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X-Men: Krakoan Era (Anthology Trades)
Dawn of X, Vol. 1
Collects X-Men (2019) #1, X-Force (2019) #1, Marauders (2019) #1, Excalibur (2019) #1, Fallen Angels (2019) #1, New Mutants (2019) #1.
Get in on the ground floor of the Dawn of X! Jonathan Hickman rewrites all the rules and reinvents the X-Men universe for a new and exciting era! Hickman himself helms the adventures of a powerhouse team of X-MEN in a world of fresh possibilities — and co-writes the reunited NEW MUTANTS on a cosmic quest to find their missing friend! And more of the industry’s best and brightest talents take on uncanny X-squads! X-FORCE — the CIA of the mutant world, one half intelligence, the other half special ops! Captain Kate Pryde and her MARAUDERS of the high seas! A new Captain Britain leads EXCALIBUR — made up of Rogue, Gambit, Rictor, Jubilee…and Apocalypse! But who are the FALLEN ANGELS?
Get in on the ground floor of the Dawn of X! Jonathan Hickman rewrites all the rules and reinvents the X-Men universe for a new and exciting era! Hickman himself helms the adventures of a powerhouse team of X-MEN in a world of fresh possibilities — and co-writes the reunited NEW MUTANTS on a cosmic quest to find their missing friend! And more of the industry’s best and brightest talents take on uncanny X-squads! X-FORCE — the CIA of the mutant world, one half intelligence, the other half special ops! Captain Kate Pryde and her MARAUDERS of the high seas! A new Captain Britain leads EXCALIBUR — made up of Rogue, Gambit, Rictor, Jubilee…and Apocalypse! But who are the FALLEN ANGELS?
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First published February 12, 2020
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Jonathan Hickman
1,221 books2,028 followersJonathan Hickman is an American comic book writer and artist. He is known for creating the Image Comics series The Nightly News, The Manhattan Projects and East of West, as well as working on Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four, FF, and S.H.I.E.L.D. titles. In 2012, Hickman ended his run on the Fantastic Four titles to write The Avengers and The New Avengers, as part the "Marvel NOW!" relaunch. In 2013, Hickman wrote a six-part miniseries, Infinity, plus Avengers tie-ins for Marvel Comics. In 2015, he wrote the crossover event Secret Wars. - Wikipedia
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May 6, 2020
Nowhere near as good as Hox/Pox unfortunately. What I don't like about half of these #1's is there's no introduction to the characters or their backstories that are referenced nonstop. If I hadn't been reading the X-Men since the 80's I'd have no idea what was going on. Excalibur and Fallen Angels were particularly bad. They reference 30 year old stories nonstop and half of Captain Britain and Psylocke's past were only published in Great Britain in the 80's. Plus, I could give a crap about Otherworld and Morgan Le Fey. X-Men, Marauders, and New Mutants were the most accessible titles to new readers and the best written. I didn't care for the art in X-Force and Fallen Angels either. This was a bit of a letdown after one of the best X-Men events in their history. We'll see where it goes from here.
August 15, 2020
The Dawn of X series collects all of the issues from the six X-Men titles spinning out of Jonathan Hickman’s House of X/Powers of X primer as they were published. Volume 1 collects all six first issues, Volume 2 collects all six second issues, and so on. It’s an interesting idea and might be appealing if you’re a big X-Men fan who was going to read all six titles regardless of quality and want to read them in publication order, but, for the more discerning reader, this first volume serves as a good taster selection to see which titles you might want to read and which ones you don’t - all titles are collected separately as normal as well (ie. if you want to just read the main X-Men series, those issues are collected in its own book).
Like HoX/PoX, I wasn’t that impressed with what’s on offer in Dawn of X. Of the six titles, only two mildly appealed to me, so I might read those books at some point, but the others I doubt I’ll ever pick up.
Jonathan Hickman and Leinil Francis Yu’s X-Men #1 is maybe the worst issue here. X-Men attack a lab, free some young mutants and take them back to Krakoa, before having dinner at Cyclop’s new house on the moon. Like too much of Hickman’s stuff, and surprisingly given how feted the guy is, it’s really boring. I liked Yu’s art and this issue does contain the line from Cyclops, who says after seeing some gorillas attacking: “Be careful, they’re sure to be savvy - all these apes have PhDs!” which made me laugh. How would he know that? And I love the mental visual of seeing each of these apes presenting their theses (what would their subjects be?!) before a board.
Gerry Duggan and Matteo Lolli’s Marauders #1 is one of the two titles I kinda liked. Kitty Pryde can’t use Krakoa’s portals to jump around the place for no reason explained yet so she’s gotta boat it to the island. And, as soon as she arrives, Emma Frost offers her the position of head of the black market shipping arm of the new mutant order - it’s a pirate’s life for Kitty and her crew: Iceman, Pyro and Storm. It’s not a bad issue. Duggan writes Kitty well and I’m a little curious to see how things go for the group, as well as the reason why Kitty’s the only mutant whom Krakoa doesn’t seem to like.
Tini Howard and Marcus To’s Excalibur #1 is another candidate for worst of the bunch. Betsy Braddock, Apocalypse, Gambit, Rogue, and Jubilee are doing stuff with orange portals that’s pissing off Morgan le Fay and there’s a new Captain Britain. I hated everything about this one. Incomprehensible dreary trash from yawning start to snoozing finish.
Jonathan Hickman co-writes Ed Brisson and Rod Reis’ New Mutants #1 which sees Magik head up a team of D-listers as they putz about in space with Cyclops’ space pirate dad. The art was blotchy, the story was dull - everything Hickman seems to touch has the life sucked out of it. I couldn’t have cared less about this one.
Benjamin Percy and Joshua Cassara’s X-Force #1 is the other kinda decent issue. We see the inevitable fight back from the outside world to Xavier’s proclamations in HoX/PoX and, as befitting X-Force, it’s dark and violent. I like the cast of characters - Beast, Domino, Wolverine, Black Tom and Jean Grey - and I laughed when I saw the character who dies all the time (I think, to date, it’s six times now) DIES AGAIN at the end of the issue. Seriously?! For that alone, I might have to keep reading to see what Marvel were thinking with this title. This has to be a running joke at this point, right?
Bryan Hill and Szymon Kudranski’s Fallen Angels #1 is joint last with X-Men #1 and Excalibur #1 as the shittiest of the bunch. Some evil mutant kid is doing evil mutant kid stuff in Japan - oh, what-fucking-ever. I didn’t realise Psylocke and Betsy Braddock were separate people (look, there’s a zillion X-Men characters, I’m not gonna know about all of them!) and Cable looks shockingly different to how he normally looks in the comics (though he looks more like Josh Brolin in Deadpool 2 so maybe that’s why). I want to like this title because of the cool line-up - Psylocke, Mister Sinister, X-23 - but the writing and story did absolutely nothing for me and Kudranski’s art is far too dark.
All in all, Dawn of X, Volume 1 is a weak collection of unimpressive debuts that don’t really play into or affect one another so I’m not really sure why a series like this exists besides double-dipping into fans’ wallets who will want to have these in addition to the single title volumes. Despite all the fanfare, I still don’t see anything special about the X-Men relaunch.
Like HoX/PoX, I wasn’t that impressed with what’s on offer in Dawn of X. Of the six titles, only two mildly appealed to me, so I might read those books at some point, but the others I doubt I’ll ever pick up.
Jonathan Hickman and Leinil Francis Yu’s X-Men #1 is maybe the worst issue here. X-Men attack a lab, free some young mutants and take them back to Krakoa, before having dinner at Cyclop’s new house on the moon. Like too much of Hickman’s stuff, and surprisingly given how feted the guy is, it’s really boring. I liked Yu’s art and this issue does contain the line from Cyclops, who says after seeing some gorillas attacking: “Be careful, they’re sure to be savvy - all these apes have PhDs!” which made me laugh. How would he know that? And I love the mental visual of seeing each of these apes presenting their theses (what would their subjects be?!) before a board.
