There’s also some spectacular artwork here. Even then it’s not solved in the traditional fashion. There’s still excitement, but conflict is more character-driven, and the only standard superhero slugfest occurs toward the end. It’s also apparent that he set out to provide each story arc with an individual mood or style, so this isn’t just the superhero fight of the month.
Working through the run a second time enhances its reputation, as all the small clues Morrison planted directed to the future are revealed, and actions of one character in particular can be reinterpreted. Morrison took a title that was creatively moribund and injected imagination, intelligence, wit and shock, yet rarely sacrificed readability. Page for page it works out cheaper than any format yet. This oversize, weighty slab of a book contains all of it, and if you’ve always wondered if it lived up to almost universal acclaim, or if it stands the test of time, don’t be put off by the cost. Not only did he provide several characters who’ve seen heavy use since, he reconstituted Emma Frost, and such is the standing of his efforts that this is now the fourth different book format in which his X-Men material has been re-issued. Hindsight, the arbiter of wisdom, has decreed that engaging Grant Morrison to write the X-Men was a very astute decision indeed.
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