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Earlier today, a Marvel executive caught me swearing at Jonathan Hickman via them I understand I may not be alone in that simultaneous admiration/self-frustration. And as this new reality threatens to spill out across the rest of the Marvel Universe, has it sowed the seeds of its own destruction in the final issue? As the future is[...]

Today sees Jonathan Hickman and RB Silva – with some pages by Silva and Pepe Larazz repeated and repurposed from previous issues, bring it all to a close and start it up again And he does so by repeating the same trick from just a couple of issues ago. In Powers Of X we have been[...]

Tomorrow sees the release of the finale of the Jonathan Hickman-written House Of X/Power Of X two-series-that-are-one with Powers Of X #6, titled House Of X It will lead into the new Dawn Of X titles And it is already being spoiled all over the place So turn off your internet Stay off 4chan and[...]

From back in July. A group of crows is called a murder. A group of tigers is called a streak. A group of mutants is called an orgy. Final orders for House of X #1 are due today. — Jonathan Hickman (@JHickman) July 1, 2019 I wonder if X-Men is going to be a little more XXX-Men going forwards? House Of[...]

Superstar writer Jonathan Hickman took to Twitter Tuesday with a coded message in defense of Jean Grey's costume Ditching the costume she had been wearing in X-Men Red, Jean appears in House of X #1 in her classic green miniskirt Marvel Girl costume Hickman posted an image of Phil Noto's House of X #1 variant[...]

Collecting House Of X #1-6 and Powers Of X #1-6, the series by Jonathan Hickman, Pepe Larraz and R.B Silva, Pepe Larraz and R.B Silva has been a critical and commercial hit And it is ezpected to be a best-seller in the holiday period. Solicited as a $50, 304-page collection, it's now been repriced at $60 and with a 400-page[...]

Powers of X #4 is out this week, but is it worth more than padding to get to the next "red" issue in the reading order? Let's find out in the internet's number one weekly X-Men recap column with a dirty pun for a name! Sworn to sell comics for Marvel executives who feared and hated[...]

Today, Marvel Comics is holding a Jonathan Hickman-led creative summit for the X-Men titles We thought we'd check in with some of the attendees… I'm in transit for a little while and now you may ask me anything, if you give a flying care. — Gerry Duggan (@GerryDuggan) September 15, 2019 That's Gerry Duggan, the writer of the[...]

And it may have quite a lot of relevance to the House Of X and Powers Of X series from Jonathan Hickman Excalibur #31 begins with Nightcrawler stranded on an island, Vega, dubbed the Son of Krakoa One that watched the original visit of the X-Men to Krakoa, that spawned the Giant-Size X-Men team. And, it[...]

In Kieron Gillen's run on the Xbooks, he emphasised the high-arch aspect of Mister Sinister, giving us many Sinisters cloned from the original performing menial services, and embracing the ridiculousness of it all. In yesterday's Powers Of X #4, Jonathan Hickman and Pepe Larraz took that even further, presenting a gossipy, camp, even-more-ridiculous Mister Sinister, including his[...]

But we are starting to look ahead at what will follow as Jonathan Hickman writes and showruns an entire line of X-books. X-MEN #1 DX (W) Jonathan Hickman (A/CA) Leinil Francis Yu DAWN OF X! The X-Men find themselves in a whole new world of possibility… and things have never been better! Jonathan Hickman (HOUSE OF X, POWERS[...]

After the events of HOXPOX, we will have the launch of a number of X-Men-related series, including a new New Mutants #1 by Jonathan Hickman, Ed Brisson and Rod Reis Here's a look ahead with an unlettered preview of that first comic book Beginning with Cypher and Krakoa, we see the Starjammers arrive with Scott's[...]

And this time, Jonathan Hickman and company have kindly provided us with the official Krakoan cypher. Which means that the issue in two weeks time… will be SOMETHING SINISTER   However we are told Upon arriving for the first time to the mutant nation-state of Krakoa, a resident telepath will imprint the Krakoan language into the mind of the newly[...]

Jonathan Hickman's House Of X and Powers Of X has set the comic book market alight Especially House Of X #2, telling the story of a Moira MacTaggert who has lived nine lives before reincarnating as herself and turning back time Again and again and again With a mysterious unseen sixth life, the Marvel Universe[...]

Marvel Comics representatives went out of their way to say that Hydra were fascist but not Nazis – they just worked with the Nazis in the Second World War, a distinction lost by many, especially when, in the midst of all the fuss, Marvel's Agents Of SHIELD went out of their way to state that[...]

