Another issue where not a lot happens, but we do get a nice little story involving MODOK & AIM, two factions of Marvel universe we dont see interacting with the X-Men. We also get to see Everetts motivation for joining the team, and that was very disappointing. Hopefully theres more to come with Synch, because the character and the fans deserves more than that. Read Full Review

After 8 issues, Duggan is finally starting to hit his stride and equipping the narrative with a better balance that this reviewer is becoming accustomed to. However, there are just a few aspects and character beats that just didn't jive with the reviewer this week. That said, X-MEN is still in a pretty good place. And given more time, I think Duggan will truly cultivate this series into something substantial. Read Full Review

Pina delivers some impressive and beautifully composed panels throughout the issue. The art is lively and filled with great details. Read Full Review

Overall this is a great issue- a strong story and fantastic art. However, there are a few weird and potentially offensive moments, and a strange series of stylistic choices in the art. Read Full Review

X-Men#8 might not be the most plot-heavy title in the series, but it rightfully uses this break from the main plot to shine a spotlight on its characters. Synch hopefully gets his first of many spotlight issues in the future, laying out the groundwork for an arc for his character. Read Full Review

X-Men #8 has excellent small character moments and solid art but felt a little lackluster due to the choice of villain. Read Full Review

Not the series' best, but a stellar issue nonetheless. Read Full Review

X-Men #8 sees an underused X-Man finally gets some use, but it's hard to say whether it's good use or not. It feels like Duggan has kind of invented this version of Synch from whole cloth, and it's not great. The plot is just sort of there and feels like an excuse to use MODOK. Pina's art looks great, even though Duggan doesn't give him a lot of action to draw. It's yet another disappointing issue in a book that's been full of them. Read Full Review

This was a nice spotlight for M.O.D.O.K. and a fun issue overall. Scott continues to be the star of this book, as the later half of this issue featuring him and M.O.D.O.K., followed by him and Everett, were both very enjoyable. This seems like a bit of a deviation from the ongoing storyline, which is kind of a problem I've been having with this series as a whole, but at least the ending dealt with how Ben lost his memories of the X-Men's resurrection abilities.

The monster of the week motif would be more annoying if the mini-stories weren't as interesting. Duggan has set up a lot to work with, and I wish he would just commit to something. That said, I still enjoyed the issue, and you can't complain with an artist like Pina.

This was an enjoyable issue. I really liked the back half with Synch and Cyclops.

It's enjoyable while waiting for the hammer to fall. Pina actually changed his style to fit with Larraz's style and it's impressive when artists have such talent. It's great and Gracia doing great color adds to the familiar feel.

I know that the "villain of the month" gimmick isn't everyone's cup of tea but damn if it isn't really working for me, mostly due to the way that Duggan is able to weave in great character development and intriguing slow burn mysteries.

Synch takes center stage this week and has some great moments with both Laura and Scott. The moments with Laura in particular feel really earned and honest, building upon the great developments from Hickman's X-Men. You could really feel Synch's internal struggle and it's heartbreaking, especially when Duggan twists the knife a little to finally show us his thought process during the Hellfire Gala.

Pina's art also does a great job on both the action scenes and the smaller moments. His M.O.D.O.K. in particular looked great and the colors by Gracia really popped. more

Pointless mission of the day: Save cruise ship from MODOK. Spotlight character: Synch. Add 1ea personal and team plot development points, season with light comedy.

Have I mentioned that I dislike how formulaic this series is? The writing's always competent, never surprising. At least the art's pretty.

It's pretty good. It's not anything more than what the series has been overall but, it was entertaining enough to find enjoyment in it.

And after an issue of promise, here we are at another random fight sequence with a bit of subplot puttering around in the background. There's promise around every corner in this comic, but Duggan seems to have one formula that he plans to hit pretty much every issue, and though he does it well enough, this comic is starting to feel like a skipping record

OMG, M.O.D.O.K. the dude who kills people "for science" is disabled, let's feel sorry for him. I facepalmed at that so hard I actually hurt myself. It's not bad but it's not very good either. The art is great, though.

SKIP.