Marauders by Gerry Duggan, Vol. 3
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Summary
X OF SWORDS may be over， but there are still difficult waters ahead for the Marauders！ Double-dealing and backstabbing are the order of the day in the Hellfire Trading Company — but killing Kate Pryde crossed the line。 The Black King must pay！ And a resurrected Kate has some ideas about exactly how… Meanwhile， Storm faces off against her old rival Callisto in a rematch that’s become very personal！ And the Marauders return to Madripoor to pay tribute to a fallen friend — but old enemies are being forged anew， and the team is about to face a very nasty surprise！
COLLECTING: Marauders （2019） 16-21
COLLECTING: Marauders （2019） 16-21
Reviews
Rob Marney
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Marauders continues its descent into revenge fantasy。 The good guys have infinite resources， can do whatever they want with no consequences， and don't have any conflicts with each other。 The bad guys exist to be humiliated and cruelly maimed， with exactly 4 pages of agency across 6 issues。 Storm is a hard character to pin down， but this is the first time she's ever been cruel， and that cheapens her。 Marauders continues its descent into revenge fantasy。 The good guys have infinite resources， can do whatever they want with no consequences， and don't have any conflicts with each other。 The bad guys exist to be humiliated and cruelly maimed， with exactly 4 pages of agency across 6 issues。 Storm is a hard character to pin down， but this is the first time she's ever been cruel， and that cheapens her。 。。。more
Dakota Morgan
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Kate and Emma tackle Sebastian Shaw and Madripoor in this third Marauders volume。 It's decent fun and well illustrated - still a more straightforward narrative than the primary X-Men series。 It's not a particularly memorable volume， though， with its Madripoor focus and quick dispatch of Shaw。 The final issues lead up to the Hellfire Gala， which seems exciting but poorly explained。 Marauders is the most middle-of-the-road of the X-series， for better or for worse。 Kate and Emma tackle Sebastian Shaw and Madripoor in this third Marauders volume。 It's decent fun and well illustrated - still a more straightforward narrative than the primary X-Men series。 It's not a particularly memorable volume， though， with its Madripoor focus and quick dispatch of Shaw。 The final issues lead up to the Hellfire Gala， which seems exciting but poorly explained。 Marauders is the most middle-of-the-road of the X-series， for better or for worse。 。。。more
Jason
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4。75Is this the best current X-book？ Such an interesting mix of grittiness， elegance， and politics。 Who knew Emma and Kitty could be such a cool dynamic duo？！
Thomas
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Read as single issues。A slight drop from the last volume， I loved Storm and Callisto's interactions， and the revenge on Shaw for his actions was delicious and perfect。 The rest of the issues were uneven。 Read as single issues。A slight drop from the last volume， I loved Storm and Callisto's interactions， and the revenge on Shaw for his actions was delicious and perfect。 The rest of the issues were uneven。 。。。more
Clint
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3。5 starsGrading on a curve a bit because I like this series and its cast， but this really is a scattered and transitional collection of issues。 It covers intra-Hellfire Company betrayal drama from before X of Swords， a character-focused issue that would be better if it wasn’t repeating the very recent Crucible reincarnation plot from the main X-Men series， a pointless King in Black event one-off， an issue or two to push along a Madripoor plot that feels like it’s never actually going to pay off 3。5 starsGrading on a curve a bit because I like this series and its cast， but this really is a scattered and transitional collection of issues。 It covers intra-Hellfire Company betrayal drama from before X of Swords， a character-focused issue that would be better if it wasn’t repeating the very recent Crucible reincarnation plot from the main X-Men series， a pointless King in Black event one-off， an issue or two to push along a Madripoor plot that feels like it’s never actually going to pay off， and then a departing team member’s farewell issue that has charming character moments despite feeling a bit unearned。 The art swaps between at least three different names and is pretty hit or miss stylistically。 Kate and Emma are still a highlight though， as are the Morlocks that make an appearance in the Madripoor issues。 。。。more
Adam Fisher
