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5.7
Overall Rating

Stagnant and bland. The same tired story about whether Britain should accept their new Captain Britain dragging on for four years. A cheap #1 to boost sales when this is actually Excalibur #27.

Repetitive and nonconsequential. Feels like I've been reading the same story reworked over and ove again.
1.0
 Excalibur (2019) #1 Oct 30, 2019
1.0
 Excalibur (2019) #2 Nov 20, 2019
1.0
 Excalibur (2019) #3 Dec 4, 2019
1.0
 Excalibur (2019) #4 Mar 5, 2020
1.0
 Excalibur (2019) #5 Jan 18, 2020
1.0
 Excalibur (2019) #6 Mar 5, 2020
1.0
 Excalibur (2019) #7 Mar 5, 2020
1.0
 Excalibur (2019) #8 Mar 5, 2020
1.0
 Excalibur (2019) #9 Sep 7, 2022
1.0
 Excalibur (2019) #10 Jun 10, 2020
1.0
 Excalibur (2019) #11 Sep 7, 2022
1.0
 Excalibur (2019) #12 Sep 16, 2020
1.0
 Excalibur (2019) #13 Oct 21, 2020
1.0
 Excalibur (2019) #14 Sep 7, 2022
1.0
 Excalibur (2019) #15 Sep 7, 2022
1.0
 Excalibur (2019) #16 Sep 7, 2022
1.0
 Excalibur (2019) #17 Sep 7, 2022
1.0
 Excalibur (2019) #18 Sep 7, 2022
1.0
 Excalibur (2019) #19 Mar 24, 2021
1.0
 Excalibur (2019) #20 Apr 7, 2021
1.0
 Excalibur (2019) #21 Sep 9, 2021
1.0
 Excalibur (2019) #22 Sep 9, 2021
1.0
 Excalibur (2019) #23 Sep 9, 2021
1.0
 Excalibur (2019) #24 Oct 6, 2021
1.0
 Excalibur (2019) #25 Nov 10, 2021
1.0
 Excalibur (2019) #26 Dec 15, 2021

What a disappointment. Awful misogynistic undertones in the writing for the female characters and a unfortunate regression for X-23 after all the good work done with her for the past few years. This will definitely be the first DoX to get cancelled. Simply ugly.
1.0
 Knights of X (2022) #1 Sep 3, 2022
1.0
 Knights of X (2022) #2 Sep 3, 2022
1.0
 Knights of X (2022) #3 Jun 22, 2022
1.0
 Knights of X (2022) #4 Jul 20, 2022

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.
1.0
 Marauders (2019) #1 Oct 30, 2019

Pretty generic. From the dumb pirate premise to Emma Frost and Shawn doing what they always do to Kitty Pryde trying to come off as edgy. Nothing new too see here.
1.0
 Marauders (2022) #9 Dec 10, 2022
1.0
 New Mutants (2019) #28 Aug 17, 2022
1.0
 New Mutants (2019) #32 Dec 10, 2022
1.0
 X-Terminators (2022) #3 Nov 30, 2022
1.5
 X-Terminators (2022) #1 Sep 21, 2022

Terrible.

Worst writing, worst art and worst leading character. Please someone save Laura.
3.0
 X-Force (2019) #30 Aug 17, 2022
3.5
 Fallen Angels (2019) #6 Mar 5, 2020
4.0
 Marauders (2019) #27 Jan 13, 2022
4.0
 New Mutants (2019) #29 Sep 8, 2022

What even was that?

Filler.
4.5
 Knights of X Collected Dec 14, 2022

I just don’t understand the point of this character. It’s been five years since her reintroduction, and it seems like no writer has managed to give her a clear identity. Everything about her feels like recycled leftovers from Betsy Braddock. Why does this character even exist if she’s just given Betsy’s personality, powers, aesthetic—and now even her old storylines? Kwannon being addicted to violence is literally the same arc Betsy went through in Uncanny X-Force Vol. 2 and X-Force Vol. 4. Some of the dialogue is almost identical. To make matters worse, they gave her a cliché backstory reminiscent of Black Widow. No wonder readers struggle to connect with her, she’s just a patchwork of borrowed traits, lacking any identity of her own. But hey, at least the art was good.
5.0
 Catwoman (2018) #43 May 18, 2022
5.0
 Catwoman (2018) #44 Sep 20, 2022
5.0
 Catwoman (2018) #45 Sep 20, 2022
5.0
 Catwoman (2018) #47 Sep 20, 2022
5.0
 Fallen Angels (2019) #4 Mar 5, 2020

Gillen's first misstep. Terribly boring.
5.0
 Legion of X (2022) #3 Jul 6, 2022

I felt like I've read an entire wikipedia entry on House of X/Powers of X/Dawn of X and the only new content was the last page.

