Rise of the Powers of X #5

Fall of the House of X/Rise of the Powers of X #10

by Kieron Gillen, R.B. Silva (cover_art)

THE BATTLE FOR ALL TIME! The X-epic concludes in a battle between those who are outside time and that which is now and forever...and the result is being decided by whether someone can ultimately make the right choice. The end of the Krakoan Age barrels our way as the two series that are one conclude!

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Comic Book, X Men

27 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 29, 2024

About the author

Kieron Gillen is a comic book writer and former media journalist.

Reviews

[Patrick · Rating 2 out of 5]

Now that I’m recovered from the seizure this issue’s art triggered, I need to ask what the hell did I just read? This was a hot mess of over-indulgent panels (that individually looked really neat), trying to distract us from the fact that Enigma was a poorly developed villain & that we gave Xavier one last taste of feeling good about himself.

If you hadn’t read Gillen’s X-MEN: FOREVER, you were probably blindsided/confused by this issue’s story. Why these were separate titles when the finale of one was so dependent on the other is beyond me. Gillen spends far too many pages reminding us how powerful the Phoenix force is, likely at the request of Marvel to lead into her new ongoing series in From the Ashes. The ease of which Phoenix defeats Enigma is laughable. Enigma is now 0-2 in battles he’s participated in. Remind me what he actually did or why he was such a threat?

The Charles/Moira story was far too rushed to have the intended payoff & the final infographic which was meant to serve as a callback to HoX/PoX only reminded me how convoluted the whole thing became. Things happened because #plot.

Luciano Vecchio does an admirable job filling in for R.B. Silva (how did Marvel not secure Silva for the finale??), but as a mentioned it all felt a bit too showy. Panel after panel felt like it was trying to one up what was on the previous page & it caused the visual pacing to be disjointed. Individual pages were beautiful, especially with David Curiel’s eye-catching colors, but the sum wasn’t greater than its parts.

Two issues to go in the Krakoa Era & July’s relaunch can’t get here any sooner.

[Fran · Rating 5 out of 5]

no puedo opinar sin haber leído todo, pero Jean está

[Scratch · Rating 3 out of 5]

I struggled with a star rating. Anything between 3 to 5 could make sense. I don't know.

I am glad that there was some semblance of resolution. I'm glad that this issue was relatively respectful to the Phoenix force, Scott, Jean, and their relationship.

But I don't know that it was worth all the brouhaha.

Now, there is talk as if the Phoenix Force is all about mutation. That all mutants, or at least all X-Men, are somehow associated with the Phoenix Force. ... I guess I'm fine with that, but it's yet another change. Non-mutants have been possessed by the Phoenix Force before. And all this talk about how Jean and the Phoenix are one-and-the-same still doesn't really explain Rachel. Rachel is supposed to be more powerful than Jean, not less. Rachel had the greatest control over the Phoenix and turned it into a benevolent tool in the 1990s. Now, I guess we're just glossing over that, or pretending as if Jean could always have done the same thing.

[Yasser Maniram · Rating 4 out of 5]

The outcome we all knew was coming.

[Etienne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Same comment as always. Intriguing, but too deep into the inside universe to be easy to get into. I’m lost!

[Jason · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Benjo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Q - 3rd edit - ramdan na end of worlds level, ganda ng visuals, pero as usual kieron gillen, bakit kailangan french saying???