X-Force #1
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| Writer | Ed Brisson |
| Artist | Dylan Burnett, Juanan Ramirez |
| Cover Price | $4.99 |
FROM THE ASHES OF EXTERMINATION!
Cable is dead...and now, the original X-Force team of Domino, Cannonball, Shatterstar, Boom Boom and Warpath. must hunt down the murderer of their former leader! The mutant militia are hot for blood...but when their target is the time-traveling younger version of their fallen mentor, is there a line they absolutely cannot cross? And what does Deathlok have to do with all of it? From Ed Brisson (EXTERMINATION, OLD MAN LOGAN) and Dylan Burnett (COSMIC GHOST RIDER), comes an all-new, high-octane mutant adventure! A reckoning will come!
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CRITIC REVIEWS Back to Top
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9.5
Weird Science Marvel Comics - Jim Werner
Dec 27, 2018I really enjoyed this first issue of X-Force. Its an action-packed romp with a sense of humor and thats fine in my book. I cant wait for next issue. Read Full Review
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8.5
Graphic Policy - Brett
Dec 26, 2018The artwork is a bit unexpected in the main story but this debut issue is solid in every aspect. It has the action, the violence, the humor, and the right attitude. It all comes together in a way that is a welcome return to the classic misfit team from the 90s and me excited to read more of their adventures. Read Full Review
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8.3
Comic Watch - Bethany W Pope
Dec 28, 2018The opening issue of this relaunch is packed with keen characterisation, sharp dialogue, and absolutely fantastic art. If you like your X-Books to be a little darker and morally murky than Red or Uncanny, this is a great series to pick up. Read Full Review
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8.1
Geeked Out Nation - Jideobi Odunze
Dec 26, 2018X-Force #1 was a solid start for the series. I was hoping for a bit more from the confrontation with Cable, but all good things do still come in time. This first issue was a satisfying set-up from what we can expect from this murderous bunch, and for establishing where Cable stands in the current state of the MU. Read Full Review
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8.0
ComicBook.com - MatthewMueller
Dec 26, 2018The narrative isn't anything X-Fans haven't seen before, but if Brisson can make the team this entertaining every issue, you're not going to mind. Read Full Review
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8.0
All-Comic - Jeremy Matcho
Dec 28, 2018X-Force was a surprise hit this week. Ed Brisson has made this team of old friends feel fresh, and they have a new path and mission. The pencils and colors were fine enough, but I look forward to seeing how they grow as the series progresses. X-Force was my favorite book this week. Read Full Review
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8.0
Black Nerd Problems - Jon-Carlos Evans
Dec 30, 2018Overall, the first issue of the relaunched X-Force ticks a lot of boxes for X-Force fans " ultraviolence, dark humor, and zero tolerance for hatemongers. Read Full Review
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7.8
The Super Powered Fancast - Deron Generally
Dec 28, 2018This is an interesting and tense first issue. There is a new dynamic for these characters being created by Ed Brisson and it is actually entertaining and fun to see how they interact with a younger Cable in their midst. Read Full Review
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7.0
AIPT - Forrest Hollingsworth
Dec 24, 2018The original X-Force re-debuts in a frenetic and funny story that might need a little more time to develop a real direction but entertains in the interim. Read Full Review
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7.0
Monkeys Fighting Robots - Brandon J. Griffin
Dec 26, 2018The era of Kid Cable is a very promising one to start. Ed Brisson keeps stacking onto his X-Men credibility. Read Full Review
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7.0
Razorfine - Alan Rapp
Jan 01, 2019One issue in, I may not be completely sold on the group, but there's enough here to pique my curiosity for another issue or two. Worth a look. Read Full Review
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6.0
Newsarama - Scott Cederlund
Dec 31, 2018X-Force #1 isn't a bad comic, but it feels like it's all been done before. Instead of spinning out of recent X-related events into new and exciting directions, some set by Brisson himself, this comic feels rooted in the past and unable to escape the pull of humdrum struggle of mutant versus mankind and mutant versus mutant. Read Full Review
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3.7
Major Spoilers - Matthew Peterson
Dec 31, 2018Continuity issues, art problems and some unclear story bits combine to make for a hard read, but the backup story is a lot of fun. Read Full Review
USER REVIEWS Back to Top
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9.0
X-Force is back in all its gory glory, hot on Kid Cable's trail and barreling into a mutant genocide situation in the Eastern European pseudo-nation of Transia. Though the art leans a little far into the cartoony, it does an admirable job keeping up with a fast, complicated script. A big cast, fun (slash deranged) characterization, timey-wimey plot complications, and plenty of political subtext are all juggled adroitly in an all-dialogue no-narration tour de force of comic-writing. This may end up being a contentious series; this issue does a stellar job of convincing me it's going to be a fun one.
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8.5
This is going to be a wild ride!
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8.5
Excellent first issue with the members of the original X-Force. The action is fantastic and I love the art.
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8.5
I actually really liked the issue. The art took a few pages to get used to because of the way faces are drawn but the fight scenes were fun and dynamic. The story was very simple but was a fun read.
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8.0
This was good. The team works well and the stories are interesting. There's not much to say besides I'm excited to read more. It's not an extravagant issue, just very solid and written well.
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8.0
Brisson writes this sort of thing really well and though his art won't be for everyone, I love Burnett's art. That said, I'm just not a huge fan of gory violence and indiscriminate killing in my mainstream superhero books so I'm not sure if this one is for me. I've preordered issue 2 so we'll see if that turns me around. I still couldn't rate it too low because I think it is of a high quality, just not perfectly to my tastes.
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7.5
Decent script, the artwork smells.
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7.0
The artwork is not the best, maybe at most its ok. For a team that I only know three of the characters, really enjoyed the issue! Just hope next issue we get more information on who is who on the team. Great start for a book that few days ago I could careless about!
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7.0
Really enjoyed Brisson on Extermination so I'll stick with this for a bit. Like others I was not fond of the art by Burnett at all.
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6.5
The violence for comic effect left a bad taste in my mouth; these characters don't feel like heroes. Didn't like the art either.
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6.0
This was a perfectly fine comic and I will continue to read it.
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5.0
Did the writer know that Cannonball was in the Avengers. Or that he have a wife & a child in Chandilar awaiting for him. Does he even care ? And what with the new look. It lookalike Sammy in Scooby Apocalypse, awful. Like the Warpach look. And with is machette (With the size I will not call that a knife) when he stab someone that should do blood (And that should kill). I didn't like the idea too close to God Likes, Man Kill. Nor convinced by Domino as leader, nor by Cable/Deathlock team-up. Only Tabitha was fun. Cover - Very excited to see the X-force I love not the following volumes. Not a team already so 1.5/2 Writing - It wasn't bad, but definitely not good. 1.5/3 Arts - I didn't like Burnett, and Ramirez didn't do much Better. 2/ more
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5.0
Was this drawn by my 4 y o niece? When she does it, it's rill cute. In X-Force, the kid style is real real terrible. Story pretty good I guess.
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