I used to see 10s as "this was as good as Watchmen" but now I just think of them as "this comic had to be put into one of 10 piles so I picked the top one". I'm personally pretty stingy with mine.
Nocenti has Mojo's voice so spot on it's perfect. Longshot + Wolverine + Shadowcat? What's not to like, I will read on.
CAN THE X-MEN SURVIVE MOJOWORLD? IT'S A LONGSHOT!
Ann Nocenti returns to her co-creation with an all-new story set after the original LONGSHOT miniseries! Longshot's adventure on Earth may be over, but before he can continue his mission, he's pulled into Mojoworld for a multipicture deal he simply can't refuse. And when WOLVERINE and SHADOWCAT ...
Bad. Self-indulgent, cringe, still hate seeing the classic team as teachers. Still hate the younger mutants featured in this book. New character does nothing for me. Hope arc ends soon.
ESCAPADE JOINS THE NEW MUTANTS! Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Charlie Jane Anders brings the breakout character of this year's MARVEL'S VOICES: PRIDE anthology to one of the Marvel Universe's most beloved teams! Personally recruited by Emma Frost herself, Shela Sexton reluctantly joins her fellow mutants on Krakoa in the hope that the X-Men ...
Very strong bounceback for Duggan.
FORGING A WAY AHEAD! Forge has a secret mission that he's been working on for the Quiet Council for some time. Now that he's been elected to be one of the X-Men - the world's greatest heroes - it's time to put it into action...even if it does break some of the laws of Krakoa.
Rated T+
WONG TAKES CENTER STAGE!
• Someone has stolen pieces of Wong's memory!
• But he's going to need them back to stop the Blasphemy Cartel!
• It's up to Wong and Bats to retrace their steps to find the truth!
• But could this memory be better off forgotten?
RATED T+
CELEBRATE THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF X-MEN'S YOUTHFUL MISFITS!
Throughout the past forty years, NEW MUTANTS has remained a timeless yet contemporary voice for the marginalized youth who must grow up in a harsh, cruel world. In this supersized issue, Vita Ayala, Rod Reis and more craft a mosaic love letter dedicated to the mutant youngsters who hav...
POWER IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER!
SKINJACKER TRIUMPHANT! The bodysnatcher-supreme rampages through Legion's mind...
A HORNED GOD OF MISCHIEF! Nightcrawler discovers the identity of the fugitive deity at last...
CONSPIRACY ON MARS! Weaponless Zsen slashes open the awful truth...
AND IT ALL CRASHES TOGETHER.
P.S. Just when you ...
I don't get the "10" ratings. A 10 is like instant classic, something we'll be talking about 10 years from now. Example, Hox/Pox. A 10 is not "vaguely enjoyable".
I thought this series had excellent early promise and there's some great creativity in the author's Otherworld, but this seemed all over the place.
I'm most disappointed by "Captain Britain will return." Why, ex more
THY CUP RUNNETH OVER!
Merlyn has finally tipped into full-blown madness: He's sent his Furies on a campaign across the realm to burn everything in sight, and only those who swear fealty to the mad king will be spared. But there is still hope! A bargain between a powerful new ally and the Knights of X may just secure the Siege Perilous ...
Good Lord, wasn't expecting much, but this is a dumpster fire. Everything was resolved in the most predictable way and wrapped up in a hurry. Terrible writing, awful antagonists. Just terrible.
THY CUP RUNNETH OVER!
Merlyn has finally tipped into full-blown madness: He's sent his Furies on a campaign across the realm to burn everything in sight, and only those who swear fealty to the mad king will be spared. But there is still hope! A bargain between a powerful new ally and the Knights of X may just secure the Siege Perilous ...
Solid issue. Still not sure what trajectory this series is on though.
POWER GRAB!
TARN THE UNCARING waged war and torture on Arakko for centuries. He's the most hated being on Mars...and he sits on their ruling council. ABIGAIL BRAND has a plan to remedy that - and reap the rewards. So does ROBERTO DA COSTA. But only one of them can win...and Tarn's going to make at least one mutant pay the price for it!
RATE...
I like the deep pulls, but team continues to feel very hodgepodge. Cassandra Nova so doesn't belong here. Space adventures and the Shi'ar can keep me around, but this is slipping for me. Fast.
