That was about what I thought it would be. I've read/seen quite a few different X-Men origin stories and I definitely did like this one.

I liked how the whole 'Charles Xavier visits all the kids' parents' part was left out, they always felt superfluous. It starts with Jean Grey's intro to the team, or the boys as she calls them.

Xavier is portrayed as even more of an old fuddy duddy and all the team members use their cell phones. It is the same team as the first origin X-Man story had, Warren, Hank, Bobby, Scott, and Jean.

It did seem to me like there was more romance and all the boys mooning over Jean in this version then in previous ones, but, that could have also been the age at which I read the previous origin stories (I was much younger). Overall I liked this TPB, a solid 3 stars. ( )

I was not crazy about the art, but I liked the words. A modernized approache to a classic, plus for me is Jean Grey in a different spotlight. ( )

An excellent retelling of the origins of the X-Men through Jean Grey's eyes. Focused on the relationships between the characters. ( )

Flat and uninteresting. ( )

Not going to lie, I didn't enjoy this one nearly as much as I did Fantastic Four Season One. Maybe it's because I'm far more familiar with the origin story of the X-Men than I am with the Fantastic Four, but some of the updates that were made to the main cast of characters in this volume just don't seem to mesh well in my mind with what has come before or since for them. Alas, not a great addition to the Season One books, as far as I'm concerned. ( )