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jammasterjamie's review
3.0
X-Force - Good story, but the art didn't really work for me.
Children of the Atom - Good art, but the story didn't really work for me.
New Mutants - Good story, really good art.
Cable - I could have skipped this and saved fifteen minutes of my life. This book just isn't what I'm looking for in a Cable story and I hate that Stryfe is a thing again. Enough already with that guy.
Children of the Atom - Good art, but the story didn't really work for me.
New Mutants - Good story, really good art.
Cable - I could have skipped this and saved fifteen minutes of my life. This book just isn't what I'm looking for in a Cable story and I hate that Stryfe is a thing again. Enough already with that guy.
crookedtreehouse's review
2.0
This was a strong starting collection that falls off the cliff that is Vita Ayala's strained dialogue and dull ideas.
The art in X-Force #18 and #19 is not my favorite. There are some odd shadowing/crosshatching choices that uglied the faces of characters at times where it didn't seem appropriate. But the focus on Kid Omega was fun and continues the storyline that began with Domino's DNA adventures. I like that they're continuing a story by focusing on various members of the cast, rather than letting it all unfold with one angle. 3/5
Then we come to Children Of Atom #2. It was a lot stronger than the first issue. The first half was a decent examination of being mutants in the age of Krakoa who don't want to be a part of Krakoan society. I thought Ayala's writing was growing on me, but then the action started and it seemed like someone plugged a random dialogue generator into the script. Her writing can be So Trite that it's exhausting. Her take on what's essentially The Young Avengers, but with the X-Men is just flat and unengaging. 2/5
Therefore, I was excited to get to New Mutants #16 and #17. Why? I forgot that Ayala was writing this title, too. It's some of the Young X-Men characters and some more recent young mutants who are somehow sort of kind of being mentored by The Shadow King? And then it's about...who cares? The only thing that kept me flipping through the pages was the artwork, which is very stylized and intriguing but just attached to a story that's even more boring than Children Of The Atom. I can't wait for her run on this book to end. 1/5
Cable # 9 didn't knock me out, either. I don't know whether I was just fatigued from the previous three issues but Cable looking for Cable to fight Stryfe was a slog in the 1990s, it's not something I was eager to revisit. 2/5
I hope there's more [a:Jonathan Hickman|356424|Jonathan Hickman|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1356400161p2/356424.jpg], [a:Tini Howard|14205385|Tini Howard|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1573146594p2/14205385.jpg], and [a:Benjamin Percy|215907|Benjamin Percy|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1362111803p2/215907.jpg] in the next volume.
The art in X-Force #18 and #19 is not my favorite. There are some odd shadowing/crosshatching choices that uglied the faces of characters at times where it didn't seem appropriate. But the focus on Kid Omega was fun and continues the storyline that began with Domino's DNA adventures. I like that they're continuing a story by focusing on various members of the cast, rather than letting it all unfold with one angle. 3/5
Then we come to Children Of Atom #2. It was a lot stronger than the first issue. The first half was a decent examination of being mutants in the age of Krakoa who don't want to be a part of Krakoan society. I thought Ayala's writing was growing on me, but then the action started and it seemed like someone plugged a random dialogue generator into the script. Her writing can be So Trite that it's exhausting. Her take on what's essentially The Young Avengers, but with the X-Men is just flat and unengaging. 2/5
Therefore, I was excited to get to New Mutants #16 and #17. Why? I forgot that Ayala was writing this title, too. It's some of the Young X-Men characters and some more recent young mutants who are somehow sort of kind of being mentored by The Shadow King? And then it's about...who cares? The only thing that kept me flipping through the pages was the artwork, which is very stylized and intriguing but just attached to a story that's even more boring than Children Of The Atom. I can't wait for her run on this book to end. 1/5
Cable # 9 didn't knock me out, either. I don't know whether I was just fatigued from the previous three issues but Cable looking for Cable to fight Stryfe was a slog in the 1990s, it's not something I was eager to revisit. 2/5
I hope there's more [a:Jonathan Hickman|356424|Jonathan Hickman|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1356400161p2/356424.jpg], [a:Tini Howard|14205385|Tini Howard|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1573146594p2/14205385.jpg], and [a:Benjamin Percy|215907|Benjamin Percy|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1362111803p2/215907.jpg] in the next volume.
vroodles's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Wow, that was so good. Most of this volume is riding in Vita's tremendous writing, but I finally cared about even the X-Force story with Quentin's little arc. I would love a sense of the global politics of it all again, but I'm sure that's coming.
afreen7's review
3.0
X-Force (2019) 18-19 - 3/5
Children of the Atom (2021) 2 - 4/5
New Mutants (2019) 16-17 - 3.5/5
Cable (2020) 9 - 4/5
Children of the Atom (2021) 2 - 4/5
New Mutants (2019) 16-17 - 3.5/5
Cable (2020) 9 - 4/5
wanderlustlover's review
4.0
Spring 2020 (April);
Dawn of X (Vol. 11-16)
X of Swords (full)
Reign of X (Vol. 1-7)
** As a spoiler warning, do not read this review unless you've read all of the above issues, not just the volume where you've found this review. **
I did a massive multi-volume, multi-arc blitz recently and so I'm going to just drop a lot of what's hot here & going to be copying it down across a million books. My favorite thing literally is now and forever the Polycule going on in Summer House. I love his universe and am certainly very curious about the things still hiding in the shadows.
I'm glad Kitty found her way through that thing. I'm glad we didn't lose Betsy while we were in the other universe where death *sort of* sticks. Excalibur remains the most arrestingly gorgeous art. I'm still not interested in the one and only story comics know how to tell with Beast. I love the whole council and can't stop cooing over Erik as the Left Hand/Charles as the right (and even more so the bits where/how Jean & Scott are off to reform the X-Men #goodboy).
Jeanne & The Twins, in general, are back and I'm super duper in love with that. I really madly adore that there isn't any vast soap opera drama with any relationships or old bad blood that can't be given a new chance in Krakoa. There's such a breath of fresh air reading a lot of the choices Hickman and his writers have made. Illyana remains a badass demon-sorceress at all times, and Ororo remains a goddess. I loved all the Giant-Size art across Emma, Jean, Ororo.
Dawn of X (Vol. 11-16)
X of Swords (full)
Reign of X (Vol. 1-7)
** As a spoiler warning, do not read this review unless you've read all of the above issues, not just the volume where you've found this review. **
I did a massive multi-volume, multi-arc blitz recently and so I'm going to just drop a lot of what's hot here & going to be copying it down across a million books. My favorite thing literally is now and forever the Polycule going on in Summer House. I love his universe and am certainly very curious about the things still hiding in the shadows.
I'm glad Kitty found her way through that thing. I'm glad we didn't lose Betsy while we were in the other universe where death *sort of* sticks. Excalibur remains the most arrestingly gorgeous art. I'm still not interested in the one and only story comics know how to tell with Beast. I love the whole council and can't stop cooing over Erik as the Left Hand/Charles as the right (and even more so the bits where/how Jean & Scott are off to reform the X-Men #goodboy).
Jeanne & The Twins, in general, are back and I'm super duper in love with that. I really madly adore that there isn't any vast soap opera drama with any relationships or old bad blood that can't be given a new chance in Krakoa. There's such a breath of fresh air reading a lot of the choices Hickman and his writers have made. Illyana remains a badass demon-sorceress at all times, and Ororo remains a goddess. I loved all the Giant-Size art across Emma, Jean, Ororo.
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