X-Factor #5
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| Event\Storyline | X of Swords |
| Writer | Leah Williams |
| Artist | David Baldeon |
| Cover Price | $3.99 |
CAN RESURRECTION SURVIVE?
The events of X OF SWORDS have put the resurrection protocols in jeopardy! As the Five deals with the fallout, X-Factor investigates those affected by the tragedy...
Rated T+
CRITIC REVIEWS Back to Top
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9.6
You Don't Read Comics - David Harth
Dec 02, 2020All in all, X-Factor #5 is a wonderful comic. It feels like a well-tuned orchestra ending their first performance and leaving the audience begging for more. Williams does a lot of great things in this issue and, with the help of Baldeon's art, weaves multiple plotlines and emotional beats throughout the book, setting things up for what's to come. If this issue is any indication, X-Factor is going to be a great book. Read Full Review
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9.6
Comic Watch - Gabriel De Jesus
Dec 02, 2020X-Factor #5 (@mymonsterischic @david_baldeon @IsraelSilvaArt ) is a beautiful and well-executed comic that delivers more than I had hoped to ask for. Read Full Review
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9.0
Comics: The Gathering - Ryan.L
Dec 03, 2020Overall this book comes back from ‘X of Swords’ and knocks yet another outstanding issue out of the park. This is a prime example of how you can have a low key story but it still be just as engaging as the action packed ones. Read Full Review
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8.9
The Super Powered Fancast - Deron Generally
Dec 02, 2020David Baldeon consistently delivers stellar art and this issue is no exception. The lighter quality of the plot gives the art the ability to be both energetic, beautifully detailed and fun to look at. Baldeon does great work with the facial expressions of these characters and you get a sense of real emotion from them throughout. Read Full Review
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8.0
AIPT - Lia Galanis
Dec 02, 2020X-Factor#5 has a lot of heart, a lot of history, and sets up an intriguing mystery for its future arc. Read Full Review
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8.0
ComicBook.com - Christian Hoffer
Dec 02, 2020I appreciated that the comic delved a bit deeper into Krakoan culture and brought back a bunch of the Academy X characters to celebrate Wind Dancer's return and re-powering. Read Full Review
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8.0
COMICON - Tony Thornley
Dec 08, 2020A New X-Men reunion becomes a celebration of all the positives of the Krakoan X-Men era. Read Full Review
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7.0
Henchman-4-Hire - Sean Ian Mills
Dec 05, 2020A quaint little issue reasserts all the previous X-Factor storylines now that X of Swords is over. I look forward to this comic finally being able to spread its wings. Read Full Review
USER REVIEWS Back to Top
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10
Spiritually uplifting & soul fortifying. Full of charming character moments & many touching, emotional scenes, it's a celebration of the very threads that connect us all... life & living. <3+<3
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This was fluffy, I definitely liked it.
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10
I absolutely LOVED X-Factor #5! Felt like a classic Claremont quiet issue full of fun and interesting character interactions. Hands-down the best issue of X-Factor so far. Leah Williams' writing is definitely improving with each issue.
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8.5
Seeing New X-Men reunion was so sweet. Poor Santo
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8.0
X-Factor Volume: 4, Issue: 5 "Suite No. 5: First Movement Finale; After a Summer of Allostatic Overload" Publisher: Marvel @marvel Writer: Leah Williams @handaxe Artist: David Baldeón @davidbaldeoncomic Colors: Israel Silva @israelsilvaart Letters: Joe Caramagna @joecaramagna Cover: Ivan Shavrin @ivan_shavrin_art The X of Swords tournament has concluded and the Five have reestablished resurrection. Wind Dancer has been returned and her fellow New X-Men rejoice. All this joy surrounding her, but Emma Frost still feels the heartache and the loss of losing the true Rockslide forever. In his new altered form, Rachel searches his mind for memories but finds the new Rockslide only ever existed up to the point of his failed resurrec more
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7.5
This was a smaller issue, but I enjoyed it enough.
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7.5
Good issue.
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7.0
The team recovers after the big event and the blip in the resurrection protocols. Changed characters - Rockslide, Aurora, Wind Dancer - are welcomed back to the fold. I like, in theory, the expansive roster and the way the Five have become X-Factor's B-team. But the art is killing me, particularly in a "survey" issue that rotates through the whole team plus a lot of party guests. I love David Baldeon's art in general. He's terrific at character rendering. That panel of Polaris mockingly imitating Daken? Glorious. But here he's also on a psychotic quest to shrink his characters down as much as humanly possible, and it really hurts the comic. "Who's that talking to Rockslide? Well, there's a smudge of green on top of the stick figure; I guess more
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7.0
I keep forgetting that this comic isn't only about Daken and then getting sad again. ):
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6.5
I suppose this was the best issue so far, but even still, meh.
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6.0
An extra three stars for New X-Men appearances.
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4.5
I see some evolution, there's some good moments, but the bad ones really overflow and take over the issue. Daken it's the worst version of the characther so far, Northstar and Aurora are so flat that I just don't care for them, Rachel and David are good trought . The art's definetly not for me, the script still feels like is trying to hard to be ''tumblr & twitter'', but again, I see some evolution, maybe changing the creative team helps. I'll stick around to see what's next.
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3.0
There are some moments I really liked, but for some reason everything William's write looks like fanficton to me. The art was good but nothing fantastic.
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2.0
Leah's writing is just not doing anything for me now. Like even the art doesn't make me want to read this comic book anymore. Which is a shame, because I really like Lorna, Jean-Paul and Rachel.
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