Ryan Stegman's art is eye-catching even if his style takes a little getting used to here. It's also hard to pin down if it's completely his style or if the inker, JP Mayer, is making the characters look younger than they should. Jed MacKay is a solid writer on Avengers, and his Black Cat stuff was a lot of fun. It's too soon to say how well he's doing on X-Men. There's some great character interactions. The pacing is great, but there just isn't much "plot" here to judge the story itself. I'll have to wait until the first arc is done to get a real sense of his writing here. On the basis of the first issue on it's own? I'll give it a 7/10. It looks good. The character interactions are fun, but the issue feels lacking in terms of set-up, and there aren't really any big "character moments.""
@@drewtheunspoken3988 New X-Men editor, Tom Breevort, has stated that Scott Summers and Peter Parker are the same age- 25. Which, of course, is ridiculous even by wonky comic book aging lol
I love the team and the art, but I really do not like Scott's design! Great issue overall. Magik and Psylocke are two of my favorite X-Men, so can't go wrong there! I got the Momoko Peach cover! Oh Max, what will we do with you!
As a reader of comics for over 30+ years, especially ALL X-affiliated titles, this was the Post era title that I was most excited for. Like some, I wasn’t too excited for the Krakoan age to end but if you read enough comics long enough, everything always gets reset back to the factory settings so it wasn’t a surprise when it ended. As for the upcoming X-men titles,I have ZERO interest in Exceptional X-men at all. As for Uncanny X-men, I enjoy Gail Simon’s work & sure I love all the characters from the Rogue & Gambit led team Uncanny X-men & will be reading it, but with that series, you already know what you’re getting. There is no diversity, it’s the same uniforms & same predictable lineup. Although it’s rumored that there will be more additions to the team, only time will tell. With the popularity of X-men 97, it’s easy to place arguably the most “popular & profitable” characters in a title but to me it’s meh, boring, rinse & repeat. As I’ve stated before “Nostalgia is great but not at the expense of being antiquated.” PROS. THIS team is a shakeup with a different roster consisting of youth & experience, diversity & new uniforms for characters. I may be in the minority but I am well past seeing them run around in the same uniforms since the early 90’s, and that’s my era I love. CONS: Stegman’s art is going to take a while to warm up to, if ever. As stated by others, Cyclops looks too young & underaged. Maybe give him some stubble, goatee, or small beard to show his gruffness since they are technically Guerrilla underground soldiers. At this point in Cyclops’s evolution, it’s superfluous to have Magneto in an advisory role for him. Cyclops is unquestionably the quintessential leader of the X-men & Mutant race more so than Xavier, Magneto & Storm (and I’m a huge Storm fan). Not sure why Magneto looks aged & in a hover chair (probably to honor Xavier) but with “The Resurrection of Magneto series “ when he was resurrected back to life, it was clearly stated in the series that he looks younger because his body was de-aged. Also, I loathe & have never been a fan of Quentin Quire as a character. Whether that’s pre Krakoa, as his first introduction in Grant Morrison’s New X-men to present post Krakoan era. But editorial must be doing something right if they can evoke a strong reaction from me for a fictional character so I will give him a pass lol. I understand the need to keep the team to a 8 person roster but since there is a field team, they are a ragtag group of mutants in a abandoned Sentinel Factory with yet to be other unmentioned mutants, the subtle changes to this roster would be: FIELD TEAM 1. Cyclops (Leader) 2. Emma Frost (Co leader Removed from Exceptional X-men) 3. Magik (specifically to unite Cyclops Revolutionary Team) 4. Psylocke (Kwannon) 5. Juggernaut 6. Rasputin IV 7. Temper ( Oya) I will keep on team to have a youthful outlook & perspective for new readers 8. Daken (Remove Spirit of Vengeance) 9. Northstar (Jean-Paul Beaubier) 10. Aurora (Jeanne-Marie Beaubier) BASE TEAM (RESERVES) 11. Magneto ( Advisory) 12. Beast ( tech/ops) 13. Bishop (Security) 14. Xorn (Healer) 15. Glob & other non combatants (Herbologist, Agriculture etc) 16. Field Team Quentin Quire. Begrudgingly I can take or leave although his undermining banter with Cyclops, Magneto & possibly interaction with “The Chairman” maybe entertaining (if I suspect who it is) may get old & annoying very fast Lastly I believe the upcoming “villains” The Zealot, Doctor & Means maybe angered & disheartened affiliates of the X- men. I believe The Chairman is Hellion ( waste of a character to turn villain)
This seemed - Decent! It was a fair setup , and decent for a first issue. Some of the dialogue (Especially from Magneto.) felt a little bit clunky and award . But it was decent and a decent start .!
