Marvel comics of 1988. Fall of the Mutants!
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Krakin’ Krakoa #117: Fall of the Mutants Event Legacy!
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!
Spoilers for discussed comics may follow!
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[Read more…] about Krakin’ Krakoa #117: Fall of the Mutants Event Legacy!Creannotators #25: “X-Men Liberty and Justice For All” Interview With Writer Carrie Harris
This week on Creannotators, I talked with novelist Carrie Harris about her work X-Men: Liberty and Justice For All, the first entry in Aconyte Books line of Marvel’s Xavier School prose stories! We talk about Carrie’s history with X-Men comics, the specific era of X-Men and characters Harris is working with (right down to the in-continuity location in Marvel’s comics!), and much more.
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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Marvel comics of 1988. Black Panther miniseries, Daredevil by Nocenti & Romita Jr, and Hulk by Peter David and Todd McFarlane! Joe Fixit!
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Krakin’ Krakoa #110: 8 Major Secrets in the X of Swords Handbook!
In general, Marvel event handbooks are a quick recap, a visual Wikipedia, of story details that can help readers understand the players, reasons, and storylines applicable to the event comic. While this is true of the X-Men: X of Swords handbook, there’s so much we still don’t know, and so many fascinating mysteries in the event and the Hickman era of X-Men at large, that I was deeply engaged with the handbook’s 50+ pages hunting for clues.
Today I’ll answer:
- What are the most interesting secrets and ideas present in the handbook comic?
- What surprising character inclusions promise much more to come in X of Swords?
- Theories and predictions for what’s to come in X-Men!
Spoilers for X-Men comics will follow!
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