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X-Men (2019) (Single Issues)
X-Men (2019-2021) #19
ESCAPE FROM THE VAULT!
27 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 31, 2021
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Jonathan Hickman
1,271 books2,107 followersJonathan 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
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April 4, 2021
Finisce il resoconto della missione del trio X-23/Synch/Darwin nella Cripta.
Molto è "riassunto" nei grafici di Hickman, molto è "narrato" al passato da Everett narratore.
Si intuisce quanto sia stressante e devastante stare decenni, secoli in incognito, alternando mesi nascosti dai Figli a mesi in esplorazione dell'ambiente nemico, mappandolo e scoprendone i segreti.
Chiaramente abbiamo l'errore fatale, la trappola che scatta, il tempo che passa e la fine prevedibile.
Resta il dubbio su questa nuova capacità di Darwin di ottenere evoluzioni a richiesta (invece di subirle in reazione a un rischio di morte), ma soprattutto avverto una sempre maggiore lontananza emotiva dalle storie.
Partendo dal preupposto che la morte di un eroe non era mai stata definitiva neanche in passato, e che tra cloni, realtà alternative, effetti cosmici, retcon, dopplegangers e quant'altro era sempre stato raro che un mutante morisse definitivamente senza tornare prima o poi in scena... comunque una morte faceva sempre effetto, così come il rischio di una morte.
Specialmente in un gruppo di secondo piano come questo.
Invece qui non solo ce ne freghiamo allegramente della possibilità di morte, puntando solo al "qualcuno riuscirà a portare le informazioni fuori?", ma perfino la consapevolezza dei decenni passati insieme dai tre mutanti (e quindi i rapporti che si creano e consolidano, oltre alla storia tra Laura e Everett - peraltro, povero Darwin...) viene minata alla base dal fatto che quasi sicuramente queste memorie ed esperienze spariranno.
Come se Ciclope e Jean Grey non avessero le memorie del tempo trascorso nel futuro.
Qui alla fine solo un personaggio sa cosa sia successo, ha memorie di un tempo interminabile passato con due persone che conosce alla perfezione ma che non lo conoscono altrettanto, nelle loro versioni attuali. E sa di una relazione amorosa cresciuta nel tempo, fortissima e indistruttibile, che ora non esiste perché per l'altra persona non c'è mai stata.
E niente, questo giochino delle resurrezioni ha dato spunti interessanti e tutto, ma mi sta disaffezionando un poco, alla lunga.
Vediamo quanto ancora durerà la situazione prima di far saltare fuori di nuovo Moira o qualche veggente, o di ritornare da Master Mold e dalle Sentinelle per riallacciare i fili con HoX.
(Comunque una cosa che mi ha lasciato mooooolto perplesso: se sei ridotto a un semplice scheletro, il fattore rigenerante non ti riporta in vita. O ricordo male? Bah...)
Molto è "riassunto" nei grafici di Hickman, molto è "narrato" al passato da Everett narratore.
Si intuisce quanto sia stressante e devastante stare decenni, secoli in incognito, alternando mesi nascosti dai Figli a mesi in esplorazione dell'ambiente nemico, mappandolo e scoprendone i segreti.
Chiaramente abbiamo l'errore fatale, la trappola che scatta, il tempo che passa e la fine prevedibile.
Resta il dubbio su questa nuova capacità di Darwin di ottenere evoluzioni a richiesta (invece di subirle in reazione a un rischio di morte), ma soprattutto avverto una sempre maggiore lontananza emotiva dalle storie.
Partendo dal preupposto che la morte di un eroe non era mai stata definitiva neanche in passato, e che tra cloni, realtà alternative, effetti cosmici, retcon, dopplegangers e quant'altro era sempre stato raro che un mutante morisse definitivamente senza tornare prima o poi in scena... comunque una morte faceva sempre effetto, così come il rischio di una morte.
Specialmente in un gruppo di secondo piano come questo.
Invece qui non solo ce ne freghiamo allegramente della possibilità di morte, puntando solo al "qualcuno riuscirà a portare le informazioni fuori?", ma perfino la consapevolezza dei decenni passati insieme dai tre mutanti (e quindi i rapporti che si creano e consolidano, oltre alla storia tra Laura e Everett - peraltro, povero Darwin...) viene minata alla base dal fatto che quasi sicuramente queste memorie ed esperienze spariranno.