Gerry Duggan and Matteo Lolli’s Marauders #1 is one of the two titles I kinda liked. Kitty Pryde can’t use Krakoa’s portals to jump around the place for no reason explained yet so she’s gotta boat it to the island. And, as soon as she arrives, Emma Frost offers her the position of head of the black market shipping arm of the new mutant order - it’s a pirate’s life for Kitty and her crew: Iceman, Pyro and Storm. It’s not a bad issue. Duggan writes Kitty well and I’m a little curious to see how things go for the group, as well as the reason why Kitty’s the only mutant whom Krakoa doesn’t seem to like.
Tini Howard and Marcus To’s Excalibur #1 is another candidate for worst of the bunch. Betsy Braddock, Apocalypse, Gambit, Rogue, and Jubilee are doing stuff with orange portals that’s pissing off Morgan le Fay and there’s a new Captain Britain. I hated everything about this one. Incomprehensible dreary trash from yawning start to snoozing finish.
Jonathan Hickman co-writes Ed Brisson and Rod Reis’ New Mutants #1 which sees Magik head up a team of D-listers as they putz about in space with Cyclops’ space pirate dad. The art was blotchy, the story was dull - everything Hickman seems to touch has the life sucked out of it. I couldn’t have cared less about this one.
Benjamin Percy and Joshua Cassara’s X-Force #1 is the other kinda decent issue. We see the inevitable fight back from the outside world to Xavier’s proclamations in HoX/PoX and, as befitting X-Force, it’s dark and violent. I like the cast of characters - Beast, Domino, Wolverine, Black Tom and Jean Grey - and I laughed when I saw the character who dies all the time (I think, to date, it’s six times now) DIES AGAIN at the end of the issue. Seriously?! For that alone, I might have to keep reading to see what Marvel were thinking with this title. This has to be a running joke at this point, right?
Bryan Hill and Szymon Kudranski’s Fallen Angels #1 is joint last with X-Men #1 and Excalibur #1 as the shittiest of the bunch. Some evil mutant kid is doing evil mutant kid stuff in Japan - oh, what-fucking-ever. I didn’t realise Psylocke and Betsy Braddock were separate people (look, there’s a zillion X-Men characters, I’m not gonna know about all of them!) and Cable looks shockingly different to how he normally looks in the comics (though he looks more like Josh Brolin in Deadpool 2 so maybe that’s why). I want to like this title because of the cool line-up - Psylocke, Mister Sinister, X-23 - but the writing and story did absolutely nothing for me and Kudranski’s art is far too dark.
All in all, Dawn of X, Volume 1 is a weak collection of unimpressive debuts that don’t really play into or affect one another so I’m not really sure why a series like this exists besides double-dipping into fans’ wallets who will want to have these in addition to the single title volumes. Despite all the fanfare, I still don’t see anything special about the X-Men relaunch.
April 10, 2023
A Good Way to Enjoy In A Suggested Reading Order.
This is not a mere collection of first issues from the recent X-Men relaunch but the first of a series of trades presenting the Dawn of X titles in a suggested reading order. That said, I get a better picture of the overall story than relying on the main title X-Men, of which its first issue was underwhelming compared to the excellent HoX/PoX twin miniseries that established this new status quo for Marvel's mutants.
It is indeed better to trade wait rather reading these as a periodical, and much more cost efficient.
This is not a mere collection of first issues from the recent X-Men relaunch but the first of a series of trades presenting the Dawn of X titles in a suggested reading order. That said, I get a better picture of the overall story than relying on the main title X-Men, of which its first issue was underwhelming compared to the excellent HoX/PoX twin miniseries that established this new status quo for Marvel's mutants.
It is indeed better to trade wait rather reading these as a periodical, and much more cost efficient.
January 2, 2021
The quality is a little inconsistent throughout, but it’s fun seeing all of the X-books on the same page for the first time in a long time, with Krakoa as the common core and each book representing an offshoot of the main story arc and varying the mood for different readers (high adventure with Marauders, down-and-dirty special ops with X-Force, young people hijinks with New Mutants, angsty psychological exploration with Fallen Angels, etc.). One issue isn’t enough to judge any of these titles, but they were enough to sufficiently pique my interest in moving onto Vol. 2.
One word of warning: avoid New Mutants if you’re a Starjammers fan; Corsair and company pull a real asshole move, and while they’re certainly loveable scoundrels, it didn’t feel particularly in character (then again, I’m a Summers defender and apologist, so maybe I’m overly sensitive).
Oh, and Apocalypse with the unpronounceable-symbol-as-name thing? Prince tried it and it sucked and he realized how douchey it was. Please do the same, you big blue toolbox.
One word of warning: avoid New Mutants if you’re a Starjammers fan; Corsair and company pull a real asshole move, and while they’re certainly loveable scoundrels, it didn’t feel particularly in character (then again, I’m a Summers defender and apologist, so maybe I’m overly sensitive).
Oh, and Apocalypse with the unpronounceable-symbol-as-name thing? Prince tried it and it sucked and he realized how douchey it was. Please do the same, you big blue toolbox.
November 14, 2019
Dawn of X is a bit like a sampler volume of all the #1 issues that are part of the newly relaunched X-Men universe. And, uhh... this is where Hickman's singular vision for the X-Men starts to fall apart a bit.
X-Men #1 (3/5): after the absolutely fantastic start in HoXPoX, this is such a lightweight issue. It's a pretty good one, sure, but it reads as if it was just another issue in the middle of some longer run, and it's a filler one. Marking it as a brand new #1 is both unfair and underwhelming as an introduction of a new ongoing.
Marauders #1 (4/5): Kate (née Kitty) Pryde is one of my favourite X-Men, and Gerry Duggan is one of the better Marvel writers nowadays, so this series was destined to be at least solid. And it is, even despite all the insultingly stereotypical evil Russians.
Excalibur #1 (1/5): the first real failure of the entire line. A buttload of characters, none of them properly introduced or explained for new and inexperienced X-readers, all with their insane baggage and backstories that you have to be familiar with beforehand because the writer is not going to bother explaining anything. This is actually a problem that's present in most Dawn of X titles, but none are as bad as this one. Plus Excalibur also features some really clunky writing even without considering the mess that is this team. I probably won't bother with #2 or any other comic written by Tini Howard from here on out.
New Mutants #1 (2/5): eh... nice art, but I didn't get any solid impression of what this book is going to be moving forward. The messy team is also a problem here, though I was already familiar with some of the characters so wasn't as confused by the whole thing. I'll probably check #2 and decide if I want to continue with this book.
X-Force #1 (3/5): very decompressed but enjoyable and fun storytelling, and technically speaking probably the best thing Ben Percy has ever written. But this is also the book that features the line's first stunt killing of a major character that is so ridiculous that I couldn't take it seriously after that. The worst part is, judging by Fallen Angels #1, they actually seem to be playing this death straight, and I don't think I'm on board with that if that's the case. And speaking of...
Fallen Angels #1 (2/5): another messy backstory comes into play, and arguably one of the worst ones in the X-Men history: Psylocke. None of that clusterfuck is properly explained by the issue despite directly dealing with it, and I was only able to follow along because I just recently happened to hear a very condensed retelling of Psylocke's horribly convoluted backstory in a podcast. I imagine most new readers will find themselves completely lost reading this. The main storyline itself is also nothing interesting, involving some techno-drug that's scrambling people's brains. Big whoop.
So yeah, overall... this was a pretty disappointing start for the new age of X-Men. I'm a bit surprised that Marauders was the best issue of the bunch, and that Hickman's own proper start to the X-Men was so underwhelming. I'll be sticking with it anyway because I fully believe in him and trust that he has a great long-term plan for this book. Otherwise, aside from Marauders, this is a very sad bunch of issues that feel like more of the same crap we've been getting from Marvel before the big reset. HoXPoX may have been a masterpiece, but Dawn of X is definitely not.
Overall rating: 2.5 stars
X-Men #1 (3/5): after the absolutely fantastic start in HoXPoX, this is such a lightweight issue. It's a pretty good one, sure, but it reads as if it was just another issue in the middle of some longer run, and it's a filler one. Marking it as a brand new #1 is both unfair and underwhelming as an introduction of a new ongoing.
