Immortal X-Men #1

Taken as a whole, this was an absolutely astonishing start to what promises to be a brilliant series. I absolutely cannot wait to see what happens next. Read Full Review

Immortal X-Men #1 is the best the X-Men books have been in a long time. Gillen is a master of this kind of storytelling, building layers of plot that will play into the future. A book focusing on the Quiet Council is exactly what these books need with Hickman gone, and this is the best writing the line has seen in a long time. Werneck and Curiel's art is terrific, challenging Larraz's X-Men for the best-looking book. Just from a quality standpoint, this is the new flagship of the Krakoa Era. If the first issue is any indication, this is going to be a fantastic comic. Read Full Review

An excellent first issue of the newest X book, bolstered by Gillens whip-smart and darkly humorous writing. No ones sinister secrets can be safe in this place. Read Full Review

With Mr. Sinister as the narrator, how can we not be entertained? Read Full Review

Immortal X-Men #1 launches the Second Age of Krakoa by exploring the upheaval in the Quiet Council and how it may affect the mutant nation. Between this title and X Lives of Wolverine/X Deaths of Wolverine, Marvel's mighty mutants continue to flourish. I'm definitely looking forward to future issues, as well as Gillen's work on the upcoming Avengers/X-Men/Eternals crossoverJudgement Day. Read Full Review

Everything you could hope for from an X-Men comic, especially one focused around Mr. Sinister. It'll draw you in from the first page with the art and dialogue alone, and won't let go until the very end. You'll want to see everything the Quiet Council is up to in this one. Read Full Review

Krakoa's unelected ruling body gets their own series as the X-Men line dives into a whole new era of stories, that pulls at many threads that came before and still rests heavily upon some elements that came from the era before. Every bit of care and skill is put into making a book about back-stabbing sort of politicians that like to talk visually stunning and enriching, using a variety of tricks that make things feel more real and nuanced. If one likes to see mostly bad folks trying to work together while holding a metaphorical as well as literal knife behind their back, this is the book. Read Full Review

Altogether, Immortal X-Men #1 is one of the better stories from this event, making Gillen the perfect storyteller. The story by Gillen is action packed. The art by creative team is beautiful. Altogether, a palace intrigue play that involves your favorite mutants, no one could write this better. Read Full Review

IMMORTAL X-MEN #1 is informative and creates the perfect starting point for fans to jump on board. If you've ever been on the fence as to whether or not to get in on the X-MEN action, now is the time. Plus Gillen has made it super easy to follow, summarized most of the events incredibly well, and provided some unique crinkles to boot. Read Full Review

Even if it is only the first issue,Immortal X-Menalready feels like a sensational addition to the Krakoa era. Read Full Review

Immortal X-Men #1 made an excellent decision having Minster Sinister be our perspective. His inner monologues are engaging and worth a read. Read Full Review

Immortal X-Men #1 kicks things off setting the X-Men in a whole new direction. It builds off of what has come before and sets up so much new to come. Its humor keeps things light and funny delivering an engaging start that's not to be missed. Read Full Review

Final ThoughtsImmortal X-Men #1 is a great example of how to start a new series off on the highest of notes. Kieron Gillen and Lucas Werneck waste no time in using the fallout from Inferno to provide a strong narrative focused comic book. Every page of Immortal X-Men had a sense of importance that made the final page have an even greater impact to the reader. This is definitely a must read for X-Men fans. Read Full Review

Artist Lucas Werneck, recently of The Trial of Magneto, also returns to Krakoa as the ongoing artist of this series. I was hot and cold on the former title, but his art consistently remained one of its high points, so Im not at all complaining to see more of it here. Immortal X-Men requires a skilled artist who can sell character beats and quieter momentsthis is definitely not an action-packed bookand Werneck excels at that. Gillens script is very dialogue-heavy and doesnt exactly call for dynamic pacing, but Werneck finds a way to make each exchange exciting and suspenseful. Read Full Review

Gillen, Werneck, and Curiel have successfully managed to find an inventive, exciting, and surprising new angle on what's already the freshest take on the X-Men in decades, and this finely crafted debut issue will quickly have readers hooked. Read Full Review

