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Mutant X #1-17
Mutant X: The Complete Collection, Vol. 1
When Alex Summers, A.K.A. Havok, is thrown into a parallel world, he displaces his counterpart and finds himself leading a mutant team with familiar — yet very different — faces! The Six are the Brute, the Fallen, Ice-Man, Bloodstorm and Marvel Woman — better known as Havok's wife, Madelyne Pryor! Life is suddenly a lot more complicated for Havok, especially because his teammates don't believe his claims about being in the wrong universe! But things really get messy when one of the Six puts plans in motion to take over their world — stoking the fires of anti-mutant sentiment! Witness this dimension's versions of Wolverine, Elektra, Nick Fury, Gambit, Magneto, the Fantastic Four and more! But where are the X-Men? And can Havok find a way home before this dangerous dimension becomes the death of him?
Collects Mutant X #1-17 and Annual 1999.
Collects Mutant X #1-17 and Annual 1999.
465 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 31, 2018
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November 17, 2018
A delightful alternate-reality X-comic from the (late) '90s that had been long lost. It's like they took Age of Apocalypse and tried to make a series of it (originally a limited series, but expanded beyond its original 12-issue count when it was successful).
The setup is really intriguing: it's never explicitly said, but it's a horror-show alternate reality of the Original 5: Angel is an Apocalyptic horror; Beast is the Creature from the Black Lagoon; Ice Man is a teeny frost giant; Jean Gray is replaced by the Goblin Queen; and Havoc is our Cyclops replacement. Then they threw in Storm because she had an obvious horror analogue: vampire turned by Dracula. And despite all that horror, the other big change for this world is that mutants aren't hated and feared. Wacky!
The first 12 issues are great because they give Maddy the Goblin Queen the spotlight that she was often denied in 616, because her whole going-bad schtick was too wrapped up in the editorially mandated return of Jean Gray. Here, she really gets 12 issues to shine and we get to see the reaction of her entire cast to her potentially going bad. (My only regret? That we don't get more of a focus on Havoc's feelings for Maddy given their tight connections between Fall of the Mutants and Inferno.)
Following the original 12-issue mini-series it's clear that Mackie doesn't entirely know where he's going, as everything gets thrown at the wall. The origin of Bloodstorm (#13) and the return of someone (#14) are both great issues, but then we get a big heel turn that takes away one of the things that defined this universe and instead turns it into yet another dystopia, while Mackie seems to loose track of some of his plotlines, like the introduction in #14. The big reveal in #17 may be him returning to form, as it better ties into the original issues than most of what came in between. It's a bit of a cliffhanger for ending the volume, but if it's an indication of what's to come next, I see why they included it here.
Looking forward to the other volume.
The setup is really intriguing: it's never explicitly said, but it's a horror-show alternate reality of the Original 5: Angel is an Apocalyptic horror; Beast is the Creature from the Black Lagoon; Ice Man is a teeny frost giant; Jean Gray is replaced by the Goblin Queen; and Havoc is our Cyclops replacement. Then they threw in Storm because she had an obvious horror analogue: vampire turned by Dracula. And despite all that horror, the other big change for this world is that mutants aren't hated and feared. Wacky!
The first 12 issues are great because they give Maddy the Goblin Queen the spotlight that she was often denied in 616, because her whole going-bad schtick was too wrapped up in the editorially mandated return of Jean Gray. Here, she really gets 12 issues to shine and we get to see the reaction of her entire cast to her potentially going bad. (My only regret? That we don't get more of a focus on Havoc's feelings for Maddy given their tight connections between Fall of the Mutants and Inferno.)
Following the original 12-issue mini-series it's clear that Mackie doesn't entirely know where he's going, as everything gets thrown at the wall. The origin of Bloodstorm (#13) and the return of someone (#14) are both great issues, but then we get a big heel turn that takes away one of the things that defined this universe and instead turns it into yet another dystopia, while Mackie seems to loose track of some of his plotlines, like the introduction in #14. The big reveal in #17 may be him returning to form, as it better ties into the original issues than most of what came in between. It's a bit of a cliffhanger for ending the volume, but if it's an indication of what's to come next, I see why they included it here.
Looking forward to the other volume.