Marauders #1 (4/5): Kate (née Kitty) Pryde is one of my favourite X-Men, and Gerry Duggan is one of the better Marvel writers nowadays, so this series was destined to be at least solid. And it is, even despite all the insultingly stereotypical evil Russians.
Excalibur #1 (1/5): the first real failure of the entire line. A buttload of characters, none of them properly introduced or explained for new and inexperienced X-readers, all with their insane baggage and backstories that you have to be familiar with beforehand because the writer is not going to bother explaining anything. This is actually a problem that's present in most Dawn of X titles, but none are as bad as this one. Plus Excalibur also features some really clunky writing even without considering the mess that is this team. I probably won't bother with #2 or any other comic written by Tini Howard from here on out.
New Mutants #1 (2/5): eh... nice art, but I didn't get any solid impression of what this book is going to be moving forward. The messy team is also a problem here, though I was already familiar with some of the characters so wasn't as confused by the whole thing. I'll probably check #2 and decide if I want to continue with this book.
X-Force #1 (3/5): very decompressed but enjoyable and fun storytelling, and technically speaking probably the best thing Ben Percy has ever written. But this is also the book that features the line's first stunt killing of a major character that is so ridiculous that I couldn't take it seriously after that. The worst part is, judging by Fallen Angels #1, they actually seem to be playing this death straight, and I don't think I'm on board with that if that's the case. And speaking of...
Fallen Angels #1 (2/5): another messy backstory comes into play, and arguably one of the worst ones in the X-Men history: Psylocke. None of that clusterfuck is properly explained by the issue despite directly dealing with it, and I was only able to follow along because I just recently happened to hear a very condensed retelling of Psylocke's horribly convoluted backstory in a podcast. I imagine most new readers will find themselves completely lost reading this. The main storyline itself is also nothing interesting, involving some techno-drug that's scrambling people's brains. Big whoop.
So yeah, overall... this was a pretty disappointing start for the new age of X-Men. I'm a bit surprised that Marauders was the best issue of the bunch, and that Hickman's own proper start to the X-Men was so underwhelming. I'll be sticking with it anyway because I fully believe in him and trust that he has a great long-term plan for this book. Otherwise, aside from Marauders, this is a very sad bunch of issues that feel like more of the same crap we've been getting from Marvel before the big reset. HoXPoX may have been a masterpiece, but Dawn of X is definitely not.
Overall rating: 2.5 stars
August 4, 2020
3.25ish stars
X-men: 2.5 stars
Marauders 4.75 stars
Excalibur: 2.25 stars
New Mutants: 4.5 stars
X-force: 3.25 stars
Fallen Angels: 2.5 stars
I’ll probably read the rest of the Dawn of X volumes to finish the first arcs of each title, but overall Marauders is the only one I’m really pumped about. Most disappointed with Excalibur because it had my favorite cast of these titles, but it ended up being thrown together and irrelevant. Hopefully it gets better. None of these are close to the quality of House of X/Powers of X, but it took me a few issues to get into that as well.
X-men: 2.5 stars
Marauders 4.75 stars
Excalibur: 2.25 stars
New Mutants: 4.5 stars
X-force: 3.25 stars
Fallen Angels: 2.5 stars
I’ll probably read the rest of the Dawn of X volumes to finish the first arcs of each title, but overall Marauders is the only one I’m really pumped about. Most disappointed with Excalibur because it had my favorite cast of these titles, but it ended up being thrown together and irrelevant. Hopefully it gets better. None of these are close to the quality of House of X/Powers of X, but it took me a few issues to get into that as well.
December 2, 2019
There's basically a bunch of one shots all put into one. They loosely connect here but can read each one by themselves.
The re-launch of X-men is huge, because it has kind of been meh for years now. Hickman did amazing things with event of X-Men but now he's recruited his real life team of X-Men to create the universe once more. This time we have multiple series like X-Force, New Mutants, Fallen Angels, and more going along side X-Men the main series. The results? A mixed bag of course.
Some of the stronger titles stand out like the main line X-Men here, which is more down to earth than maybe expected, but great characterization of a lot of characters. Then you have the more outlandish fun adventures of things like Marauders and New Mutants. The darker and grimier Fallen angels or X-Force. And then got Excalibur, which is a mindtrip. Some are stronger than others (X-Men/X-Force/Marauders) and some are good but not great (Fallen Angel/New Mutants) and some I have pretty much no interest in (Excalibur) but what's important here is they all come together to give different flavors. I'd find it odd if you don't get attached to least a couple of these. A 4 out of 5 for pushing the X-men brand in a new and much better direction.
The re-launch of X-men is huge, because it has kind of been meh for years now. Hickman did amazing things with event of X-Men but now he's recruited his real life team of X-Men to create the universe once more. This time we have multiple series like X-Force, New Mutants, Fallen Angels, and more going along side X-Men the main series. The results? A mixed bag of course.
Some of the stronger titles stand out like the main line X-Men here, which is more down to earth than maybe expected, but great characterization of a lot of characters. Then you have the more outlandish fun adventures of things like Marauders and New Mutants. The darker and grimier Fallen angels or X-Force. And then got Excalibur, which is a mindtrip. Some are stronger than others (X-Men/X-Force/Marauders) and some are good but not great (Fallen Angel/New Mutants) and some I have pretty much no interest in (Excalibur) but what's important here is they all come together to give different flavors. I'd find it odd if you don't get attached to least a couple of these. A 4 out of 5 for pushing the X-men brand in a new and much better direction.
April 30, 2020
It's been a long while since I've picked up X-men books regularly, but this seemed like a possible jumping-on point.
So now they live on a living mutant island that allows them to have their own nation, portals that take them instantly to many places around the world, and eggs that regularly resurrect dead mutants reset to their prime with their original powers. This sample of first issues for six different titles also seems to show that Marvel is trying to reset the whole X-Men franchise to its prime, during the Chris Claremont 1980s era, back when I first started reading X-Men. So it's actually not bad.
I just find that I really don't care anymore about the hundreds of leading characters for all these many books, and X-Men as a brand does not excite me at this point in time.
So now they live on a living mutant island that allows them to have their own nation, portals that take them instantly to many places around the world, and eggs that regularly resurrect dead mutants reset to their prime with their original powers. This sample of first issues for six different titles also seems to show that Marvel is trying to reset the whole X-Men franchise to its prime, during the Chris Claremont 1980s era, back when I first started reading X-Men. So it's actually not bad.
I just find that I really don't care anymore about the hundreds of leading characters for all these many books, and X-Men as a brand does not excite me at this point in time.
January 18, 2021
Dawn of X has its highs and lows. Hickman pens a story set after the Mutants have been nearly wiped out. Now they have a haven in the Mutant island of Krakoa. All mutants, regardless of prior affiliation, are gathering. Meanwhile, Professor X tries to shore up diplomatic alliances whilst the other X-people run around in smaller groups- from X-Force to Excalibur to The Marauders.
While the stories can be all over the map, the art is pretty decent throughout. The true pace is set during the end later parts where a VIP is killed and the shock waves will reverberate throughout the Mutant world.
While not nearly as good as Hickman's Avengers run -some of this is caused by the sheer number of different titles all trying to " work together", some by the overall meta-tale they are working in. Still the premise is interesting, while the actual product is merely "good". I'm willing to see where this story goes from here.
While the stories can be all over the map, the art is pretty decent throughout. The true pace is set during the end later parts where a VIP is killed and the shock waves will reverberate throughout the Mutant world.
While not nearly as good as Hickman's Avengers run -some of this is caused by the sheer number of different titles all trying to " work together", some by the overall meta-tale they are working in. Still the premise is interesting, while the actual product is merely "good". I'm willing to see where this story goes from here.
November 15, 2024
Six #1 issues of the X titles...offering various views of Krakoa et all.
I did feel in hindsight the whole saga was messy for the X Men...and didn't really live up to their long stated goals.
