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You could have commented on my post since this, in large, an answer to my review, I don't mind. :))
YOU HAVE STRAYED FROM THE WAY OF X. THE ONSLAUGHT IS UPON YOU!
• The X-Men's greatest foe, mutantkind's primal evil, slithers in the minds of its most senior leaders...
• The kids whisper of the CRUCI-BALL: a party to end all parties. A party to end everything.
• The seals are broken, the trumpets have sounded; only a small band of eccentric mutants can hope to break the fall...
• Can Nightcrawler light the spark that will drive out the shadows... or will Krakoa slip into the abyss...?
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X-Men: The Onslaught Revelation is one of the best X-Men comics of the Krakoan era. Spurrier built something special in Way Of X, and this comic is the culmination of that and gives readers a glimpse of the future, one that will hopefully still be worked on by this team. Quinn and Tartaglia give the whole thing the marvelous visuals it needs to impress. This comic was a huge surprise in the best possible way, a triumphant book that is one of a kind. Read Full Review
X-Men: The Onslaught Revelation #1serves as the grand finale to theWay of X series, ending Nightcrawler's battle with Onslaught while promising the birth of a new team. As a Kurt Wagner fan and someone who's often pondered the nature of faith, this has capped off one of the best X-Men stories of the Krakoa era. Read Full Review
This story was a beautifully drawn, action packed, philosophically sound, pee-filled season finale. I just can't wait to see what happens next! Read Full Review
Quinn delivers some beautiful art. The story has huge scale and the art matches it with vibrant details and exciting visuals. Read Full Review
If The Way of X, and its final chapter The Onslaught Revelation, possess a clear flaw, it's an excess of ambition. Read Full Review
Onslaught Revelation is big, exciting and full of great character moments and humungous ideas; and all of it is written clearly that even a dope like me can understand what's happening. Read Full Review
Final ThoughtsX-Men: The Onslaught Revelation #1 caps the Way of X storyline with a parable about forgiveness and letting go of hate to cure the rot living inside you. While the narration tries a little too hard to reach biblical proportions, the outcome is thought-provoking, the execution is fascinating, and the art is top-notch. This ending to the Way of X is as strong as the first issue, and the finale sets up a new X-team that's worth keeping an eye on. Read Full Review
What began with promise and direction pointed towards discovery, creation of a mutant religion, philosophical inner workings of resurrection, life after death, and morality. However, that all washed away quickly and turned into a 3-page showdown with Onslaught as well as the prequel to a new mutant team. Read Full Review
Hardly a one-shot, The Onslaught Revelation really caps off Way of X in a very satisfying, quick-hit event package. Read Full Review
This oversized finale has problems, but it sets up interesting things for the future. The highs are great though, and it definitely makes it worth a pick-up for any X-Men fan. Read Full Review
It got me, hook, line and sinker. The only thing holding it shy of a 10/10 for me is that the art, while good, could be better.
I enjoyed the parade that Spurrier put on. Cult has a negative connotation to it, so masking it as culture works well for me. The communistic hivemind was a solid progression of what Krakoa is becoming and I think it was a great resolution to this story. It makes sense that a country composed of evolved beings would have an elevated form of “police,” especially considering how oppressive real-world police can be.
Very abstract, very metaphysical, and very, very good.
Im looking forward to Legionares. Nightcrawler remains the best X man.
A solid conclusion to Way of X. Can't wait for the Legionaries series. Si Spurrier is one of the writers I have the most faith in regarding this X-Line.
This wasn't as strong as anything from Way of X, in my opinion, but it's still pretty good. I agree with what KittyNone stated in their review, in that I think this one-shot could have been a second arc or storyline for Way of X. As a matter of fact, I pretty much agree with just about everything said in their review. Fabian's redemption was one of the highlights for me, and I did feel as though this was a bit stuffed. All in all, this was an enjoyable one-shot that seems to acts as a bridge between this series and the next.
Have been reluctant to rate this, as the ending left me... wanting.
Found it... wobbly, and ultimately, underwhelming.
The preview of the follow-up only eXacerbated this, making it a wait & see.
IDK, maybe that will improve my view in retrospect, but I'm pretty much on the fence right now.
A bit of a mixed bag. There's some great stuff in here, particularly with Fabian Cortez's redemption arc, but there's a fair amount that doesn't work and the whole thing feels oddly compressed for the sake of being a one-shot with Onslaught on the cover. It's OK and I'm glad there'll be a followup series, but I'm not convinced this wouldn't have been better as the second storyline of Way of X
good closing, the art left a little to be desired.
Story - B
New team reveal at end - F:
Nightcrawler (excellent)
Pixie (good)
Juggernaut (ok -- terrible on an X-Men team, great as a villain)
Blindfold (bad, undercuts Moira/ Destiny story)
ForgetMeNot (dumb character, Spurrier's plaything, cmon)
"What we offer is no mere cult" Yeah, sorry to rain on your parade, Si, but that's definitely a cult you have there even if you want to pass it as a "culture". I may be too harsh with the rating for this one, I admit, but that's only because I was generous enough in the past when Spurrier kept promising this great resolution to the story and I'm sorry to say but this wasn't it. A communistic hivemind isn't the great answer I was looking for and frankly there are no "great ideas" here like he kept promising. His analogies were very poorly constructed (his winks with constantly turning left, not right, were not very subtle either), honestly, and the story got repetitive to the point of boring. And I'm really tired of the constant jabs these w more
wtf am i reading
X-men writers can't see a White Straight male that is a complete asshole so that they can redeem him. Cortez redemption story is very comedic, no way there is a redemption for a little racist sh*t like him. he created the racist term flatscan.
Worse part is that they used a black charater that Cortez killed her parents to redeem him. Seriously this is awful
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