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Fallen Angels (1987) #1-8
X-Men: Fallen Angels
Teen mutants struggling to survive on their own! Madrox and Siryn! Sunspot and Warlock! The Vanisher and Boom-Boom! Mix these six unlikely allies with Devil Dinosaur, cyborg lobsters and some teenage runaways, and you've got the Fallen Angels! What wonders await these strange heroes of Beat Street in the paradise of Coconut Grove? Witness one of the most bizarre X-Men adventures of all time! Collecting FALLEN ANGELS (1987) #1-8.
208 pages, Paperback
First published August 17, 2011
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April 10, 2025
Fallen Angel #1-8, pretty pointless adventure but does have first key roles for Jamie Madrox and Siryn, as well as including the Vanisher, Boom Boom, Sunspot, Moon Boy, Devil Dinosaur and debuts for seldom used Chance, Ariel and Gomi. Just a Two Star, 4 out of 12.
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December 15, 2019
At the time, Fallen Angels was the fourth X-Men book, following Uncanny X-Men, New Mutants, and X-Factor, and it was a pretty delightful one that foreshadowed a lot of what would happen in the line.
The core idea of "The Misfits" clearly differentiated Fallen Angels from the rest of the line, as it was not only about wacky characters, but also about wacky adventures. The inclusion of characters like Gomi (and his lobsters) and Ariel and Chance really made the book distinctive as did adventures in the Valley of Flame and the Coconut Grove. Yes, the other X-books might have verged on technicolor at times (especially X-Factor), but Fallen Angels fully embraced it.
Many fans saw Fallen Angels as a New Mutants spin-off thanks to the inclusion of Sunspot and Warlock, but in retrospect the real joy was the introduction of Siryn and Madrox into wider circulation, after being the folks at Muir Island for too long. Madrox's use here is particularly interesting, as we get one of his dupes generating its own personality for the first-time (meanwhile, seeing Siryn in a less-heroic group certainly foreshadows X-Force).
The biggest weakness of this comic is its plotting. Almost the whole mini-series is spent getting the group together, leaving just a few issues for the battle at the Coconut Grove. If this had been a full comic, that might have been fine, but as a mini-series it's somewhat lacking, like we get the introduction, and then never really get to see the group in action. (I surely wasn't the only one hoping for more of the Fallen Angels in the '80s, but alas this is it.)
This comic trends toward 3.5 stars, certainly better than average.
The core idea of "The Misfits" clearly differentiated Fallen Angels from the rest of the line, as it was not only about wacky characters, but also about wacky adventures. The inclusion of characters like Gomi (and his lobsters) and Ariel and Chance really made the book distinctive as did adventures in the Valley of Flame and the Coconut Grove. Yes, the other X-books might have verged on technicolor at times (especially X-Factor), but Fallen Angels fully embraced it.
Many fans saw Fallen Angels as a New Mutants spin-off thanks to the inclusion of Sunspot and Warlock, but in retrospect the real joy was the introduction of Siryn and Madrox into wider circulation, after being the folks at Muir Island for too long. Madrox's use here is particularly interesting, as we get one of his dupes generating its own personality for the first-time (meanwhile, seeing Siryn in a less-heroic group certainly foreshadows X-Force).
The biggest weakness of this comic is its plotting. Almost the whole mini-series is spent getting the group together, leaving just a few issues for the battle at the Coconut Grove. If this had been a full comic, that might have been fine, but as a mini-series it's somewhat lacking, like we get the introduction, and then never really get to see the group in action. (I surely wasn't the only one hoping for more of the Fallen Angels in the '80s, but alas this is it.)
This comic trends toward 3.5 stars, certainly better than average.
July 13, 2020
What do you get when you take Sunspot & Warlock from the New Mutants and X-Factor Trainee Boom-Boom with Devil Dinosaur & Moon Boy and a couple of sentient cyborg lobsters? Hijinxs & shenanigans galore! Fallen Angels is one of the weirdest, non-sensical comics to come out of Marvel and it surprisingly holds up fairly well all these years later. One problem that it does suffer from is a that the rotating artists from issue to issue (or chapter to chapter in this collected format) is a bit distracting. While each artist contributes a delightful unique perspective, it is a little jarring to be switching between so many variations of the same characters in so sort a span of time.
