Great pacing and kept my interest throughout even though I wish I can get 12 issues of this but I understand why it is this way. This can easily be an MCU film 10 years from now. Acuna's art continues to be the star for me.

It was one of the better Fall of the House of X issues. It's still not perfect, but I atleast felt the urgency in this issue. Even if for a few moments.

I'm all about Ewing's Venom because his issues always hit different but this whole Carnage stuff just lost me especially with an art partner that delivered some poor pages. Let's hope it was a deadline that rushed his work.

It's decent. It has some cool parts, but overall seems lacking a little in terms of the punch it delivers.

Great work! I enjoyed this mini much better. Ewing just knows how to make those words land. Vecchio was fantastic on this whole thing and Curiel is a pro.

Reads like an outline of a story no one asked to hear, with cool action moments taped on. The characters don't really feel like they have agendas; they're just being dragged along by the plot.

To me this felt very rushed and by-the-numbers. It feels like Duggan is just phoning it in now with how he's closing off his plot points. Also, the X-Men now seem very bloodthirsty. I know they decided that extreme measures were necessary (which I think is out of character), but they just went from "No Killing" to "Kill everything you see even if you don't have to". They don't even show any remorse or difficulty in doing so.

I feel bad for Kieron Gillen. His side of the Fall of X seems to be well written and well thought out. Unfortunately, it has to be paired with this. more

I like the Latverian mutants. Don't have much else to say.

Things happen and are summarized by Duggan. Joshua Cassara is the guy that makes this book worth reading and enjoying. The art is worth it and props to Fajardo on colors but the story has gotten stale a while ago. Just get me to the end so I don't have to read another X book for another decade unless Gillen/Ewing/Hickman come back.

Great brick laying work by Hickman and a very enjoyable issue from all angles. Except the final reveal which I'm all for if we get a different wrinkle on that old rivalry. Peter Parker as an older guy trying to learn to be Spider-Man was never on my list of books and from Hickman of all people but here we are. Checchetto with an absolute perfect outing on art. This must have taken a lot of time to do and I thank him and wish his hand/wrist/arm a speedy recovery. Wilson colors him beautifully as always. more

Solid issue once again, gorgeous art but I was hoping for a more unpredictable reveal. Was pretty obvious who goblin was. Hoping we can really get things moving next issue.

I'm giving this a "low" score not because it is flawed in some way compared to the other two but this is mostly a setup issue. Very fun, very cool but light on heavy and important dialogue and light on meaningful action. It was still amazing and leaves us and Peter in a really interesting position that I am very much looking forward to in the upcoming issues. Also, big fan of the "call-back" suits. They were fun homages with new flair and appropriate razzing. more

Peak. The dream team strikes again.

I literally started smiling while reading this issue. This hasn't happened before. I think this is currently my favorite series of all time right now.

Simply lovely. It must be killing Hickman to write something that you don't need a PhD to read. Is this really all it took to make Spider-Man enjoyable again?

Solid issue. Great art and another interesting layer to this world.

I may be overrating this a little bit, but this was another issue that I really enjoyed. It's the weakest one of the series thus far for me, but that's saying a lot when I'm giving it a 9/10. Everything here is just so simple and great at the same time. Hickman does a really good job of writing Peter as extremely likable when he's in the suit and out of it. I also found the ending of this to be very intriguing and well-executed. All things considered, I did see this more as a setup issue for things to come down the line, but I still really enjoyed it. more

Still more convoluted than it needs to be.
Still very enjoyable.

It was pretty solid in most of the parts. Specifically, the Charles and Moira scenes. It also had a pretty wild ending.

Undisputed book for the Fall of X era. Gillen actually plays with Hickman's toys very well. Some things are a head scratcher but the scope and overall story points were pretty spot on especially about how far Charles can go for self preservation. Is he really different than Sinister or Moira? Maybe not but we'll see. His play on how tiny beings believe themselves Gods including the Enigma is right on point but I believe he misunderstood what Voltaire really meant. He was a deist who believed in God (albeit a flawed idea of what a true God is) but that people especially the Catholic church was so corrupt that IF God didn't exist the church would invent one to maintain their corruption of religion and hold on power and greed. Those are two different camps. Don't get me wrong both Gillen and Voltaire are wrong but still it is what it is.
RB Silva is fantastic as he's always been and I salute his effort here. I like the foliage he sprinkled every where since it's the FALL of X...get it? lol Curiel on colors is pure enjoyment on top of Silva's art. Thanks for maintaining standards and exceeding them.
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The Krakoan Era has been building towards a monumental showdown between Professor X & Moira for months now, but Rise of the Powers of X #3 fails to land the moment with a lot left to be desired.

The core conflict revolving around Xavier's descent into morally ambiguous territory has been one of the more interesting stories throughout Fall of X. His dream of a mutant utopia has become so twisted that he's willing to sacrifice lives to achieve his goals. This raises a chilling question: has Xavier become the very thing he once fought against? The internal struggle within Charles is palpable throughout the issue. Kieron Gillen crafts a tense atmosphere during the aforementioned meeting w/ Moira. The "will-he-or-won't-he" standoff kept me at the edge of my seat, but I was wholly dissatisfied w/ Rasputin IV coming in to disrupt things. It shielded Xavier from truly facing the consequences of his actions, robbing the scene of its emotional weight.

The other half of the book focusing on Moira’s conversations w/ Enigma was bogged down w/ convoluted sci-fi speak that has become a hallmark of this mini. Each new layer of Enigma’s plan that’s revealed feels like a deus ex machina of sorts to keep the story going. It’s one thing to not know what’s going on to create a sense of uneasiness or surprise. It’s another thing to never set the stage & let us as readers understand the rules of the game.

R.B. Silva’s designs & David Curiel’s colors continue to be worthy of the cover price themselves. Their are some truly epic panels featuring Rachel & team fending off Sentinels while Xavier is on his mission. Silva’s ability to convey motion is fully present throughout the action. And Curiel’s colors make every scene pop off the page.

Overall, this mini continues to be a mixed bag of unrealized potential. Gillen is trying his best, yet he’s up against months of head-scratching narrative decisions that he’s now being asked to land smoothly. more

This one continues to be the superior series against Gerry Duggan's Fall of the House of X. I know they're different series, but I can't help but compare with the context of the original series, House of X and Powers of X. Speaking about the issue itself, I thought it was one with some fairly strong moments. The opening few pages with Moira and Charles were written really nicely, in my opinion. As a matter of fact, I enjoyed how Gillen wrote the latter throughout the majority of this issue. I wasn't as interested in the stuff with Rasputin IV and Sinister, but it was still enjoyable and it made for a strong issue overall. I'm looking forward to seeing what Charles's role will be in the rest of this series and beyond after how this ended. more

Immortal X-Men Redux is what this is. It's much needed to follow Rise of Powers of X but this could have been part of that book. Maresca on art was very nice.

Al Ewing and Vecchio nail another one and make me care for this adventure. Props to people who still care about their craft.