X-MEN PRIME #1 gets the reader ready for a new age for mutant-kind, with exciting new prospects. Read Full Review

Illustrated by: Ken Lashley, Ibraim Roberson, Leonard Kirk & Guillermo Ortego Read Full Review

Even though Im totally biased because Kitty Pryde is my all-time favorite superhero, X-Men Prime #1 reminded me of why I love the X-Men. Under the watch of Marc Guggenheim, Greg Pak, and Cullen Bunn, it looks like Marvels merry mutants will embrace hope and heroism again, and the youngsters and lone wolves of the X-Men will get interesting stories too. Read Full Review

This is a new beginning for the X-Men, they're back from Limbo and ready to be heroes again (about time!) It's a great place to join if you're a new reader too. Read Full Review

X-Men Prime #1 leaves me very interested for what books like X-Men Gold and Blue have in store for us next month. If this is one of those situations where they break your favorite toy and begin to put it back together again, I do hope that this is a sign that the X-Men books can reach that point where they are a must buy once more. Read Full Review

Sure, there are bound to be more attacks by killer robots. Sure, it's very likely that more clones and time travelers will enter the mix and frustrate the X-men. Like Wolverine and beer, certain elements are inescapably linked. The challenge is making the narrative behind these links compelling. In that sense, X-men Prime #1 rises to the challenge. For now, there's hope for the world of the X-men and, provided nobody ends up sterilized, that hope holds a great deal of promise and potential. Read Full Review

X-Men Prime is a solid re-introduction into the world of the X-Men and delivers an easy way for fans to catch up as well as see the new direction. What's bigger is some of it feels like an apology to long time fans who have felt that the X-Men have been second tier and lost their way. It's a welcome return to a more classic narrative which will hopefully be delivered in entertaining and fun new ways. Read Full Review

Overall, the artwork needs some attention to detail, but the old-school tone to the book makes this issue a must-read. Read Full Review

It's not a bad issue, but it feels suspiciously like an overpriced ad for the new family of X-Comics. Read Full Review

Overall, the X-Men Prime one shot is good, and it is nice to see the change in tonal direction finally, but it is a shame that it only really works as a primer for three titles and not the whole line. Read Full Review

Storm states, “We’ve been so consumed with surviving today, we’ve forgotten how to live for tomorrow.” As a result, everyone involved in “ResurrXion” appears to have set a direction for the X-Men, and have taken this launch issue to demonstrate it. The reason that comics readers come to the X-Men in their adolescence is because a family that’s a little strange, but welcoming is a welcome prospect. And there’s nothing wrong with being aware that we’ll struggle at times, or that the X-Men have to contend with the threat of extinction every now and again, but it’s also smart to take some time to think ahead with a sense of optimism. Which is what this issue has, and inspires. Sure, we could worry that this is too much of a tilt in the other direction, that overcompensation has gone too far, but that feels like we’d be missing the message of this issue and how warm it feels today. Read Full Review

If you have been hesitant to give the X-Men another chance well I highly suggest you read this issue. Everything Marvel promised they are delivering on. X-Men Prime has set up ResurreXion to be a success and I am so excited to head into this new world with my merry mutants. Read Full Review

The X-Men have a compass pointing north, now lets hope they survive the experience. Read Full Review

This issue is able to accomplish catching everyone up for the upcoming X-Men titles. Granted, issues like these are rarely very exciting or memorable but everyone who reads this book should feel prepared to pick up one of the upcoming X-Men titles and having read this issue, I think that's the case. The art is beautiful and the dialogue is really nice and flows very nicely. This issue won't wow you, but it will get you prepared for the future. Read Full Review

X-Men: Prime #1 did exactly what it needed to do to sell the new direction Marvel is taking the franchise on. Marc Guggenheim, Greg Pak and Cullen Bunn all did a very good job in creating some excitement in seeing the X-Men as a team of heroes rather than whatever they were the last few years. Though I won't be picking Weapon X up I am going to be giving X-Men: Blue and Gold a shot to each win a spot in my pull list. And for that X-Men: Prime #1 did it's job. Read Full Review

