Legion of X #1

While readers ofWay of X #1will enjoy the continuation of Nightcrawler's journey, readers that are jumping in with Legion of X #1 may feel like they are trying to play catchup. For those readers willing to go back and research the previous series, they will find a book that stands out from the other current X-books. Read Full Review

This is a very strong start to what promises to be a remarkable series. Aside from a few sour notes, this book contains a great deal of fun, action and philosophical depth. I cannot wait to see what happens next. Read Full Review

Spurrier returns to Krakoa with Legion Of X for a wildly intriguing and complex comic that is as visually stunning as it is strange. Read Full Review

A solid start for the latest adventures of Nightcrawler, Legion, and the merry band of mutants theyve assembled. Read Full Review

Legion of X #1gives birth to a new team of mutants while also exploring the same themes of faith that Way of X did. If you've been enjoying the current crop of X-Men titles, if Nightcrawler is one of your favorite X-Men, or you like great worldbuilding - or all three - this book is definitely for you. Read Full Review

This return exceeds the already high expectations garnered from Way of X and promises readers a new vision of what life can be in such a wonderful world. Read Full Review

Aside from some truly maddening Arakki stuff that I don't personally care for, this issue is a really fun, well-crafted introduction to the new phase of Nightcrawler on Krakoa. This boots-on-the-ground comic is exactly what I want in the Krakoa Era. Read Full Review

Legion Of X #1 is an oversized issue, but it still feels like its stuffed with content. Its well done, as Spurrier, Bazaluda, and Blee make a great team, but this issue can overwhelm readers with plots and characters. It would have been served better by either getting more pages or slowing the pacing down and making it two chapters. Its still a good read and sets up some intriguing things for the future. Read Full Review

Legion of X #1 is an interesting start. It has a lot of potential and hopefully as it focuses in on each plotline things get more intriguing. It fills a niche that's needed in the world of X and the conflict to come hinted at should keep things very interesting. Read Full Review

Legion of X #1 has a lot of great ideas, but they were too numerous for a successful exposition to a new series. Read Full Review

The connecting story featuring Legion and Blindfold ties the issue together and helps to fill in the lore surrounding The Altar.  And while this additional worldbuilding is appreciated, for a first issue, Spurrier doesnt help introduce new readers to the world of Legion of X.  This issue feels as though it is picking up in the middle of a pre-established story despite being a #1 issue. Read Full Review

Legion of X #1 is a first issue that could potentially be a start to a good, intriguing series but weighed down by some tone issues that may sit oddly with fans. Read Full Review

While the book often feels aimless and out of place with its writing, Bazaldua is quite consistent with providing visually intriguing art throughout. Read Full Review

There's no other way to put it: Legion Of X #1 arrives at the wrong time because of issues out of its control. Marvel, allegedly, is the world outside your window, and the disconnect between it and reality is too much to bear this week. Read Full Review

cincyfan

Jun 04, 2022

Wow! This is what I'm talking about! This is my kind of book. The first time I read it I thought that was a really complex dense story just like I like but I don't know that I really digested all of it. So, I immediately set it aside to read again and after the second read I have to say that I'm obsessed with the story! This is absolutely fantastic! This book should weight 10 pounds with everything going on. It is beautifully written with stunning artwork. This is my kind of story. One of my favorite characters is nightcrawler and I wonder what the ramifications of his ideas will be.

Avanvolk

Sep 18, 2023

Honestly, I didn't expect to love this as much as I did. I thought Way of X was good, not great. But this, something about it just really did it for me. The art was superb, but Spurrier crafted a really brilliant story with a thrilling and unsettling mystery at the center of it. Mother Righteous seems like a terrifying villain so I'm excited to see more of her. Very into this!

Jawsh

May 31, 2022

I have come to really fall in love with Si Spurrier's work. WAY OF X and elements from X-MEN RED and the series from long ago LEGACY: LEGION would be needed to get everything this issue has to offer. I would argue that Spurrier's work in SANDMAN'S THE DREAMING and his recent run on HELLBLAZER may even help boost it more as I see many themes and ideas that were explored in those titles run heavy in LEGION OF X. There's a lot of fantastic ideas coming through in this issue as two different cultures collide to explore themes on religion, justice, community, culture, and history all through the lens of MUTANTS and X-MEN. Ambitious? Absolutely. Loved this issue and am super excited to see where this series is going to go.

Logan X

Jun 08, 2022

So many moving parts that we know Spurrier will put together. The investment in his writings are always long term. Not perfect, (hence the 9, Storm was just odd) but a good start to the journey.

CrazyforRAMU

Dec 22, 2022

Objectively, I think this is a very good comic, but not a great one. The storytelling in words and art is solid, but definitely improvable. The dialogue is particularly messy (and there's an awful lot of it). I didn't think it was possible for dialogue to be *too* natural, but this issue's accents and stutters and pauses need to be dialed back by a good 20%. That being said, I absolutely love this to pieces. So much world-building! So many fascinating new characters! Such intriguing plotlines kicking off! While I'd love for this story to be told a little better, I wouldn't change a thing about the content itself. Subjectively, this is pure "why I read comics" stuff.

Screaming Enigma

Oct 26, 2023

While I don't think this reaches the heights of Spurrier's previous Way of X miniseries, there's still a lot to like here. I do prefer Bob Quinn's art from that aforementioned series, but Bazaldua does some solid work here. As for Spurrier's writing, he does a good job of writing the different situations throughout this issue, but I do wish that everything came together better or more clearly. However, something that does carry over from Way of X is Nightcrawler and Legion being highlights. I enjoyed Nightcrawler learning more about the ways of the Arakki, and I thought the content with Legion and Blindfold was well-written and intriguing. Overall, although this can feel a bit packed at times, I still think this was a cool debut issue that displays a good amount of potential for this series to just get better as time goes on. more

KittyNone

May 25, 2022

It's an OK start despite the occasional bump in the road. It's really an issue of defining where we are now, but that's forgivable since this is essentially the 7th issue of a series that would have just been a single ongoing back in the day and new readers have to be caught up on what happened in Way of X and Onslaught Revelation. Still there's more problems than I'd expected: Spurrier's Storm is wildly off-model, much as I love Forget-Me-Not this issue doesn't convince me that his one-note gimmick is workable for an ongoing, and the addition of the Juggernaut adds to the preexisting questions of how they decide which humans get to be exceptions in the Krakoan ethnostate (at least with Kyle you can say his husband is a mutant, but why Juggernaut? Is fighting the X-Men a qualifier for humans now too?). Jan Bazaldua isn't quite on Bob Quinn's level, but she turns in some good solid work with excellent designs (notably Ora Serrata, but her redesign of Lost is great too) There's some great, solid ideas here, but they don't quite come together into a premise yet; this issue is really just a bunch of random characters wandering about having their own largely unrelated plots. Hopefully things gel a little better as the series goes on, because despite my critiques, I am rooting for it more

Onomatopoeia

May 25, 2022

Well that was all over the place. So much potential, but Spurrier is just introducing too much all at once.

pizzamain

Jun 07, 2022

x-men comics can never not be so dense

Federico Liguori

Sep 09, 2022

Another continuity hell where 15376 characters talk about 53578 past events.

AdamBomb

May 25, 2022

A mixed bag. Already we seem bogged down by author's pet characters: Blindfold, Lost, Forget-me-Not. Some characters didn't sound like themselves: "Get up, idiot. Or I'll stick a royal thunderbolt up your indigo ass." Storm has never spoken like this. Some solid concepts though, I shall read on.