Fallen Angels #3 is an action-packed little number that brings the team one step closer to their quarry. Bryan Hill does a great job with Kwannon, per usual. Her motivations make perfect sense. The pep talk in the middle of the fight is a little much, besides that, he does a great job here. Szymon Kudranski and Frank DArmata work together nicely. The action scenes are dynamic, and the dark coloring throughout the book sets the stage for the groups descent into Apoths darkness. This isnt the best Dawn Of X book, but its a good character study for Kwannon and an intriguing story nonetheless. Read Full Review

Fallen Angels #3 loses much of the momentum gained from prior issues at it sets up Apoth for a much larger confrontation in an action-oriented narrative. Read Full Review

I didn't love the issue, partly because it was very much the setup for a huge showdown in the next book. Cable's life is on the line and everything that Psylocke has left is driving her to this moment where God meets mother and machine meets man meets mutant. Read Full Review

Fallen Angels is a Psylocke fans dream. Read Full Review

This reviewer hates to say it, but if you had to cut an X-book to save money, this may be the one...and this is coming from someone who finds EXCALIBUR a struggle right now. I pride myself on honest reviews and it truly pains me to say that, especially with the respect and admiration I have for Hill and this creative team. With the writer heading to television, it just seems like this book is lost in the shuffle right now. Hopefully, Hill can find a way to pull this story together as it closes and better depict the main characters before its too late. Read Full Review

The obtuse nature fo the plot, the philosophical notions, and the inability to pin down these characters makes this a tricky book to read in single-issue format. It might be stronger as a trade since a lot of ideas are being thrown around and may come together better when read in one sitting. I'm not so sure though as the book feels unfinished in many ways. Read Full Review

Overall this issue shows that the series is suffering from the intense release schedule. It’s rushed and poorly done. What was once one of the better series in ‘Dawn of X’ is now becoming one of the worst. Read Full Review

Fallen Angels has easily been one of the most intriguing X-Books in the "Dawn of X" era thus far, but unfortunately, #3 really drops the ball. Read Full Review

The other part of this series that has lacked, the art, also has itsissues amplified here. Kudranski gets a couple panels of dynamic actionright, but then everything else falls flat. I like Kudranski's work onother books; he was a fantastic fit for his Punisher run withMatthew Rosenberg. Here, he just seems to be completely lost. Cut andpaste art abounds in here, everything is so draped in shadow that themotif has lost its impact, and his facial work is downright terrible ina couple of spots " notably, the last panel of Kwannon that makes herlook like she belongs in some grandmother's creepy doll collection. Read Full Review

Fallen Angels is a book that started off on the wrong foot and has subsequently stumbled with each following step. Read Full Review

" I am Apoth. I am god. God made by man. To make men as god. So i am lonely. So lonely. Perhaps that is why-- i keep leasing her to me. Psylocke. You are the mother of god. Soon. I will tell you how you created me. Soon you will serve your child. Soon... "
- APOTH

in the first part of the book there wasn't enough dialog at all for me but the excerpts from the scrolls of exile was absolutely brilliant and the second half was much better

Best issue of the run thus far! So Underrated. 5.5?? Hell no!

A quick read and not much substance to this chapter. Mostly an action issue but the art makes it hard to understand what's happening sometimes. On the plus side I like Kwannon's mentorship role with Laura. Overall, I can see how this series is one of the poorest received from the Dawn of X line; even if I'm (mostly) liking it.

According to Kudranski Cable has a better booty than Psylocke or X-23

Ok now I kinda get the hate

Prelude:
Fallen Angels has so far been my least favourite title of Dawn of X so this issue needs to prove the series to me fast.

The Good:
It's starting to make sense why Hill chose Psylocke, X-23 and Cable to create this team.

The Bad:
The characters don't make sense considering their past. Laura already knows these lessons.

Still don't like Kudranski's art.

Infographics aren't working for me either.

Conclusion:
Fallen Angels better improve soon because my interest continues to wane every issue.

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Ebonthorne - Dec 11, 2019

Apoth wasn't depicted in the book. If you're referring to that last image it stated that it was NOT Apoth...

M1sf1r3 - Dec 11, 2019

Wow, really shouldn't review when I was so tired. Thanks for letting me know.

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Writing often feels jumbled and messy. It's not inately bad, it just is more confusing than the book is worth. It can also be hard to tell who's talking on close ups of the eyes and mouth.

X-23 and cable being nerfed to maken kiwanna seem better is geting on my nerves, the art got better but had a weird white outline around the characters making them look like stickers.

Fallen Angels was one of the first real duds in the Dawn of X line of titles. In hindsight, it should have been a red flag to the fanbase. The series is a footnote at this point and has probably been memory-holed unless you spend your restless nights reviewing old comics as I do.

Before getting into any actual review of the comic it's worth mentioning that the cover has nothing to do with the actual content of the book. I know there are a lot of comics that have bad covers but this one is particularly off because it doesn't give you an idea of what the series is about. It's just one woman looking at another, compelling stuff I know.

There isn't much going on in this issue aside from the fight between our trio of heroes (Psylocke, X-23, and Cable) and Apoth. The comic is immediately let down by the art direction. The pages are too dark and it's nearly impossible to make out what's happening on any given page. I'm not sure why Szymon chose to use this style for this material but the editors should have stepped in and made an adjustment.

The story is also a letdown and it's pretty clear that Brian is phoning it in at this point. I know he has a lot going on but this material is way below his writing caliber. The dialogue is pretentious and the characters will way off. The most egregious point aspect of the series has been Psylocke and the training that she puts Cable and Laura (X-23) through. The characters are young but the idea that Psylocke is giving them basic combat training is laughable unless you're a total noob and never read a story featuring these characters.

