Quitely's back, so the art rocks, and the story is dark and compelling. Xavier's dream is often questioned, but this take on rebellious doubt is very well done, serious, yet with Morrison's trade-mark sardonic tone.

Damn near perfect. I think I read it too fast, but it will be a pleasure to re-read when the time comes.

This is what happens when tens grow up with genius intellects and superpowers. They get shirty. Plus also, Cyclops and Emma Frost start getting it on psychically, which considering Jean Grey's on the edge of going Phoenix is playing with fire - literally. Awesome story. And it made Xavier cry. Good.

3.5 starsThe story again was good and thought provoking, but I didn't like the students at all. I also missed Jean, but I guess we'll see more of her soon, considering the ending of this volume...

Fun times at Xavier's High!

A bunch of snotty students decide to overthrow the teachers, while an almost equally snotty group of students try to learn to work together and the heroes, the actual X-men are pretty ineffectual and too mired in their own personal problems to feel much like heroes.A huge new cast has been introduced and 90% of them are teenagers, written by someone who thinks all teenagers are jerks, but speak in really clever bits of dialogue.and to hurt the story further, we finally find what Scott and Emma h...

YES! I liked it a lot! This was the first volume of the serie you didn't need to know anything about x-men history! So for me its something amazing! Its a complete and unique story. The only thing i didn't like is the cover with jean grey... (has nothing to do with the plot).Really really exciting to read vol 5!!Fav characters: Xorn and Emma Frost!!!!

So I was about 35 pages into this when I realized it was getting too weird too fast. So I had to hit the brakes.

It seems as if Jason Aaron modeled his Wolverine and the X-Men run after this particular collection. Which can only be a good thing. I love one, so why wouldn't I love the other?I'm pretty interested in figuring out how exactly Quentin Quire can go from leading a Magneto-esque riot, kidnapping Professor X, inadvertently killing two students, and attempting to kill others, to being the whacky, lovable bad boy in Wolverine and the X-men. (view spoiler)[Meanwhile, his co-conspirators end up in some...

When a small group of students in the school for gifted students begins to fan the flames of mutant revolution, can the faculty staff stop not only the physical danger that they pose, but the ideological one as well?There's something about Grant Morrison writing about angry, rebellious youth that really works well. He manages to capture some of that youthful energy and vigor, flawed though it may be, and translate it directly for the page. Because as much as Quentin Quire thinks his story is abo...

Definitely the highlight of Morrison’s run on New X-Men for me. After a scattershot third volume which occasionally felt like a collection of one-shots instead of a unified arc, “Riot at Xavier’s” is wonderfully cohesive. I especially love how the B-story (featuring Xorn and the Special Class) comments on and eventually folds into the main action of the A-story. The focus on younger students (Beak, Angel, the Stepford Cuckoos, Basilisk, Glob Herman, etc.) is such a welcome shot in the arm; Morri...

Riot at Xavier's (#134-138). In his second year, Morrison tried to expand the scope of the X-Men. His work with the X-Corps in the previous arc wasn't entirely successful, because they were just too scattered, but his depiction here of the new students at Xavier's is magnificent. That's in large part thanks to Quintin Quire, one of the best characters to originate in the New X-Men, who first appears here as a young rebel without a cause. But, the Specials, the Cuckoos, and Quintin's gang all get...

Civil unrest is brewing amongst the Xavier Institute student body. Led by Omega-level mutant - and social hothead - Quentin Quire, a gang of students puts their displeasure into action. The aptly titled riot is actually fairly short, showcasing when the X-Men are the teachers and the kids still need discipline. New addition Xorn begins to make the rounds, and the wheels start turning towards something bigger.

Now THIS is X-Men. Relationships. Action. Drama. I also love the dialectic between Quinten Quire's New X-Men and Xorn's class of "Losers". These are all children. They might be rude and entitled, but they are still just children. And the implicit impact of Xorn's kindness and protection (even if a little negligent) goes in stark contrast to Quinten being told he was adopted. It's subtle and not even a major point of this volume. But that speaks to Morrison doing a great job of writing. (I might

I don't understand all the positive reviews. I mean, at least the art is better than the previous volume, but nearly every character is unlikable. Especially Quentin and his X-brats. Teenagers throwing tantrums because the world isn't fair that only make the world worse -- my faaaaaaaaaaaavorite. There's still this weird thing going on where Beast is telling the world he's gay while he's not, which feels a bit icky. Also, Wolverine has a soul patch. Why.What do I like? Xorn. He's interesting and...

Quitely's back, and I can get behind revolutionary punk rock mutants on drugs.

quentin quire is annoying as fuck

Grant Morrison's first few storyarcs as an X-Men writer helped reinvigorate a title which had grown completely stale under the hands of Scott Lobdell and Fabien Nicieza. His new characters were fascinating, his focus on secondary mutations, and the character growth of Emma Frost seemed to be going somewhere important.This collection is fine. I like the idea of Quentin Quire starting a revolution with the next generation of mutants. I still love Frank Quitely's art, as well as Keron Grant's. I re...

Professor X. is about to open his mutant school to combined humans and mutants. He works to unite both mutant and human but the death of a mutant by a human stirs anger in the students already at Xavier’s School For Gifted. Quentin (later known as Kid Omega) creates chaos and kindles the anger of his fellow students by using his mental powers and a drug that enhances each of their powers.I have been going back to comics but only reading graphic novels that I find deals on so I am reading them ou...

Probably my favorite volume of Morrison's run so far. It still feels a little unsettling, like I missed a few years of storyline, but the story was well-written and interesting. Beast's recent weirdness is dialed back a bit and somewhat explained so that was good. I still maintain that this would be a much better book if it was not the X-men. Morrison is a heck of a writer but he doesn't seem to want to stick with the existing personalities of the main characters. I think that is why I enjoyed t...