Sins Of Sinister's first set of issues comes to a close with ‘Immoral X-Men' #1 as the utopia of Sinister's design continues to go anything but planned for the immoral geneticist. A rapid-paced issue with some solid visuals that moves the overall plot forward and sets things up nicely for what is to come in the second act of the event. Read Full Review

Immoral X-Men is great reading as it continues the story of the main event book while shining a light on key mutant players. Even in the greatest realities for Mr. Sinister, he seems to lose and be the sore loser he was born to be. A great exploration of X-Men characters in your new favorite alternate reality event. Read Full Review

In Immoral X-Men #1 writer Kieron Gillen decides that even though the doors of Xavier's have been closed for years Mr. Sinister still needs some instructing. Leinil Yu's cover may show readers the guest professor, but the moral of the story may make you question the syllabus. Read Full Review

If there is one thing you can count on when picking up a Kieron Gillen book, it's that the characters will be written well and the story will make sense. Gillen does fine work turning our heroes into villains and our villains into heroes Read Full Review

Immoral X-Men #1showcases that Mister Sinister's worst enemy is himself as the Quiet Council starts to show signs of rebellion. Read Full Review

Immoral X-Men #1 has a vibe that makes up for some of the weaknesses of the story. Emma is awesome, Sinister is a bit disappointing, but the set-up is intriguing. The art is pretty strong, but nothing jumps out. All in all, its a pretty cool comic. Read Full Review

This might as well be the next issue of Immortal X-Men. Which is still good, mind you. It simply feels less like an event. Read Full Review

While I generally enjoyed Immoral X-Men #1, there's a choppiness to the narrative that took me out of it. There was almost too much jumping around between Sinister and the Quiet Council and a focus on one or the other would have been stronger. Still, it highlights that this is an alternate timeline tale that's a bit different than what has come before. Read Full Review

Truthfully, Immoral X-Men was the series I was the most excited for which could be why Im the harshest of the three. It just didnt perform as the other two series did in the saga to date. Nevertheless, Im not giving up on Sins of Sinister after one semi-down issue. It sticks with events to date and I'm simply hoping the plot starts to take fans somewhere soon. Yet, I said this in my last review and Ill say it again if this story gets wiped away by a Moira clone like it never happened, Im gonna be pissed! Readers need ramifications. Otherwise, it makes the story pointless. Please dont do that to us, Gillen. Read Full Review

Immoral X-Men #1 had many good elements and sections I was lukewarm about. The premise is good, but the application is rough in parts. Read Full Review

I mean, honestly, does Mister Sinister have it that bad right now?

We've reached the part of the event where plot developments march forward to a relentless drumbeat, leaving little room for subtlety or nuance.

That's not a bad thing when the story is told this well. Nicely-polished art, snappy dialogue, and the delicious treat of Emma Frost's PoV make this a delightful issue.

Interesting ideas but not perfect

A pretty good first issue, in which the highlights are, of course, Sinister and Emma Frost. Emma shows just how strong she is, and Sinister continues to just be great. I was surprised to see what's happening on the main cover of the book actually happen in the story.

This should have worked much better than it did and I'm not sure why exactly. It had all the elements I was waiting for to drop but maybe that's the problem. It didn't bring enough new angles to the story or to these characters for me. It just showcases the struggles with Sinister and how much worse Emma can get but we already knew all of this. But above all of this the story has a problem because they're all bad here so instead of making Alpha Sinister the core of the story he is diluted and spit back out through the other characters tainted by his DNA. Don't get me wrong Sinister deserves this and more but Gillen doesn't land it as well as I thought it could be.

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

The weakest SoS book so far.

Everyone told me how good this was, so I picked up. All I felt was disappointment from the opening page. This story takes place 10 years after the original Sins of Sinister? What?!! Ten years ages a person quite a bit and Emma looks exactly the same. They lost me right there. If she was 35, now she would be practically middle-aged and still wearing the same skimpy costume. Then she grew her arm back. How? Don't know. But not only did she grow her arm back, but her glove as well. That's some amazingly smart outerwear. Who was the editor on this? This was an excellent idea for a story, but went quickly into a dumpster and is extremely flammable.