January 19, 2022
65% | B- | Great
"All right bad guys, who's next?"
Okay, first, why is the cover so ugly? Why does Alex Summers look like he's been on an episode of Botched? What really doesn't make sense is the fact that the art isn't actually that bad, it's actually quite charming. Alex is an interesting character, and this book really manages to showcase his charm. The story is alright, being rather reminiscent of the Dark Phoenix story, but with Alex and Madelyne replacing Jean and Scott. It is a fun, alternate reality story which blends the familiar with the wacky in a decently written and illustrated way.
"All right bad guys, who's next?"
Alex Summers is thrown into a parallel universe where things are incredibly similar, and yet extremely different at the same time
Okay, first, why is the cover so ugly? Why does Alex Summers look like he's been on an episode of Botched? What really doesn't make sense is the fact that the art isn't actually that bad, it's actually quite charming. Alex is an interesting character, and this book really manages to showcase his charm. The story is alright, being rather reminiscent of the Dark Phoenix story, but with Alex and Madelyne replacing Jean and Scott. It is a fun, alternate reality story which blends the familiar with the wacky in a decently written and illustrated way.
January 22, 2025
With the possible exception of Batman, no comic series does alternate realities like the X-Men. (Age of Apocalypse, Days of Future Past.) This series isn't quite on that level, but it is very good. Havok ends up in the body of a Havok from an alternate reality where things are much different than his Earth. There's too many differences to get into here, but the characters are all derived from something that happened in the "real" Marvel Universe. For example, in this universe, Dracula turns Storm into a vampire where in the "real" universe she was freed. Beast's experiments on himself do more than give him blue fur. Angel never turns good again after becoming Archangel.
There's a lot more, but it all makes for a really interesting story. The creative team stays pretty consistent, which almost always helps. Overall one of the better X-Men spin offs.
There's a lot more, but it all makes for a really interesting story. The creative team stays pretty consistent, which almost always helps. Overall one of the better X-Men spin offs.
June 19, 2025
Updated Review from 2025 X-readthrough:
This book being written around the same time as Judd Winick's Exiles, Vol. 1: Down the Rabbit Hole does it now favors. The bite-sized alternate universe stories from Exiles, as part of a larger story, make for some fun What If? adventures. It's sort of the anti-Age Of Apocalypse alternate universe title. Not as dreary. Not as drawn out. And benefitting from a much smaller creative team.
Mutant X falls between those two titles with a tight focus on Havoc, from the main X-Men universe, and his adventures in an alternate timeline. The ideas behind the characters are interesting but the story slowly veers into an Inferno What If and it linger there way too long. I struggled not to flip through pages to get to the end.
I am going to bump it up a star because, while I didn't particularly enjoy it, it's a perfectly fine Marvel Fan's First Alternate Universe Tale. Mackie writes with a very 1980s Claremont style that holds the readers' hands in each issue and lets them know precisely what happened in previous issues, and what every character has ever though about anything ever.
I do think Havok fans might enjoy this, and I definitely think it would be a hit for people who think that the X-Men got too complicated after the end of Claremont's initial run.
***
Original 2022 review:
Mutant X was a series that came out when I wasn't following comics. It wasn't until I was rereading Unnatural Instincts a few years ago that I realized there was a whole series that followed Havok from his "death" to Evil Havok showing up in Havok's original body. I was pleasantly surprised when they reprinted the whole series in trades. It's been sitting on my shelf since then, just waiting to be read.
The first issue hooked me in a bit. There are dozens of alternate universe X-Men stories, and they're usually pretty underwhelming, a bad guy is now a hero, hero loses an arm and gets corrupted by Apocalypse, etc etc. I liked the tweaks in this however, Archangel was a brooding anti-hero called The Fallen, Beast had done so many experiments on himself that he'd become more like The Hulk than Beast or Dark Beast, Iceman had a power upgrade, and Madeline Pryor was The Goblin Queen again.
But none of the characters or dialogue stood out after their introduction, and the stories were just generic What Ifs that couldn't hold my attention.
If you love alternate universe stories, or if you just Absolutely Need to know what happened to Havok between when he "died" in X-Factor and when he turned up again in Uncanny X-Men and Exiles, then you should give this a chance. Otherwise, it's a shoulder shrug of a story.
