A review by crookedtreehouse
Dawn of X Vol. 8 by Benjamin Percy, Jonathan Hickman, Gerry Duggan
4.0
I loved the flow of this collection, taking us on a journey from the Marauders to Wolverine by focusing on the follout from a major character "death" in the previous collection.
The Wolverine book is much better than I imagined. I love the way the character plays off of a human, mutant-hating police detective.
The X-Force issues focusing on Domino and Colossus was also a solid read. I'd forgotten what happened to each character and liked how this storyarc reminded me, dovetailed their experiences together, and then gave a satisfying conclusion ... for now.
The highlight for me was the Giant Sized Jean Grey and Emma Frost issue. It's a lovely callback to the silent issue of [a:Grant Morrison|12732|Grant Morrison|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1587378296p2/12732.jpg]'s [b:New X-Men, Volume 2: Imperial|158457|New X-Men, Volume 2 Imperial|Grant Morrison|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1353422283l/158457._SY75_.jpg|152936], only this time, instead of a silent search through astral plane for Professor X, the search is on for an injured Storm. It's lovely, creative, and pushes the story in an interesting direction.
I'm still loving these Dawn Of X books, especially now that Fallen Angels is out of the way. If you love X-Men books, I think you'll find the way this series is collected to be the most satisfying read of an X-book since [a:Joss Whedon|18015|Joss Whedon|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1302721520p2/18015.jpg]'s [b:Astonishing X-Men Omnibus|6394175|Astonishing X-Men Omnibus|Joss Whedon|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1470249679l/6394175._SX50_.jpg|6582763] run.
The Wolverine book is much better than I imagined. I love the way the character plays off of a human, mutant-hating police detective.
The X-Force issues focusing on Domino and Colossus was also a solid read. I'd forgotten what happened to each character and liked how this storyarc reminded me, dovetailed their experiences together, and then gave a satisfying conclusion ... for now.
The highlight for me was the Giant Sized Jean Grey and Emma Frost issue. It's a lovely callback to the silent issue of [a:Grant Morrison|12732|Grant Morrison|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1587378296p2/12732.jpg]'s [b:New X-Men, Volume 2: Imperial|158457|New X-Men, Volume 2 Imperial|Grant Morrison|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1353422283l/158457._SY75_.jpg|152936], only this time, instead of a silent search through astral plane for Professor X, the search is on for an injured Storm. It's lovely, creative, and pushes the story in an interesting direction.
I'm still loving these Dawn Of X books, especially now that Fallen Angels is out of the way. If you love X-Men books, I think you'll find the way this series is collected to be the most satisfying read of an X-book since [a:Joss Whedon|18015|Joss Whedon|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1302721520p2/18015.jpg]'s [b:Astonishing X-Men Omnibus|6394175|Astonishing X-Men Omnibus|Joss Whedon|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1470249679l/6394175._SX50_.jpg|6582763] run.