This is the X-Men story I have been wanting for years. This resonates with me. Jean Grey is implicated in the assassination of a politician, and she and a core team of X-Men flee and regroup in a remote location to find out who actually was behind the assassination, and how they can reveal the truth to the world. The dialogue, the artwork, the characterization were spot on. It helps that I love most of this team, and came to love the rest. It feels a little strange that one of the X-Men's powers...

X-Men Red is the comic that has to justify the resurrection of Jean Gray, one of the many senseless X-character returns in 2017 that threatened to set the X-franchise back by decades. And it ... maybe does? Tom Taylor certainly writes an interesting and nuanced Jean Gray, one who remains true to her classic character, yet who moves in an interesting new direction. But was it necessary for Jean Gray to take this role? I'm unconvinced.As for the X-red team that Gray gathers: it's a proactive strik...

Wow! Now this -- this is a damn good X-Men book! Picking up on the heels of the also pretty damn good Phoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey, the original Jean Grey is back (last time we saw her was in Grant Morrison's grand finale of his run on New X-Men, where she was presumed dead way back in 2004)!The Hate Machine starts off with an annual issue showcasing Jean, her return, her reconnecting with her X-friends, and setting the stage of the events that will follow. It's exactly the type...

X-Men Red picks up right where Phoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey left off. Jean Grey is back, but the world she's brought back into is... different, apparently? The people Earth hate mutants with a fiery murderous passion, and Cassandra Nova has some sinister plan to Kill All The Mutants. Yes, it's the premise of every other goddamn X-Men book in existence, but sure, let Tom Taylor pretend like the world is somehow very different from when Jean was last alive.Does he add anything new...

Some of the best X-Men comics since Grant Morrison and Joss Whedon were writing their takes. I'm not up on exactly how Jean Grey has come back (did they ever fix Bendis' weird time experiment with the young X-Men visiting their older counterparts? I imagine they must have, but I missed that. Also, Cyclops is dead?!?). I'd really like to see a different villain than the one who is recycled here, but it is a definite threat. Also tired of the whole persecution of mutants thing. But I know that's o...

Why have there been so many Jean Grey books from Marvel these past couple years - is she anyone’s favourite X-character?! So following on from the unremarkable Phoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey, X-Men Red (red because Jean’s got red hair?) is an X-Men team book headed up by Jean. And it’s as boring as most of the X-Men books we’ve been getting lately! Jean’s no longer bonded with the Phoenix Force but she’s still OP AF (probably why, despite Marvel’s efforts to make her their mutant

Tom Taylor comes in and instantly shows those other X colored titles how it's done. The book is both fun and full of menace. Taylor smartly brings Honey Badger and X-23 over with him from his All-New Wolverine run. They instantly lighten what is a very dark storyline. Taylor also brings back Nightcrawler's carefree, fun personality from the Chris Claremont days. I didn't realize how much I missed it! It's why Nightcrawler was always my favorite X-Man. Mahmud Asrar's pencils are clean and dynamic...

I absolutely loved this one; in fact, if this had just collected issues one to five, I’d be giving it five stars. Unfortunately, it also included the annual, which wasn’t nearly as good, I’m afraid.Man, it’s good to have Jean back... and on a team that also includes Kurt, Laura and Gabby? I’m in X-Heaven!

I'm on a Marvel Reading kick for 2018 before I create my top 10 list of the year! So I decided to switch from Tom Taylor's All-new Wolverine to his X-Men Red series! So Jean is back. Trust me, I was the last person who cared or wanted that. I've never been a huge fan of her but she is now back. This time though, instead of being all Phoenix and destroy the world, she's here to save it. She wants to fix all the hatred around the world, all the racism, and live in peace. A pretty hefty task but wi...

[Read as single issues]Jean Grey has returned from the dead, and she does not like what she’s come back to. The world still hates and fears mutants, possibly even moreso than before, and the X-Men aren’t doing anything to help change that. With the Blue and Gold teams out protecting the world, Jean decides to save it. With Wolverine, Honey Badger, Namor, Gambit, Storm, and new mutant Trinary at her side, it’s time to change some hearts and minds. Unfortunately, someone else has that on their age...

Tom Taylor uses the resurrected Jean Gray to reground an X-men team into something that feels like a classic X-men arc while mimicking or aping either Claremont era or Lee/Loebell era. It's not Grant Morrison's X-men or Bendis's or Whedon's, but it is both familiar and new in a way that readers haven't seen since Secret Wars. There are limits to the plot where there are political machinations to increase hatred towards mutants, but Cassandra Nova is a particularly devious enemy and grounding the...

sometimes i am not one for new lineups and odd character pairings, but i LOVED each character in every issue. i haven’t read much of jean grey but i really thought this volume did a well enough job of explaining her and having her personality portrayed as best as it can be (considering she was just dead). every issue flows nicely to the next and it has a consistent writing style that is captivating and leaves you turning the page for more. it balances serious with humor. it also has a very class...

Jean Grey is back. The world still fears mutants, Cassandra Nova is at play ( Morrison did her very well from the arc I read, so it will be interesting to see Taylors take). The action is solid, the plotting is fun. The art is standard marvel, it really is just big in every sense. Its not the most original of stories, but it still was fun read. I already prefer this than the Gold run.

This was quite fun omg!Tom comes into the X-Men and does it well again like he starts with Jean and like what she does after coming alive and that moment with Black Bolt was cool and then coming to her mission in the UN and all and then a tragic incident orchestrated by Cassandra Nova happens and she has to go rogue and gathers her team including Trinary and we see the whole thing like that and getting a sentinel and fighting bigots everywhere and we get to see a fun story with Gambit too which

This might just be the X-Men title we've been waiting for, continuing the more recent legacies of Grant Morrison's 'New X-Men' and Joss Whedon's 'Astonishing X-Men'. I haven't been invested in the current X-Men comics for years now, and I'm slightly surprised Jean Grey is the thing to pull me back in, as I've never been the biggest fan of her. But Tom Taylor makes you root for her right off the bat, and the stakes are extremely high. There's just the right amount of darkness and silliness to bal...

Much better than I thought it would be. Shouldn't be too surprising though. Tom Taylor can write a good book.

With the exception of the Annual at the beginning of the volume, this was pretty good. Looking forward to the next one.

I don't often write reviews, and I never rate comics (for as many as I read). But I'm compelled to say a few things about this one after reading some of the other reviews. The inaugural volume of X-Men Red is definitely covering familiar territory. Humans hate and fear mutants. Governments are passing legislation against them. There's talk of deportation and special camps. The team has to fight against a warped perception of their mission. One of their own is secretly against them. Etc, etc. HOW...

Boom! Tom Taylor pops off again with another great X-Men book. The dude has been writing some amazing Wolverine featuring Laura and Gabby, and now his for realsies X-Men book brings all that same brilliance to a bigger table. This reads as a wholly unique, wholly modern X-Men title, with appropriate and surprisingly tactful mirrors to the bigotry of modern America. X-Men is a book about race and discrimination, and this title reflects these issues in the 2018 U.S. with pitch-perfect accuracy. It...