X-Force #6, 9 & 10.
[While Dustin Weaver and Edgard Delgado are still on cover duty, issue #6 is drawn by Stephen Segovia and #9-10 by Josh Cassara; interior coloring is by Guru-eFX and Dean White]
(*This follows Part 1 from last month.)
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Always Additive: A Retrospective of Hickman’s Tenure as Architect of Krakoa
With the oversized concluding chapter of the four-part Inferno
After a brief intro, I’ll run through: Hickman’s three core innovations to the franchise and then, having heaped much justified praise upon the man, we’ll look at the many things we didn’t get to see, and the very few that didn’t really work. The last stop is a brief look at what the end of Inferno #4 has promised us in no uncertain terms, as well as the architect’s own promise to all who have come to call Krakoa home—fan and creator alike.
Here at the start, though, I’ll include one of my favorite moments from Inferno #4, Emma’s moment—this is just so brilliantly earned:
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The 10 Best Marvel Miniseries of 2021!
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.)
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(Re)Read Hickman’s X-Men: Fleeting Glimpses & Fragmented Machinations – Marauders #7-9; Giant-Size Magneto
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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(Re)Read Hickman’s X-Men: Whose World? Giant-Size X-Men!
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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