This book being written around the same time as Judd Winick's Exiles, Vol. 1: Down the Rabbit Hole does it now favors. The bite-sized alternate universe stories from Exiles, as part of a larger story, make for some fun What If? adventures. It's sort of the anti-Age Of Apocalypse alternate universe title. Not as dreary. Not as drawn out. And benefitting from a much smaller creative team.
Mutant X falls between those two titles with a tight focus on Havoc, from the main X-Men universe, and his adventures in an alternate timeline. The ideas behind the characters are interesting but the story slowly veers into an Inferno What If and it linger there way too long. I struggled not to flip through pages to get to the end.
I am going to bump it up a star because, while I didn't particularly enjoy it, it's a perfectly fine Marvel Fan's First Alternate Universe Tale. Mackie writes with a very 1980s Claremont style that holds the readers' hands in each issue and lets them know precisely what happened in previous issues, and what every character has ever though about anything ever.
I do think Havok fans might enjoy this, and I definitely think it would be a hit for people who think that the X-Men got too complicated after the end of Claremont's initial run.
***
Original 2022 review:
Mutant X was a series that came out when I wasn't following comics. It wasn't until I was rereading Unnatural Instincts a few years ago that I realized there was a whole series that followed Havok from his "death" to Evil Havok showing up in Havok's original body. I was pleasantly surprised when they reprinted the whole series in trades. It's been sitting on my shelf since then, just waiting to be read.
The first issue hooked me in a bit. There are dozens of alternate universe X-Men stories, and they're usually pretty underwhelming, a bad guy is now a hero, hero loses an arm and gets corrupted by Apocalypse, etc etc. I liked the tweaks in this however, Archangel was a brooding anti-hero called The Fallen, Beast had done so many experiments on himself that he'd become more like The Hulk than Beast or Dark Beast, Iceman had a power upgrade, and Madeline Pryor was The Goblin Queen again.
But none of the characters or dialogue stood out after their introduction, and the stories were just generic What Ifs that couldn't hold my attention.
If you love alternate universe stories, or if you just Absolutely Need to know what happened to Havok between when he "died" in X-Factor and when he turned up again in Uncanny X-Men and Exiles, then you should give this a chance. Otherwise, it's a shoulder shrug of a story.
December 5, 2019
I read this back in the day, probably a year or so after the series ended. I remembered it being pretty good, so I was excited to pick up the collection when it came out. Having now reread it, it was...okay.
The main problem I have with this series, and this is the same comment I have for Book 2, is that nothing was really well-developed or coherent. It feels like Howard Mackie told the artists to come up with some horror-trope concepts for a darker alternate Earth and then half-assed a plot around it. That being said, it was kind of fun to see what they came up with. There were good issues, some even better than good, although I hesitate to say great. Most of it was by-the-numbers "what-if?" stuff and half-developed hack work. The narrative flow is extremely choppy, the pacing is awkward, and, let's face it, despite having decent artists most of the time, the sequential art is still heavily influenced by Nineties Extreme and therefore that much harder to follow.
At times, though, the character development is reasonably well done. Alex Summers is a good protagonist, the Brute-Iceman relationship is both sad and tender, and the relationship between Alex and his alternate-universe son develops nicely. It is also interesting to discover hints along with Alex about what a sleezebag his displaced counterpart apparently was. On the other hand, it doesn't all work: the Fallen is a one-note schemer, and Maddie's descent into the Goblin Queen was abrupt and poorly explained, and don't get me started on how her powers were supposed to work. Secondary characters and cameos were mostly just cannon fodder and "look at how clever our re-imaginings are" with little time dedicated to them.
Mutant X is not a bad series; God knows that there are worse X-books out there. Neither is it a revelation. It has good parts and bad parts, and I think it is worth reading if you like Havok, alternate universe stories, or late-90s/early 2000s X-Men in general. But it does have the distinct flaws of sloppy plotting and uneven characterization, which I suppose one should expect from a Howard Mackie project.
