What is The General Consensus on Bendis' X-Men ?

[Glio]

Love how Age of Ultron took the cool title and did not TOUCH the plot.

Bendis was really brave in calling "Age of Ultron" a story that ultimately stars Sue Richards and Wolverine traveling back in time.

Because that's what you think of in an event about Ultron, time travel by Logan and Sue.

[Triniking1234]

Love how Age of Ultron took the cool title and did not TOUCH the plot.

Named after a Bendis event; mostly based on Thomas' and Busiek's work.

Well done, Marvel.

[Hizashi]

The time-displaced O5 was one of the worst ideas in theory and in practice I've seen at either one of the big two.

[Omega Alpha]

The time-displaced O5 was one of the worst ideas in theory and in practice I've seen at either one of the big two.

Bendis said that this idea was floating out at Marvel for a long time and only he and I think Loeb liked it; well, there's a reason for that.

[Kingdom X]

The time-displaced O5 was one of the worst ideas in theory and in practice I've seen at either one of the big two.

It’s really one of those things that could work for ONE arc, maaaaaaaybe two. I also don’t get why they didn’t just bring Jeen. Beast was being petty anyway and she was the only one missing in the present timeline.

[Glio]

It’s really one of those things that could work for ONE arc, maaaaaaaybe two. I also don’t get why they didn’t just bring Jeen. Beast was being petty anyway and she was the only one missing in the present timeline.

Because the intention was "Cyclops, remember what you were and look what you've become, look at the contrast."

And then it all ended with the O5s saying "Hey, Cyclops is not bad."

And then they did the exact same arc with Cyclops on IvsX.

[Hizashi]

Bendis said that this idea was floating out at Marvel for a long time and only he and I think Loeb liked it; well, there's a reason for that.

It really should've been left alone. That or-

It’s really one of those things that could work for ONE arc, maaaaaaaybe two. I also don’t get why they didn’t just bring Jeen. Beast was being petty anyway and she was the only one missing in the present timeline.

Yes, one arc. Let Beast try and make his point, the characters maybe bring the team back together or drive them further apart and then send them back.

I didn't like Jeen. I mean, I ultimately didn't like any of them, but I wouldn't have brought only her back either.

[Hizashi]

Because the intention was "Cyclops, remember what you were and look what you've become, look at the contrast."

And then it all ended with the O5s saying "Hey, Cyclops is not bad."

And then they did the exact same arc with Cyclops on IvsX.

That whole mess from start to finish was one large dumpster fire. Marvel wants to run from it, but it will always be there.

[Celestialbodies]

Wasted potential is the best summation I can come up with. Bendis started out of the gate incredibly strong, then seemed to lose interest, and in the Last Will and Testament arc, didnt even seem to be able to rouse himself enough giveadamn to even phone it in.

Nearly every Bendis team book (Will give him credit for his solo books like Spider-Man, Daredevil and Alias) are like Ryan Murphy television series; Start off strong with a lot of promise and then fizzles midway through with a super anticlimactic ending.

I’ll give him credit for writing an entertaining Magik and X-23 and creating Jeen and Tempus. Other than that, it’s an utterly forgettable era for the most part with UXM and ANXM. He really can NOT write team books.

The two closest to my opinion of Bendis as a writer, and his tenure on the X-men, that Ryan Murphy comparison is so freaking spot on. He has such interesting concepts and in almost everything I've read from him beside the initial opening. His runs tends to veer into mediocrity, and the worse offense for me is what he does with his characters, Bendis is clearly aware of continuity yet will go out of his way to retcon stories even his own in the same run. It additionally, frustrating because he forces characters into roles they don't need to play, then doesn't even bother to follow up with what he's written.



As a fan of Jean, I appreciated him bringing her into the fold, yet nearly anyone who used her beside him or after did a much better job portraying whatever he was doing for the first 20 or so issues. I genuinely can't think of anything of substance any of the other characters he had did, everyone is kind of just there similar to his Avengers run.


I've said it once, and I'll say it again, Bendis would make a GREAT plotter, but without a GREAT editor to reign him in. Bendis writing consistently does the same thing, present intriguing ideas with awful execution and an ending which is flat and not at all fulfilling.

[Kingdom X]

Because the intention was "Cyclops, remember what you were and look what you've become, look at the contrast."

And then it all ended with the O5s saying "Hey, Cyclops is not bad."

And then they did the exact same arc with Cyclops on IvsX.

Yeah but I would argue he was more shocked by seeing Jeen anyway, so it could serve a similar purpose. Also, she was the only one with a full(ish) arc.

[Bunch of Coconuts]

Meandering crap with no truly unique ideas.

[Glio]

Yeah but I would argue he was more shocked by seeing Jeen anyway, so it could serve a similar purpose. Also, she was the only one with a full(ish) arc.

Tyke also had an arc, the problem is that he had the exact same arc of "Cyclops is a villain> Oh, it turns out he is not" twice.

[Hulkout42]

It sucked, that's my consensus.

[Triniking1234]

The time-displaced O5 was one of the worst ideas in theory and in practice I've seen at either one of the big two.

Depends on the story.

- O5 come forward in time
- Can't go back
- Give them a side adventure book for while like The Hidden Years
- Pack them up before something stupid happens

[Hizashi]

Depends on the story.

- O5 come forward in time
- Can't go back
- Give them a side adventure book for while like The Hidden Years
- Pack them up before something stupid happens

Right, sorry, in Bendis' theory.

Honestly, I don't think even a side book would've worked.