No words for this one. While Marauders has been an average book so far, this issue drops the ball magnificently. That Emma panel was terribly handled. I'm sure Gerry Duggan had the best intentions; however, it comes off very cringey and tone-deaf. In the hands of a straight, white author, what is supposed to be sexual empowerment can often be interpreted as objectification. The cast as usual is underused. Not even with Kitty out of the picture, there's hope for meaningful panel time for Storm or Bishop (literally the only two PoC characters). Iceman serves no purpose other than being the token gay character who only shares actual dialogue with the other gay character. And of course, Pyro's only purpose is being the comic relief. To rub salt in the wound, the villains in this book are utterly uninteresting and dull. Nameless humans with big guns? Boring.
5.0
 Marauders (2019) #18 Apr 5, 2021
5.0
 Marauders (2019) #24 Sep 15, 2021
5.0
 Marauders (2019) #25 Oct 27, 2021
5.0
 Marauders (2022) #4 Jul 14, 2022
5.0
 Marauders (2022) #6 Sep 7, 2022
5.0
 New Mutants (2019) #27 Jul 14, 2022
5.0
 New Mutants (2019) #30 Sep 21, 2022
5.0
 X Lives Of Wolverine (2022) #1 Jan 19, 2022

Leah Willians is just not good. She writes every single character as if they were 15-year-old twitter/tumblr users full on snark and banter all the time. It's exhausting. It's like she writes for the sole purpose of fishing for reactions of a small but vocal twitter fanbase.

This was terrible. Hickman's humor doesn't work at all. The jokes are cheap and slut-shaming should not be a thing in 2019.
5.0
 X-Men (2021) #12 Jun 22, 2022

Literally embarassing. Abysmal writing.
5.0
 X-Men: The Trial of Magneto (2021) #4 Dec 1, 2021
6.0
 Catwoman (2018) #46 Aug 16, 2022
6.0
 Fallen Angels (2019) #5 Jan 18, 2020

Too many jokes. Too little substance or anything that actually matters.
6.0
 Legion of X (2022) #1 May 25, 2022
6.0
 Legion of X (2022) #2 Jun 8, 2022
6.0
 Legion of X (2022) #4 Aug 3, 2022
6.0
 Legion of X (2022) #5 Sep 21, 2022

The way Dugan literally did nothing with Storm, Bishop and Iceman for 17 issues is upsetting. Thank God Storm is free. Emma Frost and Kate Pryde are the most dull and obnoxious duo right now.

6.0
 Marauders (2019) #19 Apr 7, 2021

Pretty underwhelming for the big opening of a Summer event. A bif prologue that goes nowhere.
6.0
 Marauders (2022) #1 Apr 6, 2022
6.0
 Marauders (2022) #3 Jun 8, 2022
6.0
 Marauders (2022) Annual #1 Jan 26, 2022
6.0
 Marvel's Voices: Pride (2022) #1 Jun 22, 2022
6.0
 New Mutants (2019) #1 Nov 6, 2019
6.0
 New Mutants (2019) #26 Jun 24, 2022
6.0
 X Deaths Of Wolverine (2022) #1 Jan 26, 2022

The art was abysmal.

Can please Percy come up with new antagonists? They've been stuck with these plant creatures for months now.

This book should've been revamped like the others.
6.0
 X-Force (2019) #31 Aug 31, 2022
6.0
 X-Men: The Trial of Magneto (2021) #2 Sep 15, 2021
6.5
 Cable (2020) #10 Apr 28, 2021
6.5
 Children of the Atom (2021) #2 Apr 14, 2021
6.5
 Marauders (2019) #7 Mar 5, 2020
6.5
 X-Men (2019) #19 Apr 5, 2021
6.5
 X-Men (2021) #13 Aug 17, 2022
7.0
 A.X.E.: Death to the Mutants #1 Aug 17, 2022
7.0
 A.X.E.: Death to the Mutants #2 Sep 7, 2022