The main problem I have with this series, and this is the same comment I have for Book 2, is that nothing was really well-developed or coherent. It feels like Howard Mackie told the artists to come up with some horror-trope concepts for a darker alternate Earth and then half-assed a plot around it. That being said, it was kind of fun to see what they came up with. There were good issues, some even better than good, although I hesitate to say great. Most of it was by-the-numbers "what-if?" stuff and half-developed hack work. The narrative flow is extremely choppy, the pacing is awkward, and, let's face it, despite having decent artists most of the time, the sequential art is still heavily influenced by Nineties Extreme and therefore that much harder to follow.
At times, though, the character development is reasonably well done. Alex Summers is a good protagonist, the Brute-Iceman relationship is both sad and tender, and the relationship between Alex and his alternate-universe son develops nicely. It is also interesting to discover hints along with Alex about what a sleezebag his displaced counterpart apparently was. On the other hand, it doesn't all work: the Fallen is a one-note schemer, and Maddie's descent into the Goblin Queen was abrupt and poorly explained, and don't get me started on how her powers were supposed to work. Secondary characters and cameos were mostly just cannon fodder and "look at how clever our re-imaginings are" with little time dedicated to them.
Mutant X is not a bad series; God knows that there are worse X-books out there. Neither is it a revelation. It has good parts and bad parts, and I think it is worth reading if you like Havok, alternate universe stories, or late-90s/early 2000s X-Men in general. But it does have the distinct flaws of sloppy plotting and uneven characterization, which I suppose one should expect from a Howard Mackie project.
May 27, 2020
X-Men Vs. Apocalypse: The Twelve OmnibusSo, let's get real, this is a bad book.
At one point in my life, this may have been one of my "faves." And I remember reading that first issue more than once.
But really, really, really, really, this is just a long, sloppy what-if more than anything. Well, actually, a series of what-ifs as the book keeps jumping big bads and premises. In this book, it turns out the Goblin Queen is evil and only can stop her with mysterious power and a pure heart. Then there's a second villain, maybe? Or is that all in the next book.
But the characters do an incredible amount of showing and no telling. In the first issue, every character describes their origin out loud. Warren Worthington as "The Fallen" seems to tell everyone over and over again that he's evil and has secret evil plans. (He . . . doesn't?)
And there's actually a real reluctance to accept consequences. In one issue, regains his intelligence, in the next he dies off-panel, and then he's alive and dumb again in the next.
And then there's just a total inability to hold onto internal logic. Do clones melt? Because didn't?
Does the Goblin Queen want to work in secret?
Can the Goblin Queen use her powers to make anyone work for her?
Is Havok secretly trying to fit in?
Can the Goblin Queen read Havok's mind? If so, then she shouldn't be surprised. If not, then what's going on?
Basically, Mackie needed to edit this. You just have to start from the premise that the Goblin Queen as been secretly corrupting and tormenting the Six including Alex. But Alex's mindswap ruins it. And she needs all of their powers for some villanous ex machina device like in The Twelve or the 90's X-Men cartoon's Beyond Good and Evil. X-Men Vs. Apocalypse: The Twelve Omnibus
At one point in my life, this may have been one of my "faves." And I remember reading that first issue more than once.
But really, really, really, really, this is just a long, sloppy what-if more than anything. Well, actually, a series of what-ifs as the book keeps jumping big bads and premises. In this book, it turns out the Goblin Queen is evil and only can stop her with mysterious power and a pure heart. Then there's a second villain, maybe? Or is that all in the next book.
But the characters do an incredible amount of showing and no telling. In the first issue, every character describes their origin out loud. Warren Worthington as "The Fallen" seems to tell everyone over and over again that he's evil and has secret evil plans. (He . . . doesn't?)
And there's actually a real reluctance to accept consequences. In one issue, regains his intelligence, in the next he dies off-panel, and then he's alive and dumb again in the next.
And then there's just a total inability to hold onto internal logic. Do clones melt? Because didn't?
Does the Goblin Queen want to work in secret?
Can the Goblin Queen use her powers to make anyone work for her?
Is Havok secretly trying to fit in?
Can the Goblin Queen read Havok's mind? If so, then she shouldn't be surprised. If not, then what's going on?
