Marvel Masterworks vs Ultimate X-Men: Which Should You Read?

Cover of Marvel Masterworks Marvel Masterworks Stan Lee · 1990 ★★★★☆ 3.8 240 pages · ≈ 4 h 27 m · Light

Collects Fantastic Four (1961) #241-250; What If? (1977) #36; Silver Surfer (1982) #1; Marvel Fanfare (1982) #2. Master storyteller John Byrne’s groundbreaking FANTASTIC FOUR run continues! From a mysterious Wakandan…

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Cover of Ultimate X-Men Ultimate X-Men Mark Millar · 2001 ★★★★☆ 3.9 160 pages · ≈ 2 h 58 m · Light

A collection of the first six issues of the"Ultimate X-Men" comics in which five students with mutant abilities and their crippled mentor try to save the world from erupting into war between humans and a terrorist cell…

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The verdict

Scores by source

Marvel MasterworksUltimate X-Men
Hardcover 3.8 (24) 3.8 (18)
Google Books — 5.0 (2)
Apple Books 4.0 (7) 4.0 (34)

Reception

Marvel MasterworksUltimate X-Men
Ratings 24 34
Editions 40 13
Film adaptations 1 1
Wikipedia attention 4198 4625
Pages 240 160

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