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X-Men: Krakoan Era (Anthology Trades)
Reign of X, Vol. 3
Difficult reunions in the Reign of X! The Maruaders are rocked by the rematch of the century: Storm vs. Callisto! As Karma and Dani delve deeper into their nightmares, the New Mutants must prepare for the fight of their lives! Still reeling from X OF SWORDS, Cable turns back to the matter of missing mutant babies — a subject he knows a thing or two about! And Wolverine returns to Madripoor for an underworld criminal auction — because the next item up for sale is his old pal Maverick! Collecting MARAUDERS (2019) #17, NEW MUTANTS (2019) #15, CABLE (2020) #7 and WOLVERINE (2020) #8-9.
144 pages, Paperback
First published August 17, 2021
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May 28, 2022
Pretty solidly awesome. I especially enjoyed Wolverine, but I also really liked cable and marauders. New mutants was a weak point for me. I just don’t really connect with that kind of storytelling. I spent about 20 minutes getting through new mutants number 15, meanwhile I blew through cable and Wolverine in half of that time.
Something about new mutants just isn’t holding my interest. Marauders is killing it, especially with the characters. I feel more and more in love with Kate Pryde every time I see her. Overall, solid volume, and I’m really loving the reign of x.
Something about new mutants just isn’t holding my interest. Marauders is killing it, especially with the characters. I feel more and more in love with Kate Pryde every time I see her. Overall, solid volume, and I’m really loving the reign of x.
January 14, 2022
Once again these stories read better in this collection than in single issues, it just feels more connected. I wish a franchise like Batman would do these (don't they want my money?).
Common themes in this one are the complexities of the crucible (Marauders, New Mutants) and sibling relationships (New Mutants, Cable, a bit of Wolvey)
Only issue is that in 2 page spreads, you have some gutter loss vs single issues. The extras too are terrible in this volume, only 3 pages of variants, be nice to have a sketch or other art
Common themes in this one are the complexities of the crucible (Marauders, New Mutants) and sibling relationships (New Mutants, Cable, a bit of Wolvey)
Only issue is that in 2 page spreads, you have some gutter loss vs single issues. The extras too are terrible in this volume, only 3 pages of variants, be nice to have a sketch or other art
October 9, 2021
Nothing special, but good efforts all around.
March 24, 2022
A step down from the first two volumes but at least it hasn't fallen off a cliff yet.
Marauders continues to be a highlight in the X franchise. Duggan has a solid sense of the characters he uses, a focused plot, and seems to have a very clear idea of where his story is headed, which has been a rarity in the X-books since the 90s. There's a great balance of humor and action, but it's mostly a really well told tale about friendships being stregthened by grief. We're currently in the midst of the revenge portion of the story, and it's a delight.
I hope in a few years, I'll pick up a Vita Ayala book and appreciate how much they've grown as a writer because I currently dread picking up a book with their name on it. It's very 90s X-book. Not the end of the Claremont run but the Scott Lobdell and Fabien Nicienza era where the plots were nebulous, all the characters had the same manner of speaking and very little recognizable personalities of their own. It also feels like Ayala writes fifty pages of scenes and then arbitrarily prints 22 pages of it without explaining what happens in the missing 28 pages. It's to Marvel's credit that they're still doing these All X-Books In One collections because I definitely would have dropped New Mutants if I were reading the books separately.
Because X-Men: X of Swords fried my brains, I'd completely forgotten the plot and the momentum behind the Cable series. I enjoyed how they reintroduced by the plot by bringing Rachel (Grey?) Summers (Phoenix? Marvel Girl II? Prestige?) into the story. I'm enjoying the whole Cult Of Mutant Fans Is Unwittingly A Pawn Outfit For Anti-Mutant Senitment enough that Im barely worried about the use of Stryfe, who, historically ruins any X-book he's involved with. I wonder if they'll toss Prestige back into the Hound outfit again in this storyline.
The collection ends with two issues of Wolverine. The set up story is a convoluted Wolverine continuity mess where they attempt to explain the backstory of one of Wolverine's long-time side characters. I think this is an editorial trap for all Wolverine writers. Just ignore his completely jumbled, overly-retconned history, and tell a story. This was a slog to read through just to get to the last page reveal. On the flip side, the second issue's reuniting Wolverine (as Patch, no less) and Maverick was action movie fun with a satisfyingly artistic way of representing that Wolverine's mamories are, pardon the pun here, patchy when it comes to his Team X days.
