Immoral X-Men #3 launches the last phase of SoS expertly. This story was stalling a bit in the middle, but this one kicks it into the next gear. Gillen, Vitti, Beredo, and Cowles give readers an engaging read that sets the stage for the next phases wonderfully. Read Full Review

While X-Men comics have a habit of introducing absolute destruction,Immoral X-Men #3 makes it all feel fresh. Instead of having the same devastating stakes, it adds a new element of hope that is swiftly crushed and reintroduced. All-in-all, the issue is a great take on the darkest possible future, even if it still desperately needs more space to tell its story. Read Full Review

‘Immoral X-Men' brings one portion of the three-fold story that is ‘Sins of Sinister' to a close ahead of the overall conclusion, filling in a few blanks but leaving many questions to be answered. Some solid hits with this story and what it's attempting but a few misses as well, but none that take away from the overall enjoyment of what this event is trying to do. Read Full Review

Immoral X-Men leaves its Star Trek homage behind to go grimdark with X-Men by way of Warhammer 40,000. Read Full Review

Immoral X-Men #3 is good. It also leaves me wanting a lot more. How the three issues remaining for the event will be able to tie things up and get things somewhat back to the way they were should be impressive. Hopefully, it's a bit more of a straight narrative than the event so far. Overall, it's something original, but it's originality that leaves things in a frustrating place as well. Read Full Review

Immoral X-Men #3 explores the complex characterization of Sinister without giving the new revelations the time it needs to create impact. Read Full Review

A dark issue with perfectly matching artwork

The art was perfect for this issue.

Leave it to Kieron Gillen to gather this event's far-flung plot threads and tie them into a tense knot pointing towards a powerful climax. Besides the rising tide of the story, there's plenty of weird world-building to admire--and it's capably threaded into the action so that it doesn't feel digressive.

The art goes overboard on grunge, in my opinion. (And you can count me among the many readers sneering at the fact that Alessandro Vitti made his Marauder by squishing the Bebop and the Swordfish together.) But it's still a potent storytelling tool, working together with the script to make settings, characters, and decisions compelling.

Sins of Sinister enters its final act, and it continues to be a total joy to read. None of the luster is lost by the 900 year time jump. I don't know where we're going from here, but I am fully on board to see how it all plays out.

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Gillen has a field day tossing out random throwaway sci-fi concepts like "the Limbo incursion" and "citadels of the Materialist Colossus" and Vitti's murky-yet-communicative art serves this tattered and bleak universe well.

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Screaming Enigma - Apr 14, 2023

That has to be an early contender for quote of the year

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Let's hope they nail the landing

The best issue of the miniseries, in my opinion. First of all, I think Vitti's art was killer and really fit in here. I really enjoyed the story of Sinister and Rasputin IV, and I thought Destiny's involvement was great as well. Great stuff all around and I hope the event, as a whole, sticks the landing.

It was good but the lowest point for the series for me. I'm missing so much info from the 900 year jump that it hurts the story for me. Still a good effort. I wish they spent more time here but what to do? Vitti is decent with the art.

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