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orlandoreads's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
jmbz38's review against another edition
adventurous
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
surfmonkey01's review
3.0
I’m basically reusing a review across this series, as it seems to hold as things go on. Overall it’s a bunch of highs and lows. Some books are consistently excellent (Marauders, X-Force, Wolverine, and it looks like X-Factor & Hellions will join that group) while some are middling to mediocre (Excalibur being the worst of the lot, plus Cable being so-so, and the main X-Men book varying in quality from one issue to the next). I’m still reading, so the overall whole is quality, and the whole setting that they’ve established is still unique and intriguing. It’s like a house of cards that we know is doomed to fall eventually, it’s just a question of when and how)
fbernardes's review
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
crookedtreehouse's review
4.0
This is a mostly great collection of X-stories about the continued evolution of the Krakoan age mutant community.
The Hellions was a bummer of a way to start. Apart from the basic premise, there's nothing I enjoy about this comic. These first four issues could have been okay as a five to ten page story in an anthology issue but it's far too weak to be a serialized story. There's always got to be a Worst X-Book on the shelf, and it's been consistently Hellions since it debuted. 2/5
The Marauders book has detoured from Kitty Pryde On The High Seas to Krakoan Diplomacy, and I think that's fine. I love [a:Gerry Duggan|594966|Gerry Duggan|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1442471582p2/594966.jpg]'s version of all these characters. The dialogue is great, and I'm constantly curious about where the series will go next. 4/5
The X-Factor #1 is awesome. On part with the beginning of [a:Peter David|13681|Peter David|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1206732772p2/13681.jpg]'s second run on the series in the early 2000s. I usually find the whole Northstar Is An Impetuous Jerk to be tiresome but [a:Leah Williams|13881554|Leah Williams|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1441655853p2/13881554.jpg] makes it work. I love her choices of which characters are on the team and how they interact. The premise of the book, that the Krakoan community needs an investigative team to figure out which mutants are dead and in need of ressurection is also wonderful. I feel like it's been a while since I read one of the flagship X-Men issues in these collections, but I think X-Factor may have risen to My Favorite Ongoing Title In The X-Verse. 5/5
Giant Sized Magneto is a beautifully drawn, simply told story involving Magento, Namor, and Emma Frost. It doesn't feel necessary to the larger story, apart from showing Magneto trying to improve some of his relationships, and giving Emma a new base of operations, but it's a fun unnecessary story that flows really nicely. [a:Ramón Pérez|18210|Ramón Pérez|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1417177333p2/18210.jpg]'s art is stellar. 4/5
The book closes with Cable #2. Whle the first issue didn't impress me, I did enjoy Cable's interactions with humans, as well as with the Stepford Cuckoos. Even Cyclops was sufferable in this book. The two human detectives were probably my favorite bit player characters in Dawn Of X so far. 4/5
Dawn Of X continues to be the book lomg-term X-fans deserve, even its missteps don't seem as annoying, as they're usually buffered by better issues.
The Hellions was a bummer of a way to start. Apart from the basic premise, there's nothing I enjoy about this comic. These first four issues could have been okay as a five to ten page story in an anthology issue but it's far too weak to be a serialized story. There's always got to be a Worst X-Book on the shelf, and it's been consistently Hellions since it debuted. 2/5
The Marauders book has detoured from Kitty Pryde On The High Seas to Krakoan Diplomacy, and I think that's fine. I love [a:Gerry Duggan|594966|Gerry Duggan|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1442471582p2/594966.jpg]'s version of all these characters. The dialogue is great, and I'm constantly curious about where the series will go next. 4/5
The X-Factor #1 is awesome. On part with the beginning of [a:Peter David|13681|Peter David|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1206732772p2/13681.jpg]'s second run on the series in the early 2000s. I usually find the whole Northstar Is An Impetuous Jerk to be tiresome but [a:Leah Williams|13881554|Leah Williams|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1441655853p2/13881554.jpg] makes it work. I love her choices of which characters are on the team and how they interact. The premise of the book, that the Krakoan community needs an investigative team to figure out which mutants are dead and in need of ressurection is also wonderful. I feel like it's been a while since I read one of the flagship X-Men issues in these collections, but I think X-Factor may have risen to My Favorite Ongoing Title In The X-Verse. 5/5
Giant Sized Magneto is a beautifully drawn, simply told story involving Magento, Namor, and Emma Frost. It doesn't feel necessary to the larger story, apart from showing Magneto trying to improve some of his relationships, and giving Emma a new base of operations, but it's a fun unnecessary story that flows really nicely. [a:Ramón Pérez|18210|Ramón Pérez|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1417177333p2/18210.jpg]'s art is stellar. 4/5
The book closes with Cable #2. Whle the first issue didn't impress me, I did enjoy Cable's interactions with humans, as well as with the Stepford Cuckoos. Even Cyclops was sufferable in this book. The two human detectives were probably my favorite bit player characters in Dawn Of X so far. 4/5
Dawn Of X continues to be the book lomg-term X-fans deserve, even its missteps don't seem as annoying, as they're usually buffered by better issues.
