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Yea, I noticed that about Beast as well. At first I thought it was just shadowing, but the black around his eyes is weird. And he looks too skinny, particularly in the face. Makes him look like the Grinch. But otherwise, the art was perfect and I loved it.
X-Men #1
| Writer | Jed MacKay |
| Artist | Ryan Stegman |
| Cover Price | $5.99 |
FROM THE ASHES!
Krakoa is gone, ORCHIS has fallen...but the X-Men remain, always. Cyclops leads, because that is what he does. Beast builds, because that is what he does. And from their new home in Alaska, the X-Men raise a flag of defiance. Mutant business is their business. Join CYCLOPS, BEAST, MAGNETO, PSYLOCKE, KID OMEGA, TEMPER, MAGIK and JUGGERNAUT as new forces in the world move into position, battling for the destiny and philosophy of the mutant species.
Rated T+
CRITIC REVIEWS
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AIPT - Michael Guerrero
Jul 10, 2024The first issue of the new arc 'Fire-Baptized Species' starts off strong by accepting the importance of the previous stories and entering the X-Men, and readers, into a brand new day for the series. Read Full Review
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10
But Why Tho? - William Tucker
Jul 10, 2024X-Men #1 (2024) starts an era of uncertainty. Read Full Review
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9.6
You Don't Read Comics - Russ Bickerstaff
Jul 12, 2024The X-Men continue to find their distinctive appeal in a whole new #1. The action can be difficult to reconcile against some of the dialogue in places, but thats been a problem with the X-Men going back to Claremonts early days in the late 70s. What is important is that the heart of everything is firmly held onto in a promising new direction for a series which is leaning pretty heavily on reconstruction in the light of the fall of Krakoa at the end of the last major epoch for the franchise. MacKay and company have found fresh life in a new team with a whole new background. This looks like its going to be fun. Read Full Review
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9.0
Comic Book Revolution - Kevin Lainez
Jul 10, 2024Jed MacKay and Ryan Stegman deliver must-read debut issue with X-Men #1. Everything you can want from a superhero team book is here. And for fans of the franchise MacKay and Stegman make sure to deliver a story that builds on what came before them, living up to the "From The Ashes direction banner for the franchise. The entire presentation works to welcome fans both new and old. Make sure to pick up this comic book asap. Read Full Review
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9.0
Major Spoilers - Christopher Rondeau
Jul 10, 2024X-Men #1 provides excellent characterization and character design right from the start. Read Full Review
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9.0
The Comicbook Dispatch - Dispatchdcu
Jul 10, 2024Overall, X-Men #1 is a promising and thought-provoking start for a new X-Men series, with a focus on complex themes, character development, and a central mystery to be unraveled. Pick it up if you enjoy character-driven X-Men stories that explore the moral and social complexities of a mutant utopia. If you prefer fast-paced adventures, you might want to wait for future issues. Read Full Review
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9.0
ComicsOnline - Matt Sernaker
Jul 10, 2024Call it X-Citing. Call it X-Cellent. X-Men is a GREAT launch for the"From the Ashes" era and Im ready for more. Read Full Review
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8.7
Comic Watch - B. Radtz
Jul 10, 2024Its not as ambitious as the Krakoan era, but what weve got is a back to basics take that, while a safe direction to take, could come back to bite the creators and line in the ass. Jed stuck to his guns, and Ryan gave us some of his best work Ive seen in quite some time, changing my mind on if I was going to like this new line or not. If the rest of the X-books are half as good as this issue was, Marvel and Brevoort will have a hit on their hands. Read Full Review
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8.6
Nerd Initiative - Ken M.
