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Chris, I love you man. All that you have done of X-men cannot be repaid. But this book was so mid. it adds nothing. we didnt need it. The art and the colors are just dreadful. My score is higher after reading current Uncanny X-men then this right after. gambit is in a trench coat and suit at a high end casino. just painful.

This comic is $7.99 for a 55 page book from Saladin Ahmed ,who is currently writing a terrible Wolverine comic and Erica Schultz, has written nothing of note or good ever. The cover pretty much tells you all you need to know. Absolutely awful costume designs for a mutant masquerade ball. We did a bunch of these terrible, orgy type Galas over and over in Krakoa. Those were dark times that I wish we re long forgotten.so lets revisit it! This time we get the same BDSM looks for once great characters like Cyclops and Wolverine. Each page seeing these costumes gave me embarrassment and sadness for what they have done. I thought the fishnet look for Cyclops was bad a few years back but nope.
We open with Sebastian Shaw giving a speech about mutants and yada yada...lets all dance and show off our bondage met gala inspired outfits in hope of variant covers. as promised we get our murder mystery. however keeping anyones interest on that mystery for 50 plus pages when its written this poorly is an endurance challenge. Ahmed and Schultz couldn't pull this off. the reveal at the end is poorly done. The books pacing is awful. there is so much talking to fill pages. We don't actually get to see any murder or get started on the books plot until page 22... I was checking the page count over and over. the opening art was lovely to see. then it completely falls apart. by page 30 we actually have the heroes decide to find the killer. thats how much talking there is. the reveal on who killed Shaw, just terrible. This is a really bad comic and no one should buy it. I know i'm sorry I did. more

Really fun issue at times . I love prime. I love the art. The writing…it’s off because it’s just so meta. It gets nuts. And wtf are we rushing this storyline ? I love me some prime time. But we go at lighting speed to a conclusion to move on to the Zod plot. It’s really it’s a huge miss. We could have had a huge storyline full of prime and more witch fire Lost opportunity by Williamson. Prim es personality is so damn funny. I’m disappointed we just seem to not be getting more.
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Gail did it again. Her absolute worst issue of an atrocious storyline. We start the issue with Rogue on her way to save the team as they fend off the Nur ,who are alien exterminators to kill the brood nest on earth Just where the outliers are having a dance .how it got there,how didn’t they know before the dance, Are the Nur worth exploring as a new threat? Who cares ! Gail doesn’t think so. we b arely see them in this issue and i counted it’s 4 pages. Then Just a bunch of spaceships towards the end. The brood we see even less. And just like last time.. issue 1 of the storyline the brood are holding guns. Then issue 2 guns disappeared. Now issue 3 guns are back then disappear again. No one cares to get things right. Night crawler escaped from the ship last issue. How? It’s never even mentioned this issue.he just goes back n forth teleporting at will. Mutina…just stands around. Does nothing but talk. Do you want to see Wolverine in this issue ? Nope. He’s barely in it. What about gambit. Well he transforms into something called Wyvern. With horns a tail and big wings.what in the holy hell is happening here? We get Gail’s usual crap. Teenage lesbians. No explanations.awful pacing. The story gets all wrapped up in a epically bad ending that involves a Galactus illusion to tell the Nur to leave.

We get 2 sentences to wrap up the ending and it amounts to -All the bad guys left. The comic equivalent of poochie dying on his way to his home planet. This series has only ever been about one thing. Gail shoving her awful characters down our throats and crowning them the “new mutants”. Gambit, who is now transformed back to a human at the end.how?When? What makes him transform? Is the Vig ok ? Did anyone give him his arm back? Who cares. We end on gambit and rogue leaving to help gambits apparent possession. This book is everything wrong with the X-men. This three issue storyline was putrid. The art sucks. The story is crap. The characters are annoying. Everything is terrible. 0/10 is my score. Tom B. Please. Get This talentless hack off the damn book. And find someone. Anyone. Just please save the X-men books. more

This issue is terrible. I was semi interested in the plot laid out in issue #1. Barbara , as part of Batman's plans lets herself get caught to investigate murders at Vandals Prison. how the prison this scale came into being so fast, and all that...its comics. We seemed to have forgotten all of that stuff. Barbara is popping pills given to her by someone random character, why for someone so bri lliant she sure is trusting. the book offers nothing. in fact is this is just more pages from the previous issue? does Mariko have a story to tell?? you can entirely avoid this issue because nothing happens.save your $3.99. more

Battle beast #11 Wow This was fun. Huge battle. Funny chemistry between the 2 as they bash each other all over the planet. No notes. Give us more of this. Im sad the stakes are diminished since it's a prequel book but im still enjoying the run.

