The history of the uncanny X-Men over the past fifty-five years has been, shall we say, complicated. Have you ever tried to explain the comic book history of Marvel’s Merry Mutants to someone who only knows the trimmed down “diet X-Men” lore of the feature films, or even the ’90s X-Men: The Animated Series? Within five minutes, you see their eyes start rolling back into their heads, and you know you’ve lost them somewhere around the third time Jean Grey died, or the fifth team member from an alternate dystopian future joined Xavier’s school.
X-Men: Grand Design is one of the coolest comics to come from Marvel in a long time, and the collected edition is the perfect gift for both the casual X-Men fan who wants to know the ins and out of the mutant lore, or a hardcore fan who wants a cool new way of revisiting all those various X-Men story threads they’ve had in their head for years. X-Men: Grand Design – Treasury Edition is set to hit comic shops on April 3. X-Men: Grand Design will return with X-Men: Grand Design, Second Genesis later this summer.
What do you make of this amazing re-telling of mutant history? Be sure to let us know down below in the comments.
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