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How is this title still one of the best in the relaunch of the X-Books？ I can't get over how good it always is！Taking place after the end of "X of Swords"， and heading into the events of the "Hellfire Gala"。。。 highlights:- Kate Pryde and Emma Frost （with approval from Storm） totally beat the crap out of Sebastian Shaw for his murder of Kate， hurting of Lockheed， and all the crazy things he's been doing with his part of the Hellfire Trading Company。 He loses his mutant power AND an eye。- Callisto How is this title still one of the best in the relaunch of the X-Books？ I can't get over how good it always is！Taking place after the end of "X of Swords"， and heading into the events of the "Hellfire Gala"。。。 highlights:- Kate Pryde and Emma Frost （with approval from Storm） totally beat the crap out of Sebastian Shaw for his murder of Kate， hurting of Lockheed， and all the crazy things he's been doing with his part of the Hellfire Trading Company。 He loses his mutant power AND an eye。- Callisto， having lost her powers years before in "House of M"， decides to run The Crucible， a gauntlet where she battles to prove that she deserves to be killed and resurrected with her powers restored。- As part of the King in Black crossover， we see the team capturing a ship full of humans being trafficked。 While the battle against Knull rages on， the humans are kept on Island M to rest and recover。- The Hellfire Trading Co is buying up huge portions of LowTown in Madripoor， which is earning them the ire of Homines Verendi。 In response， Verendi sends a new batch of Reavers to fight。 When they have been defeated （with the help of the Morlocks）， LowTown starts becoming known as MutieTown- On the boat ride to the place where the Gala will be held， the entire team reminisces about Storm and her life （apparently Storm is leaving the Marauders？ Possibly going back to X-Men？） Shows off so many great traits about Storm。Can't wait to read this Gala。 I've heard rumors。。。 But I need to catch up on the other titles first。Strong recommend。 。。。more
Shannon Appelcline
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This continues to be one of the best comics from a really great reboot。 Much of that is the characters。 Kitty and Emma and particularly great， but Storm and Callisto are terrific too， Pyro is interesting， and the rest are fine。Some of the best stories are the character focused and intrigue stories。 #16 and its repercussions for the murder of Kitty Pryde are amazing， but then the totally character-centric Storm & Callisto issue #17 is amazing too。 #18 & #19 with their focus on Madripoor don't hav This continues to be one of the best comics from a really great reboot。 Much of that is the characters。 Kitty and Emma and particularly great， but Storm and Callisto are terrific too， Pyro is interesting， and the rest are fine。Some of the best stories are the character focused and intrigue stories。 #16 and its repercussions for the murder of Kitty Pryde are amazing， but then the totally character-centric Storm & Callisto issue #17 is amazing too。 #18 & #19 with their focus on Madripoor don't have quite the strength of the character-focused issues， but were still very good， and some nice continuity。Overall， another great volume of a great book。 。。。more
Adam
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Definitely one of the strongest X titles currently running。Dauterman's art is sublime as always and really fits the characters。Gerry Duggan has worked on various titles for Marvel and this has to be one of his best series。 He really knows how to work a team of characters and play off their past experiences with each other。The team dynamic is what really brings this series together。 And it one of the better working teams in X-Men right now。 Definitely one of the strongest X titles currently running。Dauterman's art is sublime as always and really fits the characters。Gerry Duggan has worked on various titles for Marvel and this has to be one of his best series。 He really knows how to work a team of characters and play off their past experiences with each other。The team dynamic is what really brings this series together。 And it one of the better working teams in X-Men right now。 。。。more
Adam Williams
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I love Marauders so much。 Volume 3 continues playing into Marauders' greatest strength in highlighting the long histories and relationships between its cast。 I loved Kate and Emma in issue 16 and Storm and Callisto in issue 17， but issue 20 with the whole crew reminiscing together on the way to the Hellfire Gala was my absolute favorite。 For me， Marauders is the best Kate Pryde story since like the eighties and the best Emma Frost story since Grant Morrison。 I love Marauders so much。 Volume 3 continues playing into Marauders' greatest strength in highlighting the long histories and relationships between its cast。 I loved Kate and Emma in issue 16 and Storm and Callisto in issue 17， but issue 20 with the whole crew reminiscing together on the way to the Hellfire Gala was my absolute favorite。 For me， Marauders is the best Kate Pryde story since like the eighties and the best Emma Frost story since Grant Morrison。 。。。more
Andrew Shaffer
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Still one of the top X-titles， even if this volume is just spinning its wheels between mega-crossovers。
Adan
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KATE PRYDE FOR LIFE！This series is so good， and I love every character in it， even the ones I thought I was going to hate （except for Sebastian Shaw because fuck that guy）。 Also， he only appears for six panels one on page， but Glob Herman is too good for this world。
Paul E。 Morph