Overall, I fell like three books in Reign Of X is still just as inconsistent but promising as Dawn Of X was, and I think that makes this one of the best eras the franchise has seen since X-Men split off into X-Factor, New Mutants, Generation X, X-Force, etc.
Marauders continues to be a highlight in the X franchise. Duggan has a solid sense of the characters he uses, a focused plot, and seems to have a very clear idea of where his story is headed, which has been a rarity in the X-books since the 90s. There's a great balance of humor and action, but it's mostly a really well told tale about friendships being stregthened by grief. We're currently in the midst of the revenge portion of the story, and it's a delight.
I hope in a few years, I'll pick up a Vita Ayala book and appreciate how much they've grown as a writer because I currently dread picking up a book with their name on it. It's very 90s X-book. Not the end of the Claremont run but the Scott Lobdell and Fabien Nicienza era where the plots were nebulous, all the characters had the same manner of speaking and very little recognizable personalities of their own. It also feels like Ayala writes fifty pages of scenes and then arbitrarily prints 22 pages of it without explaining what happens in the missing 28 pages. It's to Marvel's credit that they're still doing these All X-Books In One collections because I definitely would have dropped New Mutants if I were reading the books separately.
Because X-Men: X of Swords fried my brains, I'd completely forgotten the plot and the momentum behind the Cable series. I enjoyed how they reintroduced by the plot by bringing Rachel (Grey?) Summers (Phoenix? Marvel Girl II? Prestige?) into the story. I'm enjoying the whole Cult Of Mutant Fans Is Unwittingly A Pawn Outfit For Anti-Mutant Senitment enough that Im barely worried about the use of Stryfe, who, historically ruins any X-book he's involved with. I wonder if they'll toss Prestige back into the Hound outfit again in this storyline.
The collection ends with two issues of Wolverine. The set up story is a convoluted Wolverine continuity mess where they attempt to explain the backstory of one of Wolverine's long-time side characters. I think this is an editorial trap for all Wolverine writers. Just ignore his completely jumbled, overly-retconned history, and tell a story. This was a slog to read through just to get to the last page reveal. On the flip side, the second issue's reuniting Wolverine (as Patch, no less) and Maverick was action movie fun with a satisfyingly artistic way of representing that Wolverine's mamories are, pardon the pun here, patchy when it comes to his Team X days.
Overall, I fell like three books in Reign Of X is still just as inconsistent but promising as Dawn Of X was, and I think that makes this one of the best eras the franchise has seen since X-Men split off into X-Factor, New Mutants, Generation X, X-Force, etc.
April 21, 2021
Spring 2020 (April);
Dawn of X (Vol. 11-16)
X of Swords (full)
Reign of X (Vol. 1-7)
** As a spoiler warning, do not read this review unless you've read all of the above issues, not just the volume where you've found this review. **
I did a massive multi-volume, multi-arc blitz recently and so I'm going to just drop a lot of what's hot here & going to be copying it down across a million books. My favorite thing literally is now and forever the Polycule going on in Summer House. I love his universe and am certainly very curious about the things still hiding in the shadows.
I'm glad Kitty found her way through that thing. I'm glad we didn't lose Betsy while we were in the other universe where death *sort of* sticks. Excalibur remains the most arrestingly gorgeous art. I'm still not interested in the one and only story comics know how to tell with Beast. I love the whole council and can't stop cooing over Erik as the Left Hand/Charles as the right (and even more so the bits where/how Jean & Scott are off to reform the X-Men #goodboy).
Jeanne & The Twins, in general, are back and I'm super duper in love with that. I really madly adore that there isn't any vast soap opera drama with any relationships or old bad blood that can't be given a new chance in Krakoa. There's such a breath of fresh air reading a lot of the choices Hickman and his writers have made. Illyana remains a badass demon-sorceress at all times, and Ororo remains a goddess. I loved all the Giant-Size art across Emma, Jean, Ororo.
