So everyone's back on Krakoa, but what to do with the outliers? Havoc, Orphan-Maker, Nanny, Wild-Child, Empath(!), Scalphunter and Kwannon, reporting to Mr Sinister, are brought together for much as therapy as well as as a team to clean-up mutant issues across the globe. First mission.. what do to with the original Marauders! Too many intense and interesting characters for one book, but the creative team doesn't do that bad a job. Marvel needs to spend lest time on battle scenes and spend more o...

This was one of the better books in the new Hickman-X-verse, mainly because it actually explored some of the darker corners of this new so-called mutant utopia. Books like this one give me hope the X-folks are eventually going to wake up to the fact that there is something rotten in the state of Denmark. The artwork was very nice too, although it owed a lot to the work of Lienil Francis Yu.

This book is just so inconsistent. The premise of how Sinister gathered together the bad/problem mutants almost makes sense. What doesn't make sense is why these particular mutants were the ones chosen. No one has any reason to trust Kwannon as the ninja lady in charge of the problem mutants, because neither Xavier nor Sinister has ever had much contact with Kwannon. Betsy has been piloting her body for years. Why would ANYONE, hero or villain, trust this stranger?Empath, Nanny, Orphan-Maker, an...

x-men’s suicide squad rip-off should not fuck this hard

Wow, was this ever a surprise! I laughed out loud several times, said WTF or WTH more than once, and really, really enjoyed this. Think X-Force, but cranked up a notch or two. This was my first exposure to many of these characters--Greycrow, Wild Child, Nanny and Orphan-Maker (who thought those up?). Basically, it's a taskforce made up of some of the most unpredictable and potentially dangerous of mutants, sent out on very special missions, under the direction of Mr. Sinister. The artwork was gr...

I cannot get over how much fun this book was. This has definitely become one of my favorite Dawn of X books, and it's a welcome change from some of the more lackluster titles like Fallen Angels and Excalibur. The Krakoan Council must decide what to do about problematic mutants that are having trouble socializing in their new nation, so Mister Sinister convinces them to create a team with the idea that dealing with their trauma in the right controlled destructive context will help them work throu...

Hey, it's the new Mutant bad-boy book, much better than the old Mutant bad-boy book (the equally purple Fallen Angels, Vol. 1). This time around, our characters are positively villainous, and they're interacting with one of the darkest sides of the Marvel mutant universe: Mr. Sinister and his various clones. (As that suggests: there's great attention to continuity here too.)The first two issues of this volume are great. We get beautiful insights into the various members of the team, with Scalphu...

I still have reserves about the whole Hickman’s weird death cult sect take on the X-Men, but this first volume of Wells and Segovia’s Hellions was a real blast of a read for me with a badass team of flawed characters that I totally dig, wonderful artworks, and references to the Mutant Massacre and Inferno, two of my most fan favourite one storylines from Marvel ever.Probably I had to read Fallen Angels, Vol. 1 before this one, but reviews were so bad that I skipped it, luckly it was never like I...

"We're a bunch of crazy sons of bitches" - Wild Child.

I just read these issues in Dawn of X and was hoping this had 5 and 6 but it only has 1-4. It’s a lot of fun and the art is excellent too. It’s a little questionable that the council would ok this team but if you get past that it’s enjoyable. Think an X-Force team to the next level.

The Problem KidsI got to say I enjoyed this a lot more than I thought I would. Psylocke is on of my favourite X-MEN. Since she was separated from Betsy I think the character has just got better.Mutants now have their own homeland, their own laws and even their own language. Foes are now friends, but there are a bunch of problem kids that do not play well with others. What do you do with them? Why not hand them over to a manipulative sociopath. Having Psylocke lead the team is genius. This is the...

Kind of an X-Men Suicide Squad...only thanks to the Krakoa Protocols I guess there isn't much actual suicide being required of them?But, hey, if it means a triumphant return of Jim Lee era Psylocke, who am I to quibble?The rest of the team, including the surprise inclusion of sad sack Havok, I honestly don't care much about, particularly Orphan Maker and Nanny, but as (or is it ”if”?) the title and team matures I'm open to being otherwise persuaded.

With the Krakoan edict to resurrect all the dead mutants, even the bad ones, in place, someone has to keep an eye on them. And of course, that someone is Mister Sinister. Because sure, why not?Hellions has no right to be as good as it is. On paper, it should be awful. I literally didn't know who half the characters were, since they're more obscure X-Men foes like Nanny and Orphan Maker. None of the characters should work together, ever, because they're impossible to work with. And yet. AND YET.

Here comes the mutant Suicide Squad, Yippeee! Nah, just kiddin’. Bunch of psychos gets let loose to... express themselves through violence or something as dumb. I can’t even remember why they were sent away to start with and the book is only 4 issues!It’s bland, with dumb action and no character building. Why on earth did Wells bothered to dig up useless characters from more than 30 years ago (like Nanny and the Orphan maker from X-Factor) remains beyond me.Art is decent, oddly dated though, wit...

Definitely the best Dawn of X book I’ve read so far aside from Hickman’s stuff. This is basically Suicide Squad but with mutants, and it’s a really fun interpretation of that concept. It’s also a book that deals with some heavy baggage from mutants’ past, but Zeb Wells writes the book in such a way that I, not being very versed in previous X-lore, never felt lost in what was going on and understood the emotional stakes fairly well. The art was also nice and consistent throughout. Good stuff.

This was really good, basically the X-men’s version of the Suicide Squad. Havok is still having problems from his inversion during axis and is selected to be put on a team with other problematic mutants on Krakoa so they can help Krakoa out under the supervision of Sinister. Looking at the team you wouldn’t think any of them would work well together, they are such a random bunch. But they fit very well together and have a lot of great interactions. The book is fun but has a fair share of emotion...

This was better than I was expecting it to be. In particular, the way that Mr. Sinister is written gives him a lot of personality. Unfortunately, he doesn't accompany the team on the mission, so that part of the story isn't as interesting as when Mr. Sinister is running his mouth.

My favorite series in the Dawn of X era outside of Marauders. This book is hilarious, but it also asks interesting questions and treats its antisocial characters with a very humanizing perspective. Segovia's art is great, Wells's writing is sharp, and Sinister is a camp icon.

This is my favorite of the 2nd wave of the Dawn of X books. Mr. Sinister is given the care of a bunch of mentally deranged mutants. Most are pretty obscure X-Men villains. Scalphunter, Orphan Maker and Nanny, Wildchild, Empath. Havok is also with the team. He's still having issues after being inverted a few years ago. Kwannon is assigned to lead them and keep them from killing anyone. It's a lot like the original setup for Suicide Squad. On their first mission, they are sent to destroy Mr. Sinis...

This is not a Suicide Squad. They are wearing funny hats.