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Twenty Five 'Reviews' In One Day: Book 6！Gerry Duggan （assisted by current despoiler of the X-Verse， Jonathan Hickman） continues to completely ruin my favourite X-Man as the merry mutants continue to act completely out of character and carry out actions their pre-Hickman selves would have been horrified by。。。 but I said I'd shut up about my distaste for the current crop of X-books so I'll leave it at that。The book's one redeeming feature is the artwork， which is actually pretty durned good。My ne Twenty Five 'Reviews' In One Day: Book 6！Gerry Duggan （assisted by current despoiler of the X-Verse， Jonathan Hickman） continues to completely ruin my favourite X-Man as the merry mutants continue to act completely out of character and carry out actions their pre-Hickman selves would have been horrified by。。。 but I said I'd shut up about my distaste for the current crop of X-books so I'll leave it at that。The book's one redeeming feature is the artwork， which is actually pretty durned good。My next book: Mr。 Tall 。。。more
Nate
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Of all the new X-Men titles my favorite has been Marauders。 It's consistently fun and leaning into the pirate elements of the work Kate Pryde and her crew are undertaking is a big part of that。 Gerry Duggan clearly knows his way around the Marvel Universe and Pyro aside has created a fun cast of characters that bounce off each other well。 I particularly love Emma Frost's role as slighted， instigator in chief and Lockheed as the small， hungry， agent of chaos I've loved since the Chris Claremont e Of all the new X-Men titles my favorite has been Marauders。 It's consistently fun and leaning into the pirate elements of the work Kate Pryde and her crew are undertaking is a big part of that。 Gerry Duggan clearly knows his way around the Marvel Universe and Pyro aside has created a fun cast of characters that bounce off each other well。 I particularly love Emma Frost's role as slighted， instigator in chief and Lockheed as the small， hungry， agent of chaos I've loved since the Chris Claremont era。 。。。more
Joshua Lawson
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Marauders is probably my favorite X-Man
FrontalNerdaty
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The Marauders continue their fight for Madripoor whilst also having to contend with symbiotically infused dragons。 What I liked - The adventures of the Marauders continues to be fun and action packed。 Duggan and co have the perfect blend of politics， action and heart。 I enjoy how you have Emma and Kate running things behind the scenes and gaining more and more control whilst characters such as Pyro and Iceman get to be the forefront。 It’s a great blend and keeps the title fresh。 What I disliked The Marauders continue their fight for Madripoor whilst also having to contend with symbiotically infused dragons。 What I liked - The adventures of the Marauders continues to be fun and action packed。 Duggan and co have the perfect blend of politics， action and heart。 I enjoy how you have Emma and Kate running things behind the scenes and gaining more and more control whilst characters such as Pyro and Iceman get to be the forefront。 It’s a great blend and keeps the title fresh。 What I disliked - After the events of Shaw’s demise the middle issues before the Gala feel tacked on。 They’re essentially filler to show what the Marauders are doing but they aren’t the most thrilling tales。 As with most X titles if you’re not reading them all then elements/ characters feel added and confusing。 The tie in to King in Black was serviceable but wholly unnecessary。 3/5。 。。。more
Chris Lemmerman
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The Swords have been drawn， and now it's time to prepare for the Hellfire Gala。 But first， Kate Pryde has a bone to pick， and Madripoor leads a revolt against mutants。 If ever the world needed the Marauders， it's now。Issue 16 of Marauders is perhaps one of the best issues of X-Men I have ever read。 If you thought Sebastian Shaw was going to get away with what he did before X Of Swords， you'd be wrong， and seeing Emma Frost and Kate Pryde get their vengeance is absolutely delicious to behold。 Sim The Swords have been drawn， and now it's time to prepare for the Hellfire Gala。 But first， Kate Pryde has a bone to pick， and Madripoor leads a revolt against mutants。 If ever the world needed the Marauders， it's now。Issue 16 of Marauders is perhaps one of the best issues of X-Men I have ever read。 If you thought Sebastian Shaw was going to get away with what he did before X Of Swords， you'd be wrong， and seeing Emma Frost and Kate Pryde get their vengeance is absolutely delicious to behold。 Similarly， isues 17 and 20， which are Storm spotlights， really show how much Duggan understands her character。 It's a shame to see her go， but we all know at this point that it's for bigger and bolder things。 The interceding issues bring the Marauders to Madripoor， and show once again that the X-Men are experts at working around their own laws， and then we end with the big， bold Hellfire Gala which has been part of the series since it's inception if not beforehand， so it's less of a derailment and more of a culmination of a lot of plots that Duggan has been seeding。And of course， the tag-team of Matteo Lolli and Stefano Caselli make sure that whether we're going to the ball or fighting pirates on the high seas， the Marauders look beautiful。Marauders manages to be a big bombastic superhero book and one that laser-focuses down onto its characters at the drop of a hat。 Gerry Duggan is steering this ship masterfully well， and it's no wonder he's gotten to pilot the flagship X-Men title too。 。。。more
