Dawn of X, Vol. 13

X-Men: Krakoan Era (Anthology Trades)

by Jonathan Hickman, Gerry Duggan, Tini Howard

Galactic empires rock the Dawn of X!

Nathan Summers has a new sword but the Spaceknights of Galador want to pry it from his grasp! Plus: Deadpool considers Cable one of his oldest and best friends. But thanks to time travel, young Cable hasn't met Deadpool...yet. Nathan's in for a treat! Elsewhere, when the Cotati set up shop on the moon in their war with the Kree, Skrulls and Earth itself, what will the neighbours - the Summers family - have to say? And as the Cotati conflict rages across the globe, Angel, Magik and more X-Men join the front lines in Genosha! They say war is hell and that's certainly true when you're dealing with alien plants vs. mutant zombies vs. weird old ladies!

Collects Cable (2020) #3-4, X-Men (2019) #10, Empyre: X-Men (2020) #1-2.

Genres: Comics, Marvel, Graphic Novels, X Men, Superheroes, Graphic Novels Comics, Comic Book

160 pages, Paperback

First published February 17, 2021

About the author

Jonathan 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

Reviews

[Oscar · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty good

[Blindzider · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cable - as stated last volume, don't care for it. Hope it doesn't show up again in DoX.

X-Men - while a reread for me, it's a reminder of just what is going on with Vulcan and where he sits with the Summers clan. It's a slight prelude to Empyre also.

Empyre: X-Men - The first issue is pretty good. Some funny parts and some serious parts with Wanda. I kinda feel the whole ramifications of what she does was either glossed over or just ignored, unless it is addressed in the main storyline. The second issue has surprise guests who I really like, but this issue seems to go on too long and the whole idea wears out its welcome. Not having read the main crossover, not sure how this really ties in, or if it's just a tangential "how would the X-Men deal with them" story.

[Mike McDevitt · Rating 2 out of 5]

I believe I said more Spaceknights. That is LESS Spaceknights.

[James · Rating 5 out of 5]

Space Knights are deterred. Alien Plants vs. Mutant Zombies is a bit silly.

[Judah Radd · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ok. Absolutely love Kid Cable. Definitely happy for way more of that. It’s phenomenal and beautiful.

The rest consists of something I rarely see; good event tie-ins. It’s so smooth, it feels like Empyre was made for the X-Men, even though they basically play no role in the main event. Super fun, action packed, interesting and funny. All around a great time.

I’m inching closer to X of Swords and I’m getting pretty jazzed for it!

[C · Rating 2 out of 5]

Maybe it's just my mood... and I hate being that kind of reviewer...

but ehhhh. It was okay, I guess.

[Terrance · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not sure Empyre crossover needed to be a part of this.

[Amanda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Spring 2020 (April);

Dawn of X (Vol. 11-16)
X of Swords (full)
Reign of X (Vol. 1-7)

** As a spoiler warning, do not read this review unless you've read all of the above issues, not just the volume where you've found this review. **

I did a massive multi-volume, multi-arc blitz recently and so I'm going to just drop a lot of what's hot here & going to be copying it down across a million books. My favorite thing literally is now and forever the Polycule going on in Summer House. I love his universe and am certainly very curious about the things still hiding in the shadows.

I'm glad Kitty found her way through that thing. I'm glad we didn't lose Betsy while we were in the other universe where death *sort of* sticks. Excalibur remains the most arrestingly gorgeous art. I'm still not interested in the one and only story comics know how to tell with Beast. I love the whole council and can't stop cooing over Erik as the Left Hand/Charles as the right (and even more so the bits where/how Jean & Scott are off to reform the X-Men #goodboy).

Jeanne & The Twins, in general, are back and I'm super duper in love with that. I really madly adore that there isn't any vast soap opera drama with any relationships or old bad blood that can't be given a new chance in Krakoa. There's such a breath of fresh air reading a lot of the choices Hickman and his writers have made.

[Hanieh · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.7/5
I think this was the low after the high of the DoX vol.12 . I reckon this might be my least favorite so far if we exclude all the dropped stories. So let's get this over with.

Cable (2020) #3-4: 3/5
Both issues were fun. The kid Cable was so fun to read. I'm not the biggest Deadpool fan but the appearance was indeed necessary. Altogether it was just fun for me. Nth more.

X-Men (2019) #10 :3/5
So it sorta got roped into the empyre. I could live with that but i also think it was sorta it's downfall?
Anyway I didn't find the cast as compelling as before. It had it's moments of fun and action but that's all.

Empyre: X-Men (2020) #1-2 : 2/5
Why is it even here? Wasn't it packed through another series. The whole planet vs. zombie thing was ridiculously underwhelming. All the weight of these 2 stars given here in one shoulders of Wanda's arche.

[luciddreamer99 · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Hickman written chapters remain the best to me, but I enjoyed most of the issues in this run. The Deadpool appearance seemed out of leftfield, but the Empyre crossovers were non-invasive to the overall X-Men story. I didn't feel like I was missing any of the story by not reading the rest of Empyre, though I still may seek them out. I like the free love atmosphere of Dawn of X: Cable dating the Stepford Cuckoos, Vulcan having margaritas with some attractive lady mutants on the moon, and even the Horticulture commenting that Magik has an "H of a sauceboat on her," whatever that means. (Butt? lol) I'm still not a big fan of Horticulture as villains, but maybe their pheromones are working on me, because I minded them less in this volume.

[Rocky Sunico]

The first chunk of this book involved getting us up to speed with the new Cable book. This younger Cable is pretty quirky, but I finally appreciate what they seem to be trying to do with this book. Bring in Deadpool! Bring in Time Travel. And bring in Galadorian spaceknights (but not officially Rom the Space Knight)! Quite the mix of things. I love the art, but not quite sold on the character.

