I continue to be a fan of David Baldeon's style and this issue showcases it beautifully. The characters are expressive and detailed. The panels are beautiful to look at and the art itself is filled with a sense of energy and fun. A great looking first issue. Read Full Review

Leah Williams understands these characters and writes them with the perfect level of snark. I would have never thought to put any of these mutants together, but it works and creates a very interesting dynamic. Plus Northstar is in charge, and that's awesome. Read Full Review

Overall, X-Factor has made a sexy, messy splash. The team dynamic is lively, and fun, with an aggressive get it done mentality. There are many different elements here to get involved with, and it feels like Williams especially had an absolute ball putting this together, and it really shows on the pages. X-Factor are back! Read Full Review

X-Factor #1 is a fantastic read. The series plants a flag as to how it fits into the X-Universe and what it's about. This is a series that has no problem wearing everything on its sleeve for folks to enjoy. It also feels like a truly team book where everyone has their moments and stands out. The creative team has done a fantastic job in every way. The comic is both tragic, humorous, hopeful, and relatable. It's a damn near perfect start. Read Full Review

Does what every good #1 does, even if it did have to go to a $5 price point, with only a few hiccups and bricks of text to hold it back. Read Full Review

X-Factor #1 (Williams, Baldeon, & Silva) reads like a television pilot. The format of the plot functions the same. We have our hero introduced, the problem he must face, and then the assembly of the team. Each character gets their moment to showcase what skills they bring to the table. Then we end the issue with hints of what is to come. Like a TV pilot, there is boundless potential with some rough edges left behind, providing a perfect mirror to the internal chaos of this incarnation of X-Factor. Read Full Review

Williams, building off the work Jonathan Hickman and Tini Howard started in Creation, proves herself well up to the task of laying out the next steps. Those steps are monumental for Krakoa going forward and seismically raise the stakes for what's to come in X of Swords. Read Full Review

Leah Williams writes a damn good investigative book. I especially like how this new incarnation of the team ties so well into the X-Men's new status quo. Just about every member's power is built for solving mysteries, and the cases are sure to get more interesting with the world looking at mutants differently. Also, Daken to the team as a wild card is already proving it's worth one issue in. For me, X-Factor is off to a good start with a premise that's sure to grab any fan of the X-Men. Read Full Review

X-Factor #1 is a very good book. The existence of such a team on Krakoa makes perfect sense, and it will be fun to see where it goes. Williams gives the book a very entertaining vibe; the characters' banter makes the book's dark subject matter- investigating mysterious disappearances- and lightens it up just enough without making light of it. Baldeon's cartoony art shouldn't fit the book, but it does. X-Factor #1 is a lot of fun, and it will be great to see where the creative team takes it. Read Full Review

This is also the second go-round for artist David Balden, last seen in the X-Men world drawing Gail Simones fun Domino series from a few years ago. Balden also recently worked with Williams on Gwenpool Strikes Back, and theres a pretty good sense of writer-artist synergy throughout. His style is a bit more cartoony than some of the other Dawn of X titles, but thats a good thing; his art helps lend a sense of levity to the otherwise grim premise of the book. Im really looking forward to seeing what kinds of stuff hell get to draw in the coming issues (also, his costume designs havent gotten to show up just yet, but they are stellar). Im a little less enthusiastic about Israel Silvas coloring, which is occasionally a bit too heavy and textured for my taste, but overall it works for Balden linework. Read Full Review

Thanks to a keener understanding of the Five's process and an explicit story reason for the new incarnation to exist, X-Factor #1 stands as a substantial and impressive opening issue. Though a bit exposition-heavy and light on set pieces, Leah Williams, David Baldeon, and Israel Silva look deep into the new state of mutant death and give us a team just broken (and fun) enough to stand the sight. The road back to Krakoa might not be easy, but X-Factor is here to try and make sure every mutant " even the currently dead ones " has a home. Read Full Review

Great start to the new series as it finds little ways, here and there, to try and set it apart for every other identical X-Men comic. This one shows real promise to be its own thing. Read Full Review

X-Factor is a solid new X-title. It clearly defines its purpose for existing as a title, and I for one am happy to add another X-title to the queue! Read Full Review

X-Factor brings back an old X-men title and gives in a crime investigation flair! Check out Northstar, Polaris, Prodigy, Prestige, Daken, and Eyeboy solve mutants who have been killed. Read Full Review

Williams was tasked with resurrecting the X-Factor team but provided very little substance and no real reason for anyone being together that had meaning or significance. I understand what the team was doing this issue but their motives for joining were purely for $&@$ and giggles. David Baldeon and Israel Silvas art was weirdly unique and reminded me of X-Men anime in a way, which I really wasnt a huge fan of. The faces and people were stretched and elongated at times, which along with the heavy dialogue, made this an extremely difficult read for a number one thats supposed to draw new readers into the comic. X-fans, I really wanted to like this but it came across hokey, contrived, and honestly a bit ridiculous. That said, its hard to judge a series on one issue so Id like to read an entire arc before I decide to give this series a hard pass. Nonetheless, if you're looking to save money on comics, this would be a series to wait on the trade while the jury is still out. Read Full Review

It's an interesting premise that provides the team with a strong direction from the outset, even if the comic struggles to make good use of it. Read Full Review

X-Factor #1 brings a team of dynamic mutants together for a compelling reason, but is there time for the characters to shine? Read Full Review

Had HIGH eXpectations for this one, naturally, and not ONly did #XFAQtor meet them... it eXceeded them!

