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jmbz38's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.75
surfmonkey01's review
3.0
As always with these books, a mix of good and not-so-good. Next up: X of Swords...
fbernardes's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
smartblueguy's review
4.0
Kinda freaked out when I got to the cover gallery and couldn't find X-Men #12. I guess it was a misprint on the back cover of the TP. The can be found in the X of Swords collection.
jammasterjamie's review
3.0
Giant-Sized Storm: Meh. This was already collected in the Giant-Sized X-Men trade, so kind of redundant to include it here. Good enough story and art, but nothing I really needed to revisit.
Marauders: Shit is getting dark and I'm going to have to get some night-vision goggles because I don’t want to miss a thing. Beast gone bad is always fun to read. I'm not a fan of the move they made with Piotr, but I'm willing to see what comes of it; it just really doesn't seem to fit in with the rest of what Krakoa or the X-Men in general are all about, but I assume there's a plan within the plan that will be revealed hopefully soon.
Excalibur: Much more enjoyable than I've previously found this title. Maybe it's because I'm high, but I found these installments to be funny and really well rendered, and I'm always a sucker for getting to see Apocalypse's back story get more fleshed out, so all in all, I enjoyed this.
Marauders: Shit is getting dark and I'm going to have to get some night-vision goggles because I don’t want to miss a thing. Beast gone bad is always fun to read. I'm not a fan of the move they made with Piotr, but I'm willing to see what comes of it; it just really doesn't seem to fit in with the rest of what Krakoa or the X-Men in general are all about, but I assume there's a plan within the plan that will be revealed hopefully soon.
Excalibur: Much more enjoyable than I've previously found this title. Maybe it's because I'm high, but I found these installments to be funny and really well rendered, and I'm always a sucker for getting to see Apocalypse's back story get more fleshed out, so all in all, I enjoyed this.
crookedtreehouse's review
3.0
The final volume of Dawn Of X is the first volume where I felt a little lost. I couldn't remember what led to the Giant Sized Storm issue. I had only a vague recollection of the X-Force storylines that preceded this. And the whole Excalibur storyline has been largely disinteresting to me since Dawn Of X started.
Oh, and it mentions on the back that this volume contains X-Men #12. It does not. The minutae in the front and the listing of issues on the back cover both plainly mention that this book contains X-Men #12. This isn't true. So someone send some caffeine and a resume to Marvel's trade editorial staff. I understand that this whole Dawn Of X project containing two issues of this X-title and one issue of this maybe related X-title can be confusing. But you should probably make sure your table of contents matches what's inside the book.
The stories, themselves are all okay. They're clearly building up to the X Of Swords storyline which will transition the Dawn Of X stories to the Reign Of X stories. I'm not super excited for it because it's about swords, and it's going to lean heavily on the Excalibur mythology, and neither of those are the reasons I read X-books.
But the Giant Sized Storm, including Monet, Douglock, Emma Frost, and Fantomex was intriguing and fun.
The X-Force story reintroduces a 90s villain whom I always enjoyed, and can't believe I didn't realize was going to play a part in this era of X-Men. I like what they've done so far with the story, and look forward to seeing how it folds into X-Of Swords.
I skipped most of the Excalbur story. I hope, someday, that Rogue, Gambit, Apocalypse, Jubilee, and Psylocke end up in another part of the Krakoan X-Universe because I really enjoy the characters but, after the first twenty or so issues, Chris Claremont's British Magic Wet Dreams just don't, in any way, appeal to me, and Tini Howard hasn't managed to win me over by mining that section of X-history.
I still, as a whole, have appreciated reading the X-books as Dawn Of X, as opposed to reading X-Men Vol 1-3, Excalibur Vol 1-3, New Mutants Vol 1-3, Cable Vol 1, Wolverine Vol 1, X-Force Vol 1-3, X-Factor Vol 1, Marauders Vol 1-3, Fallen Angels, the Empyre tie-ins, and the Giant Sized X-books. I am intrigued to see how the Reign Of X books will fare after the X Of Swords hardcover.
Oh, and it mentions on the back that this volume contains X-Men #12. It does not. The minutae in the front and the listing of issues on the back cover both plainly mention that this book contains X-Men #12. This isn't true. So someone send some caffeine and a resume to Marvel's trade editorial staff. I understand that this whole Dawn Of X project containing two issues of this X-title and one issue of this maybe related X-title can be confusing. But you should probably make sure your table of contents matches what's inside the book.
The stories, themselves are all okay. They're clearly building up to the X Of Swords storyline which will transition the Dawn Of X stories to the Reign Of X stories. I'm not super excited for it because it's about swords, and it's going to lean heavily on the Excalibur mythology, and neither of those are the reasons I read X-books.
But the Giant Sized Storm, including Monet, Douglock, Emma Frost, and Fantomex was intriguing and fun.
The X-Force story reintroduces a 90s villain whom I always enjoyed, and can't believe I didn't realize was going to play a part in this era of X-Men. I like what they've done so far with the story, and look forward to seeing how it folds into X-Of Swords.
I skipped most of the Excalbur story. I hope, someday, that Rogue, Gambit, Apocalypse, Jubilee, and Psylocke end up in another part of the Krakoan X-Universe because I really enjoy the characters but, after the first twenty or so issues, Chris Claremont's British Magic Wet Dreams just don't, in any way, appeal to me, and Tini Howard hasn't managed to win me over by mining that section of X-history.
I still, as a whole, have appreciated reading the X-books as Dawn Of X, as opposed to reading X-Men Vol 1-3, Excalibur Vol 1-3, New Mutants Vol 1-3, Cable Vol 1, Wolverine Vol 1, X-Force Vol 1-3, X-Factor Vol 1, Marauders Vol 1-3, Fallen Angels, the Empyre tie-ins, and the Giant Sized X-books. I am intrigued to see how the Reign Of X books will fare after the X Of Swords hardcover.
astraea14's review
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
wanderlustlover's review
5.0
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.
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.