Christian Zamora-Dahmen
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So far， the Marauders have been， consistently， the best book out of Hickman’s run。 While the core X-Men book lacks direction and soul， this title has to spare。
Lillian Francis
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Still one of my favourite of the X franchise。
Scratch
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Marauders is a baffling title。 Of all the current X-books， it often has the most "team" dynamic。 Unlike X-Force， which usually just features one or two thugs going into a fight while Sage or Beast or someone coordinates from afar， Marauders typically has the whole cast together in one place。 Usually on a boat。 However， the team doesn't make a whole lot of sense。 The Pyro character that Iceman had actually been dating was inexplicably exchanged for the original （heterosexual） Pyro。 Which is sort Marauders is a baffling title。 Of all the current X-books， it often has the most "team" dynamic。 Unlike X-Force， which usually just features one or two thugs going into a fight while Sage or Beast or someone coordinates from afar， Marauders typically has the whole cast together in one place。 Usually on a boat。 However， the team doesn't make a whole lot of sense。 The Pyro character that Iceman had actually been dating was inexplicably exchanged for the original （heterosexual） Pyro。 Which is sort of like saying， "We're going to replace Ben Stevens here in our office with Ben Johnson。 The important thing is that they're both Bens。 Ben Stevens' wife Carol is just going to have to be okay with her husband being replaced at work。" No， don't ask me what became of the gay version of Pyro; he hasn't been seen since， and with no explanation about his current whereabouts。Bishop is a completely wooden character。 His history as a time-traveling cop is hardly ever mentioned， and his stint as a psycho hunting Cable and Hope is completely glossed over。 He's just a black guy with a gun who follows the rest of the cast around， mostly。There was an issue here all about Callisto。 It once again featured her friendship with Storm， the character she is most often paired with as a frenemy of some sort。 While in theory we were supposed to enjoy the fact Callisto got her powers back， this storyline illustrated that the writers weren't that interested in continuity。 Callisto's original power was a purely mental one; that her brain strategized battle tactics in any given situation。 This sort of abstract， cognitive power is not unheard of; Forge and Cypher have similar mental powers。 Even in the issue of X-Treme X-Men where Callisto is first shown with tentacles （courtesy of Masque）， that issue briefly references her tactical power in a text box。 But by the time House of M rolled around， new writers decided that Callisto had never had a proper power， so they should make one up for her。 So it was then decided that Callisto's power was enhanced senses， like Daredevil （possibly based on the fact she has always been missing an eye， so VERY MUCH like Daredevil）。 This "heightened senses" power was then referenced here， in Marauders， as if it truly were her original power and not just some kind of weird retcon。Kitty now insists on being called "Kate，" which does not feel natural for fans who have been following her for about 40 years。 Her personality is。。。 I don't even know。 In this volume she seems to have gone insane。 She is briefly murdered by Shaw， so in theory this whole volume is supposed to be about her taste for revenge。 But when she is resurrected， the writers couldn't even keep their own continuity straight。 She steps out of her husk and is greeted by Storm， who inexplicably references the tacky-as-fuck knuckle tattoos Kitty gets later in the issue， as if she already had them。 In that same issue we watched Kitty --much later， and fully dressed-- go to a tattoo parlor to get the aforementioned knuckle tattoos。WTF？ Storm is not precognitive。 The issue was just badly written。 The writers then thought we would cheer when we watched Kitty kiss the female tattoo artist。 Without her consent， and without explanation。 I am gay， so don't take this review as some homophobic jerk being upset by the idea of characters being gay。 No， that is not the problem。 I love the inclusion of gay characters like Hulkling and Wiccan。No， THIS WAS JUST POORLY WRITTEN。Kitty isn't allowed to have a proper coming out story。 We don't watch her struggle with the question of whether she might be gay/bi/trans/queer/whatever。 We don't watch her confide in her closest friends or former love interests （Colossus， Magik， Nightcrawler， or Rachel Summers would all make sense）。 We don't get to see her say the words， whether out of pride or shame。 