I mean, regarding Magneto crumpling up those people they literally gave him no other choice. It was lay down and die or let other mutants die so he chose showing them he will make a third option
I mean I loved this moment, don't get me wrong. But it also was an intense moment and saying that you want to work with that guy, with who Magneto is now, the person who is willing to make the hard choices when pushed into a corner, is a statement. That's all. I agree with you that Magneto was put in a terrible position and I'm not surprised that he responded in kind, with his own terribleness, being given as you said, and definitely as he felt, no other option.
@@VampX13 Oh yeah, I definitely agree with that. I was just concerned the context was being missed. Magneto was definitely being intentionally off putting to the officer. I mean, I love Magneto but he's never exactly been the best PR person, but he's great at rallying other Mutants
I think they gave Beast weird eyes because he used to have those dark rings around his eyes back when he was on the Avengers but he just looks stoned in that picture 😂
I'll be most interested to see how they carry forward with the new X-Men reboot. The current team roster looks interesting. However, RE Quentin Quire, I'm kinda in agreement with Magneto's sentiment at the end of the issue... (Sorry Amanda...)
Me personally I'm just wondering why they sidelining Synch again and if they ever gonna address the 2 Darwin's that they have: 1 in the vault and the other was Res. after rescuing Synch from the vault. but knowing them they back to being background characters and they gonna forget about Darwin smh
First off, the way you were handling that copy of X-Men #1 was triggering my anxiety. That's a me thing, though. Second, this issue feels very "safe." It's a great starting point for new readers and that's important, but it also doesn't attempt anything "new." What I really appreciate is thst this issue has a couple of call backs to Grant Morrison's New X-Men. This is significant because Marvel has all but ignored that run since Morrison's final issue.
I haven't really been keeping up with X-men (they've generally not been among my favorites, I particularly find the mutant-human tension stories get tedious pretty quickly, although there're still some real good characters and plots throughout their comics), so I'm pretty out of the loop on a lot of stuff. I think the issue did a solid introduction to the situation and characters from that perspective, and though it didn't do too much beyond that, Jed MacKay has been by far my favorite thing in recent Marvel (his Moon Knight and Doctor Strange runs in particular have been absolutely phenomenal) and he hasn't let me down yet, so I'm probably going to stick with this one for a while.
Jed MacKay is honestly the reason I'm here for this. I think he has a good story brewing for us and I can't wait to see where it goes. I hear you though the whole mutant-human tension can get tedious for sure. Even if you really love it.
I mean the bigger issue is how out of character Magnus is acting down to having to be in the weird chair, that's not how he was left when resurection ended. I trust Jed and I'm sure he'll explain it but he was the most out of character here.
i enjoyed the issue the art is good and i like most of the members esiecially cyclops, juggernaut, magik, psylocke and temper i didn't mind seeing glob herman because he's cute in a gruesome way 😂 seriously, i think he's adorable! kid omega? he looks great but i never liked him and beast needs to be improved
nice review. I'll give the first issue a solid 7.5. Although I hope the series will get more exciting. Moving away from Krakoa should be beneficial to the new era.
