Ultimate X-Men, Vol. 12: Hard Lessons
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Storm travels to the Great White North to find her missing friend and finds herself facing Lady Deathstrike instead. Then, a mutant resistant to psychic control takes the Manhattan Bank hostage with Xavier inside. Finally, the Ultimate Juggernaut returns to obtain the Gem of Cuttorak, which will make him truly unstoppable.
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I've never read the original Longshot series, but I was always a fan of the elements of the Mojoverse that worked their way into Claremont's X-Men material, so I was interested to check this out.
Loved it. Th plot's a fairly straightforward mashup of the classic short story of the same name with the Stephen King novella The Running Man, and that familiarity with it gives us more space to explore the characters. I find the ultimate re-imaginings a mixed bag at best (a Riot Grrl version of Dazzler is obvious but doesn't actually make sense, for example), but making Mojo an albino reality TV producer and Longshot his Genoshan victim/star is actually even more enjoyable than the original.
Definitely recommended for fans of 80s X material who are willing to try a new take on it.
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10 primary booksUltimate X-Men (Collected Editions) is a 6-book series with 6 primary works first released in 2001 with contributions by Andy Kubert, Adam Kubert, and 8 others.
