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After several “fun but clunky” crossovers, the big two are ready to do this thing.
With a storyline that features two truly “big bads,” strong connective tissue to each team’s own comic (including the long-awaited return of Dark Phoenix), good character work, and two of the finest creators in the business, this comic is often hailed as the best publisher crossover ever.
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And the people who say that are right.
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DC New God Metron infiltrates the X-Mansion and pulls out memories of Jean Grey, thus enabling the X-Men’s greatest “villain” to be effectively reborn.
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Her return is jarring to the X-Men.
I love that sequence. The art is amazing.
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Meanwhile, each member of the Teen Titans gets a few panels and we learn that, for the sake of this story, both sets of heroes live in the same universe. I like that there’s no convoluted way to join the universes or anything–we just as readers accept that this is the way things are for this comic.
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It saves a lot of stupid dimension hopping/explanations.
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As the villains assemble, Terminator–the inspiration for Deadpool–is sunbathing with his uniform on. And speaking of assembling…
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Cool. Also cool:
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Since Chris Claremont is writing it, there is no shortage of character work.
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Kitty and Changeling bond. Peter gets jealous.
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The Teen Titans were created as a direct response to Marvel’s hit comic about teen heroes, The X-Men. That means Chris Claremont was kind of responsible for them.
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He shows nothing but love for the Distinguished Competition’s characters.
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No, it’s not canon–but it is truly amazing.
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For some reason, DC let Marvel get prime real estate (inside front cover) for a full page ad in the X-Men/Teen Titans crossover. Marvel got the inside back…
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