X-Men: Red #8 was an issue I honestly had to read twice. Not because there was anything I missed or misunderstood, but because this was such a brilliant climax to everything this series has been built towards so far. Their objectives mattered, their sacrifice, their bravery, and their trust in each other to do what it took without crossing a line. This could only be matched with the right villain to push all the right buttons. Cassandra continued to be one of the most despicable villains in the X-Books till the very end. Read Full Review

X-MEN RED #8 maintains a tense, tightly-wound narrative that has us on the edge of our seats with each turn of the page. Read Full Review

Taylor does a great job of making everyone on the team a necessary part of this mission and they all work together so well on the page. I really enjoy the direction this series is taking, especially with Nova as the main villain. Their clashes resonate on so many levels that the struggle never feels boring or clich. Read Full Review

My one knock on the issue was Trinary's monologue about all the hate on the internet that she's protected the world from. I don't have a problem with her mentioning it in general, but it seemed a bit forced here. Kind of messed with the flow of things. The X-Men are always great about social consciousness, but it's their subtle way about it that I've always appreciated. This was a bit too on the nose, but a small piece in another good X-Men Red issue. Read Full Review

Taylor and Carnero have a good dynamic of visuals and dialogue that tell a compelling story. There are a couple of insane spreads of Trinary and Storm's apexes of awesomeness. With an ending of Blue and Gold for the classic Uncanny X-Men and X-Men titles it is unclear whether this socially relevant flavor of X-Men will stay with us for long but I hope the hell it does. Read Full Review

It may not be the series' best installment, but it's still pretty darn good. Read Full Review

X-Men Red #8 is still an entertaining issue, but fails to be the climatic epic it strives to be due to weird pacing and an off-brand conclusion to the nanite problem. Read Full Review

Great take by Tom Taylor. Still needs work on getting the team to feel more natural together. The art from Carmen Carnero is top notch!

THE GOOD:

-I really liked this issue's take on the anti-mutant themes of X-Men comics. Definitely the best use of that theme in a long time.

-Cassandra Nova is a really good villain. Taylor does a great job writing her. She feels ominous and menacing and most importantly… villainous.

-This series has a really good cinematic feel to it. It is the only X-Men comic that captures the feel of the current X-Men film series.

-The last page sets up a pretty interesting premise in my opinion.

THE BAD:

-The characters need a lot of work. They are just too surface level, a very common problem with almost every team series.

-I'm getting tired of these end of the world, big action scenarios, especially when it makes it feel like series is avoiding a plot.

-I wasn't into that whole weaponizing-hate thing. Not a terribly bad idea, it just didn't really work for me. more

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The-MJP - Dec 28, 2018

boo, youre review needs more 'evil sjw' rants (sarcasm)

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XDDDDDDDDDDDD

The X-Men Red Team literally spends half of this issue sitting around holding hands.

Nothing in this story makes sense. The X-Men hide from Jean Grey by running out of the room, apparently forgetting that Jean is a telepath. Nightcrawler teleports Storm thousands of miles around the globe, once again violating decades old rules about how his powers work. Storm attacks Cassandra Nova with a tidal wave. I guess Tom Taylor thinks that tidal waves are caused by wind. Finally, the X-Men somehow defeat Cassandra Nova by holding hands. At the end, Cassandra Nova casually takes over Rachael Grey's mind, dispite Grey being a powerful and experienced telepath.

Tom Taylor isn't interested in learning about the characters he writes, their individual motivations or even how their powers work. None of the characters has any personality, except for Honeybadger, who's personality is terrible. But Taylor makes up for his lack of effort with plenty of virtue signaling, which is good enough for Marvel these days. more

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The-MJP - Dec 28, 2018

i stoped caring about what you have to say when you said "Jean Grey isn't as hot as she should be"

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Fucking dumb