i really liked mackay's first x-men issue. this feels very much like bendis era of uncanny x-men and i really liked that run; all we need is to have cyclops wear his x-face look and we are in. which the fact that the bendis x-men era started after the fall of utopia, reflects what is happening right now with the post fall of krakoa x-men. the parallels are interesting. both runs have the x-men base of operation be in a run down mutant hate building: a run down weapon x facility and the other is a run down sentinel factory. both bases are located with a lot of snow and there are 3 teammates that are used in both runs: Cyclops, Magik, Magneto. the first mission that they go on is a rescue op of new mutants being on the radar. there's a point where the "bad" guys have "captured" a mutant. in uncanny, by bendis, shield has magneto captive in the first issue and the new villains, 3k, have wolverine captive. Both runs have scott trying to rebuild want was broken: like utopia during the uncanny by bendis and now mackay's x-men. unlike the bendis era, everyone doesn't hate cyclops.
And I think "The Chairman" might be that rogue Cerebro unit from the X-Force series that became sentient and started attacking mutants instead of just tracking them.
Obv. They doing Ben-east-icio del Toro, bro got swag. Superdig the ice cream Cone sword n og magneto looks cool kinda reminds me of Onslaught is Xavier dead again? Maybe he uploaded his mind into magneto through cerebro n chairman is like morpheus from resurrection s ..good review def gonna pick up a copy of this book juggernauts always been my low-key homey so hopefully he has a good run..
"The Doctor" definitely isn't Kavita Rao. Aside from the fact that she was still an ally last time we saw her, it's more likely that The Doctor is Dr. Barrington, the evil ORCHIS scientist lady who was the big bad of the Sabretooth & the Exiles miniseries. She had a big female soldier named Kreuger who served as her right-hand woman after being given powers from Dr. Barrington experimenting on mutants and to the best of my knowledge both of them ended up managing to escape from Sabretooth (who was busy fighting his son Graydon, the OTHER big bad of that miniseries) at the end of that story.
Dr Barrington is good guess. I just don't remember her style looking like that at all which is why I wasn't thinking her. Although you are right she does have Kruger so that is someone who could be the long haired person in the background. I thought it was a man with long hair to be honest, but could be Kruger. And maybe they've played around with Barrington's character design. Unless she looks like this at the end of the Exiles series. I've read most but not all of Sabretooth and the Exiles. I really liked that series though. Need to finish it.
I don't care for this art at all. None of the new books are visually appealing to me. Some of the teams look decent. But overall, especially with this replacing Krakoa, I opted to drop all the Mutant titles from my pull list. I'm not hearing anything to make me rethink that choice.
Well it's just the beginning so hopefully they hook you on something later on. There are also still books being announced. So maybe one of the other books will be the one for you. Krakoa was a great era. It will definitely be hard to follow up.
@VampX13 When they announced the book about the half human half Sentinel Mutant hunters I was like "eff you Marvel." Brevoort is Bob Harras (the man who ruined the X-Men in the '90s) all over again.
Also, it might be a BIT difficult for Cassandra Nova to be part of this evil cabal considering how the last time we saw her, Kitty had stranded Cass two BILLION years in the past with no way back as revenge for Cassandra killing her father (plus all the other victims of Genosha I guess). It's possible she could have been one of the mutants brought back by The Five in the White Hot Room right before the final battle, but considering how the Krakoans didn't trust her even before the fall of their society, why WOULD they?
@@matthewschwartz6607 That was literally at the very ending/epilogue of the Krakoan era though (and 15 years AFTER the end of Fall of the House of X/Rise of the Powers of Ten from the perspective of the Krakoans who were left behind), not to mention that Cassandra attacking Genosha was explicitly an attempt at mutant genocide which is a bit different from most of the other evil mutants who were granted amnesty on the island. It also didn't make any difference in Kitty's grudge against her considering how Kitty's father was a human and therefore not eligible for resurrection.
