Gain Access To House Of X/Powers Of X Showcased By Jonathan Hickman Disseminated As Pamphlet

So I didn't love this, But at the same time I loved it, Does that make any sense No Didn't think so,

To set the stage, I'm pretty new when it comes to the marvel comics world, I have been dreading/ really wanting to start reading some x men comics, but I wasn't exactly sure where to start, So I saw a reading guide on marvel unlimited to the x men and it said to start here, Well, here we are! And, to be honest I'm not completely sure this is the BEST place to start, It doesn't really introduce characters, I am familiar with the main ones, thanks x men movies but there were some people that I had no clue who the heck they were, Like that girl that is basically immortal, Yeah, never heard of her, Although I really liked the whole concept of that though,

I think my biggest problem is it shoves to much at you all at once, In the very beginning it felt like there was so much going on, which made it kinda hard to follow along especially not being familiar with the characters, There is SO MUCH x men lore, To the point where my brain feels fried after a few pages, I mean there is litteral pages just filled with a bunch of facts about the x men and stuff, And it all just gets a bit overwhelming,

Now once my brain sorta wrapped my head around the plot around halfway threw, I started to enjoy it a lot more, I just found it all super interesting, But at the same time, it was just a bit too much,

I think, I will have to come back to this book, later when I am more familiar with the characters, And thanks, to Chad, I have a whole list of recommendations, of where to go next, So better get reading.

Thanks for reading this beast of a review lol, : As someone who has been a fan of the XMen at an early age when watching XMen: The Animated Series, the amount of comics featuring the Marvel mutants are too much to know what is a good place to start with.
My comics introduction to them was reading Astonishing XMen by Joss Whedon and John Cassaday, which is an ideal start for anyone wanting to read their superheroics, Given Marvel has relaunched their lineup of books, numerous times over the last decade, so has the XMen, I have been attempting to start at the beginning of a relaunch, which subsequently spawned dozens of Xtitles and that's where I lose interest.


In the summer of, Marvel once again relaunched the XMen with "Dawn of X", beginning with Jonathan Hickman returning to write for the publisher with the crossover event told over the course of two limited series: House of X and Powers of X.
There is a lot to dissect what's happening throughout this event so SPOILERS will be revealed, Formerly striving to serve a greater good by promoting peaceful coexistence and equality between humans and mutants, Professor X now clad in a Cerebrolike helmet abandons his dream and has turned the island of Krakoa into a sovereign nation state for mutants.
In exchange for recognizing the sovereignty of Krakoa, Professor X will give newlydeveloped drugs that could change human life, with mutants living in peace on the island,

Throughout the history of the XMen, mutantkind has always been hated by humanity and most of the mutants would choose to oppose the hatefilled Homo sapiens, such as the likes of Magneto and Apocalypse.
If mutants are to survive and maintain their status as the next stage of human evolution, Professor X allies himself with these antagonistic mutants, all of which will form a government for mutantkind with their own sense of law and order.
From the first issue of House of X alone, seeing the XMen in a different light is weird, from the sinister appearance of Professor X looking more like the Fixer from the Ultimate Marvel comics to Cyclops, who was always the boyscout leader of the team, intimidating the Fantastic Four and stating the mutants are not going to take it anymore.


Although Hickman does acknowledge the mutants' history, including the return of some classic XMen costuming, this event serves as the next big seismic shift since Grant Morrisons New XMen, which was about the mutant subculture becoming the culture, which will inherit the Earth.
If you know Hickman through both his Marvel and creatorowned works, he is all about scifi worldbuilding and since the XMen has its own miniuniverse where so many scifi ideas are explored, Hickman feels right at home.
Whilst House of X is about the present that sets up the status quo for all the Xtitles that are currently being published, Powers of X reveals the past, present, future and farfuture of mutantkind.
No doubt it can be dense and there are pages that are just text, documenting all the various scientific aspects about the mutants and their world throughout the ages,

