Reviews

X-Men: Fall of the Mutants, Vol. 1 by Mark Gruenwald, Bret Blevins, Marc Silvestri, June Brigman, Steve Englehart, Jon Bogdanove, Todd McFarlane, Walt Simonson, Peter David, Louise Simonson, Kerry Gammill, John Romita Jr., Ann Nocenti, Chris Claremont

pmileham's review

adventurous emotional sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

jesse_post's review

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

In a great run of superhero storytelling, this is really a low point — an overly complicated (and overlong) X-Men storyline with a truly bizarre New Mutants one next to it where everyone is out of character and the plot makes little sense. Possibly worth reading just for the setup for the next ARC, but might be better just to read the Wikipedia page and get to the good stuff!

nearit's review

3.0

The fights are curiously flat, but the moments where people look chic in the middle of various psychic maelstroms are great comics. They'd make great movies too - maybe next time, eh?