X-Men 25-26


Nothing Like Travel!




We start with the X-Men taking a peaceful drive as they bring Jean Grey to her college. On the way, they stop to rescue some kids from a burning orphanange. Here's a scene in the car right before the rescue:



I appreciate how Thomas and Roth manage to take us into what it feels like to be in  that Rolls-Royce; I actually feel the excitement of these young X-Men as they get into their uniforms ready to spring into action for that orphanage - the excitement of being able to introduces something amazing to the ordinary day.

Going forward, and into the next issue, the story is about El Tigre - an ancient Aztec god come to life.



He's very powerful. The X-Men pretty much spend the tale barely holding their own against him.

This story feels like a travelogue. I really enjoyed the dichotomy between urban New York and the jungle areas of South America - the story makes the sequence shift between the two places several times.

Posted by  Pete Albano - December 10, 2011

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Other Classic X-MEN Stories

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10, 60-63 : Savage Land

11 : The Stranger

12-13, 32-33, 46 : Juggernaut

14-16, 57-59 : Sentinels

17-18 : Magneto

19 & 27 : Mimic

20-21 : Lucifer

22-23 : Marvel Villains

24 : The Locust

25-26 : El Tigre

28 : Banshee

29 : Super Adaptoid

30, 47 : Maha Yogi



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