EXTINCTION AGENDA - PART 3!
Panic in Shi'ar space! The Marauders are prisoners of the Kin Crimson, a secret society stretching back billions of years, who outrank even the Shi'ar Majestrix...or so they think. But Captain Pryde and the Marauders aren't giving up, not with the Shi'ar holding the last survivors of mutantkind's first generation hos...
THE QUEST REVEALED!
Betsy Braddock has assembled her Knights of X! Their mission: to save Otherworld from Merlyn and his powerful henchmen...by finding the holy grail of mutantkind. But Otherworld is vast, and innumerable armies stand in their way. When Merlyn targets the Crooked Market, a safe haven for mutantkind, the Knights must split up. W...
It's an OK start despite the occasional bump in the road. It's really an issue of defining where we are now, but that's forgivable since this is essentially the 7th issue of a series that would have just been a single ongoing back in the day and new readers have to be caught up on what happened in Way of X and Onslaught Revelation.
Still there's more problems than I'd expected: Spurrie more
SI SPURRIER AND JAN BAZALDUA BRING PEACE, LOVE AND JUSTICE TO KRAKOA!
Krakoa has its laws - but does it have justice? To remain a mutant sanctuary, Krakoa must safeguard itself against those who would damage its peace or traumatize its people. The lost must be found, and the wicked must face redemption - or retribution.
It's up to the ever-...
A mixed bag. Already we seem bogged down by author's pet characters: Blindfold, Lost, Forget-me-Not.
Some characters didn't sound like themselves:
"Get up, idiot. Or I'll stick a royal thunderbolt up your indigo ass." Storm has never spoken like this.
Some solid concepts though, I shall read on.
SI SPURRIER AND JAN BAZALDUA BRING PEACE, LOVE AND JUSTICE TO KRAKOA!
Krakoa has its laws - but does it have justice? To remain a mutant sanctuary, Krakoa must safeguard itself against those who would damage its peace or traumatize its people. The lost must be found, and the wicked must face redemption - or retribution.
It's up to the ever-...
Begrudgingly because I haven't been 100% on board with Ayala. This was good.
THE LABORS OF MAGIK START HERE!
The big two-five is here - and it's the perfect jumping-on point for fans new and old! Illyana Rasputin is the Sorcerer Supreme and the rightful queen of Limbo... but she's been awfully busy on Krakoa. Someone's got their eye on the throne - and Magik isn't the only queen
in mutantdom. Vita Ayala and Rod Rei...
Definitely solid.
EMERGENCY COUNCIL MEETING!
Magneto leaving the council means big shoes need to be filled. Selene demonstrating her foot size by crushing the whole island beneath it is unorthodox, yet compelling. Can the Quiet Council resist?
RATED T+
Oh this was good! Certainly the real star here is Pepe Larraz, who returns from his hiatus with some truly incredible work, but Duggan is also awake and engaged in a way he hasn't always been on this title. Heroes infiltrating an evil casino is an idea that's been done before and better — we're far from the epoch-making Hickman era here — but Duggan has fun with it and intertwines it well withmore
HIGH ROLLERS!
The women of the X-Men are heading for the hottest action in the galaxy - Gameworld! But if it's true that the house always wins, our X-Ladies might be in over their heads...
RATED T+
Good stuff.
HIGH ROLLERS!
The women of the X-Men are heading for the hottest action in the galaxy - Gameworld! But if it's true that the house always wins, our X-Ladies might be in over their heads...
RATED T+
Weird art, pretty hokey overall. With so many underserved X-men out of publication, I really don't give a crap about Somnus. The "Captain Kate Pryde" idea is wearing thin, feels like a phase (pun intended) that should have ended already.
I miss Kitty/Shadowcat, a plucky X-Man you want to root for. The posturing badass ahole thing is meh and tired.
EXTINCTION AGENDA - PART 2!
The Marauders race toward Shi'ar space on a collision course with an explosive secret, spurred by the crew's malicious eighth member: Cassandra Nova! What could possibly go wrong? But unfortunately for them, the Shi'ar Majestrix has raised an imperial armada to stop the Marauders in their tracks!
