Yeah, it's Krakoa as a Saturday Morning Cartoon. I didn't like it at all
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I read it, it's bad. The story is complete nonsense because the Jubilee thing. The first issue is the last for me, I can already predict the ending, Krakoa is destroyed, Jubilee dies and because she has used up her Moira powers she is reborn a final time without knowledge of her previous lifes into the regular 616.
Fallen Angels was aggressively bad, this is just nothing. They don't bring anything new to the table, and they're not even using a retro art style to tickle nostalgia. It feels very by the books.
I finally read House/Powers and loved it. I want to read the rest of the reboot series. Marvel Unlimited is definitely the best route, but does it make it easy to read things in the "correct" reading order through the rest of Dawn of X, or do I need to manually navigate through each of the series? Is it even that important to read things in order that much beyond the few funneling point series each year?
A guy posted a suggested reading guide a few pages ago, it was quite good.
I would say that, besides X of Swords and the hellfire gala red issues, you can just read the Hickmann X-Men series and Inferno (and maybe the Gerry Duggen X-Men). I kinda enjoy X-Force, Wolverine and the Apocalypse stuff in Excalibur, but they are not really good. After finishing Inferno, you can read X Deaths of Wolverine (and maybe X Lives, but it is mostly a X-Force/ Wolverine story)
Not mimicking like you suggested, but there is something you might find interesting in Immortal X-men 01
Not yet that I'm aware of but I'd keep an eye on Immortal X-men going forward. I won't say more than that for fear of spoiling things.
Welp, looks like the Desktop site for Marvel Unlimited simply doesn't even work for me? I can't even get to the MU homepage after subscribing, so reading order is moot. Trying to search through the regular Marvel site is not remotely feasible for reading any entire series in order.
Start with Hickman's X-Men #1, at the end of each Dawn of X issue is a reading/release order, you can follow that. I'd give every series a shot but free to skip series you don't enjoy (a few issues are marked red, those are plot relevant and should be read no matter what).
Personally I liked Marauders and Hellions the best.
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I really don't know if we'll ever get anything quite as bad as Fallen Angels. That book was a special kind of bad.
The Desktop browser version of Marvel Unlimited is atrocious, but I love it on my phone and tablet. I've liked most of the series I've started so far after HoX/PoX (Marauders, Excalibur, X-Force), still not quite into Hellions, and I don't really know what to make of the main X-men series. That's seemingly all a bunch of standalone stories, some of which are amazing (the Davos or Crucible ones), and a bunch of ones I don't care about at all (ones regarding aliens). Definitely getting my money's worth on the sub. It is like 300 issues from HoX to present on the various lines?
Welcome to Marvel's sliding timescale. At least it explains why the rest of the world is so thrown off by them showing up and immediately throwing a gala where they terraform Mars.
I've gotten through all of X of Swords. Here are my tiers so far in the different series so far:
Will intently read the rest of the series
- X-Men
- X-Force
- Excalibur
- Marauders
Will read casually, bit-by-bit:
- Hellions
- Wolverine
- Cable
Mixed feelings:
- New Mutants
- X-Corps
- Way of X
I don't know what I'm reading:
- Fallen Angels
- X-Factor
When it is good, it is great, but there's so many different genres, art styles, and writing styles that I'm still trying to feel out what I like. I'm definitely getting my money's worth with Marvel Unlimited. Hawk Guy and the well-received Daredevil runs are also in my rotation of digging through.
I don't know shit about how budgeting works for comic books, but the main X-men line feels outrageously expensive compared to everything else. Wolverine and X-Force feel the second most expensive, followed by Excalibur.
Will intently read the rest of the series
- X-Men
- X-Force
- Excalibur
- Marauders
Will read casually, bit-by-bit:
- Hellions
- Wolverine
- Cable
Mixed feelings:
- New Mutants
- X-Corps
- Way of X
I don't know what I'm reading:
- Fallen Angels
- X-Factor
When it is good, it is great, but there's so many different genres, art styles, and writing styles that I'm still trying to feel out what I like. I'm definitely getting my money's worth with Marvel Unlimited. Hawk Guy and the well-received Daredevil runs are also in my rotation of digging through.