Infernal Hulk #9. this book is back on track after a disappointing previous issue. I wish Nick was back as the artist. The book suffers without his visuals but I get hes working on bigger books to come. The art here just was so mid and I cant stand when artists don’t draw faces on big groups shots.overall still good stuff. Hulk and Dr voodoo... given the circumstances it makes sense and works. W ell Done! more

X-men #33. Christ Almighty ,Why is Jed still on this book? It gets worse each time but honestly looking at the talent Marvel has right now writing.. who would take this place ? Is kid omega a wise soul now giving advice? Wasn’t he trying to attack a whole town maybe 3 issues ago? Jed lacks a voice for these characters and this series . Such a jumbled story that jumps around too much while rushi ng at lightning speed to an ending. Jeds book is all over the map in terms of tone. I can only assume hes trying new things to see what works but nothing lands.hearing reports that they are keeping the creative teams on X-men is beyond depressing and upsetting. If I have to endure Saladin, Gail or Jed anymore with crummy solo series I’ll drop all the X books. Anyone , Someone. Just please save the X-men. These books are just not the quality we deserve. more

I know this is Marvel simply cashing in on the movie but there is such a glut of bad books coming from Marvel that I'll take anything. I just want something to enjoy reading and this really fits the bill. I dont mind a Spiderman cracking jokes and this issue has plenty of them. Frank is vintage ice cold Punisher. Peter is our friendly Neighborhood Spiderman and we get a classic story with vintage style art. it worked and I loved this issue. Great stuff. If only Marvel can translate this to its actual main line titles fans could enjoy the books again. more

This one had me rolling my eyes hard. I found the first two parts of Anomaly moderately entertaining (as much as one can in this X-Men era of retarded storytelling and lazy art), but MacKay‘s anticlimactic kitchen sink psychology conclusion is a huge letdown.

Another okay-ish issue of Safe Space X-Men. The story and dialogue in this one feel completely rehashed and redundant, but the art is slightly above average. Unfortunately we have not one, but two guest pencilers, although the difference between their styles is not that extreme.
All in all, an issue that nobody needed, but that doesn't hurt anyone either.

In response to MisterNob ody‘s comment: I review books because I’m interested in them. That doesn’t mean I love every single issue. Sometimes I dislike a complete run, but I still read it because I’m invested in the characters. I’d also say that a 6 is not a bad review, it’s an average review. If I rated any okay book 9 or 10, what would I rate the good ones? The great ones? The masterpieces?
Also, a critical review is not trolling, but insulting and tearing down other reviewers because they don’t like a book you like probably is. Sad, so sad.more

When you look into the writer and how polarized they are in one direction of feminism I’m sure people won’t give this book a chance just based on that. That’s a shame because the first issue isn’t bad. It lays down a decent frame work for this series to function in. However the only reason I don’t go higher is that’s pretty much all it does. It’s a little too light a read for people that aren’t Clayface fans. I’m interested to see what comes next. more

Scott has a clear pattern in his story telling. story then shock at the end to make you come back. it largely works. The reimagining of Harley Quinns Origin was a welcome one. DC mainline has destroyed this character in recent years. However this is refreshing. I love the Ark -M world. I love how different this Absolute universe is and how it takes chances. Harley with Joker as her father, Bruce Wayne flipped essentially with the Joker. It all works. I love how this is playing out. Scott is a great Batman writer. The art however is the biggest issue as it's confusing and hard to follow. A step down. Otherwise compelling stuff thats different. Its new. It takes chances. all the things I want in a comic. more