January 6, 2022
I had very fond memories of this odd New Mutants spin-off, and fortunately revisiting it most of them held up. My memories were of a gentler, friendlier and quirkier take on the basic X-Men template, and that’s pretty much what you get. In many ways it’s ahead of its time - there’s an all-ages vibe which makes Fallen Angels feel like a 2010s Boom! series that happens to be using then-obscure Marvel characters.
Even then some of the characters feel like they’ve wandered in from different pitches. Take the new characters Chance and Ariel: Chance is a violent runaway from a very thinly disguised Unification Church who’s become a gritty street thief. Ariel is a flighty alien with hand-waved space bending powers and rococo New Wave dress sense. The charm and oddness of Fallen Angels is that these two are in the same comic as best friends, but that the tone of the storytelling (urban-serious vs widescreen-goofy) doesn’t make any effort to settle down, at least at first. The cover of issue 2 has Sunspot howling his angst at a giant crucifix; next month it’s Boom-Boom making a getaway through a magic space cupboard.
At the centre of Fallen Angels is a throwaway New Mutants idea - what makes Warlock a mutant isn’t his shapeshifting powers but the fact he can make friends. Fallen Angels embraces that wider concept of mutation as rejection of societal expectations - the story starts with Sunspot hurting his best friend and deciding that therefore he must be a villain. (Which is boneheaded but not out of keeping with 80s Bobby DaCosta, a character pretty much defined by his obsession with heroic role models to replace his awful Dad.) He ends up hanging out with a group of misfits - the series’ original title - who have mostly also rejected or been rejected by their families and communities because of their attitudes not their powers.
There’s a lot of potential in this idea - it mixes the structural alienation at the core of the mutant metaphor with the experience of individual alienation - but it does rather leave open the question of what this group actually do and what drives the stories. The series deals with this by bolting on a plot which forces a conclusion/teachable moment (and allows for a bit of action) but for much of the series Fallen Angels is an oasis of pleasantly chill, broad-brush character stuff.
It’s a shame the execution is so variable - Kerry Gammill and Tom Palmer only manage 5 of 8 issues, and the whiplash between their down to earth detail and Joe Staton’s cartoony vibrancy is a lot. The pacing of the story is sloppy too, with almost all the central character conflicts barely resolved (Issues 1-7: Am I a terrible person? Issue 8: Lol no bye).
Even so there’s enough here for me to be happy my memory didn’t entirely cheat - and some characters who deserve another look: Chance’s issues with their gender and (maybe) sexuality feel very unexpected in a 1987 Marvel comic, for instance. Hard to claim this series’ potential was exactly missed, but easy to be pleased the Nocenti-era X-Office gave it a go.
Even then some of the characters feel like they’ve wandered in from different pitches. Take the new characters Chance and Ariel: Chance is a violent runaway from a very thinly disguised Unification Church who’s become a gritty street thief. Ariel is a flighty alien with hand-waved space bending powers and rococo New Wave dress sense. The charm and oddness of Fallen Angels is that these two are in the same comic as best friends, but that the tone of the storytelling (urban-serious vs widescreen-goofy) doesn’t make any effort to settle down, at least at first. The cover of issue 2 has Sunspot howling his angst at a giant crucifix; next month it’s Boom-Boom making a getaway through a magic space cupboard.
At the centre of Fallen Angels is a throwaway New Mutants idea - what makes Warlock a mutant isn’t his shapeshifting powers but the fact he can make friends. Fallen Angels embraces that wider concept of mutation as rejection of societal expectations - the story starts with Sunspot hurting his best friend and deciding that therefore he must be a villain. (Which is boneheaded but not out of keeping with 80s Bobby DaCosta, a character pretty much defined by his obsession with heroic role models to replace his awful Dad.) He ends up hanging out with a group of misfits - the series’ original title - who have mostly also rejected or been rejected by their families and communities because of their attitudes not their powers.
There’s a lot of potential in this idea - it mixes the structural alienation at the core of the mutant metaphor with the experience of individual alienation - but it does rather leave open the question of what this group actually do and what drives the stories. The series deals with this by bolting on a plot which forces a conclusion/teachable moment (and allows for a bit of action) but for much of the series Fallen Angels is an oasis of pleasantly chill, broad-brush character stuff.