Oh boy, did I NOT get into this. Not a good new reader friendly story by any means. The last thing I read was HoX/PoX but otherwise skipped the last 5 years. My friend who NEVER read X-Men before was even more lost. Neither of us will continue with this. I also HATED Magik and Jugs in this, they were acting like 12yr olds. Putting my faith in Gail Simone now. Although Phoenix #1 was surprisingly good.
What was jarring as a new reader? I'm very curious to hear more about that experience. I felt this was accessibly but then again, it's hard for me to put myself fully in that perspective considering how deep into recent X-Men I've been. To me Magik and Juggernaut felt like they matched the character development we've had for them both throughout the Krakoan era. I've always like Magik as a playful character. How do you prefer her to be written? I am definitely excited about Gail Simone's Uncanny X-Men! I cannot wait! Hopefully that works better for you. I also still need to read Phoenix. I'm excited for that one.
The story and art sucks! I'm still am unable to come back and be the X-Men comic books I was once before. I do not recognize the X-Men characters like before. A very hard pass on these pretentious ashes come back books. Though thanks to marvel for allowing me to save money than buy these crappy marvel products.
What do you think of this new team? 🤔
Ryan Stegman's art is eye-catching even if his style takes a little getting used to here. It's also hard to pin down if it's completely his style or if the inker, JP Mayer, is making the characters look younger than they should.
Jed MacKay is a solid writer on Avengers, and his Black Cat stuff was a lot of fun. It's too soon to say how well he's doing on X-Men. There's some great character interactions. The pacing is great, but there just isn't much "plot" here to judge the story itself. I'll have to wait until the first arc is done to get a real sense of his writing here.
On the basis of the first issue on it's own? I'll give it a 7/10. It looks good. The character interactions are fun, but the issue feels lacking in terms of set-up, and there aren't really any big "character moments.""
@@drewtheunspoken3988 New X-Men editor, Tom Breevort, has stated that Scott Summers and Peter Parker are the same age- 25.
Which, of course, is ridiculous even by wonky comic book aging lol
I love the team and the art, but I really do not like Scott's design! Great issue overall.
Magik and Psylocke are two of my favorite X-Men, so can't go wrong there!
I got the Momoko Peach cover!
Oh Max, what will we do with you!
As a reader of comics for over 30+ years, especially ALL X-affiliated titles, this was the Post era title that I was most excited for. Like some, I wasn’t too excited for the Krakoan age to end but if you read enough comics long enough, everything always gets reset back to the factory settings so it wasn’t a surprise when it ended. As for the upcoming X-men titles,I have ZERO interest in Exceptional X-men at all. As for Uncanny X-men, I enjoy Gail Simon’s work & sure I love all the characters from the Rogue & Gambit led team Uncanny X-men & will be reading it, but with that series, you already know what you’re getting. There is no diversity, it’s the same uniforms & same predictable lineup. Although it’s rumored that there will be more additions to the team, only time will tell. With the popularity of X-men 97, it’s easy to place arguably the most “popular & profitable” characters in a title but to me it’s meh, boring, rinse & repeat. As I’ve stated before “Nostalgia is great but not at the expense of being antiquated.”
PROS. THIS team is a shakeup with a different roster consisting of youth & experience, diversity & new uniforms for characters. I may be in the minority but I am well past seeing them run around in the same uniforms since the early 90’s, and that’s my era I love.
