House of M Omnibus

House of M

by Brian Michael Bendis, Marvel Various (Writer)

The unstable Scarlet Witch has rewritten reality — into a world where Magneto is king! In this “House of M,” mutants are Earth’s dominant species, living glamorous lives and reigning over the oppressed Sapien class. But Wolverine, now a member of Magnus’ peacekeeping force S.H.I.E.L.D., remembers how the world used to be. And his quest to find and awaken his former allies in the Avengers and X-Men sparks a revolution that aims to tear down Wanda’s strange new world! 

COLLECTING: House of M (2005) 1-8, Spider-Man: House of M (2005) 1-5, Fantastic Four: House of M (2005) 1-3, Iron Man: House of M (2005) 1-3, New Thunderbolts (2004) 11, Black Panther (2005) 7, Uncanny X-Men (1981) 462-465, Wolverine (2003) 33-35, Captain America (2004) 10, Pulse (2004) 10, Cable & Deadpool (2004) 17, Incredible Hulk (2000) 83-87, New X-Men (2004) 16-19, Exiles (2001) 69-71, Mutopia X (2005) 1-5, Decimation: House of M - The Day After (2005), Giant-Size Ms. Marvel (2006) 1, Secrets of the House of M (2005), Pulse: House of M Special (2005), House of M 1 Director’s Cut (2005), House of M Sketchbook (2005), material from Hulk: Broken Worlds Book One (2009)

Genres: Comics, Marvel, X Men, Graphic Novels, Superheroes, Comic Book, Fiction

1368 pages, Hardcover

First published February 15, 2006

About the author

A comic book writer and erstwhile artist. He has won critical acclaim (including five Eisner Awards) and is one of the most successful writers working in mainstream comics. For over eight years Bendis’s books have consistently sat in the top five best sellers on the nationwide comic and graphic novel sales charts.

Though he started as a writer and artist of independent noir fiction series, he shot to stardom as a writer of Marvel Comics' superhero books, particularly Ultimate Spider-Man.

Bendis first entered the comic world with the "Jinx" line of crime comics in 1995. This line has spawned the graphic novels Goldfish, Fire, Jinx, Torso (with Marc Andreyko), and Total Sell Out. Bendis is writing the film version of Jinx for Universal Pictures with Oscar-winner Charlize Theron attached to star and produce.

Bendis’s other projects include the Harvey, Eisner, and Eagle Award-nominated Powers (with Michael Avon Oeming) originally from Image Comics, now published by Marvel's new creator-owned imprint Icon Comics, and the Hollywood tell-all Fortune and Glory from Oni Press, both of which received an "A" from Entertainment Weekly.

Bendis is one of the premiere architects of Marvel's "Ultimate" line: comics specifically created for the new generation of comic readers. He has written every issue of Ultimate Spider-Man since its best-selling launch, and has also written for Ultimate Fantastic Four and Ultimate X-Men, as well as every issue of Ultimate Marvel Team-Up, Ultimate Origin and Ultimate Six.

Brian is currently helming a renaissance for Marvel’s AVENGERS franchise by writing both New Avengers and Mighty Avengers along with the successful ‘event’ projects House Of M, Secret War, and this summer’s Secret Invasion.

He has also previously done work on Daredevil, Alias, and The Pulse.

Reviews

[Rob Marney · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the rare Big Event where the story of the Marvel Universe is actually advanced, and the tie-ins enrich the story and say something about the characters. Coipel's art is excellent, clean and decompressed enough for Bendis' famously short, repetitive dialogue. The core concept is rather silly, and it's pretty weird that from the start of issue #2 we're already on the deconstruction phase, but honestly it's considerably less silly than other "transformation" crossover events like Secret Wars and Inferno. As usual, the series which aren't very good don't have very good crossover issues, but that's to be expected in a 1300 page omnibus.

I also really appreciate that Chris Claremont and Alan Davis snuck in a classic Excalibur story and just called it "Uncanny X-Men".

[José Vitor - zetalendo]

Só abandonei porque estava lendo os issues de todos os personagens nesse evento, não estava muito interessado.

Futuramente pretendo ler só a história central. Até que estava bem interessante, li até o 4º, se não me engano.

[Cristhian · Rating 3 out of 5]

Salvo algunos tie ins, no vale la pena gastar en el omnibus.

Es mucho mejor la versión tpb normal que contiene solo la historia principal.

[John Rudd · Rating 4 out of 5]

The main storyline is amazing and some of the side bits are phenomenal. All in all a good story though the omni itself the best. - 3.78, events are weird, I need ed more event, and less what if, if that makes sense

[Blindingblade · Rating 4 out of 5]

(Read and rating for House of M comics proper—also read spiderman)

[Corey Eiseman · Rating 4 out of 5]

The main event miniseries itself was a solid 5, but the tie-ins were a bit uneven.

[Jérémy Gosselin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pas lu au complet juste les histoires un peu intéressantes

[Michael · Rating 2 out of 5]

House of M and Decimation are the only good stories in the omnibus.

[Marina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Almost all pretty enjoyable. I've never read House of M before, so it was pretty cool to get my hands on this monolith of a book. The best part was definitely the core of the event itself - great art, great writing, a great mystery - which comes right at the front of the book.