X-Men Prime is a fineset up for a recap/expository issue, but it falls short of being entertaining or evocative. Its not quite an anthology, and not quite a standalone epic. Its a commercial for whats to come from the X-Men, but it offers hope, variety, and a quick update. Its not a necessity, but it is a nicety. Read Full Review

I wouldn't consider this a ramp for a new reader " you still have to know who all these people are in advance to follow along. And it isn't properly part of any of the previous series. I almost feel like it is unfair to give this one-shot a rating, as it isn't so much a story, or even a pilot, as it is a tool designed to get other vehicles off the ground. It is a booster rocket. And only seeing the success, or failure, of the actual spacecraft will tell if it is a good one. Read Full Review

X-Men Prime #1 includes some strong moments as it attempts to build a new status quo for the weary mutants. But those moments don't necessarily add up to a cohesive whole. This issue lacks the excitement and energy needed to revitalize a franchise that's been in sorry shape for the past couple years. If ResurrXion is truly going to fix the X-Men, it needs to be more daring than this. Read Full Review

The conclusion Ive reached here is that X-Men Prime shouldnt have been a one-shot. It either should have been a miniseries, or been integrated into one of the upcoming X-Men books. It tries to do far too much with far too little space. Its impossible not to draw comparisons to the Rebirth one-shots, and this feels just as poorly conceived as those were. Read Full Review

There's a few status quo shifts and some nice art here, but I'm still looking for a reason to invest in these characters again. Read Full Review

The main purpose of this issue is to reintroduce Kitty to the X-Men, offer some fan-service reunion moments, and start to show what the X-Men under Kitty's leadership might look like. A fan favorite, Pryde's return isn't likely to hurt the X-books, but without nearly all the core members of the team the book feels empty. And the threat of a sercret organization putting together their own mutant squad doesn't do much for me either. For fans. Read Full Review

The distinct lack of Inhumans feels like a great decision by Marvel here and its given the X-Men room to breathe even if this book feels a bit too focused on the fan-service at times, and the multiple storylines feeling a tad too familiar. However, the familiar approach feels undeniably welcoming, catering successfully to both newcomers to the X-Men,as well as fans who have been around for a while. With luck, it won't be too long before theX-Men can return to their former glory. Read Full Review

Everything new is old again with the X-Men's latest relaunch. Read Full Review

If you love Kitty Pryde and/or the current lineup of X-Men, then the new status quo might be perfect for you. I'm not particularly a fan of either, and nothing about ResurrXion has gotten me excited yet, including this Prime issue. Read Full Review

I want to like this book, I like all of the characters, I want this book to succeed, but I'm not seeing that for this issue and I hope I'm wrong. Overall, this issue had almost no plot, almost all setup. I expected it to be a "setup issue" but maybe a 60-40 split between plot and setup. This issue felt more like 10-90. It is sad because the X-Men titles are some of the better stories coming out of Marvel right now, and this title seems like such a step backwards. I hope it gets better in the next couple of issues, but for now I'm not expecting much. Read Full Review

I did not read Inhumans Vs. X-Men so this is another reentry point for me with the X-Men and I think it works for the most part. I like the idea of Kitty Pryde getting back involved and it looks like we could be getting back to the classic X-Men that we all love. I'm looking forward to seeing what Blue and Gold bring.

The usual Marvel "here's 30 pages to get acquainted with the new status quo" book, but this one really felt natural. Taking us through the roller coaster of the last few years of X-Men books and giving us an idea of what to expect in the future, the book feels fairly smooth. I'll go into pros and cons:
Pros
- good dialogue, obvious understanding of the characters
- the Weapon X fragment, though being slightly forced, was probably one of the things that got me most excited from the book
- nice art

Cons
- The Blue part. That part was VERY forced, shoving the All-New X-Men history into a page of monologues that the characters would have no reason to be saying because they lived it... they know the information.

