The Immortal Men #1

That's not exactly a new story, and it isn't explained as much as the reader would like. But this is hopefully just the first of many such adventures that Caden Park will have with The Immortal Men, a great new comic from some of comic's greatest. Read Full Review

This issue looks amazing and I like the story a lot, but the main character is a little weak as a character. Read Full Review

James Tynion IV has crafted a fantastic entry for DC's New Age of Heroes. While the prominent focus on world-building cuts down on the overt characterization, the overall plot feels well balanced and the character designs and art are some of the best in comics. Read Full Review

As far as first issues go, consider my appetite whetted. I'm on the hook to see what Tynion and Lee have in store next issue and the various arcs to come. Read Full Review

The Immortal Men #1 I will say now probably has had the best debut in contrast to the rest of the New Age of DC Heroes titles so far. This one has all the intrigue and creativeness of a story that has gone on forever, and yet a story we are only exploring now. The team itself is a crazy match on top of our main character, and it is worth seeing just what everyone brings to the table for the House of Action to stand against the House of Conquest once more. Read Full Review

A solid set-up for a new DCU concept, 'The Immortal Men' is packed with good ideas, intriguing new characters, and some fantastic art. Read Full Review

A mystery you'll dive in wholeheartedly if the promise of new heroes interests you. Read Full Review

Immortal Men #1 is an interesting start to a series, but it's very much only the beginning. Whether the story ultimately goes to new or exciting places or introduces us to engaging characters remains to be seen. Read Full Review

To an extent, Immortal Men #1 doesn't completely take every risk you would imagine it to take, and that's totally okay. There are some characters who could use some further exploration, especially as the series continues to get its legs. But what's going on just feels so cinematically epic that you can't help but wonder what will happen next. Read Full Review

The Immortal Men #1 team are talented storytellers, and today's issue is an intriguing debut that promises to weave the events of the last few months into the long history of the entire DC universe in some very exciting and potentially far-reaching ways. Read Full Review

Despite only getting a brief introduction to most of the characters, the issue serves as an excellent teaser for the series, promising that we will learn more about these fascinating heroes as the title continues. Read Full Review

The things that will make this work as a series is that it has a strong creative foundation and clearly a view of what they want to do. I'm not a fan of starting in the middle of a story and this doesn't really do that as we're clearly at the start of Caden's adventure. At the same time I don't feel like it was a strong or clean/clear enough introduction with what's going on to make me feel like I must come back right away. Some of it is that it just feels very decompressed even as packed as it is because it doesn't advance much of anything, it doesn't sweep me along into the story. That has me more interested in waiting on compilations for it to check out as I suspect that a six-issue trade will read far stronger and more engaging to me than a frustrating monthly experience. Read Full Review

This first installment makes hyped for more, but I am a bit skeptical of how the over-arcing conflict and storytelling will play out due to its youth. All in all, Immortal Men: The End of Forever has a clever way of hooking you in and bold ambition as a new series. Read Full Review

The issue has a distinct horror vibe, with a strong cliffhanger, but there's a lot of mythology in this first issue, and it's going to be a while before we learn if this title can pull its ideas together into a compelling whole. Read Full Review

There is potential to this book. That much is certain. And I do hope for the best, I am too much of a fanboy not to. But I also have to admit that the first issue of this book was a disappointment. Read Full Review

This is a promising start to another section of the Dark Night: Metal series. Read Full Review

Good art, likable characters, and a familiar but interesting concept for a new series. The Immortal Men get off to a solid start, but I just hope the creative team aspire to write more than the immortal X-Men. Read Full Review

All in all it's a well written issue with some gorgeous art that does create an engaging comic from start to finish. For a first issue, it works well and definitely kept my interest, although some elements could have been explored further. Nonetheless, a fun premise! Read Full Review

Hopefully future issues will clear up the confusion, but it all makes for a sluggish start to the series. Read Full Review

"The Immortal Men" #1 is a slow start to a series that, after this issue, loses its biggest creative name. Read Full Review

While Immortal Men has the benefit of having some of the bigger creative names in DC's stable on the book, I found myself more excited after reading and finishing New Age of Heroes books like Damage, the Terrific's, and Silencer. The story is decent, and the art is solid, but I didn't find a hook or character in the book that really grabbed my interest and ran with it.  I'd say maybe peek at a friends copy and see if it's for you. Read Full Review

Much like Caden Park, we're thrown into things and hoping for something greater. I couldn't help walking away feeling a bit disappointed, especially due to the fact all of the other releases for the “New Age of Heroes” have been so good. I can see what the creative team was going for, I'm just not convinced they pulled it off in one issue. As a trade, or a graphic novel, this would have read much better but as a single issue it falls a bit short in execution. Read Full Review

The Immortal Men overly plays on the unexpected hero, but makes up for it with an intriguing group of heroes who are on the defense. With that said, this first issue may bring readers back to learn more about The Immortal Men and the stakes at risk, but they may find themselves not caring for the main protagonist. Read Full Review

A slightly better-than average pseudo X-Men story, with all that entails. Read Full Review