Over their time in Krakoa...the X Men morphed into Supremacists..Egotists and nearly everything they were supposed to be against.
Now it's all done..I'm following the From the Ashes titles to see if they can get back on track.
There are positive signs.
I did feel in hindsight the whole saga was messy for the X Men...and didn't really live up to their long stated goals.
Over their time in Krakoa...the X Men morphed into Supremacists..Egotists and nearly everything they were supposed to be against.
Now it's all done..I'm following the From the Ashes titles to see if they can get back on track.
There are positive signs.
May 30, 2020
Oh boy. Some of my thoughts here are not popular opinions...
What’s it about?
This is a sampler of the various X-Men titles.
What I thought of these:
X-Men #1 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I actually had read this before because my LCS had a beautiful variant cover when this book first came out but I didn’t quite get it as I hadn’t read House of X/Powers of X. Now having read that, this first issue was really good. Not quite a masterpiece but really good stuff, will be trying the full first volume worth.
(The variant I mentioned. So damn beautiful!)
Marauders #1 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Honestly not sure if I’m bothered to try reading more of this or not. So Kitty Pryde isn’t able to go through the portal to Krakoa so Yeah I’m not sure if this is interesting or stupid, leaning a bit more towards interesting though. I was kinda bored for most of it except the end, towards the end we see Kitty do some bad-ass stuff in a pretty cool action scene. The actual end was maybe just a little stupid (I guess calling a character Kate instead of Kitty is character development and/or a plot twist now?) but it has some potentially unpredictable things too. Really looks 50/50, I’m probably gonna add this series to my reading list but not very high priority, might pick up at the library or something that doesn’t cost money whenever I get to it.
Excalibur #1 ⭐️⭐️ Umm... what? Okay so I have been dealing with some shit lately that’s been more-or-less fucking with my head in general but... what? So I do kinda like the idea of an X-Men fantasy book but this wasn’t good execution. I didn’t like the way this story did it, it was surprisingly boring aside from a couple of scenes and Apocalypse annoyed me with his whole “I INSIST YOU CALL ME [SYMBOL]” thing being most of his general character.
New Mutants #1 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ So I read this before because again, Artgerm variant at the comic shop. I actually think I liked it more before oddly enough. That being said, still good stuff. I didn’t care for the art and it started off slow but it’s very well written, the pace picked up towards the end of the issue and the story itself looks more fun than the other X-titles. Definitely wanna read this one.
(See what I mean about these variants?)
X-Force #1 ⭐️⭐️ Despite what should be a great cast of characters I wasn’t into this at all. The art was good but for the most part, kinda stupid and not very well written. Don’t think I’m gonna bother with this one.
Fallen Angels #1 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Probably my most controversial opinion in this review but this was the best of the bunch. The story is very interesting, has that dark superhero action thing I tend to like going. I thought the art was amazing and I’m very interested in the characters. Honestly if this didn’t have the stupid info dumps that the others also have I would give this first issue a 5-star.
Other thoughts about the book:
So a positive thought is that I like the way Marvel has this available so people can sample all the new X-titles. That probably also saves X-Men fans money so they can just skip whatever they aren’t interested in instead of paying for volume one of every one of these titles.
Negative thought is fuck these stupid info-dump pages. I mean I expected it from Hickman but now everyone’s doing this shit? I sadly wouldn’t be surprised if none of the new X-Men comics get my 5-star rating specifically because of this. I’m legitimately annoyed.
Overall:
I’d recommend this for X-Men fans to read after House of X/Powers of X as it can work like a sampler to find what titles you want to read, what stuff works for your taste.
For me? There’s 3 I’m definitely interested in, 2 I’m not gonna bother with and 1 I’m gonna read in some way that’s free. There’s a bit more good than bad I’d say but that doesn’t mean that this is something to go nuts for and I can’t say I’m particularly excited. My interest in these comics are ranked as follows in order of most interested to least interested:
1- Fallen Angels
2- X-Men
3- New Mutants (need to make sure those top 3 are in my reading list)
4- Marauders (library or something if I think of it, ain’t gonna be too awfully sad if I don’t get to it though TBH)
5- Excalibur
6- X-Force (not even reading the bottom 2)
So yeah, a mixed bag as most could probably expect. Nothing here looks like the next masterpiece in comics but nothing looked terrible either IMO.
3/5
What’s it about?
This is a sampler of the various X-Men titles.
What I thought of these:
X-Men #1 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I actually had read this before because my LCS had a beautiful variant cover when this book first came out but I didn’t quite get it as I hadn’t read House of X/Powers of X. Now having read that, this first issue was really good. Not quite a masterpiece but really good stuff, will be trying the full first volume worth.
(The variant I mentioned. So damn beautiful!)
Marauders #1 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Honestly not sure if I’m bothered to try reading more of this or not. So Kitty Pryde isn’t able to go through the portal to Krakoa so Yeah I’m not sure if this is interesting or stupid, leaning a bit more towards interesting though. I was kinda bored for most of it except the end, towards the end we see Kitty do some bad-ass stuff in a pretty cool action scene. The actual end was maybe just a little stupid (I guess calling a character Kate instead of Kitty is character development and/or a plot twist now?) but it has some potentially unpredictable things too. Really looks 50/50, I’m probably gonna add this series to my reading list but not very high priority, might pick up at the library or something that doesn’t cost money whenever I get to it.
Excalibur #1 ⭐️⭐️ Umm... what? Okay so I have been dealing with some shit lately that’s been more-or-less fucking with my head in general but... what? So I do kinda like the idea of an X-Men fantasy book but this wasn’t good execution. I didn’t like the way this story did it, it was surprisingly boring aside from a couple of scenes and Apocalypse annoyed me with his whole “I INSIST YOU CALL ME [SYMBOL]” thing being most of his general character.
New Mutants #1 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ So I read this before because again, Artgerm variant at the comic shop. I actually think I liked it more before oddly enough. That being said, still good stuff. I didn’t care for the art and it started off slow but it’s very well written, the pace picked up towards the end of the issue and the story itself looks more fun than the other X-titles. Definitely wanna read this one.
(See what I mean about these variants?)
X-Force #1 ⭐️⭐️ Despite what should be a great cast of characters I wasn’t into this at all. The art was good but for the most part, kinda stupid and not very well written. Don’t think I’m gonna bother with this one.
Fallen Angels #1 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Probably my most controversial opinion in this review but this was the best of the bunch. The story is very interesting, has that dark superhero action thing I tend to like going. I thought the art was amazing and I’m very interested in the characters. Honestly if this didn’t have the stupid info dumps that the others also have I would give this first issue a 5-star.
Other thoughts about the book:
So a positive thought is that I like the way Marvel has this available so people can sample all the new X-titles. That probably also saves X-Men fans money so they can just skip whatever they aren’t interested in instead of paying for volume one of every one of these titles.
Negative thought is fuck these stupid info-dump pages. I mean I expected it from Hickman but now everyone’s doing this shit? I sadly wouldn’t be surprised if none of the new X-Men comics get my 5-star rating specifically because of this. I’m legitimately annoyed.
Overall:
I’d recommend this for X-Men fans to read after House of X/Powers of X as it can work like a sampler to find what titles you want to read, what stuff works for your taste.
For me? There’s 3 I’m definitely interested in, 2 I’m not gonna bother with and 1 I’m gonna read in some way that’s free. There’s a bit more good than bad I’d say but that doesn’t mean that this is something to go nuts for and I can’t say I’m particularly excited. My interest in these comics are ranked as follows in order of most interested to least interested:
1- Fallen Angels
2- X-Men
3- New Mutants (need to make sure those top 3 are in my reading list)
4- Marauders (library or something if I think of it, ain’t gonna be too awfully sad if I don’t get to it though TBH)
5- Excalibur
6- X-Force (not even reading the bottom 2)
So yeah, a mixed bag as most could probably expect. Nothing here looks like the next masterpiece in comics but nothing looked terrible either IMO.
3/5
April 25, 2023
Wow what a bummer. I was hoping to find a place to start reading more X-Men comics and this was not it. It was exciting to see Gambit though.
