Inferno by Jonathan Hickman
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Summary
He changed everything for mutantkind with HOUSE OF X and POWERS OF X。 He explored the new Krakoan era in X-MEN。 Now the keeper of the mutant flame， Jonathan Hickman， presents his next incendiary saga！ Mystique， former mutant terrorist and espionage agent supreme， is loyal to Professor X’s Quiet Council for one reason only: the promise that someday， he will resurrect her beloved Destiny。 But when Moira MacTaggert helped Professor X and Magneto realize their lifelong dreams for mutantkind， it came with one condition — do not allow any precognitive mutants on the island of Krakoa。 What will Mystique do when she realizes that she is being strung along？ Vengeance burns hot — and Mystique is about to ignite an Inferno！ And where has the elusive Moira MacTaggert been all this time， anyway？
COLLECTING: Inferno （2021） 1-4
COLLECTING: Inferno （2021） 1-4
Reviews
Willow
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I mean， what can I say？ It's incredible。 It's a sequel to House of X/Powers of X in every way including status quo-shattering scope and intrigue。 Hickman deftly sets up the next step in the Krakoan experiment including who will be calling the shots in said Destiny of X。I'm excited for what's to come， and sad that this is an end of what has been with Hickman stepping back and letting his new world flourish under its current and future caretakers。 I mean， what can I say？ It's incredible。 It's a sequel to House of X/Powers of X in every way including status quo-shattering scope and intrigue。 Hickman deftly sets up the next step in the Krakoan experiment including who will be calling the shots in said Destiny of X。I'm excited for what's to come， and sad that this is an end of what has been with Hickman stepping back and letting his new world flourish under its current and future caretakers。 。。。more
Chad Cunningham
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This gets a 3。5 stars from me。 There are no real endings in mainstream comics， just transitions from one idea to another。 So as an ending to Hickman's visions this is what I would expect; closure on some ideas while leaving room for the next set of ideas。 I've enjoyed a lot of this era of X-Men after having been away from the books for quite a while。 The ideas were fun， some of the new titles were wonderful （Hello， Marauders， I am looking at you）， and I liked the idea that Hickman could play aro This gets a 3。5 stars from me。 There are no real endings in mainstream comics， just transitions from one idea to another。 So as an ending to Hickman's visions this is what I would expect; closure on some ideas while leaving room for the next set of ideas。 I've enjoyed a lot of this era of X-Men after having been away from the books for quite a while。 The ideas were fun， some of the new titles were wonderful （Hello， Marauders， I am looking at you）， and I liked the idea that Hickman could play around with a built in reboot to end things。 Inferno meanders a bit。 The Charles/Magneto stuff isn't overly interesting。 Likewise the Omega Sentinel/Nimrod stuff。 But I very much enjoyed the Mystique/Destiny/Moira drama and the new background perspective surrounding Cypher and Krakoa。 I will probably check in every now and then and see how the post-Hickman X-Men are doing。 I am sure that， inevitably， things will revert to what they were in the past。 Until then， I hope the writers and artists working on the X-Men embrace the ideas Hickman brought and seek to move them forward。 。。。more
Andres Pasten
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No le doy el 5， porque el arte no estuvo regular。 Pero realmente la historia estuvo increible。 Lastima que sea lo ultimo de Hickman， y que deje abierto lo de los androides。
Lillian Francis
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I， yeah， well， is it bad if I confess I didn't always know what was going on here。I've not trusted Charles and Erik for a long while but I still don't think I know what they're guilty of。 What I did love was Doug and Warlock。 I， yeah， well， is it bad if I confess I didn't always know what was going on here。I've not trusted Charles and Erik for a long while but I still don't think I know what they're guilty of。 What I did love was Doug and Warlock。 。。。more
Erik
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Hickman's entire run has been a half-assed and incomplete exploration of a single idea that isn't that interesting to begin with。 I think it's gone over so well because it's so different than what's come before， but just being different doesn't make it good。 No one acts in any way like they have before and none of it feels at all like the X-Men。 Since Hickman didn't get to o everything he wanted anyway he should have just done this as his own sci-fi series with whatever character archetypes he w Hickman's entire run has been a half-assed and incomplete exploration of a single idea that isn't that interesting to begin with。 I think it's gone over so well because it's so different than what's come before， but just being different doesn't make it good。 No one acts in any way like they have before and none of it feels at all like the X-Men。 Since Hickman didn't get to o everything he wanted anyway he should have just done this as his own sci-fi series with whatever character archetypes he wanted to throw in rather than forcing existing characters to fit the story he had in mind。 As for this 4 issue series itself， it was overly long and felt pretty pointless。 。。。more