It’s a shame the execution is so variable - Kerry Gammill and Tom Palmer only manage 5 of 8 issues, and the whiplash between their down to earth detail and Joe Staton’s cartoony vibrancy is a lot. The pacing of the story is sloppy too, with almost all the central character conflicts barely resolved (Issues 1-7: Am I a terrible person? Issue 8: Lol no bye).
Even so there’s enough here for me to be happy my memory didn’t entirely cheat - and some characters who deserve another look: Chance’s issues with their gender and (maybe) sexuality feel very unexpected in a 1987 Marvel comic, for instance. Hard to claim this series’ potential was exactly missed, but easy to be pleased the Nocenti-era X-Office gave it a go.
September 1, 2022
(Zero spoiler review)
A nothing story, filled with nothing characters doing nothing of interest. I read this as one of the many uninteresting and (with the exception of completionism) unnecessary stories in the New Mutants omnibus volume 2. Sunspot had been drifting further and further from my interest over the course of the book. Mainly because Claremont decided to turn him from a moderately well rounded character into a whiny little twat. Sure, he was always somewhere near the bottom when it came to ranking my favourite New Mutants, so if a character was going to get treated thusly, I'm glad it wasn't Danielle Moon Star or Illyana Rasputin. So whether this book was an attempt by Marvel to flesh out the impetuousness of Sunspot? Whether it was a failing character being farmed out to another creator to have a whack at? Either way, I certainly hope it wasn't meant to restore reader's interest in the increasingly one dimensional character, because if so, someone is going to have to take the L on that one. This was a pointless two issue arc, that could have been pushed to four if you really had to, instead stretched to breaking point at eight issues. It was boring, bloated and a dumping ground for has been and never will be characters whom I have no interest in ever hearing from again. Not without a complete one eighty in characterisation anyway.
The art was this books only strong suit, despite having a merry go round of creators coming and going over eight issues. Is it really that difficult for someone to commit to eight issues? Maybe they'd committed but then read the script and promptly noped out. It was better than most of what we'd gotten on the rest of the omnibus thus far, at least, in the art department that is.
Either way, this is a story that is for the serious completionist only, and even then, I wouldn't actually suggest reading it. I really don't know why this exists? 2/5
OmniBen.
A nothing story, filled with nothing characters doing nothing of interest. I read this as one of the many uninteresting and (with the exception of completionism) unnecessary stories in the New Mutants omnibus volume 2. Sunspot had been drifting further and further from my interest over the course of the book. Mainly because Claremont decided to turn him from a moderately well rounded character into a whiny little twat. Sure, he was always somewhere near the bottom when it came to ranking my favourite New Mutants, so if a character was going to get treated thusly, I'm glad it wasn't Danielle Moon Star or Illyana Rasputin. So whether this book was an attempt by Marvel to flesh out the impetuousness of Sunspot? Whether it was a failing character being farmed out to another creator to have a whack at? Either way, I certainly hope it wasn't meant to restore reader's interest in the increasingly one dimensional character, because if so, someone is going to have to take the L on that one. This was a pointless two issue arc, that could have been pushed to four if you really had to, instead stretched to breaking point at eight issues. It was boring, bloated and a dumping ground for has been and never will be characters whom I have no interest in ever hearing from again. Not without a complete one eighty in characterisation anyway.
The art was this books only strong suit, despite having a merry go round of creators coming and going over eight issues. Is it really that difficult for someone to commit to eight issues? Maybe they'd committed but then read the script and promptly noped out. It was better than most of what we'd gotten on the rest of the omnibus thus far, at least, in the art department that is.
Either way, this is a story that is for the serious completionist only, and even then, I wouldn't actually suggest reading it. I really don't know why this exists? 2/5
OmniBen.
December 9, 2023
Pros:
-fun cast of characters
-boom boom
-chance is cool
-costumes and outfits
-street thugs in heeled boots
-coconut grove
-different powers than the usual
-accurate rep of moody teens
-the Multiple Man storyline
Cons:
-accurate rep of moody teens gets a little annoying at times
-sunspot is particularly frustrating
-slow moving
-changing artists halfway through was jarring
-the ending of the Multiple Man storyline
-the characters' development overall was a bit forced
-very little actual New Mutants facetime
It was fun, a little absurd, and worth the read.