November 28, 2019
This is a bizarre idea to collect the first issues of these 6 series. But- what I would hope is that as these all continue it would really feel so cohesive and a collective journey rather than 6 stories.
May 15, 2020
A great start to the new line of X-Men books, and I love how they are collecting all of the different books together.
I really enjoyed all of these issues to one degree or another except for Fallen Angels (and I must not be the only one since the book was cancelled in short order). It's a shame, too, because it had great artwork and I loved the darker tone, but the story itself was a jumbled mess.
I really enjoyed all of these issues to one degree or another except for Fallen Angels (and I must not be the only one since the book was cancelled in short order). It's a shame, too, because it had great artwork and I loved the darker tone, but the story itself was a jumbled mess.
June 2, 2020
Super způsob, jak vydat první díly po HoX/PoX, aby člověk mohl zjistit, co ho baví/nebaví a upravil si podle toho svůj nákupní seznam. Osobní pořadí jednotlivých věcí po prvním díle:
1. Marauders
2. - 3. X-Men/X-Force
4. Excalibur
5. New Mutants
6. Fallen Angels
1. Marauders
2. - 3. X-Men/X-Force
4. Excalibur
5. New Mutants
6. Fallen Angels
April 5, 2023
نیمه اول کمیک، فوق العاده حوصله سربر بود و به زور تونستم بخونمش.نیمه دومش ولی به نسبت به نیمه اول فوق العاده بهتر بود و نسبتا هیجان انگیز تر بود. در کل در مقایسه با پرولوگ ایکس من خیلی ضعیف تر بود. امیدوارم در ادامه بهتر بشه 🌝
August 14, 2021
I just want to say how happy I am that Marvel decided to publish the ongoing monthly X-Universe books in a collected format like this and I really hope that they keep it up. I loved Hickman's 'House of X / Powers of X', and keeping all of the story threads in cohesive volumes like this is a great way to keep me hooked, as well as giving me the chance to read parts of the epic I likely otherwise would have skipped like the Fallen Angels side of the storyline. Great marketing move by Marvel, and if they keep this up throughout Hickman's run, they'll keep me as a paying customer.
August 2021 update ---------------------------------------
I'm still buying these trades every month, so collecting Hickman's run over the X-Books like this clearly worked. Good job, Marvel!
August 2021 update ---------------------------------------
I'm still buying these trades every month, so collecting Hickman's run over the X-Books like this clearly worked. Good job, Marvel!
July 28, 2021
Clear vision for structure by Hickman for this X "era". The issues felt similar but like the writers and artists were allowed to shine in their styles. Loved some titles more than others but overall really solid opening to the series as a whole and the trade format makes it really easy to read everything in chronological order and keep the story straight.
As a person who is unfamiliar with the x-men and other mutants this is a fun way to meet everyone and get a sense for them and a hint at their pasts (but I'm also doing some wikipedia dipping). Trying to not guess at storylines or anything and I find that reading a trade that is 6 issues, of which each are a different title (tho the titles are set in a linear story), helps with that.
As a person who is unfamiliar with the x-men and other mutants this is a fun way to meet everyone and get a sense for them and a hint at their pasts (but I'm also doing some wikipedia dipping). Trying to not guess at storylines or anything and I find that reading a trade that is 6 issues, of which each are a different title (tho the titles are set in a linear story), helps with that.
January 6, 2023
Helpful for continuity but pretty uneven, varying in interest. I pretty much just wasn’t sure how to read the now lauded New Mutants, and quickly catch-up, and I guess I could do it this way, selectively reading those from each of these at the library, but it’d be pretty courteous.
January 31, 2022
i like how this gives us a taste of all series, and we get to see the connection between them a little. my favourite was the marauders 100%
March 5, 2024
damn put these people back in that mansion😴😴 like they done split the x-men up. some are on the island. kitty and storm are pirates. CAPTAIN BRITAIN FOR SOME REASON?? yall P-ing me off.
edit: JUST REMEMBERED CHARLES GOT SHOT IN THIS. WE UP!!🥳🥳
edit: JUST REMEMBERED CHARLES GOT SHOT IN THIS. WE UP!!🥳🥳
July 30, 2020
Picking up hot on the heels of House of X / Powers of X, which effectively relaunched Marvel's X-Men comic book franchise under the leadership of writer Jonathan Hickman, Dawn of X collects the first issue from each of the six launch titles for this bold new era of X-Men history.
Hickman's own title, the flagship book X-Men, suffers from a bit of excess in the writing department. Although it's supposed to be fresh starting point for a new on-going series, it's also burdened with some overwrought exposition to serve as a recap for anybody who skipped the House of X and Powers of X twin miniseries, and to remind people about stuff they might have forgotten over the course of that sprawling 12-issue epic. What you wind up with is a lot of "Why yes, I am the evil leader of this group of humans who intend to wipe out the mutant race from our orbital space station," type of dialogue. It's a decent launch, and I expect it'll take a few issues to find its footing.
More impressive was Gerry Duggan's Marauders, which sees Katherine Pryde accepting a job from Emma Frost and her Hellfire Corporation and becoming... a mutant pirate! It's a blast! Pryde is ostensibly funneling black market drugs into countries that have refused to recognize the sovereignty of the mutant nation, Krakoa, but the real meat of her mission is to help expatriate mutants who are being detained in those countries and bring them home. Hijinks ensue!
I'm not a fan of the fantasy genre in general, so I wasn't expecting much from the magic-centric, Otherworld-focused Excalibur. Sadly, Tini Howard's scripting wasn't able to overcome my bias against swords and sorcery stuff. This issue was really the only disappointment of the collection. New Mutants, by Hickman and Ed Brisson, was fun, but not particularly memorable. It's a lot of Setting Things Up, so we'll just have to wait and see how it shakes out.
After a bit of a disappointing middle, Benjamin Percy and Bryan Hill stick the landing with their respective titles, X-Force and Fallen Angels. A new anti-mutant organization has risen in response to Xavier's fledgling nation-state and launches a surprise attack on the unprepared paradise. There's a lot of elements in play that I'm expecting Percy to pay off nicely, but it's Hill's team of mutant killers that really surprised me. Fallen Angels was a terrific discovery that sees Psylocke recruiting Cable and X-23 to confront a new technodrug that infected a child with close ties to her. We also get some great explorations of Psylocke's childhood and her training as an assassin. This one really took me by surprise and I'me excited to see where this series is going.
I have to say, hats off to Marvel for arranging this, and subsequent trade editions, of Dawn of X as they have. Given that Hickman is overseeing and guiding the entirety of the X-Men line, there's a clear line of continuity between these books that bind them all together. Although you could read specific titles in their own trade editions (X-Men by Jonathan Hickman, Vol. 1, collecting issues #1-6 for instance) if you prefer, the completionist in me is excited to see these rapidly released, line-wide compilations. In this book you get six issue ones from each of the books; volume two collects issue two from each X-book in the line, and so on. By bundling together the single issues from each title into a trade, you really get to see the scope of how grand this relaunch is and how many gears are moving to keep it all going. There's a welcome bit of cohesion across the line as events in one book ripple through another, and hints of the grand plan in action. Typically, Marvel's line of books don't have much continuity between them and the timeline of events is pretty wonky, so it's a welcome change of pace to see a clear through-line in this franchise. More importantly, the X-Men actually feel relevant again, and not just relevant but fresh thanks to Hickman's innovations with the core plotting. Dawn of X is shaping up to be bright new day in X-Men history.
Hickman's own title, the flagship book X-Men, suffers from a bit of excess in the writing department. Although it's supposed to be fresh starting point for a new on-going series, it's also burdened with some overwrought exposition to serve as a recap for anybody who skipped the House of X and Powers of X twin miniseries, and to remind people about stuff they might have forgotten over the course of that sprawling 12-issue epic. What you wind up with is a lot of "Why yes, I am the evil leader of this group of humans who intend to wipe out the mutant race from our orbital space station," type of dialogue. It's a decent launch, and I expect it'll take a few issues to find its footing.
