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The Uncanny X-Men (2024)
The Uncanny X-Men, Vol. 2: The Dark Artery
Beloved author Gail Simone continues her exciting run on Uncanny X-Men, with classic members like Rogue, Gambit, Nightcrawler, and Wolverine teaching a new group of mutants known as the Outliers how to fight the good fight!
The new crew of Outliers, still finding their place in the mutant world, are hunted by a lethal new set of foes: a bloodthirsty, relentless and unstoppable pack of stealth Sentinels! Cut off from their mentors and allies, with no knowledge of who built or aimed these deadly drones, the four untrained mutants are completely unprepared for the violent hunters making them their prey! There’s nowhere to run and nowhere to hide as the Outliers face the bone-chilling Bloodhounds! Meanwhile, an otherworldly presence sets its covetous eye on one of the young mutants in a story that reveals a never-before-told slice of the history of mutantkind! Who will be the Voice of Darkness?! Plus: The smoothest X-Man, Remy LeBeau, A.K.A. Gambit, is forced to face his past as an unstoppable force comes to collect a debt, whether from the Cajun’s pocket or his hide!
COLLECTING: Uncanny X-Men (2024) 9-10, 12-16
The new crew of Outliers, still finding their place in the mutant world, are hunted by a lethal new set of foes: a bloodthirsty, relentless and unstoppable pack of stealth Sentinels! Cut off from their mentors and allies, with no knowledge of who built or aimed these deadly drones, the four untrained mutants are completely unprepared for the violent hunters making them their prey! There’s nowhere to run and nowhere to hide as the Outliers face the bone-chilling Bloodhounds! Meanwhile, an otherworldly presence sets its covetous eye on one of the young mutants in a story that reveals a never-before-told slice of the history of mutantkind! Who will be the Voice of Darkness?! Plus: The smoothest X-Man, Remy LeBeau, A.K.A. Gambit, is forced to face his past as an unstoppable force comes to collect a debt, whether from the Cajun’s pocket or his hide!
COLLECTING: Uncanny X-Men (2024) 9-10, 12-16
176 pages, Paperback
Published August 5, 2025
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Gail Simone
1,098 books1,243 followersGail Simone is a comic book writer well-known for her work on Birds of Prey (DC), Wonder Woman (DC), and Deadpool (Marvel), among others, and has also written humorous and critical commentary on comics and the comics industry such as the original "Women in Refrigerators" website and a regular column called "You'll All Be Sorry".
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August 17, 2025
Confusingly, the dangers of cholesterol are never once discussed in "The Dark Artery."
That said, I'm really taking a shine to Simone's run and the camaraderie she's building within our wayward mutants. Setting the action in New Orleans and exploring mutant history in that area has made for some fun stories that feel a world away from New York-set shenanigans. Looking forward to vol. 3.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go eat all of the bacon and eggs.
That said, I'm really taking a shine to Simone's run and the camaraderie she's building within our wayward mutants. Setting the action in New Orleans and exploring mutant history in that area has made for some fun stories that feel a world away from New York-set shenanigans. Looking forward to vol. 3.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go eat all of the bacon and eggs.
October 27, 2025
This book is all over the place. I know they are setting up a big story, but it is really messy. It starts with one story goes on a side quest then back to the main with another story going on in the background that I am still not sure makes sense.
The X-MEN are taking a one-on-one mentoring role with the young Outliers, trying to give them both childhood and combat experiences. Well, they will have the real thing with the new wolf pack style sentinels.
Charles Xavier gets s message that will leave him rethinking his stay on Greymalkin. My problem is after what happened in the last book they have the X-MEN on speed dial?
Gambit gets a couple of spotlights. A return of man from his past, and a warning for his future. Partly as Gambit is one of my favourite X-MEN. These stories moved it up from 2 to 3.5 stars for me.
The secrets of Haven House and the Outliers are revealed. What dark dynasty is coming?
This book could have been great but because the book is so all over the place. Though I do love the X-MEN costumes at the end of the book. Some big things are coming but I think they need to concentrate on one at a time. The book finishes with a thumbnail variant cover gallery.
