MEET THE ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT X-MEN?
There are mutants who call themselves X-Men in Alaska and Louisiana and Chicago. But as Cyclops' team find themselves in more than one set of crosshairs dealing with a mutant crisis in Alaska, a new group of enemies make themselves known: They are the X-Men, who are sponsored by 3K in their bid for possession of the future of mutantkind!
RATED T+
This is a perfect single chapter from the entire creative team as Mackay balances excellent character dialogue against Netho Diaz and the art teams absolutely flawless action packed execution in bringing the script to life. Read Full Review
Really entertaining fight issue between the X-Men and a whole squad of new mutants, really elevated with the long-in-coming pay-off at the end of the issue. Read Full Review
Diaz delivers visually thrilling art throughout the issue. I love the visuals and the brutality of the fight scenes. Everything looks amazing on the page. Read Full Review
X-Men #16 has the potential to be a pivotal issue, forcing Cyclops and his team to confront not only external threats but also an internal challenge to their very identity. MacKay's established skill at balancing action with character-driven drama makes this a highly anticipated chapter in the ongoing X-Men saga. Read Full Review
X-Men #16 thrives as a fast-paced, visually engaging throwdown between the classic X-Men and their mysterious counterparts, the 3Kbut while it offers strong character beats and cool action, it lightly treads water plot-wise. Still, Magneto stepping forward and the creative handling of each mutant keeps this one feeling fresh and fierce. Read Full Review
X-Men #16 is a fast-paced action fest that pits the X-Men against the X-Men. For readers starving for a superhero comic that shows superheroes doing super things, Jed MacKay's script is a cool sip of water in a dry desert. Plus, Netho Diaz's pencils are stellar. That said, Jed MacKay's tale is short on plot and long on hand-waved contrivances to artificially pile on the drama. Read Full Review
MacKay's X-Men has been something of a disappointment and this issue illustrates why. While it does everything right from a structure standpoint, it feels anemic when it comes to ideas. This is a bog standard X-Men comic that stands on the shoulders of much better runs that came before it. This is the kind of comic where you're definitely better off just thumbing through the issue; the art is good enough that you'll get a bunch of cool action imagery and not have to read a story that has nothing new going on under the hood. Ever since Hickman left the Krakoa Era, X-Men has become a book defined by good art and so-so writing and MacKay seems to be keeping that going. Maybe this is a good comic if you know nothing about the X-Men. Otherwise, it's an exercise in rehashing. Read Full Review
Ryan stegman's art saves this
God what a snore.
Any bad 90s comic by some Rob Liefeld clone is better than this nonsense.
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