x- specially awesome
this is one of the better x-men stories ive read in a while. the art is also spectacular. there are 4 or 5 different illustators, an they all rocked it in my opinion. i was pleased with this purchase. if you like the x-men, an you like reading comics(or graphic novels, same thing) then you'll enjoy this book.

Setting Up Something Bigger
I'm still playing catchup with the X-Men after a long hiatus from reading the series. It has gotten much more violent but also much more expansive in its depictions of the characters' milieu, which has always functioned in a kind of bubble that divides it from the rest of the Marvel continuity. I had high expectations for Messiah CompleX due to the positive reviews and the promise of important events. But really the book is just sort of mutant free-for-all with too much brawn and not enough brains. You get to see Cyclops function as a leader after his "overthrow" of Professor X in Deadly Genesis, and Messiah CompleX contains the deaths of two characters that are VERY central to the X-mythos. However, I think Marvel's mutant titles are notorious for deaths of characters who then quickly come back to life via some deus ex machina, making the whole concept of death somewhat immaterial and pointless in these titles.

The premise of the "messiah" predicted way back when by the mutant Destiny is cool though. I just found this installment itself was less interesting than the events it seems to set up for next time around.

Just OK
I don't want to waste my time reviewing this, so here goes. Don't buy into the hype too much. This is a good story but it could've been executed easliy in 9 or even 6 issues. It really started off slow. It wasn't as interesting as many books have been over the past couple years. I simply prefer the other X-Books and Wolverine to this stuff. Even Mighty Avengers vol 1 & 2 are better than this.

Disappointing
Very weak and repetitive plots. Uninteresting characters (Cable? Bishop? Please...)
Simply disappointing, boring. Old enemies. Old motifs. Sadly, not enough to warrant its price. It pales in comparrasion with the Astonishing X-men mini-series. That one has GREAT art and writting.

A new comic masterpiece
This book has the latest battle between the X-men and the terrible future, the story begins with the first new mutant since "M-DAY" and all the people (purifiers, predator x, marauderers, Mr. Sinester and X-men) who has an agenda with the new born. The art is relly good, and the structure of the arc is perfect, and besides is one of the fierst X-men event where Cyclops gtes the respect as a leader that he deserves, and I asure you that this is a MUST HAVE.