The X-MEN are taking a one-on-one mentoring role with the young Outliers, trying to give them both childhood and combat experiences. Well, they will have the real thing with the new wolf pack style sentinels.
Charles Xavier gets s message that will leave him rethinking his stay on Greymalkin. My problem is after what happened in the last book they have the X-MEN on speed dial?
Gambit gets a couple of spotlights. A return of man from his past, and a warning for his future. Partly as Gambit is one of my favourite X-MEN. These stories moved it up from 2 to 3.5 stars for me.
The secrets of Haven House and the Outliers are revealed. What dark dynasty is coming?
This book could have been great but because the book is so all over the place. Though I do love the X-MEN costumes at the end of the book. Some big things are coming but I think they need to concentrate on one at a time. The book finishes with a thumbnail variant cover gallery.
August 4, 2025
Rogue and friends face off with Sentinel dogs, Gambit's past comes back to haunt him, and then they discover that there's a hidden graveyard for mutants under their house. Typical days for the X-Men.
I'm really enjoying this title, honestly. The story balances X-madness with X-drama in a way that I haven't seen for a long time, and even though it's clear that the four new characters are stepping up, Rogue, Gambit, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, and even Jubilee all get a moment or two to shine across these eight issues. The fact that we can go from throwing Man-Thing at a god and adopting a dog all in one issue without whiplash is just great - props to Simone for somehow managing to write every kind of tone all at once. There are even a couple of tearjerker moments for Calico and the humans back in New Orleans that made me smile.
Artwise, everything's pretty great. Andrei Bressan steps up for two issues, Gavin Guidry grabs an issue, and then series artist David Marquez returns for the Dark Artery four-parter.
I will note that I didn't bother reading the X-Manhunt tie-in issue since I'll be reading it as part of the complete trade when that comes out, but I doubt that one issue would drag this collection down a star.
I'm really enjoying this title, honestly. The story balances X-madness with X-drama in a way that I haven't seen for a long time, and even though it's clear that the four new characters are stepping up, Rogue, Gambit, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, and even Jubilee all get a moment or two to shine across these eight issues. The fact that we can go from throwing Man-Thing at a god and adopting a dog all in one issue without whiplash is just great - props to Simone for somehow managing to write every kind of tone all at once. There are even a couple of tearjerker moments for Calico and the humans back in New Orleans that made me smile.
Artwise, everything's pretty great. Andrei Bressan steps up for two issues, Gavin Guidry grabs an issue, and then series artist David Marquez returns for the Dark Artery four-parter.
I will note that I didn't bother reading the X-Manhunt tie-in issue since I'll be reading it as part of the complete trade when that comes out, but I doubt that one issue would drag this collection down a star.
October 2, 2025
4.3 stars
Uncanny continues to be the best of the new crop of X-books by a country mile. If I was rating this on the writing alone, this would be getting 5 stars from me.
The art was of a very high standard too, but I really dislike how David Marquez occasionally gives his characters chibi-style faces; it really jars in his otherwise very dark and realistic art style. If he could knock this annoying habit on the head, I’d probably give the art 5 stars too.
Uncanny continues to be the best of the new crop of X-books by a country mile. If I was rating this on the writing alone, this would be getting 5 stars from me.
The art was of a very high standard too, but I really dislike how David Marquez occasionally gives his characters chibi-style faces; it really jars in his otherwise very dark and realistic art style. If he could knock this annoying habit on the head, I’d probably give the art 5 stars too.
February 5, 2026
Gail Simone's second Uncanny X-Men volume veers into weird territory, but it continues to have a very strong central cast, even including the teenage newcomers. I really didn't expect to care about these kids, and by the end of The Dark Artery, damn it, I do care (just a bit).
The volume kicks off with the kids battling a pack of the Sentinel dogs we saw in Raid on Graymalkin. Good live-fire exercise for the newbies, which naturally causes Rogue and the other old hands to wonder about the world these kids are entering and whether they're ready for it.
