This issue's implications will be dissected for quite some time, or at the very least until the next issue of Powers of X. Read Full Review

HOUSE OF X is absolutely astounding. This is the most important moment in X-Men history since 1963. Read Full Review

This book is a thrilling achievement, not only story wise, but visually as well. We finally get some answers and those answers are so satisfying, it makes you excited for what is to come next. This game changing issue is a must read by everyone. The new x-universe is coming and this is your first real taste of that new universe. Read Full Review

This one is going to have people talking, and deservedly so. Read Full Review

House of X is the benchmark for what an X-Men book should be. Read Full Review

House Of X #5 is where things really start to come together for this book. Read Full Review

In a series punctuated by game-changers, House of X #5 stands nicely amongst the upper echelons of this already ambitious series. Read Full Review

Pepe Larrazs art is absolutely beautiful. Everything is full of glorious details and the visual style of the characters is amazing. Read Full Review

The last thing I want to mention is a brief note at the end of ‘The Mind' section of the ‘Resurrection' data page. It states “NOTE: There has been no experimentation regarding what happens when you combine a mutant MIND with a HUSK that is not their own” and this just screams lies or foreshadowing to me. Can't wait til this one comes full circle. Read Full Review

Powerful, beautiful, impactful. "House of X" #5 is yet another brilliant issue on the Hickman, Larraz, and Silva reinvention that will be referenced for years to come. Read Full Review

This series is laden with a full measure of intellect and heart, a measure pressed down and overflowing. It is an absolute work of art. Read Full Review

Is there a comic writer currently that takes more time to cultivate a more thorough blueprint to a series than Jonathan Hickman? His reveals are remarkable, wildly unique, resourceful, and cause fans to question the very foundation of the heroes they've grown to admire and adore since childhood. Readers will leave this issue with so many answers to some of the questions theyve wondered since the first week. However, Hickman opens the door to future confrontations and dilemmas while bringing this shift in narrative to a close. With three issues left, this reviewer is becoming more and more excited for the direction ahead and feels like the possibilities are endless with Hickmans guidance. Read Full Review

Overall: House of X #5 is another amazing read. Hickman is driving this story toward what is sure to be a spectacular ending. I have not been this excited about a Marvel comic book in years. I have not been this excited about an X-Men comic in decades. House of X #5 is worth every penny of the cover price. If you love superhero comic books then you need to be reading Hickman's X-Men. Read Full Review

The comic is an interesting one continuing to change the X-Men in ways I'm torn about. The characters continue at times to be uncharacteristic of them. As if they've been brainwashed into the cult of Charles. They're no longer students, they're kool-aid drinkers. There's an amazing story here by House of X #5 continues the shift from minority heroes to the terror of the minority. Read Full Review

The House of X story just gets weirder and crazier with a truly bizarre, status quo-altering issue. But I'm still on board and excited to see where the heck this is all going! Read Full Review

How can a book that's SO HEAVY on exposition be SO MUCH FUN to read? That's the Hickman magic: His world-building is bold, clever, and inventive enough to compel fascination all by itself. And the plot is hardly stalled out; important things happen even as we get tons of answers to key Krakoa questions.

Prelude:
Back to House of X we go. Nothing against Powers of X but I have always found House the better title. I pray that this continues.

The Good:
WHAT THE HOLY ----!

Goldballs. ----ing Goldballs is important. What the ----!

And the process that they introduce. It's freaking amazing! This flips everything on it's head, after everything has already been flipped on it's head.

The characters really get to shine here, throughout the issue.

Though I cannot knock the cultish vibe that permeates Krakoa right now.

Time for some token positives that every issue knocks out of the pack. The art and the infographics are great.

Both of this issues infographics were beyond great. I love the worldbuilding that these two brought us this issue.

THEY ARE BRINGING LITERALLY EVERY MUTANT TO KRAKOA. EVEN APOCALYPSE!

The Bad:
You're joking, right?

Conclusion:
Why does it have to be out of 10? Can I, just this once, go to 11 or something? I wish I could. more

Everything I was hoping issue six would be I got in issue five. I am definitely on the hype train.

This series is already revolutionizing X-Men (again), and perhaps the Marvel Universe as a whole, but that is a given at this point.

What must be acclaimed the most about Hickman's masterful epic is his ability to make us question what we thought we knew about sci-fi elements such as artificial intelligence, dystopian futures, alternate realities/universes, time travel, cloning, resurrection, and memory cataloging (is that what you call it?) and expanding on it in a manner that only the best sci-fi writers of all-time have. And this is a key issue in that expansion, pulling back the curtain a little more on the mystery of this story that's been unraveling over the past month, and ending on one of the highest of high notes. This is a game-changer for one near-irrelevant mutant, while a classic villain finally steps in to join the fun (can you guess who?). more

I've been reading comics for over 40 years. I honestly cannot remember the last time I was this excited to see how a story was going to turn out in the end.