Dawn of X (Vol. 11-16)
X of Swords (full)
Reign of X (Vol. 1-7)
** As a spoiler warning, do not read this review unless you've read all of the above issues, not just the volume where you've found this review. **
I did a massive multi-volume, multi-arc blitz recently and so I'm going to just drop a lot of what's hot here & going to be copying it down across a million books. My favorite thing literally is now and forever the Polycule going on in Summer House. I love his universe and am certainly very curious about the things still hiding in the shadows.
I'm glad Kitty found her way through that thing. I'm glad we didn't lose Betsy while we were in the other universe where death *sort of* sticks. Excalibur remains the most arrestingly gorgeous art. I'm still not interested in the one and only story comics know how to tell with Beast. I love the whole council and can't stop cooing over Erik as the Left Hand/Charles as the right (and even more so the bits where/how Jean & Scott are off to reform the X-Men #goodboy).
Jeanne & The Twins, in general, are back and I'm super duper in love with that. I really madly adore that there isn't any vast soap opera drama with any relationships or old bad blood that can't be given a new chance in Krakoa. There's such a breath of fresh air reading a lot of the choices Hickman and his writers have made. Illyana remains a badass demon-sorceress at all times, and Ororo remains a goddess. I loved all the Giant-Size art across Emma, Jean, Ororo.
December 26, 2021
I'm starting to find it difficult to keep track of just when each issue is taking place in the grand scheme of things. Also, since not every title is in each volume, sometimes there are extremely long times between reading successive issues.
Marauders - happens right before the Hellfire Gala. Some changes taking place. I still find this title somewhat intriguing.
New Mutants - Rod Reis is still trying to mimic Sienkiewicz's style. Not sure I really care about the NM "mentoring" the younger kids. Something's going on with Rahne too.
Cable - not reading this title.
Wolverine - I just read this in the Wolverine trade. The first two parts of a three parter featuring Maverick. Basically reintroduces him (although I still think something had happened to him previously and it seems they are ignoring that) and deepens the mystery of the X Desk.
Marauders - happens right before the Hellfire Gala. Some changes taking place. I still find this title somewhat intriguing.
New Mutants - Rod Reis is still trying to mimic Sienkiewicz's style. Not sure I really care about the NM "mentoring" the younger kids. Something's going on with Rahne too.
Cable - not reading this title.
Wolverine - I just read this in the Wolverine trade. The first two parts of a three parter featuring Maverick. Basically reintroduces him (although I still think something had happened to him previously and it seems they are ignoring that) and deepens the mystery of the X Desk.
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December 17, 2021This felt like a lot of setup for different titles. Marauders has us dealing with the new "developments" within the Hellfire Club. New Mutants is still showing a growing problem among some of the younger mutants as begun in the previous issue. Cable's independent investigations are coming along in their own right and have revealed a connection to a classic foe for him (something we're seeing a lot of across the X-titles). And Wolverine...had another independent adventure that's tied to some element of his past.
It's not a bad volume, but as is the case after big events like X of Swords, it's taking the books time to set up new storylines.
It's not a bad volume, but as is the case after big events like X of Swords, it's taking the books time to set up new storylines.
February 9, 2025
Marauders: not particularly invested in Callisto's journey but interested to see where the anti-gentrificiation plot is going
New Mutants: finally someone wants to kill themselves at the slightest inconvenience to be resurrected but they won't let them!
Cable: still enjoying this, fun to watch the summers children team up
Wolverine: how many secret black ops teams has wolverine been a part of??? This really feels like a return to classic wolverine with troubled memories and madripoor and patch
New Mutants: finally someone wants to kill themselves at the slightest inconvenience to be resurrected but they won't let them!
Cable: still enjoying this, fun to watch the summers children team up
Wolverine: how many secret black ops teams has wolverine been a part of??? This really feels like a return to classic wolverine with troubled memories and madripoor and patch
October 8, 2021
Back on form, for the most part. Marauders is sort of a foundation laying issue, but I loved the storyline with Calisto. Not much happens in New Mutants but there's some decent character work. Cable picks up the stolen babies storyline. I'm still enjoying this book far more than I had ever thought I would. Wolverine is still a decent Wolverine book, but I feel like it's trying a bit more to actually integrate with Krakoa.
