Dark X-Men#1: Marvel's final? Dark-Reign tie-in mini series, Dark X-Men came with a lot of hype. Does it deliver? Not really. With the most interesting characters having jumped ship to the real X-Men, (Emma Frost, Cloak, Dagger, Namor) and Daken no longer on the team, the series is forced to make do with perpetual B-list characters. While not necessarily a bad situation, see Thunderbolts for an excellent example, the writer seems unsure how to write the team. Weapon Omega's powers seem odd and disjointed and his personality even more so. Dark Beast is a stereotypical caricature of the mad scientist, Mystique is the token manipulator, and Mimic has no personality as of yet. While this issue wasn't terrible- the plot device used brings back a pretty major former X-MAN, the issue was still underwhelming. Lastly, I don't understand why Daken couldn't remain on the team as Wolverine is usually in 90 comics a month.

Grade: 6.7( out of 10)