God I had to read this twice to really appreciate it , I can wait to see what's next

What the hell I could be nitpicky But the whole story been great I can't wait for October for all the X - books to start

Wow this is truly the start of a new age of X-Men

Another perfect issue!! And I think the X-Men are the most powerful beings of Marvel Universe right now and beyond.

Johnathan Hickman is a genius. That is all.

This whole thing is incredibly creepy and cultish and I really enjoy that.

MIND. BLOWN. AGAIN.

This issue gave me goosebumps lol

Perfection. There is everything to love here.

Awesome reveals, great art, great story, great dialogue. Hickman really gets these characters and what their motivations really are especially with how he writes apocalypse, Xavier, and magneto. Hickman tweeted last night about how hes gonna be on X-Men for a couple years, and if that doesn't make you excited, I don't know what will.

What a perfect issue. The research that Kickman did for this issue is insame. How he took the time to explain everything is just a pleasure to read. The art is beautiful, the writting is top. How perfect and eerie this issue was. It made me happy reading this, full of hope, but it also gave the feeling that something very rotten is happening. Loved it.

A very well deserved 10!

Extra: Loved the glimpse of Marrow and Calisto.

I have never felt so vindicated in my whole life, Daken is the best.

I wasn't a fan of the Bendis era of X-Men. I absolutely hated what he did with Avengers Vs X-Men. I also wasn't really a fan of the Young X-Men being pulled forward into the current timeline. It was a really lame idea that hung around way too long.

One of the characters Bendis has introduced that I found to be extremely goofy was Goldballs. He was given a ton of attention but seemed to be more of a favorite of the creator than the fans.

If you told me that Goldballs would be immensely important to the House of X storyline I would have told you to GTFOH but Hickman makes it work. Hickman also brings other lesser-known characters to the forefront like Elixir, Tempest, Hope Summers. He also brings classic villain Proteus into the mix. Collectively these mutants are known as "The Five". Their job collectively is to resurrect fallen Mutants.

Goldballs "Balls" are now revealed to be eggs that aren't viable. Proteus uses his reality-warping abilities to make the eggs viable. Mutant DNA is injected into the eggs and Elixir fertilizes them. Hope keeps the other mutants in sync ensuring that the resurrections are successful.

The Five are able to bring back the Mutants killed in the previous issue.

The second half of the issue features the mutants celebrating the return of the heroes and the destruction of the Mother Mold. During this segment of the book, we also get a number of callbacks to classic X-Men moments. All of the callbacks made me smile as Storm has the resurrected X-Men verify that they are the returning heroes that had died.

This aspect of the comic has been divisive. Many have called out that the behavior of the characters during this segment as cult-like and somewhat off. It left me with more questions than answers.

I've spoken to various fans in the community. I'm in the minority that believes that this is not Professor Xavier. The cloning and resurrection aspect of the book reminds me more of a Sinister plot than something Xavier would sign off on.

The stockpiling of Mutant DNA and the backing up of Mutant consciousness via Cerebro seems to be a gross overreach by Xavier. If the story presented in this comic is 100% straight forward I'd be surprised.

The comic also sees Xavier allowing most of the X-Men's rogues to Join the Nation of Krokoa. Wolverine is the only X-Man to voice a dissenting opinion here which makes me even more convinced that something is wrong here. The behavior of the X-Men feels like too much of a hivemind which is a bit too similar to the singular voice seen from the Sinister clones seen in Club Sinister (Powers of X #4).

It's really cool to see Xavier building these bridges. Seeing Apocalypse here is especially shocking. The tone of the book is presented in a way to convince the reader that Mutants are more united in ever. The comic feels more like propaganda which is concerning. Time will tell as the story develops. more

"It was a gift, and in the giving you save us all."
- Professor X

I love how Hickman "Bendis-ed" Bendis' own character.

Brilliantly done. Well researched and put together. What a reveal! No details from me because it has to be read and enjoyed without spoilers. It's amazing how great and uneasy the story feels. Also thanks Bendis! Pepe Larraz's art cannot get any better. It's half the reason this book is what is. Gracia's colors gave it some nice vibrancy. That last page man the sun flare looked too real!

What a beautiful issue.

This time around, we get an issue that gives us a lot of needed information. The whole resurrection process was so carefully detailed and interesting. Pretty much the highlight of the issue for me. After that, we get some more information about mutant diplomacy, and by the end, it looks like all mutants are finally united. All of it connects so nicely to what we've seen in past issues. It amazes me every time.

All of this wouldn't work as well without the beautiful art from Larraz. Fantastic work from him.

The only thing harming the book at this point are the info dumps and how often it comes out. It makes it a bit tough to convince myself to read it, but by the time I do read it I am either satisfied or blown away.

