X-Men #12
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| Writer | Gerry Duggan |
| Artist | Pepe Larraz |
| Cover Price | $3.99 |
THE GRAND CLIMAX!
On the eve of the Hellfire Gala, threats have closed in on the X-Men from all sides. The secret machinations of Doctor Stasis, the terror of Gameworld, even the threat of the X-Men's own secrets getting out...it's all led to this!
RATED T+
CRITIC REVIEWS
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9.2
The Super Powered Fancast - Deron Generally
Jun 22, 2022Larraz has a brilliant visual eye and every page has something that feeds the imagination. I continue to be in awe of the style and spectacle of this series. Read Full Review
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9.0
AIPT - Lia Williamson
Jun 22, 2022Larraz's artwork is beautiful as always, making every issue look like a 10/10 comic. Duggan's writing has picked up plot wise and seems to have secured himself a pretty good formula for how to handle the changing roster of the X-Men title in the Krakoa era. Read Full Review
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8.7
Comic Watch - B. Radtz
Jun 22, 2022Its been a long year, and the end of the Cordyceps Jones plot has finally come to an end, but the secrets surrounding Dr. Stasis, and ORCHIS are just heating up. Unfortunately this looks to be the last issue with the current lineup, filled with familiar faces that we really dont know anything about. Lack of characterization for most of the cast has been one of the most glaring issues weve had with this run, so lets hope this next chapter wont fall into the same rut this one had. Read Full Review
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8.4
Multiversity Comics - Quinn Tassin
Jun 27, 2022A rock solid, entertaining goodbye to the current X-Men lineup Read Full Review
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8.0
ComicBook.com - Jamie Lovett
Jun 22, 2022It's been a fun ride, and this issue wraps it all up in style. Read Full Review
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8.0
Henchman-4-Hire - Sean Ian Mills
Jun 25, 2022This brief roster of the X-Men comes to a largely satisfying ending, with some great action sequences and some cool character moments. But I'm disappointed that we don't get more time with these characters being a team. Twelve issues is too few for a roster to really matter. Read Full Review
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7.5
Comic Book Revolution - Kevin Lainez
Jun 22, 2022X-Men #12 is a strong conclusion to the first year of the latest volume of the core series in the franchise. The way the X-Men put an end to Gameworld and handle Dr. Stasis plotting against them showcased why they are one of Marvel's premiere superhero teams. Hopefully the upcoming Hellfire Gala is able to add to the positive momentum this first year this X-Men team had rather than shaking things up just for the sake of it. Read Full Review
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7.5
COMICON - Tony Thornley
Jun 29, 2022Year one wraps with a plot-filled extravaganza. The story is solid, and the art is exceptional. I can't wait to see what's next. Read Full Review
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2.0
You Don't Read Comics - David Harth
Jun 30, 2022X-Men #12 closes out Duggans first year on the book, and it keeps up the bad work this book has become known for. Duggan and Tini Howard seem to be in a death spiral to see who can write the worst X-Men book, and the only reason Howard is winning is because Duggan has Larraz and Gracia making the book look good. Other than that, this is mostly drivel. Read Full Review
USER REVIEWS
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10
I really enjoyed the finale. Overall this run was a lot of fun, with some slower moments and others full of action. I hoped we had seen more of some team members as rogue and sunfire, but this run was really great to Scott, jean and especially synch.
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9.5
I loved how they wrapped this volume up. The stuff with Ben urich was fantastic and we'll written and as a huge of all of the wolverine family I thought Laura was written perfectly. The artwork for this book has been consistently great and this issue is no different. This leads us into the gala and we are left waiting to see who will join the team. Great book all around I'm really looking forward to the next chapter
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9.5
Duggan wraps up his year 1 on the X-Men on a high note. I love Cordyceps Jones and all the game world stuff. Wish we got more of that throughout the last 12 issues. My hope is Jones will pop up as a thorn in the X-Men's side in the future. Also nice to get more of the Sinister-looking Dr. Stasis. Overall, Duggan didn't always find a great balance amongst the cast, but this has been a more than solid year for Krakoa's first official X-Men.
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9.0
"Cyclops was right."
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8.5
A strong end to this era, and the potential for some truly remarkable stories lie ahead. The competition for best X-Book is currently extremely fierce, and with that, we all fans get to win.
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8.5
I'm glad we have a change of roster and will only miss Rogue. More banner characters on the banner team!
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8.0
A reasonably enjoyable finale, incredible art as usual from Larraz and the closure of the Ben Urich plotline is properly satisfying. As to the big idea... I like the idea of the X-Men roster being a thing that changes annually, but it's hard to really get invested in the idea the way I'd like because most of these characters haven't really done anything except be warm bodies for the obligatory action scenes, so it's hard for their decisions to move on to really feel like anything other than a generic bureaucratic shakeup. This team hasn't really been a family so much as just a group of amicable co-workers, so what does it matter that they're being transferred to other departments? As an issue in itself this was fine, but as the end of a more
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8.0
It's good but only because the spectacular Larraz and Gracia are on art. Duggan's writing was OK in this issue and overall he was decent but nothing to raise the stakes. Just your typical X-Men action and mild drama, which don't get me wrong, was needed after the year before this series started. It just reads like it's holding out for something that might not work when it drops a year from now.
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8.0
A good finale for what we were given on this book, not that it was bad by any means. The main problem I was having with this series was that the overarching plot that was teased throughout the run was barely existent. With the team, seemingly, changing every 12 issues or so, I'm worried about how much character development we'll be getting each time. However, a "monster of the week" book wouldn't be bad either, just as long we don't keep getting teases of a larger story that the run barely deals with.
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7.5
Its pretty good in some ways but, like a lot of this series, it's mainly talking action and not a ton of substance.
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7.0
It's a good comic mainly because of Pepe Larraz's brilliant art. The plot developments and the foreshadowing groundwork are interesting, but this script is barely better than a checklist of status quo updates. The character work is lacking, too. The continuity nods -- "Cyclops was right" and the Gameworld win wiping out Jean's Phoenix debt -- feel smug and unearned. The only character beats that felt genuine were Polaris's comic relief and Synch admitting he mind-wiped Urich out of fear. I like the way Gerry Duggan lays out long-term plots and does world-building. I wish he'd hand off the actual prose-writing to somebody else, though.
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6.5
Was kinda disjointed
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6.5
There are some good moments (and I love the art), but it's mostly bland, predictable and mediocre. Gameworld's fate was a joke.
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