The X Lives & Deaths Of Wolverine Hardcover Overview | In Depth Review |

Today is the day The Uncanny Omar and Astonishing Melanie finally get to talk about The X Lives & Deaths Of Wolverine Hardcover! It's an overview, but we couldn't help but go a little more into it with my thoughts about the story. So just in case there will be some spoilers in here. Timestamps below:
Start - 00:00
Non Spoiler Talk - 00:08
Binding - 10:16
Spoilers - 12:02
Patreon tiers - We offer multiple tiers starting at $1 to give you access to notes, voting, Discord, AMA, recognition, and private consultations! See which tier best fits your needs.
/ nearmintcondition
NMC merch can be purchased here: shop.spreadshirt.com/near-min...
Check out our sponsor:
www.cheapgraphicnovels.com
You can send fan mail or giveaway donations to:
Near Mint Condition
PO Box 1678
Versailles, KY 40383
[e-mail]
#xmen #xlivesofwolverine #xdeathsofwolverine
#xmeninferno
#jonathanhickman
#xmenhc

[@davidc1664]

Hard pass! Get outta here with that obscene cost. Stuff like this turns me off the entire line. I had every Hixmen OHC until this one.

[@greg3118]

$75?!? KFC! I could see $50 being a somewhat (unreasonable) MSRP with the X tax, but $75 is just absurd for this. Sounds like I should have a pen ready to sign a second mortgage on my house so I can afford the new X books...

[@KGBookkeeping]

Awesome review Omar and Melanie! Really enjoying the designs of these OHCs and they look great on the shelf together

[@morriford]

Nice and early! Love this! Also I can’t wait for my pre order to come

[@oliverjason]

I have been hearing people refer to this era as "The Krakoan Era". Its better than saying "dawn/reign/destiny era" lol

[@Alvarakk]

I really like those spoiler-inclusive reviews. I tend to read these digitally as they come out, and this makes for a grae refresh on teh story. And even better with teh reactions and comments thrown in!

[@EduardoDGarcia]

I've been enjoying this era of X-Men a lot, and the design of these books is just gorgeous! Do we know if the actual Dawn/Reign/Trials of X series will be collected in omnis? Or just the OHCs for each of them separately?

[@swTkepoe]

pretty steep price for this thin book though..

[@liquidsnake9226]

Is that holy orders playing in the back!! Great vid

[@robertmarquez8883]

Versaille, Kentucky...Hmm..That Rings a Bell. Stoked about tomorrow. :)

[@stephentheshywarrior2759]

That cover is super awesome. Good to get your claws into. Nice overview.

[@NYXIE101]

good vid as always, hope you do an X-men reading order part 7 in the future.

[@nathanwalters4867]

I might have gotten this if it were at a lower price...but at $75 for 10 issues and 304 pages, no way. I'm done with the X-books post Hickman. If/when he comes back I'll get whatever oversized hardcovers they put out with his stories. Take care and peace everyone.

[@jocool7370]

You two make the funniest videos! 😉

[@ericpolan1716]

love this book man. paid it full on amazon price to canada. quite steep price but worth it for the plot imo

[@DrakonR]

$75 for 50/50 story. Hard pass Marvel. Only half of the book was passable.

[@mdb9920]

How many years away from a Dawn Of X omnibus are we? I have Hox Pox and X of swords. So a couple of nice omnis in between would be sweet.

[@gumbygreen14]

Thanks for reviewing this so I can save some money for comics that are actually interesting! I don’t like the art, the plot, or the dialogue but I dig these videos! You’re keeping me from being another mindless wolverine mark by posting these videos. Can’t wait for the next “classic” wolverine omnibus- back when comics were fun 🙂

[@tapsilogic]

Wow, that DM cover is giving me X-Men Origins: Wolverine vibes.

[@greenlantern1986]

I don't know what's more messed up - the price of this book being 75! dollars or the fact that I'll still pick it up, because I want the full Moria story. Not cool Marvel.

[@stephentheshywarrior2759]

I agree x fans get unfairly punished, no way this book is worth 75 dollars. I got the grant Morrison Batman volumes for 75 each and they are omnis. Especially with the amount of titles the X line gets. Still I love me some Wolverine.👍

[@xanarxanar5681]

@TheWokenado Not X-tax, it is printed in USA, if they printed it outside the USA like most of OHCs it would probably cost $40.

[@HipHopHappens]

its the post-hickman tariff. I think they know many will skip out on this so they're covering the margins. imo the best thing to do is read it digitally if you must, don't let them think this is an acceptable price.

[@mannyc19]

@@stephentheshywarrior2759 75 !? I bought the three last month at OPB for 50.00 USD each.

[@stephentheshywarrior2759]

@@mannyc19 sorry didn't clarify. I got them less than that. Just stating that 75 is the retail price.

[@jirenthegoat9717]

Finally read it on Marvel Unlimited. Didn't really enjoy it and felt it was too convoluted. The best parts about it, to me personally, are the dynamics between Logan and his family (on the X Deaths side). I really enjoyed Hickman's Inferno ending and I'm not sure if this is what he had in mind for the Moira character and how to continue her story. Or maybe it was idk? I just feel House of X/Powers of X and Inferno laid the foundation for something more than a typical revenge plot for Moira but that's just me. Only time will tell what the X-Men writers decide to do with the character.