Immortal X-Men #1 is an incredibly well-put-together opening issue that showcases the talents of its creative team. It consolidates what has come before it while promising exciting events for the future of Krakoa. Yet this narrative rupture goes beyond the story and outside the text, as the use of Mr. Sinister as the main character leaves much to be questioned. Read Full Review

This issue doesn't really do much to kick off a new phase of the Krakoa Era, so much as just continues the usual political stuff, only this time it's dripping in Mister Sinister cattiness. Your opinion on such a thing may vary. Read Full Review

axdn

Mar 30, 2022

Kieron Gillen has my confidence .

SinceAge7

Mar 31, 2022

VERY VERY GOOD! I had to read this at least 4 times to get the scale and scope of this. Maybe Xavier, Moira and Magneto are still in the drivers seat all along. Remember HOX/POX when Moira said: "This time, we break all the rules".

Kreniigh

Mar 31, 2022

Hm, an empty, over-the-top violence fest is followed the very next week by a brilliant new direction full of intrigue and possibilities... Feels like July 2019 again. I enjoyed this as much as (if not more than) Hickman's first issue of House of X. Gillen is a master of characterization, and I have a lot of faith in his ability to wrap up his plots satisfyingly. This is going to be a great era.

uktsr

Mar 31, 2022

Great first issue. I didn't have high hopes but it was very interesting. Much better than most of the drivel lately.

cincyfan

Apr 02, 2022

Wow what a fantastic start to the next chapter of the x-books!! I found myself completely immersed in this story. The writing is phenomenal which is often the case with Kieron gillen. I read toms of comics but the X-Men has always been my favorite and I can't say enough about how phenomenal the x-books have been these past few years and it looks like it's only going to get better! What a great time to be a X-Men fan and a comic book reader in general.

Psycamorean

Apr 02, 2022

I'm 1000% into this. Hickman gave Gillen the reigns, and you can tell. This first issue is just as ambitious as HoX/PoX was. It really feels like the start of a new era, taking everything that came before into account, and twisting it into something great. This is a great start to the Destiny of X era.

NostalgiaKills

Apr 06, 2022

This is the book I’ve been waiting for since HoX/PoX, and I’m delighted at how well it delivered. Krakoa has created so many opportunities to tell new kinds of stories with these characters, and what we have here is a political dramedy with loads of potential and a ridiculous number of egos to play off one another. The writing is of the quality expected, but the art was a real surprise. Werneck stepped his game on pencils, and the colors just make those pencils pop. Also, it should be noted that I am #teamSelene.

fanofcomics

Apr 20, 2022

Praise Kieron Gillen: best story in a long time...

The Rumble

May 16, 2022

This was the best first issue in a long while.

SneakyToaster17

Sep 29, 2022

It’s nice that the baton from Hickmann landed in Gillen’s hands. I liked the Eternals, and I like this so far.

Avanvolk

Apr 06, 2023

Wow...I knew this series was gonna be good, but I wasn't prepared for just HOW good. Sinister's narration throughout was absolutely brilliant. Gillen weaved a masterpiece with this first issue.

Jawsh

Mar 30, 2022

Kieron Gillen knows his stuff, this series shows so much promise. ALL OF IT WAS SO ENTERTAINING. The story moves forward in intense ways that both upend the previous era but completely respects. Gillen knows how to play with myth and THE IMMORTAL X-MEN could be the WIC DIV of the X-MEN. Can't wait to see what comes next.

JCP

Aug 17, 2022

Holy ****, phenomenal first issue. Werneck has improved a lot.

Screaming Enigma

Jun 14, 2023

I grew to love Sinister as a villain in Zeb Wells' Hellions, and Gillen does him justice here. Going through this issue, mostly, from his point-of-view was a lot of fun, with one of the highlights being him being wrong on how the votes for Hope would go. Speaking of Hope, I think she's a great addition to the Quiet Council, and I really enjoyed all of the stuff with them as well. Going back to Sinister, the ending is just fantastic and perfect for him. All things considered, this was a really strong start to this series and shows a lot of promise for Destiny of X.