Lucas Mendes
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Um fim digno e carregado de possibilidades incríveis para uma nova fase da mutandade。 Vai embora não。 Hickman。 Vai não。
Shaz
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Bit of a nothing conclusions to Hickmans run。 After the stunning House of X， I was expecting big things。 Bit disappointed。 Decent art as always。 Some issues have the more dynamic Pepe Larraz adjacent style and others have more a more grounded feel。
Kevin Martz
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4 and a half stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨ An interesting continuation of HoX/PoX and Moira X’s story。 Even though it’s Jonathan Hickman’s final story in the X-Men Universe， this is by no means a conclusion， but rather a continuation of the marvelous new chapter of the X-Men he started， with many different outcomes and possibilities to come。 I loved Emma Frost， Destiny and Mystique’s characterization， and all the lies and questionable things Moira and Xavier did just made me like them even more。 All in all， t 4 and a half stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨ An interesting continuation of HoX/PoX and Moira X’s story。 Even though it’s Jonathan Hickman’s final story in the X-Men Universe， this is by no means a conclusion， but rather a continuation of the marvelous new chapter of the X-Men he started， with many different outcomes and possibilities to come。 I loved Emma Frost， Destiny and Mystique’s characterization， and all the lies and questionable things Moira and Xavier did just made me like them even more。 All in all， this was a very interesting story with brilliant character moments and an exciting finale。 。。。more
Carlos Matheus
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The ending left more questions than the beginning。。。Still don't understand why is Emma so important here （not that I'm complaining， love me some Frost）。 The ending left more questions than the beginning。。。Still don't understand why is Emma so important here （not that I'm complaining， love me some Frost）。 。。。more
A。J。 Anders
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Jonathan Hickman’s brings his X-Men run to an amazing close， with Inferno acting as basically a sequel to HoX/PoX。 Hickman manages to close out the mystery of Moira in this one， while also wrapping his time on the X titles， and leaving tons of room for Krakoa to grow and develop in the other X Books。 This 100% isn’t for everyone， and I could totally see some finding this to be a disappointing close to Hickman’s run， but I thought everything closed out pretty well， with an epic final issue settin Jonathan Hickman’s brings his X-Men run to an amazing close， with Inferno acting as basically a sequel to HoX/PoX。 Hickman manages to close out the mystery of Moira in this one， while also wrapping his time on the X titles， and leaving tons of room for Krakoa to grow and develop in the other X Books。 This 100% isn’t for everyone， and I could totally see some finding this to be a disappointing close to Hickman’s run， but I thought everything closed out pretty well， with an epic final issue setting up a lot of cool things for the X-Men going forward。 I don’t like going too much into spoilers for stories like this， so I would say if you are interested in this， read HoX/PoX and then jump right into this。 You would probably be able to follow everything， even without having read Hickman’s X-Men run， or the other X titles in Dawn。 Onto Destiny of X！ 。。。more
David Edmonds
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INFERNO wraps up Jonathan Hickman’s run on his X-Men reboot and while there were some stumbles along the way for me， the overall story he created is a solid base for future creators to build on。 Bringing back Destiny in this series was so exciting for me， as she has always been one of my favorite characters， and with the next storytelling phase being called Destiny of X， I’m assuming she’ll be playing a larger role in the coming months。 @marvel
Cristhian
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Hickman hace una adaptación increíble de la obra Henry IV de Shakespeare uniendo todo lo que allí sucede con lo que pasa en Krakoa。Deny it to a king？ Then happy low， lie down！Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown。4。6/5
Tiag⊗