[@mannyc19]

Great art ! Story felt kinda ...bait and switch,as its named Wolverine but centers more on Moira. Pricing for glued binding and only ten issues,is insane. I buy all my books at OPB or Amazon so get them discounted,but as the prices keep jumping even the discounting places are raising the prices as well... A year or 2 ago it was 25-50% off now its 14 to 35% off,at best.

[@kalkella8822]

The fact that they have an X-Men legacy cover from 15 years ago as one of the covers for this blows my mind, and not in a good way. At least pay Casarra to mock up a new cover if you're going to charge 75 bucks.

[@psi-judgesanderson6983]

I only have HoXPoX from this era. Excalibur hardcover and X of swords hardcover are pretty much oop in the UK which is putting me off continuing the collection. I'm hoping they become easily available in ohc again 🤞

[@TheComicBookReport]

Oh man may need to pick this up

[@toyshelv]

So unfortunate about the event itself. I liked half of it hard. Hated the other half. Typical of some of these events.

[@CarlosRodriguez-sv4wd]

You said we needed to read inferno BUT do we need to read Percy wolverine run? I only have the Hickman stuff and vol 1 of Excalibur

[@NearMintCondition]

Not really necessary honestly. Besides the things that happened with Omega Red and Mikhail.

[@The.Crystal.Clods.]

Do you think they’ll keep collecting Excalibur and the others in OHC?

[@SteezyL]

Excalibur and Marauders have got Vol 2s solicited so I would have thought so

[@c5corvett_e647]

Could I ask where did you'll get the bookcases. In the back drop of the video.

[@NearMintCondition]

Those are IKEA Kallax.

[@ThisWeekNerdStuff]

I've been waiting for this to drop but I don't know how I feel about that $75. Not sure the reasoning behind this. Does anybody know how much the single issues were?

[@Ben1Hayes]

Great review as always Omar & Melanie. I just wish I enjoyed this book half as much as you did. Having Ben Percy be the writer to follow up Johnathan Hickman's Inferno was a horrible choice. The X Deaths story line was very poorly forced into a Wolverine story when it should have been it's own Moira mini, w/ a better creative team!

[@manuelharper1155]

What the u guys think about the new f4

[@echofives5736]

No wraparound cover for the DM version is disappointing, I was hoping it'd look good next to the other DM covers I have for HoX, XoS, Hellfire Gala and Inferno.

[@sergecotedubois7302]

When do you suggest to read this ? What order with inferno, x-men, marauders and all the rest of those

[@NearMintCondition]

I’ll be doing an updated order when hellions comes out. But this is after inferno and Gala.

[@UltimatePower01]

It’s a fun book

[@ml6158]

I picked this up in singles and was underwhelmed :(

[@mylesdiaz7912]

All these new X-men hardcovers have been pretty thin … any chance of a big omnibus in the future collecting the new X material and events together starting from HOXPOX ?

[@tsundokus]

I can pretty much guarantee you they’ll give this the omnibus treatment any X-men story tends to get it. Also at 75 bucks for just this little it’s too much

[@mylesdiaz7912]

@@tsundokus I totally agree … they can keep the OHC’s . $75??? Some websites sell omnis for that price lol

[@mathieug3955]

Quick question when do I read reign of X ?

[@NearMintCondition]

After x of swords.

[@beastlaz]

Is this in the Reign of X Anthology books?

[@jameskiely3093]

Omar and Melanie make a great double act. More please. I agree with Melanie about prof X. I don't really like him anymore as I feel he is a very sinister character. The whole new X-Men status quo has very disturbing undertones. The new era is great but I struggle to remember stuff since I collect all titles. The whole wolvie labotimising that guy passed me by on my reading the series. I must admit to preferring the Moira part of the story

[@johnlindsay7301]

Why so expensive? With Inferno also busting my wallet, this is out of hand. Even though I know I’ll end up getting it. It does look amazing thou.

[@KillerTacos54]

Really was not a fan of what they did to Moira, but otherwise it was quite entertaining

[@thelivingshado5]

$75? I'm convinced that X-Men is the name-brand of Marvel Comics now.

[@notorious.k.i.p.]

I havent read any dawn of x or any of the other titles. I think i'll have to cancel my pre-order :(

[@coldmanrosso5944]

The "Story" is such a mess I hope everyone forgets all about this book and moves on. Great review.

[@DanielPereira-ge4uw]

The story is weak and has a lot of inconsistencies , but I would buy if not for the price. Shame on you Marvel.

[@Dom_510]

Can’t wait to pick this up! I’ve picked up everything so far in collected editions, and im absolutely loving this era. I’ve read HoX/PoX and Excalibur, next up is Marauders!

[@ComicSwag]

(Jay RoC) that motorcycle cover is koo but the other one kind of sucks it's very stale to me

[@coyley72]

How much? C’mon Marvel, you really don’t need to rip off your readers like this. Fortunately, I can preorder it for £39 from Speedyhen

[@SteezyL]

Use code “enjoy” for and extra fiver off too 😉

[@jocool7370]

Looks like a creepy book.

[@yannbeelen1630]

For me xmen are to tiring to collect because it is do an eXtreme collection to complete. I stopped after schism but lately got at least vulcan tp . Who is the woman speaking? Your Wife? I wish there house of x omnibus

[@trajceniceski2968]

Guys it will be half price eventually. Geez

[@SDG-xk6im]

Orderd it for € 57 ok price for me