Jul 10, 2024A return to basics floods the pages of the latest X-Men series debut. MacKays writing takes readers on a vintage journey into the more heroic nature of the squad. Stegman, Mayer Gracia and Cowles balance the big action with more reflective images. All together, it starts off the latest phase of mutant history with some new looks on the original Xavier blueprint. Read Full Review
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8.6
The Super Powered Fancast - Deron Generally
Jul 10, 2024Stegman delivers some visually impressive art throughout the issue. The visuals beautifully capture the tone of the story while elevating the action. Read Full Review
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8.0
Super Hero Hype - Matt Morrison
Jul 11, 2024(Image Source: Marvel / Ryan Stegman)On the whole, X-Men #1 doesn't do anything unusual with its premiere issue. It promises a fresh start for Marvel's Mighty Mutants, but it does little to change up the classic formula beyond a new base and some new members. In this case, however, the comic feels more like a homecoming than a bold new direction, and that is quite welcome. Read Full Review
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8.0
Big Comic Page - Craig Neilson-Adams
Jul 11, 2024While the real meat of the new storyline hasnt been unveiled just yet, this first issue does a great job of establishing the new status quo and providing a perfect jumping-on point for curious readers keen to see what all the fuss is about. Its going to be interesting seeing how this new storyline develops, and as a lapsed reader, its safe to say that this has proved more than enough to draw me back in. Read Full Review
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7.0
Graphic Policy - Brett
Jul 10, 2024X-Men #1 is a bump of a start. There's aspects that are good and aspects that are bad but overall it feels like a lot of potential. It sets things out well and presents something that feels new to deal with. But overall, it feels like it attempts to balance the past, present, and future, and does so at the detriment of the experience. There's a bit too much dwelling on the past and dancing around past plotlines instead of charting a new path for what's to come instead of saving all of that for future issues. It's a new era that feels like it has a foot in the past. Read Full Review
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7.0
Henchman-4-Hire - Sean Ian Mills
Jul 13, 2024Good, solid, enjoyable kick off to From the Ashes, though this first issue lacks any real 'wow factor'. It's just solid X-Men relaunching with some dynamic artwork. Read Full Review
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6.5
Geek'd Out - Nico Sprezzatura
Jul 10, 2024In the world of ever-shifting cape comics, all you can really do is have an open mind and hope for the best and failing that, simply tune out for a bit until its back to your personal liking. X-Men #1 and this era of the franchise isnt likely to inspire passion in anyone like its predecessor did, but at this point in modern fandom discourse when everything is toxic and non-stop negativity, thats a concept as radical as Krakoa itself was. Read Full Review
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6.0
Weird Science Marvel Comics - mrgabehernandez
Jul 10, 2024X-Men #1 reforms the team on a base in Alaska to begin their new mission of rescuing mutants held by the remnants of Orchis and A.I.M. The change of venue away from Krakoa is a welcome relief, but the oddly paced plot, uneven art, head-scratching character choices, and weak villain will either put you off or make you forget you ever read it. X-Men #1 is not the strong start we hoped for in the new "From The Ashes era. Read Full Review
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6.0
ComicBook.com - Jamie Lovett
Jul 10, 2024X-Men #1 isn't poorly crafted but is indebted to a version of the X-team we've seen in the past. X-Men #1 lacks a strong hook, seemingly hoping that simply sending out these characters under familiar circumstances will be enough to make its case. It's not. Perhaps that's overly criticalthe issue is functional and capably sets the stage for future adventure, and it isn't a bad-looking comicbut it doesn't make much of a statement. Read Full Review
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6.0
Impulse Gamer - Matt Fischer
Jul 16, 2024Some stuff really works and a lot needs to be worked on. Weird art choices, some great and not so great character development, and a very big BEAST of a problem leads to a very shaky first issue. For as much as I love the X-Men, I'll give issue 2 a cautious buy. Pick this up so you at least know what's going on and then make your decision. Read Full Review
USER REVIEWS
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Plot CYCLOPS, BEAST, MAGNETO, PSYLOCKE, KID OMEGA, TEMPER, MAGIK and JUGGERNAUT are on a mission to rescue some kidnapped mutants, including Wolverine, so they must use their best team strategies, where Cyclops stands out as a leader and Surprisingly, Juggernaut is a disciplined X-man. The dynamic and chemistry of this new lineup is hilarious and great. On the other hand, at the X-men's new base of operations in Alaska, they are visited by police chief Paula Robbins, who questions Beast about the X-men's intentions, since this factory they took over was the main source of jobs in that area, what they reveal is that this is a Sentinels factory. Beast shows how in this place they have worked hard to grow food, to create life in a place de more
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Amazing, absolutely brilliant. I loved everything about this, but maybe Juggernaut and Magick's game of rock, paper, scissors the most. The art was incredible, the writing was sharp and very fun, and the plot is looking to be very interesting. Cyclops' "let them percolate on the big ass Sentinel hovering over their town a bit longer" made me grin, and I don't even usually like Cyke. Magneto was also perfect. Can't say too many good things about this issue, and I'm loving how the reboot is being handled so far.
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8.0
First off, I really dislike McKay's Avengers. It lacks good story, dialogue, characters, it's crap. So I was really worried about McKay handling another team book as huge as the X-Men. Gladly, this is great! It is really introductory, we get information about their new home from Beast, as the police commissioner works as a stand in for us, the readers. Great bits there with Hank and Magneto. The rescue mission was also nice, Stegman really shines, my only complaint(shared by many others) is how he makes Cyclops look so young, but it doesn't matter that much. I'm looking forward for this line of X-Comics, especially Wolverine and X-Factor, I'm really the first issue of this new era really delivered something good
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8.0
After waiting quite a while for the Krakoan era of X-Men to run its course, I decided to give this a shot, and I'm glad I did. I liked the more character-driven route that went with this first issue as the scene is being set for this new (and simpler) status quo. I think the slower pace and tone setting was just what this book needed after a 5-year storytelling initiative. Stegman's art is very good, although Beast does look a little odd. I'm looking forward to seeing more from this new era!