What sealed the deal for me, in terms of Hickman's worldbuilding, is the participation of Moira MacTaggert, who becomes the surprising star of the book, Created by Chris Claremont and Dave Cockrum in, Moira is always known for possessing great intelligence and experience in the field of genetics and mutation, whilst allying herself with the XMen.
As revealed in House of X, Moira turns out to be a mutant all along with the ability of reincarnation, as the issue showcasing the multiple lives she lived, most of which showing the alliances of various mutants, but all of which showing how mutants will always lose.
This idea of reincarnation not only makes Moira a compelling figure, but also builds on the idea and then builds some more throughout some of the subsequent issues,

Considering how Hickman recontextualises the XMen, most of the book doesn't feel like an XMen story in the traditional superhero sense, which is probably why a number of longtime readers are negating this relaunch.
However, during the middle chapters, you get a subplot involving the XMens assault on Orchis, an organisation dedicated to a response to a "doomsday" scenario involved an extinctionlevel population of Homo superior.
One can argue that Hickman's worldbuilding is ultimately what's driving the storytelling, but with such an extensive cast, there are many great character moments, from the teamplaying between the XMen, the friendship between Professor X and Magneto, to even the playful villainy of the advanced Sentinel robot Nimrod.


Drawing the present day in House of X, Pepe Larraz shows the highlydetailed beauty of both the opposing worlds, from the bright naturalistic surroundings of Krakoa to the metallic interiors of Orchis' spaceset home base "The Forge", which happens to be a giant Sentinel head.
House of Xdeserves a shoutout, artistically as Larraz gives us breathtaking imagery in showing Moira's different lifespans, As the artist of the Powers of X issues, R, B. Silva draws the distinct time periods, giving us a stunning mixture of the old and new, in terms of characters and locations, such as a dark future that resembles Days of Future Past, whilst Nimrod shows off some fun expressions.


Having previously read this event when it was published as single issues on a weekly basis, reading House of X/Powers of X as a collected trade is a better experience in grasping the many details that Hickman, Larraz and Silva display

throughout.
Due to its density, this may be hard to get newer readers into the XMen, but for those who have a bit more insight will hopefully embrace the "Dawn of X" relaunch as this masterful event sets up something new and exciting for the Marvel mutants.
House of X made XMen a MUST read title once more,

The thing is I didn't hate recent XMen runs, One a few years ago by Bendis was pretty good, I liked some of Taylor's run as well as Astoning XMen by Soule, I even enjoyed the more recent first half of Rosenberg's run, Saying that, while they were all good, we needed great, The Xmen have been down for far too long, Enter Hickman to pick them back up and make them grand again,

Right off the bat the world is set different Xavier, Cyclops, and a lot of other familiar faces stand firm on bringing the XMen and mutants in general to a new safe haven named Krakoa.
But first Xavier sets ground rules, Avengers, fantastic four, and more do not come into their land demanding shit, This is the land of mutants, and they are united like never before, They set out rules though, such as Kill no Human, Respect the land of Krakoa, and the biggest one, . . Make more Mutants.

Make more mutants No no no, this isn't a sex story, Though that would be interesting, Then how is Xavier going to create more humans That is the mystery and when revealed it might make you go "oh shit, . . that's kind of brilliant. "

Why this works well is Hickman's ability to grab the past characters, so many you might relate to or love, and make a compelling story of their future.
Instead of creating another dozen or so new mutants we focus on ones already here, The moving forward storyline, filled with scifi and politics, keeps this title extremely fresh, The end result with two great artist really helps this series shine,

My only negative is in the Power of X we have a lot of time skips, And in doing so the future storylines might not seem as interesting, Even in the end I didn't love them all but I did love the way it all tied up,

To say Hickman's idea is ambitious alone would be unfair, It's both Ambitious and GREAT, The artwork helps further it into a status that makes this must read for XMen fans, I don't know what awaits for our favorite mutants but I can't wait, A.out of. .