THE QUEEN'S REIGN!
Emma Frost has many skeletons in her closet, but only one of them is currently Mayor of New York City. The truth about the White Queen's secret past with the Kingpin of Crime comes to light. As Wilson Fisk makes his play, will his old ally Emma Frost stand in
his way? Or protect the secrets they share?
RATED T+
Devils Reign: X-Men #1 is an excellent tie-in. In the main book, the involvement of the X-Men was teased, but it was difficult to know how they could get included. Duggan uses a very clever method of not only connected the characters to the event but adding a powerful arc uniting many of the events crucial figures. There is a great script that depicts a story with several layers to it and Notos art is simply stunning to behold. Read Full Review
A retcon that could have easily gone badly clicks. The story is compelling and the art is fantastic. A compelling addition to the tapestry of the Marvel Universe. Read Full Review
Not too much transpires, but Devil's Reign: X-Men is beautiful and sets up Emma Frost, along with Elektra, as a key target for Mayor Wilson Fisk. Read Full Review
The X-Men have dealt with huge, cosmic foes as of late, so it's refreshing to put them up against an imposing human foe.Devil's Reign: X-Men#1 is a good start to this miniseries that should be seen as required reading by fans of the X-books. Read Full Review
Feel free to skip this if you're trying to be selective about which "Devil's Reign" stories you dedicate your time to. Read Full Review
Best side story of the event
This is a really good tie in issue to devil's reign. It successfully moves the devil's reign and X-Men stories along. Great issue
Phil Noto supremacy. Hoping for more flashbacks in the rest of the series
Granted, this could be act 1 of a one-shot instead of issue 1 of a 3-issue mini. S'very decompressed, is what I'm saying.
But Phil Noto's the man for decompressed stories, making sure the art gives you your money's worth.
It also helps that this concerns Gerry Duggan's intriguing new Fisk/Frost history much more than his contemporary X-Men. I have tons of issues with Mr. Duggan's writing (definitely including his zeal for decompression), but his world-building is probably what I like best about him.
This was a solid tie-in. I'm behind on X-Men, so I feel like I missed out on some of what's happening here, but hey, I still enjoyed it.
A surprisingly good tie-in. I will say that it's frustrating how mutants can claim to be the new gods of Earth in one comic, only to play bureaucratic politics in another. Still, it was fun, and I'm biased towards Phil Noto's art.
Bonus points for Jean's costume change.
I liked Emma's way of dealing with the Treehouse situation but I'm not buying that last page reveal at all.
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