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by: Chris Claremont, Barry Windsor-Smith, Alan Davis, Jackson Guice, Marc Silvestri, Bret Blevins, Kerry Gammill, Rick Leonardi, Art Adams, Jon Bogdanove  List Price: $16.99 Amazon.com's Price: $11.55 You Save: $5.44 (32%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 741.5973 EAN: 9780785120551 Edition: Direct Ed ISBN: 0785120556 Label: Marvel Comics Manufacturer: Marvel Comics Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 568 Publication Date: May 03, 2006 Publisher: Marvel Comics Reading Level: Young Adult Studio: Marvel Comics Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: In the wake of the Marauders' Mutant Massacre, the X-Men go mobile to plan their next move - but recruiting Dazzler and Havok brings them even more catastrophe! And with a teammate's life on the line, the mutant marvels are forced to fight the Fantastic Four and seek the genius of Doctor Doom! Another elite X-saga of the eighties concludes with the world-shaking Fall of the Mutants! Plus: the introduction of... the X-Babies!? The cosmic power of... Wolverine!? Featuring Sabretooth, the Juggernaut, Mystique, Captain Britain and more! Collects Uncanny X-Men #214-228; Annuals #10-11; Fantastic Four Vs. The X-Men #1-4. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Graphic SF ReaderThe team is in a bad way after the Mutant Massacre, and has to do some recruiting, so we get Longshot, who is a lot of fun, and Dazzler, who isn't. The X-Men decide to go on the move to make themselves less of a target, and move their injured comrades to a safe location. Mojo and the X-babies appear here, and that is a lot of fun. The whole Freedom Force thing at the end is where the franchise starts to lose its way, I think, but this is still an excellent deal. Rating:  - Graphic Novel junkieOk, ok, I should say comic book junkie, because that's what they were called when I first started reading them some decades ago. This whole series of Essential X-men books are a fun read unless you get bogged down in details. I never did, I just enjoyed reading them. This is a great book. Enjoy Rating: - It's already lucky number seven for Marvel's merry mutants!I am both amazed and incredibly pleased to have seven volumes of Chris Claremont's X-Men Essentialized already (plus two of the Silver Age X-Men, but I'll talk about that in a later review). I now have a virtual library, a nearly complete collection of one of Marvel's most storied franchises, all for much less cost than what I used to spend to fuel my video game habit back in the Sega Genesis era. Thanks to the rapid release of these comprehensive and inexpensive tomes, this is perhaps the best ... Read More 
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