Then Gambit gets a random backstory issue where we learn about the Vig, a Killer Croc-adjacent enforcer for a New Orleans guild who has Gambit in his debt. An enjoyable one-off tale that doesn't really seem tied into anything else. Sort of like the next issue, an X-Manhunt tie-in that I guess I'll come across again when I read that event in collected form.
Finally, we get the title tale, in which the youngsters are mysteriously drawn to an underground crypt in the Louisiana swamp. This narrative is intertwined with the diary entries of a Jazz Age black mutant heading home to New Orleans. The crypt's purpose is...fuzzy, but the plot gives Deathdream a lot to work with, his being extremely interested in death. I guess it's a prison for the souls of those who betrayed mutants? And Man-Thing is there, playing gatekeeper. Overall: it's a lot, often hard to follow, but the individual characters continue to get moments to shine.
Oh, also, Gambit fights a dragon somewhere in there? I guess the dragon is tied to the Eye of Agamotto he's randomly holding on to? I have zero recollection of where all this came from.
The volume kicks off with the kids battling a pack of the Sentinel dogs we saw in Raid on Graymalkin. Good live-fire exercise for the newbies, which naturally causes Rogue and the other old hands to wonder about the world these kids are entering and whether they're ready for it.
Then Gambit gets a random backstory issue where we learn about the Vig, a Killer Croc-adjacent enforcer for a New Orleans guild who has Gambit in his debt. An enjoyable one-off tale that doesn't really seem tied into anything else. Sort of like the next issue, an X-Manhunt tie-in that I guess I'll come across again when I read that event in collected form.
Finally, we get the title tale, in which the youngsters are mysteriously drawn to an underground crypt in the Louisiana swamp. This narrative is intertwined with the diary entries of a Jazz Age black mutant heading home to New Orleans. The crypt's purpose is...fuzzy, but the plot gives Deathdream a lot to work with, his being extremely interested in death. I guess it's a prison for the souls of those who betrayed mutants? And Man-Thing is there, playing gatekeeper. Overall: it's a lot, often hard to follow, but the individual characters continue to get moments to shine.
Oh, also, Gambit fights a dragon somewhere in there? I guess the dragon is tied to the Eye of Agamotto he's randomly holding on to? I have zero recollection of where all this came from.
October 16, 2025
This was ok. 2.7 🌟
October 10, 2025
3.5*
In my opinion, Gail Simone handles her characters much better than Jed MacKay. She develops them, gives them a voice—Rogue is fantastic—and makes them endearing. Even Gambit manages to have a bit of depth beyond being the slightly irritating Cajun hunk.
That said, the stories are decent but not necessarily exciting, and some subplots—such as the dragon—are rather boring.
It's the character development—with the Outliers taking centre stage here—that grabs the reader's attention. I had little interest in these Junior Beavers until now. I'm not going to go so far as to claim that they are destined to be the heart of the Marvel universe, but Simone manages to make them a little endearing. They progress, they bring a little humour, and that's not so bad after all.
In my opinion, Gail Simone handles her characters much better than Jed MacKay. She develops them, gives them a voice—Rogue is fantastic—and makes them endearing. Even Gambit manages to have a bit of depth beyond being the slightly irritating Cajun hunk.
That said, the stories are decent but not necessarily exciting, and some subplots—such as the dragon—are rather boring.
It's the character development—with the Outliers taking centre stage here—that grabs the reader's attention. I had little interest in these Junior Beavers until now. I'm not going to go so far as to claim that they are destined to be the heart of the Marvel universe, but Simone manages to make them a little endearing. They progress, they bring a little humour, and that's not so bad after all.
August 7, 2025
El arco de 4 números pintaba bien, pero termino igual que los otros..hasta aquí llego con este equipo X.
October 3, 2025
3.75
This has been one of the better post-Krakoa X books. But the story finale Amber Hearded the bed, pulling the entire story down with it.
This has been one of the better post-Krakoa X books. But the story finale Amber Hearded the bed, pulling the entire story down with it.
