I don't know if the problem is the writing or the art, or both. I think a different artist may have salvaged that dialogue, but that didn't happen. When it came to the backgrounds and the nonhuman creatures it was OK. But the Summers family looked like mannequins. Kid Cable looked older than OG Cable at points. Are they supposed to be teenagers? I couldn't tell. And the grenade thing, ugh.

this main X-book feels like a waste. A springboard for spinoffs, but no actual plot of its own. Jumping straight to Arakko and Apocalypse feels weird, because that almost seems like an endgame issue for Krakoa. The nation can't fall apart THAT quickly, can it? And any big changes too it would feel pointless, because we barely have any knowledge or reason to care about Krakoa at all at this point.

The data pages are quickly becoming a crutch. Feels like Hickman is more interested in this world than he is writing it in an organic way.