The conclusion of the legendary mutant phase of Chris Claremont comes in the twelfth volume of the Marvel Gold de la Patrol-X, a luxury volume published by Panini Comics

Decades later, the stage of Chris Claremont At the head of the mutants is still the most mythical (not necessarily the best) of the group, and its end was not free from disputes. This episode of the story of Marvel Comics We can see it in a new volume published by Panini Comics under the title of Marvel Gold. The impossible patrol-X 12.

The Summers Saga

The opening of this volume is like looking at a historical moment of superhero comic. It is not a volume or a volume of transition. Here what you have in your hands is the culmination of the gold era of Chris Claremont, the man who grabbed the mutants in the seventies and has not released them until they were converted into the stronger pillar of The house of ideas. This volume collects (among other things) its farewell, with conspiracies, impossible returns, lethal viruses, family meetings and the continuous sensation that the mutant universe is changing on an irreversible scale.

The thing unfortunately begins very lazy, since at the beginning of the volume we have a succession of annual numbers of different collections that revolve around the arch named King of pain And this is really disappointing. Here we see the worst version of Fabian Nicieza Among others, and clearly these are stories that may perhaps be advisable to jump in a reading of the first volume so as not to succumb and enjoy the rest …

Then comes the good: Factor-Xthe group formed by the original members of the Patrol-xreturns to action just when ProtectionThat enemy who plays with reality at will, who seems to have taken from a nightmare and who tests both the physical and emotional resistance of the heroes, Return from the dead. But fat comes when Apocalypse The destiny base is infectious a Nathan Summersson of Cyclops y Madelyne Pryor (Clone of Jean GrayIn the event that we had not enough telenovela) with an incurable techno-organic virus. Here the personal tragedy is mixed with the great cosmic threat and suddenly Scott Summers He is not just a leader on the field, but a desperate father who will have to make a brutal decision to save his son. And of course, like a good story of Claremont, there is nothing that is resolved in a simple way …

The shadow king returns

Subsequently we will see our favorite mutants face one of their most iconic and terrifying enemies. It is King shadowthat bad intangible that manipulates, who corrupts, who enters the heads of others and who does here Isla to Mari on a mental and physical battlefield. It should be remembered that in live action We saw this character wonderfully adapted in the series Legion (Probably the best series of superheroes that has been created and the most underestimated), fantastically interpreted by Aubrey Plaza and from Navid Careban.

This clash will also be the merger of Patrol-X and Factor-X in a single super-Team that will have the initial mission not to face anything less than MagnetoThe eternal opponent who is again in the spotlight. With an header head to relaunch mutants in a new number n. 1, the story will also act as a show of a hot artist As it was at that moment Jim Lee And as a prelude to the aesthetics that will dominate the comics mainstream In the following years …

Jim Lee begins

His compositions, his impossible positions, his costumes and his policy to go to a thousand on each page were a total disruptive point. Lee has visually redefined what the mutant comic was, to the point that this first triple cover of that first number 1 remains, today, the best sale of history. And although today that style that marked an entire decade (therefore it applied that of novelist) was trendWith today’s eyes, the truth is that it is difficult to see how success could be successful. And not only for the style itself, in which the pose is well above the visual narrative, but because as a side effect we had the fact that the screenwriter became a boy who had to settle for generating excuses so that the mills were given by the milk. And this did not work for Claremont …

In his last bars, the British screenwriter is still able to amaze his unconditional with his acute dialogues, his development of complex relationships and his moral dilemmas. Good examples of this are the origin of the techno-organic virus that wears Cable And the treatment of this bad eternal has converted into an anti -hero and mutant radical leader who is a magnet.

For the rest, in the artistic section we should also highlight a great While the door Give brutal energy to the pages, with characters that seem to exploit so much accumulated tension, already Andy Kubert By refining his style, with a dynamism in the action that would have created the school.

Marvel Comics History

We are not even a perfect volume. There are times when the excess of characters and subtrami can turn the reader of Rookie, narrative decisions that today seem a little boring. But, as a whole, like a mutant testament and as a fundamental part of the history of Marvel comics, it is essential.

So if you are curious to understand why X-Men They dominated the comics in the nineties or if you simply want to read a good superhero, full of curves and moments that have marked the time, this volume is mandatory. And the best thing is that not only catches you in the present of its history, but pushes you to look forward, to see how those plots resonate for decades, because in the end it is what makes mutants great: not their powers or their fights, but the feeling that each story is a link in an infinite chain that is still alive today.

The volume Marvel Gold. The impossible patrol-X 12 Posted by Panini Comics On the rigid cover it contains 600 color pages with a size of 17 x 26 cm. and includes the translation of the American edition of numbers: The Uncanny X-Men 278-280 y annual 15, X factor 63-70 Y Annual 6, X-Men 1-3 and material of The new mutants Annual 7 y The new warriors 1 annual, in addition to all covers of the numbers included, an introduction written by Fonseca Raimón And a vast extra section. The recommended sale price is € 54 and was offered for sale in July 2025.

Marvel Gold. The impossible patrol-X 12

The end of an era for the patrol-X! He attends the conclusion of the historical and legendary phase of Chris Claremont, the man who guided the fate of the mutants during his splendor. The founding members, under the name of the factor-X, take the stage, after Proteo returns from the tomb. Cyclops must make a decision that will change the course of history, personal and mutant, after Apocalypse infected his son Nathan with a dangerous virus. In the meantime, the patrol-X returns home and joins the factor-X to fight the king of the shadow. When the dust is deposited … the two groups will become one, for the most terrible conflagration against Magneto!

Authors: Chris Claremont, Louise Jones Simonson, While the door, Jim Lee, Fabian Nicieza, Peter David, Lazy fireplace, Judith Kurzer Bogdanov, Eric Fein, Gary Barnum, Dan Castle, Kirk Jarvinen, Terry Shoemaker, Steven Butler, Guang Yap, Paul Smith, Andy Kubert, Tom Raney, Jerry Depaire, Ernie Stiner, Jon Bogdanov, Mark Bagley, Tom Morgan, John Calimee, Art Thorobert, Joe Rubinstein, To the Milgrom, Hilary Barta, Scott Williams, Michael Bair, Art Nichols, Don Hudson, Brad Vanca, And Panosian, Jeff Albrecht, Marie Severin, Glynis Oliver, Steve Buccellato, Mike Thomas, Dana Moreshead, Marie Javins, Joe Rosas, Kevin Tinsley, And lazellari y Suzanne Gaffney