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Acclaimed horror writer Victor LaValle’s five-issue Sabretooth mini will undoubtedly go down as the best solo title ever for El Tigre Vic, the Slasher, the Butcher—though, admittedly, the bar for that metric has always been pretty darn low*. But probably, this five-issue story will prove one of the most successful minis of the past several years, as well. As we’ve come to expect in the Krakoa era, the creative team here certainly know their Victor Creed, and it’s exciting to know right off the bat that this is going to be so much more than an excuse for a feral murderfest. This first issue is hella fun, very wild, and shockingly unpredictable.

Ed Note: Spoilers for this issue follow

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The ongoing X-Men title that started last summer, in the wake of both X of Swords and Hellfire Gala, is doing what many longtime fans of the franchise have been missing—interacting more with the world beyond Krakoa (unsurprising the way the Marvel Universe bills itself as “the world outside your window”). But writer Gerry Duggan is actually giving us much more than just that almost numbingly overstuffed world; he’s making the X-Men intersect with MU mainstays in entirely unexpected ways that on reflection appear entirely inevitable.

So right off, I just have to say that I’m enjoying Gerry Duggan’s X-Men immensely, especially the stellar art that is really making it all pop so vividly, whether we’re talking Pepe Larraz or Javier Pina. Even so, I’ve got a few quibbles, like, most recently: Why, why, why did the Arakki not immediately secure their moons, Phobos and Deimos?

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