No， we just watch her engage in some girl-on-girl kissage， seemingly for the titillation of fans， without any depth of meaning or character growth。 It wasn't even romantic， because this female tattoo artist doesn't have a name， and wasn't given the chance to consent to the kiss。 If anything this was a step BACKWARD for queer representation， because it showed a queer person taking advantage of a --possibly-- straight woman against her will。 And yet it was drawn in such a manner that fans were supposed to be cheering。*Facepalm* This is not good representation。 This was not a thoughtful look at a character deciding later in life that she has secretly had same-sex attraction and was deciding to come to terms with it。 This was not a nuanced coda to the Kitty and Colossus romance in which she confesses to Peter that the real reason she left him at the altar is because she was really a lesbian。 This wasn't even a romance between Kitty and either Magik or Rachel， her best friends whom have been hinted as possible love interests for her。 The writers wink and nudge at this possibility by having Kitty wave to the other women， but they aren't allowed to have meaningful conversations about the nature of their relationships。This was exploitative as Hell， and I am furious with Marvel for how they are handling it。 。。。more
Jesús De la Jara
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Este número sigue lo que pasa a la vuelta de Kitty Pryde， desde luego lo inmediato es el castigo al pérfido Sebastian Shaw quien quedará marcado luego de la discusión。 Por otro lado Calisto quien había perdido sus poderes va "en busca" de ellos。Mientras tanto， Emma pone el ojo en Madripoor donde con todo el dinero y los recursos de Krakoa planea。 Qué bien maneja todo Emma en verdad。 Pero los Verendi que tiene controlado Madripoor se las pondrá difíciles con unos posthumanos conocidos como Reaver Este número sigue lo que pasa a la vuelta de Kitty Pryde， desde luego lo inmediato es el castigo al pérfido Sebastian Shaw quien quedará marcado luego de la discusión。 Por otro lado Calisto quien había perdido sus poderes va "en busca" de ellos。Mientras tanto， Emma pone el ojo en Madripoor donde con todo el dinero y los recursos de Krakoa planea。 Qué bien maneja todo Emma en verdad。 Pero los Verendi que tiene controlado Madripoor se las pondrá difíciles con unos posthumanos conocidos como Reavers。Los últimos números son el pre y el mismo Hellfire Gala。 Tormenta se despide del grupo。Este volumen aunque bueno， no me gustó tanto como los anteriores。 。。。more
Tuni
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Started strong but then lost direction a little bit。 Set like after they dealt with Shaw it was just some filler to hold over until the Gala。 Still good， though。
Andrew
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Some of our heroes actions feel more nebulous than an X-Force book。。。Hopefully Dugan makes a good showing of the next volume of X-Men。 He’s not the worst X-writer right now， but has some troubling trends。
Andres Pasten
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Mantiene un buen nivel， aunque varios numeros se sienten como prologo a la Gala
Amanda
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Summer 2021 （June）; Just knocking out some of these that are completed。 I've been keeping the reviews in the Dawn of X， X of Swords， Reign of X entries specifically， so this is just going to keep repeating to knock these off my list so I can keep this marked off in GR as read in the newest X-Verse。 Summer 2021 （June）; Just knocking out some of these that are completed。 I've been keeping the reviews in the Dawn of X， X of Swords， Reign of X entries specifically， so this is just going to keep repeating to knock these off my list so I can keep this marked off in GR as read in the newest X-Verse。 。。。more
Marco
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- So， what？ Because he's on the Quiet Council， the Black King just。。。 gets away with it？- No。 No， he will not。 - So， what？ Because he's on the Quiet Council， the Black King just。。。 gets away with it？- No。 No， he will not。 。。。more
Bat Man
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Definitely the weakest volume of Marauders so far， though I enjoyed the issue focusing on Callisto and Storm’s relationship。 Otherwise this feels like a lot of setting up pieces in the right places， which is a shame， given that Excalibur was firing on all cylinders in the lead-up to its respective big event last year。 I understand not wanting the book to be a Kate Pryde solo title， but in shying away from her focus the book just seems kind of rudderless。 Hope Planet-Size can shift this series ba Definitely the weakest volume of Marauders so far， though I enjoyed the issue focusing on Callisto and Storm’s relationship。 Otherwise this feels like a lot of setting up pieces in the right places， which is a shame， given that Excalibur was firing on all cylinders in the lead-up to its respective big event last year。 I understand not wanting the book to be a Kate Pryde solo title， but in shying away from her focus the book just seems kind of rudderless。 Hope Planet-Size can shift this series back in gear。 。。。more
Akshay
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