Reviews

Extraordinary X-Men, Volume 1: X-Haven by Edgar Delgado, Jeff Lemire, Humberto Ramos, Victor Olazaba

albertico66's review against another edition

3.0

Pretty good and fun read from Lemire and Ramos. The arc reminds me of the pre-Morrison X-Men, especially with its choice of villain. I like Ramos's art a lot in this. Gonna keep reading it.

brandonadaniels's review against another edition

3.0

It’s a shame that Jeff Lemire’s tenure on the X-Men was mostly during the Inhuman, Terrigen Mists years, arguably a low point. I fell off reading X-Men after AvX, and I’m going back to see if there was anything worth reevaluating. This ain’t it. Lemire is forced to reckon with everything that the status quo entails while trying to set up his own thing, but it’s largely dull. The only real saving grace is the art by Humberto Ramos. This is some of the best stuff I have seen from him.

blairconrad's review against another edition

3.0

It was okay. Seems like a whole lot of the same old thing, really. Find mutants. Explain to the humans near the mutant that not all mutants are bad. Teen-aged Jean and old old Logan explaining where they came from. More than most comics, I'm not sure there are any new X-Men stories to be told.
I liked Cerebra, though.

mash1138's review against another edition

2.0

I haven't read X-Men in several years, but I gave this a try because of Jeff Lemire. Sigh...it's the same old X-Men trope...feared and hated by a world blah blah blah. Thank goodness for X-Men movies, which are currently far more interesting than any of the half-dozen X-titles.

tmeysenburg's review against another edition

An interesting peek at what is going on in the x-universe. I like the art and these are some of my favorite x-men.

ashlightgrayson's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I haven't picked up an X-men comic in a while and I was very happy I chose this one. The storyline follows the aftermath of the conflict between the X-men and the Inhumans pertaining to the Terrigen mist as well as the events of the Death of X storyline. It's really upsetting to see the X-men being feared so much because of Cyclop's actions. There is one specific scene where Jean goes on a date which is interrupted when she realizes there is a group of humans attacking a mutant outside. In the midst of her interfering, her date realizes she is a mutant and his interaction with her became so discriminatory so fast. There was a complete change in demeanor from that character the moment he realized what Jean was. He was super nice and endearing to her before then. Unfortunately, that's pretty accurate for how interactions like that go down in real life. Everyone is nice until they realize you are "one of them". 

The consequences of the Terrigen mist are also coming to a peak. It turns out that it's not just deadly to mutants, but that it also sterilizes them. Mutants are a minority to begin with, so it's even more distressing that this is happening. We have Mr. Sinister showing up to create more chaos as if the end of mutants as we know them isn't disturbing enough. He uses morally questionable methods, as usual. It does make for some interesting fights and plot points, though. At the end of all of this, some important members of the main team are finally reunited after so many obstacles. I'm interested in seeing how the X-men deal with all of these new changes and work together to move forward.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence

discrimination

texaswolfman's review against another edition

5.0

Now this, is how an X-Men book should be. Wonderful characterization, great art and exceptional story.

crookedtreehouse's review against another edition

2.0

There isn't an original idea in this collection. The Terrigen Mist is the end of mutantdom is very much M Day/Endangered Species via The Legacy Virus storyline. The use of Old Man Logan to fill in for Wolverine is an absolutely boring choice. Time travelling mutant has intimacy issues due to killing all of the X-Men is very X-Men 1991. Toss them all together and throw the new mutant haven being in Limbo, and you have a limp shrug of a story.

If you've never read an X-book before, you might want to check this out, as Lemire is a competent writer, but if you're already famliar with much of the X corner of the Marvel Universe than this will only make you nostalgic for the better written stories that it emulates.

mjfmjfmjf's review against another edition

4.0

Just another X-Men against the world. But the writing (and to some degree plot) is pretty much a continuation of the All-New X-Men. Young Jean continues to be a standout and gets better and better. And Old Man Logan just adds to the mix. There's just a certain richness in the relationships of most of the characters that just feels more real than most everything out there. And Limbo - usually Ilyana and Limbo does not improve the story, but this time it was important and worked. Looking forward to the next one.

wanderlustlover's review against another edition

3.0

Summer 2021 (July);

I totally spaced and meant to send these through in July. This was more of my Time!Displaced Baby Jean Read while I was waiting between my computer keyboard being out and the ownership of my new computer that I could actually type on. This collection of 4 was okay, but the Time!Displaced X-Men were more side pieces in my opinion in these than really the focus of them.