The Annual Giant-Size X-Men issue is always fun. Hickman delivers the first in the new House of X era with aplomb. The issue features five stores tracking characters and plotlines that are both new and ones we’ve been following for a while: Jean and the White Queen need to save Storm, Nightcrawler and the New Mutants investigate the old X-Mansion, Magneto hangs out with Namor in a set-up for the Hellfire Club Party in June, Fantomex (a character I’ve never heard of) is given a […]

The first of Hickman era of X-Men comics sees the new mutant nation of Krakoa firmly established after the events of House/Powers of X. This volume collects the first six issues of the main X-Men title. It’s pretty good, and thoroughly entertaining. There’s a few longer arcs that stretch several issues, and a one-off that I suspect we’ll see more from down the line. There are a lot of seeds being planted (figuratively and in a few cases, literally). Hickman chooses to focus his energy […]