Troy Brownfield

X-Men For Dummies (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Meet the extraordinary mutants that make up the X-Men

What started with five teenagers with unique abilities and the world's most powerful telepath grew into a school filled with gifted students and teachers. Between internal struggles, powerful enemies, and conflicting agendas, what could possibly go wrong? X-Men For Dummies unravels the complexities that come with having mutant abilities and being charged with protecting a world that fears your existence. Created in collaboration with Marvel and filled with striking artwork from the comics, X-Men For Dummies highlights Professor Charles Xavier's dream to protect and educate the next generation of mutants and their evolution to one of the most iconic super hero teams of all time.

• Uncover what a mutant is and the dueling philosophies about their role in society
• Get to know the mutants introduced in X-Men comics - from Professor X to Magneto, Wolverine, Cyclops, Jean Grey, Storm, Beast, and beyond
• Explore the team's greatest battles, triumphs, and tragedies
• Meet the X-Men's foes and allies

Whether you're a first-time fan or have been reading since the first comic, X-Men For Dummies is your first class guide to all things X-Men!

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley-ISTE
• Seitenzahl: 351
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. November 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781394362752
• Artikelnr.: 75840681

Autorenporträt

Troy Brownfield is the Executive Editor at The Saturday Evening Post and at the children's magazines, Jack & Jill and Humpty Dumpty. He has created content for DC Comics, Comiccon.com, Fangoria Comics/Graphix, and Zenescope Entertainment. He's also written trading cards for Topps Trading Cards.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1
Part 1: Feared and Hated 5
Chapter 1: Children of the Atom 7
Chapter 2: The 1960s Original Team 17
Part 2: Mutant Takeover 41
Chapter 3: The 1970s: All-New, All-Different 43
Chapter 4: The 1980s: A Turn for the Darker 65
Chapter 5: Introducing the Other X-Teams 99
Chapter 6: The 1990s: Breaking Out 119
Part 3: The Millennium and Mutants 149
Chapter 7: The 2000s: A New Age 151
Chapter 8: The 2010s: Things Fall Apart 171
Chapter 9: 2019 to 2025: The Krakoan Age and Beyond 193
Part 4: The Part of Tens 215
Chapter 10: Ten of the Strangest Mutant Powers 217
Chapter 11: Ten Mutant Pets and Animals 225
Index 233