Product Description

Magneto menaces the world once again - but while he threatens to spread war, the X-Men are trapped in Genosha! It's up to Phoenix to lead a new team to victory, but can she manage it? Can they? Guest-starring Dazzler, Northstar, Corsair of the Starjammers and more! Collects Uncanny X-Men #391-393 and X-Men #111-113.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #229342 in Books
• Published on: 2005-06-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 152 pages

Customer Reviews

Oh, what could have been
What you need to know: The island of Genosha used to breed mutants as slaves, using their powers to take the country to the heights of technology, agriculture and ultimately wealth. The X-Men toppled the government, and Genosha became a third world country, humans and mutants at war with each other. The Legacy Virus, a disease which only affected mutants spread quickly throughout Genosha's mutants. Magneto was declared ruler of Genosha by the UN after he threatened to destroy the world.

Then the Legacy Virus was cured and hundreds, possibly thousands of mutants were healthy, at full strength, and ready to follow Magneto.

This is where we enter. Magneto now has an army, and is ready to move upon the human population of the world. A number of X-Men aren't available, and Jean Grey rounds up a small team consisting of inactive X-Men, former villains, and brand new recruits.

Sounds interesting, right? The X-men manage to get in before Magneto's army can make it's move, thus depriving us of all kinds of potential battles. Lenil Yu's artwork seems rushed and not up to his usual standards.

The story has a dramatic and powerful climax. But it's completely ruined one issue after this story ends (see Grant Morrison's New X-Men Vol. 1)

This story had a lot of potential, but it just seems to fall short. Sorry.

A Worthwhile Read
I was initially put off of purchasing this story arc because of somewhat negative reviews but was eventually swayed by the presence of Polaris - an X-Man that I think is quite underused - and my two favourites, Remy LeBeau and Rogue. I'm glad I chose to buy Golgotha because I found it to be very intruiging! It's not perfect of course, few graphic novels are, but it's got some very interesting character arcs involving Rogue and Gambit's relationship and, the moment when a thousand fangirls rejoiced, a kiss between Rogue and Wolverine! Sadly, the emotions are never resolved and while the X-Men save the world as always, they're left to go home feeling sort of awkward and unsure of themselves and their relationships with each other. I would've liked to see Wolverine and Rogue's kiss & it's impact on the future of Gambit and Rogue adressed in more than just one lone panel but overall, this is a worthwhile read with some very nice art.

A rare miss by Milligan
If you're a fan of Peter Milligan, as I am, you may want to skip this trade (and in fact his entire run on X-Men). It is nothing like X-Factor/X-Statix, and nothing like his Vertigo work. Quite frankly it's awefully similar to every other X-Men writer since Lobdell that can't really find their own voice and just try to take the Claremont formula and throw some EXTRA angst and in-fighting in. Granted, this story has a reason for more in-fighting than usual, but still... this is merely middle of the road, certainly not as bad as the Austen issues, but nowhere near the level of Morrison/Pak/Whedon and it's really a tame superheros as usual letdown from Milligan, a man who has used superhero metaphor so well in the past.