X-FORCE #28 gets fierce this week as Kid Omega steps a bit off the reservation and Cerebro unleashes an onslaught that could not only destroy Krakoa but eventually the world. This week's X-FORCE is fast-paced, action-packed, and filled with intensity. To those fans searching for the X-FORCE of yore, the one reminiscent of the foundation during Hickman's HOXPOX, this week's issue brings it right back and piles on the intensity. Read Full Review

Gill offers some great visuals throughout the issue. The fight between Quentin and Silver Samurai is beautifully done and the intercut scenes of Cerebrax killing mutants are visceral and visually dark in contrast to the events around them. Read Full Review

X-Force #28 does a great job of setting up the new threat to X-Force and then making it that much worse. Percy builds an entertaining story that does the heavy lifting with two of the book's best characters. Gill and GURU-eFX remain an incredible art team, giving readers some fantastic imagery. All in all, this is another stunning chapter of the book. Read Full Review

X-Force #28 is a good slasher narrative with some plot progression here or there with supporting plot threads. At this point it's not quite the X-Force team, nor is Cerebro all that scary, but it gets the job done for its purposes. Read Full Review

It's the introductory and final sequences that carry most of the power and ensure invested readers will be strung along, but a consideration of the entire issue raises the question about how much longer can X-Force stretch out its many potent, but unrealized concepts. Read Full Review

X-Force rarely disappoints.

I thought this was a good continuation from the previous issue, though, for whatever reason, I've been finding it a little difficult to get invested in the Kid Omega stuff here. Hopefully that changes soon, as it's clear he's going to continue to be a fairly large focus. That said, though, I did find Cerebrax to be pretty interesting.

The prose is solid and the script has a good structure. The art's a touch rough in places, but the visual bones are solid. This is excellent storytelling.

The main story is a bit thin, though. Fortunately, in classic X-Men style, this title's cultivated a lot of long-term sub-plots. Checking in with some of them adds the heft that the monster-hunt lacks. It helps that those back-burner plots are character-driven, too.

I love this idea soooo much!
And I continue to love the bold character work for this cast of characters where it actually feels like progress and plot and development is happening.
My only complaint would be that it all feels a little too casual when this is an idea that should be HUGE.
Makes it feel like this is actually low stakes and won't really be a threat and instead it's just another excuse to kill off characters on a whim.
But let's see how it goes.

Big fan of the Quentin stuff this issue but the main plot relating to Cerebrax didn't really work for me. I really do like the idea that Quentin's test driving different mutant husks made by The Five and the little info page showing how much this bothers them was used well.