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Inferno was a really strong conclusion to Hickman's run on the X-Men， easily the best story to come out of the world of X after X of Swords。 I strongly believe Hickman's plan for the mutants was ruined by the editorial after that crossover event， so Inferno to me felt like a sample of what Hickman had in store for us， but I take what I can get at this point。Inferno was such an emotional ride for me， an epic battle of the species surrounded by mystery and a lots of shocking moments， I simply coul Inferno was a really strong conclusion to Hickman's run on the X-Men， easily the best story to come out of the world of X after X of Swords。 I strongly believe Hickman's plan for the mutants was ruined by the editorial after that crossover event， so Inferno to me felt like a sample of what Hickman had in store for us， but I take what I can get at this point。Inferno was such an emotional ride for me， an epic battle of the species surrounded by mystery and a lots of shocking moments， I simply couldn't decide who to cheer for throughout the whole book， and I was fearing for the outcome at some point， but I couldn't be happier with the ending， Hickman totally nailed it， he closed this first act in tremendous style， revealing the mystery behind Moira MacTaggert while opening up a new chapter in the age of Krakoa， which is exactly what I wanted， continuation， and to me this is still the most exciting era of the X-Men， it's not over yet。 。。。more
AJ Kallas
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I was WAY off in my predictions of how this story was going to end。 I just hope that this is what Hickman wanted/is happy with。
Derek Moreland
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Wow。 I still cant believe he nailed the ending。
Amy Rae
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Good news， finally catching up on X-comics now that my entire life isn't on fire。I really don't like Hickman's x-writing as a whole; I think other people took his latest Weird Ethnostate and did much more interesting things with it。 Part of that is that he's really interested in focusing on characters I don't tend to give much of a shit about （Erik and Charles） in contexts that make them boring to me （specifically in context of each other）。 （They're both great characters！ But I'm so over the Cha Good news， finally catching up on X-comics now that my entire life isn't on fire。I really don't like Hickman's x-writing as a whole; I think other people took his latest Weird Ethnostate and did much more interesting things with it。 Part of that is that he's really interested in focusing on characters I don't tend to give much of a shit about （Erik and Charles） in contexts that make them boring to me （specifically in context of each other）。 （They're both great characters！ But I'm so over the Charles-Erik thing。 Comics！them are basically at their least interesting for me when Hickman's writing them in the same panel。） The one place he has consistently shone for me is his Mystique writing， and fortunately， this book is predicated on Mystique threatening to burn a motherfucker down to get her wife back。Anyway， it's an event， but it's a flagship event， so the art is mostly great。 （Don't love Emma's lipstick in various panels - I feel like， if you can't make it suitably silvery， err on the side of white rather than dingy grey。） And it's mostly about Mystique and Destiny， who are AWESOME here。 Whenever we dart back to Charles， Erik， and Sentinel politics， my eyes threatened to glaze over。 The best bits of this book are basically 5-star to me， including Mystique's final showdown and Destiny's part in it。 The parts I found tedious really dragged down my experience。 Three stars overall。 。。。more
Tuni
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I think overall I was satisfied with this。 There were so many good moments and panels， stuff I enjoyed sharing and discussing with my friends who also read X-Men weekly。 I think it set up alot of fun stuff that the X-Office now gets to play around with。 I do not want to see the Krakoa era end yet。 So having this read as more of a midway point restructuring of some of Hickman's ideas and plots that were introduced in HoX/PoX was ideal to me。 I don't want a grand finale finish from Hickman yet。 I think overall I was satisfied with this。 There were so many good moments and panels， stuff I enjoyed sharing and discussing with my friends who also read X-Men weekly。 I think it set up alot of fun stuff that the X-Office now gets to play around with。 I do not want to see the Krakoa era end yet。 So having this read as more of a midway point restructuring of some of Hickman's ideas and plots that were introduced in HoX/PoX was ideal to me。 I don't want a grand finale finish from Hickman yet。 。。。more
Mae