Just for establishing POLARIS has a hidden connection to Krakoa alone, a secret link only they share, that strengthens her and allows them to combine & use their abilities in unison... it gets a couldn't-BE-more-enthusiastic 10!! I mean, just the way she talked to it & it responded to her, was BRILLIANTly adorable, endearing, and imaginative.

To be honest tho, turns out that was merely the eXquisite icing, on an eXceptionally TASTY cake. Both the book's art & the dialogue are BOLD, leaving a lingering impression that makes for a memorable eXperience. And infusing it with a distinctive style, that distinguishes it from the rest of the Dawn Of X pack.

With this, Hellions, & Empyre: X-Men's stealth X-Corp intro, Wave 2's REALLY been on a tear!!! <333 more

This is pretty damn good... man

This is a book perfect for both new X-Fans and old ones. The book serves as a great showcase for every character and their power sets while also seeking to rectify forgotten aspects of characters. Not to mention that for a group who often exemplified minority groups, seeing a book which will serve to focus on the queer experience is as much a treat as it is necessary in our modern world.

Art 4/5
Story 5/5

This issue most definitely gave a mission to this new interesting group, can't wait to read the next issue!

I like this issue, but I felt it was too wordy, and the art took some time to get used to it. But I like the character dynamics and the concept is super interesting.

I liked it. It's definitely an interesting concept; a team to investigate if the deceased has really passed before resurrection. It's definitely a question I've had in mind since this all started given the nature of comics and that characters usually come back from the dead anyways. And I like that it continues to build the world, kind of showing the day to day of a lot of these characters. There are millions of mutants, and hundreds of mutants that we as readers are aware of. What are they all doing? The other books show off maybe a dozen of them, what are the rest of them doing? I enjoyed all of that. What I didn't enjoy was some of the dialogue. A little bit too wordy at times, some dialogue feels like a waste of a panel. Otherwise, I thought this was fun. I also enjoyed the art, more

This issue could have been a 9 for me, and it almost was, but I had two major problems. First, wordiness. This issue is WAYYY too overstuffed, which is normally fine in a larger sized first issue, but Leah spends a lot of time riffing with characters and it just eats up to much time. Really the issue should have ended after Northstar returns the body and the next issue would start while X-Factor is talking about the details of her death. That would have been much more powerful and much more concise, but instead it just kind of slogs to the ending. Leah clearly likes these characters, but she NEEDS to scale back when it comes to the back and forth. It’s just too much. Felt like bootleg Gail Simone, as she tends to riff a lot too when having characters talk back and forth. I really do like the prime and it’s a cool team, but the dialogue needs to improve soon, as I can see it becoming annoying very fast. more

I wanted to like this more than I did. Which isn’t to say that it’s bad. I like it in concept. I’m happy to see Daken. I was incredibly distracted by the outfits and the design of the characters. It was so wordy and it felt like if maybe it had had just one more pass through editing it would have been really fun. Alas.

It's fun. A little rough around the edges, sure, but I had fun and see a lot of potential with this series.

This was a decent introduction to the latest Dawn of X title. Overall I did like this, but with the Empyre and other crap going on, this is not sticking around for me. But its still good. We got a murder mystery of North-star's sister and in order for her to be resurrected, he assembles a team of ragtag mutants to find out what happened to her.

Its a pretty good start to a new concept in the X-men universe. With the resurrection protocol available, many mutants including North-star are trying to resurrect their loved ones, but then comes the complication of proof of death, cause, all that jazz. And thats how X-factor is introduced, a investigation team looking into missing mutant report that would help the Resurrection teams better handle their priorities of who to resurrect.

Art by Baldeon was really nice, loved the colors as well. Leah Williams on the writing was okay. During the actual investigation, her writing flowed well. But after? It was just a wall of words that in sum just covers the formality of officially introduction the X-factor. This issue did not need to be over-sized, The last 10-15 pages could have been easily condensed or taken out all together. I really love detective style comics, so this is up my alley. But with all the books going on right now, I just have to let this one go. But if it skyrockets from here, then I will be back. A solid issue and introduction to our team for X-factor. more

I love Rachel so mostly I wanted to check this out for her character. That and I thought the premise sounded cool. This isn't a very good premier issue for a new series. The tone of the characters comes across as slightly awkward at times; Rachel especially doesn't really sound like herself. As for positives, this issue is a solid mystery that is (to my pleasant surprise) wrapped up by the end. The art is kind of weird but it sorta fits the quirky nature of the book I guess. So while not great nor terrible, ultimately, X-Factor #1 is just average.

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It all reads like bad fanfic. There is some interesting bits, but it doesn't hold up

Just don't know what to think. I really wanted to like it, but this issue was a bit ridiculous.

So many words, yet so little character and plot development! The verbosity even hinders the artist, forcing him to draw his characters smaller than they ought to be.

-Way too much exposition, there was no room to digest the situation or characters
-Art was ok, faces and expression were lively
-Not really sure, this concept has potential, but definitely not a great first step

As a huge x-men fan i had to give this a shot but i'm afraid this is a pass for me. it's not terrible but just not for me

Art cool, story is...well it’s not great.

Marvel's illustrating bad fanfics now, oh I see, it's a big no for me.

The art's cute through.

Complete character assassination of Northstar, while Leah Williams has everyone else act like a sociopath or do nothing (like his husband). Hickman's Dawn of X saga continues to disappoint me to no end (which is a shame because his Fantastic Four is my all-time favorite comic run).

I think the resurrection thing is so stupid.😰😰😰
But I still like most of the x books. The characters and dialogue were cheesey and cringey. It was a serious chore to finish this issue. Peace out X-Factor.