X-Men #2 is a little slow to advance its overall plot, but continues to intrigue with a very solid script and absolutely perfect art execution that makes every page a visual feast. Pepe Larraz and Marte Gracia continue to define the Krakoan era with absolutely iconic art page after page. Read Full Review

The X-Men battle one of Marvel's biggest cosmic threats in a story that's the proof of concept for the entire series. It's a gorgeous and exciting adventure for the next act of this era of X-Men. Read Full Review

X-Men #2 is another great issue from Gerry Duggan and company. Duggan continues to build the ultimate team book by allowing characters to get exposure and good character moments. The pencils and colors are a total knock out. X-Men is a book that gives the reader exactly what they want. Read Full Review

Pepe Larraz delivers some dazzling visuals throughout this issue. There is a wonderfully detailed command of these characters and action on each page. Read Full Review

The X-Men may be back to basics in the superhero game, but this book is far from basic. Read Full Review

Writer Gerry Duggan and artist Pepe Larraz position the mutant heroes as defenders of humanity and, as timeless and classic as that approach seems, it feels almost radical in the Krakoa era. How will the X-Men maintain this goodwill as Krakoa expands to Mars and beyond? That question is the shadow looming over this issue, which has the X-Men's approval rating among humanity as high as it has ever been. Read Full Review

X-MEN #2 is quick, fast-paced, and packed with action. The linework and colors pop off the page causing readers to sink deep within the pages finding themselves practically finished before the issue even began. Read Full Review

It's a stellar superhero comic all the way around. Read Full Review

The second issue of this new series further solidifies its big, bombastic approach to comic book superheroics, and I very much enjoy it. Read Full Review

X-Men #2 is entertaining if what you want from an X-Men comic is different from what Hickman has been doing. Its a standard superhero book now, which is fine. Duggan does an excellent job with that sort of thing, and the book is never dull- every page gets used well. Larraz and Gracia are phenomenal once again, probably one of Marvels best art teams working right now. X-Men is a superhero book again, for better or for worse. Read Full Review

X-Men #2 does a great job further reestablishing the team on the same level as the Avengers and Fantastic Four. Every member of the X-Men are given a chance to showcase themselves as effectively working together and being powerhouses in their own right. The final few pages of X-Men #2 effectively use the events of House of X and Powers of X to build greater excitement for the future of the franchise. Read Full Review

Most of the comic is centered around the X-Men fighting the wave together as a team but there are a few other threads involving Ben Urich‘s continued investigation into the unexplained resurrections of dead mutants, and an odd (if humorous) scene involving Rogue pulling Gambit out of his regular poker game. The Rogue/Gambit scene feels like it was thrown in as filler, but I'm wondering if there was a more interesting storyline at that card game left unseen than what we received in the main story? Read Full Review

The X-Men perform some amazing feats of power but are handling their problems quickly and without any real struggle. Read Full Review

"X-Men" #2 is a decent book with the potential to grow on you. Read Full Review

X-Men vs. Cosmic Horrors! 'Nuff said.

AGAIN! All the
GREAT CHARACTER MOMENTS alone...
for starters.
Rascally Remy's return (w/friends) + of Anna M's upfront self, Scott's lighter side + gen gap w/Laura, Jean & Ev's insta-chemistry, Lorna's casual neuroses...
SUNFIRE tho, was the standout star this time, among many - LOVED IT!!

This issue was great. Larraz is off the rails with this art, in the best way possible. I could stare at his X-Men stuff all day long.

I think it's safe to say that Duggan can write some truly great X-Men. The Remy poker game was a great touch that added a level of reliability. The team dynamic is exciting and I love the power combos. Jean's description of her powers was believable and gave me chills. Scott is finally a good leader. Sunfire isn't an asshole anymore, and that bbq at the end, though cheesy, still put a smile on my face.

Seriously... a great issue.

This X-men team book is good and Duggan does plenty to make it enjoyable but Pepe Larraz and Marte Gracia are what makes this a must read. Pepe's event worthy art is truly fantastic and without it this book would be much lower in my reading list. Hope they don't burn him out.

It was a great delivery, I really enjoyed it.

This was a bit of a step-up from the previous issue, for me. Aside from Pepe Larraz's absolutely fantastic art, the story here is similar to the first issue, in that it's just a fun X-Men adventure. What boosts this for me is that this felt a bit more focused than Issue 1. The battle was fun and the ending had a nice amount of heart to it. Plus, the teases at the beginning and the end of adversaries to come were very intriguing.

First of all, I can't stress enough how much I love Larraz's art. It's perfect. Also, this story is actually very interesting with that final twist. Are the mutants' secrets going to trigger their downfall?

The X-Men clobber another one-off threat, though Jean picks up a clue about one of their antagonists. Meanwhile, Dr. Stasis plots vague mischief. The art remains stellar, but the writing … I like the plotting, both big-picture and small-scale. The prose is a pale imitation of Jonathan Hickman, though, and I'm growing to actively dislike the characterization. Pepe Larraz's art isn't just pretty, it's also a storytelling tool that is in many ways more powerful than the writing. The script is silent on the nature of Jean's clue, but the art explains it in a very clear way.

(Am I the only one that thought Polaris was strangely channeling Boom-Boom, whom she defeated in the reader poll, at a few points?)

I worry that the promise of HoX/PoX won't be fulfilled with Hickman becoming less and less involved, but the main X-book is in good hands with Duggan. This issue is full of exciting "synergy" uses of mutant powers, which makes it really feel like a team story. Sunfire gets an unexpectedly emotional spotlight at the conclusion that I quite enjoyed.

I know I shouldn't mention it but... wow, Merlyn is such a crackpot. His review is hilarious. Read his, not mine. Mine will just be about how this issue was good, and yet could've done with a little editing. It was a lot, but not quite substantive the way I think issue one was.

Issue 2 of Duggan's run was better then the first series. I really like Cordycep Jone's. He seems cool and weird and I want more of him. The story is moving and I'm liking where it is heading. I can't say much since there are only two issues out, but I am excited to see where this run goes. Pepe's art is great and I hope they don't switch out artists for this run.

Its not bad. Its not that great either. Just a pretty good super hero type books with a lot of action.

I liked that this issue gave a spotlight to Sunfire and it annoyed me very much that Duggan has, once again, inserted himself in this issue. Enough with the self-inserts, dude, you've been doing it on Deadpool too. I was wondering why he managed to portray in a positive way a dude with a gun given Marvel's stances on the issue only to realize... it was actually him. Ok, that makes sense. :)) I also liked very much the team cooperation though the way he writes Lorna and Laura is very irritating.