November 2, 2025
Really loved this one! Fantastic new characters and some old favorites too!
September 3, 2025
Stunningly gorgeous artwork by David Márquez as usual. And can we have more of half-naked Gambit & Wolverine please? Sexy as F! 🔥🥵 Although Javier Garron did spoiled the mood with his ugly art, i feel relieved it was just one issue.
As i love the first volume, the 2nd volume continue to be super fun too. This is purely X-Men cure for you X-Men comics addict. Action-packed, good plot & storyline & awesome team-up with the new young mutants. Gambit, Wolverine, Nightcrawler & Rogue in one team? What's to hate? Can't wait for more. This is by far my most favourite series in the current X-Men (2024) titles. Super duper good! Love it so much!
I don't get the low ratings. If you hate fun & action-packed X-Men, i suggest you pick up the slow burn Exceptional X-Men (2024) instead. Which i'm not interested at all.
Rating : 9/10
As i love the first volume, the 2nd volume continue to be super fun too. This is purely X-Men cure for you X-Men comics addict. Action-packed, good plot & storyline & awesome team-up with the new young mutants. Gambit, Wolverine, Nightcrawler & Rogue in one team? What's to hate? Can't wait for more. This is by far my most favourite series in the current X-Men (2024) titles. Super duper good! Love it so much!
I don't get the low ratings. If you hate fun & action-packed X-Men, i suggest you pick up the slow burn Exceptional X-Men (2024) instead. Which i'm not interested at all.
Rating : 9/10
February 6, 2026
Simone unashamedly turning the horror up a notch with this 4 part Dark Artery arc. Does a great job of fleshing out Gambit and his backstory, more building out of the Outliers - the 4 best new xmen characters in a long time, and makes good use of the Louisiana setting, particularly with a flashback that explores post slavery segregation in a way that is relevant to the overall plot of the arc.
There’s one particularly creepy moment that gave me shivers, which is not easily done in a comic.
The art and colours perfectly bring the atmosphere as Simone successfully juggles multiple plot threads, giving them all time to be furthered or resolved without any decompression.
Every moment of this run has either moved on the plot or developed the characters, there’s not a wasted page.
I wish some of the other x writers would take note (McKay being the exception, he is also doing a terrific job)
There’s one particularly creepy moment that gave me shivers, which is not easily done in a comic.
The art and colours perfectly bring the atmosphere as Simone successfully juggles multiple plot threads, giving them all time to be furthered or resolved without any decompression.
Every moment of this run has either moved on the plot or developed the characters, there’s not a wasted page.
I wish some of the other x writers would take note (McKay being the exception, he is also doing a terrific job)
December 23, 2025
The art by Andrei Bressan and David Marquez are really great but the plot and the story telling are inconsequential. I have more the feeling of reading an New Mutants book than an Uncanny X-Men one.
After one year of story, we still don't know who the students really are, that's boring.
The "Manhunt" crossover has no impact whatsoever on the characters and story, why do they still do that kind of thing ?
After one year of story, we still don't know who the students really are, that's boring.
The "Manhunt" crossover has no impact whatsoever on the characters and story, why do they still do that kind of thing ?
June 22, 2025
Summary:
Krakoa has fallen, and Professor X is missing. It’s up to those remaining to pick up the pieces and find new ways forward. Rogue has rallied her own group of X-Men, splitting off from the main branch. They don’t agree with those plans. They support them, but they don’t want to be involved.
Together, Rogue, Gambit, and Wolverine have come across a new group of mutants, the Outliers. With the help of Nightcrawler and a few others, they may just have what it takes to keep them safe, but a prophecy will make this task much harder than it sounds.
Review:
Where the last volume introduced new characters and brought a different team together, Uncanny X-Men Vol. 2 took everything a step further. We still have our favorites on the team (have I mentioned how much I love having a Rogue-led team?), but things are morphing and changing.
The Outliers have been hunted from the start; it’s how they came to Rogue’s attention in the first place. That has only gotten worse, with one organization taking more and more extreme steps to get its way. It feels familiar, and it should.