-fun cast of characters
-boom boom
-chance is cool
-costumes and outfits
-street thugs in heeled boots
-coconut grove
-different powers than the usual
-accurate rep of moody teens
-the Multiple Man storyline
Cons:
-accurate rep of moody teens gets a little annoying at times
-sunspot is particularly frustrating
-slow moving
-changing artists halfway through was jarring
-the ending of the Multiple Man storyline
-the characters' development overall was a bit forced
-very little actual New Mutants facetime
It was fun, a little absurd, and worth the read.
November 27, 2013
One of the more interesting X-Spinoffs of the mid-80s. Sunspot leaves the New Mutants in a huff, and Warlock goes with him. Siryn and Multiple Man go looking for them, and they meet a mishmash of minor mutants and brand-new characters calling themselves the "Fallen Angels." The stories are lots of fun and the art is really cool.
Sunspot was always a bit too whiny for my tastes, but he does undergo some character growth in this book. Warlock is always a blast, and I love the campy tone and the creative art for him. Seeing some development of Multiple Man and Siryn is really nice too. Old-school Boom-Boom is a little bit one-dimensional, but she does have some great moments. RIYL X-Factor, X-Force, New Mutants.
Sunspot was always a bit too whiny for my tastes, but he does undergo some character growth in this book. Warlock is always a blast, and I love the campy tone and the creative art for him. Seeing some development of Multiple Man and Siryn is really nice too. Old-school Boom-Boom is a little bit one-dimensional, but she does have some great moments. RIYL X-Factor, X-Force, New Mutants.
September 11, 2016
While not one of the better know stories of the new mutants it is by far one of my favorite little known stories. I remember reading it when I was younger and I did not realize then what it would mean to me now to have a story that was just fun. A story about facing yourself and your mistakes and who you are at the tender young teenage years that are the time when you find yourself and are so important.
Somewhere I still have the original eight issues and I cherish them as I do all my comics from my younger days.
Somewhere I still have the original eight issues and I cherish them as I do all my comics from my younger days.
February 15, 2019
Collects Fallen Angels #1-8 (April - November, 1987) and some supplemental material. An odd little aside from the main New Mutants storyline. Sunspot and Warlock run away from the New Mutants, Siryn and Jamie Madrox (peripheral to the X-men stories)follow and they all join the Fallen Angels who are later joined by Boom Boom (peripheral figure in the X-Factor stories). Add in Devil Dinosaur and Moonboy (who really don't do much), a couple of cybernetic lobsters and well....just never goes anywhere.
June 13, 2023
Reprints Fallen Angels #1-8 (April 1987-November 1987). When a soccer game between the New Mutants accidentally gets out of hand, Bobby puts Sam in the hospital. Feeling his friends have turned on him, Bobby runs away to New York City with Warlock in tow and Siryn and Madrox the Multiple Man trying to convince them to return. When Bobby encounters a group of runaway homeless kids with powers called the Fallen Angels, he finds himself living at the Beat Street Club. Something is strange within the Fallen Angels, powers seem to break and there could be a traitor among the Angels that could bring them all down.
Written by Joe Duffy, X-Men: Fallen Angels is a Marvel Comics collection. The eight issue limited series features art by Kerry Gammill, Marie Severin, and Joe Staton and features supplemental material from Marvel Age.
I got the Fallen Angel series shortly after it was released. I liked the weirdness and very ‘’80s nature of the series. As a fan of the New Mutants, the addition of core characters Warlock and Bobby were a plus, but throw in Devil Dinosaur and superhuman lobsters, and Fallen Angels is a weird must-read.
The series has a lot of intentional absurdity along the lines Grant Morrison’s Doom Patrol, but not as extreme. The basic plot is still a comic book plot with the outcast runaways trying to find their place in the world and battling an unseen threat to their existence. The arching story is probably the weakest part of X-Men: Fallen Angels in that it is pretty basic.
The real strength of the series is the character choices. Sunspot was always a secondary character in New Mutants and Warlock was a stand-out because of his strange design and look. The Vanisher was tapped to play a Fagin-esque “father” to the runaways while both Madrox and Siryn hadn’t had much solo time at the release. Devil Dinosaur and Moonboy were relatively untouched since Kirby’s creation and it was also good to see them back. Boom-Boom first appeared in Secret Wars II but was quickly picked up by X-Factor. The new characters of Ariel, Chance, Gomi, Don, and Bill were all really odd and different…and as a whole, the book gets surreal.
