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Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia |  | Author: Matt Fraction
Creators: Marc Silvestri, Terry Dodson, Luke Ross, Mike Deodato
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Category: Book
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 237782
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 368
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Dimensions (in): 11 x 7.6 x 0.9
ISBN: 0785142339
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973
EAN: 9780785142331
ASIN: 0785142339
Publication Date: November 11, 2009
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Product Description
WHO ARE THE DARK X-MEN? He has his own Avengers team and now Norman Osborn has his own X-Men team. The other shoe has finally dropped and Emma Frost has betrayed Cyclops and the rest of the X-Men. And that's just one of the huge surprises in "UTOPIA." Is that Namor? Cloak and Dagger? Professor X?! The thing that you aren't ready for is that Osborn is right. Collects Uncanny X-Men #513-514, Dark Avengers #7-8, Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia, and Utopia Finale.
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 !!ATTENTION!!! Issues printed out of order!!! READ THIS! April 4, 2010
D. Ness (Greeley, CO)
17 out of 18 found this review helpful
I wish I had known that this collection was not printed in chronological order. If you want the full effect of this story, read it in this order:
Dark Reign The Cabal
Dark Avengers/X-Men Utopia
X-Men Legacy #226 & #227
Dark X-Men The Beginning #1 (Mimic & Dark Beast)
Dark X-Men The Beginning #2 (All)
Dark X-Men The Beginning #3 (Mystique & Jeanne Marie)
Uncanny X-men #513
Dark X-Men The Beginning #3 (Emma/Namor)
Dark X-Men The Beginning #1 (Namor)
Dark Avnegers #7
Uncanny X-men #514
Dark Avengers #8
Dark X-Men The Confession
Dark Avengers/X-Men Exodus
An interesting X-men intense fight February 17, 2010
Dave X (Caracas, Venezuela)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book presents the fight for the survival of the mutant race, you will see Cyclops at his best, as the leader the x-men needs.
Great read! February 23, 2010
Todd R. Walsh (Rockwall, TX United States)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
The X-Men vs. the Dark Avengers and Norman Osborne, and the X-Men establishing Utopia, a place where all mutants can live in freedom without prejudice. All of this make this a great X-Men read.
 A good X-Men story December 22, 2009
S. Curley (Charlottetown, PE, Canada)
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
With the "Dark Reign" status quo well underway at Marvel Comics, the spectre of Norman Osborn's rule falls across the pocket-universe of the X-Men, currently ensconced in San Francisco. With supervillain Simon Trask and his Humanity Now! coalition pushing 'Proposition X' to intrude on mutant reproduction rights, riots break out, and Norman, now the overlord of the Marvel United States, is called in to reestablish control of the streets. This collection covers "Uncanny X-Men" #513-514, "Dark Avengers" #7-8, and the event's prologue and epilogue one-shots ("Utopia" and "Exodus"). All of this is written by regular X-writer Matt Fraction, and drawn by an assortment of artists. Some spoilers follow.
Despite this being labelled as a crossover between the Uncanny X-Men and the Dark Avengers, and even involving the Dark Avengers' own title for two months, the actual Dark Avengers are a fairly minor presence in this story, apart from Norman Osborn. For the bulk of the story, the Dark Avengers sit on the sidelines while Osborn attempts to control the situation by using the "Dark X-Men" as a new public relations tool. The crux of this story is the plight of Emma Frost, who had for the previous six months been a member of Norman's Cabal (as a protective measure), and now has to pick a side as Norman comes into conflict with Cyclops and the X-Men. While the Dark Avengers play a small role until the final fight, Fraction is, per usual, playing with an absolutely giant cast of X-Men. Things often come across as a bit cluttered as a result of this, but many chracters get at least one moment. Dani Moonstar of the New Mutants, who has been making due without superpowers for the last few years, gets a particularly significant development.
Through the clutter, Fraction writes a very compelling set of characters in Emma, Norman, and fellow Cabal member Namor. His take on Cyclops is a bit more variable; all the attempts to build Cyclops up as an unquestioned badass leader since "Messiah Complex" haven't been wholly convincing. He also does a good Ares, in the few moments in which Ares does anything. The art credits for this are split four ways: the prologue is done by Marc Silvestri; the UXM issues by Terry Dodson, the regular artist; the Dark Avengers issues by "Captain America" artist Luke Ross, doing his best impression of Mike Deodato; and Deodato himself does the climactic "Exodus" in collaboration with Dodson. It's overall a good-looking collaboration, though the split between the cartoony and the realistic is pronounced.
Overall, this is a pretty good X-Men story, and leaves the characters in a potentially interesting place for future stories.
A fantastic book, for the most part. July 12, 2010
Roman T. Caldwell (Zanesville,OH USA)
The formation of the Dark Avengers by Norman Osborn is, in my opinion, genius. In this book, Osborn forms the Dark X-men, and a war ensues between Cyclops and his X-men vs. Dark X-Men and the Dark Avengers. This is very interesting and action packed book, however slightly strange, and about half of the book is unnecessary(second half) as it just provides more insight into the first half. Definitely worth a read, but not sure about the money.
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