More impressive was Gerry Duggan's Marauders, which sees Katherine Pryde accepting a job from Emma Frost and her Hellfire Corporation and becoming... a mutant pirate! It's a blast! Pryde is ostensibly funneling black market drugs into countries that have refused to recognize the sovereignty of the mutant nation, Krakoa, but the real meat of her mission is to help expatriate mutants who are being detained in those countries and bring them home. Hijinks ensue!
I'm not a fan of the fantasy genre in general, so I wasn't expecting much from the magic-centric, Otherworld-focused Excalibur. Sadly, Tini Howard's scripting wasn't able to overcome my bias against swords and sorcery stuff. This issue was really the only disappointment of the collection. New Mutants, by Hickman and Ed Brisson, was fun, but not particularly memorable. It's a lot of Setting Things Up, so we'll just have to wait and see how it shakes out.
After a bit of a disappointing middle, Benjamin Percy and Bryan Hill stick the landing with their respective titles, X-Force and Fallen Angels. A new anti-mutant organization has risen in response to Xavier's fledgling nation-state and launches a surprise attack on the unprepared paradise. There's a lot of elements in play that I'm expecting Percy to pay off nicely, but it's Hill's team of mutant killers that really surprised me. Fallen Angels was a terrific discovery that sees Psylocke recruiting Cable and X-23 to confront a new technodrug that infected a child with close ties to her. We also get some great explorations of Psylocke's childhood and her training as an assassin. This one really took me by surprise and I'me excited to see where this series is going.
I have to say, hats off to Marvel for arranging this, and subsequent trade editions, of Dawn of X as they have. Given that Hickman is overseeing and guiding the entirety of the X-Men line, there's a clear line of continuity between these books that bind them all together. Although you could read specific titles in their own trade editions (X-Men by Jonathan Hickman, Vol. 1, collecting issues #1-6 for instance) if you prefer, the completionist in me is excited to see these rapidly released, line-wide compilations. In this book you get six issue ones from each of the books; volume two collects issue two from each X-book in the line, and so on. By bundling together the single issues from each title into a trade, you really get to see the scope of how grand this relaunch is and how many gears are moving to keep it all going. There's a welcome bit of cohesion across the line as events in one book ripple through another, and hints of the grand plan in action. Typically, Marvel's line of books don't have much continuity between them and the timeline of events is pretty wonky, so it's a welcome change of pace to see a clear through-line in this franchise. More importantly, the X-Men actually feel relevant again, and not just relevant but fresh thanks to Hickman's innovations with the core plotting. Dawn of X is shaping up to be bright new day in X-Men history.
June 26, 2022
Y así, del tirón... de Dinastía de X y Potencias de X, pasamos a las nuevas colecciones que surgieron después del evento, con sus diferentes equipos creativos, etc. Y este volumen ha sido el gran culpable de que haya vuelto a picar, porque oye, que pereza ponerte a buscar ahora la forma de leer la etapa de Hickman... o más bien, con Hickman al frente, supervisando todo el universo mutante. Pero resulta que aquí los amigos de Marvel debieron pensar en los flojos como yo, capaces de volver a engancharse pero vagos... y lo han presentado todo en una edición de tomos ordenados por orden cronológico. Y así en este primer tomo, están los inicios de las nuevas etapas de X-Men, Merodeadores, Nuevos Mutantes, Excalibur, X-Force y Ángeles Caídos. Nueva colecciones, nuevos equipos creativos, nuevas alienaciones... Y la verdad es que me ha recordado muchísimo a ese gran momento que fue el final de la Saga de la Isla Muir, donde se reestructuraron todas las alineaciones de los equipos mutantes, y que yo disfruté muchísimo. Y de momento son solo un número de cada serie, pero oye, globalmente me han parecido muy interesantes, con punto extra para Excalibur y X-Force, y punto de menos para Ángeles Caídos, que es la que me ha parecido más flojita.
Así, X-Men va a ser la colección principal, y en este caso se va a centrar al parecer en el clan Summers, asentado en el Área Azul de la Luna, y con invitados tan importantes como Lobezno, Magneto o Polaris. Merodeadores va a ser el nombre que de Gatasombra a su equipo, y tras descubrir que no puede utilizar los portales de Krakoa por algún motivo, va a aceptar el ofrecimiento de Emma Frost para convertirse en el brazo ejecutivo del Club Fuego Infernal a la hora de rescatar a los mutantes de aquellos lugares del mundo donde no puedan acceder a los portales de Krakoa, y Kitty (que comienza a pedir a todos que la llamen Kate), va a contar con la ayuda de Tormenta, el Hombre de Hielo, el Pyros original, Emma Frost (de momento fuera de la acción) y parece que Bishop.
Nuevos Mutantes destaca porque al parecer fue la colección capricho de Hickman, y además cuenta con un dibujante que recuerda muchísimo al magnífico Sienkiewicz que marcara la historia del cómic con historias como El Oso Místico. Estos Nuevos Mutantes ya no son tan nuevos, aunque los miembros del equipo original se van a ver reforzados por algunos miembros de Generación-X. Y aquí vamos a tener a Mancha Solar, Magik, Moonstar, Karma, Loba Venenosa, Cifra, Mondo y Cámara uniéndose a los Saqueadores Estelares de Corsario para llegar hasta Bala de Cañón, que desde la etapa de Hickman en Vengadores, vivía con su familia en el Imperio Shi'ar. Excalibur va a ser un planteamiento muy interesante, con un equipo que va a tener que hacer frente, al parecer, a las interferencias que Krakoa está realizando con sus portales sobre la magia de Otromundo, con Morgana como adversaria, y un equipo conformado por Betsy Braddock, Gambito y Pícara, Júbilo, Trinaria (a esta la tengo olvidada o no me acuerdo de quien es) y el mismísimo Apocalipsis.
X-Force, como de costumbre, va a ser el equipo de intervenciones especiales de los mutantes, su forma de hacer frente a las amenazas contra los mutantes y a aquellos países que no aceptan los portales de Krakoa. Jean Grey, Dominó, Lobezno, Sabia, la Bestia, Coloso y Black Tom Cassidy parece que van a ser los protagonistas de la serie, y si hacemos caso a la portada, parece que Omega Kid, es decir, Quentin Quire, se les va a unir en algún momento. Y tiene un final de estos que cortan el aliento. Y por último, Ángeles Caídos nos lleva a seguir los pasos de Mariposa Mental (ahora es Kwannon), X-23 y Cable, que van a tratar de hacer frente a una nueva droga llamada (creo recordar) Outward, y cuyo distribuidor, que se autoproclama un dios, va a realizar un ataque muy personal contra la propia Mariposa, lo que llevará a que Mariposa y sus aliados salgan de Krakoa con la ayuda de Siniestro, pero evitando los cauces "legales" de la isla.
Y bueno, así como arranque, me ha parecido todo en general muy potente. No quiero entrar a evaluar el dibujo, porque estoy muy desconectado, y salvo a Yu en X-Men (sigue sin gustarme), no conozco a ningún otro de los dibujantes, y ni bien ni mal. Ni me han horrorizado ni me han dejado loquísimo de la emoción, creo que tengo que reactivar esas neuronas.
Muy interesante de momento.
Así, X-Men va a ser la colección principal, y en este caso se va a centrar al parecer en el clan Summers, asentado en el Área Azul de la Luna, y con invitados tan importantes como Lobezno, Magneto o Polaris. Merodeadores va a ser el nombre que de Gatasombra a su equipo, y tras descubrir que no puede utilizar los portales de Krakoa por algún motivo, va a aceptar el ofrecimiento de Emma Frost para convertirse en el brazo ejecutivo del Club Fuego Infernal a la hora de rescatar a los mutantes de aquellos lugares del mundo donde no puedan acceder a los portales de Krakoa, y Kitty (que comienza a pedir a todos que la llamen Kate), va a contar con la ayuda de Tormenta, el Hombre de Hielo, el Pyros original, Emma Frost (de momento fuera de la acción) y parece que Bishop.