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8.0
Really enjoyed this issue and all the Xmen involved worked really well. I agree i am unsure how memorable this series will be but good start!
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7.5
As a single issue I liked it, but I genuinely do not know what to expect for the future. it feels simpler, more straightforward, direct, and explosive with character. In a way, it reminds me of Morisson in how direct it is and how strong are the voices here, while X-men do cool shit. There were also some callbacks Obviously it does not feel as revolutionary at least for now. That's the thing, I like what it's here, but I kinda feel like logan. I see the potential for the characters I see some boxes with them, that Mckay could explore, but as a whole, i do not feel that excited. But that's okay, not every era has to be so ambitious, a lighter series with a lighter status quo, focused on its characters, could be a formula for very pleasan more
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7.5
This was perfectly pleasant, but thus far doesn't feel like something I'm going to remember in five years. McKay does an OK job of balancing action and setup, which is a nice change of pace after Duggan, but the infodumping gets distracting at points - yes, "Quentin fried his brain on drugs" is a cute excuse for the characters to restate why they're doing things, but not in round robin style for two pages. As I feared going into a backlash era, this feels less like a new direction than simply slouching back into the pre-Krakoa status quo. The dialogue and advertising desperately want you to remember your favorites like New X-Men or the 90's, but the basic setup is unmistakably just the second pressing of the Fraction/Gillen/Bendis years more
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7.5
(Volume 7 | Cover Date: September, 2024) **SPOILERS** Summary: Cyclops' X-Men team travels to Santo Marco to free Wolverine from the Orchis Fourth School & to find six new mutants, who turn out to be Orchis agents. Comments: Having to scan for the last page was a dumb idea by Marvel. I couldn't even read the dialogue on my phone. This issue was already overpriced.
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7.5
I love Stegman, so I'm biased. That being said, this series has disappointed me so many times I have to keep my expectations low.
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7.5
I don't think this is a bad issue, but I'm plagued with the knowledge that every creator involved here is capable of something better.
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7.5
Art: 4/5 Story: 3.5/5 Total: 7.5/10
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7.5
Solid. The character interactions were probably my favorite part of this, which comes as no surprise with MacKay writing this. Speaking of which though, I can't lie when I say that I did find this issue just a bit disappointing, personally. I didn't dislike it whatsoever, which can be seen my rating. However, with the awesome artist that is Stegman doing covers AND interiors for this, alongside one of my favorite writers currently, in MacKay, teaming up for this, I was hoping for something more. That said, this is only the first issue, so there's definitely room for this to improve as it continues.
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7.0
First issues are hard, but sadly this didn't make me feel like I can't wait for more.
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7.0
This was actually a fairly solid issue aside from some of the personalities and voices being off. There's some unfortunate character regression but nothing egregious that can't be fixed or explained as the series continues.
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6.5
Not a bad debut. Not overly fond of the art style and the cast doesn't do much for me. This just doesn't feel like the cast of a flagship X-book.
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6.0
This is a book I really want to like more than I actually do, but I'm struggling to get there. I just don't think there is a single idea as captivating as any of the dozens Hickman brought in the first issue of HoXPoX. McKay writes a perfectly fine story and does a nice job integrating mutant history in while Stegman does his thing, but it just feels soooooo safe in comparison to the past 5 years of X-Men stories. From the logo, to the opening page, to positioning Magneto as the prickly leader, everything here harkens back to the 90s, which isn't surprising after the success of X-Men '97, but it's also a little boring. The new villain cabal, 3K, was probably my favorite part of the issue and the QR code reveal of the secret page was a fu more
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5.5
Maybe Marvel should have waited a little longer before relaunching this title. After the end of the Krakoa era, this side of the Marvel universe could have taken some time to breathe. This back-to-basics approach just feels tiring rather than refreshing, and after the horrible acts committed by some of these characters during the Krakoa era, it's odd trying to wipe the slate clean. I recognize that MacKay is trying to address all that has come before while also starting fresh, but it just isn't working for me in this issue.
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5.5
Weirdly uninspiring. The art is also a mess. Does Stegman not know what he is doing or just phoning it in on a major X-men title. Also MacKay said he likes Morrisons X-men... it shows, he is just taking those ideas and doing a worse job with them (kind of like Zebb and his 'Inferno aka Dark Web' story.
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5.0
This is an extremely average issue for a premiere. Jed Mckay is dropping the ball lately. I read that Moon Knight #0 and he should be ashamed of himself for releasing that. It was obvious that he was on a deadline, couldn't make it, so he just threw something out. Very disappointing in all regards. I don't care about the sherrif visiting the compound. That was a throwaway plot. And these older mutants isn't something that is a thrilling mystery. Why is Juggernaut even on this team. He's not even a mutant. One and dropped. My Comic Review Channel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2AGKCpDgWo
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2.0
Both the writing and art are sub par. The art especially is just atrocious to look at. No. Just no.
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