Merry X-Men Holiday Special #1
| Writer | Charlamagne Tha God, Chris Sims, Various |
| Artist | Marco Failla, Kris Anka, more |
| Cover Price | $4.99 |
Twenty-five holiday tales of merry mutants, one for each day of December 1 through December 25! What does Magneto do for Hanukkah? What's Rogue and Gambit's first married Christmas like? Is Jubilee truly the master of navigating malls during the holidays? These questions and more are answered as all your favorite X-Men and more creators than you can shake a jingle bell at come together for a holiday celebration to last all month long!
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9.6
You Don't Read Comics - Brandon Masters
Dec 18, 2018Each Holiday has some form of representation here, and there are enough character moments and X-Men in-jokes to please even the most jaded comic fan. This could be an awesome stocking stuffer for the X-Men fan in your life, or something to break out each year for a re-read. Take some of that extra Christmas cash, if you have it, and make sure to check this book out. You wont regret it. Read Full Review
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8.6
Comic Watch - Cody White
Dec 25, 2018A fun anthology that is a must-read for all X-Fans. The talent collected here is exceptional! Read Full Review
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8.0
ComicBook.com - Jamie Lovett
Dec 05, 2018This is one that X-Men fans will enjoy and that can probably be revisited in future holiday seasons as well. Read Full Review
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7.0
Major Spoilers - Stacy Baugher
Dec 10, 2018THE MERRY X-MEN HOLIDAY SPECIAL #1 is a wonderful excursion into one month in the lives of the X-Men. It combines the spirit of the holidays, a message, tears and laughs all in one package that nearly everyone should enjoy. Read Full Review
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6.5
Multiversity Comics - Michael Govan
Dec 10, 2018Many mutants (some good, some bad) means many stories (some good, some bad). Read Full Review
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4.0
AIPT - Forrest Hollingsworth
Dec 05, 2018Despite a few shining moments of real heart or hilarity, this experiment in world building and characterization falls mostly flat. It's interesting to see which characters or stories these writers and artists gravitate towards but in the end there's just no room to develop anything remotely intriguing. Read Full Review
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9.0
Finally a good Anthology from Marvel! It taken them at least 2 other tries, but here's finally a good anthology. Not every story is good one, but most of them are enjoyable.
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7.0
I guess for this one, I can go through each story... seems a little unnecessary, but so are most of these anthologies! "Mele Kalikimaka!" is alright. It's cute, sure. "Never Again" seems very out of place. Why bring up Genosha now? And this doesn't feel like a holiday story at all. "#Hotclaws For Hanukkah" is funny enough. "Dreaming of a Wade Christmas" is clever. "I Hate Christmas" is appropriately dark for the holidays. Credit given for being a downer. "Jingle All the Wait A Minute..." is a continuation of "Mele Kalikimaka!" and it's still alright. "The Chiche Who Stole Christmas" is just a cliffnotes Gambit story, without any heart. "White Elephant" is fine, the punchline actually kind of works with what Sina Grace is doing with Iceman, more
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5.0
Some of these were so cute, and then others were atrocious, it was such a mixed bag. I'm bumping the score up by a half point because of the good stories, but so sad that one of the lamest was the longest.
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