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This is just bad. The art is terrible, the characters are poorly portrayed, and X-man continues to be written out of character. This is a sad attempt to cash in on the popularity of Age of Apocalypse but without the talent to do it.

Marvel counters declining sales with overpriced issues stuffed with filler. Just say no.

This continues the strong imaginative start of the first issue. The characters have depth. The world is interesting and slightly twisted. It's a fun ride and I look forward to the next chapter.

This has been a good sci-fi adventure so far, but the Thing reference doesn't quite play out when there are 5 Cables in the room. I'm looking forward to seeing some X-Force action next.

I gambled on this title after reading a couple pages in a preview and it paid off in a big way. Coda has that Don Bluth 80's rotoscope animation quality. Fantasy back then blended the magical with a hint of horror that kept you slightly on edge. This book took me right back to that place in a wonderful new way. I am vested in discovering more of the protagonist. The world is interesting and h as me wanting to explore more. This is the best introduction to a new IP I've read in quite a while. more

It seems odd that that this mess of a setup is meant only to provide some spotlight on Falcon. I'm actually as surprised as he was that he is allowed to lead. If not for the fantastic art, I'm not sure I'd have any interest in this book.

There hasn't been much good that I could say about X books lately, but Cable 150 has the promise of something great. The art immediately took me back to early X-Force, but Malin makes it his own and I dig it. Starting this arc with the externals draws on the X history in an exciting way. This is what I was hoping to get from a legacy book. This team is composed of characters who were all intro duced as newcomers, but now have their own histories to follow. Seeing them now as "newer mutants" again just makes me smile. It may just be nostalgia, but I can't wait to see what happens next. more

This was an incoherent mess. 'Wagon comes from the root word Wayne...'' Are you f------ kidding me?!?! Man, Snyder just tries too hard, man. None of the characters sounded themselves, either. Cyborg saying he's scared? And another panel he's shaking?? The end with the surprise appearance of a certain character cemented how this book is all over the place. It just does not fit into Rebirth - at all. When Johns writes event books they seem organic. Snyder on other hand just tries way too hard to be clever and it feels forced. more

Even having read Snyder/Capullo's Batman run, I'm still not really sure what is going on here. The last page reveal is titillating, but I just feel lost with the most of the rest of the comic. I certainly get the sense that something big is happening, I'm assuming this makes more sense if you are are a longtime DC reader? The artwork is okay, it varies, on some pages I don't like it much at all. I just don't think Romita Jr. is a good fit for Batman. I'll probably stick around to see where this goes, I certainly am a big fan of the Snyder/Capullo run on Batman, so if the dynamic duo is getting back together, I don't want to miss out.more

So I've read Snyder and Capullo's complete run and I've read the first part to Dark Days: The Forge... And I still don't know what the hell is going on half of the time and why I should care. I'm so sick of DC's over reliance on multiverse events and I haven't even read that many of them, how do they still excite long time DC readers? Moreover, why is this a one-shot? It continues from The Forge, it makes no sense to read this without reading The Forge first, especially due to the continuation of the subplot with Duke and Hal, which was the only part of the comic that kept me engage. Did DC decide on another one-shot as a pure and simple money grab? I also do not appreciate constantly shifting the artists, especially within he same sequence, it ruins the flow and uniformity of the story. And despite the reputation of the artists and the fact that they are sharing the work load, some of it isn't even all that good. I just don't get the hype over this. I love the team of Snyder and Capullo though, so I'm hoping Capullo brings the edge needed to elevate Metal, the main event. I have no idea if this will be better when read after Metal and reflecting, or how necessary this is to informing Metal, so it's difficult to give a hard recommendation to skip this, but I'm leaning to saying skip Dark Days entirely.more

The word "crisis" appeared enough in the prelude books to worry me about any chance of understanding, much less liking, this series. The opening with Mongul came out of left field for me and made no sense within the story. That said, I've only read the Dark Days prelude, none of the core titles. The use of metal seems way over the top, like a forced meaning for a bad acronym. The dark un iverse idea, demonstrated through turning over the multiversal map was laughable. How does Batman not know that the journal was planted in his own house?

I was really hoping this would be a good jumping on point for all things DC, but this story is not that. The art is mostly great, but it's difficult to get through an issue. more