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Krakin’ Krakoa #121: Omega Level Retcon: Dan Slott’s Franklin Richards Isn’t a Mutant?

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Despite three chapters in X-Men X of Swords as the all hands on deck event hurls towards a conclusion, the biggest X-Men news this week likely came in the pages of Fantastic Four, over the course of only a few panels featuring Franklin Richards and Professor X.

Today I’ll answer:

+ Why would Marvel make it so Franklin Richards is no longer a mutant?

+ Is this development real or is it a fakeout? + Why accusing Franklin of *faking* his mutant nature is a much bigger deal than some think?

+ Should creators outside Hickman’s X-Office be playing with mutants?

+ Theories and predictions for what’s to come in X-Men!

Spoilers for discussed comics may follow!

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Creannotators #26: “Spider-Woman” Interview With Writer Karla Pacheco

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This week on Creannotators, I talked with comics writer Karla Pacheco about her first arc on Marvel’s Spider-Woman, preparing for the King in Black event, and what’s up next for her and Jessica Drew!

On Comic Book Herald’s ‘Creannotators’ I’ll be interviewing some of my favorite creators in comics about specific runs, graphic novels or series, looking for their insights on the inspirations behind the work and ideas or hidden material readers may have missed. Creannotators is an audio annotative guide to enjoying the intricacies and thinking in the art. Thanks for listening, and enjoy the comics!

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Krakin’ Krakoa #117: Fall of the Mutants Event Legacy!

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In 1988, Marvel Comics’ X-Men Universe combined to tell the Fall of the Mutants, a crossover event built around three major devastating separate events spanning the X-Men, X-Factor, and the New Mutants. Fall of the Mutants is the follow-up to Mutant Massacre, and part of the build to 1989’s Inferno, with some of the stranger and least discussed ideas and beats from the Chris Claremont era of X-Men.

Today I’ll answer:

  • What are the themes of Fall of the Mutants and what impact do they have on the X-Men of today?
  • As the first major Apocalypse story, what does Fall of the Mutants establish about the longtime X-villain?
  • Will we see elements from this stranger era of late period Claremont resurface in modern X-men?
  • Theories and predictions about what Fall of the Mutants means for the Dawn of X!

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