The Savage Land is under attack in X-Men #3 by Jonathan Hickman, Leinil Francis Yu, Gerry Alanguilan, Sunny Gho, and Rain Beredo. Cyclops, Emma Frost, and Sebastian Shaw confront Hordeculture, a group of radical bioterrorists comprised of elderly women with massive plans. Plans that are threatened by Krakoa. They show the X-Men the extent of…
In Jonathan Hickman and Leinil Yu’s X-Men #2, the Summer’s family goes on a beach vacation. Hi-jinx ensue. Chris Eddleman: Alright Rob, we’re on to issue 2 of X-Men, and if we were sick of Summers Family stuff (which I was not), then it’s too bad—this is the father-children bonding issue of X-Men. While it…
In Jonathan Hickman and Leinil Yu’s X-Men #1, the mutants adjust to domestic life on Krakoa as Orchis plots their next move. Chris Eddleman: Rob, it’s been so long since last we’ve written, practically a full and entire week! We’ve moved on from HoXPoXToX to DoX ToX and I’m excited to get started. This issue…
Powers Of X #2 by Johnathan Hickman, RB Silva, Adriano Di Benedetto, and Marte Gracia continues the tale in four times. In X0, Moira and Xavier recruit Magneto. In X1 and X2, the heroes of those words analyze the data they received on previous missions and prepare for their next one. And 1,000 years away…
Moira MacTaggert was a long time human ally of the X-Men. House Of X #2 posits the question, what if she was a mutant? In an Anatomy Lesson like study, Johnathan Hickman, Pepe Larraz, and Marte Gracia explore the ten lives of Moira X. Seeing her as an innocent by-standard, an ally to the X-Men,…
Powers Of X #1 shows four different timelines, starting with a young Professor Xavier. Each timeline is a factor of 10 from the first (1 year, 10 years, 100 years, 1000 years). We see this after Xavier reads Moria’s mind. The 10 year mark (X1), continues the story from House Of X #1. The 100…
In House of X #1, a masked figure, presumably Charles Xavier, is seen awakening a number of people from plant-pods. We are shown that over the past few months, the X-Men have been planting Krakoa flowers. These grow into Habitats– domains of Krakoa that acts as embassies for the country of Krakoa. The Professor has…