Overall I think the books does its job and does it well, but doesn't go very far above. I'm sure that the book gives no information that you wouldn't be able to get from just reading the spinoff books so it's really up to you on whether or not you want to give it a try. more

This is pretty underwhelming in terms of being an enjoyable comic in its own right; what we have instead here is a reset of the status quo, an issue of exposition that employs the overplayed trope of Kitty returning home and reflecting on change. I also found the artwork to be very spotty. The scene with Lady Deathstrike and, uh...Carla is horribly drawn. Oh well. I'm going to give the new X-books a chance, but this isn't an overly promising start.

SCORE: 7.2

I really want to like the X-men in some way. Marvel has made this difficult. It's time to let go of the time travel stuff, but Marvel has doubled down on this. The original X-men are here to stay? I guess? Old Man Logan is still in the present, not the future? Marvel, please let go of time travel for a moment, tell a good story. This one is OK. Surprisingly, Lady Deathstrike is the most interesting thing.

This is most definitely a "back to basics" comic. You could have stopped reading X-Men in 1990 and then picked this book up and have no trouble jumping right back into it. I enjoyed all the character interactions, except for the clumsy danger room sequence. I like the direction the series seems to be heading. The silliest aspect of the book is the new location of the X-Men's headquarters. How long do you think that will last?

Two one shot Primes were released to establish where the Inhumans and X-Men will be going now that Inhumans Versus X-Men has ended. This one feels like the smarter of the two in my opinion. In order to establish the world we are entering we see Kitty Pryde returning to the X-Men after being in space for some time. Through Kitty, we are introduced to the different teams that will be formed and where they are coming from. We discover why the X mansion was in Limbo and where it will be now. While not all titles are explored and characters established, it does a decent job of explaining the world you will experience if you are unfamiliar with the characters. The art can be a little sloppy at times, still it does build some anticipation for the X books. While both Prime books do a good job as connective tissue between the old, new, and continuing titles, this one shot helps introduce new readers. I would imagine that grabbing new readers would be the main purpose. more

The O5 X-Men run off on their own, Deathstrike is kidnapped into a dark Weapon X squad, and Kitty Pryde takes charge of the leftovers now plonked down in the middle of NYC. A massive creator lineup generates some confusion; I don't know which writer to praise for making Storm feel properly guilty about IvX and which one to decry for making Deathstrike a POV character. I was surprised to see Cullen Bunn is taking the O5 team instead of the antihero squad. This "Prime" issue is a little more transparently an advertisement than its Inhuman counterpart; once again I'm thankful that I don't have to pony up cash for comics like this thanks to Marvel Unlimited.

Underwhelming, lets hope things pick up in the various color teams.

Here's what works in this issue: the art is generally good. The lines are crisp, the colors pop, and panels and layouts flow with a sense of both motion and power.

The downside: Ken Lashley is treading just a little too close to the MTV-ization of our favorite mutants in that every single character looks a little too generically perfect and beautiful.

Remember how awkward and endearing Kitty Pryde was when we first met her WAAAY back in X-Men #129? Now I'm not saying every superhero should look ugly, but a few distinctive (and realistic) imperfections go a long way to keeping these characters unique and relateable.

Here's what doesn't work in this issue: the motivations. It wouldn't be that hard to give Kitty a great reason for not contacting the X-Men after returning to Earth, other than, 'My life got weird.' When has an X-Man's life NOT been weird? Pretty weak, and lacking in depth and conflict. Undoubtedly a major missed opportunity that reeks of 'because the writer wanted to and couldn't be bothered to think of a good character-driven reason.'

Virtually every other character motivation (or lack thereof) and interaction suffered from varying degrees of this basic flaw.

On top of that: there was no story. Despite better production values than most recent X-Book specifically and Marvel fare in general, this was clearly intended as an advertisement, not an entertainment.

Attention Marvel: you seem to have forgotten your purpose. It is NOT to sell comics. Is IS to create entertaining stories with compelling characters and the sales will then follow.

This comic should have been given away or never distributed. more

Awfull from the story to the drawing r.i.p Marvel !

As a long time reader of X-men stories, I am not impressed. The fact that Shadowcat and Jean are put in leadership positions seems very forced to me, especially since that are more exprerienced characters who would naturally assume these positions.

They try to mix today´s agendas with Claremont´s writting style during the 80's and the Blue and Gold teams of the 90's, but everything seems very shallow.