A review by jamberg
X-Men: Age of X by Paco Díaz, Mirco Pierfederici, Simone Bianchi, Carlo Barberi, Cory Petit, Mico Suayan, Sonia Oback, Chris Eliopoulos, Matt Milla, Clay Mann, Tim Townsend, Jim McCann, Steve Kurth, Brian Reber, Walden Wong, Antonio Fabela, Marte Gracia, Joe Sabino, Gabriel Hernández Walta, Khoi Pham, Mike Carey, Paul Davidson, Jay Leisten, Leinil Francis Yu, Chris Bachalo, Simon Spurrier, Joe Caramagna, Tom Palmer, Chuck Kim, Allen Martinez
5.0
This looks like a simple alternate world like Age of Apocalypse, but there is so much going on in this story. All the characters get beautiful redesigns and the artwork is worth taking time to explore. The world and characters are mysterious, allowing suspense over simple things like identity and setting and encouraging close and repeated reading. There are some really lovely moments of emotional relief and release. Also, this story has lasting effects on the X-Men which are just as compelling as the story itself.
Just reread the story for the first time and really enjoyed the clues dropped in the story. I wish the collection had included the Aftermath which is really good and prevents the story from being merely an alternate view.
Just reread the story for the first time and really enjoyed the clues dropped in the story. I wish the collection had included the Aftermath which is really good and prevents the story from being merely an alternate view.