Immortal Men #1 shows some potential for an interesting sci-fi/fantasy superhero odyssey, but the first issue fails to set up the world in an engaging manner. The artistic team does some solid work, even if their visuals cant quite liven up the narrative. If what I explained to you sounds interesting enough to warrant a read, then feel free to give it a try. That said, I cant quite give a wholehearted recommendation. Read Full Review

At the end of the day, while it does introduce a potentially intriguing concept to the DCU, it does so in a cramped, bloated way that really misrepresents the stellar abilities of its creative team. An uninspiring start then, and not one that I imagine will be encouraging many new readers to pick up issue two. Read Full Review

Harker06

Apr 11, 2018

Easily the strongest debut issue of New Age of Heroes. This is a story massive in scope, introducing tons of interesting characters (with stellar designs). SO excited to see where this all goes. Best issue I've read in a few months.

Bill Blaze

Apr 11, 2018

Decent art and story. Definitely not the best work from this legendary creative team but I'll give it a chance. Really it was because Jim Lee penciled some of it that I picked it up in the first place. I'm surprised this issue came out at all with Jim's regular Twitch streams. Good luck, guys.

Dispatchdcu

Apr 12, 2018

Welcome to the Oblivion Bar where the first round is on me and the pretzels are free! Be warned: like the pickled eggs at the bar, this issue is going to get SPOILED rotten. Im going to start by saying I know nothing about the Immortal Man OR Men. So this is new to me. But maybe that will give me an honest take on it? There is this Teenage kid who appears to have the ability to touch someone and see stuff from them.... maybe their visions of the future or even the past, but he can "see things".... just not dead people... We get introduced to a variety of individuals that appear to be "Immortal Men" that are in search of this teenage boy. I get the vibe that this hipster teen is supposed to save them somehow. But they bump into t he Batman Who Laughs! And, that was pretty sweet. As much as I wasn't a fan of the last three confusing issues of Metal, I love the concept and story of the Batman Who Laughs as well as the other evil Batmen. My point is: seeing him make an appearance as the person who "I think" was killing the Immortal men, was a great surprise twist to draw me in for another issue, if not the first arc at least. We also see that it appears as though the Immortal Men are like a race of people... gives me an Inhuman vibe to be honest, which I'm fine with. Technically, how many types of people with powers exist in the DCU? We have metahumans but that's basically it. Maybe this can be a different branch of bloodline for super heroes? Like mutants and inhumans in Marvel. Guys: read it and dive in now. The first issue was a ton of background but once we get an arc or two in, I could see this being a great book. It definitely has the potential to be something special. If you like what you heard, love talking all types of comics, and are interested in joining a comic chat group, hit me up at dispatchdcu@gmail.com or @dispatchdcu on twitter. Catch you all later! Peace more

SloboSOY

Apr 12, 2018

Ok that was weird, I didn't like it. And however Tynion IV make something interesting. Maybe too complicated, with something of "Déjà Vu". And I didn't succeed to see Vandal in other way than a Vilains. And I really really don't like the Bat-Joker. So I have another issue to read (Because of the cover with Bat-Joker I didn't solicited issue 3), but I'm not very confident to stay. The character are even not properly presented (Only Caden is but I don't care a lot about him. He's to marked as the providential hero. I would have loved see him die at the end of Issue 1 to let us with a real chock). Cover - Very nice, but not completely related, they sadly aren't the heroes, but some support characters ! 1/2 Writing - Not convinced. Mayb e a little to complicated to really enjoy the ride ! 2/3 Arts - I like the art ... Well Jim Lee for once... And I have to confess, I didn't see where Benjamin take the place of Lee. 3/3 Sentiment - I didn't enjoy it. 1/2 more

Steve C

Apr 12, 2018

This book was such a slog to read. I feel like Tynion started off great on Detective, but after the first couple of story arcs, continuing into Metal, and now this, his writing has been hard to follow and just... meh. Also, the art switching constantly from Jim Lee to Ryan Benjamin (I guess?) was distracting. Took me an hour to read because I kept losing interest.

egonnn244

May 01, 2018

It took me forever to get around and reading this issue, but I finally did and have some thoughts. All of DC's new books are accuseed of ripping of some of Marvel titles. Damage is Hulk, The Terrifics are Fantastic Four and so on. All of those books put their own spin on the idea and the "inspirations" aren't so apparent. But in case of Immortal Men the book literally reeks of X-Men. We have a Man who runs a school or a Campus that trains people on how to hone and use their abillities. And we have a boy who knows he is special, but doesn't feel like he belongs anywhere in the world. About the boy himself, Caden Park, we don't learn much in this issue other than the fact that he has some weird dreams. We get to see that there is som e centurys long feud between Houses of immortal people and we meet the X-Men, I mean the Immortal Men, I-Men for short, that try to save Caden from being collateral damage of this war. I will be honest that group of I-Men seems interesting, but the whole rest, for now at least, is a bit meh. As for the art. Is it just me or is Jim Lee's art a bit lazy for a while now? more

EdNothIng

Jul 06, 2019

Me recuso a acreditar que o roteiro é do James IV. Isso é simplesmente péssimo. Tenho certeza que é coisa do Jim Lee