A Comic Book Reading Order Guide For Beginners & Fans
On my weekly livestream, Casual Krakoa Live, I review the week’s X-Men comics, and answer big questions about what’s going on with Marvel’s merry mutants! You can listen or watch below:
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This week’s Casual Krakoa will answer:
+ Who’s coming to the X-Office after Hickman?
+ What’s up with X-Men continuity now?
+ What does Isaac Asimov have to do with X-Men? [Read more…] about Casual Krakoa: New Mutants #22, Excalibur #24, Hellions #16 Reviews!
Excalibur will possibly end before it reaches issue #30—although that seems crazy with how much material Tini Howard and Marcus To have introduced, enough for a whole franchise! An entire comic company could be launched from all the elements of their Otherworldly worldbuilding—and X-office contributions, generally. So hopefully, Marvel backs off a bit on its recent kneejerk habit of just rebooting everything without strong in-universe reasons or respect to fans of titles whose stories are never resolved!
That said, this series hasn’t been without its flaws, and its first six issues are its weakest. They still contain much of interest and lay diverse seeds of potential for future storytelling—besides the fact the art is beautiful.
But if the series were to end, it would be a real shame—avoidable if it relaunches with the same creators under a title like Captain Britain and Her Majesty’s Mutants or something. (I’m not a fan of the word “witchbreed,” which is meant to be pejorative anyway; neither is it very compelling.) It’s clear to anyone following Excalibur that the creative team is just getting started with the epic they obviously want to give us. Although that is a bit strange to say after 23 issues!
Related:
[Read more…] about (Re)Read Hickman’s X-Men: Otherworldly Machinations – Excalibur #1-6 Pt. 2
I’m joined by Ernie (BlerdWithout Fear) and Verno (The Cerebros) to talk all things X-Men: Inferno #1, the kickoff to the Jonathan Hickman written event from Marvel Comics!
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We talk in depth about the issue’s story, theories about what it means for X-Men Comics, and all things Hickman X-Men! Spoilers will follow!
X-Men #2-4 by Hickman & Leinil Francis Yu!
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What was with this series? It seemed almost every issue tackled a nearly wholly unrelated story setup, related only by way of Krakoa.
I don’t quite believe that, but it is a very common criticism of Hickman’s X-Men
But that doesn’t mean there isn’t plenty to critique here. And yet there’s still much more to praise.
[Read more…] about (Re)Read Hickman’s X-Men Era: Disparate Seeds of Stories Yet to Come
What is Inferno? The X-Men event series promises to deliver answer to many of the mysteries throughout the past two plus years of X-Men stories. Likewise, the theme of the event promos is that secrets, lies, and betrayals will rule the day, as allies, enemies, and leaders alike can’t be trusted. The mutant nation of Krakoa has offered the promise of paradise for mutantkind, but it’s likely that here in Inferno we’ll see that promises come burning to the ground.
Marvel is perpetually teasing that an “Event changes everything,” but there’s a real sense with Inferno that it will genuinely change the landscape of what we can come to expect from X-Men comics in 2022.
Spoilers for discussed comics may follow!
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