Welcome back, Jubilee!Never my favorite X-Man. In the Marvel/DC crossover, she “fought” Robin. Actually she made googly eyes at Robin and allowed herself to be tied up (because that’s what the Bat boys are into). She has sparkly powers and Wolverine was a creepy mentor for her (she’s a teenaged girl with powers, it’s what he does).Now she has a baby who’s a conduit for evil and she’s acquired vampire powers to boot.This is the all-new (except for Storm’s Mohawk. That’s old and horrible.) all-fem...

I thought this was pretty decent, but awfully short.Well, unless you count the filler issue where they reprinted the Meet Jubilee story. It's old, so it's full of 80's hair, clothes, and slang. Also, it takes place at a mall.Ehhhhh.I guess Primer is the start of an all-girls team? I suppose that's cool, but it wasn't what I was expecting.Anyway, it starts out with Jubilee and a baby she's rescued (not really sure what the story is with the kid) heading toward the X-mansion (or whatever they're c...

Well, this sounded interesting. An all-female X-Men team? I can sign up for that. Especially when I'm fond of every lady represented here. Well, except for Psylocke. Never cared all that much for her. Unfortunately, it just didn't work out the way I wanted it to.Obviously, it's been a long time since I was a regular X-book reader, because I had no earthly idea who John Sublime was. (I think the most important thing to take from that article is that there was once a character in the X-books who w...

First volume of Brian Wood's X-Men, risen from the ashes of Marvel's scheduled then deleted before release XX all-girls mutant series, is just far better than I used to remember when I've read it years ago as individual issues.Author really knows how to write character's dynamics, Coipel's artworks are real eye-candy, and at last Jubilee returns to be relevant again after something like ten years of misusing.Sadly main storyline was a lame one and in the end Coipel was replaced at artworks by Da...

Jubilee is heading home with a surprise.Actually two surprises as she inadvertently leads ancient evil to the X-Men's front door.A war many years in the making is about to take place in the Jean Grey Institute for Higher Learning.Primer was flat out a disappointment. I'm a big fan of the X-Men, but nothing about this story was particularly engaging. Ancient beings one of which it seems I should have heard of bring war to the X-Men's doorstep. Perhaps if I knew anything about John Sublime then th...

How many issues do you expect to find in a collected edition? For me, I’d say 6 is reasonable and anything above that is a bonus. For some of their hugely popular titles like Superior Spider-Man and All-New X-Men, Marvel have only bundled together 5 issues which is a bit cheeky but for Superior, you’re paying for quality over quantity. In adjective-less X-Men you’re only getting 4 issues. 4! They round out the book to 5 by including a reprint of a 1989 X-Men comic by Chris Claremont and Marc Sil...

The first arc with Arkea was extremely boring for me. I don't understand why Brian Wood just handed Jubilee a baby. This is the second time an X-Men story revolved around some type of techno virus villain. I didn't care when Whedon did it and I don't care now. The art was pretty and that's about all the good I have to say about that. The second part wasn't really an arc as it was a one shot story wherein the X-Men try to save passengers in a falling plane. I really enjoyed that story! Even witho...

This review is part of a team buddy read with Shallow Comic Reader Club. This week's theme: comics featuring a female lead. Meh. I generally like Brian Wood's work, but this was...I dunno...not very filling. It seems natural that a team of female X-Men would arise. I haven't followed X-Men regularly in years, but the women always seemed stronger than the men, emotionally and psychologically, and therefore it's not a stretch to see them get together and do their thang. The initial plot is ok. An

Whoa this was one of the more fun X-men titles I've read in awhile. So Jubilee wants to come home to the X-Men. That's her family and sometimes everyone needs their family a little bit. However, the baby is bringing something along with it. This is all about the X-Men female team and them working out their differences and becoming a team. We got older members like Storm and Rachel but newer, younger ones, like Kitty and Jubilee. Together they must take down a almost unstoppable machine like vill...