JBL Reviews

Mar 30, 2022

Nice start post-Hickman

Loafy Trophy

Mar 31, 2022

I had really high hopes for this book and damn did the first issue deliver. Mister Sinister has been one of the brightest spots in the Krakoan era and that hot streak continues here with some absolutely wild revelations that meet the scope of the book's title. Seriously, I won't spoil the end of the issue but damn does it really allow for a whole new direction of stories. I also loved the way Gillen let Sinister walk the reader around, giving us his perspective on both his fellow council members and an inside look into his machinations. Sinister's voice was pitch perfect and his descriptions of the various council members were hilarious. Gillen really took a big swing here, one that matches the ambition of Hickman's earlier stories and gives me high hopes for the Destiny of X era. more

REYNARD

Mar 31, 2022

Mister Sinister is my new favorite Marvel character.

Federico Liguori

Aug 26, 2022

Great! I have a feeling this could be a true star in the Mutants' lineup.

thecomiccookebook

Mar 30, 2022

The post-Hickman landscape has been a mixed bag and I was full of skepticism of this new series but I must say, I’m pleasantly surprised. Gillen has never been a writer that has wowed me but this could change that. I love the choice of having this book from Sinister’s perspective, a favourite of mine. Werneck’s art is serviceable but not exciting me like other recent X-artists. Overall, going to check out the next issue and go from there.

jbong

Apr 02, 2022

Overall, incredible first issue. Couple things did annoy me a bit though: Kurt's reaction to the decision (Selene's escalation is *even* more justification for not choosing her) and just a tad bit too much inner thoughts from Mr. Sinister, otherwise excellent still. It's a little weird that the X-Books have been doing a lot of election stuff as of late...hopefully this is the end of it for now, cause we're about to enter the same disappointing reality in American politics...

Kalaoui

Apr 09, 2022

This book has so many angles on so many characters that you can't trust anything you read especially when Sinister is in the driver seat or is he? Goes on to unnecessary territory with the son of Nazareth which adds nothing to the story for me but takes away from it. Werneck was outstanding and it's obvious his art style changed for the better in this series. Now this feels as if we are back on track but I have to see in 6 months where we are after being in the mud for more than a year now.

DDJamesB

Apr 13, 2022

This is what I've been waiting for. I'm really into the krokoan hox pox type stuff, and some may call this boring but, I think it's great. Interesting threads moving forward.

biankha

Apr 29, 2022

that was pretty good i think

CrazyforRAMU

Sep 29, 2022

Kieron Gillen's feet are big enough to fill John Hickman's shoes, thank God, so we're treated to a worthy continuation of Hickman's big-picture "mutant realpolitik" story. I love virtually everything here. Sinister's snarky voice is a letter-perfect continuation of prior portrayals, and the issue's big development is a terrific reveal of (some of) his scheming. The art is uniformly excellent, both polished and expressive. But, no matter how much it tickles my fancy, this issue can't hide that it's mostly a mother-huge recap and infodump, a review of the ludicrously complex Quiet Council status quo. Although it's necessary and it's done extremely well, it also holds this issue just shy of greatness.

TSMack

Apr 20, 2024

(Cover Date: May, 2022) Summary: Magneto shocks everyone when he unexpectedly resigns from the Quiet Council. The council considers the contenders to replace him. Hope convinces the majority of the council that she should be a member. Enraged at not being selected, Selene uses her magic to transform the External Gate to Arakko into a huge monster. Sinister is revealed to be using his "Moira Engine" to manipulate the future course of events on Krakoa.

Colleen St. Lucie

Apr 02, 2022

A very solid opening entry by Gillen. Only disappointment was Hope, who I guess is a pet character of his. She lacks the gravitas of the other Council members. But his Sinister is THE definitive Sinister and loved his focus here. I will keep reading.

Drasek83

May 01, 2022

Lots of political intrigue but not very exciting.

pizzamain

Apr 13, 2022

you've got the coolest group of people ever and you just have them talk for like 30 pages. great.

