I may be in the minority but I felt like this was one of the better outings in this series. Well done.

So this was kind of...wonky? Boring? I can't find the right word. I like the Cyclops and Laura moment. Seeing young him and Wolverine clone talk was interesting and fun. That moment had heart. The rest? A crazy religious organization hunting down our favorite mutants. How fun! Haven't seen this before...zzzzzzz....Yeah not much to say on this one except very very forgettable.

The X-men from the past run into the Purifiers. And a female clone of the Wolverine. Not sure why a clone of the Wolverine would be female. But okay. The Purifiers are run by Reverend Stryker's son (though I thought he used to be a Colonel, not a Reverend- but this might be a retcon) and they are surprised to see the original X-men. I did enjoy the fact that AIM and the Purifiers work together. It does make a sick sort of sense. Once again Bendis' writing style makes this series great. It's funn...

I still enjoy these.But, JFC, is there a reason why Laura Kinney always gets the short end of the stick? Give that girl a break.#SaveLauraKinney

The story gets even stranger. and yep, I thought that would be impossible too! The sense shattering conclusion of Battle of the Atom sees Kitty and the displaced team make a huge choice that will have ramifications throughout the mutant world. Oh, and this book guests...X-23!!!! Another 8 out of 12 for Bendis time displaced X-Men :)

The main All-New X-Men stories were great, as always. But since the collection only contained 4 issues, it included an extremely bland A + X filler. My four stars speaks of for the X-Men issues. If I had purchased this graphic novel, I probably would have felt ripped off.

“Bendis, get in here!”“Yes, sir!”“There’s a problem with your story.”“Which one, sir? I write about 137 of them a week for Marvel so you’ll have to be more specific.”“Oh, right. I’m talking about the latest issues of All-New X-Men.”“What’s the problem?”“There’s no Wolverine in them.”“Right. It’s about the original X-Men team being brought to the present day and having to deal with seeing their future. Wolverine didn’t join the X-Men until later so he’s not with them.”“Yeah, but he’s around now,

This volume seemed like a bit of a dip in quality. Or maybe that's because a few issues with some serious developments have been skipped between the previous volume and this one. I assume they're in X-Men: Battle of the Atom, but I guess I'll find out when I finally read it.In theory, adding X-23 to the cast is probably a good thing. I was getting bored with the Jean drama. To be honest, I was bored with Jean drama two deaths ago. Having another female character to keep the boys from completely

Three and a half stars.Contrary to what The Who say, the Kids are not Alright. The whole back-to-the-future experiment has been pretty much a fiasco and the X-Kids from the past are now stuck in the present, which is their future.Off page the X-Kids leave Wolverine’s Romper Room school and join up with the other mutants at Camp Cyclops. Kitty Pryde, who’s now revealed to be Jewish (Mazel Tov!), accompanies them.Hola! Professor Butthead!Beyond the seemingly endless obligatory fish-out-of-water hu...

I know other people ore sort of over these guys, but I'm still enjoying the hell out of the All new X-men. Compared to some of the crap I've read, this title is a breath of fresh air.I could have done without the A+X stuff, but even those stories weren't too bad.So, the kids have left the Jean Grey School, and now they (and Kitty Pryde) are running with Cyclops. As a bonus, they're back with Warren, so the gang's all together. I've honestly forgotten what happened in the previous volume, but app...

The fourth volume for Brian Michael Bendis' going-strong All-New X-Men is comprised of issues #18-21 which were the installments that dealt with the aftermath of the crossover event in Battle of the Atom. It also features the 50th anniversary Gold issue as a bonus material. Man, this volume is a lot more bipolar than the usual.Kitty Pryde shockingly decided to leave the Jean Grey Institute of Higher Learning, turning her back on her long-time comrades (and surrogate parents) Ororo and Logan whom...

Thought this had the potential to be a great story but ended up just being ok. Liked the addition of X-23 & the new costumes, other than that same ole same ole. Everyone is in love with Jean, drama ensues. Wondering if Marvel is having Wolverine withdrawals not being in this collection so they decided we have to have some Wolverine connection how about X-23?

Oh no... this series went downhill.What’s it about?The team of teen X-Men have to fight an anti-mutant religious cult. Other stuff happens along the way of course but main, non-spoiler headline is them fighting a religious cult.Pros:The story is fun. Standard superhero adventure but fun nonetheless. The characters are great. Always great to see the original X-Men!There’s some sweet action in this volume. I was definitely excited throughout.There’s some humorous moments that are well done.Cons:Th...

The Original X-Men join the new Xavier School and continue their tour of their future.So the volume starts with the Original X-Men getting some new outfits courtesy of Magik. Afterward they are off protecting a mutant from some Purifiers. The X-Men get a first hand look of the Purifiers patented brand of systematic hate sprinkled with religious passages interpreted in their favor. At this point I have to imagine Hank McCoy longs for the time people just threw rocks at them.The Purifiers are amon...

I wasn't as in love with this one, but it's still fun and plenty readable. It just introduced a lot of new characters, what with the religious zealots, Wolverine's clone, and whatever A.I.M. was. I also had a harder time following the plot, maybe because nothing huge was happening. But lots of entertainment. Another series of adventures to show off the awesome charming characters. And did you catch that Dazzler joke? Priceless.

Ah good, the relaxing vacation between two major events in the X-verse. It's refreshing to take a break from all that world- and race/species-saving, and just get down with some old-school mutant melodrama. Elsewhence does the world/time/Galaxy-bending crisis come from, if not the sexual politics of a redhead and her passively-moping ragtag of emotionally stunted, yet all too willing to bather about their infantile emotions, boys2men?So what do the kids do while they're not saving the world?They...

Damn it, Marvel, I declare 'shenanigans!' After much enjoyment with volumes 2 and 3, I eagerly cracked open 4 and . . . waited. And waited. Something was different, or odd. Why did it feel like I walked into a movie fifteen minutes after the start time?Then I do a little research via Goodreads. Oh, BTW faithful readers, there happens to be a volume "3.5" out there. (Not that my library carries it - they logically purchased numbered volumes 1 to 4.)Is this 'bait & switch,' or just being jerked ar...

This is where we come back down from the stratosphere back into good, but not amazing. Bendis had an awesome run, and I'm not saying it's over, I doubt it is, but this volume feels like the part of the roller coaster that has to start climbing back up again from after all the twists and turns and thrills. Another major loss is that Stuart Immonen is no longer the artist after issue #18. This is one of those times where an artist and writer are so in sync that change isn't the best result. I'm no...

Kitty decides to quit the school as she feels betrayed by the people there. She joins Cyclops together with the original X-Men. They soon get a mission to save a new mutant while wearing new uniforms. It's an opportunity to dish out some spectacularly lame one-liners while fighting the purifiers, armored religious zealots who hate mutants. Did the author really thing this scene would be fun to see? The young mutant they save turns out to be X-23, but she is exhibiting way too many feelings. I pr...

Oh hey! This collection was so much better story wise. The plot just moves along. A few weird things happen. Then we get Wolverine (no not that one it is X-23) who has been tormented by a White Evangelical Anti-Mutant group for a year or more. There is some really dumb dialog before the X-men can rescue X-23 (Wolverine). There is even more pretentious dialog that Bendis loves from the bad guys, like pages and pages of this bad dumb dialog. Oh, the bad guys are led by a mutant. Even though their