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Krakin’ Krakoa #73: Did Hickman Actually Retcon Mister Sinister?

August 16, 2020 by Dave 1 Comment

The word retcon gets thrown around – sometimes wildly, sometimes recklessly – a lot in comic book circles to describe an act of rewriting a character’s history, changing seemingly fundamental details long thought to be that character’s truth. Spelled out, it’s “retro continuity,” or a sort of revisionist history that upends a status quo. For me it effectively boils down to one question: Does this irrevocably change the way we read the character’s previous appearances in comics?

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Krakin’ Krakoa #48: 20 Sinister Secrets Solved! Theories For Every Mister Sinister Scheme in X-Men Dawn of X

March 30, 2020 by Dave 6 Comments

Since Powers of X #4, some of the more tantalizing mysteries and riddles in X-Men comics can be found in Mister Sinister’s “Sinister Secrets” a gossip column found in the pages of various books.

Today I’ll answer:

  • + What’s the meaning behind every Sinister riddle released so far in the Dawn of X?
  • + What do the Sinister Secrets mean for X-Men comics in 2020?
  • + Why Sinister Secrets has continued in the pages of Marauders and not the Hickman written X-Men.

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Mister Sinister Reading Order!

June 5, 2019 by Dave 1 Comment

From his bedazzled headgem to his string cheese cape, Mister Sinister is one of the most iconic villains in X-Men comics history. Sinister, aka Nathaniel Essex, is a dark reflection of obsessive eugenics, dedicated to creating the perfect species no matter the cost. [Read more…] about Mister Sinister Reading Order!

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