Reviews

Exiles, Vol. 1: Test of Time by Saladin Ahmed, Javier Rodriguez

wolverine's review

adventurous emotional lighthearted slow-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

gingertonks's review

challenging medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

danicaleblanc's review

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

rorikae's review

4.0

4/5
I love seeing alternate world versions of Marvel characters. My personal favorites in this first collection include Becky Barnes, Peggy Carter Captain America, and Western T'Challa. I can't wait to see what other characters I'll encounter in the next installment of Exiles.

goodbyebird's review

3.0

Plot was so-so, but can't wait to spend more time with these characters!

willdrown's review

3.0

A yawn heard around the world, Ahmed's Exiles delivers a great cast of oddball characters (Valkyrie is definitely a favourite with her gleeful charges into battle) but wastes them on a wordy, sluggish comic that tries to be funny and coy while hammering the reader in the face with a thesaurus's worth of text. It just ends up poorly paced and not worthy of the usually great Ahmed and the perpetually amazing Rodriguez. They both have much greater works to feast on, this isn't them at their best.