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Krakin’ Krakoa #52: Mike Carey’s X-Men Run – The Legacy Behind Dawn of X

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Mike Carey’s time writing the X-Men from 2006 to 2012 is the second longest consecutive run by any creator in Marvel history (trailing Chris Claremont), and despite a goldmine of concepts and character studies, the run is frequently overlooked in broader discussion of the best X-Men comics. Certainly, Carey’s work is referenced nowhere near as often as Grant Morrison’s time on New X-Men, or even the later run by Brian Michael Bendis.

Today I’ll answer:

  • What’s the legacy of Carey’s work on X-Men
  • What concepts and ideas influence Hickman’s X-Men and the Dawn of X
  • Theories and predictions for Hickman’s X-Men

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Krakin’ Krakoa #51: What Avengers Time Travel Tells Us About 2020 X-Men!

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For my 32nd Birthday week, I decided to explore some of my favorite 32nd issues in comics, and that led me back to the Jonathan Hickman written Avengers #32. I wasn’t planning on the next episode of Krakin’ Krakoa centered around Hickman’s Avengers, but this issue, and the “Infinite Avengers” storyline is particularly compelling in connection with Hickman’s X-Men and the structure and approach to future timelines. Hickman’s Marvel Universe, dating back to 2008, is uniquely interconnected, and it’s useful to consider lessons from his previous work that will carry forward into X-Men.

Today I’ll answer:

  • How an Avengers Future is both different and nearly identical to a Mutant Future
  • How time travel works in the Marvel Universe of writer Jonathan Hickman
  • Some theories about the way time travel will play a role in X-Men!

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Krakin’ Krakoa #50: How House & Powers of X Break All The Rules

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For the 50th episode of Krakin’ Krakoa, I felt it was time to return to the source that inspired this X-Men deep dive project, and now that House of X and Powers of X are fully available to read on Marvel Unlimited, it’s the perfect time to explore what made the event so special, search for clues that take on new light in the wake of X-Men’s Dawn of X, and craft all-new theories I didn’t see the first time around.

Today I’ll answer:

  • + How the theme of “Breaking All The Rules” dominates House of X, specifying which rules are broken and what that means for future comics.
  • + How Moira X’s 10th life holds the secrets for mutant survival
  • + Predictions for the trick Jonathan Hickman has up his sleeve to blow this whole era up and take X-Men comics to the next level

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