Dead X-Men #2
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| Writer | Steve Foxe |
| Artist | Guillermo Sanna |
| Cover Price | $3.99 |
THE IMPOSSIBLE TEAM ON AN IMPOSSIBLE QUEST!
The Dead X-Men leap across time and space in a last-ditch effort to prevent catastrophe, but they're not the only ones breaking through the fabric of reality! As these five mutants go places no one has gone before, a cloaked figure stalks them from the shadows...and nothing will survive if she reaches her goal!
Rated T+
CRITIC REVIEWS Back to Top
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9.5
Comic Watch - Bethany W Pope
Mar 04, 2024This story snaps, crackles and pops. I am excited to see where this fuse leads. Read Full Review
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8.0
ComicBook.com - Adam Barnhardt
Feb 28, 2024It's camp to the fullest, and that's something this issue wears proud. Read Full Review
USER REVIEWS Back to Top
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7.0
Well, I got the wrong impression of this series from #1. Rather than a critical part of the Fall of X era, this title only had a one-note obligation to Rise of the Powers of X, and it fulfills that a few pages into #2.
Instead, we're following an ad-hoc mutant squad playing cat-and-mouse with an extra-deranged Moira MacTaggert while trawling through her past lives. The writing and art are tolerable (surprising, considering the artist carousel), the premise is interesting, and the whole thing's a love letter to House of X, which is nice.
But some problems keep my rating on the line between average and good. The pace is terribly slow. The characters talk too much and often sound too similar. All the whining about altering th more+ Like • Comment -
6.0
I feel like the idea of this series is more interesting than the actual series itself. I think it's cool that this team gets to be the main one of a miniseries, but they also feel a little lifeless at the same time. Even the art isn't all that great here. The art in the first pew pages is pretty solid, but it goes downhill once the team travels to Moira's seventh life, in my opinion.
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6.0
This wasn't great...the story felt really muddled, the writing wasn't very sharp, and the changing artwork was jarring.
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5.5
Art: 2.5/5
Story 3/5
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4.0
Steve Foxe is proving that some dead things may be better off left in their graves. I'm really struggling to see what distinguishes this title other than it was a great opportunity to placate fans and bring back an X-Men lineup that never got to see the light day.
Through two issues, Dead X-Men has leaned into the trope of a desperate team sent on a seemingly impossible mission with limited time & resources. While this formula can be effective (superheroes have been doing this for decades!), Dead X-Men has lacked the originality needed to stand out, even in a world where many Fall of X titles aren't great.
The team's personalities and abilities aren't being fully utilized. You could replace them with any mutants and this p more -
2.0
There's plot, but there is zero characterization. The team could be replaced with another team mid way and we wouldn't have noticed because each one was super generic.
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