Leinil Francis Yu's art is always detailed, beautiful and full of energy. The characters look amazing, the backgrounds are rich and filled with eye-catching details and the action is fantastically rendered. Read Full Review

By the end of X-Men #2, this was not at all what you would have expected from a core X-book. Not a problem either when Hickman continues doing what others aren't daring enough to do with these mutants, or with this mutant nation. This new island mattered, but so did Krakoa. It was a welcomed surprise to see what connection could be drawn between these two islands which brings us back to the discoveries we made not too long ago about Krakoa's past. Read Full Review

X-Men #2 is the Summers family book we've always wanted. Read Full Review

The issue features a different kind of menace with a few surprising twists, and promises some changes to the status quo already. So far, also good! Read Full Review

X-Men #2 serves to further illustrate the new status quo as well as push it forward in a meaningful way, but its strongest aspect is its ability to convey that the X-Men are home. Read Full Review

Hickman really has set up an incredibly intricate series of X-Men books that are damn near must reads if you want to keep up with this wildly ambitious story. The prime example is the fact that in last week's X-Force, Professor X was seemingly murdered by some badass mercenary type cats who infiltrated the island and sniped that boy clean of this Earthly realm. All it gets is a brief mention of how "drama filled" everything was yesterday. I know resurrection is very much on the table but this just proves how crazy each moment of the foreseeable future will be. It gives me hope that all the major scenes in this tall tale will be given the full issue treatment. Sometimes that means they'll happen in a different X-Book, and everyone should be ready for that. Read Full Review

The Hickman Lampoon's Family Vacation is a fun, intriguing entry in the new X-Men canon Read Full Review

A love story. Maybe Read Full Review

Speaking of colors, Leinil Francis Yu and Gerry Alanguilan art are totally on point. Yu and Alanguilans detailed style and panel progressions completely captivated this reviewer. The issue was incredibly easy to follow with outstandingly dynamic action sequences bringing each page to life. Yu and Alanguilan, mixed with Sunny Gho colors, created an authentically crisp and vivid comic that was brilliantly stimulating for this critic and frankly will mesmerize X-Men and comic fans alike. Together with the Head of X (Hickman), this team will continue to be a force to reckon with as the series unfolds. Readers can count on that! Read Full Review

It shows the potential in this intricate Dawn of X machine, with Hickman making minor references to almost every other series that has debuted since X-Men #1. It makes the entire X-Men universe feel like a finely woven tapestry within being so knotted as to lose anyone following X-Men alone. Read Full Review

X-Men #2 slows down to appreciate the complicated state of affairs in the Summers household. Read Full Review

It's hard not to find something to like about X-Men. It has exactly the kind of broad appeal that the main title in the line should have. Read Full Review

Jonathan Hickman's Summers Family Adventures, aka X-Men #2, is a blast to read and moves like a bullet " taking just a page to set up the mission " and winds up in an unexpected destination. Read Full Review

X-Men #2 (Hickman, Yu, Alanguilan) is compelling, playing with high stakes and complex ideas, all of which will influence the entire Dawn launch, however it's let down by less than stellar characterizations and mid-range art. Read Full Review

The comic isn't bad. There's some solid humor. It also continues a concept Hickman began in House of X. What the comic feels like is a continued set up. Much like the first issue X-Men #2 is attempting to lay the groundwork for what's to come. And those final pages makes what's to come intriguing. First by what's revealed and second by what's said. Sadly, a comic isn't made by its final pages and the lead up is awkward and head scratching. X-Men #2 has its moments but that's not quite enough. Read Full Review

It's a story that has a lot going for it, but the combination of Yu's art and a lack of context for the story/character beats doesn't really do it for me. That's not to say it's not good, just that it's not for me. Read Full Review

This is some weird stuff! And not the good kind of weird, the obtuse, impenetrable kind of weird! Read Full Review

THE GOOD:

-This was a huge improvement over the first issue, and overall was just an amazing issue.

-Yu's art fit much better with the story here.

-The dialogue felt way more natural here and I loved it.

-This is such an interesting story.

-This issue worked really well with just three X-Men.

-Arakko was a really cool location.

-The humor landed surprisingly well here. Cable was hilarious in a really natural way.

-The final scene was really well done.

THE BAD:

-I don't really have any complaints. It was a fun issue and I want to see more modern comics like this. So, yeah, 10 it is.

Hickman continues his hot streak with the excellent X-Men 2, as Scott Cable and Rachel go to investigate a mysterious new island that Krakoa is heading right for. The relationship between Scott and his 2 future kids is great, and its obvious that Hickman excels at writing the Summers clan. The art was great as usual and although the island sex was weird, I’m glad Krakoa found it’s long lost other half, which was hinted at back in Powers if X and House of X. Hickman is planting seeds for the future as the Summiner is revealed to be Apocalypse’s grandchild. Apocalypse continues to be this runs most interesting character, especially now that Professor X is dead. Every single panel was beautifully drawn and perfectly written

Beautiful art, yet again, and compelling writing, yet again. I’ve only been reading comics for a few years, so I only really know Cyclops as a bit of a douche. It’s nice to see his fatherly side for a change

So good.

