The X-Cellent #1
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| Writer | Peter Milligan |
| Artist | Mike Allred |
| Cover Price | $3.99 |
Your favorite celebrity super villains are back! Zeitgeist is still on a mission to achieve social media godhood, no matter who he has to kill! But the spotlight won't be big enough when the next generation of the X-Statix drop in! Join Peter Milligan and Michael Allred for the final half of their mutant celebrity saga!
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9.3
Major Spoilers - Matthew Peterson
Mar 17, 2023Zeitgeist's front is starting to crumble, but The Orphan finds himself having to compromise his own values to keep up with the X-Cellent. Things are really building to what could be a killer conclusion, which I hope is just the arc and not the series as a whole. Read Full Review
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8.0
ComicBook.com - Chase Magnett
Mar 15, 2023Readers were left with plenty of loose ends previously in The X-Cellent #5, and the new #1 does an excellent job reminding them where the story left off while heading directly into new misadventures and twists that range from the idiosyncratic to outright disgusting. Read Full Review
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8.0
Impulse Gamer - Tim Chuma
Mar 20, 2023I would recommend this one if you are a fan of the X-Men but want some other characters in the same area of comics and a newer storyline that doesnt really as much on what has happened before. Read Full Review
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7.0
AIPT - Lia Williamson
Mar 15, 2023The X-Cellent's return to the comic book world continues to showcase the series' unique storytelling techniques, offering a modern twist to their underrated heroes. Although the first issue doesn't have the same impact as last year's return, it sets up a stage for more interesting adventures to come with the same cultural relevance and self-aware humor. Mike Allred's pencils continue to be the highlight of the title, even when some of the gags fall flat. Read Full Review
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7.0
Henchman-4-Hire - Sean Ian Mills
Mar 18, 2023Things get weird and very, very melodramatic in this new issue. I think I'm finally beginning to understand this series but I might also be way off base. Who can tell? Read Full Review
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6.0
The silly story of silly characters locked in a silly conflict grinds on, devolving into a literal popularity contest. And that's fine. It certainly looks cool. There is *one* element that approaches contemporary relevance: Zeitgeist and his problems with women fit well in a #MeToo world. What is Zeitgeist, after all, but the literal embodiment of toxic masculinity? Unfortunately, the other attempts at social commentary are DOA. I couldn't even go along with the hypothesis that this comic's tone-deaf swings at social media are intentionally, ironically out of date. It wants to be clever and insightful and subtle and it just isn't. It isn't *bad*, but neither is it good.
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5.0
I don't know why I'm reading this, it's just not very good.
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