While the present is ongoing, readers are finally getting answers to some questions about the Outliers. Not all the questions, mind you. It feels like every answered question simply gives me two more worth asking, but that’s good writing for you.
Further splitting up these scenes from the present are flashbacks. They don’t involve any of the primary characters, but they are oddly related to what will/could happen. In other words, the scene is being set for something. It’s a good way of teasing something about to happen.
This volume has a lot going on, and I’ve barely scratched the surface! For example, there’s a whole subplot involving Gambit. It’s pretty interesting, with a couple of dramatic scenes and a bit of comic relief, for good measure.
Overall, this was a balanced and compelling story. I’ll be curious to see where the story goes from here, assuming it does continue.
Highlights:
Gail Simone
Rogue-led X-Men Team
New Mutant Teens (Outliers)
From the Ashes
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Krakoa has fallen, and Professor X is missing. It’s up to those remaining to pick up the pieces and find new ways forward. Rogue has rallied her own group of X-Men, splitting off from the main branch. They don’t agree with those plans. They support them, but they don’t want to be involved.
Together, Rogue, Gambit, and Wolverine have come across a new group of mutants, the Outliers. With the help of Nightcrawler and a few others, they may just have what it takes to keep them safe, but a prophecy will make this task much harder than it sounds.
Review:
Where the last volume introduced new characters and brought a different team together, Uncanny X-Men Vol. 2 took everything a step further. We still have our favorites on the team (have I mentioned how much I love having a Rogue-led team?), but things are morphing and changing.
The Outliers have been hunted from the start; it’s how they came to Rogue’s attention in the first place. That has only gotten worse, with one organization taking more and more extreme steps to get its way. It feels familiar, and it should.
While the present is ongoing, readers are finally getting answers to some questions about the Outliers. Not all the questions, mind you. It feels like every answered question simply gives me two more worth asking, but that’s good writing for you.
Further splitting up these scenes from the present are flashbacks. They don’t involve any of the primary characters, but they are oddly related to what will/could happen. In other words, the scene is being set for something. It’s a good way of teasing something about to happen.
This volume has a lot going on, and I’ve barely scratched the surface! For example, there’s a whole subplot involving Gambit. It’s pretty interesting, with a couple of dramatic scenes and a bit of comic relief, for good measure.
Overall, this was a balanced and compelling story. I’ll be curious to see where the story goes from here, assuming it does continue.
Highlights:
Gail Simone
Rogue-led X-Men Team
New Mutant Teens (Outliers)
From the Ashes
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June 28, 2025
I really like the cast of characters chosen for this run. It’s very reminiscent of Ryan North’s FF run where it’s trying to be mini stories to help develop characters, unfortunately Gail is having to deal with several tie ins and just X-Men stuff instead of being able to fully focus on the characters in front of him.
Love Hororu, simply trying to find a place to belong and calling the home ‘X’ 🥺
Val and Logan having a father-son dynamic is very sweet (please call your own children Logan I beg you)
Becca trying to figure out where she fits in and being a proud mutant and experimenting with her sexuality is a great metaphor for conservative queer Christian upbringing (she needs to meet Bobby. I feel like they’d have a lot in common)
And Anna Marie and Remy becoming Sophia’s parents (really all of them but I feel like Sophia is really really their kid)
The four kids really remind me of The Heroes of Olympus for some reason
Love Hororu, simply trying to find a place to belong and calling the home ‘X’ 🥺
Val and Logan having a father-son dynamic is very sweet (please call your own children Logan I beg you)
Becca trying to figure out where she fits in and being a proud mutant and experimenting with her sexuality is a great metaphor for conservative queer Christian upbringing (she needs to meet Bobby. I feel like they’d have a lot in common)
And Anna Marie and Remy becoming Sophia’s parents (really all of them but I feel like Sophia is really really their kid)
The four kids really remind me of The Heroes of Olympus for some reason
October 12, 2025
One structural complaint that I have to get out of the way. Yes, I know that as true Marvel fans we're supposed to be reading ALL the books and following the plotlines that jump between them. But I don't. So this book starts with the previous volume's cliffhanger already resolved and starts off a storyline in the middle that hares off to some other book, and . . . fine. It is what it is.
