REVIEW: Legion of X #1 is weighed down by some odd tone choices
A first issue that could potentially be a start to a good, intriguing series but weighed down by some tone issues that may sit oddly with fans.
Read MoreREVIEW: Giant-Size X-Men - Thunderbird #1, a thoughtful exploration of legacy and identity
A thoughtful issue concerned with themes of legacy and identity while still forging a new path for its title character.
Read MoreREVIEW: KNIGHTS OF X #1 has a genre identity all its own within the X-Line
In this first issue, the Knights of X are assembled and given their quest.
Read MoreREVIEW: X-Men Red #1 focuses on Storm and is all the better for it
A strong first outing for X-Men Red, establishing a lot of world building concerns that Ewing and his collaborators are well-placed to follow up on.
Read MoreREVIEW: Marauders #1 is a beautifully-rendered series relaunch
Writer Steve Orlando and artist Eleonora Carlini give a new energy to one of the original Dawn of X concepts.
Read MoreREVIEW: IMMORTAL X-MEN #1, no one's sinister secrets are safe
A excellent first issue of the newest X book, bolstered by Gillen’s whip-smart and darkly humorous writing. No one’s sinister secrets can be safe in this place.
Read MoreREVIEW: Secret X-Men #1 is a fun adventure story, elevated by sharp witticisms
Secret X-Men #1 is a fun adventure issue elevated by sharp witticisms from writer Tini Howard, albeit one struggling to balance such a large team. FULL REVIEW
Read MoreREVIEW: Sabretooth #1, get ready for difficult questions about Krakoa
Sabretooth #1 is an introspective look at Victor Creed’s psyche that tees up some of the most difficult questions posed by the new nation state of Krakoa, all handled deftly by a very talented writer. Full review…
Read MoreREVIEW: A new crew sets sail with MARAUDERS ANNUAL #1
Marauders Annual #1 is a fast-paced, slick introduction to a new team dynamic that can occasionally feel like it has too many parts to move into place in one issue. Full review…
Read MoreREVIEW: X Lives of Wolverine #1 is one big action set piece
To usher in this next X-Men era’s opening salvo comes the twin series X Lives/X Deaths of Wolverine, beginning this week with X Lives of Wolverine #1.
Read MoreREVIEW: Inferno #4 is the revelatory endcap to Hickman's X-Men run
A well-told story that bookends the time of writer Jonathan Hickman on the X-Men, Inferno #4 features some major revelations, as well as a hint at what is to come next for Marvel’s mutants.
Read MoreREVIEW: Inferno #2 brings the first interesting challenge for Krakoa
Inferno #2 is here, marking the halfway point of the miniseries that will wrap up some of writer Jonathan Hickman’s dangling plot threads from the landmark series, House of X/Powers of X.
Read MoreREVIEW: Inferno #1 is the beginning of the end of Jonathan Hickman on X-Men
With Inferno #1, the end of Jonathan Hickman’s time writing X-Men is upon us, and while the future of these comics remains as fluid as the timelines in this series, if this first issue is any indication, I sure will enjoy Inferno as it’s burning.
Read MoreREVIEW: X-Men #1 mashes-up the Krakoa Era with the team's default concept
A proper X-Men team makes its return in X-Men #1, and while the overall Krakoa era story is really humming, this issue is mostly exciting as a hint at things to come, rather than as something strong and entertaining on its own merits.
Read MoreREVIEW: Planet-Sized X-Men #1 is insular but highly consequential
Armed with the same art team as House of X #1, Planet-Sized X-Men #1 is a turning point comic, a book that seeks to (and largely succeeds at) launching the next chapter for the Krakoa era.
Read MoreREVIEW: In X-Corp #1, Krakoa meets emails from your office
With too much corporate jargon and not enough entertainment, X-Corp #1 struggles to satisfy, which is perhaps a symptom of the X-Men comics as a whole losing momentum.
Read MoreREVIEW: Way of X #1 puts a theological lens on Krakoa
A relentlessly-smart comic that just might subvert your expectations for what this series is really about. Way of X #1 is yet another additive and well-executed edition to a thriving line of X-Men comics.
Read MoreREVIEW: Hellions #1 gives Krakoa a Suicide Squad
By Zack Quaintance — I had been looking forward to the newest X-Men comic — Hellions #1 — since the book was first announced, and in a way, I feel like I’m still looking forward to it. Don’t get me wrong, I read the comic this morning, but Hellions #1 had a lot of setup to do. So much so that it felt like one of those first issues that doesn’t really get our plot moving, instead having a team-building checklist to accomplish before it can introduce storytelling elements like character motivations, dilemmas, threats, and larger goals.
Read MoreREVIEW: Giant-Size X-Men: Jean Grey and Emma Frost #1 is an homage with slightly mixed results
By Zack Quaintance — So here were are, roughly six months and change into the newest era of X-Men, led by writer Jonathan Hickman, who penned the status quo upending 12-part series HoX/PoX. Since that concluded in early October, Hickman has written (by my quick count) seven issues of the X-Men main title as well as four issues of New Mutants. Within that, it was announced that he would also be writing another book, Giant-Sized X-Men, which would essentially be a series of one-shots looking specifically at certain mutant characters in the context of the new world that Hickman and his collaborators had created.
Read MoreREVIEW: Wolverine #1 perfectly fits creators to the character
By Zack Quaintance — As a writer, I’ve been reading Benjamin Percy’s work for some time, long before I made any sort of move to go from steady reader of comic book trade collections to an active weekly comics blogger. My first exposure to his work came in 2009 or so, when a friend recommended his debut short story collection to me, Refresh, Refresh, which features a blistering title story about the savageness of war...underscored by the deep emotional pain it inflicts upon the communities from which soldiers come. There was a vague interest in technology present as well, plus an ending story that starred a lone man on a motorcycle in the nuclear-weapon scarred Pacific Northwest, fleeing in one memorable scene from a pack of crazed (and maybe mutated?) hounds.
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