Dark X-Men #1
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| Writer | Steve Foxe |
| Artist | Jonas Scharf |
| Cover Price | $4.99 |
WELCOME TO THE DARK X-MEN? HOPE THE WORLD SURVIVES THE EXPERIENCE! Following the explosive events of the Hellfire Gala, MADELYNE PRYOR realizes the world needs the X-Men now more than ever. HAVOK and GAMBIT have served on the team before... but never one that looks like this! And how does GIMMICK, breakout star of MARVEL'S VOICES: PRIDE, fall under the Goblin Queen's sway? Find out in the most horrific installment of the X-Men saga yet!
Rated T+
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But Why Tho? - William Tucker
Aug 16, 2023Dark X-Men #1 is needed when times get as dark as they are…It’s one of the most epic lineups, with some of the mutant world’s most malicious, repulsive, and awesome representatives. But it’s demonstrative of where the Fall of X storyline is. Read Full Review
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9.5
Comic Watch - Ross Hutchinson
Aug 16, 2023The main story in Dark X-Men lives up to it's namesake by being very dark but at the same time very X-Men. Violent and taking no prisoners with a brilliant combination of atmospheric line art and coloring that elevate the excellent script and deliver a disturbing but thoroughly enthralling opener that tells you more than enough to hook you in while keeping it dark and mysterious while the second part allows the creative team to be more tongue in cheek but still additive to the overall story. Read Full Review
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8.8
COMICON - Scott Redmond
Aug 28, 2023Dire times call for an out-of-the-box all-new all-different type of X-team, as 'Dark X-Men' #1 brings this shadowy team together to push back as the Fall Of X continues. An emotional, humorous, gorgeously dark series is a welcome addition to a line of titles that is actually doing some inspired work as the Mutants of Marvel face some of their hardest times. Read Full Review
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8.5
Graphic Policy - Brett
Aug 16, 2023Dark X-Men #1 is a lot of fun. Action. Humor. It's exactly what you'd expect going into it and has me excited to read more. Read Full Review
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8.4
The Super Powered Fancast - Deron Generally
Aug 16, 2023Both artists deliver awesome imagery throughout the issue. I love that the darker tone of the story has led to a darker art style and how that style serves the characters and the story. Read Full Review
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8.4
You Don't Read Comics - Russ Bickerstaff
Sep 12, 2023The delicate balance between the supernatural and the social is really, really difficult to maintain. Foxe and company run the risk of leaning a bit more in the direction of the supernatural with the opening issue, but this IS Dark X-Men, so its totally understandable. The challenge moving forward is going to lie in making certain that theres enough of an X-component to the series to keep it grounded in the appeal that has worked so well for these characters over the decades. Its not easy. The past few decades are littered with forgettable X-titles. Read Full Review
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8.0
The Comicbook Dispatch - Dispatchdcu
Aug 16, 2023This free-fo-all coupled with the almost eerie characters involved in the team, make Dark X-Men #1 quite unique in its form and design for this Fall of X Event. Additionally, fans should be prepared for the story to take a bit of time before it picks up. The excitement and action will come along with a few answers left hanging out there since the Hellfire Gala. Readers will just need to be patient as Dark X-Men #1 begins to take shape. Read Full Review
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8.0
ComicBook.com - Jamie Lovett
Aug 16, 2023Even if the reader doesn't recognize or appreciate the issue's subtext, this is an enjoyable superhero book for anyone attracted to the darker side of the genre. Read Full Review
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8.0
The Comic Book Spot - Sean MacNeil
Aug 21, 2023Very rarely do I go into a comic having an idea of what I would like and it over delivers. I didn't think Madelyne Pryor was the right choice to head the Dark X-Men, but after the first seven pages, I was happily wrong. Read Full Review
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7.0
AIPT - jonathan jones
Aug 16, 2023Dark X-Men #1 is a lovely introduction and an appreciated flashback about the goings on at the Limbo embassy. Jean Grey is dead, and now Madelyne Pryor is stepping up as the new X-Men's heart... of darkness. Blood, demons, and drama are here because when the the going gets dark, it seems the X-Men will get even darker. Read Full Review
