Jonathan Hickman joins superstar artist Olivier Coipel (SIEGE) to launch Act Two of the biggest Marvel event of the year! What is Pax Utopia? The Phoenix has come to Earth, and everything changes... And the Scarlet Witch enters the fray!
Jonathan Hickman is an American comic book writer and artist. He is known for creating the Image Comics series The Nightly News, The Manhattan Projects and East of West, as well as working on Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four, FF, and S.H.I.E.L.D. titles. In 2012, Hickman ended his run on the Fantastic Four titles to write The Avengers and The New Avengers, as part the "Marvel NOW!" relaunch. In 2013, Hickman wrote a six-part miniseries, Infinity, plus Avengers tie-ins for Marvel Comics. In 2015, he wrote the crossover event Secret Wars. - Wikipedia
Hickman brings his indie writer sensibilities and teams them up with Coipels great visuals to make a really good solid comic. Five of the X-men have become, for lack of a better word, Gods, and they're reshaping the Marvel Universe. They're making it better, but the Avengers think there's more to it then that. Can five X-men control the power of the Phoenix? These issues are dealt with. Also, The Avengers are still after Hope, which is were the action in this comic lies.
I hope Coipel and Hickman do lots more comics together in the future. 'Cause they're a really good creative team.
And so, the Phoenix Five actually do good for the world, but the Avengers don't like it and look for an excuse. And what better way than by some casual kidnapping in the name of... I dunno. Protecting humanity from being safe? Hypocritically, Scott reiterates that Utopia is not a prison for Hope and she's free to leave as she wants, but when she does decide to freely leave and go with Wanda, Scott changes his tune to "No, not like that." The hypocrite. Everyone's idiots. The only people that are sane are Hope, T'Challa and seemingly, soon, Wanda.
Nice change of pace in the art to see Olivier Coipel take over on this issue too.
Scott Summers, Emma Frost, Piotr dan Illyana Rasputin, dan Namor. Kelima orang itulah yang akhirnya mendapatkan energi kosmis Phoenix. Kelimanya kemudian membangun Bumi menjadi tempat yang lebih baik. Tanah gersang menjadi subur. Tiada lagi kekeringan dan kelaparan. Mereka menghentikan peperangan dan menyita senjata. Energi melimpah. Tampaknya semua akan baik-baik saja ... sampai Scarlett Witch mendapatkan visi seperti apa permasalahan ini berakhir.