X-Men #21
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| Writer | Jonathan Hickman |
| Artist | Russell Dauterman, Nick Dragotta, Sara Pichello, Lucas Werneck |
| Cover Price | $3.99 |
THE HEROES OF KRAKOA DEBUT!
It's a changing if the guard as the first X-Men team of Krakoa debuts! One era ends as a new one begins, and the handoff happens here.
32 PGS./Rated T+
CRITIC REVIEWS
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9.2
Comic Watch - Ross Hutchinson
Jun 09, 2021X-Men #21 seems to be once again a broad outline from Hickman hinting at things to come through interactions and data pages while at the same time being a really beautifully executed issue from an art point of view Read Full Review
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9.2
The Super Powered Fancast - Deron Generally
Jun 09, 2021Every artist brings some brilliant, beautiful panels to each page. The issue is filled with great visual moments and tones that draw the eye. Read Full Review
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9.0
Comics: The Gathering - Ryan.L
Jun 10, 2021Overall this final issue was a stunning piece of work from a group of very talented people. It delivered some outstanding moments that will be remembered for years to come while also looking to the future of what's next for the mutatnts. Read Full Review
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All-Comic - Jeremy Matcho
Jun 10, 2021X-Men #21 gives us a little preview of things to come in the new X-Men series coming out. Jonathan Hickman gives us another good issue that raises questions and piques our interest. Where things go from here are anyone's guess. The pencils and colors illuminate the page and bring all kinds of different perspectives to the issue. X-Men #21 is a book that will leave you wanting more. Read Full Review
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8.7
Black Nerd Problems - Chris Aiken
Jun 16, 2021Instead, Marvel seemed to have other plans. The latter half of the book feels like Marvel just showing off its celebrity friends. It's a bit jarring seeing folks like Eminem, George RR. Martin, and Kevin Fiege in a comic book, drawn very realistically. However, these cameos do serve up a great moment for Scott to lay out his journey and what the X-Men are all about. It's a great moment that adds to a pretty cool issue, showing the X-men at their best. Read Full Review
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8.5
AIPT - Dan Spinelli
Jun 09, 2021Jonathan Hickman says farewell to the 'X-Men' flagship title with help from four superb artists. Read Full Review
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8.5
Comic Book Revolution - Kevin Lainez
Jun 11, 2021Jonathan Hickman does a fantastic job presenting the Hellfire Gala as a major event in X-Men #21. The way the X-Men are announced to the world along with the scenes involving Charles Xavier, Magneto, and Emma Frost added to the importance the Hellfire Gala has to the franchise. The artwork from Nick Dragotta, Russell Dauterman, Lucas Werneck, and Sara Pichelli further emphasize how this is a can't miss event for X-Men fans. Read Full Review
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8.0
ComicBook.com - Jamie Lovett
Jun 09, 2021As a single issue, X-Men #21 feels like a coda to the intense stories that preceded it. Read Full Review
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8.0
Multiversity Comics - Alexander Jones
Jun 10, 2021"X-Men" #21 celebrates the best parts of Krakoa and teases the future of the mutants. Read Full Review
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8.0
Henchman-4-Hire - Sean Ian Mills
Jun 12, 2021Another nice bunch of vignettes from the Hellfire Gala. I'm enjoying this event so far, though it's largely just been simmering along these past two weeks. Read Full Review
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7.3
The Comicbook Dispatch - Dispatchdcu
Jun 09, 2021For the main event title within the HELLFIRE GALA, one would think the weight, importance, and quality of this issue would be strong, entertaining, and significant. However, as Hickman's X-MEN run comes to a close, he passes the torch with no big splash, no questions answered, and no big appeal. Read Full Review
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7.0
COMICON - Tony Thornley
Jun 09, 2021This is an issue worth picking up for the art alone. It's a fun read, but it's also not a satisfying read, acting more as a tease for next week's Planet-Size X-Men. Read Full Review
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4.0
You Don't Read Comics - David Harth
