Jean Grey's reign in space continues with another strong chapter. Phillips' writing crafts a balance of big action and tense emotions. The art captures the best of space while bringing the heat with the intense combat in deep space. There's no sophomore slump here. You definitely don't want to miss out on this escapade. Read Full Review

Phoenix #2 overcomes a few bumps in the road to deliver a stellar sophomore issue. Read Full Review

Despite these shortcomings, Phoenix #2 offers glimpses of the potential this series holds. The exploration of Jean Grey's character and the cosmic scope of the story are intriguing elements that could lead to a compelling narrative. As you read through this issue, be prepared for the expanding of the cosmic scope of the story as Phillips more deeply explores the character of Jean Grey. Nevertheless, Phoenix #2 shows promise but struggles to find its footing. With careful pacing and a clearer focus on the main plot, the series has the potential to become a truly captivating read. We shall see as this series continues to develop. Read Full Review

Phoenix #2 is a surprisingly solid continuation of the first issue, wherein Jean teams up with Corsair to investigate mysterious kidnappings. Stephanie Phillips's script works well for new and old X-readers, the mysteries are intriguing, and the art is generally excellent. But for a few shortcomings in the story and the art, Phoenix is turning out to be one of the better From The Ashes era titles. Read Full Review

Phoenix #2 for better and worse keeps up the pacing from the first issue. When this comic book is at its best the focus is on Jean Grey as the Phoenix interacting with the greater Marvel cosmic universe. Adding in Corsair into this adventure added some light-hearted bits needed to balance out the more serious approach Jean as Phoenix is taking to being a cosmic protector. Read Full Review

Yay for Jean as a solo hero. Good seeing a familiar face in Corsair but he's weirdly inappropriate here! Sold on a Jean book; not necessarily the cosmic angle, but giving it a fair shake.

Corsair's more of a lech than a rogue—I'm not looking forward to him sticking around. The best part of the issue was Perrikus's dialogue with Adani.

Hmm. Much as I've always loved the "Errol Flynn plays Han Solo" concept of Corsair, I'm afraid his addition to this book drags the second issue away from the character study that made the first issue work and more toward the plot, which is an incomprehensible forest of references to cosmic stories and characters that I'm not deeply familiar with. The art is OK, though Miracolo is clearly trying to ape Stuart Immonen's style without having Immonen's extraordinary drafting skill. The pacing is odd too: the issue felt over before it had really begun, with fully half the issue dedicated to Phoenix meeting Corsair and getting the call to action. Phillips writes Corsair well, but that wasn't quite enough to keep this from being a steep drop from a promising beginning. more

The lack of Jean’s POV felt worse, especially as the narrator was removed from all of the main character’s story. For a book about a cosmic entity with unmatched powers, the sum of the parts feels quite hollow after two issues. Corsair was intolerable here and felt like someone totally different from recent versions of the character.

I don’t know what’s going on with the visuals. Tracing accusations aside, Jean never seems to look the same from page to page & the Phoenix Force has been transformed into a knockoff Human Torch. There’s also far too much white space used throughout the book which kept making me think that Miracolo just didn’t have time or couldn’t be bothered to fill in the book and is why he needed to trace in the first place. It looks incomplete.

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