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7.0
Super Hero Hype - Matt Morrison
Aug 17, 2023In the end, Dark X-Men #1 is likely to appeal to fans of the darker X-Men comics of the 1990s. The detailed, visceral artwork is a throwback to that era, and the main story is as light on characterization as it is heavy on bloodshed. Thankfully, it's not all doom and gloom though it sets the stage for some dark days ahead. Read Full Review
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7.0
Major Spoilers - Christopher Rondeau
Aug 18, 2023Dark X-Men #1 has a ton of promise but introduces too many characters for the page count it has been given. Read Full Review
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Impulse Gamer - Howard Smith
Aug 21, 2023Dark X-Men #1 should be one the comic book readers should pick up to know about whats going on with characters after the fall at the gala. The mutants housed by Xavier are not the only mutants around and how they make a difference remains to be seen. Be sure to pick this issue up from your local comic book store or online where copies are sold. Dont miss out! Read Full Review
USER REVIEWS Back to Top
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9.0
Dang...I actually really dug this! It was well written, had some good action, and boasts a compelling cast of characters. I admittedly don't know a ton about Madelyn Prior's history beyond her origin (never read the original Inferno event), and I couldn't give a solitary silent fart about the children of the atom, but neither of those things prevented me from thoroughly enjoying this. I'm sure this isn't going to end up being quite as good as Hellions was, but it certainly dies scratch that itch.
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8.5
This has the potential to be so much fun and interesting, I hope they can keep this energy up!
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8.0
Am intrigued, but have some miXed feelings, initially. Gonna let it stew for a while, to see if that helps settle my thoughts.
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7.5
An fun premise and a solid take on Madelyne Pryor, but doesn't particularly have anything to say about the rest of the cast, and the backup was substantially more memorable than the main story. I think I'd rather see Foxe do a Limbo Embassy comic shorn of the burden of a grimdark crossover, but I'm interested enough to stick around for #2
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7.5
Don't like this lineup (particularly comic trash Azazel) but it exceeded expectations.
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7.5
I'll start this by saying that I think this series has potential. While the cast isn't my personal favorite, I do think it's an interesting one. However, we don't really get to see all that much of them here. As KittyNone stated in their review, the backup was the best part of this story and it's probably what I'll remember the most from this issue. That's not to say everything else wasn't good, because, as you can tell by my rating, I enjoyed the issue as a whole. I just hope that, with Issue 2, we get more on the rest of the characters involved in this book.
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7.5
This is a fun thrill ride of a comic that makes the absolute most out of the post-Gala situation. Tons of strong characters, tempting ideas for the future, striking panels of art, and some dialogue that's well worth repeating. What gives me pause, though, is how wide-ranging this first issue is. It's a team book, sure, but so far there are a lot of evenly-matched candidates for the emotional and narrative tentpole. Is this Maddie's story? Alex's? Carmen's? And with all the stage-setting going on, the antagonists get shortchanged. Orchis's role in the story is vague, and the last-page baddy is the wrong sort of surprising: confusing-mysterious, not intriguing-mysterious. The creators have provided tons of great material . What they more
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6.5
When solicitations came out for the first wave of Fall of X titles, the premise, lineup, and initial artwork for Dark X-Men immediately grabbed my attention. Honestly, they had me hooked at the mention of Madelyne Pryor. The series finally debuted this week with DARK X-MEN #1 from Steve Foxe and Jonas Scharf. While the first issue showed promise, it felt like the potential for the series wasn't fully realized yet. For those unfamiliar with the series' setup, Madelyne Pryor's role as Limbo Ambassador has given her a front row seat to anti-mutant demonstrations and vitriol. As such, she's grown tired of "the humans" and decides it's time for a new team of X-Men. made up of mutants who have sought asylum at the Limbo Embassy, to protect ot more
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