And House Of X is the latest, by Jonathan Hickman and Pepe Larraz for Marvel Comics With The Curious Case Of Moira X showing us that Moira MacTaggert has the mutant power to live her life again and again after she dies, making major changes as she goes And the House Of X is her[...]

Jonathan Hickman is best known for his writing and glyph making skills, but it looks he would also make a pretty good editor Hickman took to Twitter to reveal that there was a typo in this week's House of X #2… but if you don't want to see spoilers for the issue, well too bad,[...]

So after a long wait, Marvel finally published House of X #1, the first issue of what's set to be a multi-year X-Men run, with the entire line guided by Jonathan Hickman And the response has been… well, why don't you take a look for yourself From Marvel's website: Newsarama: "A towering achievement." IGN: "Marvel just made[...]

But in House Of X #1? They may be humanity's last hope…   HOUSE OF X #1 (OF 6) (W) Jonathan Hickman (A/CA) Pepe Larraz FACE THE FUTURE! Superstar writer Jonathan Hickman (SECRET WARS, AVENGERS, FANTASTIC FOUR) takes the reins of the X-Men universe! Since the release of Uncanny X-Men #1, there have been four seminal moments in the[...]

The comics world, and particularly long-suffering X-Men fans, are pretty excited for the debut of Jonathan Hickman and Pepe Larraz's House of X next week, the beginning of a new era for the X-Men in which Hickman intends to restore the franchise to its proper place of prominence At the Jonathan Hickman Q&A panel at[...]

With the Marvel Next Big Thing panel out of the way at San Diego Comic-Con, we now know what the X-Men's new status quo will look like in the Dawn of X

After their big announcements at Marvel Next Big Thing, Marvel has sent out the solicitations to the Dawn Of X book, launching out of House Of X and Powers Of X… X-MEN #1 Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN Penciled by LEINIL FRANCIS YU Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU A NEW ERA DAWNS FOR THE X-MEN! The X-Men find themselves in a whole new world of[...]

And X-Men #1 by Jonathan Hickman and Leinil Francis Yu will be a tour de force that stars every single mutant in the Marvel Universe. No pressure then Just announced at the Marvel Next Big Thing panel at San Diego Comic-Con. And that's quite a collection of mutants taking the lead… Cyclops, Wolverine, Jean Grey, Rachel Grey,[...]

Marvel is set to reveal the details of Dawn of X tomorrow at the Next Big Thing panel at San Diego Comic-Con, but glyph-loving superstar writer Jonathan Hickman simply couldn't help himself, releasing a coded message on Twitter ahead of the panel. https://twitter.com/JHickman/status/1152296060837982209 And it didn't take long for X-Men fans on the internet to crack that[...]

Superstar writer Jonathan Hickman appeared for a video interview at the Marvel booth at San Diego Comic-Con to talk about his upcoming X-Men relaunch taking place in House of X and Powers of X Through the magic of typing really fast, we've transcribed what Hickman had to say, first on the kind of Marvel stories[...]

We're just one week away from superstar writer Jonathan Hickman's line-wide X-Men relaunch, kicking off with House of X with artist Pepe Larraz and Powers of X with R.B Silva, and leading into a brand new era of X-Men with Hickman writing a core ongoing book and, presumably, another fifteen or so monthly X-titles, as[...]

Things are always darkest before the Dawn of X, so as we await the big news at San Diego Comic-Con for the future of the X-Men books after the Hickboot, Marvel has revealed the cover and description for Powers of X #6, the finale of the series by Jonathan Hickman and R.B Silva which promises[...]

Nevertheless, the upcoming X-Men line-wide relaunch by Jonathan Hickman and artists Pepe Larraz and R.B Silva is set to shake those foundations one more time, in a way, according to Marvel Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada, not seen since Grant Morrison shook the Marvel Universe to its foundations during his New X-Men run. @PepeLarraz's art is[...]

We all know that Jonathan Hickman's X-Men relaunch is set to be another "Seminal Moment" in X-Men history… but could it actually be a "Semenal Moment?" As the world awaits the relaunch that will shake the X-Men to their foundations and leave nothing ever the same again, blah blah blah, yadda yadda yadda, you get[...]

So, we get it, plants everywhere, including Krakoa, the living island who was responsible for the formation of the second team of X-Men back in the seventies. #gallery-2 { margin: auto; } #gallery-2 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-2 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-2 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } /* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes/media.php */ So, basically, plants. #gallery-3 { margin: auto; } #gallery-3 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top:[...]