McGuires work here feels a bit stifled by the massive superstructure of the Age of X-Man event. In Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider shes got much more leeway to do whatever the hell she wants...a situation which allows her to develop nuanced humor and drama in very clever ways. Shes easily one of the best writers working for Marvel right now. Its too bad that she had to be hampered by the event that this series is a part of. McGuire could be great with Nightcrawler if she was given just a bit more room to develop her own story. Read Full Review

Well the issue wasn't worse in the run, but didn't redeem itself by the end. I will say this, the art always did it's job! I was impressed and enjoyed each panel. However, this issue had some parts that felt rushed and other things felt like we are just repeating ourselves. The ending was okay, it was just how they got there with the dialogue was my biggest issue. Read Full Review

If you've somehow been keeping up with this Nightcrawler saga, the conclusion won't disappoint. Read Full Review

This was also rushed. There are parts of this miniseries that I really enjoyed, but in the end, it seems these stories are having trouble being satisfying while still fitting the oppressive narrative that they need to.

This mini and Nextgen stand apart from the other AoX series in that they work better as "prequels" that end before the AU starts unraveling. Of the two, I much prefer the school story. This series added "Cuckoos secretly in on the conspiracy" to its basic "movie star Kurt" premise, but it never got enough tension going between them. This last issue is particularly bad about the two ideas nervously eyeing each other like shy kids at a middle-school dance, doing a whole lot of not much until Kurt makes a Mk. 1 heroic sacrifice to provide a little closure.

This was never my fave.