This story is an astonishment. It raises the stakes of the current massive crossover event while never dropping the thematic threads of the primary story. Readers of both series will be swept away by this flood. Read Full Review

X-Men: Red #5 benefits from A.X.E.: Judgment Day #1 as that issue tees up this issue to show how Uranos committed a total annihilation on the Arakko people. That includes big-name mutants like Cable, Nightcrawler, and Magneto. In the world of comics, X-Men: Red takes bigger swings than most. Read Full Review

X-Men Red #5 delves into the fallout from Judgement Day, as Arakko falls prey to the wrath of the Eternal Uranos. The best tie-ins offer more depth to the main story, and this is definitely a great tie-in. And the last page delivers a promise that Uranos will come to regret his actions. Read Full Review

Caselli delivers some stunning visuals on every page of the issue. There are some shocking images that brilliantly showcase the tension and terror of the story itself. Read Full Review

For fans wanting to see what led to the aftermath of Mars seen in A.X.E.: Judgement Day #1, X-Men Red #5 provides what you're looking for. The comic doesn't waste any time and goes right into the action, showing the red planet under assault by Uranos and his war machines. The fighting between Uranos and the mutants is cool with some unexpected twists and developments. Read Full Review

X-Men Red #5 isn't bad in any way but it's mostly a repeat of events from a different perspective. It's a case where showing doesn't really add a ton to the story. Uranos is still a badass. Arakko is devestated. We have more details. It's the last few pages that really stand out as being a big deal. And all of that could be handled in the main series in a page or two. Imagine that ending as an opening and then moving on. The impact would be amazing. Still, if you want to know exactly how Uranos defeated everyone, X-Men Red #5 drops the details and fleshes out that aspect of A.X.E.: Judgement Day's opening salvo. Read Full Review

X-Men: Red #5 delivers on what it needed to be as we get a full look at Uranos attack on Arakko that we only got glimpses of in A.X.E.: Judgment Day #1. Even knowing the end results of the story in this comic book Al Ewing and Stefano Caselli were able to craft a narrative that pulled you into finding out what went down on Arakko. If you are reading A.X.E.: Judgment Day I highly recommend picking up X-Men: Red #5. Read Full Review

Ewing displays his expected degree of creativity in imagining how these powerful veterans of the cosmos would fall while fighting well. That style and creativity doesn't combat this issue being a slog of unending death falling upon a planet and culture readers were just drawn to appreciate and expect more from. Read Full Review

THAT LAST PAGE! This comic just never disappoints

like the rest of the issues

Al Ewing keeps showing these mediocre marvel guys how to write a really good comic.I still can't believe how amazing this edit was, magnus is the man of the moments, he's really stealing the show and I hope this bait bitch gets a beating from Ororo.

A great tie-in issue with Judgment Day for this series. Uranos basically decimating Arakko was absolutely crazy in the best way. I liked that Ewing kept a clock of sorts going throughout, just to show how powerful Uranos is. Him killing Magneto was wild, and the final page of this issue really intrigues me.

X-Men Red is everything right with the second Krakoan age. On top of that, Ewing manages to maintain an incredible storyline while juggling an event tie-in.

It's been beaten into the ground how friggin' AWESOME this issue was, so I will refrain from repeating that! What I will say is this was how you a powerful comic! Al Ewing turned some stellar writing! And that art by Stefano Caselli? It drove it all home, baby! Lest we forget that last page! Yeah, man, definitely my WTF moment of New Comic Day! This event is really turning out to better than expected!

We're off with a bang.
X-MEN RED raises the stakes astronomically for this event in a way that I'm not sure if the rest of the series will keep up.
It was a quick read, but one I ended up doing three times to take in all the details.
A LOT happens in this issue.

This series from Ewing is very good even with the absurd! Caselli and Blee make it all look tight!

Phenomenal.

Wow. I guess now we know why Judgment Day #1 glossed over Uranos's hour.

This is brutal and incredible and a little heartbreaking, a perfectly-scripted tragedy.

Nobody knows much about these Arrakkii mutants, from the Omegas on the Ring to the hoi polloi in the streets. But Al Ewing writes of their ruin in a way that makes it matter, makes it *hurt*. It's like he knows Kieron Gillen is a master of "horrors of war" stories (anybody read Uber?) and is dead-set on living up to that standard. He does.

I'm praising the script a lot. The visuals are good, and yet… My rating stands at "very good." I'd love to rate this "great," but the art would have to come a lot closer to living up to the script's ideas to get there. more

Magneto is officially in RAGE mode. Ouch.

They expect a battle is coming. A battle as readers to which we already know the outcome. One of their members switches sides because she always wins. That is a very lame power by the way. Not sure how magneto is still living with a huge hole in his chest, but whatever. And storm didn't even show up to join the fight.

The storytelling method wasn’t for me.

some of the worst dialogue i have ever read to completely undermine an otherwise interesting series of moments