The comics are also very rooted in the 1980s which could be a problem for some modern readers. The texts are lengthy and the costumes are ’80s extreme with bright colors, big shoulder pads and strange sunglasses. It is almost a parody of the 1980s versus any type of reality.
X-Men: Fallen Angels is a fun and quick limited series. It has some very tangential ties to New Mutants and sets up some future storylines for characters like Siryn and Madrox, but it largely is standalone. Unfortunately since its release, there haven’t been too many appearances of the characters created for the series, but I always welcome an appearance. Long live the Beat Street Club!
Written by Joe Duffy, X-Men: Fallen Angels is a Marvel Comics collection. The eight issue limited series features art by Kerry Gammill, Marie Severin, and Joe Staton and features supplemental material from Marvel Age.
I got the Fallen Angel series shortly after it was released. I liked the weirdness and very ‘’80s nature of the series. As a fan of the New Mutants, the addition of core characters Warlock and Bobby were a plus, but throw in Devil Dinosaur and superhuman lobsters, and Fallen Angels is a weird must-read.
The series has a lot of intentional absurdity along the lines Grant Morrison’s Doom Patrol, but not as extreme. The basic plot is still a comic book plot with the outcast runaways trying to find their place in the world and battling an unseen threat to their existence. The arching story is probably the weakest part of X-Men: Fallen Angels in that it is pretty basic.
The real strength of the series is the character choices. Sunspot was always a secondary character in New Mutants and Warlock was a stand-out because of his strange design and look. The Vanisher was tapped to play a Fagin-esque “father” to the runaways while both Madrox and Siryn hadn’t had much solo time at the release. Devil Dinosaur and Moonboy were relatively untouched since Kirby’s creation and it was also good to see them back. Boom-Boom first appeared in Secret Wars II but was quickly picked up by X-Factor. The new characters of Ariel, Chance, Gomi, Don, and Bill were all really odd and different…and as a whole, the book gets surreal.
The comics are also very rooted in the 1980s which could be a problem for some modern readers. The texts are lengthy and the costumes are ’80s extreme with bright colors, big shoulder pads and strange sunglasses. It is almost a parody of the 1980s versus any type of reality.
X-Men: Fallen Angels is a fun and quick limited series. It has some very tangential ties to New Mutants and sets up some future storylines for characters like Siryn and Madrox, but it largely is standalone. Unfortunately since its release, there haven’t been too many appearances of the characters created for the series, but I always welcome an appearance. Long live the Beat Street Club!
December 26, 2022
What a weird book! I read this because it fell in line with where I was at in my reading of the original New Mutants run (around issue #50, give or take). We see Bobby and Warlock leave the team and go it on their own. They are not my favorite New Mutants to begin with, and this story doesn't really even focus so much on them as it does the remainder of the Fallen Angels. There are a lot of loose ends, and a whole lot of weirdness throughout this book!
The positives... we get to see Siryn early on in her career, same with Madrix (never read much of him in X-Factor or any other title for that matter). We also get to meet Devil Dinosaur, who is somewhat popular nowadays. The art was decent throughout!
The negatives, pretty much everything else... Vanisher was over done and annoying. Chance, same. Ariel was okay, kind of interesting, but her whole vibe gave a Dazzler knockoff feel. Moon Boy was just weird. The team never gelled, and the story was WAY too long to enjoy it.
I'd recommend skipping this one unless you are a Sunspot or Warlock fan, and even then, approach with caution.
The positives... we get to see Siryn early on in her career, same with Madrix (never read much of him in X-Factor or any other title for that matter). We also get to meet Devil Dinosaur, who is somewhat popular nowadays. The art was decent throughout!
The negatives, pretty much everything else... Vanisher was over done and annoying. Chance, same. Ariel was okay, kind of interesting, but her whole vibe gave a Dazzler knockoff feel. Moon Boy was just weird. The team never gelled, and the story was WAY too long to enjoy it.
I'd recommend skipping this one unless you are a Sunspot or Warlock fan, and even then, approach with caution.
May 6, 2023
Very much of its day. This was a rarity when it came out, a X_Men book with no Claremont or X-creator involvement. Even more, the more serious tone of the X-books was swapped for a lighter approach from Mary Jo Duffy and artist Kerry Gammill. I assume Gammill was supposed to be the artist for the whole run but had deadline issues as various others chipped in, notably Joe Staton.
