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The art -it sucks
the story- it sucks
alternate reality story. it sucks
Gail - she sucks
im so very tired of her on the X-men. Gail has no voice for these characters. these are dark days for the X books. there is zero new creativity, zero urgency to get new readers. we get rehashed old ideas like the outback, rogue in savage land. last story arc wolverine was a damn werewolf . not long ago he was fighting without eyes. Rogue sounds like a slow adult. it's time to clean house Marvel. almost all the launch books are canceled and this new batch is just as bad!
all the reviews on the site here are fake to try an get the score up. its embarrassing more

The apes with the powers of the FF are great fun. I just wish the art was more interesting.

Issue #1 was really bad. so let's recap with unexplained things-
1-featuring a school created by Emma in the astral plane thats fake but also real?( how and didn't we do this already?
2- It has a danger room that can kill you ( how? ).
3-it has a lunch room to eat ( why? isn't the food fake?) Emma is headed to get food in issue 2 also for reasons.
4- the worst characterizati ons of Wolverine ,Cyclops , and kitty in recent memory.just more attacking of cyclops. the best x leader ever.
5-the school is left burning at issues end(how does that work when its not a real school?)
6- Scott says gathering Mutants makes them siting ducks for attack- ( how? it's virtual and not real)

Here is the answer to all of these questions- Eve Ewing is a terrible writer with zero idea what shes doing on this X book and her last series got canceled.

We get this gem in issue #2. Captain America comes to visit. How?? it says in issue one you need to be a mutant and have the telepathic key to get in the school. not one or the other-both. More Cyclops yet again lectured to by another person because hes just a big idiot. I noticed they teleport to the location of the people Cap wants to find-yet again... how? isn't this in the mind? so how did prodigy teleport mind palace people?
The book is just bad, the art is indie level bad, and Eve keeps digging herself into this hole because she just wants to write what she wants to write. it doesn’t have to make sense nor can it. but when what you want to write sucks this must stop.
this series will be canceled in 10 issues. I only hope it's sooner and we can be done with Eve Ewing on X-books. I say this all the time. Someone, anyone Save the X-books!!! these are atrocious. more

Disgusting. Fun. Short.

Whether it’s the fact that things are finally coming together or the change of artist, this is the best issue of Inglorious X-Force so far. It reminded me of reading X-Force in the 90s, in the best way possible. While the art by Michael Sta. Maria in previous issues was solid, it was also kind of boring. Philip Tan, in comparison, is a breath of fresh air. While I usually don’t like manga-inspired art in superhero books, his style looks really dynamic and fantastic, sometimes reminiscent of early Greg Capullo. Sure, there’s a wonky face here and there, but overall, it’s engaging and interesting. I’ve had a lot of fun with IXF #4.more

An almost silent issue. I'm not a fan of those, but at least it's drawn by Tom Reilly. His storytelling ability is undeniable and sets this issue apart from most other stories of its kind.

I read this because the Siege Perilous played a huge part in the X-Men when I discovered Marvel comics in the 80s. In this book however, it is reduced to a comedy prop. Also, this is just not how the Siege Perilous works.
Even if I overlook this disrespectful use of one of Chris Claremont's greatest creations, Black Cat 9 is a horrible comic. It is terribly written and the art is tolerable a t best.more

I still don't know what is going on, but I had more fun than last issue. Plus, really like the art.

1. I don’t think the writer knows how the astral plane works.
2. The dialogue is bad.
3. The art is bad.
4. I think I lost a few brain cells.

It’s incredible to try to comprehend that the editorial team thought, planned, and chose the creative team for a title that was supposedly important to this era of the X-Men,and delivered this atrocity. Bad art, bizarre story. The X-line is dead.

Storm still looks stupid, but I can see some improvement in the art when it comes to composing dynamic action scenes. Not enough to actually read this crap though.

There are enough interesting ideas in UXM Annual 1 to fill a whole mini series, but that’s exactly the problem. Crammed into a single issue it all feels very rushed and all over the place. The reader doesn’t spend enough time with these potentially fascinating characters, and as a result, the emotional payoff that Simone clearly intended falls flat, which is a shame.
The art is okay, maybe ev en good compared to the current Marvel standard, but cannot make up for the flaws in the writing department.more

An alternate reality story. How original for an X-Men comic. The art isn't exactly my cup of tea either.

On the positive side: I like the classic soap opera elements (Rogue and Gambit talking about kids, Nightcrawler's new girlfriend), that are pretty much gone from all the other X-titles.

Call me paranoid, but I think all the other reviews with a 10 rating are by the same pe rson. 😆more

Not bad, not great. This title needs something to make it stand out.

The second of the three stories stood out to me as the most engaging and artistically interesting one, while the first one was a nice but predictable homage to Jack Kirby. Unfortunately I didn’t enjoy the third installment that much. Despite pretty art I had a hard time understanding what‘s even happening.

First story: 7
Second story: 9
Third story: 5

For a potential new reader (I read a few Titans issues over the years but really don’t know much about them) this was a confusing read. Nightwing has lost the will to continue superheroing, which feels contrived, the team is attacked multiple times, and for some reason there’s a talking coffee machine. I didn’t really understand this comic, especially not the coffee machine.

On the posi tive side, the art looks great.

All in all, this book wasn’t the great jumping on point I expected.more

I have seen worse from Stephanie Phillips, but in the end, neither the writing nor the art are very exciting. What really turned me off was a scene in which a student educates Matt Murdock about the use of technology in learning, which makes me expect the worst of what’s to come in future issues. Make no mistake, this is DEI Daredevil.

The story is really fun in an old school way. I’m also happy to see Hellcat and Killerwatt, who was the standout star in the last West Coast Avengers series. However, what the inker did to Buckingham’s pencils is unforgivable.