X-Men: Blue #10

A story about magic that highlights the magic of X-Men Blue--wall-to-wall character development mixed with a classic Marvel feeling. Read Full Review

A great jumping on point and an even better treat for readers who have been around since the beginning, X-Men Blue is really an interesting and satisfying read that is growing to be a leading X-Men team book. Read Full Review

X-Men: Blue solidly earns itself a recommendation with its tenth issue. The team feels a bit different from issue one, even if some interpersonal problems havent been solved since the beginning. However, the characters and their struggles manage to carry the book, and Valletta, Hanna, and eFX put together a visually appealing book. Grab this one next time youre at the comic shop. Read Full Review

Bunn does a good job with creating a transition issue that picks up the pieces and moves things forward as to what's coming next and he gets to that conflict in the same issue. That pacing is solid and a lot is packed into the 22 pages. Bunn also gives this series a personality of its own that helps set it apart really well from its fellow X comic series. Still, the art doesn't quite click making the series good, not great. Still, we're getting something different and with that some entertaining stories. Read Full Review

With Secret Empire in the rear view, X-Men Blue #10 sows the seeds for a multitude of potential arcs, certainly enough to give writer Cullen Bunn ample room to explore the characters he has been exploring so well throughout this series while changing their circumstances enough to keep anything from feeling stale. Read Full Review

There's some interesting territory in the story itself, but the series isn't quite living up to its potential Read Full Review

RustonLF

Aug 31, 2017

I have been enjoying the change that has this Beast focus on faith in magic instead of science. Beast was always a character with an obsession with being the one to find the answers using what he had available. He took being the one with answers personally and science failed him in trying to find a way home. A shift from one faith to another seems fitting since he was introduced to another option young in his career as an X-Men. The other interesting thing is Hanks change to a 'beastly' demon. X-Factor with the original five often had themes around Jean's inescapable fate. The theme seems to have been placed on Beast instead. There is also a return of the Goblin Queen who is a more engaging villain than some others that have returned lately . Scott and Jean still explore their feelings for each other. Introduced again is the tired love triangle of Wolverine, Cyclops and Jean. This time Jim Hudson Jr. plays the role of the bad boy in the group. While it is a tired nostalgia grab that I could live without, it is played more as a possible introduction so let's hope it goes nowhere. I have a feeling that Warren is someone that everyone is unsure what to do with. Without brooding he is just a rich kid that hangs around. The colors and pencils gave the book a very Mark Bagley feel that I enjoyed. This has been a pretty consistent title with only a few missteps. more

ModestMoonMan

Sep 02, 2017

Bunn does a good job of managing the multiple story plots in this issue, which are mostly comprised of minor transitions that will lead to the next story arc. However, none of the various stories seem that interesting, and while X-Men Blue has been the better of the two main X-books, it could really use a strong story arc to give it the identity and shelf life Marvel desperately needs from it.

CrazyforRAMU

Mar 11, 2018

Hank's magical experiments bring a heap of Goblin Queen trouble down on a team already overburdened with mysteries and challenges and soap operatics. There's some real potential in this latest adversary, but this series has already *started* a bunch of promising plotlines and I think finishing one would be better than launching yet another. The by-the-numbers character development that fills out the issue and the "forget it as soon as you close the issue" guest art encourage me to think of this as a strictly middle-of-the-road affair.