The story is as light as a feather, Sunspot leaving the New Mutants after (accidentally) nearly killing Sam Guthrie, and joining a ragtag band of youngsters called the Fallen Angels, one of whom is an alien set on betraying them.
The writing and art is pretty average but it has its moments.
The story is as light as a feather, Sunspot leaving the New Mutants after (accidentally) nearly killing Sam Guthrie, and joining a ragtag band of youngsters called the Fallen Angels, one of whom is an alien set on betraying them.
The writing and art is pretty average but it has its moments.
September 11, 2018
Writing on this collection is uneven. The story just kind of goes all over the place and really just seems like they were trying to create new characters to spin into other stories. Hell, two of the characters, Devil Dinosaur and Moon Boy, couldn't even communicate with the other characters. There was no real point to them being in the series other than to bring a couple of classic Kirby characters into modern stories. Despite these issues, I love most of these characters and nostalgia definitely figures into how much I like this.
June 6, 2022
After injuring Cannonball in a fit of anger during a soccer game, Sunspot quits the New Mutants and joins with a gang of mutant criminals known as the Fallen Angels. Led by former X-Men villain the Vanisher, the group also recruits Warlock, Multiple Man, Siryn, Devil Dinosaur, and Boom-Boom.
As far as limited series go, this one is pretty weak. At 8 issues, it is far longer than it needs to be and the new characters are dull and unlikable. However, it is nice to see Siryn and Multiple Man get their time in the spotlight.
As far as limited series go, this one is pretty weak. At 8 issues, it is far longer than it needs to be and the new characters are dull and unlikable. However, it is nice to see Siryn and Multiple Man get their time in the spotlight.
July 21, 2018
I followed Sunspot and Warlock here from New Mutants. This is a strange little book, and the more absurd characters (Moon Boy, Gomi, Don, & Bill, Ariel’s relationship to the same-named character in The Tempest) pulled me out of the semi-more serious story about mutants who felt like they had to be evil because they couldn’t be good.
Introduces Chance, a character I found extremely interesting, and hope to meet again in the X-Men universe.
Introduces Chance, a character I found extremely interesting, and hope to meet again in the X-Men universe.
May 7, 2019
I was always curious about this tangential X-storyline but what a disappointment. A rag tag team of characters are anchored by New Mutants’ Sunspot and Warlock which could have had a lot of potential. Unfortunately nothing ever lands and there is zero chemistry among this group. They aren’t heroes but more like petty thieves. Yet the story takes them into other dimensions w pet lobsters and it just becomes a weak story that offered no satisfaction.
August 23, 2019
When I was first getting into the x-books, I had one or two issues of this series and was confused.
Fast forward to finding this collection at the local library and... well, still being a little confused.
Not really, but this is a pretty bizarre side story and definitely a product of its time. In both good and bad ways. It's a fun, weird romp through the stranger side of the Marvel universe but not particularly important as a bit of X-history...
Fast forward to finding this collection at the local library and... well, still being a little confused.
Not really, but this is a pretty bizarre side story and definitely a product of its time. In both good and bad ways. It's a fun, weird romp through the stranger side of the Marvel universe but not particularly important as a bit of X-history...
September 5, 2020
This book is 100% the sort of bonkers, out of control nightmare shit that you just sort of need in your life every so often; low-stakes, high-concept, cyborg lobsters.
It is, however, a bit out of place in the middle of reading the New Mutants, where a lot of stuff is pretty heavy by the point Bobby and Warlock go missing for this mini. If you're a completist-reader (which I've been trying to be), go for it. Or if you just want some zany antics with Devil Dinosaur.
It is, however, a bit out of place in the middle of reading the New Mutants, where a lot of stuff is pretty heavy by the point Bobby and Warlock go missing for this mini. If you're a completist-reader (which I've been trying to be), go for it. Or if you just want some zany antics with Devil Dinosaur.
March 27, 2020
This was dissapointing. Though the first few issues were very promising, by the end, the book lost track of whatever it was trying to say and became too overcrowded to give its cast enough time to shine. I wanted to like this more than I did because I really like Warlock, Sunspot and Madrox, but in the end it was an interesting idea, derailed by trying to do to much.
