X-Men #3
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| Writer | Jed MacKay |
| Artist | Ryan Stegman |
| Cover Price | $4.99 |
SCOTT SUMMERS VS. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!
How did the X-Men come to possess their HQ, the Factory, and how difficult a position does that put them in? As Cyclops meets the implacable Agent Lundqvist, the X-Men come to find that their new home may not be as secure as they had thought...
Rated T+
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9.0
AIPT - Michael Guerrero
Aug 28, 2024X-Men #3 carries a lot of emotional weight and high stakes for the team moving forward. Read Full Review
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8.6
The Super Powered Fancast - Deron Generally
Aug 28, 2024Stegman delivers beautifully detailed and intense art throughout the issue. It beautifully captures the tension of the story and how both sides of it are dramatic in their own ways. Read Full Review
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8.5
Comic Book Revolution - Kevin Lainez
Aug 28, 2024X-Men #3 delivers a lot strong developments, specifically for Cyclops and Temper. The one-shot style storytelling worked to build the credibility of this X-Men team. This approach of storytelling also once again emphasized the variety of threats the X-Men face in this new era. If you're an X-Men fan this is one comic book to pick up. Read Full Review
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8.4
Comic Watch - Ross Hutchinson
Aug 28, 2024X-Men #3 is the best issue in the series so far being a nicely balanced mix of character interaction and situational exposition with some government agent headbashing thrown in for good measure. It's not Krakoa but what the creative team is doing is getting more and more interesting every issue and it feels like there's some real story momentum building with this issue. Read Full Review
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8.3
The Comicbook Dispatch - Dispatchdcu
Aug 28, 2024Overall, X-Men #3 is a solid installment that continues to build upon the strong foundation established in the previous issues. It's a must-read for fans of the X-Men and those interested in exploring the complexities of mutant society. Read Full Review
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8.3
Nerd Initiative - Ken M.
Aug 28, 2024The world of Scott Summers comes front and center in this latest X chapter. MacKay drives the anger and purpose in Scotts voice with solid writing. Stegman and the art team mix in loud action with the dramatic reactions of simple diner talk. Things are moving fast here so dont miss out! Read Full Review
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8.2
Weird Science Marvel Comics - mrgabehernandez
Aug 29, 2024X-Men #3 is a noticeably improved issue over the previous two when Scott has a contentious meeting with a government agent while the Factory is invaded by a Shrike team. MacKay keeps the pace, scene transitions, and drama high while significantly elevating Scott Summers's badass status. Likewise, Ryan Stegman's weirdly inconsistent art from the first two issues has leveled out and improved. Read Full Review
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8.0
Graphic Policy - Logan Dalton
Sep 01, 2024Jed Mackay and Ryan Stegman (With JP Mayer and Livesay on inks) finally hit their stride with X-Men #3. Read Full Review
USER REVIEWS
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10
Plot CYCLOPS is visited by Government Agent Lundqvist, who demands that Cyclops be given the Sentinel factory, then he should not leave the space. Here Scott reveals that the factory was given to him as part of the settlement of the lawsuit Cyclops won against the US Government. Cyclops declines Lundqvist's order, because he is going to continue researching new mutants whose powers are flourishing with great potency. But Agent Lundqvist was actually meeting with Cyclops to distract him so he could send a team of soldiers led by Vanisher to investigate what is in the Factory. This causes TEMPER, PSYLOCKE, KID OMEGA, MAGIK and JUGGERNAUT to confront this assault team, whom they easily defeat. This comic ends with the X-men neutralizing more
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I loved everything about this. The writing was great (Cyclops' comments about the other team were hilarious), the art was exceptional and the direction of the story is really interesting. I'm loving all of the X-books in this reset.
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9.0
In a year or so I think we're going to look back at this issue & say this was when MacKay put his mark on the X-Men. The first two issues were a good transition from Krakoa, but this issue felt like it was MacKay laying down the marker for the next chapter he wants to tell and I'm ready to eat it up faster than Cyclops ate a diner sandwich. I'm definitely getting more excited for this series after this issue, which was my favorite of the series so far! Speaking of Cyclops, you can see MacKay finding a great voice for Scott here. The range of emotions we see him display throughout the issue payoffs with a gut punch in the final panel. Cyclops isn't always the team lead I'd choose to follow first, but to say he doesn't take things to heart more
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8.0
Glad to say that this was my favorite issue of the series yet. Everything came together in a way that wasn't seen in the first two issues, in my opinion. I enjoyed every side of the story being told here, particularly Scott's conversation with Agent Lundqvist and Temper's brief confrontation with the intruders in the second half. I'm really hoping this is a sign of things to come and not just a flash in the pan.
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7.0
Art: 3.5/5 Story: 3.5/5 Total: 7/10
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5.5
Better but still a long way to crawl from its terrible start. All that being said, based on interviews with the X-men team I have little confidence this will meaningfully improve to 'good'. Also based on the sales data we have so far, seems like the general buying audience has similar thoughts.
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