Mighty Morphin Comic Rater

Mar 31, 2022

Not a big fan of the whole disparaging Jesus thing

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Hex - Mar 31, 2022

Jesus walked on water and performed miracles. Santa is a mutant in Marvel. To someone back then, he would have been perceived as a mutant.

Ultimate Goblin - Apr 2, 2022

So, when the Marvel universe has norse and greek gods, Jesus must be a mutant?

Ultimate Goblin - Apr 2, 2022

But they are the actual gods, aren't they? :D

Hex - Apr 2, 2022 (edited)

I did say 'perceived'. I wasn't insinuating that he was a mutant. I was trying to show that it's the intention of the writer that it would be a logical conclusion for one to think that way and that it's not disparaging. It makes sense in the context of the book and in the Marvel universe.

Mighty Morphin Comic Rater - Apr 3, 2022

The scene is insulting for several reasons: 1) If Jesus were a mutant, it implies that he was a fraud that lied to his followers when he made claims to be the son of God 2) Gillen trivializes Christ's accomplishments by diminishingly summarizing everything he did as "raising a couple from the dead." He further reduces this to the status of a cheap gimmick by saying even this accomplishment was "beat in five minutes," lessening Jesus's stature to less than that of a fictional comic book character

Mighty Morphin Comic Rater - Apr 3, 2022 (edited)

3) He insults Christian believers by implying they were duped into following Jesus because of what he already established was just a gimmick. Those who believe in Jesus do not follow him solely because of "raising a couple" but because they truly believe what he said when he said "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me" (John 14:6).

Mighty Morphin Comic Rater - Apr 3, 2022 (edited)

4) He is tiptoeing the line of committing the unpardonable sin by calling the Phoenix force the Holy Spirit. "Every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven, but the blasphemy against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven" (Matt 12:31). Everyone will have to answer to their own conscience in this life, and to God in the next, but I for one was not comfortable with a comic that openly ridiculed Jesus.

Hex - Apr 3, 2022

But this is fiction. I'll give it to you that your beliefs wouldn't allow you to call anything other than your god a holy spirit, it's been done many times before. This isn't trying to rewrite Judeo-Christian 'history'. It's an interpretation in a fictional universe where you and I don't exist and Jesus could have been completely different from our world.

Ultimate Goblin - Apr 3, 2022 (edited)

Agree with Hex on this. Fiction is fiction still no matter what. However, some people still might be offenced by it and I'm sure they will.

Mighty Morphin Comic Rater - Apr 4, 2022

Maybe I’m reading too much into it, but I don’t think Gillen would target any other major religious figure for ridicule like he did to Jesus and it just came across as very distasteful

Mighty Morphin Comic Rater - Apr 4, 2022

Either way, I think we’re at a fascinating point in our culture where a fictional character can be canceled because they share a name with a real historical person, but a real historical person who is deified by over 2.5 billion people can be insulted openly and no one will bat an eye. I want to make it clear I don’t support canceling anyone, Gillen can insult whoever he wants and I’m just voicing my own personal reaction to it, but the double standard is interesting

Psycamorean - Apr 4, 2022

I'm assuming you're referring to the King Conan character? I really don't think these are comparable.

highdesolate - Apr 6, 2022 (edited)

The character who says it is a man who is religiously obsessed with mutantdom and has religious perceptions in regard to mutantkind. He's made similar statements before. What he says isn't inherently canonical, as he is like literally a cultist. It's kind of like getting mad about an atheist's statements in an anti-atheist film imo.

SurvivorLiv - Apr 6, 2022

Y'all just get mad over anything

Mighty Morphin Comic Rater - May 3, 2022

@highdesolate and @Daredevil, you bring up some good points I didn’t think of it that way. @SurvivorLib, who is “Y’all”? I’m just one person expressing one person’s opinion.

SurvivorLiv - May 3, 2022

You and the many other reviews on this site I have interacted with that are just like you.

Mighty Morphin Comic Rater - May 4, 2022

“The many other reviews on this site that are just like you.” Quite the heuristic leap...