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The epilogue to Hickman's X-Men suffers many problems all too familiar to premature series finales: dialogue that generously handwaves massive plot holes， heroes acting out of character and （in my opinion， the greatest sin） those torturous callback lines that echo when the story was at its peak which only end up making them feel even more like a shadow of its former self。 Still， there is room here for intrigue and action that any Hickman fan would typically like （I especially enjoyed Mystique's The epilogue to Hickman's X-Men suffers many problems all too familiar to premature series finales: dialogue that generously handwaves massive plot holes， heroes acting out of character and （in my opinion， the greatest sin） those torturous callback lines that echo when the story was at its peak which only end up making them feel even more like a shadow of its former self。 Still， there is room here for intrigue and action that any Hickman fan would typically like （I especially enjoyed Mystique's delightful montage of skullduggery in Issue 2）。 Stefano Caselli and Pepe Larraz knock their pages out of the park， and credit is due to Valerio Schiti for the fight in Issue 4 for being one of the most Shonen-anime battles in Krakoan X-Men era。 。。。more
Jesús De la Jara
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Me decepcionó bastante la trama de este nuevo "Inferno" pues no tiene nada que ver con el primero que trataba sobre el Limbo， demonios y Madeleyne Pryor。 Aquí en realidad las que llevan el tono son Mystique y Destiny su amante。 empieza con Moira quien está oculta y exige la muerte de Destiny。 Este desorden lleva al dúo Xavier - Magneto en confiar en la única que creían Emma Frost dándole una gran revelación。 Es interesante ver cómo Moira suena como la más radical en estos últimos tiempos。Aquí ta Me decepcionó bastante la trama de este nuevo "Inferno" pues no tiene nada que ver con el primero que trataba sobre el Limbo， demonios y Madeleyne Pryor。 Aquí en realidad las que llevan el tono son Mystique y Destiny su amante。 empieza con Moira quien está oculta y exige la muerte de Destiny。 Este desorden lleva al dúo Xavier - Magneto en confiar en la única que creían Emma Frost dándole una gran revelación。 Es interesante ver cómo Moira suena como la más radical en estos últimos tiempos。Aquí también se muestra cómo Cyclops renuncia a ser jefe de capitanes de Krakoa para darle el pase a Bishop como nuevo comandante。 Aunque me gustó como se resuelve parte del conflicto quedan muchos puntos sin terminar que para mí hacen a la historia un poco fútil y sobre todo extraña。 Hay muchas cosas que no he logrado entender del todo。 。。。more
Andrew
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Oh man， what do I do with this？ It makes me long for a world where Hickman was the sole X-writer and got to do whatever he wanted。 There’s good stuff in this book， but mostly you mourn the could-have-beens。 Through all of this era， when people asked if I liked it， I had to keep saying I don’t know， waiting for Hickman to reveal。 And now we only get it half done and he moves on to greener grass and bluer waters。 How long can this ship sail without Hick？ It already felt adrift。 I just don’t know…
David
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I just cannot get past the logical idiocies of this mini series and， I guess， what underpins the whole thing。 So they hate Moira for wanting to make mutants human， she hates them for burning her。 Ok， I get people can get pissed with one another。 Up until the point she reveals what would have been her grand betrayal they were acting like angry emo teens， threatening everyone's future， to be emo and angry with one another。 "Ima kill u， no ima kill u， no u， no u" etc etc。I've not been into comics f I just cannot get past the logical idiocies of this mini series and， I guess， what underpins the whole thing。 So they hate Moira for wanting to make mutants human， she hates them for burning her。 Ok， I get people can get pissed with one another。 Up until the point she reveals what would have been her grand betrayal they were acting like angry emo teens， threatening everyone's future， to be emo and angry with one another。 "Ima kill u， no ima kill u， no u， no u" etc etc。I've not been into comics for a bit but if that's all it takes for Hickman to be great toss me a pen and I can write and epic series in an afternoon based on watching my kids argue with another。It's all just a load of wank。Then stupid crappy mc crap ending you always get in a mutant fight when they want to let loose "oh I have a device to stop you" urgh， sensible reader calling the God Fucking awful writing department， come up with something new eh？ Over the course of the X titles for however long they've gone on for they've written themselves into knots by creating characters who can pretty easily wipe everything out， so then they have to create bullshit reasons why the don't。 The "we won't kill mutants" rubbish or the "we can depower you buttons" it's just narrative finger clicking for bad writing。You want to stop humans and machines？ Charles could cerebro every single human to commit suicide and with ressurection they could Strom their space base and kill them through pure attrition （though we know a few could wipe them out without trying）I came back to marvel to give it a try， a start and ending story would create， I hoped， a way to enjoy X titles without all these issues that they've created in wanting to tell stories in a universe where things happen whilst at the same time nothing ever changes。 The two don't gel so you are left as a reader either having to willingly accept their bullshit or be stupid enough not to understand their bullshit。 I am not willing to embrace either so unfortunately I'm out。There are a lot of great comics out there which tell stories and aren't constrained by this narrative bullshit， hell even marvel cinematic universe is now more enjoyable than this as they are telling stories that will have a start and end。 I have more respect for my own time and intellect （and wallet） to keep swallowing this crap。 I'm surprised I stuck it out this long but there you go。As I did about 21 years ago， once again， fuck you Marvel， i'm out。 。。。more
Anne
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Even though this story was originally planned as the midpoint of Hickman's saga， I'm glad that the other x-writers persuaded him not to put all the toys back where he found them。 The Krakoa era has made the books feel genuinely fresh， and I can't wait to see what everyone does with these mutants next。 Even though this story was originally planned as the midpoint of Hickman's saga， I'm glad that the other x-writers persuaded him not to put all the toys back where he found them。 The Krakoa era has made the books feel genuinely fresh， and I can't wait to see what everyone does with these mutants next。 。。。more
Scratch
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Let's set aside the fact I actually enjoyed the original "Inferno" event from 1990， and this miniseries had nothing to do with it。 （I became a huge fan of Magik in the early 90s， shortly after she had died， and appreciated Inferno as back issues。） Hell， the name doesn't even make sense on its own; nothing much having to do with fire happened with this story。 This was an inconsequential conclusion to the Hickman run on X-Men that concluded nothing。 Some people want to praise Hickman， when I care Let's set aside the fact I actually enjoyed the original "Inferno" event from 1990， and this miniseries had nothing to do with it。 （I became a huge fan of Magik in the early 90s， shortly after she had died， and appreciated Inferno as back issues。） Hell， the name doesn't even make sense on its own; nothing much having to do with fire happened with this story。 This was an inconsequential conclusion to the Hickman run on X-Men that concluded nothing。 Some people want to praise Hickman， when I care nothing for the writer whatsoever。 I just care about where the story is going。 And while I can work with this Krakoa era， because it is interesting， and I like having every mutant ever available again， this story is not being managed correctly。1） Cypher。 （view spoiler）[Why is Cypher set up as some sort of --benevolent？-- spy？ There is no explicit reason why Destiny should have any trouble perceiving Cypher。 It's possible that his "translation field" that writers rarely ever mention might cause some sort of interference， but that is not spelled out for the reader。 And while I like Cypher， I don't understand why his great comeuppance in this story concludes with him standing around threatening Mystique and Destiny。 He wasn't even threatening them with his own fighting prowess， but rather， with the assistance of Warlock and Bei。 That is setting aside my ongoing issue with the fact the Cypher/Bei marriage was the ultimate example of Marvel writers choosing to forego "earning" relationships for readers anymore。 The writers simply introduced a brand new character we had never heard of before， informed us that she and Cypher aren't just a couple but freakin' married， and we are ordered to care about their relationship。 （hide spoiler）]2） Hickman wants us to believe that there are only 3 possible outcomes。 Mutant supremacy， human supremacy， or machine supremacy。 Or possibly an alliance of human/machine supremacy。 The way his writing style works is that he is trying to manage our expectations， convincing us that there is only a specific list of options。 Then， if he finds a way to surprise us with an element outside of the narrow list of options he presented us with， it feels like a satisfying twist。 Supposedly。 But for long-time comic fans， it's ludicrous that he's presenting us with such limited options at all。 The Marvel universe is such a big， beautiful， powerful， weird place， there are many more options outside of these limited ones。 Franklin Richards could create a new world like Counter-Earth and send all mutants to live there。 Magik could open a time portal and send all the mutants to live in the distant past or distant future， or an alternate reality Earth where all life had been wiped out。 