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| X-Men: Messiah Complex | 
 enlarge | Authors: Mike Carey, Ed Brubaker, Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost, Peter David
Creators: Marc Silvestri, Billy Tan, Chris Bachalo, Humberto Ramos, Scot Eaton
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 20742
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 7.5 x 1
ISBN: 0785128999
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9780785128991
ASIN: 0785128999
Publication Date: April 30, 2008
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 A Good Story but doesn't really deliever on Promise. May 17, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
When Messiah Complex was first announced it promised to resurrect the X-Titles crossovers. It had been nearly 15 years since X-Cutioner's Song story line and since then fans were accustom to seeing ever summer a big X crossover. The X-men, X-Factor, X-Force, and Generation X had ban together to fight The Phalanx, Operation Zero Tolerance, or Onslaught.
That was the past. Mutant kind is nearly extinct after M-Day. The X-men are starting to realize they might be the last of their kind. That is until a new mutant is born. The new mutant is targeted by The Purifiers (a group of religious zealots who purpose is the eradication of mutant kind.), Mr. Sinister' Marauders and Exodus Acolytes (who want to control the baby.), and two shadowy figures who have their own plans for the child.
It seems ever summer we get a story that will "Change the Marvel Universe forever", "nothing will ever be the same" or the so common "Someone will die." Messiah Complex had a lot of hype surrounded it and though a good story it failed to deliver. I like to warn readers Spoilers are ahead.
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When Messiah Complex was being promoted it was rumored that an X-men would die. Many suspected it would be characters who had became less popular. (Bishop or Gambit.) Then Wizard Magazine ran a promotion which picture several characters with the title one of these characters will die. Now the only X-men who bites the dust is one who had only recently came back in to books. Caliban. Which feels like a major cop out. We know now the only reason he was back at the mansion was to get full of lead in Messiah Complex.
Then there is the traitor. There is a traitor among the X-men who plans to murder the baby. Now of all the X-men the traitor is Bishop. This is revelation is more confusing than shocking. Bishop is the time stranded X-men who originally travel back in time to save the X-men from a traitor among their group. SOOOOOOOOOO basically, Bishop travels back in time goes on countless missions, risks his life and etc etc to only betray the X-men and kill a baby? This is a little too much to swallow. If Bishop mission was to kill the baby why travel back in time to protect the X-men from a traitor who would kill them? The X-men as seen in Messiah Complex will be one of the obstacles Bishop face so wouldn't it be easy to allow the X-men to die? The problem with Bishop as the traitor it forces the readers to basically ignore just totally throw hundreds of stories featuring the character out the window.
Messiah Complex sometimes comes off as rushed. One perfect example is the end where Pixie teleports basically anyone who is missing from the final battle there.
As I stated earlier this is a good story and it does have it flaws. Messiah Complex did introduced the new version of X-Force. Wolverine leads X-23,Warpath, Rahne, Hepzibah and Caliban. It is very interesting to see Wolverine the usual rebel lead a team. Gambit also returns and by the end of the story he will be establish back as the "is he good or evil" character that made him popular. It's also nice to see Cyclops be the general he was destine to become but I personally wasn't too found of this so call new attitude. (Cyclops approve of killing?)
The story is a good but I personally felt it was over hype. The product it self offers a variant covers and X-men summit notes (to see how the idea of Messiah Complex was brain storm.) The story is still a must read for X-men fans.
 Well worth my wait July 30, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I nearly went crazy waiting for this hardcover to arrive at my library (being broke and unable to buy it, as I would've liked to do) because I kept hearing so much about it: "Messiah Complex" this and "Messiah Complex" that and "the best X-Men crossover in decades" and such. Naturally, I couldn't wait to see if it really was worth the hype and was immediately hooked the instant I got ahold of it.
Well, it's worth the hype, at least in my opinion.
I might be just a tiny bit biased, seeing as some of my favorite characters (Nightcrawler, Rogue, X-23, Gambit, Cyclops) are involved, as well as some of my favorite writers (Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost, Ed Brubaker) but I really enjoyed this story. The writing and art were spot-on, as well as the plot being engaging, and I love the way it ended, with Cable taking the baby into the future (though I can't help but be curious about what will happen to her there). Only a couple little things bothering me: it distressed me extremely that Caliban, whom I've always had a soft spot for, was killed. Also, it irked me that Shadowcat was too busy guiding a stupid bullet through space to appear here, even in a passing remark. Other than that, an excellent story well worth my time and a beautiful hardcover I'd love to own one day.
A thousand ways to go... May 13, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The Messiah Complex story arc is, undoubtably, one of the best arcs in the recent history of the X-Men. It has a good stpry, well done characterization, and gives, as its ultimate reward, a thousand ways in which the titles involved can be taken from here on. It only has two flaws: 1) the artwork for the New X-Men is fairly awful, and in a related note, the constantt title (and thus, artist) swwitches causes the art to be jumpy, with the same character (notably Butterfly aka Lyla Miller) being drawn with radical differences,and 2)a slightly rushed story. There is a related note: you have to reallize most of the characters who die are going to be resurrected. Altogether, though, a strong story.
Return of the X-Men Crossover May 21, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
While House of M/Decimation set up the new status quo over three years ago, the X-titles have been a little uneven since then. Ed Brubaker took half of the X-Men into deep space, while Joss Whedon did the same with the other half. Mike Carey, playing with the few characters left on Earth, secretly set the stage for "Messiah CompleX" (you can skip the "Endangered Species" hardcover, as it has no bearing on this book). For a run-up to the "Messiah CompleX," check out Carey's X-Men: Supernovas and X-Men Vol. 2: Blinded by the Light.
This is as good a book as any to jump onto the X-Men bandwagon. New and returning readers may be shocked to see Gambit as part of Sinister's Marauders, or Professor X sans wheelchair. And don't ask for any help trying to figure out who all of the young X-Men are--they tend to get killed rather quickly anyway, from what I understand. Overall, the story is full of action, emotion, and, most importantly, is cohesive. While the story is far from over--we never learn the identity of the mutant infant that's hailed as the messiah--this is a solid book that old and new fans should enjoy.
A new comic masterpiece July 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book has the latest battle between the X-men and the terrible future, the story begins with the first new mutant since "M-DAY" and all the people (purifiers, predator x, marauderers, Mr. Sinester and X-men) who has an agenda with the new born. The art is relly good, and the structure of the arc is perfect, and besides is one of the fierst X-men event where Cyclops gtes the respect as a leader that he deserves, and I asure you that this is a MUST HAVE.
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