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Amazing Psycamorean - Sep 20, 2019

I too hate reading

Br'er Lapin AKA 20-Ish Ceiln - Sep 20, 2019

I don't even hate them. There are just too many of them. I think there were like 4 pages in this issue.

Br'er Lapin AKA 20-Ish Ceiln - Sep 20, 2019

They are good for world building but if I read this all in one sitting? I imagine it will get very annoying.

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Great.

THE GOOD:

-This was a good issue. Not nearly as powerful as the last, but I don't think it's possible for an issue in this run to be bad.

-I liked the explanation for the mutant resurrection. That whole concept was really well thought out and cool.

-Storm's speech was good. Even if it was the point, I did get a little tired of the repetitive nature of it towards the end.

-I really loved that conversation between Erik and Charles. The dialogue wasn't overblown and their interaction was great.

-I liked the Emma Frost/Charles scene a lot too.

-Apocalypse is wonderfully written here.

-Well, that was a great damn ending.

THE BAD:

-Oh, boy. Those diagrams were a lot today. There was some great information there, but those three pages were just so boring. more

"They should have killed us all when they had a chance"

Ha! I knew it! The moment I saw those cocoons in issue #1. That's why issue #4 disappointed me, those deaths had no weight to them, they felt pointless.

Anyway, after a tiny drop with HOX #4 and POX #4, this X-Train is back on the right track. This issue is just so packed with mutant goodness.

First of all, the mutant resurrection procedure is so well thought out. Every step of the way is shown and explained very well, it ties the plot threads from Powers of 10 and makes some aspects of that book much, much clearer. It makes the X-Men and the mutantkind virtually immortal and depicts Professor X as a sort of mad scientist. A bit creepy look for Chuck. One thing makes me wonder, though. Does Logan have bone claws now? Since adamantium isn't part of his genetic makeup.

Second, I'm in love with that greeting ceremony for resurrected mutants. It's very sublime and majestic. The newly hatched X-Men are standing before the crowd in ALL their glory. They are greeted as heroes and saviors, but more importantly: as mutants. It had a little cultish vibe going on, but I think this whole sequence was the best part of this issue.

And lastly, the ending. I'm not really familiar with the majority of the characters that arrived on Krakoa, but all of them, setting aside their differences with the X-Men for the greater good makes for some very interesting developments in the future.

Truly, this a great time to start reading X-Men. more

Not as jaw dropping as #4 but a very good issue. Loved the tie in at the beginning

“Stand here naked in front of a crowd of people and prove you are your normal selves!”

I've read carefully your review of House of X #5, and generally, I share your point of view. But unfortunately, I cannot give the same notation as you. In fact, I would have give a 8.5, but because of one element, my notation drop to 5.5, which is not the pass mark. This element is the resurrection process. Here is this reason explained.

The problem is that the process, even if very well explained, greatly complex, and well thought, only create a clone of the original person. It is said both by X and in the explanations of the resurrection process that when it come to the mind, the primary function of cerebro is:

"...copying the mind --the essence, the anima-- of any mutant..."

Also, in the explanation of the process, the words "copies" and "backup" are used multiples times. And these backup are redundant. They exist at multiples locations for security.

The result is that at the end of the process, we are in front of clones. Ok, maybe almost perfect clones, but still clones. They are now copies of their original self. New people with their own individuality. The originals are still dead.

For examples that they are not the originals, they always exist at the same time as their backup. If X would want it, he could create a replicate of the original, even if it is not dead. The fact that he doesn't do it doesn't change that fact. The backup by itself is complete and suffice to create a new copy of the original. And it's only logic that this backup could be used multiple time to create a serie of copy.

There's also the question that, to be considered the same person, there should alway remain something of the original, body or mind/soul. By example, Tony Stark who rebooted his brain with a backup, after erasing it to remove all knowledge of the SRA, was still the same person. There always have been a link between the body, the mind and the backup. This is not the case in the resurrection process of X. The body have been rebuilt completely, and the mind is a backup.

There's also another thing that bother me. It's the almost religious status of all this story. It's the first 1.5 point I remove.

So, as a result, three of the most important characters (Jean, Scott, Logan), who have just been resurrected through great efforts, are now dead again and replaced by copies, or clones if you prefer.

I would hope this situation corrected in the near future. But according to the dithyrambic review everyone give to House of X #5, I wouldn't count on it...

Final verdict 5.5 out of 10. The resurrection process create copies of the original self. Also, there's a to much religious aspect around everything in this series. more

Overrated garbage

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aleyuma - Sep 18, 2019

if you think this is overrated then you might as well stop reading comics altogether since this is something that is OBJECTIVELY great.

Anotherfan - Sep 18, 2019

Any exemple of not overrated garbage ?

Valiant Son - Nov 10, 2019

ROFL. Please explain, aleyuma, how it is, "objectively" great. I suggest you start by consulting a dictionary.

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