The Shadow King could get amped up to such a degree he takes over the mind of every human on Earth， removing humans from the equation and having them assist mutants in fighting Orchis/sentinels。 We learned from an issue of Exiles that Asgardians are immune to the transmode virus， so we could arrange for mutants to interbreed with Asgardians to create a new species， and then invite the Technarch to come to Earth and assimilate all of humanity， while the mutant/Asgardians remained immune and just lived in Asgard。 And， of course， there's always that pesky old dream of Xavier's where mutants and humans learned to live in peace。 But in this day and age， we're supposed to pretend that Xavier has never been good， he has always kept secrets， and yet it's somehow transgressive good writing to pretend as if his shady past is a new revelation。 。。。 Xavier hasn't been written as a purely benevolent teacher since the late 90s， it feels like。 Writers-- we're over it。 At the very least， stop acting like Xavier's secrets are somehow surprising at this point。 It has been decades of shitting upon Xavier。 We get it。3） Moira。 （view spoiler）[ So， this miniseries concludes with Moira depowered。 。。。 Okay？ Her power is completely irrelevant to day-to-day life anyway。 Removing it is a purely academic exercise。 The X-Men were never going to know the difference whether Moira died and was reincarnated one way or another。 Then， we also learn that， apparently， Moira's real goal throughout all this was to turn all mutants human before they reached puberty; before they ever developed powers in the first place。 。。。 This revelation not only came flying out of nowhere （And why wouldn't Xavier know about this goal already if Moira already opened up her mind to him？）， but it makes no logical sense。 See above how in the Marvel universe there are a fuck-ton of options。 I could understand if this is a metaphor for self-loathing homosexuals。 There are still lots of LGBTQ people with internalized homophobia， and I can say even I still struggle with bits of that even though I am out and proud and married。 But if that was the metaphor that the writers were trying for， they didn't explain it well enough。 Is Moira essentially arguing for conversion therapy？ That could be a fascinating， touchy storyline， and it has not gotten the attention that it deserves if that is the case。 This possibly explains why Moira has been so adamant that she didn't want Destiny resurrected。 Up until now this hasn't made any sense， because both women are mutants and are trying to save the mutant race， so what is the problem with having Destiny around to help mutant leaders figure out whether their plans can actually work？ The animosity seemed to be petty and based off Moira's old deaths more than anything else， up until now。 But I guess now we're supposed to think that it's because Moira didn't want Destiny to "out" her as supporting the metaphor for conversion therapy？ （hide spoiler）]4） In general， there has been a lack of oversight across the X-titles ever since Dawn of X/House of X。 Tini Howard has been fucking with people's powers， personalities， and origins over in Excalibur for years now。 （Suddenly， Meggan is telling people that she is an actual fairy as if this were common knowledge and not a retcon; suddenly， Rictor's powers are no longer a vibratory blast， but power over dirt， and he is a druid with magical powers without any training， but also he can talk to grass for some reason？） X of Swords was an abomination， and for some reason it featured monologues from Tarot so that she could report on her precognition， DESPITE THE FACT THERE AREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE ANY PRECOGS ON KRAKOA。Hickman may be brilliant， maybe not。 I don't care。 But either way， he doesn't deserve praise for what was created here。 This "conclusion" isn't a conclusion at all， and the stories we have had so far have left a lot to be desired。 "Fallen Angels" and "Children of the Atom" were both dumpster fires that never should have been created。 "X-Corp" was less offensively bad， but more baffling in why it existed in the first place。 （Who wanted to watch superheroes discuss business contracts？ And why did no one feel the need to explain how/why Monet is capable of turning into her Penance form at will now？ I got the allusion for the "Angel"/"Penance" thing; but the play on words isn't enough to make me look past the glaring plot hole。） I maintain that Tini Howard's run of Excalibur is one of the most offensively bad things I have ever read （Why would Meggan manifest fairy wings？ She has been capable of flying without wings for 40 years。）This isn't like the "phases" of MCU movies， where everyone is excited to see what Marvel will come up with next。 This is a deal where we're entering a new phase of X-titles and I'm hoping someone can salvage what has been done to my characters。 。。。more
Rylan
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A fitting ending to Hickman’s X-Men saga
JCRD
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