Since all of the Age of X-Man minis are exploring one contained world, I think diverse perspectives on the same man playing god is unique and fascinating to read, but I can understand how that's not everyone's cup of tea. My verdict for this issue is a definite BUY, especially if you're picking up the other Age of X-Man minis, or if you're invested in good queer representation that is multi-layered and nuanced in comics. Read Full Review

While there's no telling exactly where this miniseries is headed, this issue just might be laying the groundwork for a standout X-Men story, one that encapsulates so much of what the team has come to mean to fans. Read Full Review

Age of X-Man: X-Tremists #1 introduces a cast of six characters while Leah Williams give each of them a distinct way of speaking and seeing the world and giving the book a moral dilemma of a hook that makes you want to pick up the rest of the miniseries. Georges Jeanty and Roberto Poggi's facial and character work are nothing to write home about, but they and Jim Charalampidis do lay out a decent fight scene. This, and NextGen #1, are my favorite Age of X-Man tie-ins so far. Read Full Review

This storyline (Age of X-Man titles) is giving a host of new writers the chance to shine and stake their claim in X-Men history. On the strength of this, I hope that Leah Williams gets a chance at the regular book. This could have very easily been weighed down by its themes and direction but it forges forward. A good first issue that I have the feeling might grow to become the highlight of the Age of X-Man crossover. Read Full Review

Not a perfect X-MEN story, but its a good tie-in to the alternate reality mini-series Age of X-Man. Read Full Review

Those who threaten this balance, as we've seen in the Age of X-Man: Alpha comic, are quickly dealt with by excommunication from society. Their counterparts are then taken to cerebro to have their memories readjusted so that little to no remanent of what might have actually transpired remain. It's during a routine crackdown on a pair of these “criminals” that we learn something that shakes the team to their core and leaves them unsure of how to approach the future. Read Full Review

The cheesiness of a dystopia that outlaws love is muted here in a very dramatic story that trudges through the drudgery of establishing another collection of familiar heroes in another parallel universe. Given the animalistic emotional nature of the people our heroes are going out to deal with, the issue is not without its impact as the opening round of the Age of X-Man titles begins to draw to a close. Read Full Review

A good start to the tie-in, with solid storytelling and artwork, save for the occasional slight stumble. It may not be a perfect X-Men story, but it's still a good tie-in to "Age of X-Man." Read Full Review

Leah Williams hits a sensitive nerve in AGE OF X-MAN: X-TREMISTS #1. As modern readers, the idea of living in a complete police state doesn't seem that far off, so it's an easy theme to latch onto. Where the issue fails is in art and characterization. Psylocke (the girl front-and-center on every cover and variant) gets less than a few lines of dialogue while Iceman dominates the issue. Even though the series is about a serious topic, the art is heavily stylized and brightly colored. While there are a few scenes that stand out as unusually well-crafted (particularly Jubilee's conversation with Iceman about the use of pronouns), much of the issue lacks needed darkness. Read Full Review

Age of X-Man: X-Tremists #1Written by Leah WilliamsArt by Georges Jeanty, Roberto Poggi and Jim CharalampidisLettered by Clayton CowlesPublished by Marvel ComicsReview by Pierce Lydon‘Rama Rating: 6 out of 10 Read Full Review

Pretty hard to recommend this one. I love the pitch that Leah Williams put out there, I just don't see any of it in the book on shelves. Maybe this series will blossom into the rose we all want it to, or maybe this is Age of X-Man's Factor-X after all. Read Full Review

Overall this is one I think at this point you could miss. There may be something important in future issues but in my opinion Age of X-Man is losing its luster. We have two great and two not so great series in the event so far. This one I think is an unfortunate pass. Read Full Review

X-Tremists is a decent start, but the weakest of the Age of X-Man stories so far. Read Full Review

This has an interesting premise, but I wasn't very into the execution. The art was too rough for me and I feel like some of the characterizations were rushed, if that makes sense. Also, it's odd that Blob is much more reasonable here than he was in NextGen. That type of disparate characterization could be the downfall of this type of event. Let's hope this gets on track with issue 2.

THE GOOD:

-I just really like this Age of X-Man event. Every week, these are some of the issues I look forward to the most.

-This issue did a nice job of adding humor to this event in a very natural way.

-I just really like the X-Tremists. I've been waiting for this issue since Alpha. Now I'm excited for Prisoner X.

-All in all, this issue had a very compelling story.

-This issue did a great job of pulling on my heartstrings.

-Wow. That ending was perfect. It hit hard and it didn't need a splash page or anything to do so.

THE BAD:

-There was definitely some corniness here. Maybe intended, but annoying nevertheless.

-That singing part was just bad.

-I mean, some of this stuff feels repetitive. X-Man starts to feel bad for those captured, or their world is off. Probably because there's not much you can do with the concept. Oh well. more

Argh! I was really hoping the X-Tremists would be the sinister Gestapo-type team, as was so strongly suggested by the other titles and even by their costume designs. But no, it's another pack of shiny happy goofball mutants. I could swallow the team being portrayed as naive and childish if it were done *well*, but in my opinion, it very much is not.

This issue was not very strong. Characters were kind of blah, story was kind of blah, I didn’t get any of the thrill from it that I did from other installments.