CONS: Stegman’s art is going to take a while to warm up to, if ever. As stated by others, Cyclops looks too young & underaged. Maybe give him some stubble, goatee, or small beard to show his gruffness since they are technically Guerrilla underground soldiers. At this point in Cyclops’s evolution, it’s superfluous to have Magneto in an advisory role for him. Cyclops is unquestionably the quintessential leader of the X-men & Mutant race more so than Xavier, Magneto & Storm (and I’m a huge Storm fan). Not sure why Magneto looks aged & in a hover chair (probably to honor Xavier) but with “The Resurrection of Magneto series “ when he was resurrected back to life, it was clearly stated in the series that he looks younger because his body was de-aged. Also, I loathe & have never been a fan of Quentin Quire as a character. Whether that’s pre Krakoa, as his first introduction in Grant Morrison’s New X-men to present post Krakoan era. But editorial must be doing something right if they can evoke a strong reaction from me for a fictional character so I will give him a pass lol. I understand the need to keep the team to a 8 person roster but since there is a field team, they are a ragtag group of mutants in a abandoned Sentinel Factory with yet to be other unmentioned mutants, the subtle changes to this roster would be:
FIELD TEAM
1. Cyclops (Leader)
2. Emma Frost (Co leader Removed from Exceptional X-men)
3. Magik (specifically to unite Cyclops Revolutionary Team)
4. Psylocke (Kwannon)
5. Juggernaut
6. Rasputin IV
7. Temper ( Oya) I will keep on team to have a youthful outlook & perspective for new readers
8. Daken (Remove Spirit of Vengeance)
9. Northstar (Jean-Paul Beaubier)
10. Aurora (Jeanne-Marie Beaubier)
BASE TEAM (RESERVES)
11. Magneto ( Advisory)
12. Beast ( tech/ops)
13. Bishop (Security)
14. Xorn (Healer)
15. Glob & other non combatants (Herbologist, Agriculture etc)
16. Field Team Quentin Quire. Begrudgingly I can take or leave although his undermining banter with Cyclops, Magneto & possibly interaction with “The Chairman” maybe entertaining (if I suspect who it is) may get old & annoying very fast
Lastly I believe the upcoming “villains” The Zealot, Doctor & Means maybe angered & disheartened affiliates of the X- men. I believe The Chairman is Hellion ( waste of a character to turn villain)
Personally I'm looking forward to Uncanny X-Men and Storm.
X-Men 97 got me into the comics. The Silver Age was a slog, but I'm LOVING Claremont right now.
This seemed - Decent! It was a fair setup , and decent for a first issue. Some of the dialogue (Especially from Magneto.) felt a little bit clunky and award . But it was decent and a decent start .!
I mean, regarding Magneto crumpling up those people they literally gave him no other choice. It was lay down and die or let other mutants die so he chose showing them he will make a third option
I mean I loved this moment, don't get me wrong. But it also was an intense moment and saying that you want to work with that guy, with who Magneto is now, the person who is willing to make the hard choices when pushed into a corner, is a statement. That's all. I agree with you that Magneto was put in a terrible position and I'm not surprised that he responded in kind, with his own terribleness, being given as you said, and definitely as he felt, no other option.
@@VampX13 Oh yeah, I definitely agree with that. I was just concerned the context was being missed. Magneto was definitely being intentionally off putting to the officer. I mean, I love Magneto but he's never exactly been the best PR person, but he's great at rallying other Mutants
I think they gave Beast weird eyes because he used to have those dark rings around his eyes back when he was on the Avengers but he just looks stoned in that picture 😂
He was stoned in the Avengers too.
Stegman said he was directly homaging the George Perez version of Beast.
As my first time reading X-Men
I enjoyed it!
I'll be most interested to see how they carry forward with the new X-Men reboot. The current team roster looks interesting. However, RE Quentin Quire, I'm kinda in agreement with Magneto's sentiment at the end of the issue... (Sorry Amanda...)
Me personally I'm just wondering why they sidelining Synch again and if they ever gonna address the 2 Darwin's that they have: 1 in the vault and the other was Res. after rescuing Synch from the vault. but knowing them they back to being background characters and they gonna forget about Darwin smh
First off, the way you were handling that copy of X-Men #1 was triggering my anxiety. That's a me thing, though.
Second, this issue feels very "safe." It's a great starting point for new readers and that's important, but it also doesn't attempt anything "new."
What I really appreciate is thst this issue has a couple of call backs to Grant Morrison's New X-Men. This is significant because Marvel has all but ignored that run since Morrison's final issue.
