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jammasterjamie's review
3.0
Getting bored while reading adventure comics is never a good sign. The Wolverine installment was alright, but not awesome, though I really did enjoy some of the easter eggs in the warehouse scene. Excalibur felt like a bit of a mess in this installment, but the scene with Betsy and Kwanon was interesting. X-Factor was fun, but I couldn't help but feel disenchanted with the plot as I know the book has since been cancelled. I simply have no interest in the new young Cable and even having Domino guest-star didn't help. As for the Children of the Atom installment, there was nothing about it that made me care about any of it. Based on the stories alone, this was a two-star read for me, but the art in most of the stories was good enough to bump it up an extra star.
crookedtreehouse's review
3.0
Another mixed bag of fun from Marvel's Krakoan section.
Wolverine #10 by [a:Benjamin Percy|215907|Benjamin Percy|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1362111803p2/215907.jpg] is fun continuity porn for those of us who read X-Men in the 90s. I care a little less that they're using Maverick with each passing issue. Still, it's got some interesting consequences for both the X-books and maybe even the larger Marvel Universe. Plus, [a:Adam Kubert|61330|Adam Kubert|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1270670936p2/61330.jpg]'s layouts in this book are the best I can remember in the modern X-books. 3/5*
I've spent many of the reviews mentioning that it's not [a:Tini Howard|14205385|Tini Howard|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1573146594p2/14205385.jpg]'s fault that I'm not into their Excalbir run (issue #17 appears here). The whole Otherworld/Magick/Captain Britain portion of the Marvel Universe just isn't my thing. But in this issue, Howard focuses on a conversation between Psylocke and an alternate universe Kwannon, and has some Rogue/Gambit/Wisdom shenanigans. And while I don't feel like a lot happens in this particular issue, the writing is so solid that I really wish Howard was writing a title I was more interested in. I enjoy their style of dialogue, and sense of pacing. The art was sometimes weirdly staged but not distracting. 3/5*
[a:Leah Williams|13881554|Leah Williams|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1441655853p2/13881554.jpg] 's X-Factor was the highlight of this collection for me. Since returning from the Mojoverse, this book is contantly improving. The Siryn/Polaris storyline here is fun, classic X-Factor, but the focus on Prodigy's powers and his desire to study what happens to mutants as they go through the resurrection process is the most intriguing thing happening right now in any of these books. I also love her dialogue. The art was a bit too green for me (literally, I'm not inferring the artist is new...the color palette just seemed off) but otherwise great. 4/5*
If you like Cable/Stryfe/clone/time travel shenanigans, this will probably be your bag. [a:Gerry Duggan|594966|Gerry Duggan|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1442471582p2/594966.jpg] knows how to write a fun X-romp. And I love when Domino is involved but isn't Serious Brooding Domino. But while the story was just good, [a:Phil Noto|16455041|Phil Noto|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1569975247p2/16455041.jpg]'s art was, as usual, the highlight of the book. I just love the way he shoots body language and facial grammar. 4/5*
[a:Vita Ayala|16130337|Vita Ayala|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1598534913p2/16130337.jpg] writes like a four year old in need of a tutor for the first ten pages, then like 21st century Chris Claremont for the rest of the book. I now understand why every customer in our store who subscribed to Children Of The Atom dropped it after the first issue. I couldn't name or care about a single character in this book. 0/5*
Wolverine #10 by [a:Benjamin Percy|215907|Benjamin Percy|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1362111803p2/215907.jpg] is fun continuity porn for those of us who read X-Men in the 90s. I care a little less that they're using Maverick with each passing issue. Still, it's got some interesting consequences for both the X-books and maybe even the larger Marvel Universe. Plus, [a:Adam Kubert|61330|Adam Kubert|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1270670936p2/61330.jpg]'s layouts in this book are the best I can remember in the modern X-books. 3/5*
I've spent many of the reviews mentioning that it's not [a:Tini Howard|14205385|Tini Howard|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1573146594p2/14205385.jpg]'s fault that I'm not into their Excalbir run (issue #17 appears here). The whole Otherworld/Magick/Captain Britain portion of the Marvel Universe just isn't my thing. But in this issue, Howard focuses on a conversation between Psylocke and an alternate universe Kwannon, and has some Rogue/Gambit/Wisdom shenanigans. And while I don't feel like a lot happens in this particular issue, the writing is so solid that I really wish Howard was writing a title I was more interested in. I enjoy their style of dialogue, and sense of pacing. The art was sometimes weirdly staged but not distracting. 3/5*
[a:Leah Williams|13881554|Leah Williams|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1441655853p2/13881554.jpg] 's X-Factor was the highlight of this collection for me. Since returning from the Mojoverse, this book is contantly improving. The Siryn/Polaris storyline here is fun, classic X-Factor, but the focus on Prodigy's powers and his desire to study what happens to mutants as they go through the resurrection process is the most intriguing thing happening right now in any of these books. I also love her dialogue. The art was a bit too green for me (literally, I'm not inferring the artist is new...the color palette just seemed off) but otherwise great. 4/5*
If you like Cable/Stryfe/clone/time travel shenanigans, this will probably be your bag. [a:Gerry Duggan|594966|Gerry Duggan|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1442471582p2/594966.jpg] knows how to write a fun X-romp. And I love when Domino is involved but isn't Serious Brooding Domino. But while the story was just good, [a:Phil Noto|16455041|Phil Noto|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1569975247p2/16455041.jpg]'s art was, as usual, the highlight of the book. I just love the way he shoots body language and facial grammar. 4/5*
[a:Vita Ayala|16130337|Vita Ayala|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1598534913p2/16130337.jpg] writes like a four year old in need of a tutor for the first ten pages, then like 21st century Chris Claremont for the rest of the book. I now understand why every customer in our store who subscribed to Children Of The Atom dropped it after the first issue. I couldn't name or care about a single character in this book. 0/5*
john0824's review
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
3.25
afreen7's review
3.0
Wolverine (2020) 10 - 4/5
Excalibur (2019) 17 - 2/5 (meh...too much dialogue with boring panels that had potential but lead nowwhere)
X-Factor (2020) 6 - 4/5
Cable (2020) 8 - 4/5
Children of the Atom (2021) 1 - 3/5
Excalibur (2019) 17 - 2/5 (meh...too much dialogue with boring panels that had potential but lead nowwhere)
X-Factor (2020) 6 - 4/5
Cable (2020) 8 - 4/5
Children of the Atom (2021) 1 - 3/5
wanderlustlover's review
4.0
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. Illyana remains a badass demon-sorceress at all times, and Ororo remains a goddess. I loved all the Giant-Size art across Emma, Jean, Ororo.
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. Illyana remains a badass demon-sorceress at all times, and Ororo remains a goddess. I loved all the Giant-Size art across Emma, Jean, Ororo.
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