X-FORCE #5 Writer: Ben Percy Artist: Joshua Cassara Colorists: Dean White & Rachelle Rosenberg Letterer: Joe Caramagna Publisher: Marvel Rating: 8/10 Ok since we're 5 issues in, and this is the first time I've reviewed this book, I'm gonna talk a little bit about how much this series has grown on me. When the first issue dropped it wasn't exactly my favorite X-book. While it was good, it just didn't captivate me the way some of the other books did. But over the course of thes

X-MEN #4 Writer: Jonathan Hickman Artist: Leinil Francis Yu Inker: Gerry Alanguilan Colorist: Sunny Gho Letterer: Clayton Cowles Publisher: Marvel Rating: 10/10 This series continues to be one of the best comics being published today. What Hickman has bee able to accomplish in such a short amount of time is not only impressive, but it could serve as a lesson on how to breathe life back into a franchise. Along with Leinil Francis Yu, he has put out (in my opinion) 4 perfect is

X-MEN: FALLEN ANGELS Writer: Jo Duffy Pencilers: Kerry Gammill, Marie Severin & Joe Staton Inkers: Tom Palmer, Val Mayerik & Tony Dezuniga Colorist: Petra Scotese Letterer: Jim Novak, L.P. Gregory & Bill Oakley Editor: Ann Nocenti Publisher: Marvel Rating: 8/10 Super Lobsters My name is Trevor Bieker. I am 28 years old. And I am back again with another weekend review from my ever-expanding collection of comics. If like me, you have also been whisked away by the Dawn of X and

X-23: X-ASSASSIN Writer: Mariko Tamaki Penciler: Diego Olortegui Inkers: Walden Wong, JP Mayer (#9) & Scott Hanna (#9) Colorist: Chris O’Halloran Letterer: VC’s Cory Petit Cover Artist: Ashley Witter Publisher: Marvel Rating: 8/10 Mutant Turkeys With all these new X-Men titles launching at Marvel right now, I'd have thought I would be feeling content with not needing to enjoy any more stories. Turns out I was wrong as this week’s weekend read/review vote between two ultimate

FALLEN ANGELS #1 Writer: Bryan Hill Artist: Szymon Kudranski Colorist: Frank D'Armata Publisher: Marvel Rating: 9/10 OK first off let me start by saying, that while I have been a HUGE fan of this X-Men relaunch, I haven't loved all of the titles. So far X-MEN is amazing and MARAUDERS was my second favorite the other books just didn't grab me as much. Then I read FALLEN ANGELS and it became my second favorite X-book. That's right I loved it. When it was first announce I wasn't

X-FORCE #1 Writer: Benjamin Percy Artist: Joshua Cassara Colorist: Dean White Letterer: VC’s Joe Caramagna Cover Artist: Dustin Weaver Publisher: Marvel Rating: 9/10 Despite No Quentin Come for Quentin, stay for the awesome action-packed story that hit the shelves this week. The Dawn of X has brought us another great title in a Krakoan CIA based story in X-Force #1. Seriously though, Benjamin Percy didn’t have to work hard to promote this serious to have got me hooked. You ju

EXCALIBUR #1 Writer: Tini Howard Artist: Marcus To Color Artist: Erick Arciniega Letterer: VC’s Cory Petit Cover Artist: Mahmud Asrar & Matthew Wilson Publisher: Marvel Rating: 9/10 Krakoan Mimosa Trees A new dawn couldn’t have been forged sooner with the long-awaited release of Excalibur to be drawn from my local comic shop. The Braddock’s became favorites of mine early on when I purchased a Marvel Encyclopedia for X-Men during a grade school book fair. It was paper route mo

MARAUDERS #1 Writer: Gerry Duggan Artist: Matteo Lolli Colorist: Federico Blee Letterer: Cory Petit Cover: Russell Dauterman & Matthew Wilson Rating: 8/10 All hail Kate Pryde Red Queen of the Seven Seas, Captain of the Marauders and liberator of mutants. That's right our favorite intangible mutant is now the captain of her own ship and is leading a team of mutants across the globe to liberate mutants and take the to Krakoa. But why, when they can just go through a Krakoan gat

X-MEN #1 Writer: Jonathan Hickman Artist: Lenil Francis Yu Inker: Gerry Alanguilan Colorist: Sunny Gho Letterer: Clayton Cowles Publisher: Marvel Rating: 10/10 Guys, it's finally here The Dawn of X has officially begun. With issue 1 of X-Men we have officially entered the new era of everyone's favorite mutants. If you haven't read HOUSE OF X or POWERS OF X, then I suggest you stop reading right now and maybe go get one of the best comic of the last 10 years, read and then com

HOUSE OF X #6 Writer: Jonathan Hickman Artist: Pepe Larraz Colorist: Marte Gracia Letterer: VC’s Clayton Cowles Publisher: Marvel Rating: 8/10 Krakoan Kisses Just look at what he’s made. Here we are, at the final issue of House of X, and just one away from the end of everything Hickman has set up to kick off his Dawn of X. The road getting here has felt long, filled with endless questions and theories from the minds all sparked by this new era ahead of the X-Men Hickman has b

