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Boy, was this book a disappointment.

I've never read Zdarsky before but I've heard good things about his Spiderman books, so I had fairly high expectations for this miniseries. What I ended up with was a book where the X-Men act like idiots. For what is essentially a diplomatic mission to the Fantastic Four, Prof X decides to send Wolverine, Magneto and Pyro. Considering that the FF are Boy, was this book a disappointment.

I've never read Zdarsky before but I've heard good things about his Spiderman books, so I had fairly high expectations for this miniseries. What I ended up with was a book where the X-Men act like idiots. For what is essentially a diplomatic mission to the Fantastic Four, Prof X decides to send Wolverine, Magneto and Pyro. Considering that the FF are more

Yes please.

This book is garbage. Rosenberg was once a promising writer but his Uncanny run has been a disaster. What was the point of making humans forget about mutants only to reverse that in the very next issue? How does blowing up the cerebro helmet accomplish this? Why were so many characters meaninglessly killed off? What is Jordon White even doing? He's clearly not 'editing' anything.

Larro This book is garbage. Rosenberg was once a promising writer but his Uncanny run has been a disaster. What was the point of making humans forget about mutants only to reverse that in the very next issue? How does blowing up the cerebro helmet accomplish this? Why were so many characters meaninglessly killed off? What is Jordon White even doing? He's clearly not 'editing' anything.

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I've really liked Rosenburg's run so far but this issue was pointless. It's like a filler issue but with a completely meaningless death.

It makes no sense that Rahne wouldn't defend herself. It's also inconceivable that a group of gendarmes would get the drop on Wolverine and Kwannon.

The X-Men Red Team literally spends half of this issue sitting around holding hands.

Nothing in this story makes sense. The X-Men hide from Jean Grey by running out of the room, apparently forgetting that Jean is a telepath. Nightcrawler teleports Storm thousands of miles around the globe, once again violating decades old rules about how his powers work. Storm attacks Cassandra Nova wit The X-Men Red Team literally spends half of this issue sitting around holding hands.

Nothing in this story makes sense. The X-Men hide from Jean Grey by running out of the room, apparently forgetting that Jean is a telepath. Nightcrawler teleports Storm thousands of miles around the globe, once again violating decades old rules about how his powers work. Storm attacks Cassandra Nova wit more

Astonishing X-Men is the best x-book out right now. I think this could signal the beginning of a X-Men revival over the next few months. This is long overdue considering that x-fans like myself havebeen forced to suffer mostly garbage over the last six years.

Twenty pages where nothing happens. The first half of this book is wasted on Gentle, an obscure character that nobody cares about. The second half is spent preparing for an unnecessarily elaborate heist which is then mostly skipped over. The closest thing to action in this book is when Nightcrawler teleports the team onto the transport plane, once again ignoring 40+ year old rules about how Nightc Twenty pages where nothing happens. The first half of this book is wasted on Gentle, an obscure character that nobody cares about. The second half is spent preparing for an unnecessarily elaborate heist which is then mostly skipped over. The closest thing to action in this book is when Nightcrawler teleports the team onto the transport plane, once again ignoring 40+ year old rules about how Nightc more

Bringing Honey Bagder into this book almost ruins it. I'm not sure if this decision was Tamaki's or if it was mandated by editorial, but it drags down what otherwise would have been a pretty good book. X-23 was always written as a very dark, borderline sociopathic character for a decade before Brian Michael Bendis decided to denude her of any personality in his All New X-Men. Tom Taylor doubled do Bringing Honey Bagder into this book almost ruins it. I'm not sure if this decision was Tamaki's or if it was mandated by editorial, but it drags down what otherwise would have been a pretty good book. X-23 was always written as a very dark, borderline sociopathic character for a decade before Brian Michael Bendis decided to denude her of any personality in his All New X-Men. Tom Taylor doubled do more

Coastes' writing has improved so much since he began on Black Panther two years ago that he's almost unrecognizable. He's progressed from being a terrible writer to merely being boring. This book was a snoozefest. It started out well enough with plenty of action and great art from Leinil Francis Yu, but the second half of the book was a waste. Sharon's reluctance to help with the investigation is Coastes' writing has improved so much since he began on Black Panther two years ago that he's almost unrecognizable. He's progressed from being a terrible writer to merely being boring. This book was a snoozefest. It started out well enough with plenty of action and great art from Leinil Francis Yu, but the second half of the book was a waste. Sharon's reluctance to help with the investigation is more

Coates' writing has improved enormously from the Black Panther books of just a few months ago. That said, a major source of confusion in this book comes from the dogfight scene at the beginning when Future T'Challa demonstrates a short range teleporting ability which he calls 'space folding'. The first time it happened I almost missed it. It wasn't emphasized well by the art. He does this two more Coates' writing has improved enormously from the Black Panther books of just a few months ago. That said, a major source of confusion in this book comes from the dogfight scene at the beginning when Future T'Challa demonstrates a short range teleporting ability which he calls 'space folding'. The first time it happened I almost missed it. It wasn't emphasized well by the art. He does this two more more

