Cassara delivers beautiful art that brilliantly captures the characters, emotion and tone of every scene. Read Full Review

ARTX-Men #33 was crafted with art that packs a punch making Cassara's artwork a true highlight of the issue. His action sequences are clear, detailed, and impactful, capturing the desperation and ferocity of the battle. Plus, the use of dynamic angles and close-ups adds to the frenetic energy of the fights. Moreover, Cassara's art style is a perfect fit for this action-oriented issue. He delivers vibrant layouts, detailed character designs, and powerful fight sequences. Additionally, Marte Gracia's colors further enhance the visuals, creating a sense of urgency and chaos that reflects the desperate nature of the situation. Gracia's colors further enhance the visuals, with vigorous blasts of energy and a gritty undertone that reflects the seriousness of the situation at hand. Read Full Review

X-Men #33 does a great job acting as a director's cut to the events seen in Fall of the House of X #3. Between Wolverine and Shadowcat being showcased as badasses to the X-Men taking down the founder of Orchis, this issue accomplishes a lot to further the current crossover. It all leads to making the next phase of Fall of the House of X and Rise of the Powers of X feel like we are at the endgame now. Read Full Review

X-Men #33 is a clever issue breaking up the monotony of recent issues by setting the action in Madripoor. Read Full Review

The series is winding down, and Duggans trying to tie up his loose ends. Its a step in the right direction, and has been the most enjoyable since Kittys transformation into Shadowkat. Hopefully the team keeps on this trend, as the series winds down to Uncannys 700th issue. Read Full Review

X-Men #33 is all fun and games until you remember that this is the third to last issue of the series. Using fond memories of Marauders to cover for the title's Fall of X to-do list is only somewhat effective. That being said, the board is clear for the X-Men's showdown at Sentinel City. Who knows what excitement awaits when Nimrod's Death Star comes online. Read Full Review

It's beginning to feel a bit like X-Men is stretching out its finale to ensure it makes it to the upcoming milestone 700th issue. Read Full Review

It feels like there's a lot packed in this one. Maybe it's because Duggan is tasked with covering what a lot of different mutants are doing, but that doesn't change the fact that this feels a bit dense. Everything was good and entertaining, but I just wish there was a little more room to breathe. Cassara's art was really good though, as per usual.

I like the Latverian mutants. Don't have much else to say.

Art: 3.5/5
Story: 3.5/5
Total: 7/10

Things happen and are summarized by Duggan. Joshua Cassara is the guy that makes this book worth reading and enjoying. The art is worth it and props to Fajardo on colors but the story has gotten stale a while ago. Just get me to the end so I don't have to read another X book for another decade unless Gillen/Ewing/Hickman come back.

SPOILED REVIEW.

Unclear who is winning in the war between Orchis and mutants, Sebastian Shaw plans to be ready, standing shoulder to shoulder with whoever is the victor. Every possibility has been accounted for, even the asymmetrical. Whatever that might mean, it has been planned for. They don’t just call him Seb-“Man with the Plan”-Stian because he’s so well dressed by the ladies.

The only apparent problem, securing Madripoor deeds doesn’t much help with squatters. Not to be out-planned by his dad, Shinobi Shaw, along with his trusty louts set out to clear the riffraff from the lands so a stronghold could be built.

The “louts”, otherwise known as Reavers arrive and politely ask squat-leader Callisto if it wasn’t too much trouble to kindly leave. They offered a ship waiting just down a little way, past the neon casinos, sex clubs, drug dens, at the Lowtown docks. Callisto retorts, “You can walk away or turn your legs into tank treads and wheel out of town”. Which resulted in a swift Reaver boot to Callisto’s face, officially kicking off operation “Slate”.

Even though the world is ending again and it means it this time. Emma Frost has proven the ever-essential motivational lead thinker in charge. We hear the rallying thoughts of the White Queen telling everyone why she’s here, “Still helping direct mutant foot to Orchis ass.”

We learn the dark reflection of Steve Rogers, AKA Captain Krakoa has been exonerated by a jury of his peers. More on that at a time and place of Emma and friends choosing.

The recently abandoned, mutant stronghold located in the Morlock Tunnels has been discovered by Orchis. Little too late did they realize that Wolverine had been hiding there for who knows how long, just hoping that someone would wander in so he could make neat piles of severed body parts out of them.

Meanwhile in Madripoor, where we find Reaver crucified captive Callisto, ever the one-eyed optimist, clearly opted to hang around instead of sailing away. Kitty (‘cat, Kate, Kathrine) Pryde arrives to negotiate her release. The Reavers faced with the choice of either freeing Callisto or dying or freeing Callisto and dying, opted for the latter.

Once the dirty business of rescuing Callisto from the dead-treads gang was finished, tricksy Shinobi Shaw shows up. He decided he didn’t much like Sebastian’s plan. The new plan is the same plan as the old plan but his. Shinobi reveals Madripoor is the hidden location of a Very Important Person from Orchis. Whether the mutants win or lose, this man will be the builder or hero for the plan.

The X-Men are dispatched, to stand side by side for the final stand and confront none other than, Dr. Killian Devo, Grand Poobah of Orchis, who had his brain scooped and rewritten by Omega Sentinel.

The Doctor however was prepared for this and swiftly turned on the recently installed projectors to the Negative Zone. You see, Mutate Reed Richards neglected to secure his intellectual property before going missing, so Doctor Devo confiscated them and built a mutant-sucking machine designed to ostracize them in another dimension.

While the rest of the X-Men were chatting about their perplexing predicament, quick-witted Ms. Marvel came up with a plan; make a long-distance tele-projection call to Latveria. Thank goodness Victor was in! It didn’t take much convincing for him to agree to help. He thinks the Earth is his purview after all and quite despises Mr. Fantastic’s feeble accomplishments being used to cleanse it. Victor deploys the X-Men… of Doom!

Slag, Volta, and Nerium, the top of Latveria's spear, quickly kill Doctor Devo by stabbing him with a spear.

Wolverine noticing how well Nerium was able to throw a stick offers a spot on the X-Men team. She responds “I have no interest in joining the X-Men”, content with being a member of the "X-Men… of Doom!".

Now that that’s dealt with, Emma checks in with Cyclops over on the Moon who reports that “Dr. Alia Gregor is dead” and “Orchis was a Trojan horse… of machine death.” Turns out the whole master grand plan all along was for Nimrod, Omega Sentinel, and Moira to create a distraction until the construction of Sentinel City was complete!

To sum it all up, let’s let Callisto describe it, “This all seems pretty terrible.” more

To me this felt very rushed and by-the-numbers. It feels like Duggan is just phoning it in now with how he's closing off his plot points. Also, the X-Men now seem very bloodthirsty. I know they decided that extreme measures were necessary (which I think is out of character), but they just went from "No Killing" to "Kill everything you see even if you don't have to". They don't even show any remorse or difficulty in doing so.

I feel bad for Kieron Gillen. His side of the Fall of X seems to be well written and well thought out. Unfortunately, it has to be paired with this.

Reads like an outline of a story no one asked to hear, with cool action moments taped on. The characters don't really feel like they have agendas; they're just being dragged along by the plot.