Secrets of the X-Men Revealed

by Robert Weinberg

Book Overview

The movies have brought the X-Men back to the fore of popular culture and now you can satisfy any curiosity you have about these amazing characters. This handbook is packed with fact-files and illustrations.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402739915
• ISBN13: 9781402739910
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Sterling Publishing (NY)
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 7.1"

Customer Reviews

Quick intro to the X-Men

This small book on the X-Men is well illustrated and is written sort of as if it were an actual 'top secret file' on mutants. There's a wide variety of characters in the book but they stick largely to the main characters. You get a brief personal file (name, height, weight, group affiliation), background history, and listing of the person's powers. Characters cover the main X-Men (Cyclops, Beast, Iceman, Angel, and Marvel Girl), the replacements (Wolverine, Storm, Gambit, Rogue, Havok, Colossus, and others), and some villians (Apocalypse, Mr Sinister, Magneto, Mystique, Sabertooth, Sentinals). Obviously everyone will think certain characters should have been in it while others like Banshee, Shadow King, and Toad could have been eliminated. Either way, it's a good coverage of some mainstream characters. Of course the time frame is going to be limited as the comics continue to be written so this book covers events up to roughly the time of Onslaught. Histories are thorough enough and cover highlights and isn't too in depth on minor storylines. It's a small book with some great art and is a nice little reference refresher for the X-Men.