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A review by crookedtreehouse
Dawn of X Vol. 3 by Benjamin Percy, Jonathan Hickman, Gerry Duggan
4.0
Many of the third issues of the new X-series check in on characters we haven't dealt with in a while:
Marauders gives us Egg and Shinobi Shaw, Excalibur's use of Rictor in the story has me intrigued to see where the story is going (though I could always do without Pete Wisdom), and New Mutants gives us Armor, Glob, Boom-Boom, Sage, Beak and Angel (not Archangel, the Angel from Grant Morrison's New X-Men run) and their kids.
Apart from rolling my eyes at Pete Wisdom's return, I thought al of these check-ins were thoughtful and a good way to expand characters without making everything too confusing. New Mutants, in particular, does a great job at giving us a context for these characters instead of just assuming everyone knows the entire X-continuity. But [a:Ed Brisson|5283355|Ed Brisson|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1540873406p2/5283355.jpg] also does it in a way that isn't tiresome for those of us who Have read most to all of X-continuity. I'm greatly looking forward to seeing what else he does on the title.
The only really weak spot in this volume is the consistently underwhelming Fallen Angels. I think the art is consistently too dark, the open panel layout makes every image seem swallowed, and [a:Bryan Hill|19920633|Bryan Hill|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] doesn't make any of his characters, hero or villain, in any well compelling. The story is hot tap water on a hot day.
Getting to this volume was totally worth reading through the less impressive volume two. I continue to believe this is the best way to read the 2019/2020 X-books.
Marauders gives us Egg and Shinobi Shaw, Excalibur's use of Rictor in the story has me intrigued to see where the story is going (though I could always do without Pete Wisdom), and New Mutants gives us Armor, Glob, Boom-Boom, Sage, Beak and Angel (not Archangel, the Angel from Grant Morrison's New X-Men run) and their kids.
Apart from rolling my eyes at Pete Wisdom's return, I thought al of these check-ins were thoughtful and a good way to expand characters without making everything too confusing. New Mutants, in particular, does a great job at giving us a context for these characters instead of just assuming everyone knows the entire X-continuity. But [a:Ed Brisson|5283355|Ed Brisson|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1540873406p2/5283355.jpg] also does it in a way that isn't tiresome for those of us who Have read most to all of X-continuity. I'm greatly looking forward to seeing what else he does on the title.
The only really weak spot in this volume is the consistently underwhelming Fallen Angels. I think the art is consistently too dark, the open panel layout makes every image seem swallowed, and [a:Bryan Hill|19920633|Bryan Hill|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] doesn't make any of his characters, hero or villain, in any well compelling. The story is hot tap water on a hot day.
Getting to this volume was totally worth reading through the less impressive volume two. I continue to believe this is the best way to read the 2019/2020 X-books.