Great review Amanda 😊
I haven't really been keeping up with X-men (they've generally not been among my favorites, I particularly find the mutant-human tension stories get tedious pretty quickly, although there're still some real good characters and plots throughout their comics), so I'm pretty out of the loop on a lot of stuff. I think the issue did a solid introduction to the situation and characters from that perspective, and though it didn't do too much beyond that, Jed MacKay has been by far my favorite thing in recent Marvel (his Moon Knight and Doctor Strange runs in particular have been absolutely phenomenal) and he hasn't let me down yet, so I'm probably going to stick with this one for a while.
Jed MacKay is honestly the reason I'm here for this. I think he has a good story brewing for us and I can't wait to see where it goes. I hear you though the whole mutant-human tension can get tedious for sure. Even if you really love it.
I mean the bigger issue is how out of character Magnus is acting down to having to be in the weird chair, that's not how he was left when resurection ended. I trust Jed and I'm sure he'll explain it but he was the most out of character here.
i enjoyed the issue
the art is good and i like most of the members esiecially cyclops, juggernaut, magik, psylocke and temper
i didn't mind seeing glob herman because he's cute in a gruesome way 😂
seriously, i think he's adorable!
kid omega?
he looks great but i never liked him
and beast needs to be improved
Honestly fair assessment. I'm glad you enjoyed the issue and are liking most of the team so far.
I really like the review
nice review. I'll give the first issue a solid 7.5. Although I hope the series will get more exciting. Moving away from Krakoa should be beneficial to the new era.
i really liked mackay's first x-men issue. this feels very much like bendis era of uncanny x-men and i really liked that run; all we need is to have cyclops wear his x-face look and we are in. which the fact that the bendis x-men era started after the fall of utopia, reflects what is happening right now with the post fall of krakoa x-men. the parallels are interesting. both runs have the x-men base of operation be in a run down mutant hate building: a run down weapon x facility and the other is a run down sentinel factory. both bases are located with a lot of snow and there are 3 teammates that are used in both runs: Cyclops, Magik, Magneto. the first mission that they go on is a rescue op of new mutants being on the radar. there's a point where the "bad" guys have "captured" a mutant. in uncanny, by bendis, shield has magneto captive in the first issue and the new villains, 3k, have wolverine captive. Both runs have scott trying to rebuild want was broken: like utopia during the uncanny by bendis and now mackay's x-men. unlike the bendis era, everyone doesn't hate cyclops.
And I think "The Chairman" might be that rogue Cerebro unit from the X-Force series that became sentient and started attacking mutants instead of just tracking them.
Obv. They doing Ben-east-icio del Toro, bro got swag. Superdig the ice cream Cone sword n og magneto looks cool kinda reminds me of Onslaught is Xavier dead again? Maybe he uploaded his mind into magneto through cerebro n chairman is like morpheus from resurrection s ..good review def gonna pick up a copy of this book juggernauts always been my low-key homey so hopefully he has a good run..
Multi-intrigue!
It's like u said very stylized and I don't know if I like it
I remember when Jason's parents were killed by Killer Crock
F Reboots
usually really like stegmans art and its not bad here its just odd and feels off for the x-men for some reason.
"The Doctor" definitely isn't Kavita Rao. Aside from the fact that she was still an ally last time we saw her, it's more likely that The Doctor is Dr. Barrington, the evil ORCHIS scientist lady who was the big bad of the Sabretooth & the Exiles miniseries. She had a big female soldier named Kreuger who served as her right-hand woman after being given powers from Dr. Barrington experimenting on mutants and to the best of my knowledge both of them ended up managing to escape from Sabretooth (who was busy fighting his son Graydon, the OTHER big bad of that miniseries) at the end of that story.
