My general rule with the new X-Men line is: if Hickman wrote it, I'm definitely buying it. This is an unusual addition to the line, but I'm so glad I got it - it's a real work of art in more ways than one. Read Full Review

Whether you're looking for an entertaining adventure between two of your X-Men favorites, a thoughtful and action-packed journey through the mind, or another step forward in the evolution fo the X-Men, you'll find all of it in Giant Size X-Men: Jean Grey and Emma Frost #1. Read Full Review

Overall this issue is such a treat. Not only as homage to New X-Men, but as an amazing challenge to really test the creative teams ability to tell an engaging story, and this creative team just continues to raise the bar. Read this book. It is another milestone in modern day comics. Read Full Review

Dauterman's art is beautiful throughout and is a visual showcase considering the story. So much of the tone and plot are done through the art that everything is enhanced by it. Read Full Review

There are likely a lot of expectations over this book and many readers may be surprised by what they find, but as a piece of art, this is an excellent example of how the comics medium can still be pushed to new heights. What you hold in your hands is one of the most vividly rich and rewarding visual experiences you'll read this year. Don't pass on it! Read Full Review

This is an art team that truly should not be trifled with, able to stand toe-to-toe with the most legendary and prolific artists to ever touch X-Men. This may sound like hyperbole, and I would understand that skepticism, but read this comic and you will understand. Anything that comes out with their names attached should be bought sight-unseen. This is the dynamic art duo of comics right now, and we are seeing history be made in these pages. Read Full Review

What ever is coming, this is a strikingly strong way to kick off the Giant-Size line. With 4 more "essential" tales to come, you'd best believe I'm coppin' them all. Read Full Review

This issue is action packed, visually stunning and has a unique mystique for its lack of dialog. The visuals have a richness and depth while also being a strong punch of action. Subtle details, like the diminishing amount of floral bordering in the first couple of pages, shows an attention to hoisting the narrative without words. With the limited dialog, every word used needed to setup and propel the story in a positive way and it accomplished this goal. The voyage through Storm's mind was a masterpiece of sights and feelings and truths. I have personally never read a comic that said so little but told so much and it was a pure joy to read. Read Full Review

A beautiful homage to "New X-Men" #121, that takes the best of that issue and adds on top of it, "Giant Size X-Men: Jean Grey and Emma Frost" is a visual narrative treat. Read Full Review

As I mentioned, this issue is mostly dialogue-free, with only the beginning and ending parts containing panels with words. When used poorly, this tactic can come off as a gimmick, but thankfully, Hickman hands his sparse script to modern master Russell Dauterman. Read Full Review

Overall, the purpose of the issue was displayed well, Dauterman's dramatic illustrations captured the cerebral conflict with true imagination, Wilson's color choices easily helped express the mood of the issue, and all while the art team had an opportunity to show off their chops. Together with the premise firmly laid out by Hickman, the first of the five giant-sized issues appears to be a success. This reader can't help but wonder where our mutants go from here because the protocols that have been put in place just don't seem to be working at all. Give it a read and tell me what you think! Read Full Review

The story that Giant Sized X-Men seems to be kicking off isinteresting enough, if far more within the lines than the stylisticchoices. It's certainly not bad by any means, though there's a sensethat it's there just to facilitate this story and perhaps the GiantSized X-Men: Storm issue arriving in a few months. But plotservicing art isn't a bad thing, as long as they both properly createthe narrative. That's exactly what happens in here, resulting in anicely executed exploration of all three of its leads in Emma, Jean andStorm. Read Full Review

If you have to pick up one X-centred book from February, then most definitely get X-Men #7. But this one comes in second place, easily. Read Full Review

I don't know what I was expecting with this book. I really wanted it to shed some light on the whole Scott/Jean/Wolverine/Emma relationships, if I am honest. I guess that's a riddle that will be solved another day. Instead, this book is an attempt to give the reader a different type of experience, one that works due to it's uncommon usage. This book may feed into the main X-Men book, so I am pleased that Marvel has kept the price point down. For a book that delivered a story that I wasn't expecting, I quite enjoyed the experiment. Read Full Review

Overall, Dauterman and Hickman tell a very compelling narrative that hopefully will weave through into the upcoming Giant-Size one-shots. Read Full Review

Writer Jonathan Hickman provides the outline of a story here which Russell Dauterman expands on over the course of an extra-sized issue. The easy joke would be to play on the two women's feelings for Cyclops, and his feelings for them, but neither Hickman nor Dauterman rises to that bait or play on any underling animosity between the two characters. Honestly, the last X-Men reboot has done nothing but confuse me on character, timeline, and plot. Stripping as much of that away as possible led to the first enjoyable issue I've had with the new reality the characters now find themselves in. Worth a look. Read Full Review

Giant-Sized X-Men #1 makes a bold narrative choice that is likely to be off-putting to some readers, feeling a bit backwards looking and dependent on a past issue that it homages. Still, with a major plot point and the best art of any new X-Men comic in some time, this is an issue thats not to be missed for the mutant faithful. Read Full Review

That detail shows how the past and current can work in tandem without the former holding the latter back. Beyond that, this is an issue of surface pleasures rather than a meaningful examination of the pair’s relationship right now, much less what’s been alluded to between them, Scott and Logan. Its final story beat lacks the wow factor of its influencing issue because it seems at odds with the new status quo and the direction it set up. Previous stories are always going to have a level of influence on current ones, but this is the most beholden that the Krakoa-era has been to looking back instead of prioritising moving forward. Read Full Review

Prelude:
I've been looking forward to these Giant-Size X-Men one-shots and I love Dauterman's artstyle so let's see how this goes.

