Posted in: Comics, Marvel Comics | Tagged: , , , ,


The CIA X-Desk to Wakandan Mutantphobia in X-Men Krakoan Comics Today

So much going down in Krakoan X-Men today, where should we start? Well, how about The X Deaths Of Wolverine #1, which a) isn't about Wolverine and is b) about Moira Mactaggert instead, but c) we do get to see the X-Desk of the CIA for the first time, after reading their reports in all the Krakoan X-Men titles for the past three years.

X-Men Krakoan Comics Today

And it is a little more like the Civil Service than Task Force X. Although Agent Ramrez has certain Amanda Waller qualities.

X-Men Krakoan Comics Today

While over in the Marauders Annual it's time for the bad guys to make all the good points.

X-Men Krakoan Comics Today

With mutants against the isolationist policies of Krakoa resorting to… well, a murderous religious death cult. Which does kinda remove any of the moral high ground…

X-Men Krakoan Comics Today

…even if the points they all make are incredibly valid.

X-Men Krakoan Comics Today

And while the CIA X-Desk are incompetently looking for Moira Mactaggert doing her best Dazzler cosplay…

X-Men Krakoan Comics Today

Who would have thought that a comic like The X Lives Of Wolverine #1 would be published the same week that Elon Musk announces this exact same technology? How is science fiction meant to keep up? I guess by having Forge be even further ahead with Martian telepathy.

Marvel Comics

Instantaneous travel and communication from Earth to Mars? The Black Panther and his delegation have to go the long way.

Marvel Comics

But clearly worth the trip.

Marvel Comics

For the Black Panther at least. Gentle may not feel the same way…

Krakoan X-Men

Which mirrors previous portrayals of Wakandan racism towards mutants. Such as Gentle, currently up for membership of the X-Men.

Marvel Comics

The decision not to have diplomatic relations with Wakanda bought by mutant drugs that most other nations had accepted.

Krakoan X-Men

 

Their decision to destroy the Krakoan doorway.

Krakoan X-MenAnd some barbed back-and-forths over sporting events.

 

Krakoan X-Men

 

 

But could all of this have been T'Challa playing the long game?

Krakoan X-Men

Just as it was revealed that T'Challa was acting as a spy for Wakanda when in the Avengers, so Gentle is playing the same role on Krakoa – and Arakko – for Wakanda. What happens if he is indeed voted onto the X-Men? They are playing their own games of course, with Captain Krakoa as a secret identity for Cyclops, after everyone saw him die publicly and the word about Krakoan resurrection is kept a secret.

Marvel Comics

Of course, if Gentle knows it, then Wakanda probably does now as well… While in the X-Men Infinity Comic, the new Ultra-Humanite is taking down the biggest Krakoan threats.

Marvel preview

Would anyone really miss him? Oh, and Gail Simone's frequent intentional Twitter trolling that Cyclops eye beams are heat vision like Superman makes it into Deadpool's mouth too…

Marvel preview

See, that's what happens when you let Fabian Nicieza be friendly with Gail Simone on social media… he makes her trolling Marvel canon. Of course, was it ever any other way?

BLACK PANTHER #3
MARVEL COMICS
AUG211115
(W) John Ridley (A) Juan Cabal (CA) Alex Ross
T'CHALLA VS. THE X-MEN OF MARS!
With assassins closing in and Wakanda's faith in him shaken, T'Challa goes to visit Storm on the newly terraformed Mars. But this will not be a happy reunion, as T'Challa has ulterior motives for his visit. And back home, Shuri discovers who is behind the attacks on Wakanda's secret agents, a revelation that will change everything…
RATED T+In Shops: Jan 26, 2022
SRP: $5.99

X DEATHS OF WOLVERINE #1
MARVEL COMICS
NOV210783
(W) Ben Percy (A) Federico Vicentini (CA) Adam Kubert
WEEK 2 – If WOLVERINE's future lies in the past, what does that mean for the present? The reciprocal series to X LIVES OF WOLVERINE, X DEATHS OF WOLVERINE is can't-miss reading, chock-full of revelations for the best there is as well as the fate of mutantkind!
PARENTAL ADVISORYIn Shops: Jan 26, 2022 SRP: $5.99

X-MEN #7
MARVEL COMICS
NOV210888
(W) Gerry Duggan (A/CA) Pepe Larraz
CAPTAIN KRAKOA & THE X-MEN! Doctor Stasis makes his deadliest move yet as Captain Krakoa takes charge of the X-Men! But what is the lie at the heart of the newest mutant hero?RATED T+In Shops: Jan 26, 2022 SRP: $3.99

MARAUDERS ANNUAL #1
MARVEL COMICS
NOV210891
(W) Steve Orlando (A) Creees Lee (CA) Russell Dauterman
A NEW CREW SETS SAIL! With Kate Pryde at the helm, the Marauders are ready to renew their mission of mutant rescue! She's got the mission – all she needs now is a new boat and a fresh crew to match. Pryde and Bishop must unite a crew of mutants, new and old, to spring Daken from imprisonment at the hands of a leader who's as cruel as he is charismatic: the primal provocateur known as Brimstone Love! It's the Marauders versus the Theater of Pain, a torture troupe that's set up shop in Xavier's School's old backyard! Come aboard for the first adventure as Steve Orlando takes the helm with our sea-faring mutants! ONE-SHOT / RATED T+In Shops: Jan 26, 2022 SRP: $4.99

X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic (2021) #19
Published: January 24, 2022
The penultimate chapter to "Paradise Lost"! Deadpool and Juggernaut team up against the Human Adaptoid!

 


Enjoyed this? Please share on social media!

Stay up-to-date and support the site by following Bleeding Cool on Google News today!

Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
twitterfacebookinstagramwebsite
Comments will load 20 seconds after page. Click here to load them now.