It's camp to the fullest, and that's something this issue wears proud. Read Full Review

Art: 2.5/5
Story 3/5
Total: 5.5/10

Steve Foxe is proving that some dead things may be better off left in their graves. I'm really struggling to see what distinguishes this title other than it was a great opportunity to placate fans and bring back an X-Men lineup that never got to see the light day.

Through two issues, Dead X-Men has leaned into the trope of a desperate team sent on a seemingly impossible mission with limited time & resources. While this formula can be effective (superheroes have been doing this for decades!), Dead X-Men has lacked the originality needed to stand out, even in a world where many Fall of X titles aren't great.

The team's personalities and abilities aren't being fully utilized. You could replace them with any mutants and this plot would still be the same. I honestly can't even recall Jubilee or Dazzler using their power in this entire issue, unless you count snark as one of Jubilee's. Dead X-Men? More like Dead Weight.

The majority of the art in this issue also didn't feel ready for primetime. Sure there were several panels of really cool action, and the flashback courtroom scene looked great, a lot of the closeup character panels looked interchangeable and basic.

The hunt for a rogue Moira concept actually sounds really interesting given what else is going on in the Fall & Rise minis. I could see how this mini could have major implications for how the Krakoa Era endgame plays out, but the execution is just not there across the board. more

There’s plot, but there is zero characterization. The team could be replaced with another team mid way and we wouldn’t have noticed because each one was super generic.