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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 741.5973 EAN: 9780785127611 ISBN: 0785127615 Label: Marvel Comics Manufacturer: Marvel Comics Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 96 Publication Date: December 19, 2007 Publisher: Marvel Comics Studio: Marvel Comics Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: The Uncanny X-Men. Magneto, master of magnetism. The bitterest of enemies for years. But now they must join forces against a new adversary who threatens them all and the entire world besides... in the name of God. One of Chris Claremont's most powerful and influential stories, the partial basis for "X-Men 2," is reprinted here for the first time in years. Collects Marvel Graphic Novel #5: God Loves, Man Kills. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Classic MaterialToo many of the newer X-Books deal too heavily with time travel & alternate futures and a lot of BS. This book, written before all of 'those' story lines is the staple of what Stan Lee & Jack Kirby set out to do since day one. The overall theme was that mutants are human too. There is a dialog between the African-American dancer instructor Stevie Hunter & the youngster X-Men Kitty Pryde that hits home so hard that it made me cheer and cry at the same time. If you're a original ... Read More Rating: - Great Storyline. Great Behind the scenes!"Good Loves" tells a great story even if you've seen x-men 2. The story has it's own time and place while still having parallels to the film. The thing that surprised me a little was the art. It's not something I would call natural beauty. That being said it does have something to offer. Be sure to read the "making of" stuff at the end of the book. That's where I found most of my appreciation for the art and learned a bit about what it was like to make a graphic novel back then. Rating: - Possibly Claremont's best during the golden age of X-Men storiesThere was a time when Chris Claremont could do no wrong during his legendary run on X-Men, and this is a prime example. X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills finds Professor Xavier and his team (Wolverine, Cyclops, Storm, Colossus, Nightcrawler, and Kitty Pryde) beseiged by William Stryker: a religious zealot who believes that mutants are created by the devil himself. What really helps God Loves, Man Kills take off even more, is that Claremont humanizes Stryker to a point, as we the reader see his point of view ... Read More Rating: - A rare of example of the perfect graphic novelThere are items in the media that everyone should read/see/listen experience in their lifetime. Listening to U2's Joshua Tree, reading Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, watching Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, or read Art Spiegelman's Maus. These items, are, in my opinion, essential to opening ones mind to a richer life and experiences. If you want to drill down in one particular category, go ahead, be my guest. Not everyone enjoys music or films or even (heaven forbid) graphic novels. If someone liked ... Read More Rating: - Graphic SF ReaderOne of the original batch of Marvel graphic novels, and well done. Some of this was of course adapted for the X-Men 2 movie in a somewhat different format. Graphic novels of this type were new and innovative then. A somewhat more adult and tragic look at racism and the tensions and violence between humans and mutants. 
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