X-Men: Red is a continuation of his SWORD run.
IT'S ALL LED UP TO THIS!
In the blazing ruins of the Autumn Palace, Storm battles for the soul of Arakko! Meanwhile, Abigail Brand and Roberto Da Costa play their last cards-and a sinister hand deals the Ace of Spades. You won't believe where the Brotherhood goes from here...
Rated T+
X-Men: Red #10 lands a series of stunning climaxes as Storm faces off against Vulcan while Abigail Brand's conspiracy culminates, colliding with one perhaps even more potent along the way. Read Full Review
Aside from one (admittedly persnickety) stumble, this story galloped across the finish line, catapulting readers into place for the upcoming Sins of Sinister event. I am hotly anticipating Storm and the Brotherhood of Mutants and I cannot wait to see where Ewing takes it. Read Full Review
X-Men: Red #10 pays off a number of running plots from this and other Ewing written series in fittingly epic fashion. A must-read for Storm fans. Read Full Review
X-Men Red #10 is a fantastic entry in what continues to be one of Marvel's best comic book series right now. Al Ewing, Stefano Caselli, and Jacopo Camagni did an excellent job battling the battle of Omega-level mutants in Storm vs Vulcan with the endgame of Abigail Brand's plot. The pacing for everything was on point as you were kept engage in everything going on in X-Men Red #10. Hopefully we don't have to wait to long before getting back to the implications of how things end in this issue. Read Full Review
Al Ewing & Stefano Caselli's X-Men epic finishes its first volume. It's a grand story, and this chapter is a great conclusion from top to bottom. Read Full Review
X-Men Red #10 provides a satisfying conclusion by wrapping up several major plotlines and presenting a unified front on Arakko. Read Full Review
X-Men Red #10 is yet another great issue. The team does what they always do, presenting an awesome story. Its a little emotionally vapid, but its still a fun read. Read Full Review
X-Men Red #10 concludes the storyline with the treacherous Abigail Brand and her plots for the cosmos, but the comic is sadly underwhelming. Despite the artwork by Stefano Caselli and Federico Blee's colors, the fight between Storm and Vulcan isn't that great. It doesn't help that previous issues have done the legwork to undercut Vulcan as a genuinely threatening villain and real challenge to Storm. As a result, there's no stakes or investment to this fight which has a foregone conclusion before it even starts. The story with Abigail Brand wraps up a little too quickly and her fate is left too uncertain, so hopefully another story will expand on what happens to her next. Read Full Review
This is my favorite X-book currently. I read all 10 issues in one sitting. I didn't intend to, it just happened. This book is so fucking good. It's criminal.
This and Immortal X-Men are peak Mutant books. I expect a lot from Sins of Sinister
The emancipation of Ororo continues. Finally, after three decades, she is being written as the force of nature she is—not just in power but in presence, personality, and effectiveness. She isn’t the only one. Sunspot is getting some shine, and Arakko is just everything. Ewing has humanized these people in a way Hickman never could. As great as he is, his work doesn’t have the humanity of Ewing’s. This book is perfect.
Man, I can't state enough how much I enjoy this run. In just about every review of this book so far, I've mentioned how good Ewing and Caselli are. That doesn't change here, so I won't repeat myself here. What I will say is that Storm and Vulcan's confrontation is easily the highlight of this book for me, and I really enjoy how she's been handled over the course of this series.
Absolutely phenomenal! Storm has always been one of my favorite characters and to see her win this using strategy and by bringing them together was awesome. I can't wait for the sins of sinister!!
Steady Eddie of a book as Al Ewing has been. Caselli's art is too good and there is no drop off.
The storytelling is rock-solid all the way through in both words and art. Characterization is satisfying, though not all that deep.
But there's no time for deep introspection, because this issue is packed to the gills with plot development. And the way the status quo evolves is *awesome*.
Storm used Rain. It's super effective!
Which other Ewing stories does this tie back to?
Thanks!