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David Bowen

The 10 Best Marvel Miniseries of 2021!

December 12, 2021 by David Bowen Leave a Comment

Okay, obviously Marvel is publishing too many minis to keep track of nowadays. But a sizable portion are tied to events big and small, and to what’s happening on Krakoa, so here, we’re instead* going to focus on five self-contained stories that are doing their own thing**, spotlighting lesser-known characters and/or acting as a canvas for creators gone wild, whether that means creating an alternate reality or eschewing verisimilitude altogether in favor of glorious cartoonish mayhem.

(*In the “also worthy” section, listing another five honorable mentions, we will look at one peripheral and perfectly self-contained Krakoan story arc available only in Infinity Comic format on Marvel Unlimited.)

(**I suppose it would be a waste to argue that any story Marvel puts out now is truly self-contained, but these minis are as close as they get these days 😉.) [Read more…] about The 10 Best Marvel Miniseries of 2021!

Filed Under: Best of Lists, Featured Tagged With: Marvel

(Re)Read Hickman’s X-Men: Fleeting Glimpses & Fragmented Machinations – Marauders #7-9; Giant-Size Magneto

December 10, 2021 by David Bowen 2 Comments

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Stefano Caselli on pencils and inks for Marauders #7-8—what a treat! Especially after the inconsistencies of issue #6, the most critical of the series so far. I only wish he was the title’s main artist, but he was runner-up at least and has drawn other X titles, most recently Inferno #2.

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Filed Under: Featured, Marvel Reviews

(Re)Read Hickman’s X-Men: Whose World? Giant-Size X-Men!

December 3, 2021 by David Bowen Leave a Comment

The titular questions mark my skepticism about the success of these three double-sized issues as a story arc. In hindsight, the story we get from these visually gorgeous comics feels like it did at the time of publication: Hickman really beginning to toss too many spinning plates into the air and seemingly letting them fade away into the stratosphere. I think we can assume that the question of the long-deflated mystery of Doug, mutantkind’s various techno-organic nightmares, and now, what was initially a camp joke from Morrison—Ultimaton, or Weapon XV—must await Hickman’s eventual return to the X Office. Oh well!

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(Re)Read Hickman’s X-Men: Crucible & Cathedral — X-Men #7 (& Nightcrawler Matters)

November 12, 2021 by David Bowen Leave a Comment

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Teased with a typically beautiful yet ominous Leinil Francis Yu cover, X-Men #7 set expectations high for raising the bar on internal Krakoan tensions—and the story delivered, along with many burning questions that mostly still haven’t been answered. We start with a literally iconoclastic image of a stained-glass version of the most famous Catholic mutant—Nightcrawler—shattered by Apocalypse wielding a sword (which seemed to both echo what we’d seen recently in flashbacks, of Apocalypse’s last stand on ancient Okkara, and call forward to the impending X of Swords event).

What’s most clear by issue’s end is that Kurt’s doubts and questions, even his spiritual vision of renewal, just don’t carry the day, at all. They certainly fueled readers’ hopes for more Kurt content, but it’s Apocalypse and the less humane elements on the Quiet Council—meaning, most of it, then—who win out here, thus allowing the Krakoan project to grow at a more rapid pace, driving up reader enthusiasm, as well. So, yeah, cynicism wins, as usual. At least Hickman’s being honest! 😉

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Filed Under: Featured, Marvel Reviews Tagged With: X-Men

(Re)Read Hickman’s X-Men: “Games Without Frontiers, War Without Tears” Pt 1 of 3

November 5, 2021 by David Bowen Leave a Comment

X-Force #7-8 (& #9’s debut of the Green Lagoon)

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[*From the classic Peter Gabriel hit. Also, note that Part 2 of this run of articles will cover X-Force #6, 9, and 10; Part 3 will cover issues #11-12. Lastly, all X-Force cover images displayed were created by Dustin Weaver and Edgar Delgado.]

Reading back through the Dawn of X, I’ve maybe been a little surprised to find my overall favorite series among the initial ongoings has been Percy’s X-Force by a considerable margin. Now, there are certainly moments in Excalibur that, for me, have outshone almost everything else across the line; elsewhere, the best short, nonevent story arc is, in my view, undoubtedly X-Men #18-19. As for Duggan’s Marauders, that title has been an enjoyable slow-burn, but it’s also been consistently inconsistent in quality and focus—except that it serves with surprising success as Kate and Emma’s impeccably charming and well-deserved showboat. (And New Mutants didn’t even land on its feet until Vita Ayala’s recent takeover.)

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Hickman X-Men Reading Order

Krakin’ Krakoa!

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Filed Under: Featured, Marvel Reviews Tagged With: X-Men

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