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May 28, 2025
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Remembering Krakoa: How the last 5 years of X-Men comics changed a life, and a website

Adam Reck11 months ago11 months ago034 mins

‘ It was the last week of July, 2019. House of X #1 had come out and I wasn’t convinced. I loved the artwork. I was interested in what Jonathan Hickman was setting up. My growing group of comics-obsessed friends were already proclaiming it a hit. But I was still spending that week being the…

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  • Opinions

Krakoa Was for Lovers: How the last 5 years of X-Men stories helped save one writer

Jude Jones12 months ago12 months ago011 mins

The first thing you should know is that without Krakoa, I might not be alive. If I don’t pick up that Black Panther comic in 2016 and fall in love with the genre … if the Xavier Files doesn’t do those brilliant deep dives into those introductory House of X and Powers of X books…

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  • House Of X/Powers Of X

HoX PoX ToXCII: Annotating X-Men ’92: House Of XCII #1

Chris Eddleman and Rob Secundus3 years ago3 years ago031 mins

In our timeline, Robert Secundus and Christopher Eddlemen annotated every issue of House of X and Powers of X, two series that were one, the Summer of 2019. But imagine another timeline— a timeline where the 90s X-Men cartoon never ended and continued to adapt not the storylines of the Marvel comics, but the notes…

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X Deaths of Wolverine #5 Changes Very Little

Chris Eddleman and Austin Gorton3 years ago3 years ago030 mins

Wolverine and the Wolverines fight Wolverine and it’s the Wolverine-iest as the series concludes in X Deaths of Wolverine #5, written by Benjamin Percy, art by Federico Vicentini, colored by Dijjo Lima, and lettered by Cory Petit. Chris Eddleman: Well, our ten-week crossover is now at its end, and we’re here to sift through the…

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The Quiet Council
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X Observations About The New Quiet Council

Nola Pfau4 years ago4 years ago016 mins

In our earlier discussion regarding Inferno #2, Chris and I spent a little bit of time talking about new Quiet Council dynamics, but I really just couldn’t stop thinking about it. Here are some interesting things I noticed now that the Quiet Council is once again operating at full capacity. First, a quick breakdown of…

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