The latter half was overtaken by the Empyre crossover book, which is kinda funny since Cable was tagged as being part of the Road to X of Swords. I had read this mini-crossover separately and it was still pretty enjoyable. But it was also rather isolated in terms of its implications.

But also, dang Vulcan. Dang.

[Frank Jarome · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’m basically reusing a review across this series, as it seems to hold as things go on. Overall it’s a bunch of highs and lows. Some books are consistently excellent (Marauders, X-Force, Wolverine, and it looks like X-Factor & Hellions will join that group) while some are middling to mediocre (Excalibur being the worst of the lot, plus Cable being so-so, and the main X-Men book varying in quality from one issue to the next). I’m still reading, so the overall whole is quality, and the whole setting that they’ve established is still unique and intriguing. It’s like a house of cards that we know is doomed to fall eventually, it’s just a question of when and how)

[Sesana · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't know why the Empyre miniseries is being collected in the Dawn of X books, considering it was already collected somewhere else, and it definitely shouldn't have been split into two different volumes. So I'm ignoring those issues and only looking at the ones new to me, two issues of Cable and one of X-Men. I like Cable way more than I thought I would. It's turned out to be a fun read, with a really good Deadpool cameo. The X-Men issue focuses on Vulcan, so it wasn't something I had a real connection to. Cable is by far the strong point of this particular collection.

[Matt · Rating 3 out of 5]

Collects Cable (2020) #3-4, X-Men (2019) #10, Empyre: X-Men (2020) #1-2

Here's the concept for "Empyre: X-Men" - Trying to make up for M-Day, Scarlet Witch attempts to resurrect the victims at Genosha. Instead she raises up a horde of zombie mutants. Mix that with "Empyre," and you get Plants vs. Zombies, but unfortunately, "Empyre" is so far in the rear-view mirror of my reading, that I had a hard time not skimming through those issues. "X-Men" Issue #10 also ties into "Empyre."

Here is my ranking of the issues in this collection:

1. X-Men #10
2. Cable #3-4
3. Empyre: X-Men #1-2

[Martijn Van · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cable 3: I hate deadpool. This series had a lot going for it so i forgive his necessary appearance. 3.5☆
Cable 4: Real fun sum of it parts and great X of swords setup. 4☆
X-Men 10: Just an intro the Empyre. Much of these X-Men comics feel like 'The Summers Family' instead of X-Men. 3☆
Empyre: X-Men 1: Uhm okay. This is weird... 3☆
Empyre: X-Men 2: Fun rollercoaster. Starting to like Magik as a character. 3.5☆

Overall: 3,5☆

[Jase · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cable takes on some gods? to prevent them taking over/back the planet. Hanging out with girlfriend 1, Esme Cuckoo, their plan sends those gods far away and home in time to reunite w/ grandpa Corsair, father Scott, Uncle Alex, Sister Rachel (and mother Jean Grey?). No Vulcan/Gabriel present until X-Men issue. He just hangs out and gets drunk with 2 X-girls, Petra & Sway (new to me) and has these dreams. He ends up fighting with some lizard creatures who crave his burning fire inside him.

[M.L.D. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cable #3 -- 4 stars because of Deadpool

Cable #4 -- 3

X-Men #10 (Empyre) -- meh, didn't like the featured cast, find the plant people as adversaries uninteresting 2/5

Empyre #1 -- Wanda's emotional arc is compelling, but plants vs. zombies? Are you kidding me?! 2/5

Empyre #2 -- There's too much going on & the basic premise of plants vs. zombies is ludicrous. 1/5

[Sarospice · Rating 2 out of 5]

Young Cable is a total bore. Cockteasing the space knights was lame. Vulcan continues to have no reason to be. Let's be honest, The X-Men are a bunch of Karens. Privileged and complaining. Someone inform M that no matter what you do, at some point every salad is just a bowl of lettuce. Plants vs zombies was someone else's idea.

[Charles Korb · Rating 4 out of 5]

Always weird to have a crossover where you don't read the other parts. I find it somewhat implausible you would use genosha as a staging ground for an invasion of wakanda.

The cable plot is fun though and bolsters this volume.

[Malum · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the obligatory big event crossover issues. Luckily it's pretty good.

[Patrick Taylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Alien plants vs mutant zombies vs old ladies. Yessssss

[Afreen Aftab · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cable (2020) #3-4 - 3.5/5
Empyre: X-Men (2020) #1-2 - 3.5/ 5 (some vegans wreaking havoc interesting)

[Daniel Butcher · Rating 4 out of 5]

Space Knights…crazy!

Plant people Vs zombies Vs the elderly as part of Emprye better than expected! Maybe the best part of Emprye for me.

[Sonic · Rating 3 out of 5]

In general I love this series and what they are doing/trying to do with an overarching aspect/premise for Mutantdom.

[Bekka · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love this, I just simply LOVE all of this, especially the Empyre tie-ins and seeing Wanda again, even if she isn't a mutant!
TW for grief, mentions of death, zombies, resurrection, murder, blood.

[Lee A. Price · Rating 3 out of 5]

interesring but far from great

Tie in to Empyre. Decent source material, but no time to flesh it out. Would make an interesting book, but as a comic, too rushed

[Lauren · Rating 4 out of 5]

X-men vs plants vs zombies

[Philip · Rating 4 out of 5]

4ish stars.

[Sam Erin · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is the first book I've actively hated. Who asked from Zombies in my damn mutants comics???

[Conor Murphy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This one was just a ton of ridiculous fun, I really enjoyed it