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Horrible, horrible art. And this nonsense about Galactus being a "universal constant" is insane, considering he's killed billions of people.

The art has its moments, but the story - although based on an interesting idea - doesn’t really work.

Phillips’s story is readable, but just not that exciting. The art is a mixed bag as well - mostly solid, but very sketchy and not something you really want to look at.

Ramos is not my favorite artist for the FF, but at least he knows how to draw dynamic action - and this issue has a lot of it. The story works surprisingly well too, which isn’t often the case with Ryan North.
All in all, this is probably one of their better issues, which doesn’t say much, since it’s still the worst run in the history of the FF.

I would prefer having no Storm series at all over this garbage. Another character ruined.

A new artist already? With Stefano Raffaele we don’t get the weird inks this issue (except in the flashbacks Buckingham did), but unfortunately, the facial expressions come across as bland and emotionless, which creates a weird contradiction to the story that focuses on the human side of superheroes. All in all, I still thought this was fun and entertaining.

A satisfying conclusion to an underwhelming story with excellent art.

Pretty violent issue. How is this different from Punisher: Red Band?
Also, I miss the artist from that series.

Yet another artist change, back to “regular” artist Valerio Schiti. There are some confusing panel transitions, but overall, it’s passable work.
The writing is becoming a problem for me though. The reveal of the villain was so predictable. Plus, the allegories to current political events are so in-your-face, it’s not really fun reading this anymore. When did comics stop being an escape from r eal life? Captain America in particular should emphasize idealism, not moral relativism.more

I didn’t hate it. Extra points (not really) for Nightcrawler speaking correct German.

“Our Kryptonite” by Meltzer/Larraz
Okay, I admit, I read this comic mostly because I love Pepe Larraz. However, I ended up enjoying this story a lot. It was a smart move by Brad Meltzer to build his story around the different power sets and personalities of these two iconic characters, that everybody, even the most casual comic reader, is familiar with. The result is a timeless tale, perfectl y illustrated by Larraz, that has the power to reinvigorate one’s love for comics. 12/10

The backup stories are a mixed bag.

“Metropolis Marvels”
by Slott/Martin
A charming retro tale. Marcos Martin is just the perfect artist for this one. 9/10

“Sweethearts”
by Kelly/Ramos
Sorry, can’t read this. Humberto Ramos is my Kryptonite. 4/10

“Identity War”
by Johns/Frank
Everything Gary Frank draws is elevated, and Geoff Johns is one of my favorite writers (I love their Geiger), but sometimes less is more. 8/10

Ghosting”
by Simonson/Nauck
While I don’t hate Nauck‘s art with the same conviction as Ramos‘s, I’m not interested in reading anything he has drawn, even if it’s written by the fabulous Louise Simonson. 5/10

“Remarkable”
by Phillips/Noto
I like Phil Noto, but sometimes his art can look a bit stiff, which is the case here. Paired with Stephanie Phillips’s super power of boring the reader to death, “Remarkable” is a story that is just not… remarkable. 6/10

“The Only Thing…”
by Bendis/Pichelli
The same is true about this story. Sarah Pichelli‘s art used to be stellar, now it’s average. 6/10

“The Wondrous and the Worthy”
by Aaron/Dauterman
Russell Dauterman’s art is beautiful, but just too pretty for a superhero comic, bordering on lifeless. Another average story, but with better art. 7/10

“One of those Days”
by Loeb/Cheung
This is the perfect epilogue for this book, but it could have been longer. 8/10

All in all, an expensive book if you only care for the main story. One could argue though, that Larraz’s art is always worth a higher price.
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The art is better than last issue, however, I don’t like it when there’s a new artist almost every month. This is how you lose readers, even if the story is as strong as this one. Just settle on a fricking regular artist, Marvel. My favorite would be Delio Diaz.

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.