The weakest SoS book so far.
7.0
 Inferno (2021) #2 Oct 27, 2021

The pacing is a big issue IMO.
7.0
 Marauders (2019) #4 Mar 5, 2020
7.0
 Marauders (2019) #5 Jan 18, 2020
7.0
 Marauders (2019) #9 Mar 5, 2020
7.0
 Marauders (2022) #2 May 4, 2022
7.0
 Marauders (2022) #5 Aug 24, 2022
7.0
 Marauders (2022) #7 Oct 9, 2022

Cute little story, but the ending fell flat.
7.0
 S.W.O.R.D. (2020) #8 Sep 30, 2021
7.0
 S.W.O.R.D. (2020) #9 Oct 27, 2021
7.0
 X-Force (2019) #29 Jun 29, 2022

Boring.
7.0
 X-Men: Red (2022) #5 Aug 3, 2022
7.5
 Flash (2016) #754 May 28, 2020
7.5
 Hellions (2020) #17 Nov 10, 2021
7.5
 Inferno (2021) #1 Sep 29, 2021
7.5
 Marauders (2019) #6 Mar 5, 2020
7.5
 Marauders (2019) #8 Mar 5, 2020
7.5
 New Mutants (2019) #5 Jan 18, 2020
8.0
 A.X.E.: Judgment Day (2022) #2 Aug 13, 2022

The ending made this issue.
8.0
 Aquaman (2016) #59 May 28, 2020

I really don't know where Aaron is going but I like it.
8.0
 Immortal X-Men (2022) #6 Sep 7, 2022
8.0
 Wolverine (2020) #24 Sep 7, 2022
8.0
 X-Force (2019) #1 Nov 6, 2019
8.0
 X-Men (2019) #5 Mar 5, 2020
8.0
 X-Men (2019) #11 Aug 26, 2020
8.0
 X-Men (2021) #14 Aug 31, 2022
8.0
 X-Men: Red (2022) #1 Apr 6, 2022
8.0
 X-Men: Red (2022) #4 Jun 29, 2022
8.0
 X-Men: Red (2022) #9 Dec 10, 2022
8.5
 Captain Carter (2022) #4 Jul 15, 2022
8.5
 Gambit (2022) #1 Jul 27, 2022
8.5
 Immortal X-Men (2022) #5 Aug 3, 2022
9.0
 A.X.E.: Judgment Day (2022) #3 Aug 24, 2022
9.0
 A.X.E.: Judgment Day (2022) #5 Sep 21, 2022

Fun! Fun! Fun!
9.0
 Sabretooth (2022) #4 Jun 29, 2022
9.0
 X-Men (2019) #4 Jan 18, 2020
9.0
 X-Men (2019) #6 Mar 5, 2020
9.5
 Captain Carter (2022) #5 Aug 13, 2022
9.5
 Detective Comics (2016) #1063 Aug 23, 2022
9.5
 Immortal X-Men (2022) #9 Dec 10, 2022
9.5
 Nightwing (2016) #96 Sep 20, 2022
9.5
 Robins Being Robin Sep 6, 2022
9.5
 Strange (2022) #6 Sep 21, 2022
9.5
 X-Factor (2020) #4 Sep 30, 2020
10
 A.X.E.: Judgment Day (2022) #1 Jul 20, 2022
10
 Batman (2016) #127 Sep 6, 2022
10
 Batman / Superman: World's Finest (2022) #6 Aug 16, 2022
10
 Captain Carter (2022) #1 Mar 10, 2022
10
 Excalibur Vol. 1 Aug 27, 2020

This book is delicious.
10
 Immortal X-Men (2022) #1 Mar 30, 2022
10
 Immortal X-Men (2022) #3 Jun 22, 2022
10
 Power Rangers (2020) #17 May 22, 2022
10
 Power Rangers (2020) #18 May 22, 2022
10
 Power Rangers (2020) #19 May 22, 2022
10
 Power Rangers Unlimited: The Death Ranger #1 Aug 31, 2022
10
 Robin (2021) #17 Aug 23, 2022
10
 Sabretooth (2022) #5 Jul 6, 2022

This was a blast.
10
 Task Force Z (2021) #8 May 24, 2022
10
 Task Force Z (2021) #11 Aug 23, 2022

One of the Best Venom runs.

Best event first issue since Messiah Complex!

Love that the writer gets to play with every character in the cast!

Another stellar issue.
10
 X-Force (2019) #5 Jan 18, 2020
10
 X-Men (2019) #7 Mar 5, 2020

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