Reviews

X-Men: Second Coming by Craig Kyle, Sonia Oback, Zeb Wells, Mike Choi, Greg Land, Christopher Yost, Mike Carey, Ibraim Roberson, Rachel Dodson, Terry Dodson, Matt Fraction, David Finch

myckroft's review

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

cam14147's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

4.5

alexandreads's review

adventurous dark emotional funny fast-paced

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

5.0

arini95's review

adventurous dark fast-paced

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

3.75

joshbrown's review

5.0

This is an amazing, cinematic story that caps years of build up in the X-Men universe. I couldn't read it fast enough.

booknooknoggin's review

5.0

Haven't read an omen story this good in a very long time. Sad to see a couple of characters killed off.

blkmymorris's review

3.0

I had to read this because it contains the death of my favorite male X-Man - Nightcrawler, of course because no one cares about Cable. I'm sure even someone was sad over The Vanisher's death. Too much of Land's and Finch's ugly art. I also don't like Kyle & Yost's writing. I used to hate Hope because I now I agree with her hate of Cyclops. I don't even know he took Rogue out of a leadership role.

That said it's another mutant extinction crossover with other X-books and it has a nice side order of time travel. It's always nice to see random mutants pop up. It was a little hard for me to deal with because it often broke the "X-Men don't kill" rule that I love, and it was made worse by killing off mutants. As Doctor Nemesis (words by Kyle & Yost) pointed out at that rate, mutants will be extinct in 7 years.

bookswithgin's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

emilyn's review

4.0

Not expecting that ending. So curious.

yurana's review

3.0

It's the big finale to the everything that happened with the X-Men since Decimation. Most parts of Second Coming live up to that and the story has a lot going for it. That makes it's failings all the more obvious.
The sudden continuity errors (such as Colossus being at one place at the end of one issue and in another at the beginning of the next, apparently having completely forgotten what's happening around him) come to mind. Another thing is the lifeless art of Greg Land, that always annoys me, but is a downright crime in a deeply emotional engaging story such as this. So I'm sorry to say that I can only give three stars. Second Coming is not bad, but it could have been so much better.