What I love about this book is the stories that are within it. More than anything else, this feels like the Claremont X-Men that I fell in love with. New characters, new stories, but the attitude and storytelling just feel right. Mall trips, government plans gone wrong -- "it's like Weapon X for dogs" should have been a red flag, guys -- well-crafted secret history, the X-Men going to town on things that have them hilariously outgunned, it's all here. Gail Simone has the magic touch that takes classic story elements and makes them feel fresh and new again.
What I love about this book is the stories that are within it. More than anything else, this feels like the Claremont X-Men that I fell in love with. New characters, new stories, but the attitude and storytelling just feel right. Mall trips, government plans gone wrong -- "it's like Weapon X for dogs" should have been a red flag, guys -- well-crafted secret history, the X-Men going to town on things that have them hilariously outgunned, it's all here. Gail Simone has the magic touch that takes classic story elements and makes them feel fresh and new again.
October 21, 2025
Simone's horror-focused take on the X-Men is weird for the UXM title. And I'm not really convinced she wants to write about the X-Men. This mostly feels like a new volume of Mr. + Mrs. X. I often forget Nightcrawler and Jubilee are in the comic.
So I remain unconvinced by what this comic is trying to be.
As for how well it's doing it? The first ocuple of one-off issues in this volume are entirely forgettable. I mean, we seemed to get two issues in a row about Gambit owing a debt. (As I said: Mr. + Mrs. X.)
The four-issue "Dark Artery" heart of the volume is much better, again if you're willing to accept horror comics as the core X-Men comic. I quite liked the mutant history offered up, and hope to see more of it. The whole mutant-created hell is a bit wonkier though.
I have a suspicion this is going to be the newest X-Men run that no one talks about a few years down the line, because it's so out there.
So I remain unconvinced by what this comic is trying to be.
As for how well it's doing it? The first ocuple of one-off issues in this volume are entirely forgettable. I mean, we seemed to get two issues in a row about Gambit owing a debt. (As I said: Mr. + Mrs. X.)
The four-issue "Dark Artery" heart of the volume is much better, again if you're willing to accept horror comics as the core X-Men comic. I quite liked the mutant history offered up, and hope to see more of it. The whole mutant-created hell is a bit wonkier though.
I have a suspicion this is going to be the newest X-Men run that no one talks about a few years down the line, because it's so out there.
September 24, 2025
So far, I’m liking these four new characters and how authentically contemporary teenage-y they feel. There also feel like there are a lot of irons in the fire with everyone in this currently, and that’s great for breadth and realism, but I’m curious how many of these threads will pay off compelling. The setup of the rogue Sentinel dog and how that landed at the end was a bit ol’ shrug from me! Overall, the art has been pretty solid in this series and I get wanting multiple X-Men comics to keep serving each character as fully as possible. Maybe I’m just really impatient to get back to the Graymalkin story since they were building that up so hard and then put it on pause. Does it feel as weird if you’re reading issue to issue as these release in comic book form? My memory of that is now over a decade old…
January 1, 2026
It’s hard to stop reading about characters you met over 30 years ago, especially with Gail Simone writing such a great Rogue and hitting so many lovely beats with the relationships between Rogue, Nightcrawler, and Wolverine. But there was a lot in this volume that felt rushed. There’s always a chance I read too fast and paid too little attention to the story, but I didn’t understand the new mutant who was introduced and the secret location she protected. We could have used one more issue maybe? For most of its run this series felt like it had the truest spirit of the X-Men legacy in its pages. But this volume in particular had a couple of hiccups.
June 28, 2025
Some shorter stories mainly revolving around the Outliers or basically the new New Mutants. I like how Simone is incorporating the creepiness of New Orleans. At this point, they should probably start crossing paths with Strange Academy since they are all in the same area now. Hopefully, we'll see more of Gambit's past take center stage as he's from New Orleans too. Makes sense to throw more thieves and assassin guild stuff in there. Luciana Vecchio is joining the art rotation with David Marquez and that's a good thing.
