In the event tie in thats not an event tie in, we finally get some much needed character development for Iceman, and Duggan and Villa gave us a little ditty that let Iceman come out to the world, and gave us an example of how real world members of the LGBTQ+ are often viewed, or felt like we need to edit ourselves to make things more palatable for the straight folk. Depending on how Duggan handles this, it could be a cheer or a jeer. Read Full Review

X-Men#14 was another fun return to form of sorts and had some great, powerful moments. This issue makes you wish the rest of the series had this vibe and hopefully, future issues do too. Read Full Review

A very fun issue with an unusual take on event tie-ins, this one is worth picking up. The story and dialogue are a lot of fun, the art is getting better by the issue, and as an overall package, this is well worth it. Read Full Review

As a standalone superhero comic book X-Men #14 continues the trend of Gerry Duggan telling stories effectively in one issue. This is a great showcase for Iceman and Firestar as they are given major spotlights in this issue. When it comes to being a tie-in to A.X.E.: Judgment Day that part of the story is more of an afterthought. Hopefully once A.X.E.: Judgment Day we get to see the new X-Men team have time to build up their chemistry. Read Full Review

X-Men #14 takes an A.X.E.: Judgment Day tie-in about the judgment of mutants and redirects that focus toward Iceman and his sexuality. Yet regardless of your personal stance on the topic at hand, you have to admit that Duggan does some literary magic showcasing the parallels between the two judgments. Nevertheless, I find myself scratching my head wondering why. Read Full Review

X-Men #14 isnt terrible, which is pretty good for this book. Its not really a tie-in, feeling like something that Duggan planned anyway. X-Force #31 did the same thing, but it felt better in that book, mainly because Percy is just better than Duggan. The book is a mixed bag, but the good parts shine enough that it overshadows Duggans usual dross. Villa and Milla do a good job, for the most part. All in all, its a mostly entertaining issue that has just enough good stuff to overcome Duggans usual shoddiness as an X-Men writer. Read Full Review

X-Men #14 suffers, as its predecessor did, for being a tie-in issue to Judgment Day. Read Full Review

Very enjoyable, blockbuster of an issue.
Once it gets going it's crazy good.
Though o m g another extinction level event.
It's hard to care for stuff when stuff like this happens every issue. At least they made it flashy.
Can't say I get the ending with Cyclops, but gets by the rule of cool. I don't know enough of our new God for it to make a true impression.

The X-Men have always been at their best when they work in tandem. The Fast Ball Special is an obvious fan favorite, but I'm digging these new subtle mutant circuits. Jean downloading Forge's input to Iceman was just a nice touch to a new team dynamic.

This was a little bit of a step-up from the previous issue. Speaking of which, I enjoyed the content with Iceman there, so I'm glad we got a lot more this time around. I feel like it's often forgotten how powerful he is, so it's nice to see him used in a main X-book. Plus, Cyclops' judgment at the end was a nice touch to tie more in with Judgment Day as well.

It just doesn't work. Quick read that tries to prove a point but it doesn't have the hit it thinks it has plus that Cyclops ending was dumb. Villa delivers some nice action sequences but his work just needs more reps to improve his art.

I have no problem with this issue's sexual politics -- quite the opposite, in fact. If Iceman wants to save the world and then broadcast to the haters, "hey, your asses just got saved by a gay man," more power to him. I just wish he was doing it in a less-mediocre comic.

I believe this is the one where Iceman saves the day but then Cyclops gets judged? Feels...out of place to me

This series is incomprehensible. There is literally zero logic in it. One issue is ok, the next one is awful, the third is great... and again and again. What the hell was this crap? Bombing the sun even if Gameworld was destroyed like 4 issues ago? Iceman treated like a gay stereotype with zero character development? The pathetic news scene with a forced LGBT "inclusion"? Marvel, gay people are like heterosexual people. They don't want to be treated like an endangered species, because that's a discrimination. We're all the same. This is not inclusion, this is you making yourself look "good". And what the hell is that pathetic final scene with Cyclops and the Progenitor, with dialogues taken from a Tumblr account? This is terrible.

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Amazing Psycamorean - Feb 6, 2023

As a half-gay, I think representation such as what was in this issue is necessary to normalize gays in both comics and society. It has to be on the nose and in your face, because passive representation lets those who don't like it ignore it. It allows them to avoid confronting their bigotry.

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If you didn't get enough random action scenes with arbitrary Gameworld-related threats in year one of this comic, good news! That's still this comic's default mode. The description makes the issue sound like a fascinating psychological journey into the team's psyches, but actually only the last two pages cover anything crossover-related, and those two pages don't really work. CF Villa does fine work, but I just can't bring myself to care about yet another arbitrary, unengaging combat encounter.

When X-Men goes the route of a big action scene where the team just talks what they are doing its never that good of an issue. I just feel like this issue was so boring.

Maybe one of the worst comics I've ever read. Everything seems forced and out place. The threat from Judgement Day is completely undercut.