What a HUGE disappointment.Brian Wood! YAY! (DMZ, Northlanders!) with an all-ladies X-(wo)Men team!So excited by the all ladies all the time, they forgot about plot, or good writing, or character interactions that make sense.Oh and they also decided to include a bunch of characters no one knows/remembers, which is the fastest way to get new reader and others (ie. ME) to stop caring.John Sublime (some uber-badass, now seemingly in need of the X-(wo)Men to help him, says that his twin sister's...s...

Wood writes good, serious stories - from DMZ through Northlanders and others, I've enjoyed his work. Seeing him pop up in Marvel territory, writing an X-Men book surprised me, and I was initially hesitant to test out his indie-crafted aesthetic in the Big Continuity. Until Battle of the Atom, I resisted the pull - but now that this X-Men book is one of the tie-ins, it's time to read up.Starts out with a nice tense chase and rescue, then builds with a world-killing premise - some ancient forces h...

I have to say that I was interested when I heard this was going to be an all female team. I was raised in a house of women, and have lived with them for most of my life. I'm sure this has played a part in my attraction to books with strong female leads. I've always thought that this was a place where the X-Men universe has exceled over other parts of the Marvel universe. There are a great deal of powerhouse women on in the X-Men roaster. Seeing them all on a team together does seem like a shtick...

Decent volume, but honestly nothing special. I'm not exactly blown away but this grouping of all female X-Men (sounds weird huh?. The story was just typical. Not terrible, but it read like any other generic X-Men story. Art's not bad, but not really good either. An alien intelligence takes over the X-Men's technology and they have to stop it from taking over the world. Overall not terrible, but nothing I'd really recommend either. As I said before, just seemed really generic to me.

Eh I was expecting better-- Kind of lame that the main story goes by so quickly, I felt ripped off in the final battle, there is a random baby (while cute, pretty sure he makes a kidnapper out of the x men), and it ends with a throw back issue that I could have lived my whole life without reading (the lady x men hang out at a mall, because getting new clothes and hair styles is the most FUN way they could think of spending their time... KILL ME NOW. Also the art is awful).I would have also appre...

An underwhelming, confusing start to a series I'm now unexcited to continue reading. This (insultingly short) volume contains pretty much nothing to grab you or pique your interest in further stories. The setup to the story contained in this volume is practically nonexistent, and seems to suppose I already know everything there is to know about John Sublime, a character I barely remember from Grant Morrison's New X-Men run like 15 years ago. There's no introduction to him or any of the character...

This lowkey ate. I wanted to read some X-Men but damn there is so much??? I'm a dumbass so I just picked a series at random and isn't it great that it turned out to be an all female cast?? I've never heard of Rachel Grey before but she was so annoying lol. Half of this was just her and Storm fighting like plss. The story goes fast and seemed really short though? Also I don't really care about Jubilee and her baby but good for her!!This isn't exactly a good intro to X-Men because it just jumps in...

you know what? i really liked this. all girls, no relationship drama, at least yet, no time travel, at least not yet. neat alien species kicking the series off. nice art. i dig

I have extremely fond memories of the X-men from my teenage years and it's still one of my favorite franchises to pick-up. I've always loved the social justice themes and how diverse the characters are. So, when I heard that there would be a run focusing on some of my favorite X-Ladies I got pretty freakin' excited. Unfortunately, X-Men, Vol. 1: Primer did not live up to my expectations.Jubilee is heading home with a baby she adopted when she notices she's being followed. Freaked out, she calls

It's not common for writers to employ well-established superhero characters in original ways. Most just take the list and apply powers in their traditional way. Here, though, the unique use of superpowers stands out as much as the beautiful artwork. It's fresh and dynamic, just like the conflict brewing between the X-Men. I find it more enjoyable to see them at odds with each other. They seem to shine more.After being cast aside by her brother Sublime aeons ago, Arkea Prime has returned. She wan...

I dig it.The art for #1-3 (Olivier Coipel) was phenomenal. The art for #4 (David Lopez) was decent.I like the team. These ladies are a lot of fun. The story was weird... but it was pretty much typical X levels of weird. I especially like Psylocke using her psychic bow and arrow. It looks really cool. I also liked the villainess in the first arc. Overall, I look forward to seeing where this series goes. It’s a mostly fresh take on the X-Men, and some of Brian Wood’s better hero stuff.