This is the best Cable book from Nadler and Thompson so far. The thing that stands out most to me in comparison to other current Marvel books is that the different characters have distinct voices. This shouldn't be such a big deal but compared to almost every other Marvel book today this is unheard of. If Tom Taylor wrote this book all the characters would speak exactly the same. Cable would speak This is the best Cable book from Nadler and Thompson so far. The thing that stands out most to me in comparison to other current Marvel books is that the different characters have distinct voices. This shouldn't be such a big deal but compared to almost every other Marvel book today this is unheard of. If Tom Taylor wrote this book all the characters would speak exactly the same. Cable would speak more

Reading this near perfect book is like traveling through time and seeing Marvel before it self destructed.

So far this book has not demonstrated a reason fo exist. It feels redundant and irrelevant, with its generic mutant persectution storyline. It scores some point as its heart is in the right place as a plea against prejudice. It even sets a major showdown in currently right wing Poland as a place which goes all out to persecute mutants with its army.
But there is no character development. It's So far this book has not demonstrated a reason fo exist. It feels redundant and irrelevant, with its generic mutant persectution storyline. It scores some point as its heart is in the right place as a plea against prejudice. It even sets a major showdown in currently right wing Poland as a place which goes all out to persecute mutants with its army.
But there is no character development. It's more

Blah.

Someone should explain to Tom Taylor how Nightcrawler's powers work. It's a strain for Nightcrawler to teleport someone in addition to himself and he would never port four people at once. Also, he never teleports somewhere he can't see unless the situation is dire. These are the sorts of things an editor should catch. This book has four of them.

Jean says "We're going t Blah.

Someone should explain to Tom Taylor how Nightcrawler's powers work. It's a strain for Nightcrawler to teleport someone in addition to himself and he would never port four people at once. Also, he never teleports somewhere he can't see unless the situation is dire. These are the sorts of things an editor should catch. This book has four of them.

Jean says "We're going t more

This book tastes like virtue signaling and bad writing.

I usually have pretty low expectations for annual issues, and Tom Taylor managed to live down to my expectations in every way. The thing most people will focus on is the terrible hot dog line. I think back to the classic 70's and 80's books written by Chris Claremont (the all time best X-Men writer) and how he dealt with bigotry. H This book tastes like virtue signaling and bad writing.

I usually have pretty low expectations for annual issues, and Tom Taylor managed to live down to my expectations in every way. The thing most people will focus on is the terrible hot dog line. I think back to the classic 70's and 80's books written by Chris Claremont (the all time best X-Men writer) and how he dealt with bigotry. H more

The art is uneven, Jean Grey half the time looks like she has a man's body, I just don't understand what's going on there. The dialogue is about the most awful garbage I've ever seen. I mean, seriously, stop and read it out loud. Read the interaction between Logan and Jean and see how awful it is. It makes no sense, she just comes off like a jerk.

The story is about as boring as p The art is uneven, Jean Grey half the time looks like she has a man's body, I just don't understand what's going on there. The dialogue is about the most awful garbage I've ever seen. I mean, seriously, stop and read it out loud. Read the interaction between Logan and Jean and see how awful it is. It makes no sense, she just comes off like a jerk.

The story is about as boring as p more

This book was confusing. It wasn't until the end that I realized that this is all taking place in the future. I guess the space Wakandans have evolved into these gray skinned guys with barracuda teeth? But a few still look like regular earth brothers. I'm not sure why the guards didn't just kill future T'challa when he tried to escape. Also, all the flashbacks and flash-forwards added to the confu This book was confusing. It wasn't until the end that I realized that this is all taking place in the future. I guess the space Wakandans have evolved into these gray skinned guys with barracuda teeth? But a few still look like regular earth brothers. I'm not sure why the guards didn't just kill future T'challa when he tried to escape. Also, all the flashbacks and flash-forwards added to the confu more

Only Jonathan Hickman can save Marvel comics.

This book is so boring that it takes a considerable effort just to review it.

The cover art makes Laura look ugly. The dialog is interchangeable (this is typical for a Tom Taylor book). The team already switches to their second hideout in this relatively new series. Hopefully they will stay there for awhile, but it makes you wonder why Taylor wasted any time at all on Wakanda. The powe This book is so boring that it takes a considerable effort just to review it.

The cover art makes Laura look ugly. The dialog is interchangeable (this is typical for a Tom Taylor book). The team already switches to their second hideout in this relatively new series. Hopefully they will stay there for awhile, but it makes you wonder why Taylor wasted any time at all on Wakanda. The powe more

Eight dollars for a twelve page superman story by Bendis. I especially like how on his very first issue he is already making major continuity changes. I can't wait for him to make Superman gay! As a Marvel fan, I am perfectly happy to see Bendis go to DC.

Jim Lee's art is the only reason I didn't give this book a lower rating.