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X-Men by Jonathan Hickman Vol. 1
by Jonathan Hickman
The main X-Men series is now HERE and it is written by Hickman! Are we ready?
The idea of this first "arc" of basically telling 6 individual stories is a bit risky. Could make some readers jump off if they don't like 1 or 2 of the stories. And in here we do get stories ranging from a day out with a father, to a new baddie all about the environment, to meeting with the nations on how to settle matters involving mutants from now on, to even speaking up on what happened in House of X and Power of X. All of this happens through 6 issues, but you can tell Hickman is playing the long game here.
I really love the majority of the character's hickman writes. Especially Cyclops, Xavier, and Mangeto. It also helps that each story here is it's own and even the weaker ones like issue 3, still have a mystery behind it that you can tell is a building block. The final three issues are probably the strongest to most though I also loved issue 2.
I think X-Men might vary for some. It's not as fast paced or connected as House of Power of X but if you want a refreshing, much better told story than the last decade or so of X-Men titles, you have it here. A 4 out of 5.
The idea of this first "arc" of basically telling 6 individual stories is a bit risky. Could make some readers jump off if they don't like 1 or 2 of the stories. And in here we do get stories ranging from a day out with a father, to a new baddie all about the environment, to meeting with the nations on how to settle matters involving mutants from now on, to even speaking up on what happened in House of X and Power of X. All of this happens through 6 issues, but you can tell Hickman is playing the long game here.
I really love the majority of the character's hickman writes. Especially Cyclops, Xavier, and Mangeto. It also helps that each story here is it's own and even the weaker ones like issue 3, still have a mystery behind it that you can tell is a building block. The final three issues are probably the strongest to most though I also loved issue 2.
I think X-Men might vary for some. It's not as fast paced or connected as House of Power of X but if you want a refreshing, much better told story than the last decade or so of X-Men titles, you have it here. A 4 out of 5.