December 8, 2022
Genuinely love all these storylines - from exploring Wolverine's past in Madripoor/as a mind wiped weapon, to Wolfbane's grief over her son, to just seeing more Illyana, it was all a great time! I especially liked Cable's storyline, because I always love Cable and the Summers family in general!
TW for kidnapped babies, violence, grief, past loss of a child, sale of human beings, threats of death, gentrification.
TW for kidnapped babies, violence, grief, past loss of a child, sale of human beings, threats of death, gentrification.
September 12, 2021
Marauders #17: In-between-story. Nothing special 3☆
New Mutants #15: Nice time-out party with good character work 4☆
Cable #7: Nice action and a fast paced story with a good revelation 4☆
Wolverine #8: A bit snipy-snapy but an okay insight into Wolverine 3,5☆
Wolverine #9: Good fun arc, A bit 90's but fun cliffhanger 4☆
Overall: 3,7☆
New Mutants #15: Nice time-out party with good character work 4☆
Cable #7: Nice action and a fast paced story with a good revelation 4☆
Wolverine #8: A bit snipy-snapy but an okay insight into Wolverine 3,5☆
Wolverine #9: Good fun arc, A bit 90's but fun cliffhanger 4☆
Overall: 3,7☆
February 21, 2023
Marauders was great with some satisfying moments (not quite as good as Sebastian being hurt last issue though). New Mutants nice colorful art as usual and good to see continuing focus on the emotions around the crucible and resurrection. Wolverine was solid, some great bits near the end. Cable...meh...all right as recent Cable goes...
March 20, 2022
The question really is how one of the world’s greatest telepaths is really going to be so distracted by a dinner party she doesn’t pick up on her child’s hidden truth about the dangerous resurgence of an old enemy who is kidnapping babies.
August 1, 2022
MARAUDERS (2019) #17 - 4/5
NEW MUTANTS (2019) #15 - 3.5/5
CABLE (2020) #7- 4/5 (interesting story but minus points for the art. its just not for me)
WOLVERINE (2020) #8-9 - 5/5 (best series right now imo, love the art too)
NEW MUTANTS (2019) #15 - 3.5/5
CABLE (2020) #7- 4/5 (interesting story but minus points for the art. its just not for me)
WOLVERINE (2020) #8-9 - 5/5 (best series right now imo, love the art too)
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October 10, 2024Mauraders: Skip
New Mutants: Skip
Cable: Skip
Wolverine: Great art & FINALLY an engaging
storyline.
This storyline brings back Maverick the Merc, which (like all reincarnation stories) minimizes his past sacrifices from the past, but honestly who cares when you’ve got Shadow Ops!
New Mutants: Skip
Cable: Skip
Wolverine: Great art & FINALLY an engaging
storyline.
This storyline brings back Maverick the Merc, which (like all reincarnation stories) minimizes his past sacrifices from the past, but honestly who cares when you’ve got Shadow Ops!
November 3, 2024
I find myself reading these pretty quickly. As always, there's some interesting material and some less than interesting material. This particular volume was better than others recently. Some good buildup coming for Cable and New Mutants. I enjoyed the Wolverine/Maverick storyline.
January 24, 2022
The New Mutants material isn’t working for me. But the Wolverine and Cable endings were really enjoyable to me.
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March 26, 2022Plotlines advancing
I enjoyed this volume more than recent ones. Plotlines were moving quicker and more interesting villains and character development. Some good cameos too.
I enjoyed this volume more than recent ones. Plotlines were moving quicker and more interesting villains and character development. Some good cameos too.
May 11, 2022
Ugh, parts were a snooze fest, but it warmed up towards the later half.
December 2, 2022
So the mutants who can't die now have a thunderdome for those to challenge someone for a rebirth. Whatever.
March 1, 2023
Gosh I love the xmen
March 19, 2023
Solid fun. The art in Cable is really excellent.
October 27, 2023
Same general critique as before. Odd way of collecting these. This volume was mostly Wolverine related.
May 15, 2024
Basically nothing happens here.
February 15, 2025
sebastian flop in agony you love to see it..........
May 12, 2025
Training the next generation. Wolverine's past comes back.
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