wanderlustlover's review
5.0
Spring 2020 (April);
Dawn of X (Vol. 11-16)
X of Swords (full)
Reign of X (Vol. 1-7)
** As a spoiler warning, do not read this review unless you've read all of the above issues, not just the volume where you've found this review. **
I did a massive multi-volume, multi-arc blitz recently and so I'm going to just drop a lot of what's hot here & going to be copying it down across a million books. My favorite thing literally is now and forever the Polycule going on in Summer House. I love his universe and am certainly very curious about the things still hiding in the shadows.
I'm glad Kitty found her way through that thing. I'm glad we didn't lose Betsy while we were in the other universe where death *sort of* sticks. Excalibur remains the most arrestingly gorgeous art. I'm still not interested in the one and only story comics know how to tell with Beast. I love the whole council and can't stop cooing over Erik as the Left Hand/Charles as the right (and even more so the bits where/how Jean & Scott are off to reform the X-Men #goodboy).
Jeanne & The Twins, in general, are back and I'm super duper in love with that. I really madly adore that there isn't any vast soap opera drama with any relationships or old bad blood that can't be given a new chance in Krakoa. There's such a breath of fresh air reading a lot of the choices Hickman and his writers have made.
Dawn of X (Vol. 11-16)
X of Swords (full)
Reign of X (Vol. 1-7)
** As a spoiler warning, do not read this review unless you've read all of the above issues, not just the volume where you've found this review. **
I did a massive multi-volume, multi-arc blitz recently and so I'm going to just drop a lot of what's hot here & going to be copying it down across a million books. My favorite thing literally is now and forever the Polycule going on in Summer House. I love his universe and am certainly very curious about the things still hiding in the shadows.
I'm glad Kitty found her way through that thing. I'm glad we didn't lose Betsy while we were in the other universe where death *sort of* sticks. Excalibur remains the most arrestingly gorgeous art. I'm still not interested in the one and only story comics know how to tell with Beast. I love the whole council and can't stop cooing over Erik as the Left Hand/Charles as the right (and even more so the bits where/how Jean & Scott are off to reform the X-Men #goodboy).
Jeanne & The Twins, in general, are back and I'm super duper in love with that. I really madly adore that there isn't any vast soap opera drama with any relationships or old bad blood that can't be given a new chance in Krakoa. There's such a breath of fresh air reading a lot of the choices Hickman and his writers have made.
afreen7's review
3.0
Hellions #4 - 4/5 (ooh very interesting)
Wolverine (2020) 3 - 4/5
Marauders #11- 4/5
Excalibur #11 - 3/5
X-Factor #1 - 3/5
X men #10 - 3.5/5
Giant-Size X-Men: Magneto #1 - 3.5/5
Cable (2020) 2 - 2/5 (meh needs more substance in the plot, also what happened to the art in the last few pages)
Wolverine (2020) 3 - 4/5
Marauders #11- 4/5
Excalibur #11 - 3/5
X-Factor #1 - 3/5
X men #10 - 3.5/5
Giant-Size X-Men: Magneto #1 - 3.5/5
Cable (2020) 2 - 2/5 (meh needs more substance in the plot, also what happened to the art in the last few pages)