Review of
X-Men (1963) #14
Published:
November 1965
Reviewer Rating:
Avg User Rating:
(3.81)
Trask, you fool! So begins an excellent trek in the chapters of X-Men comics. The Sentinels - are the re-birth of World War II paranoia. And an attack on muties begins! Of course it wasn't perfected until much later, but...
Trask immediately loses control of his invention - on national TV, no less. Nice work, dummy! The Sentinels - in their first form - are tough guys - but still relatively small in comparison.
I'm not sure if writers intended such a long-reaching perspective with mutant-kind, but it became by far the most enduring part of the comic. Certainly in the eighties - past the Civil Rights big thrust of the Sixties - and even today has become representative of the gay rights movement. Both Ian McKellan and Singer have referred to its personal connection to them through X-Men films.
Trask immediately loses control of his invention - on national TV, no less. Nice work, dummy! The Sentinels - in their first form - are tough guys - but still relatively small in comparison.
I'm not sure if writers intended such a long-reaching perspective with mutant-kind, but it became by far the most enduring part of the comic. Certainly in the eighties - past the Civil Rights big thrust of the Sixties - and even today has become representative of the gay rights movement. Both Ian McKellan and Singer have referred to its personal connection to them through X-Men films.