If you are a die hard X-men fan for most of your collecting life like me, You buy with the hope it'll improve and to complete runs. I'm getting to the point I may just remove it from my pull list. I'm very much hoping the rumored changes to the X office this Dec will happen and they clean house. this book is pretty terrible, lazy and awful. Last storyline was Universal Monsters garbage. Gail once again writes whatever she was streaming on tv that week. Now it's vintage Alien movies from the 50s . We dive back into the never ending dance as the students are preparing to battle giant aliens and discover why the Brood appeared... in what little you see them because last issue it was one page. The Brood were also holding guns that are now gone this issue... but hey who cares right? I mean the Vig gets his arm ripped off and no one gave a crap. So once again in Gail fashion- throw everything at the reader and try to fix it after. The way the Brood are written here, the hive mind is gone. All the work done by Claremont to make them more interesting is long gone. what little we actually see of them in this issue ( literally 2 pages) adds nothing. But Gail needs it for her lame twist at the end. Mutina ,who is used simply for exposition dumps to move the story along says - the Nur are exterminators and this high school dance is on a Brood breeding ground? awful. truly dreadful lazy writing. just like Nightcrawlers escape from the ship. literally" wait I think I see, hold your breath." and he figures it out. then we move on. wtf was that ? we also get a continuation of the convo at Graymulken Prison. Let's hope we can just drop that making Wolverines crap asap. I've tolerated Krakoa and all that pain it brought. From the Ashes has become awful and another relaunch that merits more of the same trash will be too much for even me. Fingers crossed- someone... anyone... please save the X-men! more

I dare anyone to make sense of Eves writing and rules for Greymatter lane. This book is well drawn and that’s about all the positivities. Look how many reviews it’s getting. A mass exodus from this book for all the reviewers…why? Well it’s really bad. Eve lost the plot long ago in issue 2. I want good X-men books. I really do. Aside from Orlando’s X-men Outback (which was just mid) the franchi se is lost. 26 characters in this book with a rotten script. The shadow king can’t save this book. Tracking people’s scents on the astral plane was hilarious. This series was announced as canceled after just a handful of issues. So sad it took even that long. . It’s awful stuff. more

Thanks to Eduardo Pansica‘s guest art, this issue is much easier on the eyes than issues #1-4. He even manages to produce a few outstanding panels, especially those featuring Mal Chance. However, his apparent talent and knack for horror is wasted on this utterly braindead book. The story and dialogue are as stupid as ever.

My personal highlight is when Honey Badger, or whatever the nam e of this derivative character is, clarifies that all of this takes place on the astral plane, and then suggests to find their missing teachers by sniffing them out. On the spirit plane. Let that sink in for a minute.

The good thing about this series is that indeed it all takes place in their minds, so it will be easy to have them all wake up in issue #10 (I can’t believe we have to suffer through five more issues of this crap) and realise it was all just a bad dream.more

Matt fractions run on Batman has left me with really mixed feelings. This issue by itself isn’t bad despite the ending. However when you look at the series as a whole , how nothing fits. The start-stop nature of this series-I’m utterly frustrated. This series is just all over the map. What happened to the Joker and him calling Batman Bruce ? What happened to the Mayor and Pam with the Bat signal m ade from drones ? What about AI Alfred? The need to tell us about all the Bat-tech is gone also. Like I said. It’s the nature of this series when we see it as a whole. Start- stop. A disjointed mess of a series but a mid level issue. Just not good enough. Matt is stuck reintroducing things over and over because so much is left hanging around. The art is gorgeous at least. more

The Manga girl assassin seems to be a thing now. I really wonder what she’s representing in our collective psyche.

Besides that, this was not the most interesting issue, but still better than most of the bullshit that counts as comics these days.

What Tom King has done here is ruin a character. He kills Stewart. Violates and recreates rules and lore to fit his storyline that’s a mess. If he followed a flow or established rules. It would fall apart. Tom also skips around to the parts he wants to tell. Damned be a seamless story. Screw this book. This artist is wasted. Tom is dangerous to comics because someone may one day like this and r eplicate it. If you like WW. don’t buy this. If you like comics. Don’t buy this. more

Williamson and Mora continue to deliver a Fun and ridiculous book each month. This is why I read comics. I don’t want be preached too. I want fun and heroism. This book delivers it all. I hope when Clark does return we continue this story in a solo series with the same team. I’d buy that also. Bravo to these amazing talents who appear to be having a blast making this title. 10/10. This book is that good. more