A review by crookedtreehouse
Dawn of X Vol. 16 by Benjamin Percy, Ed Brisson, Jonathan Hickman
3.0
The final volume of Dawn Of X is the first volume where I felt a little lost. I couldn't remember what led to the Giant Sized Storm issue. I had only a vague recollection of the X-Force storylines that preceded this. And the whole Excalibur storyline has been largely disinteresting to me since Dawn Of X started.
Oh, and it mentions on the back that this volume contains X-Men #12. It does not. The minutae in the front and the listing of issues on the back cover both plainly mention that this book contains X-Men #12. This isn't true. So someone send some caffeine and a resume to Marvel's trade editorial staff. I understand that this whole Dawn Of X project containing two issues of this X-title and one issue of this maybe related X-title can be confusing. But you should probably make sure your table of contents matches what's inside the book.
The stories, themselves are all okay. They're clearly building up to the X Of Swords storyline which will transition the Dawn Of X stories to the Reign Of X stories. I'm not super excited for it because it's about swords, and it's going to lean heavily on the Excalibur mythology, and neither of those are the reasons I read X-books.
But the Giant Sized Storm, including Monet, Douglock, Emma Frost, and Fantomex was intriguing and fun.
The X-Force story reintroduces a 90s villain whom I always enjoyed, and can't believe I didn't realize was going to play a part in this era of X-Men. I like what they've done so far with the story, and look forward to seeing how it folds into X-Of Swords.
I skipped most of the Excalbur story. I hope, someday, that Rogue, Gambit, Apocalypse, Jubilee, and Psylocke end up in another part of the Krakoan X-Universe because I really enjoy the characters but, after the first twenty or so issues, Chris Claremont's British Magic Wet Dreams just don't, in any way, appeal to me, and Tini Howard hasn't managed to win me over by mining that section of X-history.
I still, as a whole, have appreciated reading the X-books as Dawn Of X, as opposed to reading X-Men Vol 1-3, Excalibur Vol 1-3, New Mutants Vol 1-3, Cable Vol 1, Wolverine Vol 1, X-Force Vol 1-3, X-Factor Vol 1, Marauders Vol 1-3, Fallen Angels, the Empyre tie-ins, and the Giant Sized X-books. I am intrigued to see how the Reign Of X books will fare after the X Of Swords hardcover.
Oh, and it mentions on the back that this volume contains X-Men #12. It does not. The minutae in the front and the listing of issues on the back cover both plainly mention that this book contains X-Men #12. This isn't true. So someone send some caffeine and a resume to Marvel's trade editorial staff. I understand that this whole Dawn Of X project containing two issues of this X-title and one issue of this maybe related X-title can be confusing. But you should probably make sure your table of contents matches what's inside the book.
The stories, themselves are all okay. They're clearly building up to the X Of Swords storyline which will transition the Dawn Of X stories to the Reign Of X stories. I'm not super excited for it because it's about swords, and it's going to lean heavily on the Excalibur mythology, and neither of those are the reasons I read X-books.
But the Giant Sized Storm, including Monet, Douglock, Emma Frost, and Fantomex was intriguing and fun.
The X-Force story reintroduces a 90s villain whom I always enjoyed, and can't believe I didn't realize was going to play a part in this era of X-Men. I like what they've done so far with the story, and look forward to seeing how it folds into X-Of Swords.
I skipped most of the Excalbur story. I hope, someday, that Rogue, Gambit, Apocalypse, Jubilee, and Psylocke end up in another part of the Krakoan X-Universe because I really enjoy the characters but, after the first twenty or so issues, Chris Claremont's British Magic Wet Dreams just don't, in any way, appeal to me, and Tini Howard hasn't managed to win me over by mining that section of X-history.
I still, as a whole, have appreciated reading the X-books as Dawn Of X, as opposed to reading X-Men Vol 1-3, Excalibur Vol 1-3, New Mutants Vol 1-3, Cable Vol 1, Wolverine Vol 1, X-Force Vol 1-3, X-Factor Vol 1, Marauders Vol 1-3, Fallen Angels, the Empyre tie-ins, and the Giant Sized X-books. I am intrigued to see how the Reign Of X books will fare after the X Of Swords hardcover.