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Reign of X Vol. 2 by Benjamin Percy, Vita Ayala, Tini Howard, Jonathan Hickman, Gerry Duggan
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
2.5
jammasterjamie's review
3.0
Meh. All-around decent, but nothing special. My opinion has probably been tainted by the news that Hickman is leaving his position as the Head of X as I was expecting a middle and an ending for the main storyline seeds he had sewn in the beginning, but the other books have mostly been good enough that I'll stick around for a while longer and see how drastically the direction changes.
crookedtreehouse's review
4.0
A mixed bag of mutant hijinks.
I appreciate the art in New Mutants, it's definitely reminiscent of [a:Bill Sienkiewicz|2719|Bill Sienkiewicz|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1272556630p2/2719.jpg]'s art without being completely derivative. I would love to see more of this art. The story I could do without. I haven't yet connected with a [a:Vita Ayala|16130337|Vita Ayala|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1598534913p2/16130337.jpg] story. Even though I like the characters she uses, and I find the conceit interesting, the dialog and the minor plot points just don't connect with me. Also, it's weird to see the younger genertion of mutants, who've been around for fifteen years or so appear to be de-aged. Did I miss that somewhere during Dawn Of X or X of Swords? X-23 seems about half a decade younger than she's been in any other title I've seen her in.
Marauders was great. I loved every character's motivations and actions, and can't wait to see where this book is headed. It's the highlight of the volume for me.
Excalibur was also a nice surprise. Through no fault of the creative team, I've not been into this book, simply because I don't care about the Avalon/Captain Britain corps portion of the Marvel Universe. But [a:Tini Howard|14205385|Tini Howard|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1573146594p2/14205385.jpg] has some great character beats in this issue.
X-Force has been one of the standout titles since it started up in Dawn Of X, and it shows no signs of slowing down. I like that every time it looks like the story is going to pause and have the characters mull over the current storyline, there's a completely new and unexpected development that they wrap up in an issue or two before they can go back and get their bearings again. I also loved the art on this.
The X-Men issue was the biggest disappointment. I liked the message, and I enjoyed that the X-Men were in throwback uniforms but I just don't care about Sh'iar politics. This all seemed to setup some future Storm story, which I hope will be more exciting than this issue.
I appreciate the art in New Mutants, it's definitely reminiscent of [a:Bill Sienkiewicz|2719|Bill Sienkiewicz|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1272556630p2/2719.jpg]'s art without being completely derivative. I would love to see more of this art. The story I could do without. I haven't yet connected with a [a:Vita Ayala|16130337|Vita Ayala|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1598534913p2/16130337.jpg] story. Even though I like the characters she uses, and I find the conceit interesting, the dialog and the minor plot points just don't connect with me. Also, it's weird to see the younger genertion of mutants, who've been around for fifteen years or so appear to be de-aged. Did I miss that somewhere during Dawn Of X or X of Swords? X-23 seems about half a decade younger than she's been in any other title I've seen her in.
Marauders was great. I loved every character's motivations and actions, and can't wait to see where this book is headed. It's the highlight of the volume for me.
Excalibur was also a nice surprise. Through no fault of the creative team, I've not been into this book, simply because I don't care about the Avalon/Captain Britain corps portion of the Marvel Universe. But [a:Tini Howard|14205385|Tini Howard|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1573146594p2/14205385.jpg] has some great character beats in this issue.
X-Force has been one of the standout titles since it started up in Dawn Of X, and it shows no signs of slowing down. I like that every time it looks like the story is going to pause and have the characters mull over the current storyline, there's a completely new and unexpected development that they wrap up in an issue or two before they can go back and get their bearings again. I also loved the art on this.
The X-Men issue was the biggest disappointment. I liked the message, and I enjoyed that the X-Men were in throwback uniforms but I just don't care about Sh'iar politics. This all seemed to setup some future Storm story, which I hope will be more exciting than this issue.
ubergusterfan's review
adventurous
dark
funny
hopeful
mysterious
tense
fast-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
5.0
john0824's review
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
afreen7's review
4.0
NEW MUTANTS (2019) #14 - 4/5 (I like the art style)
MARAUDERS (2019) #16 - 5/5 (love marauders)
EXCALIBUR (2019) #16 - 3.5/5
X-FORCE (2019) #15-16 - 5/5
X-MEN (2019) #17 - 3/5 (that's a weird art style and plot switch up, old-timey cliche story with art to match)
MARAUDERS (2019) #16 - 5/5 (love marauders)
EXCALIBUR (2019) #16 - 3.5/5
X-FORCE (2019) #15-16 - 5/5
X-MEN (2019) #17 - 3/5 (that's a weird art style and plot switch up, old-timey cliche story with art to match)
vroodles's review
3.0
Marauders was definitely the high point here, but not quite enough to pull a "standard" book up to an impressive one for me
wanderlustlover's review
4.0
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. Illyana remains a badass demon-sorceress at all times, and Ororo remains a goddess. I loved all the Giant-Size art across Emma, Jean, Ororo.
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. Illyana remains a badass demon-sorceress at all times, and Ororo remains a goddess. I loved all the Giant-Size art across Emma, Jean, Ororo.
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