Dr Barrington is good guess. I just don't remember her style looking like that at all which is why I wasn't thinking her. Although you are right she does have Kruger so that is someone who could be the long haired person in the background. I thought it was a man with long hair to be honest, but could be Kruger. And maybe they've played around with Barrington's character design. Unless she looks like this at the end of the Exiles series. I've read most but not all of Sabretooth and the Exiles. I really liked that series though. Need to finish it.
I don't care for this art at all. None of the new books are visually appealing to me. Some of the teams look decent. But overall, especially with this replacing Krakoa, I opted to drop all the Mutant titles from my pull list. I'm not hearing anything to make me rethink that choice.
Well it's just the beginning so hopefully they hook you on something later on. There are also still books being announced. So maybe one of the other books will be the one for you. Krakoa was a great era. It will definitely be hard to follow up.
@VampX13 When they announced the book about the half human half Sentinel Mutant hunters I was like "eff you Marvel." Brevoort is Bob Harras (the man who ruined the X-Men in the '90s) all over again.
Straight up, Beast looks slumped and the herbal remedies are legal in Alaska. 🤣
What if the Chariman is the Maker (who is busy with the Ultimate universe I know)
I thought the characterization was paper-thin. Any growth that several characters have over the last 5 years was ignored.
I think the chairman is the Krakoan who is really just Hellion and is going to be a villain in nyx
Also, it might be a BIT difficult for Cassandra Nova to be part of this evil cabal considering how the last time we saw her, Kitty had stranded Cass two BILLION years in the past with no way back as revenge for Cassandra killing her father (plus all the other victims of Genosha I guess). It's possible she could have been one of the mutants brought back by The Five in the White Hot Room right before the final battle, but considering how the Krakoans didn't trust her even before the fall of their society, why WOULD they?
Didn’t they bring everyone in Genosha BaCK to life, though?
@@matthewschwartz6607 That was literally at the very ending/epilogue of the Krakoan era though (and 15 years AFTER the end of Fall of the House of X/Rise of the Powers of Ten from the perspective of the Krakoans who were left behind), not to mention that Cassandra attacking Genosha was explicitly an attempt at mutant genocide which is a bit different from most of the other evil mutants who were granted amnesty on the island. It also didn't make any difference in Kitty's grudge against her considering how Kitty's father was a human and therefore not eligible for resurrection.
Glob has to either be fun for artists or a bit annoying
which variant covers do you think will be the most collectible?
Oh boy, did I NOT get into this. Not a good new reader friendly story by any means. The last thing I read was HoX/PoX but otherwise skipped the last 5 years. My friend who NEVER read X-Men before was even more lost. Neither of us will continue with this. I also HATED Magik and Jugs in this, they were acting like 12yr olds. Putting my faith in Gail Simone now. Although Phoenix #1 was surprisingly good.
What was jarring as a new reader? I'm very curious to hear more about that experience. I felt this was accessibly but then again, it's hard for me to put myself fully in that perspective considering how deep into recent X-Men I've been. To me Magik and Juggernaut felt like they matched the character development we've had for them both throughout the Krakoan era. I've always like Magik as a playful character. How do you prefer her to be written? I am definitely excited about Gail Simone's Uncanny X-Men! I cannot wait! Hopefully that works better for you. I also still need to read Phoenix. I'm excited for that one.
@@VampX13 I haven't read too much with Magik but she does still seem young but Cain Marko a.k.a. Juggernaut? Isn't he Xavier's age i.e. in his 40's!?
Marvel'd choose better its pencilers...I'd never, ever got a book like that havin' such penciler...
I love Glob. No. Don't do that.
vegans might not like a vegetation powered world
Krakoa was amazing era for the x-men!!
This new era is so boring!!
Such a downgrade!!!
@@victormartins3249 agreed, I thought it sucked
The story and art sucks! I'm still am unable to come back and be the X-Men comic books I was once before. I do not recognize the X-Men characters like before. A very hard pass on these pretentious ashes come back books. Though thanks to marvel for allowing me to save money than buy these crappy marvel products.