Basically, Mackie needed to edit this. You just have to start from the premise that the Goblin Queen as been secretly corrupting and tormenting the Six including Alex. But Alex's mindswap ruins it. And she needs all of their powers for some villanous ex machina device like in The Twelve or the 90's X-Men cartoon's Beyond Good and Evil. X-Men Vs. Apocalypse: The Twelve Omnibus
July 20, 2021
Alex Summers é um X-man do segundo escalão, não há muita dúvida sobre isso, afinal ele é irmão do Ciclope - um dos grandes X-man da história - e é chato ser o irmão à sombra do outro, então o Alex tá sempre naquela coisa de se provar e o monte de merda que decorre disso.
Mas "o que aconteceria se" o Ciclope não existisse?
Isso é o que descobrimos no Mutant X.
O Alex Summers da 616 "morre" - mas passa bem - num acidente com uma máquina do tempo, por motivos não muito bem explicados, a consciência dele acaba num outro Alex Summers de outra Terra (1298); uma Terra sem Ciclope.
Lá, o Alex Summers é fodão, um dos líderes mutantes, furou o olho do Reed Richards, casou com a Madelyne Pryor (a Mulher Marvel de lá), tem um filho (o pequeno Scotty), emprega a Elektra como babá, mandou os X-men à merda e montou o próprio grupo de mutantes heróis - Os Seis (em inglês é Six porque é o único número com X) - com uma galera da pesada: o Caído, versão demoníaca do Anjo refeito pelo Apocalipse; Tempestade de Sangue, a vampira mais barra pesada desse lado da Transilvânia; o Bruto, uma versão verde e mais animalesca do Fera; Homem de Gelo, com seus poderes descontrolados por causa do Loki, e, claro, o primeiro casal mutante, Alex Summers e Madelyne Pryor.
Aparentemente, não tem o ódio mutante tão comum na 616, as coisas parecem um pouco melhores e vai que é a hora do Alex brilhar, porém o cara casou com a Madelyne Pryor, como toda história em que essa mina aparece, ela vira, literalmente, um demônio. Uma Goblin Queen, inclusive. E aí a porca torce o rabo e vai ladeira abaixo até o mais fundo brejo.
No caminho, passamos por um Quarteto Fantástico sem poderes, mas com armaduras; um exército de clones do Aranha-Homem; um Nick Fury psicopata e racista; o Arraia e a Jaqueta Amarela como os grandes Vingadores, sério, o Arraia - pior só se aparecesse o Doutor Druida -; Wolverine, Dentes de Sabre e Selvagem peladões na neve canadense; um Doc Samson meio burro; um Doutor Coisa Estranha; um Magneto e uns X-men meio diferentões; um Capitão América desiludido e por aí vai.
Não é um novo clássico, nem nada, mas é bem feitinho.
A história é bacaninha, não tem aquela pressa toda que geralmente essas histórias alternativas tem, a arte é noventeira, mas sem pochetes e armas gigantes, eu diria que é um gibi divertido e inofensivo.
Mas fica uma pergunta: alguém já ouviu falar numa tal de Goblin Force?
Mas "o que aconteceria se" o Ciclope não existisse?
Isso é o que descobrimos no Mutant X.
O Alex Summers da 616 "morre" - mas passa bem - num acidente com uma máquina do tempo, por motivos não muito bem explicados, a consciência dele acaba num outro Alex Summers de outra Terra (1298); uma Terra sem Ciclope.
Lá, o Alex Summers é fodão, um dos líderes mutantes, furou o olho do Reed Richards, casou com a Madelyne Pryor (a Mulher Marvel de lá), tem um filho (o pequeno Scotty), emprega a Elektra como babá, mandou os X-men à merda e montou o próprio grupo de mutantes heróis - Os Seis (em inglês é Six porque é o único número com X) - com uma galera da pesada: o Caído, versão demoníaca do Anjo refeito pelo Apocalipse; Tempestade de Sangue, a vampira mais barra pesada desse lado da Transilvânia; o Bruto, uma versão verde e mais animalesca do Fera; Homem de Gelo, com seus poderes descontrolados por causa do Loki, e, claro, o primeiro casal mutante, Alex Summers e Madelyne Pryor.
