{"id":22218,"date":"2020-05-31T08:00:53","date_gmt":"2020-05-31T08:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=22218"},"modified":"2020-05-29T16:24:34","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T16:24:34","slug":"x-campus-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2020\/05\/31\/x-campus-2\/","title":{"rendered":"X-Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBy Francesco Artibani, Michele Medda, Denis Medri, Roberto Di Salvo & Marco Failla; <\/strong>translated by Luigi Mutti <\/strong>(Marvel\/Panini UK)
\nISBN: 978-1-90523-998-6 (Marvel\/Panini UK PB)<\/p>\n

Here’s an intriguing reimagining of the key elements which made X-Men<\/strong> a global phenomenon, courtesy of the company’s international connections. Created in 2008 by European creators informed by the movie franchise and published under the Marvel Transatlantique <\/em>imprint, this oddly numbered miniseries (1A&B – 4A&B) is set on the sprawling campus of the Worthington Foundation in Greenwich, Connecticut. This unique academy draws special students from all over the world\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

The guy in charge is Professor Magnus<\/em> whilst Charles Xavier<\/em> is a biology teacher with an assistant named Jean Grey<\/em>. The student body is highly polarised: First year students Hank McCoy<\/em>, Scott Summers<\/em>, Bobby Drake<\/em>, Ororo Munroe<\/em>, Warren Worthington III<\/em> and the unruly Logan<\/em> are all good kids.<\/p>\n

Magnus’s favoured group (all analogues of the Marvel Universe Hellfire Club and led by telepathic jailbait wild-child Emma Frost<\/em>) – not to mention his school caretakers Mesmero<\/em>, Pyro<\/em>, Toad<\/em> and Blob<\/em> – are clearly operating under a hidden agenda and turn all their dubious charms to getting new girl Anna Raven<\/em> to join their clique. You’ll know her as Rogue<\/em> and it’s her narrative voice that drives this tale\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

Magnus\/Magneto<\/em> is using the school to recruit a homo superior army and Xavier’s plan is to covertly rescue impressionable adolescent mutants before it’s too late. Foiling the villain’s plan to acquire both teleporter Kurt Wagner<\/em> and Russian Man of Steel Peter Rasputin<\/em> only leads to greater conflict and the rapidly-maturing kids must ultimately decide once and for all whether they’ll be friends or foes of humanity\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

Compacting all the elements of X-lore into a school divided between \u00e2\u20ac\u0153goodies\u00e2\u20ac\u009d and \u00e2\u20ac\u0153baddies\u00e2\u20ac\u009d works surprisingly well, as does making all the heroes troubled teens. This oddly engaging blend of The Demon Headmaster<\/strong> and Roswell High<\/strong> – and every latterday young adult yarn with teachers as evil \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Thems\u00e2\u20ac\u009d – is written with great charm by Artibani and Medda, and whilst the manga style art (reminiscent of many modern animation shows for kids) is a little jarring to my old eyes, it does carry the tale with clarity and effectiveness, aimed as it is at drawing in contemporary readers, not cranky old gits like me.<\/p>\n

Still readily available in trade paperback and easily obtainable digital formats, this is a refreshing take on the merry mutants and I’d honestly welcome more of the same. If you’re not too wedded to continuity and could stand a breezy change of pace, why not give this intriguing return to turbulent School Daze a go?
\n\u00c2\u00a9 2008 Marvel Entertainment, Inc. and its subsidiaries. All Rights Reserved. (A BRITISH EDITION BY PANINI UK LTD)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Francesco Artibani, Michele Medda, Denis Medri, Roberto Di Salvo & Marco Failla; translated by Luigi Mutti (Marvel\/Panini UK) ISBN: 978-1-90523-998-6 (Marvel\/Panini UK PB) Here’s an intriguing reimagining of the key elements which made X-Men a global phenomenon, courtesy of the company’s international connections. Created in 2008 by European creators informed by the movie franchise … <\/p>\n

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