EVERYTHING ENDS!
Prodigy, Dazzler, Frenzy, Cannonball and Jubilee have gone farther and have risked more than any X-Men team before. Now, at the end of everything, the final fate of Krakoa rests on these five mutants. Will the Dead X-Men save the seed of the future...or kill it before it can even be planted?
Rated T+
This issue tied up loose ends, but unfortunately it was too reliant on readers dropping cash on other books to stand on its own. Read Full Review
As I've said in my previous reviews of Dead X-Men, Steve Foxe is running on all cylinders. This book has been a breath of fresh air from all of the X-Men drama going on. These characters are rarely featured on prominent teams, some may even be regularly ridiculed by readers, but here in this book, they work. Foxe has the voices for these X-Men perfectly in tune, and the fun adventure through time and space has been a blast. I'm almost sad to see it end in the next issue. Read Full Review
If it wasn't clear by now, Dead X-Men is a series born out of the need to connect the dots of the wider "Fall of X" event, even if it does make for some awfully jarring moments. Read Full Review
This miniseries is the foundation of my frustration with how the X-line has been managed. I can't speculate on why Jordan White was ousted as editor. In fact, it seems like a lot of Marvel editorial is being moved around, and this could just be Marvel changing things up for the line. But if I could think of a reason, it would be how this final leg of the Krakoa age is being handled. I don't actually agree that this storyline is too convoluted or that it doesn't make sense. It does make sense and is mostly linear... if you read all the books. And Dead X-Men is particularly unfortunate because it has to give itself something to do while pushing forward its one important plot point. And all that build up... for an actual payoff in another titl more
This sort of...happened I guess? I don't know, I was never really all that into this book, but it's a little annoying that this, as Psycamorean stated in his review, was built up over the course of four issues...just for it to end in another series. It's not like it's ending in a one-shot, either. It's ending in a different X-book that's already been going on simultaneously. I'm not incredibly mad about it, since I'm reading both books, but it's still a little annoying. Aside from that, this was just not my favorite. I especially wasn't into the two-page spread where each team member gave their own monologues about Krakoa. It just felt a little forced and unnatural.
The X-Men titles are really going for quantity over quality at the moment. Another dull title from the Fall of X line.
Thank god this is over.
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