X-Men are hit or miss for me, but I really liked this. Beast goes on a scientific quest all over the world to try and find a way to undo the Scarlett Witch's House of M spell. He's prepared to do business with some pretty unsavory characters in an effort to find something to unlock the mutant gene again, but the true cost to saving his species may be too high. This was a great lead-in to the X-Men: Messiah Complex HC.

In “House of M”, Wanda Maximoff aka Scarlet Witch (Magneto’s unhinged daughter) uttered a spell so powerful - “No More Mutants” - that it nearly obliterated all mutants on Earth, reducing homo superior from tens of millions to a paltry two hundred. Following this event, Hank McCoy aka Beast sets out on a journey that’ll span the furthest reaches of the globe and a rich cast of Marvel’s scientific set (both good and bad) in search of something to reverse the spell. I appreciate that a book like t...

Soooooo disappointing! Nothing happens, almost literally. I thought that Beast would, at least, get a clue as to how to reverse the House of M curse. But, all he succeeded in doing was run around the globe a few times. Whoopty doo...

Reads as both a great story and a guided tour of the X-Men History in an organic way as Hank McCoy searches for the cure to the mutant M-Day extinction event.

3.5 stars. Beast is on a mission to try and undo what Scarlet Witch did in House of M. He is taking extreme measures by asking for help from people he would never associate with. He even goes as far as working with someone he definitely should not be. I’m definitely ready for Messiah Complex.

Not unlike the most recent mega mutant crossover Messiah Complex, this collection of mini-chapters from the myriad X-Men titles follows up on the House of M story-line by following Hank McCoy – better known as the adorably smart and blue-fuzzed Beast – as he seeks to find a cure for an increasingly endangered homo superior. Although it does serve as a nice coda for the House of M, I’m not entirely convinced that this is worth being a stand-alone volume. You’ll notice right away that each chapter...

This story takes place right after Wanda Maximoff wipes out most of mutantkind with "No more mutants". It's the story of Beast trying to figure out a way to get the Mutant gene working again to prevent the extinction of the mutant species. Along the way, he teams up with Dark Beast from the Age of Apocalypse timeline. To be fair, McCoy runs into a veritable cornucopia of sketchy characters in his attempts to get the mutant gene. His travels also take him to some very dark places. While nothing a...

Whoa! Okay, now we see Mike Carey come out of his shell. The gauntlet has been thrown, the kid gloves torn away, no play it safe anymore. I like that. This was an impress volume. The dire consequences of the M-Day event were more pronounced in this volume than supernovas. And the X-men had more of a challenge and even suffered more, drawing me in--empathy-wise. Countless scores of X-men, mostly peecogs and prophetics dead by the hands of Sinister and his Marauders, who infiltrate Mystique and th...

Not bad, not spectacular. The best part, for me, was the backup strip starring the Beast... but he has always been one of my favourite characters.

The only endangered species is good X-book writing and art teams.... the more Bendis produced brilliance the less X-books shined in my opinion. This book, the quest of the Beast to find a cure for the carnage caused by the Scarlet Witch... and the dark paths he may have to consider to find a solution. A solid 7 out of 12 from me.

Excellent graphic novel for anyone who has loved the X-Men for a long time.

A great Beast story, though very depressing. The writers and artists are seamless together.

I still need to read the House of M storyline. This was an okay follow up to it.

Henry McCoy, aptly named the Beast by his cohorts in the X-Men and whose feline appearance belie his genius intellect, has the mission of his lifetime. The mutant race is on the verge of extinction, their numbers once numbered in the millions and was on the verge to supplant plain vanilla homo sapiens in a few generations suddenly find their numbers reduced by 99 percent. The mutant gene simply disappeared and along with it mutant births, mutant would cease to exist in two generations. In order

If you're a fan of huge action X-crossovers, this book is definitely not for you.This collection is a very focused story about Beast trying to figure out a way to kickstart the mutant population after the Decimation event. A desperate man researching as many scientific and magical avenues as he can, in the hopes that the mutant race won't go extinct in his lifetime.The fourteen part story is written by three different writers, and five different artists, and yet it works as one cohesive story wi...

When I read the Harry Potter series, I started with the fourth book and had no difficulty catching on to the characters and plot lines. The X-men series is written in such a way that it is impossible to comprehend this book without having read any of the others first. I had to keep consulting Wikipedia to reference character names, important places, and previous events. The names alone don't actually help me keep the characters straight because I still don't know enough about them to enjoy this

I have to acknowledge up front that this has two things working against it. For one, these stories were originally published as short backups. That leads to a lot of exposition panels, more than there would be otherwise. The other, and far more important, obstacle to the reader is that we all know before we read the first page that Beast's quest is doomed to fail.Obviously, something this big was not going to be undone in a backup story. So instead of anything satisfying, we get a lot of Beast c...

The Beast tries to come up with a way to reverse The Scarlet Witch's No More Mutants declaration. Lots more talking and philosophy vs action in this one.

An alright X-Men story about Beast attempting to save the mutant race from its inevitable extinction. Pretty inconsequential and I am a bit confused as to why this book even exists... Calling it a book is already a bit generous considering the story is made up of extra pages at the end of various X-Books. So if the story itself wasn't important enough to get it's own arc/event, then why even bother? I don't know.Still pretty readable, which is quite impressive considering how many characters I w...