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booknooknoggin's review against another edition
2.0
I love the X-men, and also the Civil War storyline, but this was just so disappointing. Seemed like a very rushed story and too over the top at times.
ipacho's review against another edition
1.0
With the Young Avengers, these are the weakest storylines in the Civil War saga. There is no character development, the stories are unimportant to the whole plot arc, and they add nothing in the end.
rachelelizabeth's review against another edition
3.0
This isn't bad by any means I just know NOTHING about X-men so found it hard to follow. Trying to read the whole Civil War series though!
blkmymorris's review against another edition
2.0
No one talks about this TPB/event because it's not good. Unless you love Johnny Dee, random forgotten mutants (when was the last time Caliban was relevant? Who knew Sabra and Micromax had such great chemistry? Why do I have to wiki every character just named?), or to read more about Bishop losing his mind and going against the X-Men - he seems to drank a whole gallon of the Bad Idea juice that Cyclops has been sipping.
This is pretty much to show that the mutants did somthing beside sit around and brood over The Sentinel stationed at Xaiver's, Domino and Shatterstar busted them out to a crazy abandoned mine and then Cyclops takes his out First Class homeboys on a road trip to find them, but Bishop and Val Cooper are working with the government,The Avengers, and tag-a-longs Sabra and MicroMax to find them. The mutants they have to save are C-Listers at best (Caliban, Leech, and Toad are the big names), so the sense of urgency never kicks in (Sorry, Leech!).
This is pretty much to show that the mutants did somthing beside sit around and brood over The Sentinel stationed at Xaiver's, Domino and Shatterstar busted them out to a crazy abandoned mine and then Cyclops takes his out First Class homeboys on a road trip to find them, but Bishop and Val Cooper are working with the government,The Avengers, and tag-a-longs Sabra and MicroMax to find them. The mutants they have to save are C-Listers at best (Caliban, Leech, and Toad are the big names), so the sense of urgency never kicks in (Sorry, Leech!).
kurtpankau's review against another edition
2.0
Three story arcs collected into a single volume that are taking place in the periphery of the Civil War event. The X-Men arc is kind of interesting but is less about Civil War and more about fallout after House Of M. Also, it seems to mostly be in the service of setting up Johnny Dee as an overpowered villain. Most of the conflict resolution consists of characters saying "hey, this reminds me of..." which is kind of unsatisfying.
The X-Factor arc in the middle... is not good. The story is convoluted and the highly-stylized rotoscope-looking art isn't doing it any favors: it's ugly, the characters are indistinguishable and when the story breaks from that art to introduce an element that is more comic-booky, the contrast in styles is jarring. It also makes for a frame that has zero background characters, resulting in stories taking place in a major city that is utterly devoid of life.
The Deadpool stuff is fine and probably has the best-executed story arc, it's just not the kind of shenanigans I particularly enjoy.
The X-Factor arc in the middle... is not good. The story is convoluted and the highly-stylized rotoscope-looking art isn't doing it any favors: it's ugly, the characters are indistinguishable and when the story breaks from that art to introduce an element that is more comic-booky, the contrast in styles is jarring. It also makes for a frame that has zero background characters, resulting in stories taking place in a major city that is utterly devoid of life.
The Deadpool stuff is fine and probably has the best-executed story arc, it's just not the kind of shenanigans I particularly enjoy.
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