Come se Ciclope e Jean Grey non avessero le memorie del tempo trascorso nel futuro.
Qui alla fine solo un personaggio sa cosa sia successo, ha memorie di un tempo interminabile passato con due persone che conosce alla perfezione ma che non lo conoscono altrettanto, nelle loro versioni attuali. E sa di una relazione amorosa cresciuta nel tempo, fortissima e indistruttibile, che ora non esiste perché per l'altra persona non c'è mai stata.
E niente, questo giochino delle resurrezioni ha dato spunti interessanti e tutto, ma mi sta disaffezionando un poco, alla lunga.
Vediamo quanto ancora durerà la situazione prima di far saltare fuori di nuovo Moira o qualche veggente, o di ritornare da Master Mold e dalle Sentinelle per riallacciare i fili con HoX.
(Comunque una cosa che mi ha lasciato mooooolto perplesso: se sei ridotto a un semplice scheletro, il fattore rigenerante non ti riporta in vita. O ricordo male? Bah...)
April 1, 2021
Synch got a hell of a story here but I gotta re-read this Children of the Vault story arc all over again when its done, cause this is a getting a bit confusing for me sometimes, Hickman gotta tone it down with the power point graphics.
February 8, 2022
This issue concludes a 2-parter that is a very good Hickman story. It is just as good as some of the stories from his Fantastic Four run that I adored.
August 8, 2026
It’s sad watching Hank slide precariously down a slippery slope to a dark future, writing and art are both excellent
January 31, 2022
The Children of the Vault have evolved as mutants have, and now the claim they're coming for the Earth.
The problem is this was a storyline with three isolated characters - Synch, Darwin, and X-23/Wolverine - and I only really cared for one third of them (X-23) combined with me finding this story to be unnecessarily drawn out and boring.
I fear this will end on a low point - as there are only two issues left - and I've mostly liked Hickman's work in the past so this is disappointing. Not terrible enough to be a two or one star book, but not as good as I'd hoped - especially given how much this was hyped up to me.
The problem is this was a storyline with three isolated characters - Synch, Darwin, and X-23/Wolverine - and I only really cared for one third of them (X-23) combined with me finding this story to be unnecessarily drawn out and boring.
I fear this will end on a low point - as there are only two issues left - and I've mostly liked Hickman's work in the past so this is disappointing. Not terrible enough to be a two or one star book, but not as good as I'd hoped - especially given how much this was hyped up to me.
April 6, 2021
AM I the only one that is curious about what food they ate in the vault?
I am so confused and will have to track back on previous issues and dig up some Children of the Vault lore (I think the Giant Size Jean issue is where all this jazz starts).
Regardless, the confusion was cool. I took my time reading this one and enjoying the art in each panel. The narration put me in a place where I felt I was stuck in the vault. Maybe its just the era that we are in right now in real life that caused this effect. And I swear I'm not on any drugs, I was just there in the vault with these 3, hiding from these Child Vaulters. I have a feeling that when this era is done, that this will be an important issue readers track back on.
Not sure if its all the rom coms I've been watching lately, but bruh, I got pretty emotional (in a happy way) at the chessy conclusion
HICKMAN FOR PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER
I am so confused and will have to track back on previous issues and dig up some Children of the Vault lore (I think the Giant Size Jean issue is where all this jazz starts).
Regardless, the confusion was cool. I took my time reading this one and enjoying the art in each panel. The narration put me in a place where I felt I was stuck in the vault. Maybe its just the era that we are in right now in real life that caused this effect. And I swear I'm not on any drugs, I was just there in the vault with these 3, hiding from these Child Vaulters. I have a feeling that when this era is done, that this will be an important issue readers track back on.
Not sure if its all the rom coms I've been watching lately, but bruh, I got pretty emotional (in a happy way) at the chessy conclusion
HICKMAN FOR PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER
April 1, 2021
An improvement on last issue, following the adventures of Synch, Darwin, and Laura inside the Vault.
Difficult to have a sense of suspense, though, when the whole story is being told in the past tense, and Synch is summarizing events that took place over the course of centuries. Yeah, you hope that at least one team member made it back to Krakoa in time for resurrection with knowledge, but then again, you already know that someone must have in order to be having this monologue.
