THE FINAL SHOWDOWN FOR...A MAN CALLED X!
• It's XAVIER and PSYLOCKE versus PROTEUS!
• In a battle for reality itself, which of these super-powered psychics will win?
• And when the dust settles, what's next for the Astonishing X-men?
Rated T+
Art is amazing, it's dark and gritty and a different style than usual. X looked way different. This is a comic that has issues that ALWAYS deliver. It has a lot of different aspects you don't expect. Charles Soule has done it again! I'm so sad this comic book is only 12 issues long. There's so much more they could expand upon and I love this team, they are made up of some of my favorite X-Men! Read Full Review
Astonishing X-Men #12 is a good enough finale to Soules stint on the title. Its decent and has enough good points to mostly drown out the bad. The art looks solid too, and I can recommend the comic. Its not a must-read, but feel free to check it out. Read Full Review
Professor X has been unleashed upon the world again in a new, fully functioning host body with an undefined dream with no declared tenets and unrivaled psychic abilities. The ideology not looking sunny or bright after he just forcibly mindwiped the X-Men against their will. Read Full Review
Soule's Astonishing X-Men has been a fun ride, and the finale isn't bad, but it doesn't quite live up to the title's name either. Read Full Review
Astonishing X-Men #12 takes all of the problems the book has been having and bundles them up. Misuse of characters, uninspired visuals, repetitive storytelling, and art that fluctuates wildly in quality are the hallmarks of this series and they're all on display in Astonishing X-Men #12. Read Full Review
I've more or less enjoyed this series, even after dropping "Blue" and "Gold," and have been excited about the return of Xavier. But instead of Xavier, we have his new incarnation as "X," who is ... meh. I dunno. I want OG Xavier. The art was pretty solid. Lots of splash pages conceal the lack of story, though. Not great. I guess I'll try the new direction the book takes next issue, but this book is on thin ice for me.
The finale of this whole long arc wants to have its cake and eat it, too. The Shadow King is defeated and Xavier is back - and the storytelling talents used to handle both developments manage to squash any enthusiasm you might have for either. A broad mindwipe for most of the X-Men involved really seals in the shaggy dog-ness of the story. The art is a fairly strong invocation of a style I don't much like, and as other reviewers have noted, its heavy use of splash panels seems to be compensating for a scarcity of plot.
X is ridiculous. Nothing intrigues me about an Xavier who isn’t Xavier.
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