X-Men (General Discussion) Comic Book • Page 4

gonna love his take on religion and mutant psychology on krakoa!!!

 

The description says that Kurt notices something is off with mutants on Krakoa. I don’t think this will be the actual series that full on addresses it, but I like that someone is finally noticing.

 

Since early issues of this era, there’s felt like some horror elements.

 

I have a big soft spot for Nightcrawler & Blink, but I’m thoroughly uninterested in a writer who (last I knew) isn’t religious exploring Krakoan religion.

How has race & whatnot been addressed so far in these books? Has there been any meaningful exploration of how mutant identity in the age of Krakoa intersects with other identities, outside of Darcie Little Badger’s short story in Marvel Voices: Indigenous Voices? I still need to read Chip Zdarsky’s X-Men/Fantastic Four (while ignoring whatever Slott’s doing with Franklin), which I’m sure did a good job.

 

I was thinking about the Unity Squad today.

Is Havok still inverted? Was there any resolution to Kang taking his and Wasp’s child?

 

According to Wikipedia, Emma Frost & Polaris undid the inversion in X-Men: Blue? Had no idea the aftermath of Axis lasted that long, lol.

 

Can I write in Bernie Sanders?

 

#XMenVote options:

Banshee
Polaris
Forge
Boom-Boom
Tempo
Cannonball
Sunspot
Strong Guy
Marrow
Armor

I went with Marrow because I think she’d be the most interesting inclusion to a Hickman X-Men team. Thought about Polaris, but my understanding is that X-Factor is already doing good stuff with her right now.

 

Tempo is the only one I'm not really familiar with. I had to go with Boom Boom.

Also, when is Surge gonna get some love again?

 

Saw some support for Boom Boom on Twitter. The first 4 issues of X-Force were some of my first X-Men comics as a kid, so I wouldn’t mind seeing her on the team.

 

I miss the whole Academy X generation lol

 

So glad Polaris is winning, since there’s, like, obviously no other way to read stories with her right now...



Oh.

Also, Marrow is so low...

 

Just as I thought. The bigger names are ahead. I did think Boom Boom was a bit more well known though

 

I think a lot of people not reading the comics right now have probably seen this & jumped in without context, lol. Which isn’t super surprising, I guess.

Really feel like they should’ve intentionally included only “fan favorite” types who aren’t already being prominently used at the moment & haven’t been recently.

 

Yeah, probably right on that. Who would you include in the nominees?

 

The only X book on my pull right now is New Mutants (though I try to stay fairly plugged into what’s going on in the line), so my understanding of who is & isn’t in use might be a little off.

Marrow, Boom Boom, & Tempo certainly seem like good choices. (I didn’t even remember who Tempo was, lol; apparently she was in Liefeld’s Mutant Liberation Front.) Is Shatterstar anywhere? Some of those Academy X characters you & @Furry Werthers are into, like Surge, would’ve made sense. Maybe, like, Ricochet from the Slingers, who’s a mutant but usually not tied into mutant stories. Caliban? Is Trinary from X-Men Red doing anything? Some Alpha Flight characters?

 

Ugh, I still miss X-Men Red. Loved that series. The writing, the art, the team were all so good.

 

Honestly one of the main reasons I'd love to get an Academy X-era book is didn't they recently bring back most of the kids who died in the massacre at the school? Like DJ and stuff? Those are *a lot* of characters they can update.

 

New Mutants by Vita Ayala & Rod Reis is everything I want an X-Men book to be.

Finished my reread of Morrison New X-Men (besides the final 4-issue arc set in the future, which I seem to have misplaced) before reading the latest New Mutants, & Vita really taps into a certain oddball/misfit energy that hasn't sung like this since the Grant era (imo). It's hard to articulate, but it just works. Makes me wonder if I should also buy their Children of the Atom series, even though I recently mapped out my February-April pull & worked to keep it under $40 a month.

Speaking of Vita, I bought a bunch of dollar comics at a big sale yesterday, including their Prisoner X miniseries. Was already on my radar, but then I found out some minor characters they created in it also showed up in New Mutants. The Age of X story it was part of doesn't appeal to me for the most part, but I'm excited to read this particular miniseries.

Other dollar X-stuff I got: Death of X (the Inhumans vs X-Men storyline was dumb, but Aaron Kuder draws good mutants, & I really dig the Emma Frost reveal); most of J2 (just need one more issue); most of Sina Grace's Iceman (just need a couple more issues); the stretch of Ultimate X-Men written by a Runaways-era BKV.

 

Morrison’s New X-Men is just sooo good.

 

David Aja covers always rule, but that is a particularly dope cover.

 

They deleted & reposted after people got rightfully upset at how Monet was colored. Feel like this happens all the dang time with Storm, Sunspot, etc. Frustrating, but I’m glad they acted quickly to fix it this time, long before going to print.