Reviews

X-Men: Phalanx Covenant by Scott Lobdell

elfflame's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced

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

2.5

ferzemkhan's review against another edition

adventurous inspiring tense medium-paced

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

3.0

 Another entry to the "90s X-Men events that could have been a 3 issue arc", the Phalanx Covenant is maybe the most drawn out and boring of early 90s X-Men events with few moments to shine. The art isn't really good, there is too much exposition, most characters are underutilized, and the story concept is convoluted. There are definitely some things to like though - DougLock's interaction with Wolfsbane is great, Scott and Jean reuniting with Cable after the events of the Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix miniseries is really interesting, and the event does lead to the creation of Generation X. 

nunudeen's review against another edition

adventurous slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot

2.5

depreydeprey's review against another edition

2.0

Of all the big, X-Men crossover events the Phalanx Covenant is probably the one I knew the least about. It took place in 1993 when I had drifted away from comics and Marvel was over correcting towards dark and edgy. On the whole the story is a constant fight between various X-Men all over the globe against the Phalanx, a race/virus that is trying to take over the globe by absorbing non powered humans into its techno-organic collective. Think the Borg if the body horror were cranked up to 13. The art is bad for the 1990s as it was drawn immediately after most of Marvel's top artists jumped ship to form Image Comics. It's also interesting that other than a few variant covers there is no real bonus content in this collection or an introduction which might tell you what Marvel thought of this story too.