The Good:
RUSSEL DAUTERMAN'S GODDAMN AMAZING ART!!!!!

It's become synonymous with Dauterman's art but Matthew Wilson's colours are freaking amazing and work with Dauterman's art so well.

Love the homage to New X-Men #121.

I love how Hickman and Dauterman convey a story with most of the issue being silent.

Really cool development in the story here and set-up for Giant-Size X-Men: Storm.

Dauterman manages to convey character so well through these pages.

The Bad:
Nothing.

Conclusion:
Man, that was amazing. It works on so many levels and with so little dialogue too. Just wonderful. more

MY EYES FEEL SO GOOD

As far as silent issues go, this one isn't the greatest, but it's still a lot of fun to read. You can tell each character, despite no dialogue, still have a lot of emotion in each scene. Also, Dauterman's godlike artwork shines in every panel. I could stare at his version of Jean and Emma for hours.

When Storm is found unconscious, it's up to Jean and Emma to delve into her mind in this mostly-wordless story. They really weren't fooling about top-tier art being the big draw in this miniseries; the visuals here are exquisite. The allegorical visions in Storm's mind are piled up quite deep; there's lots to unpack here.

" Save Me ! "
- STORM

It was an odd choice to go for an homaged silent issue, but it really all comes down to the art because of that, and Russell Dauterman's art is great. The story is pretty basic, and I wonder what will come of it.

I know this is supposed to be a homage to Morrison’s New X-Men 121 but I was very excited for the interactions between Jean and Emma that I was expecting. Instead, I basically got a collection of images with no dialogue at all. Make no mistake, this is one beautiful comic though. This week’s DoX comics pretty much confirm the polyamory between Jean, Scott, and Logan.

THE GOOD:

-I enjoyed this a lot.

-Man, Russell Dauterman is super talented.

-I liked the surreal visuals a lot.

-I didn't expect this to tie in to the main X-Men series, but I'm glad that it did.

-Great ending!

THE BAD:

-My big complaint is that this didn't need to be a silent issue. It serviced the issue in no way, and in fact hindered it from having what could've been great character interaction. Other than that, it was perfect.

As much as I hate silent issues, this was great. Mainly because of the art which is the problem I have with most silent issues, the art usually isn't enough to carry, but dauterman and Wilson both do their best to carry and it works. The colors and the detail on the characters and the background is lovely, it's also such a unique place for the story. Speaking of which the story isn't a placeholder either, it's important to hickmans narrative, and it provides a new challenge for the mutants to go through. This is an 8.5 though for me because it does drag on a little too long for me.

edit: i just went back and read hickman's fantastic four silent issue #588, dealing with the death of The Human Torch. and wow that one is much better tonally. Hickman sure knows how to scope and plot silent issues more

The art was very beautiful. I thought this was a really interesting comic.

Black Panther won't be happy. Beautiful art.

First off, the art is fire. This might as well be an art book. From Landscape to the figures of Jean Grey and Emma Frost, its amazingly drawn and colored. We get different color schemes and the action scenes are phenomenal. That alone lifts this book and probably some of Dauterman's best work. But there is barely any dialogue, mostly a silent issue. Which I have no problem with, but giver me more pages for 3.99. The story seems to be minimal in connection to Dawn of X, but its still an interesting story. Overall, I liked it. Read it for the art, its great.

"We ought to talk"

A beautifully drawn and colored issue that sends Jean and Emma on a little mind-bending adventure.

It's worth checking out, especially that it won't take much of your time to "read".

for someone that likes as much dialog as possible i didn't care for it being a silent issue however the artwork was brilliant and beautiful! i think i would buy almost every page as a poster

A bit pointless, though pretty (but a little stiff for my taste).

Great art, but I don´t understand why they did a copy from Morrison/Quitely silent issue, that homage is very unnecessary.

I've never seen a comic book being swipped. Art's beautiful, but the issue itself is the most UNCREATIVE thing I've ever seen, a dumb copy.

Expected more from Hickman than to just repeat what was done before. They could have done a (mostly) silent issue again with a different plot behind instead.

I love Dauterman's art (wish he was doing interiors for Marauders as well as covers)! But this issue takes Hickman's clear love of Morrison's New X-Men to such an extreme that it is essentially a copy-cat of New X-Men #121. I just wish there was more to this than an homage/rip-off of a better comic.

Its ok. Not worth 5 bucks.