THE DESTINY OF X!
Over one hundred years ago, Irene Adler wrote twelve books.
A sequel is long overdue.
RATED T+
Immortal X-Men #3 is a sly and smart way to set up an event, as well as a deeply interesting character study of one of the Krakoan era's most interesting characters. Read Full Review
Gillen has written one of the best LGBTQ love stories ever told within the medium of comics. One of the best love stories ever told. And in doing this, he has planted the seeds for the future of Krakoa, and the future of the mutants who reside there. Read Full Review
Immortal X-Men #3 is fantastic. Gillen does an HoX #2 riff but invests it with heart that the original doesnt have. It works wonderfully for the story and shows the many futures of Krakoa. Werneck and Lima make a wonderful art team with some great standout pages. Immortal X-Men continues to dominate the X-books when it comes to quality. Read Full Review
Kieron Gillen does a great job writing an engaging script for every character he introduces in the story. Read Full Review
This new issue explores a character that hasn't been around in decades, and there's a lot to explore and enjoy, while setting up some big things to come down the line. Read Full Review
Immortality. Cosmic sovereignty. A romance to end worlds. Krakoa in a nutshell. Read Full Review
Destiny unfolds before us as ‘Immortal X-Men' dives into the past, present, and possible futures centered around the gold mask-wearing Irene Adler in an emotionally charged and powerful third issue. This is a truly wonderous series that has delivered on the promise of following the Quiet Council in their work but has taken things to a higher level than expected, giving us something gorgeous and powerful. Read Full Review
While the layouts do an admirable job of giving the story the gravity appropriate to the writing of a new mutant testament, it's a shame that the visages alternate between lifelessness and overly-exaggerated, and the colors fall somewhat flat. These shortcomings may fail to elevate the issue to greatness, but neither do they too-greatly impede an otherwise enthralling read. Read Full Review
"Immortal X-Men #3 successfully avoids being a sterile investigation into world-ending events by putting the focus on a single relationship. Read Full Review
Immortal X-Men #3 grabs your attention from the very opening page and does not let go until you finish reading the entire comic book. Kieron Gillen and Lucas Werneck are working their magic as a creative team with fascinating character development that has you invested in everything that is going on in the story. The revelations made when it comes to Destiny's character in particular is something that not only impacts Immortal X-Men but how you view the entire X-Men franchise as a whole moving forward. I cannot wait to find out what is planned next for this series Read Full Review
And *this* is what I was hoping for when I started reading a series focused on high-level X-politics written by Kieron Gillen. God, it's magnificent.
Beautiful, expressive art brings out the full emotional weight of the script. The writing strikes a superb balance between cosmic prophecy and the intensely personal matter of Destiny's marriage. It's heartbreaking and fascinating and it completely lives up to the biggest of the big-picture plotting Hickman used to kick off the Krakoan era.
Is this volume going to be 12 issues with each taking the point of view of a different Council member? Dang, that'd be cool.
Wow! This is story is phenomenal! I love everything about this. The writing and the artwork are flawless. I can't wait for the next issue
This is in line with what Hickman created; excellent!!!
Wow, This was a wonderfully told love story, one of the best ever written in a marvel book. If not all of comics. This is the X-men version of "The Constant", a beloved episode for all the "LOST" fans out there. Gillen has perfected destiny's voice here, her motivations. This was a hauntingly beautiful read, i could here the orchestral score in my head swelling with the turn of each page as the story weaved in and out of its threads. Truly engaging from start to finish. Bravo Gillen, Bravo.
Just a masterpiece. If we were going to have to wait decades for Marvel to explicitly acknowledge Mystique and Destiny's relationship, at least Gillen & Werneck are paying it off with one of the greatest romance stories in comic history. Even if everything else about the current era was terrible, it would all be worth it just for Immortal X-Men and X-Men Red
Gillen makes Destiny a writer.
This era of X-MEN is turning out to be everything I hoped after House/Powers of X, after two years of ho-hum series; this was worth the wait.
This book continues to be fantastic. I'm not the biggest Destiny fan, but Gillen makes her a very compelling character here. Her love story with Mystique is well-done throughout this issue, and I really liked how she realized that Sinister cloned Moira. Along with Werneck's great art, Gillen writes a very intriguing story that continues to maintain my attention in this era of X-books.
I love when writers both embrace and enhance the ideas of those that came before. So I'm very happy to say that Kieron Gillen really has just taken the baton from Hickman and sprinted off like he's channeling Usain Bolt at the Olympics.
This issue was just fantastic. The ongoing mental chess match between Destiny and Sinister is fascinating to me as they're both perfect foils for one another. Destiny can't let him know that she knows what he knows: any time he likes, Sinister can kill a Moira clone to reset the timeline. It's brilliant stuff that feels appropriately weighty for a title called Immortal X-Men.
beautiful!!
Basically everyone is a piece of shit in the Quiet Council.
It's good drama but this didn't hit for me as it did for many here because Destiny by herself or with Raven were never that interesting to me except when they interact with others (Moira or Sinister for example). I do like the concept of nexus events but still hesitant about how it translates into what transpired. But to each his own. Still better than what happened during dawn of X and we're headed in the right direction. Werneck is great especially those vision pages!
This is a solid read. If you enjoyed the HOX POX stuff, this is the series for you.
Honestly, Gillen's self-satisfied writing makes me nauseous, J Hickman he is not.