Through some non-linear storytelling and subverting expectations, the creative team puts in their best issue yet. It's gorgeous, with smart writing, and some interesting twists and turns for this series and the X-Men line as a whole. Read Full Review

THE DISPATCHWith this week bringing forth the concluding issue of INFERNO, one would probably choose to be more excited about that issue than X-MEN #6. Truthfully, I would agree with most people in my excitement for the concluding issue of the Hickman era. Nevertheless, my curiosity was still piqued as I wondered who this Captain Krakoa was and why he was suddenly thrust into the series. Read Full Review

This issue throws a couple curveballs at the fans, and leaves you with the nagging feeling of whats going on? How did we get here? I have a feeling its going to lead to something big, especially after the revelations we were given over the last couple issues regarding onesbehavior. Does this all connect together, or am I wrong and its something completely different? Its been a slow start for the new flagship X-Men book, but with recent events ending in other titles, and as we prepare for the next phase of the Krakoan experiment, are we gearing up for some big things? I hope so. Read Full Review

The stakes seem to be rising for Cyclops' X-Men as the X-line prepares to pivot into the "Destiny of X" era, and all creators involved are rising to the occasion. Read Full Review

X-Men #6introduces a new member to the team in the form of Captain Krakoa and a new threat from Orchis. I'm intrigued to see how the X-Men handle these new changes, as well as the "secret origin" of Captain Krakoa. Read Full Review

Larraz delivers some great art in the issue. The action is always beautifully done and the characters look fantastic. Read Full Review

Overall, X-Men #6 was just a swing and a miss with how Captain Krakoa was presented to us in his first appearance. That does not mean that the direction with Captain Krakoa is a complete loss. There is a lot of potential to make this storyline a success. Duggan just needs to get the rest of the X-Men involved or else this isn't the superhero team book we were sold in experiencing. Read Full Review

The introduction to Captain Krakoa is completely fumbled in order to try and pull off some non-linear storytelling. All it does is make this issue unnecessarily confusing, when all I want to do is meet this new character and read their story. Read Full Review

I enjoyed this a whole lot.

This book hasn't been terrible, but it's been spinning its wheels more often than not, so I'm glad to see a little actual drama occurring. Cyclops's dilemma and his isolation give the story meaning and emotional heft that this series had been lacking. I haven't disliked any issue of Duggan & Larraz's X-Men, but this is the first one that made me feel genuinely interested in where it's going.

After multiple teases and glimpses of a larger ongoing story for this series, this issue feels the most focused in that aspect yet, as we focused on Feilong and Ben Urich. We're left with a lot of questions, which is completely fine. I just wanted more focus on a larger story. Plus, the writing here is pretty good. I enjoyed the opening stuff with Captain Krakoa, as well as Sunfire's confrontation with Feilong.

Bit disjointed and silly at points but I liked this one ... a lot

Duggan and Larraz dropped some pretty huge revelations this issue with a couple of dueling narratives, one of which has really pinned Scott into a corner. He's always had a pretty strong moral compass as the leader of the X-Men and I love that the promise of Krakoa is really pushing that to it's limit. The argument he held with the Quiet Council was particularly fascinating, positioning Scott as the one individual who wants to reveal the truth about the resurrection protocols to the world.

The rest of the book, featuring a fight/argument between Sunfire and Feilong, pulled it's weight as well. It's particularly interesting when viewed through the lens of this week's Inferno issue. Hickman has positioned the machines as the ultimate enemy to human and mutant alike, and (reading between the lines) seems to be suggesting that mutual cooperation between the two groups is the only true way to survive what's coming. With Feilong driving a moon-sized wedge between the two factions we've got a fascinating setup going forward. more

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Toonstrack - Jan 7, 2022

I appreciate someone who understands the story threats being weaved and is able to look past just what's on the surface and seeing the narrative being told. Good review.

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Though it seemed obvious Cyclops was Captain Krakoa (CK), I am interested in the back story. With characters like the Red Guardian, Captain Britain, Captain America, it makes sense Krakoa would want a poster boy. CK doesn't seem like a lasting character, but I've been wrong before.

Really love the Arakko conflict. Mutantdom found an uninhabitable planet, terraformed it, and by in large left Earth alone. Leave it to an eccentric billionaire to carry on colonizing.

I am very confusion...

Great art though.

This issue was confusing toward the end and I had to re-read a couple of times and I even thought my book was missing a few pages? But Duggan is just playing with the narrative and switcheroos hoping to finish it later I guess. I'm reading most of the X-books and I didn't see what went on with Cyclops? Maybe it's just me. Don't get me wrong the two main plot points are great but the delivery was weak and disjointed. Maybe next issue lays it down better.
Meanwhile Pepe Larraz is a 10 as always, he's the only reason this is an 8 and not a 7. Gracia is his coloring partner in crime and boy do these two kill it.

I don't know if I really liked it alot or if it was just much better than the other issues in this series, that it makes it seem better than what it is. I enjoyed it though. I was going to drop this book but, I'll give it the benefit of a few more issues to change my mind.

This gets a few points docked just because its a little confusing if you aren't reading every other X title, as apparently Cyclops has died in the interim. If this hasn't happened in other comics yet and is explained in the next issue; ill bump this up to an 8 for my presumptiveness.

Aside from that its well done. They've managed to make this knew villain Feilong pretty interesting and he stands out from the other human adversaries the X men have faced if late. His stuff with Sunfire was a great read and his display of power shocking.

The art by Pepe Larraz is, again, insanely good and he puts his a game on every panel. The colorist did a wonderful job rendering vibrant greens blues and purples but keeping things monochrome when needed. Its a great looking issue.

Looking forward to the next. more

Uhm... What? Did I miss something? The writing here is too cryptical. So Cyclops died AGAIN off-screen and he was forced to create a new identity to hide the secret of mutant resurrection? I had to read it twice to understand something.
P.S. I liked Feilong's story tho.

Well, it still looks like a top-tier flagship book on the art front. Subjectively, though, the plotting and dialogue leave a lot to be desired. Apparently the author thinks paying off one foreshadowed plot thread (Feilong) allows him to immediately slot in another one (Captain Krakoa).

I'd be more enthusiastic about the swap if the "mysteries" of the Captain Krakoa plotline weren't so painfully predictable. And the way the Feilong thing went down -- I have zero love for Sunfire and I still feel like he got done dirty here.

A hint that we might be going off the rails here. Series seems to be sputtering.

Yeah, this was one big missed opportunity from Marvel. Turns out all Duggan's been building towards will be explained away with some shenanigan and Captain Krakoa is... Cyclops. Yeah, the twist you can see coming from a mile away unfortunately, even though the dialogue tries to conceal it in a pretty bad way. Duggan's creativity is, as always, pretty low, and this X-Men series is turning out to be a bad one. I also found it pretty ridiculous how Sunfire told Feilong that he'll provoke people by claiming Phobos after the mutants literally claimed Mars and called it the Sol system's capital, if that's not hypocritical I don't what is.

pepe Larraz art is great here, but it is wasted on bad plots. Cyclops being Captain Krakoa was very obvious, I'm not even sure how this work in universe like " Cylops died and then thi new guy show up from nowhere covering his face".

Sunfire says that FeiLong can't stay on Phobos, but why? If mutants can claim Mars, he can be on Phobos