Knights of X #5

‘Knights of X' comes to a satisfying yet bittersweet far too short conclusion, sticking with the epic settings and fantastic character beats that have made it a winning series the past few months. It speaks to the power of an idea and a creative team when something that we only have for a short period of time resonates so much with members of the audience. This chapter of the Otherworld story might be over, but the Captain Britain saga is far from over. Read Full Review

An underwhelming end to a lackluster story, with a few interesting character beats, unfortunately the didnt land as well as they should have. At this time Im ready for a new voice and direction from the creators, but Ill remain tentatively optimistic. Read Full Review

Knights of X concludes and mercifully so. Read Full Review

CesarCastanha

Aug 31, 2022

Instant classic

CrazyforRAMU

Jan 31, 2023

This is a pretty dang satisfying conclusion to the series. I appreciate that the author tightens up her prose to maximize clarity and answer all the big questions. The art's pretty fun to look at, too. This is one of those "back on the comics limbo shelf with you" finales, but I have no problem with it. The series went through some wild adventures, and Captain Britain and Otherworld go onto the shelf (probably not for long) appreciably changed.

KittyNone

Sep 04, 2022

Hm. I would love to be one of the 10's on this one, but I found it rather garbled and anticlimactic, and making death in Otherworld harmless just after killing a major character there feels like a bad step back towards the problems of low-stakes death that made the resurrection protocol status quo necessary in the first place. Bob Quinn's work is good, but doesn't feel as necessary to the story as it did in Way of X. I'm glad to hear Captain Britain will return because I love her and I'm into the Rachel/Betsy romance, but this phase of her story feels like a misfire.

Kreniigh

Sep 05, 2022

Can't fault Howard for ambition, but this was just a messy outline of the story she wanted to tell.

daspidaboy

Mar 28, 2025

A very anti-climatic conclusion

AdamBomb

Aug 31, 2022

I don't get the "10" ratings. A 10 is like instant classic, something we'll be talking about 10 years from now. Example, Hox/Pox. A 10 is not "vaguely enjoyable". I thought this series had excellent early promise and there's some great creativity in the author's Otherworld, but this seemed all over the place. I'm most disappointed by "Captain Britain will return." Why, exactly? She's been the star of over 30 issues of Excalibur and Knights of X and since losing her Psylocke body isn't a very popular character. Other characters should be so lucky to get that type of editorial push. This was kind of a meandering mess and honestly I'm good if Betsy stays in Otherworld behind the scenes for 5 years. Just sayin'.

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Kreniigh - Sep 5, 2022

I used to see 10s as "this was as good as Watchmen" but now I just think of them as "this comic had to be put into one of 10 piles so I picked the top one". I'm personally pretty stingy with mine.

Kreniigh - Sep 5, 2022

That said, the 10s on this one really baffle me.

Julian Keller

Aug 31, 2022

Good Lord, wasn't expecting much, but this is a dumpster fire. Everything was resolved in the most predictable way and wrapped up in a hurry. Terrible writing, awful antagonists. Just terrible.