March 13, 2021
An enjoyable story, fairly light-hearted and with a reasonable dose of humour. Somewhat unusual for the time in that it was a mutant book not written by Chris Claremont. Jo Duffy does a good job. The artwork is from Kerry Gammill, Marie Severin and Joe Staton and it's nice, but I would have preferred to have a consistent art team throughout the 8-issue series.
August 10, 2023
I think the Fallen Angels might be my favorite team in the X-Men universe. The cast of characters is great. The plot is fantastic and can (unfortunately still) be applied to current events. Nothing about this feels like a product of its time, which I feel like is really rare in comics. Most of all, this was just straight-up fun all around.
January 16, 2021
Not terrible, but not particularly well-written, with inconsistent artwork and nothing much to say other than reiterating main character Sunspot's tiresome teen angst. Definitely not essential X-Men reading.
May 19, 2024
Not exactly sure what I just read. A jumbled adventure that capitalized on the X-Men boom of the 80s. Might be more like a 2.5, but rounded up because it did keep me just interested enough, plus Don and Bill were amazing characters.
December 20, 2025
I’ve now reached the level of X-Men brain poisoning where I’ve gone back to catch up with the New Mutants to be able to follow the main series story. This one is kind of pointless and I don’t care about Sunspot, but Multiple Man is fun.
October 7, 2023
Maybe the most awful X-book limited series ever. Especially galling because of its wasted potential.
February 4, 2024
Pretty stupid but incredibly fun
August 19, 2016
My tour of 1980's Marvel comics has revealed a 'hidden' gem!
In 1987, even though I was a New Mutants fan, I paid no attention to the Fallen Angels limited series. Too bad! It was a lot of fun to read.
The main focus in the series is the 'coming-of-age' quest for Roberto "Bobby" da Costa aka Sunspot. Yes, the same Sunspot who has become a leader of the Avengers in recent (2015/2016) Marvel continuity.
After a mishap that injured one of his New Mutant teammates, Bobby runs away. Warlock, an alien member of the New Mutants, follows to try to protect him. Along the way, we get more minor characters from X-Factor and X-Men joining the rag-tag band of misfits. We get Boom-Boom, Siryn, Madrox, Vanisher (the X-Men villain), and more.
This was at times silly, at other times serious, but at all times interesting. I never expected to like it so much, but some stories just hit the spot.
Great for New Mutants fans. Also good for X-Men and X-Factor readers. I also recommend to Avengers fans who want to see Sunspot's adventures as a teenager.
In 1987, even though I was a New Mutants fan, I paid no attention to the Fallen Angels limited series. Too bad! It was a lot of fun to read.
The main focus in the series is the 'coming-of-age' quest for Roberto "Bobby" da Costa aka Sunspot. Yes, the same Sunspot who has become a leader of the Avengers in recent (2015/2016) Marvel continuity.
After a mishap that injured one of his New Mutant teammates, Bobby runs away. Warlock, an alien member of the New Mutants, follows to try to protect him. Along the way, we get more minor characters from X-Factor and X-Men joining the rag-tag band of misfits. We get Boom-Boom, Siryn, Madrox, Vanisher (the X-Men villain), and more.
This was at times silly, at other times serious, but at all times interesting. I never expected to like it so much, but some stories just hit the spot.
Great for New Mutants fans. Also good for X-Men and X-Factor readers. I also recommend to Avengers fans who want to see Sunspot's adventures as a teenager.
October 6, 2015
Going into this Bobby was my least favourite new mutant, for basically the reasons given in this tpb, however Warlock was one of, if not my favourite new mutant, and boom boom was a character I wanted to read more of so I was pretty excited to read this. Often strange and non-nonsensical but with moments of real heart and learning for bobby who I have a new appreciation of (which I hope to carry into the rest of my new mutant reading) I actually really enjoyed this mini-series. I would definitely recommend this to someone who had read, or like me is reading for the first time, the new mutants series that was running concurrently to this, however I can't see this appealing to an audience wider than that.
A solid 4 stars.
A solid 4 stars.
September 19, 2016
This 1987 X-Men spinoff is certainly a distinctive book. With a collection of characters seemingly selected at random and a plot that stretches about 3 issues of story into an 8 issue shaggy dog tale, it's sounds like it should be a disaster. But the quirky sense of humor and fun character moments make it a pretty entertaining amble of a book.
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