Immortal X-Men as a book was always something of a tough sell. Having to follow up on potentially the most important X-Men run
X-Men
Epic Fadeout: The Conclusion to X Lives / X Deaths of Wolverine
[Adam Kubert & Frank Martin Jr.]
Hey—at least it wasn’t a wipeout!
It sure looks real pretty. We continue to get some of the loveliest Josh Cassara art—but only where he’s really allowed to breathe, in the quieter, more painterly moments, as here. It’s quite romantic, and I’m sure the captain and his new mate thought so too 😉. [Read more…] about Epic Fadeout: The Conclusion to X Lives / X Deaths of Wolverine
A Brief Retrospective of Al Ewing’s S.W.O.R.D. & Kieron Gillen’s Mister Sinister & Eternals
In Anticipation of X-Men: Red #1, Immortal X-Men #1 & A.X.E.: Judgment Day
(And, with great good fortune, in order to fully enjoy this event, it appears that readers need not bother with the dreck that is Jason Aaron’s Avengers.)
We’ll start with a look back at S.W.O.R.D., but the majority of this piece is about Gillen’s Eternals and speculation on Judgment Day… [Read more…] about A Brief Retrospective of Al Ewing’s S.W.O.R.D. & Kieron Gillen’s Mister Sinister & Eternals
Casual Krakoa: X Deaths of Wolverine #5 Post-Game (W/ BlerdWithoutFear!)
On my weekly livestream, Casual Krakoa Live, I review the week’s X-Men comics, and answer big questions about what’s going on with Marvel’s merry mutants! You can listen or watch below:
This week I’m joined by Ernie from Blerd Without Fear!
* Spoilers Follow *
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X Lives of Wolverine #4 // X Deaths of Wolverine #4
[cover by Adam Kubert and Frank Martin Jr.]
Wow. Last time, I said Moira had gone full evil. But with X Deaths #4, it’s clear she’s gone well beyond, and we’re meant to understand she had already left any sense of humanity behind (let alone mutant kinship) long before she decided to track down tech mogul Arnab Chakladar in her crazed eagerness to give herself over to the Phalanx, clearly with her own purpose in mind—as if she could beat them at their own game, somehow. Never let it be said that Moira’s ego is lacking!
This is quite a change from the woman we knew before HOX/POX. But with Hickman’s retcon, we should really understand that she actually completely lost touch with valuing individual life after her first few lives, and most certainly by the end of her thousand-year Life VI.
It’s just that now, in her last life (without external assistance this time), the mask has slipped off—and, ugh, that metaphor has tragic and grotesque resonance later in X Deaths #4.
Spoilers ahoy! [Read more…] about Dr. MacTaggart, or How She Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Robot