X-Cellent #5

While there's a hiatus before The X-Cellent returns, the introduction of Toodle Pipa ludicrous name with an unbelievably bleak backstoryprovides plenty of diversions for this "finale" and a character who will likely be a lot of fun if they manage to stick around. Read Full Review

The writing, characters and especially the art are as strong and interesting as ever, but the plot and themes are so wildly all over the place that I just don't know what to make of this issue or this series. Read Full Review

CrazyforRAMU

Jan 06, 2023

Well, this ain't much of an ending. On the plus side, it remains pretty and those warped relationships are still going strong. I'm interested, vaguely, in the new teleporter. But on the other hand, the plot's a hopeless mess. Zeitgeist's plan looks dumber the more we learn about it, and he resorts to irony-free villain cliches to explain and enact it.