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X-23 #3
| Writer | Mariko Tamaki |
| Artist | Juan Cabal |
| Cover Price | $3.99 |
Laura has faced plenty of threats in her day... And when those threats take aim at Gabby, all bets are off. But the stakes are even higher - and the consequences more dire - when Laura comes up against a psychic superthreat: the Cuckoos!
Rated T+
CRITIC REVIEWS
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10
ComicBook.com - Nicole Drum
Aug 29, 2018Make no mistake: this is a top-notch book and I can't wait for more. Read Full Review
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9.0
Comicsverse - Maite Molina
Aug 29, 2018X-23 #3 excels in its speedy pace and terrifying developments, ultimately establishing a cohesive and stellar issue. Read Full Review
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9.0
Comics: The Gathering - Charles Martin
Aug 29, 2018A strong script delivers tasty twists and scary revelations about the story. For sheer impact, though, the gold medal belongs to artist Juann Cabal today. Laura Kinney - or any superhero - couldn't ask for a bigger, bolder presentation of her abilities than the one delivered here. It's a blast to read, but it's also a pure pleasure to look at. Read Full Review
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8.9
Geeked Out Nation - Jideobi Odunze
Aug 31, 2018Why I really wanted to make sure I had a review out for this book, is because this series couldn't happen without amazing book put out by Tom Taylor previously. When some ungrateful comic readers refuse to acknowledge what this book and many others have to offer the rest of us, the opportunity needs to be taken to drown out that negativity. Especially when X-23 #3 is yet another exciting issue with so much at stake between Laura, Gabby, and the Stepford Cuckoos. Read Full Review
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8.8
Multiversity Comics - Alexander Jones
Sep 03, 2018"X-23" #3 effortlessly connects the dots from previous issues while adding an impressive level of intrigue to the narrative. Read Full Review
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8.8
Comic Crusaders - Kevin Given
Sep 11, 2018The first page unfolds like the prolouge to a good sci-fi/action story as the angle proceeds in a movie camera style on a close up of the sister's eye. From here it's all about the intensity of the chase. Read Full Review
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8.7
Comic Watch - Matthew David Clarke
Sep 03, 2018The best series that Im currently reviewing for Comic-Watch.com. Affecting stunning art, great characters, and humor. What else do you want? Read Full Review
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8.5
Black Nerd Problems - Chris Aiken
Aug 30, 2018While I still feel like X-23's story would have worked if Laura was still Wolverine, I'm going to put that issue behind me for now. Tamaki knows the character well and is giving us a great arc that finally has Laura confronting her past rather than just running into it. Honesty, my only gripe is that there wasn't enough Gabby. There can never be too much Gabby. Read Full Review
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8.0
Comic Book Revolution - Kevin Lainez
Sep 03, 2018Mariko Tamaki delivers the strongest issue to date in the young life of this new X-23 ongoing series. Tamaki does a great job continuing to develop Laura Kinney as she races against the clock to save her sister, Gabby, from the Stepford Cuckoos plot to resurrect their sisters. The ending of X-23 #3 creates an intriguing scenario for what could happen depending on the route Tamaki decides to go with Laura, Gabby and the Stepford Cuckoos. Read Full Review
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7.0
GWW - Nick Friar
Aug 30, 2018One small thing I didn't notice right away: when Laura scrolls through her contacts before she calls Angel, you also see Wade Wilson, Kurt Wagner, Marc Spector and Janet van Dyne listed. Somehow she managed to get Tamaki, Woodard and X-Men Group Editor Jordan D. White's phone numbers, too. Read Full Review
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7.0
Bleeding Cool - Joshua Davison
Aug 30, 2018X-23 #3 does little to move the plot forward, and Gabby isnt in much of the comic to help make up for that fact. Despite this, the comic has enough solid action and excellent artwork to have a good amount of entertainment value, and I can still recommend the book. Feel free to check it out. Read Full Review
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6.8
Sequential Planet - Steven Martinez
Aug 29, 2018Feeling like a continuation of the previous series, X-23 #3 has good art, and a good story that moves at a fast pace, that can feel a little too fast. Read Full Review
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6.7
On Comics Ground - Daniela Mendoza
Sep 04, 2018Again, I feel like nothing exciting happens in the end. I literally read through this is 3 minutes. There's a lot of build up but little development to Tamaki's stories. I didn't even have a bias to go off of for Tamaki I don't think I've ever read anything she's written. Read Full Review
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6.3
Weird Science - Jim Werner
Sep 10, 2018Juann Cabal's art truly carries this issue, and honestly has carried the series so far. Don't get me wrong I love our Super Sisters together, I am rooting for this book and I want it to do well. I'd love nothing more than to get a monthly dose of Laura and Gabby, but they need a compelling story for their iconic banter to be built around - it can't be the only thing going on. Our lead duo being separated in this issue highlights how little this series has going for it apart from the sisterly dynamic. I didn't hate this issue, but I didn't have any fun either. My score reflects that. Read Full Review
USER REVIEWS
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10
Great issue. Too much Warren, but not enough to take away from the rest.
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10
A good issue, answers why shes x23, the chase scene in the beginning is expectedly done and flows great. The end makes me want issue 4 now. Easely one of the stronger titles marvel has
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10
A great story. I love it all the way. I love gabby so I'm really worried for her. Cover - The FF variant. Love namorita, she hulk & Scott so Great cover. But not related. 1/2 Writing - I love what Tamaki doing so far. Great use of Laura & her Friend (This have to happen before Extermination 2). 3/3 Arts - Cabal made one of the better transitional panel I ever seen with Gabby's eye becoming the bridge where Laura chase down the Cuckos. 3/3 Feeling - Love it. A really strong story. 2/2 I credit this issue with a +1 point for Gabby voice, for the van splash page/Panel. For give me one of my better reading as a comics reader.
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9.5
Book three stays consistently good this is a very intriguing and well written story
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9.0
ok the art is fine, except.. can we get an artist that knows that people actually have mouths, usually? practically always? I've never seen someone without a mouth. wtf? and the story... I hate that I've become so jaded by any writer not named Tom Taylor, but... this is a really great storyline as long as we get a nice clean ending to it, WITHOUT HAVING a year's worth of "Gabby is dead" or "Gabby is a bad guy now" to deal with afterwards. We all know she's going to be OK. Don't do the stupid #$#@!$ that so many writers do, when they run out of real ideas and just "take away the best thing they have going" as a shock value thing. grrr I want to lower my rating just knowing what is likely coming... grumble....
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9.0
Laura races to catch up to the Cuckoos after they've snatched Gabby. She reaches them seconds too late, thanks to psychic trickery, but along the way, she pulls a clear and scary explanation of what they're doing out of their pet scientist. It's a very fast comic, and it would be too simple to satisfy except for one thing: The script asks the art to deliver a crazy tour-de-force performance. And it DOES. It's a pleasure to read and an absolute delight to look at. This title is shaping up into one of the most thoroughly satisfying in the current Marvel roster.
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