Young Cable is once again humiliated and never seems to land as a character regardless of the series he's in. I wasn't reading X-Men when he showed up initially but every comic I read featuring the character makes me miss the old version.

The series hints at a potentially interesting conclusion but Fallen Angels has been a slog. At best this is a series that should have been edited down to a one-shot. I have the rest of the series so I'll eventually review it but the title is one of the least exciting series I've read since launching this blog.

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Laura says "I don't understand any of this" and between the story, art, and dialogue I second her sentiments. Big swing and a miss for Dawn of X...

Weak issue for a struggling series, I can imagine a lot of people on the fence with this series would drop the title after giving this a read. There is no sense of a payoff from this slow cooked story and there is nothing immediately satisfying in any of these issues either. No feels when I read this title despite the fact that children are dying left and right. Nothing ever seems clever or earned and with this being the third issue you would expect to have something to define this series by now. Oh wait we do! How could I forget the terrible cut and paste art of Kudranski, that is what will forever remind me of this series. Despite being drenched in black ink Kudranski has some seriously awful panels with characters who are always feeling as dynamic as possible. These guys cant even pop a squat without looking like there gonna jump into action at any second. Kudranskis art makes everyone including the reader feel uncomfortable. Bizarre choice in subject matter for his panels as well. Its a shame cause Psylock, Cable and X23 are cool peeps but you'd never know that if you looked here. more

The dialogue continues to be stilted; the art continues to fail in storytelling... This is easily the worst book of Dawn of X. I'm really hoping that this one ends soon. I just feel like it's so caught up in... I don't even know how to describe it, but it's most exemplified by the info pages. That was easily the worst part of the comic for me, and I tend to like those pages. That part is pure bore, and it seeps into the rest of the issue, infecting the dialogue. And I don't understand why Bryan Hill is having so much trouble with this one. I read his Batman and the Outsiders and it's not that bad. It is not my favorite book, by any means, but it's better than this. Same goes for his Angel series over at Boom. This book needs a change up or it needs to end, with something better taking its place. The only thing I can say positively is that I liked the ending. The whole Apoth/Overclock thing is genuinely interesting and a nice spin on Hickman's whole idea going into the X-Men. But it's just so much work to get to those moments of interest. more

And this title can only make it worse. In addition to a totally uninteresting story, the art reaches unacceptable levels. It even seems like the people working on this title want it to be canceled.

First, for the title to make sense, a known villain had to be used who really sent the danger signal. You can't sell Apoth as a god and Kwannon as the mother of someone who is the only one capable of stopping, both characters are uninteresting and this doesn't convey the necessary sense of danger.

Cable and X-23 are completely involved in this title, it even seems like they were forced to participate in this adventure due to some penalty. It's sad for both characters with no narrative and no effort from the team to write something for them.

I don't know where this arc is going and it doesn't seem like it's going anywhere. They want to stop Apoth and save the children, which is wonderful, but the path to get there is slow and drawn out.

The art remains dark and this time it gets worse, with minimal care not being taken. Some drawings are incomplete and meaningless, like a log on Kwannon's ass.

There is reuse of painting, the faces are ugly (in one painting Kwannon looks like a horror doll), the shading does not favor the characters and it seems that there is a laziness in drawing some things, such as uniforms and faces, as in many paintings, they are just completely black faces. more

"God lives in the moment a gunshot ends a life." I have never rolled my eyes so hard it hurts. By the time I recovered and my vision cleared, I was able to see artwork that would make a middle school art teacher proud, and that's about it.

In my dream world, any Marvel editor who wanted to hire Szymon Kudranski would have to sign an affidavit to that effect on a copy of the "Cabbage Patch Kid Psylocke" page.

How is the art so bad all the time?! And the dialogue, my god.

Great news: we are officially half way done with Fallen Angels! Yup, its still horrible. Bryan Hill doesn’t know how to write any of these characters at all. The info pages this issue were just globs of text and were such a major turnoff. I’m still not even sure who or what Apoth is and the art is awful. Every character is written horribly. This comic took me like 7 minutes to read

This book is a delirium by the author. I'm happy to know it got cancelled.

Worst writing, worst art and worst leading character. Please someone save Laura.

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Ebonthorne - Dec 11, 2019

Geez...didn't see this review from you coming. Methinks your reviews for Fallen Angels and Excalibur are Betsy-Centric driven...miffed that Kwannon got the code name, the Psionic Blade, and the Butterfly effect in the Kwannon/Betsy divorce? Lemme guess, your reviews for next weeks Fallen Angels will be under 5 and Excalibur will be 10.

Julian Keller - Dec 11, 2019

I rate every issue based on my enjoyment of them. Also my reviews for Fallen Angels are in line with 90% of the reviews for this book, and they all say the same thing, that this book is pretty much bad. Your rate of 10 on the other hand is the odd man out. But since you asked, my enjoyment of Excalibur comes down to my obsession with Arthurian/Celtic Legend and the fantasy genre. I don't particularly care about this Betsy Kwannon stuff.

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THE GOOD:

-I like some of the imagery. Even if the art butchers it, it's there.

THE BAD:

-Oof. This was bad.

-God. Kudranski's art only gets worse.

-Wow. This writing is really bad. The narration at the beginning was super pretentious.

-The pacing felt really off here.

-Oh no. That graphic was just … no. "How to Bore Someone in Two Pages" is what it should have been called.