I also quite liked the House of M Spider-Man, but I wasn't quite sure how it fit into the timeline of what we'd already seen. I just took it as an alternate world within an alternate world and ran with it - I mean, how else are you supposed to read superhero comics? Alternate Fantastic Four was also excellent. But my favourite might have been the comparatively lower stakes Mutopia, which had a great, character-driven plot. That comes right at the end, so I'm glad I read the whole tome through.

The weak links for me were probably either the Iron Man or the Captain Britain issues. Iron Man had a problem with characterization - everyone felt all over the place depending on the plot. As for the latter, this was probably not the best Captain Britain story for a new reader of his to start with. It was pretty confusing for a good while.

Overall, this is a pretty solid omnibus, but I've not read much Marvel in a long time. So this was a pretty wild ride of a reintroduction, but one I was glad to have shelled out for.

[Nick Pratt · Rating 4 out of 5]

My last 2 omnis of the year were this and the House of M companion. They are truly a mixed bag, which is to be expected when you are taking in over 2,000 pages of story. The main event itself is excellent, but it would absolutely feel hollow if you didn't read the side stories. Some of those tie-ins are excellent, as well. The Hulk story is really good, as is Black Panther. Others like Mutopia will grind the story's pace down to a screeching halt. I've been reading about 12-15 omnis per year for several years now and I think the key is not to pound the material you really aren't digging. I give every side series a shot, just in case, but when I find myself frustrated, bored or indifferent, I move on *coughCaptainBritaincough* I'll add that I enjoyed a lot of the material in the companion as much as the best parts of the main story omni, so the whole thing was lifted by the choice to read both back to back. Glad I read it, some forgettable stuff, some skippable, but some that will stick with me. I'll give the experience of reading both a 3.75/5 on the whole.

[Matthew Ledrew · Rating 5 out of 5]

COLLECTING: House of M (2005) 1-8: 5 stars
Spider-Man: House of M (2005) 1-5: 3 stars
Fantastic Four: House of M (2005) 1-3: 5 stars
Iron Man: House of M (2005) 1-3: 5 stars
New Thunderbolts (2004) 11: 5 stars
Black Panther (2005) 7: 5 stars
Uncanny X-Men (1981) 462-465: 3 stars
Wolverine (2003) 33-35: 5 stars
Captain America (2004) 10: 5 stars
Pulse (2004) 10: 5 stars
Cable & Deadpool (2004) 17: 3 stars
Incredible Hulk (2000) 83-87: 5 stars
New X-Men (2004) 16-19: 5 stars
Exiles (2001) 69-71: 3 stars
Mutopia X (2005) 1-5: 5 stars
Decimation: House of M - The Day After (2005): 5 stars
Giant-Size Ms. Marvel (2006) 1: 5 stars
Secrets of the House of M (2005): 5 stars
Pulse: House of M Special (2005): 5 stars
House of M 1 Director’s Cut (2005): 5 stars
House of M Sketchbook (2005): 5 stars
material from Hulk: Broken Worlds Book One (2009): 5 stars

[Merlin Thomas · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 Stars.

I always heard about this event as one of the most important Scarlet Witch stories. And while that is technically true, there actually is not very much Scarlet Witch in this story. In other words, it was not what I expected when I picked it up.
The main story nevertheless is compelling. But the tie-ins are a mixed bag. Some were really great and showed me characters I didn't know and would like to learn more about (Psylocke and Rachel for example), but others seemed quite pointless.

[Ewan Clements · Rating 4 out of 5]

An overall good event with a fun new twisted version of the marvel world to explore. While the tie-ins could be hit or miss they were definitely more good than not and even when they weren't fantastic it was still cool to learn more about these versions of the characters and their place in this world.

[Alena Xuan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Outside of the main story, the House of M is…just not worth it. The main story: 5 stars
Everything else: BAD

[Adam · Rating 2 out of 5]

I had trouble getting into the bulk of this series when i knew the entire new reality would likely just morph back to normal by the end, and was already familiar with what Decimation was going in.

[Christian Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some really great stuff. Some less than great
Some that I’ve never read before
Definitely a product of its moment in time

[Fe · Rating 3 out of 5]

40.
Il dolore e la potenza di Wanda Maximoff si estendono nel multiverso e mi commuovono sempre

[Cid · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.7
The concept is good as are the main character’s stories, with a lot of nice ideas BUT
-there’s a lot of marginal marvel universe characters that seems where put in there just to call attention to(/sell more) their comic series, instead of developing the main storyline.
-(maybe because of the latter) the way the story flows goes is something like:
”this is good … very good… good stuff… ok… oook… eh…. aaaaand I don’t care anymore”
-And the ending is almost non existing especially relatively with the size of the story:

So what could have been an amazing saga
Instead is just a good idea with some nice moments and a poor finish.

[Eric · Rating 3 out of 5]

The parts are good, but the sum feels a bit empty as a story. The art is fairly good in most of the tie-ins but phenomenal in the main event by legend Olivier Coipel, but it doesn't really feel like a lot happens. Of the tie-ins, Spider-Man and Wolverine are the strongest, well some of the others just feel like filler.

[Jos Trinidad · Rating 3 out of 5]

The highs of this omnibus were great, but the story of the House of M feels unfinished. I thought that this would be more akin to the Children's Crusade Omnibus that brought a more cohesive narrative to the lives of those affected by the House of M, but it felt like an Absolute Omnibus if DC were to make one. Just a bunch of different stories thrown together because they were sparked by the same event, but had no connection to each other outside of that.

Overall, unfulfilling, but the highs of the book were so great that I can't rate it lower. 3/5