Reddit reviews X-Statix Omnibus

X-Statix only ever had the one run, by Peter Milligan. Get the omnibus if you can, it contains all the relevant issues, or if you have Marvel Unlimited, start reading at X-Force #116 - that's where the team debuts, and they operate as X-Force for 12 issues until they're forced to change their name and that's when you switch to reading X-Statix.

If you want to read in trades, start here.

There are a few different places you can start:

If you HAVE to start from the beginning just read the first 24 issues, you can then skip over to Claremont's era

My recommendation would be to either start with Chris Claremont's 1st era (aka 70's) & 2nd era (aka 80's) on Uncanny X-Men or from 2001-ish (aka modern X-Men) time period onwards onwards. Either way just skip the 90s for now, you can alway go back to that later.

• Claremont's first era (70s): You can buy them HERE and HERE
  
  
• Claremont's second era (80's): You can buy them HERE and HERE
  
  If you want to start with Modern X-Men...
  
  
• ...you can start with Grant Morrison's run on New X-Men which you can buy HERE
  
  
• Joss Whedon's run on Astonishing X-Men start's right where Morrison's New X-Men leaves off and you can buy that HERE and HERE
  
  From there you can get caught up pretty easily if you follow this list in order:
  
  
• House of M (buy here)
  
• Messiah Complex (buy here)
  
• Second Coming(buy here)
  
• Schism (buy here)
  
• Avengers Vs X-Men (buy here)
  
  From there I would move on to the current All-New X-Men and Uncanny X-Men titles:
  
  
• Read all of All-New X-Men (pre Battle of the Atom Crossover) Buy here: VOL 1 & VOL 2 / VOL 3
  
• Read all of Uncanny X-Men (pre Battle of the Atom Crossover) Buy Here: VOL 1 / VOL 2
  
• Read Battle of the atom crossover (buy here)
  
• Catch up with All-New X-Men VOL 4 / TRIAL OF JEAN GREY / VOL 5
  
• Catch up with Uncanny X-Men VOL 3 / VOL 4
  
  Great, now you're all caught up!
  
  PS, the great thing about X-Men is there is a ton of content to explore aside from the main storyline!
  
  
• X-Statix (buy here)
  
• Uncanny X-Force (buy here)
  
• X-Factor (starts with these two: HERE and HERE)
  
• Cable & Deadpool (buy here)
  
• Wolverine & The X-Men (buy here)
  
• Ultimate X-Men (start HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE)
  
  
  ...and much more!
  
  Happy reading! :)

Mulligan/Allred X-Force into the new title X-Statix is game-changing and I don't know why it isn't talked about more. I'd read it in singles but I lucked into the omnibus on a great (sub-$40) sale and it just blows me away whenever I crack it open.

Well, one of the most famous ones is X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills by Chris Claremont and Brent Anderson. I'd also highly recommend the X-Statix series by Peter Milligan and Mike Allred, which you can get in short volumes or omnibus form.

Here are some good values in comics to think about:

• X Statix Omnibus - Approx $45 dollars so you'll be paying roughly a dollar an issue for a really nice hardcover book. Most importantly the Mike Allred's pop-art style is beautiful and Peter Milligans writing is amazing. This is a book about celebrity and comics. It manages to both be very cynical, but also have great sincere moments. The collection includes the entire run so if you are a competitionist reader I imagine that is appealing also.
  
  
• Ultimate Spider-man - This recommendation only works if you are willing to read used books. However, if you are, you can find these volumes used for dirt cheap. You can get volume 1 for 6 bucks and volume 2 for 60 cents. This is the most popular book of the "ultimate" line and really holds up. I think it is the best spider-man book of the last decade.
  
  
• Runaways (digests) - Everyone loves this series. If you've read and not liked it, you might be a bad person. Volume 1, Volume 2, and Volume 3 are available for 5 bucks each. The story follows a group of teenagers who find out their parents are the villains. It is really interesting and those first 3 volumes make up a really satisfying story arc. Note: the digest versions are smaller than a normal trade paper back or graphic novel which is a part of why they are so fairly priced.
  
  
• Hawkeye - This is my favorite mainstream superhero comic. It is brilliant and fun and funny and emotional and experimental. The story follows hawkeye when he is not an Avenger. You can get Volume 1 and Volume 2 for less than ten dollars a piece.
  
  
• King City - Don't love superheroes? Just want to read something different? Check out King City. This volume just won and eisner and is written/illustrated by the brilliant Brandon Graham. The story follows a catmaster who is kind of like a magician whose power is to manipulate his cat into various tools. It is pretty adorable and the characters are sincere and thoughtful without being overbearing. Plus it is only 11 dollars for 400 great comic pages.
  
  
• Rex Mundi - These omnibuses are criminally inexpensive. The first and second one are only 14 bucks each. This is an often overlooked book, but it is completely brilliant. The story is an alternate history/religious intrigue story set in world slightly like our own except with more secret societies and the existence of some divine magics. The book reads sort like a good version of The DaVinci code with more grand politics. you can read the first chapter to check it out before you buy it
  
  I hope some of these recommendations help. Enjoy the books you pick up with your money.

The X-Statix omnibus, which also includes the initial X-Force run as well as the minisieries that spun out of the book.

https://www.amazon.com/X-Statix-Omnibus-Peter-Milligan/dp/0785158448

Scroll down bro

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/ol/0785158448/ref=mw_dp_olp?qid=1370740918&sr=8-1

35 right here, it's how I bought mine.

Fuck you, pricezombie, that bitch is $34.94.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/0785158448/ref=tmm_hrd_new_olp_sr?ie=UTF8&condition=new&sr=8-1&qid=1396839881

You can buy a new copy for under 50. Be warned that omnibuses are extremely uncomfortable to read...but Mike Allred's art is absolutely gorgeous in the large format (except for the dr strange thing) and there is zero gutter loss due to the sewn binding.

http://www.amazon.com/X-Statix-Omnibus-Peter-Milligan/dp/0785158448/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=1UN9MVEXAD123&coliid=IPJZG98XB77RU

Because it's expensive lol

This may be a stretch, but it worked with my girlfriend.

X-Statix is one of my favorites to lend to people (aside it being a behemoth of an omnibus). A few reasons why:

• No need for prior knowledge of characters, as they were created for this series at the start
  
• The members of X-Statix are constantly in limbo as being the most self-centered scumbags at times, and taking charge to do the right thing
  
• Doop
  
• Some of the situations they get in are bat shit crazy (much like Saga)
  
• Michael Allred's art is worth the price of the omnibus
  
• Consistently surprising
  
• The dialogue between characters is some of the best on the market
  
• Almost cast Princess Diana as a superhero, but that's another story
  
  I'm sure I didn't do it justice by explaining it, but it has been my favorite comic book purchase to date.
  

The artist of NEXTWAVE is Stuart Immonen. He's starting up All New X-Men with Brian Bendis soon.

Also if you like that art style, check out the new Hawkeye series by Fraction/Aja
http://www.usatoday.com/life/comics/story/2012-04-16/Hawkeye-comic-book-series/54314752/1

Powers by Bendis/Oeming
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=36733

Also, anything by Mike Allred - Madman, Atomics, X-Statix
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=35653
http://www.amazon.com/X-Statix-Omnibus-Peter-Milligan/dp/0785158448

It got delayed a bunch, but yes.

I'm on amazon and it's saying something in the low 100 dollar range.

Granted i'm in canada tho..

http://www.amazon.com/X-Statix-Omnibus-Peter-Milligan/dp/0785158448/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1370743303&sr=1-1&keywords=x-statix+omnibus

looks like 80$ to me