It'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

X-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

X-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

I'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

With 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

This issue feels like it's spinning its wheels until the new Hellfire Gala, where all the actual big events will happen. Read Full Review

At 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

I like the discussion between Scott and Jean. The different way they view the relationship between humans and mutants.

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!")

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.

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 this just wasn't up to par with the rest of the issues in the run so far, unfortunately. more

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 feel after the Gala. more