Also, interesting take on the question of whether the relationship is "earned" by the end of the issue. When writers use that term, they're referring to whether the audience will find the relationship believable, after observing interactions between characters to give the audience a reason to feel invested. Here, we watch a character summarize a relationship over the course of millennia, with very few actual personal details. Does it count as being earned if we are simply informed that the relationship was earned behind the scenes?
Difficult to have a sense of suspense, though, when the whole story is being told in the past tense, and Synch is summarizing events that took place over the course of centuries. Yeah, you hope that at least one team member made it back to Krakoa in time for resurrection with knowledge, but then again, you already know that someone must have in order to be having this monologue.
Also, interesting take on the question of whether the relationship is "earned" by the end of the issue. When writers use that term, they're referring to whether the audience will find the relationship believable, after observing interactions between characters to give the audience a reason to feel invested. Here, we watch a character summarize a relationship over the course of millennia, with very few actual personal details. Does it count as being earned if we are simply informed that the relationship was earned behind the scenes?
April 7, 2021
Weird and trippy with some really fucked up moments. I do love the group in here though and by the end I felt that shit. The ending made me think what is it to love someone for so long you just know you will always. Worked well.
A 4 out of 5.
A 4 out of 5.
April 7, 2021
Great. Another formidable group of opponents intent on wiping out our mutants. Yay. I could facepalm at the idiocy of sending Darwin, Synch, and Laura, whose DNA are too valuable each of them to fall into enemy hands, into the Vault. Of course it'll backfire and bite the mutants in ass. Charles, do you never learn?
And of course, poor Darwin. They always do him dirty with the saddest, most unfortunate story arcs.
And of course, poor Darwin. They always do him dirty with the saddest, most unfortunate story arcs.
August 4, 2021
A bit confusing… Sync tells a decent story with a lot of moving parts.. Laura sacrifices herself so that he can escape, but he’s killed, yet the professor was able to hear him in his final moments and he’s resurrected with all of the knowledge of the Vault. Laura is brought back as well withOUT her memories of the love the two had for one another
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April 1, 2021[In the rhythm of Don’t You (Forget About Me)
🎤Don’t you forget about them. They are the three that went in the vault.
Peeps we are at DEFCOM 5 (Stars)
🎤Don’t you forget about them. They are the three that went in the vault.
Peeps we are at DEFCOM 5 (Stars)
January 16, 2022
stuff keeps being cool!
April 1, 2021
Wow.
At first glance this appears to be one of Hickman's hard SF, exposition heavy, cold stories...with hundreds of years passing in the Vault in timeline pages which fill in huge gaps of time.#
But it's not that at all. Oh no. This is a love story. A bitter sweet love story that'll punch you in the gut.
And it's magnificent.
I never knew I needed Synch/Laura Kinney, but now I ship it with the intensity of a thousand suns.
Darwin, as always, gets the short end of the stick, a stick that, I think, will have huge ramifications in the future.
The art is beautiful and the writing superb. This is Hickman's X-Men at its very best, and I am 100% here for it.
At first glance this appears to be one of Hickman's hard SF, exposition heavy, cold stories...with hundreds of years passing in the Vault in timeline pages which fill in huge gaps of time.#
But it's not that at all. Oh no. This is a love story. A bitter sweet love story that'll punch you in the gut.
And it's magnificent.
I never knew I needed Synch/Laura Kinney, but now I ship it with the intensity of a thousand suns.
Darwin, as always, gets the short end of the stick, a stick that, I think, will have huge ramifications in the future.
The art is beautiful and the writing superb. This is Hickman's X-Men at its very best, and I am 100% here for it.
May 20, 2021
So that's one of the best love short stories I've read
April 7, 2021
The way these Children of the Vault stories have been told are so distant and impersonal. They seem to be trying to make a statement about how these characters are connecting through hardship but by not establishing any connection with the reader I don't really feel it or care about them.
April 6, 2021
Hrmm....
I want to love it but covering a century (millennia?) In a few bullet points was overly bold, not only that they used the bullet points to tell the story and then the rest became a little too abstract because of the bullet point reliance.
So essentially, if I get it, the mutants actually gave the power to the Children to be powerful enough to kill mutants... But then escaped with enough knowledge to be able to kill the Children..... Kind of feels like a whole lot of story telling to basically reintroduce a threat at a previously established power level (they are good enough to kill each other)
So yeah, that is a little pointless.
