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herrkelm's review
4.0
really interesting take on the x men. It wasn't what I expected but that's okay
cassie_grace's review
3.0
In the wake of AvX Cyclops, Magneto, Emma Frost, and Magik have lost much of their power. The good news is that new mutants are coming into their powers. It’s the first volume of a longer story, but it’s got some funny jokes and some good drama.
tmeysenburg's review
4.0
The X-Men are so iconic that you can now retell the story. Pretty cool. I'm a long time X-Men fan so this wasn't a stretch for me. It was well written and took some characters that I know and like and put them in a cool new setting. (Well, cool and new for me. I missed a couple years of the comics. Ok, maybe decades.) I'm interested to know what people with little exposure to the X-men thought.
p.s. Magik has long been one of my favorite characters. I hope they bring back her armor.
p.s. Magik has long been one of my favorite characters. I hope they bring back her armor.
shane_tiernan's review
4.0
Decided to take a break from the New 52 and I had 3 of the graphic novels so back to the X-Men. I LOVE Bachalo's art, he's probably my favorite comic book artist. He stayed pretty tame on this one though, so I was a little disappointed.
This is pretty heavy stuff, as usual for X-men, and all the deep character interactions of the past come into play. Really cool so far. Can't wait to see how it turns out.
This is pretty heavy stuff, as usual for X-men, and all the deep character interactions of the past come into play. Really cool so far. Can't wait to see how it turns out.
crookedtreehouse's review against another edition
3.0
While this is billed as the flagship title for the X-Men books, because Uncanny has always had the original numbering of the original X-Men book, this really reads as more of a companion to Bendis's [b:All-New X-Men, Volume 1: Yesterday's X-Men|16002164|All-New X-Men, Volume 1 Yesterday's X-Men|Brian Michael Bendis|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1525076481i/16002164._SY75_.jpg|21764141]. The Cyclops as a political figure/leader of a mutant revolution is extremely intriguing, but I find it works better as a background story to the Original X-Men team is in the modern era conceit of All New X-Men.
Bachalo is one of my favorite X-Men artists of all-time. His work on this book is good, but not his best. I prefer his Wolverine & The X-Men work which directly preceded this. I don't enjoy Frazier Irving's art on anything, and it doesn't help that he's relegated to the Ilyana storyline, which I found so dull that I was flipping through the final issue to make sure nothing important happened during it (and nothing did).
The younger X-Men in this book don't really have a ton of personality, apart from Tempus, so the focus is mainly on how Cyclops, Emma Frost, Magneto, and Magik handle their changing power set and their place as leaders of a mutant revoltion that is ... smaller than you might think.
I only recommend it as something to flesh out Bendis's far superior All New X-Men run. There's nothing wrong with this title, but it's just an average X-book that you could easily skip and not miss anything important.
Bachalo is one of my favorite X-Men artists of all-time. His work on this book is good, but not his best. I prefer his Wolverine & The X-Men work which directly preceded this. I don't enjoy Frazier Irving's art on anything, and it doesn't help that he's relegated to the Ilyana storyline, which I found so dull that I was flipping through the final issue to make sure nothing important happened during it (and nothing did).
The younger X-Men in this book don't really have a ton of personality, apart from Tempus, so the focus is mainly on how Cyclops, Emma Frost, Magneto, and Magik handle their changing power set and their place as leaders of a mutant revoltion that is ... smaller than you might think.
I only recommend it as something to flesh out Bendis's far superior All New X-Men run. There's nothing wrong with this title, but it's just an average X-book that you could easily skip and not miss anything important.
mjfmjfmjf's review
4.0
Definitely uneven, but it felt too short - which I took to be a good sign. A version of Scott Summers and Emma Frost that I don't hate, kind of inconceivable. And Ilyana Rasputin as an actual person, well almost. There might be something here but it is too soon to tell. With good enough art. 3.5 of 5.
karsyn's review
dark
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Ahhhh so exciting to pick up a comic and KNOW THINGS already, this series looks like it's going to be really interesting
gohawks's review
4.0
Bendis is not an earth shattering superstar, but no one is as consistently good as Bendis. Art here is realistic with just a touch,of Manga. At least it's not Bagley! Great plot having Cyclops in Magneto's us against them role.
renatasnacks's review
3.0
GUYS I need to read whatever comics where Cyclops actually killed Xavier because I have read like 500 comics where people are mad about it and not seen the actual event?
OH WELL I liked this well enough. I like the new students, and I almost always like the ~political~ X-Men storylines.
OH WELL I liked this well enough. I like the new students, and I almost always like the ~political~ X-Men storylines.