X-Men #16

CRITIC REVIEWS

• 9.5

  Geeked Out Nation - Draven Katayama (loudlysilent)

  Jul 17, 2014

  Wood, Buffagni, and Sandoval have upped their game with this issue. This is not only one of the best recent issues of X-Men, but one of the best issues of any X-Men title, including Bendis' two titles. We're given one of the best verbal deliveries in the recent X-Men canon, via Jubilee: "The X-Men are a family. …This is why the X-Men always win!" Read Full Review

• 9.0

  Word Of The Nerd - Kristi McDowell

  Jul 21, 2014

  I'm just pleased that hanging onto X-Men over the long haul. I have been genuinely delighted at the direction the story has taken and I think the new writer has been given the tools to really turn this book into a consistent winner. I give this book a very enthusiastic 9/10. My only complaint is that when things don't go his way, the Future becomes painfully whiny. Read Full Review

• 8.3

  IGN - Jesse Schedeen

  Jul 17, 2014

  On the whole, it appears Wood's run will be ending as strong as it began last year. Read Full Review

• 4.0

  PopMatters - Jack Fisher

  Jul 21, 2014

  The details might be lacking, but nobody gets mischaracterized and nobody does anything that completely undermines their established personality. X-men #16 certainly feels like an X-men comic, albeit a very disorganized and underwhelming X-men comics, but it doesn't feel like the same X-men comic that had been built around this powerful, all-female cast. Like hippie protesters, it tries to do too much and only ends up next to nothing. Read Full Review