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A review by crookedtreehouse
Dawn of X Vol. 12 by Leah Williams, Stephen Segovia, Edgar Delgado, Israel Silva, Zeb Wells, David Curiel, Jonathan Hickman, Phil Noto, Gerry Duggan
4.0
This is a mostly great collection of X-stories about the continued evolution of the Krakoan age mutant community.
The Hellions was a bummer of a way to start. Apart from the basic premise, there's nothing I enjoy about this comic. These first four issues could have been okay as a five to ten page story in an anthology issue but it's far too weak to be a serialized story. There's always got to be a Worst X-Book on the shelf, and it's been consistently Hellions since it debuted. 2/5
The Marauders book has detoured from Kitty Pryde On The High Seas to Krakoan Diplomacy, and I think that's fine. I love [a:Gerry Duggan|594966|Gerry Duggan|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1442471582p2/594966.jpg]'s version of all these characters. The dialogue is great, and I'm constantly curious about where the series will go next. 4/5
The X-Factor #1 is awesome. On part with the beginning of [a:Peter David|13681|Peter David|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1206732772p2/13681.jpg]'s second run on the series in the early 2000s. I usually find the whole Northstar Is An Impetuous Jerk to be tiresome but [a:Leah Williams|13881554|Leah Williams|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1441655853p2/13881554.jpg] makes it work. I love her choices of which characters are on the team and how they interact. The premise of the book, that the Krakoan community needs an investigative team to figure out which mutants are dead and in need of ressurection is also wonderful. I feel like it's been a while since I read one of the flagship X-Men issues in these collections, but I think X-Factor may have risen to My Favorite Ongoing Title In The X-Verse. 5/5
Giant Sized Magneto is a beautifully drawn, simply told story involving Magento, Namor, and Emma Frost. It doesn't feel necessary to the larger story, apart from showing Magneto trying to improve some of his relationships, and giving Emma a new base of operations, but it's a fun unnecessary story that flows really nicely. [a:Ramón Pérez|18210|Ramón Pérez|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1417177333p2/18210.jpg]'s art is stellar. 4/5
The book closes with Cable #2. Whle the first issue didn't impress me, I did enjoy Cable's interactions with humans, as well as with the Stepford Cuckoos. Even Cyclops was sufferable in this book. The two human detectives were probably my favorite bit player characters in Dawn Of X so far. 4/5
Dawn Of X continues to be the book lomg-term X-fans deserve, even its missteps don't seem as annoying, as they're usually buffered by better issues.
The Hellions was a bummer of a way to start. Apart from the basic premise, there's nothing I enjoy about this comic. These first four issues could have been okay as a five to ten page story in an anthology issue but it's far too weak to be a serialized story. There's always got to be a Worst X-Book on the shelf, and it's been consistently Hellions since it debuted. 2/5
The Marauders book has detoured from Kitty Pryde On The High Seas to Krakoan Diplomacy, and I think that's fine. I love [a:Gerry Duggan|594966|Gerry Duggan|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1442471582p2/594966.jpg]'s version of all these characters. The dialogue is great, and I'm constantly curious about where the series will go next. 4/5
The X-Factor #1 is awesome. On part with the beginning of [a:Peter David|13681|Peter David|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1206732772p2/13681.jpg]'s second run on the series in the early 2000s. I usually find the whole Northstar Is An Impetuous Jerk to be tiresome but [a:Leah Williams|13881554|Leah Williams|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1441655853p2/13881554.jpg] makes it work. I love her choices of which characters are on the team and how they interact. The premise of the book, that the Krakoan community needs an investigative team to figure out which mutants are dead and in need of ressurection is also wonderful. I feel like it's been a while since I read one of the flagship X-Men issues in these collections, but I think X-Factor may have risen to My Favorite Ongoing Title In The X-Verse. 5/5
Giant Sized Magneto is a beautifully drawn, simply told story involving Magento, Namor, and Emma Frost. It doesn't feel necessary to the larger story, apart from showing Magneto trying to improve some of his relationships, and giving Emma a new base of operations, but it's a fun unnecessary story that flows really nicely. [a:Ramón Pérez|18210|Ramón Pérez|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1417177333p2/18210.jpg]'s art is stellar. 4/5
The book closes with Cable #2. Whle the first issue didn't impress me, I did enjoy Cable's interactions with humans, as well as with the Stepford Cuckoos. Even Cyclops was sufferable in this book. The two human detectives were probably my favorite bit player characters in Dawn Of X so far. 4/5
Dawn Of X continues to be the book lomg-term X-fans deserve, even its missteps don't seem as annoying, as they're usually buffered by better issues.