Extermination

by Ed Brisson

Pepe Larraz (Illustrator), Ed Brisson (Script Writer), Oscar Bazaldua (Illustrator), Ario Anindito (Illustrator), and Mark Brooks (Cover Designer)

Collects Extermination #1-5 and the Extermination stinger pages. Cyclops. Iceman. Angel. Beast. Marvel Girl. The original X-Men assembled by Professor X years ago were brought to the present to find a world they barely recognized but were determined to help. Now mutantkind's future lies squarely in the hands of its past! With Ahab hunting the young mutants, and an unexpected yet familiar face targeting them for his own mysterious agenda, the present-day X-Men are called to arms to protect the original five. If even one of them perishes, the future is lost. But how many - and who - will die protecting them? To safeguard the timeline, the X-Men must risk everything to answer the biggest question of all: Can the original five's fate be changed?

• ISBN10: 1302913573
• ISBN13: 9781302913571
• Publish Date: 22 January 2019
• Publish Status: Remaindered
• Out of Print: 25 August 2023
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Marvel Comics
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 144
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9781302913571

Reviews

For the most part I liked it. I'm not totally happy on the outcome but overall it was good. There were a few things that were not given a conclusion, but those will probably be answered in future comics.

This was a quick read as the story moved along nicely. I liked the art. Even though I wasn't totally happy with the ending, it did look like it was finished in a way that makes sense for time travel.

I wasn't happy about the Original 5 X-men being brought to the future for a long time, but by the end of the X-men Blue series, I was sad that they would be leaving, but I knew it had to be done.

If you've been reading previous books which had the younger X-men in them, this series shows you how they got back home. It's a must read if you want to see the conclusion of that time travel story line.