POWERS OF X #5 Writer: Jonathan Hickman Artist: R.B. Silva Colorist: Marte Gracia Letterer: VC’s Clayton Cowles Publisher: Marvel Rating: 10/10 Ok guys, we're in the endgame now. With POX and HOX having only 2 issues to go, how is Hickman gonna wrap this up while also segueing into his X-MEN relaunch? To be honest I don't care, hahaha. I've been loving every minute of these books, even if my wallet hasn't. After last weeks issue of HOX and learning that mutants can no longer

GOD LOVES, MAN KILLS Writer: Chris Claremont Artist: Brent Anderson Publisher: Marvel X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills was released in 1982 and now, 37 years later, it was read by quite the newbie. How did this classic story go down for someone who isn’t that familiar with the mutants’ lore? Well, this is not really a review but rather an expression of appreciation. It starts quite literally with a bang. The title does not indicate a quick and fun story, but the first pages are a

POWERS OF X #4 Writer: Jonathan Hickman Artist: R.B. Silva Color Artist: Marte Gracia Letterer: VC’s Clayton Cowles Publisher: Marvel Rating: 8/10 MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD Issue four of Powers of X is titled Something Sinister because it is devilishly focused on the big bad of this series, Mister Sinister. The story is divided into three parts. There is X^0 which is all about Mister Sinister, X^1 that explores Xavier’s interest in Krakoa, and X^3 introduces more of the Phalanx. T

HOUSE OF X #4 Writer: Jonathan Hickman Artist: Pepe Larraz Colorist: Marte Gracia Letterer: VC’s Clayton Cowles Publisher: Marvel Rating: 8/10 Review Molds Last issue of HOUSE OF X we finally got to see our team leader Cyclops assemble a group of X-Men to stop a giant robot from making smaller (but still big) robots up in space. Cyclops, Jean Grey, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Mystique, Archangel, Husk, and Monet. This team is stacked and prepared for what could be a one-way trip

X-MEN: BATTLE OF THE ATOM Writers: Brian Bendis, Brian Wood & Jason Aaron Artists: Frank Cho, Stuart Immonen & Wade Von Grawbadger Pencilers: Stuart Immonen, David López, Chris Bachalo, Giuseppe Camuncoli & Esad Ribic Colorists: Marte Gracia, Laura Martin, Matt Milla, Edgar Delgado, Ive Svorcina, Andres Mossa & Guru-EFX Inkers: Wade Von Grawbadger, Cam Smith, Terry Pallot, Tim Townsend, Mark Irwin, Jaime Mendoza, Victor Olazaba & Al Vey Finishers: Andrew Currie & Tom Palmer L

HOUSE OF X #3 Writer: Jonathan Hickman Artist: Pepe Larraz Colorist: Marte Gracia Letterer: Clayton Cowles Designer: Tom Muller Publisher: Marvel Rating:10/10 What can I say about Hickman's X books that hasn't already been said. From the first issue of HOUSE OF X this was clearly something special. The new ideas brought in and the sheer scope of what we were being shown was both thrilling and at times confusing. Along for the ride are two of the most talented artists in the i

POWERS OF X #3 Writer: Jonathan Hickman Artist: R.B. Silvia Colorist: Marte Gracia Letterer: VC’s Clayton Cowles Design: Tom Muller Cover Artist: R.B. Silvia & Marte Gracia Publisher: Marvel Rating: 8/10 Terminal Apocalypse Seeds Powerful new info and powerful new questions were brought to us in the last issue of POWERS OF X. Issue #2 gave us a little something from all 4 timelines presented throughout HoX and PoX so that lean into having a significant impact on the mutant’s

Okay. We are 1/3 of the way through Jonathan Hickman’s magnum opus-X and like many of you, I am confused. But with this confusion there is definitely a sense of X-citement. Personally, I like playing the game of conceptualizing what happens next. I did it with the MCU up until End Game, I did it with Game of Thrones, and now that those are both over, I have Hickman’s House of X and Powers of X. Now, it’s needless to say that what I state in this is purely speculation, but I’l

HOUSE OF X #2 Writer: Jonathan Hickman Artist: Pepe Larraz Colorist: Marte Gracia Letterer: VC'S Clayton Cowles Publisher: Marvel Rating: 10/10 As an X-Men newbie, I admit, I thought Moira McTaggart was a new character Hickman introduced into the world of the X-Men. It wasn't until Dylan (@thedylbot on Instagram) officially schooled me on a little bit of Moira history. Moira had always been a side character. She mostly just dealt with Charles Xavier. She was never stated to b

POWERS OF X #1 Writer: Johnathan Hickman Artist: R.B. Silva Inker: Adriano Di Benedetto Colorist: Marte Garcia Letterer: Clayton Cowles Publisher: Marvel Comics Rating: 9/10 POWERS OF X (Ten… and now we know why it’s 10) #1 is set up in 4 different ways. X0 is Year One. The Dream. Moira MacTaggert and Charles Xavier are sitting on a park bench discussing their day. Until she reveals there's more to this interaction. X1 is Year Ten. The World. This takes place in “present d