Scott's Reviews > House of M

"Magneto turned himself from 'exiled mass murderer' to 'king of the world.' There ain't no X-Men. There ain't no Avengers. Mutants run the place - a damn mutant utopia." -- Wolverine, summing up the plot rather nicely in just a few sentences of expositionary dialogue

I think that, in theory, the teaming of Marvel's stalwart superhero teams the X-Men and the Avengers should be a guaranteed sure thing. And yet, my enthusiasm for this volume is definitely restrained to the point of a middle-of-the-road rating. Oh, the artwork is exceptionally good, and the dialogue-heavy scenes in the beginning (with the two groups thoughtfully debating on a course of action on a serious matter - that being the life or death of Wanda 'Scarlet Witch' Maximoff - and juggling a fair number of talking heads) are well-written. However, the storyline - which involved that serviceable plot angle of 'the mysterious event,' where our various characters wake up and life as they know it has changed tenfold - seemed a little too protracted at times, and I realized that I was looking forward to the conclusion . . . but only that I could then move on to another book.