A Tarot card reading in comic book form, this exercise in comics creativity offers a glimpse into the future of the X-Men. Read Full Review

This book is going to be an amazing treat and this teaser is perfect to draw new readers in. Read Full Review

Marvel's free comic for 2020 gives us a look into the world of the X-Men and the Marvel Universe in the coming months, and while these are two entirely different stories, they both do a solid job of hinting at things to come. Read Full Review

FCBD 2020 X-Men #1 provides teases to Marvel's plans for later in the year and is worth picking up to build anticipation with stunning art as long as there is no expectation for a story that would stand on its own. Read Full Review

Now, I get it...this was meant as a teaser. However, if its sole purpose was to fascinate and lure me into the X OF SWORDS event, it didn't do its job. It merely frustrated. Read Full Review

wow that was a fantastic set up for what is coming! thank you for the free book marvel and you definitely have me interested in where this story goes!

Art 4/5
Story 4/5

I only read the Dark Ages half. Dark Ages is looking to be Marvel's version of Injustice and the teaser tells us that by showing that nobody is safe. Unfortunately on its own the teaser is a little barebones, but Injustice fans know we are in for something incredible.

You know, I'm tentatively excited about X of Swords, but this teaser didn't do a ton to move me. There's a bunch of stuff you'll only know about if you've read Excalibur, and if you haven't, you're not going to be told what's happening. The Tarot card idea is neat and I'm sure once X of Swords is all said and done, those cards will make a ton of sense, but like real Tarot cards, they're just kinda nonsense for the time being. I wasn't too impressed with this teaser, but I guess I commend them for what they attempted.

The second teaser is out of left field entirely. It's a tease for an out-of-continuity Marvel "saga" where characters are dealing with an apocalyptic event and also they can totally die! This is just Marvel getting Tom Taylor to do a version of DCeased for them. And look, I really enjoy Tom Taylor's work most of the time. Been a fan since Superior Iron Man. But, I felt like DCeased quickly became a cynical cash grab... And when you have that same writer conveniently enough come and make a similar story for your company, that does not help the cynicism. The story is fine, nothing special or shocking especially when you know it's not in continuity, which "surprisingly" goes unmentioned.

Overall, I'm not sure that this was worth dodging a virus for. In the context of a world where everything was normal right now, I'd maybe be more forgiving. But I feel like I should judge the teasers on whether they excited me or not, and the truth is that they didn't. I'm holding out hope that next week's Venom/Spider-Man issue will be more effective. more

I mean... okay. I don’t really care about Excalibur and I’m mad that I had to call on my knowledge of it for this. And also Dark Ages is like whatever. I like Tom Taylor so maybe I’ll like it?

The X-Men content essentially functions as a warning to stay away from a boring and convoluted story. The Iron Man looks more interesting.