This book will stress you out. Reading it will shave years off of your life. You'll treasure every second of it. Read Full Review

Marvel has been teasing the "Fall of X" for a while now, playing with the idea that it may be the end of the Krakoan era or a play on words as the X-Men line heads into autumn. Kieron Gillen writes that ambiguity into Immortal X-Men #13, the final issue of the series before the 2023 Hellfire Gala special, Krakoa's leaves falling from its branches. Read Full Review

A moment long overdue is the focus of the latest issue of Immortal X-Men, but as usual, it only digs an even deeper hole for the council and Krakoa to fall into. Another really solid issue that hammers home how broken these people are, and speaks to how the idea of utopia is doomed if built upon old-world thoughts. One of the clearest Fall Of X prelude issues so far. Read Full Review

Immortal X-Men#13 is an excellent issue that plays well into the upcoming Fall of X. While the first half of the issue features some forgettable conflict that can be easily glossed over, the questions it raises are worth exploring. It serves as a great conclusion but isn't afraid to set up future stories and drama. The Quiet Council may be gone, but something else is coming to replace it. Read Full Review

Thrilling from beginning to end.

Absolutely phenomenal!! I don't know that it's possible to like a book more. So much going on in this issue including some big developments and every single one of them was interesting and exciting to me. I loved the dialog and pacing of the story as well. I love it!

It's mighty wordy, and it doesn't dig as deep into the characters as it could.

Beyond those nitpicks, though, it's next door to flawless. Plot developments by the bucket load, and most of them are tied tightly to character relationships. This feels like critical groundwork for a tragedy to come--and it's supremely entertaining in its own right.

I just wish we had more of Cypher and his machinations all along.

Well done! Gillen is at home here in this book and his work here almost makes me want to continue with Fall of X but as with the quite council, the fall was set in stone a while ago and no matter what they try, they can't escape it. Werneck really delivers the good. Still, I would suggest to him to work on his movements in fights and attacks portraying magic which were lacking but other than that he's right on the money.

I wasn't sure what to to expect with Doug being the main character this time around, but I really enjoyed this. While he is on the cover and he does narrate this throughout, he does take a bit of a backseat at times, with the Council's discussion and the fight between Ororo and Exodus being the prime examples. Nonetheless, this is the last issue of the series before Fall of X and it really feels like things are starting to fall apart for Krakoa. I know the next phase is Fall of X, but part of me hopes the mutants aren't done on Krakoa, as I really like the concept and I would like for it to continue for a long, long time.

Empires fall. Parliaments dissolve. Dreams crash into the harsh light of morning. Summer ends. The Quiet Council was always a tower built on sand, and Gillen & Werneck make the inevitable collapse feel like a panic attack. Every move is wrong. Every attempt to do the right thing, to fix the well-intentioned mistakes of the past only makes the doom of the dream more certain. There is no way out. It's fall, and there's nothing you can do about it.

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REYNARD - Jul 13, 2023

Didn't read this, but I loved your review! Your prose is great! Keep up the good work.

KittyNone - Jul 14, 2023

Aww thanks for saying so!

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It's kind of one big argument, and a perspective of that argument, but it works and does bring about some big changes. Very interesting stuff as usual coming from Immortal. It's the only X book I still am reading.

Want more Doug.