universe.

Let’s see how this graphic novel did!

Blurb

Cyclops. Iceman. Angel. Beast. Marvel Girl. The original team of teen mutants brought together by Professor Charles Xavier many years ago have been shunted through time to find a world they barely recognized but were determined to help. Now, finding themselves targeted for death, the future of mutantkind ays squarely in the hands of its past. Writer Ed Brisson (OLD MAN LOGAN, CABLE) and artist Pepe Larraz (UNCANNY AVENGERS, AVENGERS: NO SURRENDER) answer the biggest question of all: Can the fate of the X-Men be changed?

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The Review

I adore the X-Men, and this graphic novel was pretty fun!

In a nutshell, Beast brought the original five X-Men from the past to the present in an effort to better the future. But when a mutant menace named Ahab starts tracking them down, hellbent on correcting a timeline of his own to exterminate mutantkind, all of the X-Men and their young counterparts will have to take up the mantle if they want to survive.

Okay, so wow! I was definitely seeing double this time around. It was interesting to see the young versions of the original five X-Men interact in a new world they don’t fully understand and quip with their older counterparts and new members.

This graphic novel was a bit more extreme than your typical X-Men adventures with a lot of death, bloody battles, and losses. It hurt to see some of the terrible outcomes, but that’s what made the story so exciting.

I will admit, some of the quirks of this setup were a bit confusing. For instance, how is there a present version of Blood Storm and normal Storm in the same timeline? I just wasn’t sure how that worked, so I had to just take it for what it was. That being said, I really enjoyed all the epic superhero battles and the use of time travel to make things even more unpredictable and chaotic.

Definitely worth reading if you’d like a fun one-shot adventure for the X-Men!

That’s A Wrap!

Well that’s it for this graphic novel review. I hope you enjoyed it!

Have you read this graphic novel? Are there similar ones you’ve read that you simply have to gush about? Feel free to leave a comment. I’d love to start a conversation!

Have a great day!

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