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stadkison's review against another edition
2.0
I enjoyed the start and initial premise (mutants that didn’t fit in on peaceful Krakoa) but it never lived up to that. Often the art was atrocious, with everyone looking like they were 12, and way too many close ups on mouths. They were going for some sort of spiritualism that never hit. Psylocke had no depth, other than being “really good killer”, which is fine if you’re going to do really good kills, but not an introspective, meditative story.
wanderlustlover's review against another edition
3.0
2020 Backlog;
Marking as completed series.
Reviews in the Dawn of X Compilations.
Marking as completed series.
Reviews in the Dawn of X Compilations.
woodenpersonality's review against another edition
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
nathanaeljs's review against another edition
3.0
I really like Laura Kinney and I kind of like Kid Cable and I'm interested in more of Kwannon. This story just didn't really scratch any of those interests. It's a fairly standard AI Bad story and I didn't feel like it really developed the characters in any new or interesting ways. This seemed like a filler Dawn of X series more than anything.
dylanblok's review against another edition
One cool thing about reading through all the Dawn of X series of comics at the same time is that you get a range of different tones & styles - from pirate adventures in Marauders, to interdimensional medieval magic stuff in Excalibur, to outer space (& also Pilger, Nebraska) romps in New Mutants, to Fallen Angels, whose genre could be described as "literally & figuratively dark assassin garbo with so, so many close-ups of mouths for some reason."
I didn't really like it.
I didn't really like it.
morgantdr's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
2.0
iainreads's review against another edition
2.0
Art- questionable
Story- not enjoyable
Overall: can read , bad but not terrible just very unnecessary in my opinion
Story- not enjoyable
Overall: can read , bad but not terrible just very unnecessary in my opinion
blackmetalblackheart's review against another edition
1.0
This was a pile of garbage. The plot and characters are confusing with no backstory given for new readers. The art is mediocre, and served to add to the confusion. I had such high hopes for the X-Men reboot, but books like this have made that reboot a messy, dumpster fire.
littlecat's review against another edition
dark
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
1.0
I wish this was better, I want Kwannon/Psylocke finally have her own story, because her orgion is a racist mess but this was very lackluster.
Art&Paneling: Lets start with the positive, the paneling itself is so basic that it does not make the story more complicate to follow then it is already written. The idea of the borders is something I havent seen much so its interesting even if the result is overbearing and distracting partly cause the content of the panels is so badly (or at best average) stadged. There already big buts in this small postive but the art itself is nothing but not my thing, the porpotions of the bodys are awkard, the choice of extreme close ups of mouths and one eyes, uncomfortable and for me without meaning, the coloring makes skin look plasticy and unreal, the characters are barly integrated into the backgrounds, and there is no sense of place in the comic at the whole. There is the classic "ass and tit" pose problem. The character designs are flat and because i am not good with colour differencing I even had problems figuring out if was Laura Kinney or Kwannon in some panels. The action scenes are hard to read due to chose of colour and shadowing.
Story: Kwannons backstory as a assasin trained from childhood, and given a life of hardship with heavy emphasize on lack of agency and (bodily) autonomy is not really a unique story in comics, that doesnt mean it has to be bad, I read a ton of story with the same basic premise of: who am i? what parts of my trauma can i let go and what can reclaim? and how do it? how do i learn to interact with people on my own terms, and built real connections?
its not well done here. The dialoge feels overblown and repeative. There is very little pay off to anything. The side characters are not bringing anything to the story. The heavy use christian mthology without Any explorattion in context of Psylocks culture background feels just plain weird and tone deaf. There is no real exploration of Apoth and his path to identity - specially with the abrupt ending, he is just shot. The extra snippets of interview etc about the "techdrug" look like they might have wanted to say something about something but it does not bleed into the story itself.
Art&Paneling: Lets start with the positive, the paneling itself is so basic that it does not make the story more complicate to follow then it is already written. The idea of the borders is something I havent seen much so its interesting even if the result is overbearing and distracting partly cause the content of the panels is so badly (or at best average) stadged. There already big buts in this small postive but the art itself is nothing but not my thing, the porpotions of the bodys are awkard, the choice of extreme close ups of mouths and one eyes, uncomfortable and for me without meaning, the coloring makes skin look plasticy and unreal, the characters are barly integrated into the backgrounds, and there is no sense of place in the comic at the whole. There is the classic "ass and tit" pose problem. The character designs are flat and because i am not good with colour differencing I even had problems figuring out if was Laura Kinney or Kwannon in some panels. The action scenes are hard to read due to chose of colour and shadowing.
Story: Kwannons backstory as a assasin trained from childhood, and given a life of hardship with heavy emphasize on lack of agency and (bodily) autonomy is not really a unique story in comics, that doesnt mean it has to be bad, I read a ton of story with the same basic premise of: who am i? what parts of my trauma can i let go and what can reclaim? and how do it? how do i learn to interact with people on my own terms, and built real connections?
its not well done here. The dialoge feels overblown and repeative. There is very little pay off to anything. The side characters are not bringing anything to the story. The heavy use christian mthology without Any explorattion in context of Psylocks culture background feels just plain weird and tone deaf. There is no real exploration of Apoth and his path to identity - specially with the abrupt ending, he is just shot. The extra snippets of interview etc about the "techdrug" look like they might have wanted to say something about something but it does not bleed into the story itself.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Child death and Death
Minor: Drug use