Extraordinary X-Men #5 is a fun issue sending a variant of a classic X-Men team into the wild world of Weirdworld. It's a fun place to see this team work and Lemire and Ibanez temper the weirdness with some great moments back at the school in Limbo. Extraordinary X-Men is…wait for it…extraordinary, and issue #5 is continuing what has been a solid run so far. Read Full Review

Extraordinary X-Men #5 finally gave us a story befitting of it's title, with the battle between the Children of the Atom and Mister Sinister coming to a thrilling conclusion. The creative team also gave this band of X-Men a gripping set of character developments near the end, with Storm's leadership helping bring some harmony to the fragile human/mutant relationship. Read Full Review

With references to X-Men stories as diverse as Age of Apocalypse, Old Man Logan and Inferno, Lemire's take on these characters is strongest when he's not addressing issues like the Terrigen Mists, the mutant plague or the misguided mutant sterilization. Letting the X-Men be heroes, especially in a world that's never hated and feared them more, is the key to making this franchise work and working around editorial edicts and publisher initiatives are only going to benefit these stories and characters. Read Full Review

This issue, the end result of the first story arc for the Extraordinary X-Men, gives us a satisfying ending, and an excellent set up for whats to come with the next storyline. Lemire and Ramos both do an amazing job creating a new X-book, and the best X-book on the shelves today. Read Full Review

Extraordinary X-Men may have started a big heavy-handed, but this arc ends on a high note that shows that the creative team is more than willing to temper its big ideas with even bigger action. Read Full Review

Overall, EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN #5 is a worthy finale to anoverall appropriate first arc " and it make me very curious to see where the book is going! Read Full Review

Extraordinary X-Men is somewhat less than extraordinary when it comes to plot. The series is still fighting that uphill battle to finds its voice and offer readers a fresh, exciting direction. Read Full Review

Extraordinary X-men #5 succeeds in the basics, but not much else. The inherent flaws in the narrative render it impotent in terms of having an impact. However, these flaws don't completely undermine the potential of the story. There's still time to fill in these gaping plot holes to help give weight and context to this series. But like watching Tom Brady in a two-minute drill, it feels like that time is passing faster than it should. Read Full Review

Overall, this issue fell a little flat, and Im hoping this series is not already treading water. I didnt read the Weirdworld Secet Wars tie-in, so Im not sure if I can expect more fun next issue or not Read Full Review

Extraordinary X-Men had an opportunity to be something different and exciting, but instead just rehashed a tired old storyline. Jeff Lemire has one arc out of the way and will need to amaze people with his next arc if he wants fans to stick around. The art department is decent but nothing to write home about. This book needs to get it together soon, because fans wont hang around for mediocrity. Read Full Review

While there is a great deal of conceptual reuse in this series, along with the grandstanding that Cyclops fell victim, I like that in this all new all different world we still have something that binds us to the old. There are flashes of awesome in the action sequences and Lemire takes pauses to provide intimate windows into his characters. Overall, this first act was slow to start, but leaves me with hope for an extraordinary future.

Good action, and the art was alright. It took a few issues but the book and characters have a direction. Hopefully this series continues to improve. Pretty good issue.

What the hell happened to the art? It looks so rushed. Oh, and the story feels rehashed as hell. Maybe I'll pick this series again once it has 2-3 TPBs out worth of comics because right now is just not worth reading month to month.