X-Men #24
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| Writer | Gerry Duggan |
| Artist | Joshua Cassara |
| Cover Price | $3.99 |
POGG UR-POGG FOR HIRE! Hired for the dirtiest of jobs, a deadly mercenary comes crashing into the X-Men right at their most vulnerable moment! But not just any mercenary - finally, the breakout fan-favorite from X OF SWORDS, Pogg Ur-Pogg, returns!
Rated T+
CRITIC REVIEWS
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8.5
The Super Powered Fancast - Deron Generally
Jul 06, 2023Cassara delivers some beautifully detailed and visually engaging art throughout the issue. I love the representation of other worlds and how they feel unique and intriguing. Read Full Review
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8.0
AIPT - jonathan jones
Jul 05, 2023It's the end of this chapter for the X-Men, and it seems that the board is just about set for the most infamous Hellfire Gala in Krakoa's history. It's fun and filled to the brim with different story threads which unite to build anticipation for the upcoming X-Men roster. Time for the Pogg Ur-Pogg heads to unite hopefully the X-Men survive the coming blight. Read Full Review
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7.5
Comic Book Revolution - Kevin Lainez
Jul 06, 2023X-Men #24 does a great job at setting the stage for what we can expect for the upcoming Hellfire Gala. While the X-Men takes a backseat to all these Hellfire Gala-related storylines we do get to see the chemistry the team have built in the brief time they have had together. The superhero action balances out all of dramatic story beats we get throughout X-Men #24. The bigger picture developments help elevate the interest in the events that will be going down in the Hellfire Gala and Fall of X events. Read Full Review
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7.4
The Comicbook Dispatch - Dispatchdcu
Jul 05, 2023X-Men #24 just proves that even the writers are getting a bit tired. This Krakoan Era had well intentions AND was milked for everything its worth. However, every storyline and story beat continues to be one setup after another. It feels like a really long run-on sentence. I want to get to the fireworks factory! Now, we have more conflict before the Gala, something sinister with Cable, more behind the scenes with Orchis, and marital problems with Cyclops and Jean. There are simply too many dangling plot threads to keep track of. Dont get me wrong, Duggan is doing his best. But the different thin plot threads and multiple vague and ambiguous story beats are starting to make even the main title less enjoyable. We need something new for the X-Men and we need it now. Let me know what you think, have a great week, and God Bless! Read Full Review
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7.0
COMICON - Tony Thornley
Jul 07, 2023I'm a little bummed to see this "season of this series come to an end. It sort of feels like wasted potential, and I hope the next phase of the story learns some lessons from its missteps. Read Full Review
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6.0
ComicBook.com - Jamie Lovett
Jul 05, 2023At least the story looks great, with Joshua Cassara and Frank Martin synergizing into something that brings out the best in the linework, and there are enough stellar action beats to be worth reading for fans of the series, but some of the scenes are confounding. Read Full Review
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6.0
Comic Watch - B. Radtz
Jul 06, 2023With this end to the flagships X-Men title coming to a close Duggan and Cassaras last issue before the Hellfire Gala and the new official team closes with more of a whimper than a growl. This last year feels wasted, as the book was thrust from one crossover to another, which has been an awful disservice to the creators, fans, and the cast. Hopefully year 3 is better than this last. Read Full Review
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6.0
Henchman-4-Hire - Sean Ian Mills
Jul 08, 2023This issue feels like it's spinning its wheels until the new Hellfire Gala, where all the actual big events will happen. Read Full Review
USER REVIEWS
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8.0
I like the discussion between Scott and Jean. The different way they view the relationship between humans and mutants.
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8.0
Don't get the Jean/Scott spat but otherwise very solid.
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7.0
I don't know what's going on, but this was the weakest issue of the entire series for me thus far. It's not even that bad of a read or anything, hence my score. My problem is that, two issues ago, we got some really interesting stuff set up with Orchis infecting Krakoan medicine and Wolverine's skeletons being left for enemies to find after multiple deaths. Now, two issues later, we still keep getting glimpses of Orchis doing things, but it's not a large focus. Plus, I don't even remember if they've mentioned the skeletons thing past that previously mentioned issue. Aside from that, the story going on here is entertaining, but it's nothing really spectacular, in my opinion. There were some good moments, especially with Cassara's art, but th more
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7.0
It's a full bag with way too many things happening so the stories are all over the place. We even get pages with Sunspot in Otherworld plot that just wasted important space because I need to get an Unlimited account to actually read it. You can't waste valuable real estate in a 20 page book on a throw away story while your other 6 plot lines and 3 subplots get 1 or 2 pages each. Cassara on art and Martin on colors were great and are the reason this worked at all. Fall of X is looking like an exit door for me. We'll see.
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7.0
This is an archetypal example of this title's winning-ish strategy. One Big Dumb Fight„¢, one Relationship Moment„¢, some variable-quality foreshadowing, and a bunch of clumsy traffic control trying to make this look like the center of a cohesive story running through all the X-titles. (Yeah, I'm a little salty about those two Manifold-focused pages that are essentially saying, "No, really, you SHOULD be reading that Rogue & Gambit miniseries!")
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6.5
There's some good ideas here, but as is often the problem with this comic, there's more of them than Duggan can really handle and it all ends up being something of a jumble. The scene of Polaris struggling with depression after the death of her father was nice (even if it's odd that they're just getting around to that 11 months later), and Cassara kills it on that last page, but as is always the case with this comic, it feels like fishing around in an overfilled bin for the things that are worth having. I'm always thinking I should maybe stop picking this comic up, but it exists perpetually in a liminal space where I'm interested enough to see where things are going, but not entirely convinced that it's worth it. Perhaps we'll see how I fee more
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5.5
X-Men #24 is all over the place. The fight with Pogg Ur-Pogg was entertaining and could've been the focus of an entire issue. But the creative team tries cramming too many story threads before the next Hellfire Gala. There is so much going on here that I feel like the content could be stretched out into at least two issues. A very disappointing closure to what was mostly a fantastic year 2 of Duggan's X-Men.
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