Aparentemente, não tem o ódio mutante tão comum na 616, as coisas parecem um pouco melhores e vai que é a hora do Alex brilhar, porém o cara casou com a Madelyne Pryor, como toda história em que essa mina aparece, ela vira, literalmente, um demônio. Uma Goblin Queen, inclusive. E aí a porca torce o rabo e vai ladeira abaixo até o mais fundo brejo.
No caminho, passamos por um Quarteto Fantástico sem poderes, mas com armaduras; um exército de clones do Aranha-Homem; um Nick Fury psicopata e racista; o Arraia e a Jaqueta Amarela como os grandes Vingadores, sério, o Arraia - pior só se aparecesse o Doutor Druida -; Wolverine, Dentes de Sabre e Selvagem peladões na neve canadense; um Doc Samson meio burro; um Doutor Coisa Estranha; um Magneto e uns X-men meio diferentões; um Capitão América desiludido e por aí vai.
Não é um novo clássico, nem nada, mas é bem feitinho.
A história é bacaninha, não tem aquela pressa toda que geralmente essas histórias alternativas tem, a arte é noventeira, mas sem pochetes e armas gigantes, eu diria que é um gibi divertido e inofensivo.
Mas fica uma pergunta: alguém já ouviu falar numa tal de Goblin Force?
March 29, 2021
Back when these issues came out, I only read about the first 10 issues and never got around to finishing it. I could never help but be disappointed when Tom Raney left. His art was a major draw. The most regular fill-in and later the main artist was Cary Nord. His stuff grew on me after I got over Raney leaving.
The story is interesting without being mind-blowing. Marvel decided on a creative way to get Havok off the X-Factor book by sticking him in another dimension. The character design for main characters is really solid. But it puts all other characters created for this series to shame. The new team is called "the Six". And the stand-out characters as far as design are Ice-man, Brute, and Bloodstorm. Now there were character costumes created by artists other than Raney and characters like Elektra, Captain America, and Cyclops have some really stupid designs. And along with the poor design comes some clumsy writing. At one point in time Havok is working along with the Six, and then he just isn't. Instead he is on the road, running away from them. The transitions are jarring between major plot points and the wrap-up to the initial story arc where the group defeats the Goblin Queen is anticlimactic and really doesn't make much sense. To sum it up, most of the writing is clumsy and sad.
So why do I still kind of like it? I think it's really all about the concept. This, unlike a lot of other Marvel superhero stories really just stands on it's own. I mean it helps that you know that Reed Richards in the main Marvel Universe is a hero to appreciate that it's at least interesting that he is evil in this story. But even if you didn't know that it stands well on it's own. You don't really need to read anything else or hunt for missing cross-over issues, because this is all there is.
The story is interesting without being mind-blowing. Marvel decided on a creative way to get Havok off the X-Factor book by sticking him in another dimension. The character design for main characters is really solid. But it puts all other characters created for this series to shame. The new team is called "the Six". And the stand-out characters as far as design are Ice-man, Brute, and Bloodstorm. Now there were character costumes created by artists other than Raney and characters like Elektra, Captain America, and Cyclops have some really stupid designs. And along with the poor design comes some clumsy writing. At one point in time Havok is working along with the Six, and then he just isn't. Instead he is on the road, running away from them. The transitions are jarring between major plot points and the wrap-up to the initial story arc where the group defeats the Goblin Queen is anticlimactic and really doesn't make much sense. To sum it up, most of the writing is clumsy and sad.
So why do I still kind of like it? I think it's really all about the concept. This, unlike a lot of other Marvel superhero stories really just stands on it's own. I mean it helps that you know that Reed Richards in the main Marvel Universe is a hero to appreciate that it's at least interesting that he is evil in this story. But even if you didn't know that it stands well on it's own. You don't really need to read anything else or hunt for missing cross-over issues, because this is all there is.
November 28, 2021
The series flounders after the first 12-issues. But it's essentially an alternate earth story where Havoc survives the fateful plane crash and is the main leader of a team of mutants, instead of Cyclops.
#12 is an EXCELLENT issue with Magneto's X-men facing off with Havok's team. It's got people from across the Marvel Universe re-imagined (as did earlier issues), but Cary Nord's art shines. The epilogue at the of the issue is a lot of fun (especially with the cliffhanger where Havok remembers his death in a parallel universe. "Shiver up the spine" ending).
