Not as good as the first volume, but still pretty great.

The story was somewhat hampered with having to be a crossover with the Civil War events and fold in so many things that had happened in the broader Earth-616 verse (all of Quicksilver's stuff, Banshee's death, the mutant registration act) but David did the best job you could expect with it and continued to push his own story on through it, both plot and character arcs. I preferred the heavy noir art of Dennis Calero to the sketchy style of Renato Arlem -- both were solid, but the former fit the

While not as strong as the first volume it remains highly engaging and well done. So let's get to it! Mr. Tryp is a cocksucker. Remember him from volume 1? Well now we get the origin of his story and goddamn...we talking dark shit that relates very close to Jamie. All well done. We also have a Civil War tie in. While these stories and plot are starting to connect we get some future crazyness coming into modern time, big fights, and a few twist I didn't see coming. Good: Jamie having multiple dup...

i love peter david... he does great things with these characters, especially in this volume. i don't think i've ever read a team book anywhere near as good as the new x-factor series. i'm still so-so with the artists they choose for this book. i wish they could find somebody that can do this book justice. that would make me a happy camper... but regardless.. grade A, five stars, must read for any x-fan etc.

I've been on this mini-Marvel comic reading binge for the past week. It's been unfortunately in lieu of reading books without pictures on every page, but I haven't been so great at sitting down and reading my usual books the last couple of weeks. I'm not sure what five stars actually means here. I'm not sure if it means I have been enjoying X-Factor more than some of the other titles, or if this one was just so unexpectedly good that it has surprised me into giving it the extra star. And I'm no...

1) X-Factor, Vol. 1: The Longest Night ★★★★This series continues to be great. I love this dumb team so much, especially Layla Miller who is quickly becoming one of my favourite characters.

A great second volume for X-Factor!While not hitting as many highs as Madrox: Multiple Choice or volume one, this book was still a consistently enjoyable addition to the series. Featuring a few overlapping storylines, and wrapping up some threads from the last volume, as well as tying into the Marvel Civil War event, this story is packed with content, which I am glad. There are too many Marvel books -specifically X-Books- where the whole volume is based on the thinnest of plots. Not the case her...

Another great volume. A little weaker than the last one, but still very strong. It keeps up on the same themes presented in volume 1 and follows some of the plot threads introduced there. The Civil War tie-ins were really good, maybe some of the best despite focusing more on M-Day rather than Civil War. Art is absolutely amazing as usual. No more Sook art sadly, but Calero is really good too. The issue by Ariel Olivetti looked amazing as his stuff usually does, and the 3 issues by Renato Arlem b...

This is so so good! Quicksilver is such an asshole. I really do love to hate him. I keep forgetting Layla's role in House of M though. I remember she had parents but the rest isn't coming to me. Certainly not her being Quicksilver's nemesis. Oh well. I started reading another book on criminology unlimited but the writing and interaction between characters just doesn't compare to this! I think i need to go ahead and buy volume three. I missed having new comics every week during the covid shutdown...

X-Factor is such a different book then the other X-Men books! It has a strong noir vibe to it. The team is also very dysfunctional. The art is really adds to the noir vibe. I liked Dennis Calero's art best in this book. All of it is very dark, full of tons of shadows and heavy shading. It works for this storyline. I really like these characters. They don't totally fit together yet. I'm rather loving the motley crew of outcast vibe they give off. Not every mutant wants to be an X-Men and some jus...

This series just keeps getting better. Not many writers actually manage to do anything interesting with the whole x-men stories other than try what a thousand writers have done before. Peter David builds intensity throughout the book, adding moments of humour, brutality and sincerity. A very original piece of work.

Continuing the great X-read of 2017 that has now stretched into 2018...Okay. So I am way behind on reviewing these x-books that I have been reading. So I am going to just kind of ramble about all of them and copy/paste my thoughts. Which will make for a bit of a mess and I am sorry. Quick ramblings:Cable and Deadpool continues to be surprisingly good though a little more scattered in these couple of volumes.X-Men the Blood of Apocalypse was rushed in my opinion...Phoenix Warsong was pretty decen...

Three short "arcs," but each have very tight narratives, and all together they make for some really engaging reading.Here, it's easy enough to ignore the 2005-ness and the Peter David-isms; these comics don't go down as many tangental roads, and put characters and emotions first in a very rewarding way.And while part of me rolls my eyes at a comic taking a full issue to "joke" that Banshee will come back so Siryn doesn't need to mourn him, but (A) there are other subplots so it's not really what...

There is a bit of a pacing glitch during the Civil War portion of this story but it's in the service of the larger story. For the most part, this is another excellent chapter in David's Madrox/X-Factor story. The assortment of artists detracts a bit from the atmosphere built up in volume one, but all of the art is good and appropriate.I especially enjoy the continued exploration of Layla Miller, and the way the various characters react/interact with her.This is still a highly recommended read fo...

Another solid volume, this one is the tie-in to Civil War. Though, it doesn't really go too deeply into the registration act. It also introduces Pietro's ability to give mutants stripped of their power by his sister there powers back. Though we don't see that happen until next volume. The most interesting thing in this volume the revelation that Mr. Trype's secret and how it relates to Jamie. (view spoiler)[Mr. Trype lives in all times at once and can have more than one of his selves through his...

The mystery deepens at X-Factor is pitted against X-Men, a sleeper agent is discovered, and Damian Tryp, Damian Tryp, and Damian Tryp continue to cause problems for X-Factor - especially for Jamie.This volume is a bit darker than Volume 1, but that's not really surprising, given where the storyline is going. The artwork continues to be on point and I look forward to continuing to read this series. I am really liking this alternate present/future series about mutants that doesn't focus on the X-M...

Golly. I read volume 1 more than five years ago, I think. I really lost track of the plot. And what's more, I can't help but think I've read this one, too? Maybe? There's a lot of cleverness, but I can't help but feel like there are too many balls in the air. It seemed like a very good comicbook that I did not like that much.

I am really suprised how much i am loving this series. Before this I had never read anything about any of those characters, but in just a few issues Peter David knows how to make you care about them. The story is good and well written. The art is okay, not really my cup of tea, but whatever, it does what it must. Oh and Layla is amazing, really love her!

I am loving this story because there are familiar elements and characters sprinkled in, but it is an almost entirely new to me. It makes me feel like I'm seeing a story that just happened off the edge of the well known House of M and Civil War events. Also who the heck is Layla?!?!

still 3.5, maybe 3.75