• In the wake of terrible acts committed by the adult Cyclops, mutantkind is hated and feared more than ever.
• And try as he might to divorce himself from his predecessor's legacy, some believe that the young Scott Summers is destined to grow up and commit those sins.
• Now, there's one mutant who believes that he can spare mutantkind if he prevents Scott from becoming that man.
• Will the young Cyclops' story end here?
Rated T+
Those beats, examining romantic relationships as well as team ones through adversity and combat is something Claremont and, later, Louise Simonson did so well in New Mutants and it feels familiar and welcome here. It's a comic that feels like it wants to deal with the same ideas of growing up, self-acceptance, and cooperation and it's a dynamic so rarely explored in comics in 2016. All-New X-Men feels like a throwback but doesn't read like one and it's a more than welcome addition to a fairly dark, relentlessly bleak X-Men line. Read Full Review
While the end of the issue does veer into the realm of graphic violence, beyond that one misstep, this is the best X-title you aren't reading. Read Full Review
Bagley's art is exactly what you'd expect with a cast like this. I was brought back to his lengthy and fantastic Ultimate Spider-Man run, and he makes handling the large cast of characters here look easy. The colors Nolan Woodard uses are bright, but he's still able to make the Blob and some violent scenes involving him look gruesome. The ending of this issue will tie back to the series before Secret Wars so fans jumping on board with this new team may not feel the last page impact, but it did enough to bring me back for at least another issue before I decide if I want to keep reading about this teenage X-Team. Read Full Review
This issue continues Dennis Hopeless efforts to use the Blob conflict as a means of exploring each character's state of mind. That means there's a lot of clunky, ponderous introspection and not a great deal of plot progression. Read Full Review
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