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amck's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
fast-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? It's complicated
4.75
daileyxplanet's review against another edition
3.0
This was fine. I like crime and mysteries, and I'm interested in the mojoverse, but this was fine.
catsteaandabook's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
achilleanshelves's review against another edition
5.0
I LOVE this hodge-podge of a team. Who would have thought Hope, Northstar, Prodigy, Protege, Akihiro, Polaris & Eyeboy could make such a great team? The crime-solving antics in this were great and the visit to the Mojoverse was super fun. I love the normalisation of queerness in this and the layers of depth that this book adds to Krakoa and the Mutants' new situation.
cassie_grace's review against another edition
4.0
It’s gay! The roster includes Daken, Prodigy, and Northstar, so the cast is 50% queer men, which is wonderful. Daken flirts with everyone and I love him.
It’s an interesting set up, too. X-Factor investigations searches for missing mutants and finds proof of death so The Five can begin resurrection protocols.
It’s an interesting set up, too. X-Factor investigations searches for missing mutants and finds proof of death so The Five can begin resurrection protocols.
minnows's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death
deonyeager's review against another edition
5.0
This book is basically just a bunch of X-Men being horny on main. And I LOVE IT!!.
I have been a fan of Leah Williams' snarky writing for some time now. And even though her last book, Gwenpool Strikes Back, was a bit underwhelming, I'm just gonna assume that that was just a character that still needs a foundation to build upon for different since that character is still new (as in not having enough stories that can give more varieties to work upon and built off of.) That same could be said for a lot of the characters that are this book, especially if they have been brought back from the dead for as long as their usefulness to the overarching plots of many X-Men stories.
And sometimes, it requires major changes to characters that haven't been around for years. I can't completely prove that what I say hold major significance to any of what I'm reading in the book. All I can say is that this doesn't read like another X-Men comic. It reads like an indie comic, or a well written, highly produced web-comic.
The book's first view issues move fast and slow at the same time. And what I mean by that is in its pacing. Once you get to the groove of what the book is about, by the third issue or so, it starts to find itself. It also helps that the book often treats its issues like an episode of a tv show. That also makes it frustrating because I love the characters so much that I want the issues themselves to be published bi-weekly instead of monthly.
Daken is easily one of my favorite characters. One, because of his pheromone ability. Two, because whenever he speaks, he reminds me of a guy named Frank from that game, House Party. So I used that voice for Daken's speaking dialogue and its a match made in heaven. I don't know. He just looks like he would have a soft spoken Brooklyn accent.
There's a lot more I want to say about this book, like that the concept behind the formation of X-Factor is retrieval dead mutants, and the further examination of the mutant race's newly established re-spawn ability (in the new X-Men comics (2020), mutants can die and come back to life, but they have to be proven that they were dead so they don't have the most bonkers clone saga of all time.)
All in all, a comic like this should scream 3 stars, but I'm giving this a five because this is the type of stories I want more of from Marvel. A lot of indie comic book publishers are having an better advantage than the big two in trade sells because they let don't have any established history, neither does most of the characters in this book. Is anyone begging for a Polaris movie, or a Daken spin-off, of a Northstar TV show?
In Marvel or DC, the lesser known the character, the more you can do with them.
I hope I get to see where these characters, and I hope they don't get cancelled, cause that's a huge thing that happens in Marvel of DC comics.
Well, that's it. That's the review.
I have been a fan of Leah Williams' snarky writing for some time now. And even though her last book, Gwenpool Strikes Back, was a bit underwhelming, I'm just gonna assume that that was just a character that still needs a foundation to build upon for different since that character is still new (as in not having enough stories that can give more varieties to work upon and built off of.) That same could be said for a lot of the characters that are this book, especially if they have been brought back from the dead for as long as their usefulness to the overarching plots of many X-Men stories.
And sometimes, it requires major changes to characters that haven't been around for years. I can't completely prove that what I say hold major significance to any of what I'm reading in the book. All I can say is that this doesn't read like another X-Men comic. It reads like an indie comic, or a well written, highly produced web-comic.
The book's first view issues move fast and slow at the same time. And what I mean by that is in its pacing. Once you get to the groove of what the book is about, by the third issue or so, it starts to find itself. It also helps that the book often treats its issues like an episode of a tv show. That also makes it frustrating because I love the characters so much that I want the issues themselves to be published bi-weekly instead of monthly.
Daken is easily one of my favorite characters. One, because of his pheromone ability. Two, because whenever he speaks, he reminds me of a guy named Frank from that game, House Party. So I used that voice for Daken's speaking dialogue and its a match made in heaven. I don't know. He just looks like he would have a soft spoken Brooklyn accent.
There's a lot more I want to say about this book, like that the concept behind the formation of X-Factor is retrieval dead mutants, and the further examination of the mutant race's newly established re-spawn ability (in the new X-Men comics (2020), mutants can die and come back to life, but they have to be proven that they were dead so they don't have the most bonkers clone saga of all time.)
All in all, a comic like this should scream 3 stars, but I'm giving this a five because this is the type of stories I want more of from Marvel. A lot of indie comic book publishers are having an better advantage than the big two in trade sells because they let don't have any established history, neither does most of the characters in this book. Is anyone begging for a Polaris movie, or a Daken spin-off, of a Northstar TV show?
In Marvel or DC, the lesser known the character, the more you can do with them.
I hope I get to see where these characters, and I hope they don't get cancelled, cause that's a huge thing that happens in Marvel of DC comics.
Well, that's it. That's the review.
amyacowan's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
void_punk's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
fast-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
brocuspocus's review against another edition
4.0
I kind of understand why this book was cancelled. The pacing feels off, 4 issues are covered in this book and I feel like nothing of substance has really happened. It also doesn't help that the 2 of the issue are based in the Mojo-verse which is a big eyeroll for me. I finish out with Volume 2 because I like the team (Queer X-men FTW!).