RATED T+
THE QUEST BEGINS HERE, WHERE MUTANTS ARE HATED AND FEARED ONCE AGAIN!
The gates to Otherworld are closed - and Captain Britain is trapped on the wrong side! Usurpers Merlyn and his right-hand man, King Arthur, are now in control of Lunatic Citadel. Furies the size of Sentinels raze villages to the ground in their hunt for the "witchbreed." Cut ...
Not very Sabretooth centric. With a lot of prominent mutants in publication limbo, I'm surprised we're seeing so much of Melter.
THE GREAT ESCAPE!
Sabretooth and the other exiled mutants have stopped fighting each other long enough to start working together. They might not like one another, but they all want out of the Pit. You'd think their biggest obstacle would be the Professor or Magneto...but no. The greatest obstacle will be one of their own.
PARENTAL ADVISORY
New Mutants no more?! At the Hellfire Gala, the New Mutants have the chance to take a break from training the youth of Krakoa - an opportunity to get dressed up and get down! But not everyone is on their best behavior - and someone is about to vanish without a trace. In the heart of the Wild Hunt, schemers are dreaming, deceptions are coming to lig...
Would really like more guys on this team. Ideally Cannonball, Sunspot, Cypher, Mondo.
You know what they say-some of them are gonna love you, and some of them are gonna hate you-but it doesn't matter as long as they need you. Black Mask wants to be the dirty little secret of the Gotham underworld, but Catwoman's even better at being a secret when she needs to be. Thankfully she's not afraid to have a little help-from Valmont, Onyx, ...
If you don't like Emma Frost, you're out of luck. She's everywhere these days.
KING TAKES QUEEN!
Emma Frost has taken on many opponents as the White Queen, but this time, she may have bitten off more than she can chew. As Kingpin's plans unfold, forget Krakoa - can Emma even protect herself?
RATED T+
DAYS OF OMEGA PAST!
WEEK 7 - WOLVERINE. OMEGA RED. Together? 'Nuff said.
Parental Advisory
Percy is a beast. Single-handedly carries X franchise for 2 months.
TIME TO DIE! WEEK 9 - OMEGA RED has threatened the past, present and future of mutantkind. Today, WOLVERINE puts an end to it. The unbelievable climax to X LIVES OF WOLVERINE is an experience comic readers won't soon forget and sets the stage for the ultimate finale in X DEATHS OF WOLVERINE #5!
Parental Advisory
The Marauders idea with "Kate" is tired already. Bring back Kitty and her old personality please.
NEW TEAM! NEW VILLAINS! NEW MYSTERIES!
Captain Pryde and the Marauders are rededicating themselves to rescuing mutants, wherever they may be, and no matter how dangerous the odds against them are. But Captain Pryde's crew is not yet complete! Against her better judgment, Pryde comes face-to-face with the final Marauder: Cassandra Nova! One...
Damn, I did not like this.
I don't like the art, the writing isn't good with a lot of exposition being spat out through clunky dialogue and the pacing is also off.
I like all these characters so I don't know how I couldn't care about a single one.
This may not be for me.
NEW TEAM! NEW VILLAINS! NEW MYSTERIES!
Captain Pryde and the Marauders are rededicating themselves to rescuing mutants, wherever they may be, and no matter how dangerous the odds against them are. But Captain Pryde's crew is not yet complete! Against her better judgment, Pryde comes face-to-face with the final Marauder: Cassandra Nova! One...
THE FUTURE CRASHES INTO THE PRESENT WITH THE SHOWDOWN YOU’LL HAVE TO SEE TO BELIEVE! WEEK 10 – It’s WOLVERINE versus WOLVERINE?! With the time-traveling mission behind him, the truth will be revealed. But who – or WHAT – will remain as the OMEGA WOLVERINE?
Percy continues to get better and better.
THE BRUTAL RETURN OF THE BEST THERE IS...WITH AN UNLIKELY PARTNER!
DEADPOOL was the king of Staten Island - now he wants to be an honorary citizen of Krakoa. WOLVERINE just wants him to shut up. But when Deadpool uncovers a dangerous plot that could mean doom for the mutants' safe haven, it's going to take a titanic team-up of the Best There Is...