I don't know shit about how budgeting works for comic books, but the main X-men line feels outrageously expensive compared to everything else. Wolverine and X-Force feel the second most expensive, followed by Excalibur.
X-Factor is a treasure and its a tragedy that it was canceled.
I just really don't get it. The topic seems like it would be a serious investigation, but the art style and tone are so relaxed and casual compared to the rest of the series so far.
I'll keep reading it if people insist it has something there. It isn't like Fallen Angels where I have to dig to find the people that really like it.
Is this on Unlimited yet? I can't seem to find it so I figure it's still too new.
It's casual because they are immortal now. It's not a matter of if, rather than when a mutant comes back.
The point is more about the character interactions.
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The Free Comic Book day issue promoting Judgment Day came out. It's pretty minimal. But the last page is a shocker.
Moira appears to be like an Omega Sentinel now. She apprehends Mary Jane Watson-who has a Hellfire Gala invite-and insinuates that she will take over MJs body to infiltrate Krakoa. There is also a premonition of the Avengers and X-Men fighting "doing it right this time" where there are some brutal kills. Magneto wraps Cap's shield around his head and crushes it. Carol snaps Rogue's neck.
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Why is there a picture of Kitty's famous Xavier is a jerk scene on the wall including an empty speech bubble?
Xavier recognised the meme potential and had an artist draw it up. :P
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Hope was amazing, though. It's always nice when they remember she's a character rather than a plot device.
I hate to say it, but I think this issue of Immortal provided more satisfying and fun action than any of the current X-Men run.
So far I believe the Destiny thing only connects to the flashback that opened Immortal #1?
Wanda made the "waiting room" as part of the conclusion to The Trial of Magneto (which turned out to be more like The Crucible of the Scarlet Witch, lol)
Same reason Barbara Gordon has a T-shirt of that "Batman slapping Robin" cover over in Nightwing
I was subscribed to singles for Hickman X-Men through the first volume's issue #8 (flagship "X-Men" series, with Apocalypse on the cover), and through both House of X and Powers of X in their entirety up to that point.
I also pulled Marauders up to the same stopping point.
Loved it, but that's about where my local COVID lockdowns started and my local comic shop was inaccessible for several months (due to literally being closed for months). I had them stop my pulls and I kinda never looked back, regrettably.
With this new hardcover Omnibus out, do I catch up to the new restarted volume in one fell swoop?
I don't mind my Marvel Unlimited sub but I'm kind of wanting to catch up on collected editions of this run as fast as possible, just not quite sure what the fastest and most essential way would be. Hoping this omnibus is a one-stop-shop up to the volume reset (and Hickman's departure).
edit: ... hunted down product info like I should've in the first place and nope, not even close to catching up with the omnibus lol. Oh well. I'll see what else I need to collect to get there.
I also pulled Marauders up to the same stopping point.
Loved it, but that's about where my local COVID lockdowns started and my local comic shop was inaccessible for several months (due to literally being closed for months). I had them stop my pulls and I kinda never looked back, regrettably.
With this new hardcover Omnibus out, do I catch up to the new restarted volume in one fell swoop?
I don't mind my Marvel Unlimited sub but I'm kind of wanting to catch up on collected editions of this run as fast as possible, just not quite sure what the fastest and most essential way would be. Hoping this omnibus is a one-stop-shop up to the volume reset (and Hickman's departure).
edit: ... hunted down product info like I should've in the first place and nope, not even close to catching up with the omnibus lol. Oh well. I'll see what else I need to collect to get there.
Hell yes. The art in the last issue was......not good. I love this artist.
Regarding Limbo. Am I the only one who thought N'astirh was way more scary and leader of demons looking the S'my. Who's name always makes me think of Captain Hook's first mate from Peter Pan?