Nuevos Mutantes destaca porque al parecer fue la colección capricho de Hickman, y además cuenta con un dibujante que recuerda muchísimo al magnífico Sienkiewicz que marcara la historia del cómic con historias como El Oso Místico. Estos Nuevos Mutantes ya no son tan nuevos, aunque los miembros del equipo original se van a ver reforzados por algunos miembros de Generación-X. Y aquí vamos a tener a Mancha Solar, Magik, Moonstar, Karma, Loba Venenosa, Cifra, Mondo y Cámara uniéndose a los Saqueadores Estelares de Corsario para llegar hasta Bala de Cañón, que desde la etapa de Hickman en Vengadores, vivía con su familia en el Imperio Shi'ar. Excalibur va a ser un planteamiento muy interesante, con un equipo que va a tener que hacer frente, al parecer, a las interferencias que Krakoa está realizando con sus portales sobre la magia de Otromundo, con Morgana como adversaria, y un equipo conformado por Betsy Braddock, Gambito y Pícara, Júbilo, Trinaria (a esta la tengo olvidada o no me acuerdo de quien es) y el mismísimo Apocalipsis.
X-Force, como de costumbre, va a ser el equipo de intervenciones especiales de los mutantes, su forma de hacer frente a las amenazas contra los mutantes y a aquellos países que no aceptan los portales de Krakoa. Jean Grey, Dominó, Lobezno, Sabia, la Bestia, Coloso y Black Tom Cassidy parece que van a ser los protagonistas de la serie, y si hacemos caso a la portada, parece que Omega Kid, es decir, Quentin Quire, se les va a unir en algún momento. Y tiene un final de estos que cortan el aliento. Y por último, Ángeles Caídos nos lleva a seguir los pasos de Mariposa Mental (ahora es Kwannon), X-23 y Cable, que van a tratar de hacer frente a una nueva droga llamada (creo recordar) Outward, y cuyo distribuidor, que se autoproclama un dios, va a realizar un ataque muy personal contra la propia Mariposa, lo que llevará a que Mariposa y sus aliados salgan de Krakoa con la ayuda de Siniestro, pero evitando los cauces "legales" de la isla.
Y bueno, así como arranque, me ha parecido todo en general muy potente. No quiero entrar a evaluar el dibujo, porque estoy muy desconectado, y salvo a Yu en X-Men (sigue sin gustarme), no conozco a ningún otro de los dibujantes, y ni bien ni mal. Ni me han horrorizado ni me han dejado loquísimo de la emoción, creo que tengo que reactivar esas neuronas.
Muy interesante de momento.
August 15, 2020
Great idea by Marvel to give us something easy to get into the X-Men titles, DC did something similar with New 52 and Rebirth but a whole omnibus compared to a 6 issue trade. Marvel wins this hands down, kind of wish they took this approach for some of there other lines like Avengers.
X-Men (2019-) #1 1/5
A lot of talking that doesn't go anywhere, you ever have Wolverine talking to some guy about how to cook a stake for 2 pages. Another page is dedicated to cleaning plates with slime and actions scenes without any action, gorilla soldiers show up and disappear without even being mentioned. Oh and the X-Men have devised a new way to handle the racism they face, which is to be racist against the human and to fight all of them, cause that's just a great idea.
Marauders (2019-) #1 2/5
Emma Frost now runs a boating company and Kitty Pryde wants to be called Kate. That's about it for what the issue offers, there is a fight with some Russians. Because they have a problem with Mutants teleporting into their country, think any country would have that problem. Like X-Men #1 though they are made out to be the bad guys, those rotten humans.
Excalibur (2019-) #1 4/5
Bit of a slow start but it makes up for it in the end, essential this magic vs mutants. It's a very nice change of pace, you even get some Captain Britain in this. Morgan Le Fay shows up as well, she seems appeared in a lot of things I've read this year, her set up is quite intriguing. Unlike the rest of the issues in this collect, she seems to have a reason to target mutants. This might confuse new reads as it dives deep into the Braddock family but as I've familiar with their history I thoroughly enjoyed it.
New Mutants (2019-) #1 1/5
Had the unpleasant pleasure of of reading the whole first volume, it was garbage and I don't intend to read the first issue again.
X-Force (2019-) #1 3/5
It's hard to say what's going on in this issue as lots of things happen but it's left open, I'm very interested to see what comes next. Krakoa is invaded by unknown assailant, whilst an organization meet to discuss the mutant threat. You also have a random pig running around attacking mutants, with Wolverine wanting to kill it. It was a nice little issue, curious how it'll play out because House of X / Powers of X effectively took away the threat of death.
Fallen Angels (2019-) #1 5/5
"You are a caterpillar, soft and ugly and useless". I really like that quote, it's just so out there. This has an explosive start and doesn't stop there, even when it's just talking I was hooked. Magneto and Mr Sinister were written exceptionally, they've been acting out of character for a few years now. What else can I say? Psylocke was amazing, the visions were cool and I'm excited for what's next.
As a whole
This was a really good idea, an easy way for people to get into X-Men. Funny thing is I found myself enjoying the stories more when they didn't focus on Krakoa, whilst Hickman's issues were awful at best. I genuinely think some of the other writers put there all in and had some fantastic results.
X-Men (2019-) #1 1/5
A lot of talking that doesn't go anywhere, you ever have Wolverine talking to some guy about how to cook a stake for 2 pages. Another page is dedicated to cleaning plates with slime and actions scenes without any action, gorilla soldiers show up and disappear without even being mentioned. Oh and the X-Men have devised a new way to handle the racism they face, which is to be racist against the human and to fight all of them, cause that's just a great idea.
Marauders (2019-) #1 2/5
Emma Frost now runs a boating company and Kitty Pryde wants to be called Kate. That's about it for what the issue offers, there is a fight with some Russians. Because they have a problem with Mutants teleporting into their country, think any country would have that problem. Like X-Men #1 though they are made out to be the bad guys, those rotten humans.
Excalibur (2019-) #1 4/5
Bit of a slow start but it makes up for it in the end, essential this magic vs mutants. It's a very nice change of pace, you even get some Captain Britain in this. Morgan Le Fay shows up as well, she seems appeared in a lot of things I've read this year, her set up is quite intriguing. Unlike the rest of the issues in this collect, she seems to have a reason to target mutants. This might confuse new reads as it dives deep into the Braddock family but as I've familiar with their history I thoroughly enjoyed it.
New Mutants (2019-) #1 1/5
Had the unpleasant pleasure of of reading the whole first volume, it was garbage and I don't intend to read the first issue again.
X-Force (2019-) #1 3/5
It's hard to say what's going on in this issue as lots of things happen but it's left open, I'm very interested to see what comes next. Krakoa is invaded by unknown assailant, whilst an organization meet to discuss the mutant threat. You also have a random pig running around attacking mutants, with Wolverine wanting to kill it. It was a nice little issue, curious how it'll play out because House of X / Powers of X effectively took away the threat of death.
Fallen Angels (2019-) #1 5/5
"You are a caterpillar, soft and ugly and useless". I really like that quote, it's just so out there. This has an explosive start and doesn't stop there, even when it's just talking I was hooked. Magneto and Mr Sinister were written exceptionally, they've been acting out of character for a few years now. What else can I say? Psylocke was amazing, the visions were cool and I'm excited for what's next.
As a whole
This was a really good idea, an easy way for people to get into X-Men. Funny thing is I found myself enjoying the stories more when they didn't focus on Krakoa, whilst Hickman's issues were awful at best. I genuinely think some of the other writers put there all in and had some fantastic results.