#12 is an EXCELLENT issue with Magneto's X-men facing off with Havok's team. It's got people from across the Marvel Universe re-imagined (as did earlier issues), but Cary Nord's art shines. The epilogue at the of the issue is a lot of fun (especially with the cliffhanger where Havok remembers his death in a parallel universe. "Shiver up the spine" ending).
October 9, 2021
If memory serves, this story happened when Alex left the X-Men (not sure why). This is before he came back in Grant Morrison's New X-Men run with the nurse who found him, Annie and her child, Carter.
This series was fun for the first 12 issues as I love the Goblin Queen. The art is fun but gets hokey after first arc. I personally own the whole series and can't seem to get rid of them. Reminds me of reading X-Statix (X-Force) or Madman.
This series was fun for the first 12 issues as I love the Goblin Queen. The art is fun but gets hokey after first arc. I personally own the whole series and can't seem to get rid of them. Reminds me of reading X-Statix (X-Force) or Madman.
November 10, 2019
Havok, well the Summers bros were always a favorite of mine amongst the x-men books. This gives Havok his time to shine and a team of his own to lead that is darker versions of a lot of your favorite X-men.
This is a fun collection of about half of the first run of Mutant X. Would recommend to any X-fan.
This is a fun collection of about half of the first run of Mutant X. Would recommend to any X-fan.
July 19, 2025
I really like this title because it kept to itself. There were no crossover stories. Just a cool elseworlds-type story where the 616 Havok was a man out of time and forced to adapt to a world of familiar names and faces, but alien personalities.
June 16, 2022
Surprising
I really understand why a 12 issues miniseries was picked to become regular... The quality is astonishing, and the plot is uncanny.
I really understand why a 12 issues miniseries was picked to become regular... The quality is astonishing, and the plot is uncanny.
November 29, 2024
Great alternate Madelyne Pryor storyline
Awesome alternate universe storyline. Love the new version of Madelyne Pryor. Love that she is with Havok in this universe.
Awesome alternate universe storyline. Love the new version of Madelyne Pryor. Love that she is with Havok in this universe.
February 13, 2021
My co-host on Comic Book Coffee Break was reading this and keeping me updated weekly. It was such a bananas story that I had to read it for myself. The initial 12 issues provide a compelling alternate narrative for the X-Men universe and I was genuinely curious as to where it would lead. (The remaining issues felt like spinning wheels.)
While I can't say that I particularly enjoyed this, it was oddly compelling. I think it's worth the read.
Listen in to our conversation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jqRO...
While I can't say that I particularly enjoyed this, it was oddly compelling. I think it's worth the read.
Listen in to our conversation here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jqRO...
December 3, 2018
Continuing the great X-read of 2017/18...
I had heard so many good things about this series that I figured that I had to read it even though it doesn't affect X-continuity in any huge way (other than a recent character appearance in the regular universe of a character from this series...). I have to say, though, that so far I am really underwhelmed.
The story doesn't feel like it ever had a clear narrative arc planned out (even though it was originally pitched as a 12 issue story...) and spends much of its time jumping around throwing everything at the narrative wall until something sticks. But nothing really does. The world that Havok is thrown into just feels empty and not well thought-out. There isn't enough world-building to feel like it is more than paper-thin and so many of the characters just seem like bad clichés of dystopian alternate reality storytelling.
I think I will probably skip volume 2 of the series when it releases. This one certainly did not leave me wanting more...
I had heard so many good things about this series that I figured that I had to read it even though it doesn't affect X-continuity in any huge way (other than a recent character appearance in the regular universe of a character from this series...). I have to say, though, that so far I am really underwhelmed.
The story doesn't feel like it ever had a clear narrative arc planned out (even though it was originally pitched as a 12 issue story...) and spends much of its time jumping around throwing everything at the narrative wall until something sticks. But nothing really does. The world that Havok is thrown into just feels empty and not well thought-out. There isn't enough world-building to feel like it is more than paper-thin and so many of the characters just seem like bad clichés of dystopian alternate reality storytelling.
I think I will probably skip volume 2 of the series when it releases. This one certainly did not leave me wanting more...
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