This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of the FIRST X-Men crossover of the Nineties—the “X-
Tinction Agenda”! For me, this is the crossover event that serves as the template for future events, even
though the format for such shenanigans has always been toyed with. [Read more…] about X-Men: X-Tinction Agenda Retrospective & Connections to Dawn of X Explored!
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Krakin’ Krakoa #35: Wolverine #1 Review – Where Does Wolverine Fit In The Dawn of X?
An all new Wolverine comic series launches today for the first time in six years!
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Today I’ll answer:
+ Where’s Wolverine been in the Marvel Universe, and why hasn’t he had a comic series since 2014?
+ Where the new Wolverine series fits in the X-Men: Dawn of X!
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Krakin’ Krakoa #33: X-Men #6 Review – Mystique’s House of X Secrets
X-Men #6 by Jonathan Hickman, Matteo Buffagni, Sunny Gho, and Clayton Cowles is a much-needed flashback to Mystique’s role in the House of X event, offering present day insights into the apparent strong return of Orchis, those sentinel obsessed humans the X-Men gave their lives to stop. The issue’s effective at connecting back to the celebrated event that birthed the Krakoa era, while also suggesting the victory was not nearly as certain as mutantkind previously thought.
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X-Men/Fantastic Four #1 by Chip Zdarsky, Terry Dodson, and Laura Martin follows up on a thread first teased in House of X #1, when Cyclops told the Richards family he’d always have a home on Krakoa. In addition to major ramifications for the Marvel Universe, X-Men/Fantastic Four #1 combines elements from my favorite Fantastic Four series of the last 5 years (Marvel Two-In-One written by Chip Zdarsky) and my favorite ongoing Dawn of X title, Marauders, for a very strong opening issue. [Read more…] about Krakin’ Krakoa #32: X-Men/Fantastic Four #1 Review – The History of Omega Level Mutant Franklin Richards
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Krakin’ Krakoa #29: Marauders #6 Review — Villains Explained + Does Resurrection Work For Kate?
Throughout its first six issues, Marauders has consistently been my favorite Dawn of X book in the new X-Men lineup, both delivering on the promise of post House of X innovation and the energy of X-Men comics set in the broader Marvel Universe.
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