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dave_ex_machina's review
adventurous
mysterious
fast-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
4.0
So much is going on that it is hard to latch on, onslaught is back for reasons, the high evolutionary rears his head, which would have been great to get more of
crookedtreehouse's review
4.0
A friend of mine grew up with Tini Howard. And this friend and I originally bonded over our love of the Marvek X-Universe books. He asked me what I thought of Howard's X-books, and I said "I think they're really talented. Unfortunately, most of what I've read by them is Excalibur, and I've never cared about the mutants go to a magical land book. I don't care about Captain Britain or Pete Wisdom, and I think the series just drags the rest of the characters to a level I don't care about. But it's not Howard's fault. I didn't care about them when [a:Chris Claremont|15091|Chris Claremont|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1206644417p2/15091.jpg], [a:Alan Davis|15089|Alan Davis|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1522157724p2/15089.jpg], or [a:Warren Ellis|12772|Warren Ellis|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1615217087p2/12772.jpg] were writing about them, either. But ... I swear there was another title they were working on that I really loved. But I can't think of it."
It's X-Corps.
The Onslaught Revelation #1 is the climax of the first Way Of X story. It's a more modern take on the 90s Onslaught storyline, and I've enjoyed how the storyline is about the Magneto/Professor X villain, but the focus on the story is on Nightcrawler, Cortez, and Lost, none of whom have had much spotlight in the post House Of X era.
Four stars.
X-Men #3 features The High Evolutionary, a villain I never think of, as he's supposedly mega powered but only shows up every decade or so to be absolutely battered in less than one issue, which is what happens here. There are a ton of solid one-liners in this issue that make the, frankly, silly battle so much fun that it doesn't matter that the stakes seemed highly inflated.
Four stars.
I tried to get into Excalibur #23, but, as usual, I lost interest pretty quickly.
Two stars.
X-Corps #3 & #4, however held my focus the whole way through. I feel like it's been several volumes since we've seen the Angel/Penance/Madrox storyline, and it really shines here. Howard has a tight grip on these characters, and does an excellent job about making a corporate espionage story one of the best things happening in the Krakoan era.
Five stars.
It's X-Corps.
The Onslaught Revelation #1 is the climax of the first Way Of X story. It's a more modern take on the 90s Onslaught storyline, and I've enjoyed how the storyline is about the Magneto/Professor X villain, but the focus on the story is on Nightcrawler, Cortez, and Lost, none of whom have had much spotlight in the post House Of X era.
Four stars.
X-Men #3 features The High Evolutionary, a villain I never think of, as he's supposedly mega powered but only shows up every decade or so to be absolutely battered in less than one issue, which is what happens here. There are a ton of solid one-liners in this issue that make the, frankly, silly battle so much fun that it doesn't matter that the stakes seemed highly inflated.
Four stars.
I tried to get into Excalibur #23, but, as usual, I lost interest pretty quickly.
Two stars.
X-Corps #3 & #4, however held my focus the whole way through. I feel like it's been several volumes since we've seen the Angel/Penance/Madrox storyline, and it really shines here. Howard has a tight grip on these characters, and does an excellent job about making a corporate espionage story one of the best things happening in the Krakoan era.
Five stars.
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