This issue could more accurately be titled Devil's Regin: White Queen. Like most tie-ins, it is not necessarily essential reading, adding little to the overall plot of either X-Men or Devil's Reign. That said, it is well-crafted and worth the read for any Emma Frost enthusiast. Read Full Review

Devil's Reign X-Men #3 is a satisfying conclusion to the mini-series. Gerry Duggan has proven that he has the ability to write any character in the X-Men universe. Phil Noto uses his artistic vision and brings us a realistic looking issue that is sure to wow fans. Read Full Review

You can safely skip this series, even if you're trying to keep up with everything tied to Devil's Reign. Read Full Review

This was unapologetically fun. I know this, and a lot of Duggan's work lately, has been criticized for not mattering. I feel like this is an especially prevalent criticism for Duggan because his writing style is very breezy and light, and you can easily tear through an issue of his in a couple minutes, if you want. I don't put much stock in that criticism however, because sometimes comics should just be a fun thing you read and then move on from. Not everything has to build up to some massive reckoning. There's a difference between a comic that tries to build up and have a massive payoff, and fails to stick the landing, and a comic that does its thing and payoffs what it set up, and just isn't as loud about it. This is the latter and yet people will still call its ending lackluster because they're waiting for something to arbitrarily matter. more

I'm torn between rating this poorly because it's an anticlimactic ending to a miniseries that makes no case for its own existence, or rating it well because it's all kinds of fun — the sequence with the cops was worth the price of admission on its own. I have this dilemma with Duggan a lot; he's great at writing fun comics but not at well-structured ones

The series marches in lockstep to the expected conclusion, with few twists along the way. The art's still gorgeous and the words, if not spectacular, are efficient and witty. (Not as witty as previous issues, though.)

I half-admire the old Silver Age dodge the author employs to stretch the series: Throw a cheap cliffhanger into one issue and burn off several pages at the start of the next one undoing it. It's executed well here -- but not so well that I overlook it being filler.

Another useless tie-in. Pointless retcons and flashbacks

Decent rebound from previous chapter. Still feels very much like surplus and shouldn't be called "X-Men" when it's really just Emma at play.

If you don't like Emma Frost, you're out of luck. She's everywhere these days.