X-Cellent #2
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| Writer | Peter Milligan |
| Artist | Mike Allred |
| Cover Price | $3.99 |
There is discourse among the X-CELLENT members!
And as their quest for fame continues, a spot has just opened up on the team.
But will this addition to the group lead them to superstardom?
Let's hope their followers think so.
PARENTAL ADVISORY
CRITIC REVIEWS Back to Top
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8.2
Comic Watch - Anthony Trudeau
Mar 30, 2022Peter Milligan's reunion with the Allreds in X-Cellent #2 remains as sarcastic and violent as any longtime X-Statix fan would expect from the collaboration. The connection with that comic means there's no real "jumping right in" with X-Cellent as a series, but it is still a fun romp that swaps the reality television craze of the early-21st century for today's social media landscape. Just don't expect conventional superhero storytelling or connections to the wider X-Men line. Read Full Review
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8.0
ComicBook.com - Chase Magnett
Mar 30, 2022X-Cellent #2 maintains a longstanding X-Statix tradition in zigging exactly where readers expect the story to zag. Read Full Review
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7.0
Henchman-4-Hire - Sean Ian Mills
Apr 02, 2022I needed to refocus my initial thoughts on this comic to better appreciate this story, this issue and these characters, and I think that helps. This isn't a revival of X-Statix. This is a comic about the X-Cellent and their particular brand of madness. At least I think that's what it's about… Read Full Review
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7.5
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7.5
While the previous issue's satirical look at the X-Statix didn't wow me, #2 goes down a bit better by examining the X-Cellent through an equally critical lens. Zeitgeist's point of view is fun in a deranged way, and the art remains delightful. On the whole, the social satire seems a lot weaker than in the X-Statix days, though. The culture's evolved, the satire hasn't -- to stay relevant, you need to do more than sprinkle social media buzzwords into an old script. I'm thinking this series is destined to go down as a pleasant but inconsequential epilogue to the main event (though #2 is pretty early to pass judgment).
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7.0
While better than issue one, this still feels like a rather tired, disjointed satire of social media.
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