Fall of the House of X #1 ushers in the themes of the next era of X-Men. And those themes are survival and war. Read Full Review

Werneck delivers powerful, beautifully detailed art throughout the issue. I love the moments in Cyclops trial as well as the building action with each element of the rescue plan. Read Full Review

The cost to the House of X has been great during The Fall. As we enter Winter one wonders if it can withstand anymore trials. Read Full Review

The final battle between Humanity and Mutantkind explodes onto the pages of the X-Mens last stand! Solid writing and dynamic art set a high standard with the darkest hour yet to approach. Trust me, you wont want to miss picking this up on New Comic Book Day. Read Full Review

Fall of the House of X #1 begins the end of the X-Men's Kraokan Age with all the spectacle you'd expect. No matter what happens in its companion series Rise of the Powers of X or whatever the future may hold for mutantkind, one truth remains: Don't mess with the X-Men. Read Full Review

The saga continues in next weeks Rise of the Powers of X #1 and Wolverine #41. Read Full Review

It's a good, solid, action and character-packed start to this grand finale, but it lacks the spark and energy of the original Krakoa Era launch comics. Read Full Review

Fall Of The House Of X #1 is a disappointing start made all the more unfortunate by the quality of what preceded it, not only its namesake but Duggan's other work from the Fall Of X which has largely been stellar. Hopefully the following issues can pick up the momentum the first issue so desperately lacked. Read Full Review

Fall of the House of X #1 is a by the book start to an X-Men event. The stakes are made clear as the X-Men fight for the survival of mutants against Orchis. Though several questionable story and character choices left this start with a lot to be desired. Hopefully future issues of this and Rise of the Powers of X pick up the pace of this end to the Krakoa Era. Read Full Review

They say you can't go home again. After reading Fall of the House of X #1, it feels like Marvel and the series' creative team may be poised to test that maxim, clumsily stumbling all the way back to Xavier's front door. - Read Full Review

"Then--
to war!"

I have a lot of mixed feelings about this issue. On the one hand, it was riveting and really showed the state mutants are in at the hands of Orchis. On the other hand, this should have been what we were getting the entire Fall of X. The latter makes this issue feel unearned and lacking the punch that the first issue of the concluding saga to Krakoa should have carried. This could have come immediately after X-Men #25 and it wouldn’t have like we missed anything. In many ways this issue underscores how weak Fall of X was in showcasing individual story lines (e.g. Astonishing Iceman and Uncanny Spider-Man) in lieu of building on the main narrative. How many times were we told Orchis would kill scores of humans for every mutant who didn’t leave the U.S.? What ever came of that? I’ve been separately rereading the Age of Apocalypse arc, and in a stark contrast, every miniseries in added a necessary piece to the overarching story. Oh, what could have been had we followed that formula.

However, I can’t let me frustrations with the handling of this entire arc completely cloud my thoughts on Fall of the House of X #1 as a standalone issue. This is exactly the level of suspense and action we should have been getting for months. It was great seeing so many faces back together again and offers a glimmer of hope for mutantkind now that they are operating cohesively. If this keeps up, we may well get a worthy ending after all. more

This felt like a letdown especially when I know what Duggan is capable of. The start was very promising but then it just kept going down hill and ended sloppily. Let's hope it's better next time. Werneck's art is always beautiful but some panels are very rough like when Nimrod gets spit on with amber by Krakoa. While that's a dumb premise anyway, Werneck's very rough art makes it way too cartoony and it falls very flat. Werneck is a new artist and I do hope he works on these aspects of his art. He still deliver amazing stuff like Polaris's ending page.

There were some corny parts towards the beginning but it had some parts that felt meaningful as well.

Art: 3.5/5
Story: 3.5/5
Total: 7/10

What a mess. I really liked the first part of the Krakoan era, but this "fall" storyline has been so convoluted and mind numbing. Basically, if you don't follow and read every single mutant series, this will be a massive headache. They have fundamental facts happening in 385325 different series and then get referenced in these events. It's a chore.

can't wait to figure out what other 9 random issues i need to read to track this story

Overall, not impressed. Need Rasputin IV and Ms. Marvel to be gone. I don't care where, just not in a flagship X-Men title.

Positive points for seeing actual A-list X-Men together: Kitty, Kurt, Peter, Logan, Remy and Rogue in a panel together? Almost unheard of compared to the try hards they have littering these titles.

Looking forward to a new lead voice for the X-Men who doesn't come up with dumb things like Shadowkat with a k.

"Amber?! Unit disabled! He got me!"

Loved the Krakoa era, but it's clear that without Hickman, the writers are completely lost. They don't know what to do, beside Ewing, the concept is too big for us. Time to go to a simpler concept, Marvel don't have anymore writers who can write this kind of projects.

Good God the Krakoa era just needs to die.

A parade of mistakes. It was a mistake to throw Nimrod at Krakoa without thinking seriously about how that battle would go. It was a mistake to come up with a "legal argument" against a species that boils down to "they're icky and stupid and we don't like them." It was a mistake to wheel out Dr. Gregor again and highlight how little has been done to develop her character outside of 'dead husband, hates mutants', and a mistake to include the Omega Sentinel in the same scene, up to her outright saying "I don't know why I'm here". It was a mistake to ignore what all the other X-Books have been doing in favour of 4 pages of Logan and Colossus poibtlessly nattering about the fastball special and Xavier screaming into the empty air.

Ultimately, it was a mistake to hire Duggan on the X-books in the first place. His writing feels abrupt and lacking in character development, most especially the tired pantomime villains he wheels out to mug for the cameras. The sooner this is over and he can get the hell away from the X-Men, the better. more

This should be a 1/10. The only reason to read this book is to read the end of a rotting era. Likely the worst era X-men has ever had to date.

Key Stupidity from this issue:
1)The entire argument against the X-Men is that they are invading Aliens. Ok that is stupid on its face. They are clearly not. They come from humans its not like they are working with an invasive alien species to give you that ide... wait just in X-Men team up with the Brood? Really just prove all the insanely easy to disprove points appear true? And the Brood will likely be used on people who doesnt agree with them? So they truly appear to be the villains.

2) The 'ScrewBall' combo of just tossing people to their deaths is weak

3) Cyclops could have actually made a stand in the shame trial and put out a counter argument and buy more time for the other x-men to stall and grow in strength. Instead he immediately capitulates.

4) The writing and speeches are just cringe.

This is a disaster but really does represent the end of this era. Pathetic, weak, with the heroes being villains and leaving the readers with only disgust. I would say using if people like this era as a metric of if they understand X-men at all would be a good future litmus test. more

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Kreniigh - Jan 4, 2024

I considered listing all the stuff in this issue that sounded out-of-character or just didn't make a lot of sense, but that would take too long. Thanks for hitting some of the key points, but why didn't you just give it a 1?

ResearchReader - Jan 4, 2024

Honestly it was because I am not modern X-Men reader. I popped in to see what the end of this wretched era looks like and to my disgust it was just as bad as most of the rest of this era that I have skipped. So I feel like my review might be a bit of a different perspective. Most of my reviews are of book lines I am invested in/actively reading. That being said, if people think I should actively score this, I can.

BG1904 - Jan 7, 2024

I respect the fact that you didn't give it a score. Regardless of whether you have been following this era, quality is quality and ever since Hickman's departure, the quality has been dipping. It's a bummer.

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