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House of X/Powers of X
by Jonathan Hickman
House of X made X-Men a MUST read title once more.
The thing is I didn't hate recent X-Men runs. One a few years ago by Bendis was pretty good, I liked some of Taylor's run as well as Astoning X-Men by Soule. I even enjoyed the more recent first half of Rosenberg's run. Saying that, while they were all good, we needed great. The X-men have been down for far too long. Enter Hickman to pick them back up and make them grand again.
Right off the bat the world is set different Xavier, Cyclops, and a lot of other familiar faces stand firm on bringing the X-Men and mutants in general to a new safe haven named Krakoa. But first Xavier sets ground rules. Avengers, fantastic four, and more do not come into their land demanding shit. This is the land of mutants, and they are united like never before. They set out rules though, such as Kill no Human, Respect the land of Krakoa, and the biggest one...Make more Mutants.
Make more mutants? No no no, this isn't a sex story. Though that would be interesting. Then how is Xavier going to create more humans? That is the mystery and when revealed it might make you go "oh shit...that's kind of brilliant."
Why this works well is Hickman's ability to grab the past characters, so many you might relate to or love, and make a compelling story of their future. Instead of creating another dozen or so new mutants we focus on ones already here. The moving forward storyline, filled with sci-fi and politics, keeps this title extremely fresh. The end result with two great artist really helps this series shine.
My only negative is in the Power of X we have a lot of time skips. And in doing so the future storylines might not seem as interesting. Even in the end I didn't love them all but I did love the way it all tied up.
To say Hickman's idea is ambitious alone would be unfair. It's both Ambitious and GREAT. The artwork helps further it into a status that makes this must read for X-Men fans. I don't know what awaits for our favorite mutants but I can't wait. A 4.5 out of 5.
The thing is I didn't hate recent X-Men runs. One a few years ago by Bendis was pretty good, I liked some of Taylor's run as well as Astoning X-Men by Soule. I even enjoyed the more recent first half of Rosenberg's run. Saying that, while they were all good, we needed great. The X-men have been down for far too long. Enter Hickman to pick them back up and make them grand again.
Right off the bat the world is set different Xavier, Cyclops, and a lot of other familiar faces stand firm on bringing the X-Men and mutants in general to a new safe haven named Krakoa. But first Xavier sets ground rules. Avengers, fantastic four, and more do not come into their land demanding shit. This is the land of mutants, and they are united like never before. They set out rules though, such as Kill no Human, Respect the land of Krakoa, and the biggest one...Make more Mutants.
Make more mutants? No no no, this isn't a sex story. Though that would be interesting. Then how is Xavier going to create more humans? That is the mystery and when revealed it might make you go "oh shit...that's kind of brilliant."
Why this works well is Hickman's ability to grab the past characters, so many you might relate to or love, and make a compelling story of their future. Instead of creating another dozen or so new mutants we focus on ones already here. The moving forward storyline, filled with sci-fi and politics, keeps this title extremely fresh. The end result with two great artist really helps this series shine.
My only negative is in the Power of X we have a lot of time skips. And in doing so the future storylines might not seem as interesting. Even in the end I didn't love them all but I did love the way it all tied up.
To say Hickman's idea is ambitious alone would be unfair. It's both Ambitious and GREAT. The artwork helps further it into a status that makes this must read for X-Men fans. I don't know what awaits for our favorite mutants but I can't wait. A 4.5 out of 5.