I really enjoyed this.

Issue 2 is another great one under Hickman and Yu. The latter's art is awesome as usual, and I really enjoyed how he drew The Summoner. The former gives us an entertaining, family-oriented story with Cyclops, Cable, and Prestige. I really enjoyed the dynamic the three of them had and the way Hickman wrote their interactions. Everything just felt really authentic. The ending with Apocalypse was really cool as well.

Yu´s artwork doesn´t fit at all, at least for me, in my opinion this book need a diferent artist.

Not an X-Head and I am loving this series so far. Second issue is a nice smooth follow up to the first. Yu has such quality art and again brings his best. Hickman again delivers some originality and gorgeous scifi flair with The Summoners. This telling of the Xmen has such a family vibe with a charm that really works. I just hope with so many X titles being released so frequently that this series can maintain its quality and accessibility.

This was great, loved every single page of this. A fun story, which works as a standalone story but also moves the main story forward as well. The dialogues were amazing, loving how Kid Cable somehow turned out to be a comedy relief character and it does work very well - maybe even well enough for me to not miss the proper Cable for a moment.

Love the new guy’s look.

This a great comic book that has meat to chew on for days. My favorite read the last few weeks. Hickman had a few hiccups in a few dialogue lines in certain scenes toward the first half. Unless that's intentional, especially the Summers interactions....they're borderline creepy but subtle. Something is going on under obviously unless I'm reading too much into it. I did like the humor in certain scenes a lot. I do think Hickman did pull off a good mix.
But the second half more than made up for it. A is the name of the game!
Yu is perfect for this just like he was for the Avengers/Eternity book years ago. Gho and Alanguilan are perfect match.

I really liked it and want more for sure. But is it just me or at some points cyclops talks like he's brainwashed? I mean some of his dialogue is really weird (the one with Rachel Summers mostly).

Great. Hickman was telling the truth when he said each issue is a one and done, and that's refreshing in the current landscape of comics imo. Everything is great here, love the art, the dialogue, the story,the world building. I've never seen someone write cyclops and his kids this way before, like an actual family. Cyclops has more or less treated these family members as usual team members since they're usually time displaced, but this was very entertaining and humorous.

Woozers... The sign called A is back with horsemen and offspring on deck!

Good issue! Summoner is really interesting and I'm very intrigued by the Arakko storyline.

The interactions between young Cable and Rachel Summers are fun, and this book alone has more than a few surprises that continue to shape the new world of X. Good read overall, and confirms that all the X-books are one singular continuity...which may or may not be good.

Much smaller scale than HOXPOXDOX had led me to expect, but still an exciting and intriguing addition to the ongoing story, and Hickman does a fine job with the Summers family drama. Also, it's nice to see Scott as a parent to two young adults; one of the problems X-Men has always had is its refusal - dating back to when Marvel insisted on jettisoning Claremont's plan to have Scott retire from superheroing - to accept the necessity in a soap opera of letting the characters age. Maybe not my favorite issue of the Hickboot, but only because there are so many great contenders.

X-men #2 continues following the Summers family, but this time in an adventure between father and sons.

This story doesn't follow directly the previous number, but he continuos inside the Dawn of X era mainly with the new mutants title due to cypher's travel to space. This story is a little more comic than the regular, Cyclops is not the direct serious guy, but a fun dad who wants to travel with his kids, Cable was in a "dumb teenager" role and Rachel was the serious one.

This title show a new character and a new adventure, we don't know yet what that island and that summoner wants, but is looking like Apocalypse will have a big impact in this arc.

-Cable made me laugh a couple times
-Got something brewing with Apocalypse
-Feeling the same about the art
-Now i want to see how the council and higher up mutants deal with this new environment

The Summoner looks and feels entirely too much like Ex Nihilo from Mr. Hickman's Avengers run. I can't decide whether his tendency to revisit the same themes is a good thing or a bad thing. Maybe a bit of both?

" I shoulda brought a bigger gun. "

I was hoping to read just X-men, but apparently I need to read all of the X-books? I had to put the book down on the second page and read X-force #1 first.

I was hoping to read just the main title but it looks like I'll have to read all the other fucking X books or miss out on important story beats.

Good, but not great story. Scott is likeable as the father figure in this issue. Yu's artwork was fine. (I don't understand why some other reviewers were down on it.)

Was not prepared to see islands having sex

I like the premise, but the execution/dialogue is off.

"I think that's how all my best mistakes have happened"

Yeah, it makes sense. Even a sentient, living island needs someone to hug.

Boring.

I appreciate that Hickman is laying out more of the pieces of his puzzle so quickly -- Arrakko and Apocalypse's connections to it -- but I spent this entire issue wondering, why isn't this situation a bigger deal? Remember when a mysterious island full of monsters almost ate two teams of X-Men? Doesn't this deserve a bigger response than three characters in sitcom mode herpy derping around clearing brush for three hours? I loved HoXPoX because the X-Men were responding realistically and proportionally to their situation in the world. Between this and X-Force, the Krakoa team seem more bumbling than competent.