At the end, am I right in thinking Synch remembers but Laura doesn't? So he's basically got a dozen or so lifetimes worth of memory and feelings for someone who doesn't have a clue about any of that? Awkward. If that is the case it seems a huge shame as a potential great relationship is now just him probably mooning and creeping on someone who can never understand his feelings.
The comic with the teams struggles, there was a lot of pathos and you could feel their struggle and pain throughout but, especially the relationship, it wasn't really given justice because of how abstract it became.
Overall I enjoyed it, but I do feel it could have been better and them potentially erasing the Laura/Synch relationship, if that's what happened, is a let down.
I want to love it but covering a century (millennia?) In a few bullet points was overly bold, not only that they used the bullet points to tell the story and then the rest became a little too abstract because of the bullet point reliance.
So essentially, if I get it, the mutants actually gave the power to the Children to be powerful enough to kill mutants... But then escaped with enough knowledge to be able to kill the Children..... Kind of feels like a whole lot of story telling to basically reintroduce a threat at a previously established power level (they are good enough to kill each other)
So yeah, that is a little pointless.
At the end, am I right in thinking Synch remembers but Laura doesn't? So he's basically got a dozen or so lifetimes worth of memory and feelings for someone who doesn't have a clue about any of that? Awkward. If that is the case it seems a huge shame as a potential great relationship is now just him probably mooning and creeping on someone who can never understand his feelings.
The comic with the teams struggles, there was a lot of pathos and you could feel their struggle and pain throughout but, especially the relationship, it wasn't really given justice because of how abstract it became.
Overall I enjoyed it, but I do feel it could have been better and them potentially erasing the Laura/Synch relationship, if that's what happened, is a let down.
April 17, 2021
I like Synch's narration. It feels like a fresh perspective. Following him, Darwin and Wolverine through decades of time was cool but I didn't much care for the word thinking panels. Some kind of marked time would have made them more... valuable? idk it was just a list of stuff that happened. Like the creators were trying to save time with the story or rush through the telling.
I have a lingering question though, does Wolverine remember her time in the Vault? Her popping her claws isn't a definitive one way or another.
I have a lingering question though, does Wolverine remember her time in the Vault? Her popping her claws isn't a definitive one way or another.
April 12, 2024
wow wow wow.
I dont want to make a habit of reviewing a single issue cause what am I gonna say about 27 pages. But this is one of my favorite issues of X-Men so far. Giving love to X-23!! And the way Darwin fell in love with her after 100 years in the vault but then they both died but he died outside of the vault so his memories were downloaded and when they were resurrected he remembered that he loves her and she don’t remember a thing but he smiled at her and there were rainbows so perfect so good so sweet!
that paragraph probably made 0 sense.
I dont want to make a habit of reviewing a single issue cause what am I gonna say about 27 pages. But this is one of my favorite issues of X-Men so far. Giving love to X-23!! And the way Darwin fell in love with her after 100 years in the vault but then they both died but he died outside of the vault so his memories were downloaded and when they were resurrected he remembered that he loves her and she don’t remember a thing but he smiled at her and there were rainbows so perfect so good so sweet!
that paragraph probably made 0 sense.
April 13, 2024
The most Jonathan Hickman issue that ever Jonathan Hickmaned. Supergreat exploded storytelling. I find it odd that The Vault is basically the same as The World, which I think they've already used earlier in this run... why make two things that are exactly the same? But who cares, it was really cool.
April 1, 2021
HICKMAN is changing the game
THIS STORY within a story was worth the wait for X-MEN! Synch getting this much play is phenomenal and X-23 Darwin wow the story telling was Epic and detailed.
THIS STORY within a story was worth the wait for X-MEN! Synch getting this much play is phenomenal and X-23 Darwin wow the story telling was Epic and detailed.
April 3, 2021
i knew what was happening this time and oofa doofa huh!
April 5, 2021
This is one of the best single comicbook issues I've read in years.
It's pure poetry.
It's pure poetry.
April 9, 2021
Such a good ending to this mini story arc. It feels like classic Claremont in its brevity.
May 4, 2021
Didn’t expect to like this one as much as I did, but I’m a sucker for a tragic twist.
August 29, 2021
Out Of The Vault
March 16, 2022
“Love is not dying for someone. It’s living for them.”
April 12, 2022
That is so sad. Just wow.
February 10, 2024
Pros: Good art, lots of story.
Cons: Too much story that it requires several spreadsheet timeline pages.
Cons: Too much story that it requires several spreadsheet timeline pages.
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