How's Killing time been? I passed it by and thought I might try the trade if it was decent.

Me too. Usually I'm not crazy about "replacement" characters but don't mind as much if it is a character with a long history with the hero they are replacing. Plus it was so well done and compelling. Plus this is a 5 issue mini series.

Eh, I disliked his batman run so if its just more of the same its probably a pass for me.

Legion of X #1 and #2 (Yes, I know #1 came out a week ago (or was it two), but I didn't get around to the story yet and it's easier to do both in 1 review.
Written by Si Spurrier
Art by Jan Bazaldua and Federico Blee

What Happened Before: Mutants have organized and live together now on the living island of Krakoa. Nightcrawler is one of the Ruling Council of Krakoa and recently formulated a philosophy for the mutants of Krakoa to deal with their new-found immortality without giving in to self-destructive behaviour. Placed within the Mind of David Haller, the mutant known as Legion, Nightcrawler and his Legionaries/Legionnaires (both terms are used) will protect the mutants of Krakoa from themselves.

Plot: #1: We get introduced to Nightcrawler's Legion during their morning briefing as various team-members get their duty for today. Pixie and Lost investigate somebody possessing mutants against their will, Forget-Me-Not and Juggernaut investigate a mutant accussed of murdering his human wife while Nightcrawler meets with the mutants of Arakko at Storm's Request. Meanwhile Legion anticipates the revival of Blindfold, his lover.

#2: Nightcrawler has teamed-up with Weaponless Zsen, an Arakko mutant, to find a missing god, a trickster that escaped Arakko's arena. Legion and Blindfold may be meeting with said trickster god, the mysterious Mother Righteous. The others are chasing after the body-snatching mutant, Switch, who has been taken over mutants against their will.

The Good: I really liked Way of X last year and this is the continuation of that series. It focuses on more minor characters (except for Nightcrawler and Juggernaut) and I like giving minor characters a chance to develop. It also fleshes out the 3 basic commandments of Krakoa a bit more so that the Legionnaires have something to focus on.
Everything with the escaped Trickster God seems to be screaming "Loki" (not just the trickster god, we see some silhouettes and they seem to having/wearing horns quite similar to Loki's traditional costume).

I love that Nightcrawler is trying to not have his Legionnaires be a police force, but tries to find solutions that support everybody.

Arakko's relationship with their gods was a really interesting concept (There was once a mutant that could summon gods, but his plan to summon the gods to help them in the war with the demons of Amenth, turned into a disaster. Since then Arakko has been agressive to summon any gods that want to be worshipped by them and get them to prove themselves in combat against the people of Arakko. So far they have found no worthy one).

The Bad: It's not very new-reader friendly: several characters get no introduction and a lot of the story is a continuation of Way of X, so something which you probably want to check out first, before reading this.
Also it's quite packed with various storylines (4 seperate storylines, though they may have more overlap as we get further in) so some storylines seem to be underserved so far.

Overall: I quite like it, this was the most anticipated of the new X-titles for me as I liked Way of X a lot last year. I'd say that X-Men Red is probably the better title (based on the first issue) as it seems more focused.

I’ll admit that some of it may be me. Living through the Satanic Cult panic of the 80s and recognizing it was bullshit at the time as a teen I really dislike revisiting it. I wasn't wowed by the new issue.