Jun 15, 2021X-Men #21 is completely unsatisfying. Hickman writes well, and there's some definite setup for the future going on, but this isn't House Of X/Powers Of X quality, and it's not even close. If one isn't on board with the meandering, oh so clever riddles of the Red Diamond Sinister Secret pages, then it's going to do nothing for the reader. It feels like set up for the sake of set up and says very little. Now with more celebrity cameos! It's perfectly fine, but it feels like it's trying to be profound and fails at it. That said, at least it looks amazing. All in all, it's perfectly fine, but it's not going to whet anyone's appetites. It doesn't even feel like it's meant to; it's infuriatingly open-ended. It's endemic of Hickman's time on the book, for better and for worse. Read Full Review
USER REVIEWS
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9.5
What with getting locked up over a little misdemeanor and then getting things together for my new place out in the 313, I've been sleeping on a lot of the books that have been coming out over the past two weeks. Luckily, I was able to feast my eyes on Hickman's latest, via X-Men number 21. The Hellfire Gala was every bit as extravagant as promised, given the lead up over the past several months to the special event, it was only right. The art was gorgeous. I could have swore that Phil Noto's brush was on a couple of pages, but surprisingly several other artists (including one of my favorites in Sara Pichelli) did their just due within the panels. One of my top 5 emcees, Eminem, made an appearance in the book (alongside Paul Rosenbe more
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8.5
Enjoyable and very nice to look at too! Wish Hickman did more with these 20 issues but overall we got more good than bad. I'm hoping phase 2 (or are we at 3 yet??) is better. The art put this above. Dauterman and Werneck need to do more X-Men.
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8.0
gotta say.... not bad at all. Not bad at all. plus, i love the kevin feige cameo.
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8.0
Decent issued. Just wish we got some actual payoff without more teases. But this is a long game I know.
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8.0
Was this a hint that the Xmen Marvel Movie universe is coming? I hope so otherwise that Kevin Feige Cameo was so corny I couldn't help but laugh out loud. A pretty solid issue that is more of a see you later than a goodbye from Hickman. There could have been so much more to be honest but I am satisfied with what we got.
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8.0
This is a good issue. It doesn't really act as a finale, but I don't think it was ever intended to be a finale, just the end of a phase.
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8.0
A solid issue here. It doesn't read like the final issue of a series, but it's not exactly meant to be that. It's more so meant to be a gateway to a new phase of X-Men stories. Either way, I particularly enjoyed Scott's response to Kevin Feige (which was kind of a weird cameo, at least to me). Hickman always writes Scott so incredibly well, and that reigns true here.
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7.5
Kevin Feige, so cool.
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7.0
A mixed bag. Definitely had it's moments. Namor trolling Charles and Erik was especially entertaining. X-Men #21 is pretty much about setting up the next phase of Hickman's run. Other than that I'd say this is actually a pretty underwhelming final issue. I'd rather Duggan's first be numbered as X-Men #22 instead of a new #1. Oh well. So while this wasn't bad, it just felt like another set-up issue rather than a proper send-off to the first stage of Hickman's run.
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7.0
too slow for my taste.
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7.0
I liked the Namor past it the start and there were some ok parts throughout but, dang that was a dud ending for being the end of the series. Especially after last issue.
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7.0
Jonathan Hickman covers his exit with a big smokebomb of foreshadowing and a carousel of a-list artistic performances. I'm satisfied with the new X-Men roster, but the foreshadowing is potentially annoying. I found the finale particularly frustrating; the ONE thing Marauders #21 established was that Emma's fireworks presentation was supposed to be shocking and revelatory. This did NOT fit the bill. It's got scads of style but it's short on substance. Speaking of style, how ******* terrible is Magneto's outfit? He looks like the Ringmaster's evangelical cousin.
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5.5
Really hope Planet-Size X-Men gets better than this because this was Hickman winging it once again.
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5.0
Very little going on, too many artists. It's more of a tease
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1.5
Jesus Christ
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