May 10, 2023
After the foundations established in House of X/Powers of X, readers may find themselves intimidated by the amount of titles and where to go next. Dawn of X simplifies the suggested/preferred reading order by collecting the first entries in all six X-Men titles spinning out of the relaunch. The first title in this volume is the mainline X-Men title, and I thought it was satisfying and simple. I liked seeing Magneto grow to be loved by the children of Krakoa, and I loved seeing how characters were adjusting to the new normal. I liked seeing the Summer house, and I loved the tiny implication that Wolverine, Jean, and Cyclops are in a throuple, which is the best possible outcome of a love triangle storyline, especially one that has lasted for years. One thing that was jarring is that Scott’s extended family wasn’t really explained and the writers assumed most people would know them, but I didn’t. I didn’t realize Scott’s dad was alive and also a mutant. The ending showed the antagonists and their next move, and I liked how the writers are doing a good job at giving them a fleshed out characterization and not just making them cartoonishly evil just for the sake of it. Marauders was an interesting instalment, I liked the reintroduction of Kate Pryde and how she fits into the new normal. I loved how this volume showed off her cool phasing powers. Excalibur didn’t grip me as the other stories did. I thought the cast of characters was an interesting mix, and I liked the idea of a magic-based X-Men story, but the Camelot aspect didn’t grip me and I’m not a huge fan of that setting. New Mutants intrigued me as I’m beginning to love the “New Mutant” characters. Cypher has especially become my favourite ever since House of X/Powers of X, I love how he can speak every language and communicate with all living things, that’s such a cool power and I love his robotic arm. The characters were really colourful in this story, and I liked the artwork. The ending made me curious where the story would go from here. X-Force was a quick but effective read, the ending had a trope that we’ve seen before but I’m curious to see where it goes from here. One thing that I thought was strange was that Krakoa had so many defences and powerful mutants, but nobody thought to put a force field above the island? I thought that was an oversight or bad writing, but I guess they wouldn’t have much of a story if people couldn’t invade the island. I’m head canon is that building and maintaining an island nation is a lot of work and they’ve been too busy to truly finish everything. Fallen Angels had an interesting story, and it clarified some things from previous stories. For one thing, I’m not super familiar with Betsy Braddock and Psylocke’s body swapping storyline, so it was a little difficult for me to understand and keep clear in my head, and there are references to stories and events pre-House of X/Powers of X, so the weight of certain things didn’t hit as hard for me. Fallen Angels has potential, but I’m not a fan of the art style. Overall, all these stories have interesting premises and explore interesting ideas in the new world of X-Men.
March 7, 2020
This is a great start for the re-launch of X-Men. This is a collected trade paperback of the first issues of the 6 main titles in Dawn of X. I read these as single issues.
X-Force, Marauders, New Mutants, Excalibur, X-Men, Fallen Angels. That is how I would rank each comic in this volume. By far the best 2 are X-force and Marauders. While one is very action heavy and deep, the other is full of humour and personality. Definitely the top 2 I would recommend.
New Mutants and Excalibur fall into the I love both of these titles from their original runs but they have a lot more to live up to. The artwork is the stand-out of both but the story needs more work.
X-Men and Fallen Angels still have to hit their stride. I've read Fallen Angels twice and my opinion of it has changed, I liked it way more the second time around, but it still has a long ways to go before I become fully invested in Kwannon's story. I think the main burden for this is Kwannon herself is such an underused character that no1 knows much about her to be invested in the story from the start.
Very excited for volume 2 and hoping that the further volumes change my opinion on some of the runs
X-Force, Marauders, New Mutants, Excalibur, X-Men, Fallen Angels. That is how I would rank each comic in this volume. By far the best 2 are X-force and Marauders. While one is very action heavy and deep, the other is full of humour and personality. Definitely the top 2 I would recommend.
New Mutants and Excalibur fall into the I love both of these titles from their original runs but they have a lot more to live up to. The artwork is the stand-out of both but the story needs more work.
X-Men and Fallen Angels still have to hit their stride. I've read Fallen Angels twice and my opinion of it has changed, I liked it way more the second time around, but it still has a long ways to go before I become fully invested in Kwannon's story. I think the main burden for this is Kwannon herself is such an underused character that no1 knows much about her to be invested in the story from the start.
Very excited for volume 2 and hoping that the further volumes change my opinion on some of the runs
April 9, 2020
COLLECTS X-MEN (2019) #1, X-FORCE (2019) #1, MARAUDERS #1, EXCALIBUR (2019) #1, FALLEN ANGELS (2019) #1 and NEW MUTANTS (2019) #1
Under Jonathan Hickman's guidance, the X-Men universe got a hard reset in 2019. Because of that, there was a new wave of X-titles, and this volume collects the first issue of each of those new titles. I am sometimes annoyed by collections like this, but in this case, I appreciate being able to test each of the titles because there is an overall story being told throughout the full X-Line. I'm guessing that I wouldn't have read all six of these series if it wasn't for this format. I definitely would have checked out anything that Hickman wrote, and I also enjoy reading Gerry Duggan's work. Here is how I would rank the titles based just on their first issues:
Best: X-Men
2: X-Force
3: Marauders
4: Excalibur
5: Fallen Angels
Worst: New Mutants
Overall, I'm mostly happy with the direction the X-Universe is going.
Under Jonathan Hickman's guidance, the X-Men universe got a hard reset in 2019. Because of that, there was a new wave of X-titles, and this volume collects the first issue of each of those new titles. I am sometimes annoyed by collections like this, but in this case, I appreciate being able to test each of the titles because there is an overall story being told throughout the full X-Line. I'm guessing that I wouldn't have read all six of these series if it wasn't for this format. I definitely would have checked out anything that Hickman wrote, and I also enjoy reading Gerry Duggan's work. Here is how I would rank the titles based just on their first issues:
Best: X-Men
2: X-Force
3: Marauders
4: Excalibur
5: Fallen Angels
Worst: New Mutants
Overall, I'm mostly happy with the direction the X-Universe is going.
January 6, 2022
Dawn of X had indeed a lots of ups and downs here. It collects all first issues around the X-men world reset in HOX/POX. It's Hickman and it's great , but not as good as the 2019 reset itself. They were technically interconnected one shots. But it felt good to read them together and get a sense of what is going on and watch the x-men world as one. I give the entire series 3 stars. And here is my idea on them one by one :
X-men 4.25/5 it was the best one for me. It was new but had a sense of classics and it was well written.
Marauders 4/5 almost over the top there actually.
Excalibur 2.5/5 I like to see what they do with it though, it was promising and it has like majority of my favorite title characters so o hope it improves.
New mutants 2/5 it was the worst for me in this book. I hope that changes.
X-Force 3.5/5 it was okay.
Fallen angels 3/5 it actually was good, I'm looking forward to it.
X-men 4.25/5 it was the best one for me. It was new but had a sense of classics and it was well written.
Marauders 4/5 almost over the top there actually.
Excalibur 2.5/5 I like to see what they do with it though, it was promising and it has like majority of my favorite title characters so o hope it improves.
New mutants 2/5 it was the worst for me in this book. I hope that changes.
X-Force 3.5/5 it was okay.
Fallen angels 3/5 it actually was good, I'm looking forward to it.
May 27, 2020
Following up on the massive reboot of House of X / Powers of X, this collects the #1 issues of the 6? series that Marvel relaunched the line with.
I'm torn between enjoying the range of the line -- the different series promise everything from classic mutant angst to lighthearted space adventure to cyberpunkish psychological horror -- and being glad that I'm not sufficiently invested in the X-Men to try to keep up with what everyone is doing. If I were picking up individual issues, I think I'd want to read about half of these on a regular basis, but I'm not sure how much I'd trust Marvel to let each series breathe on its own.
Looking ahead, the follow-up collections seem to be continuing the idea of covering all the series at once (vol. 2 is the #2 for each series, etc.). I'm not sure I'm on board. It's an intriguing way to present to universe but... damn, that's a lot of X-Men.
I'm torn between enjoying the range of the line -- the different series promise everything from classic mutant angst to lighthearted space adventure to cyberpunkish psychological horror -- and being glad that I'm not sufficiently invested in the X-Men to try to keep up with what everyone is doing. If I were picking up individual issues, I think I'd want to read about half of these on a regular basis, but I'm not sure how much I'd trust Marvel to let each series breathe on its own.
Looking ahead, the follow-up collections seem to be continuing the idea of covering all the series at once (vol. 2 is the #2 for each series, etc.). I'm not sure I'm on board. It's an intriguing way to present to universe but... damn, that's a lot of X-Men.
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