October 20, 2025
There are a number of new mutants that should have staying power during the From the Ashes era but Deathdream is the one who makes me smile the most. One thing Simone is doing that I really respond to in this series is the everyday, mundane human mutant interactions. Real world detail is something that is a smaller and smaller feature of modern comics but is a point of emphasis of this series and really harkens back to what was so strong in the Claremont era. No idea what happens after the next big X event but I hope Gail Simone gets to continue writing this series as long as she wants to.
January 1, 2026
Simone continues to expand the X-Men lore in New Orleans through the introduction of yet another compelling new character, Lady Henrietta. Purists who prefer the atomic age allegory influencing the original X-men run may find this expansion contentious, yet given the role characters like Namor and Selene, as well as the reveal of the Deviant’s relationship to the X-gene a few years ago in the Avengers, X-Men, Eternals Judgment Day event, such a critique no longer carries the same weight that it may have had decades ago.
April 5, 2025
This is fine comics.
Artists are consistently fairly good.
Stories have drama, no stakes really.
The new Kids go to a mall and sentinel dogs attack. That was a fun two issues.
Gambit has a mostly flashback issue which I didn't really care for. The present day stuff was dealt with really quickly. A pacing problem to be certain.
Rogue is acting weird but maybe that's the pressure from being team leader. Wasn't Rogue team leader or similar in Carey's run?
I'll keep reading digitally.
Artists are consistently fairly good.
Stories have drama, no stakes really.
The new Kids go to a mall and sentinel dogs attack. That was a fun two issues.
Gambit has a mostly flashback issue which I didn't really care for. The present day stuff was dealt with really quickly. A pacing problem to be certain.
Rogue is acting weird but maybe that's the pressure from being team leader. Wasn't Rogue team leader or similar in Carey's run?
I'll keep reading digitally.
July 26, 2025
Mucho mejor que la serie principal. Aquí sí existe el intento por construir algo, sea bueno o malo. No me gustan mucho los Outliers pero, admito que Deathdream me ha empezado a gustar. En cuanto a los otros personajes, es decir, los X-Men a los que estamos acostumbrados, no siento que estén teniendo un gran desarrollo ni atravesando ningún conflicto interesante. Tristemente, sigo sin encontrarle mucho propósito a la serie y, eso, es algo de lo que toda esta era, cojea mucho.
July 26, 2025
I didn't like Garron's artwork so I was glad to hear Marquez returned for issue 13 and is looking to continue on moving forward. Read as individual comics, ratings below:
#9= 3.5 stars
#10= 3.5 stars
#11= 2.5 stars
#12= 3.5 stars
#13= 4 stars
#14= 4 stars
#15= 3 stars
#16= 4 stars
Overall rating of 3.5 stars
#9= 3.5 stars
#10= 3.5 stars
#11= 2.5 stars
#12= 3.5 stars
#13= 4 stars
#14= 4 stars
#15= 3 stars
#16= 4 stars
Overall rating of 3.5 stars
October 25, 2025
Story strands all over the place. Still wondering where that ice dragon came from and what it had to do with what else was happening. Also, a mob enforcer that looks like Killer Croc tries to collect a "debt" from Gambit. And then there was all the "dark artery" stuff. Not to mention the constant changeover of artists. This just wasn't a very unified or coherent collection.
January 4, 2026
live action gambit and rogue whennn
also omg calico and jitter !!! cuties. i really enjoy how the outliers are all so distinct in their powers (though ransom seems to just have sebastian shaw's absorption type strength?)
also omg calico and jitter !!! cuties. i really enjoy how the outliers are all so distinct in their powers (though ransom seems to just have sebastian shaw's absorption type strength?)
August 7, 2025
3,5 - 2025
August 16, 2025
Shirtless Remy, mutant history, X meaning Safety 😩
August 30, 2025
a very very good storyline and STUNNING ART!!!!!
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