Fangirl, Zach, and I are back to dissect the second of Jonathan Hickman’s intertwined X-Men series, Powers of X– which is meant to be read out loud as “Powers of 10.” This first issue visits four different points on the X-Men timeline – Year 1, Present Day, 100 Years, and 1,000 Years.
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The HiX-Men Report: House of X (2019) #1
This week Marvel released the first issue of Jonathan Hickman’s epic X-Men relaunch. What was it about? Was it any good? Join me, frequent conspirator FanGirl, and my newly-found fellow dupe from an unknown Madrox Zach as we dig into House of X (2019) #1
Haul Around The World: Completing my shelf of oversize Uncanny X-Men with my least-favorite story…
When I was packing for my move from Philadelphia to Wellington there was one last book missing from my complete oversize Uncanny X-Men shelf, but I couldn’t bring myself to purchase it … because it already made me quit comics once before.
Haul Around The World: Wedding of Cyclops & Phoenix Oversized Hardcover
I unwrap the newest addition to my oversize hardcover X-Men collection – a copy of The Wedding of Cyclops & Phoenix! I make the case for why this book has the wrong title, talk about Sabretooth’s arc in the early 90s X-Men, and explain why this might be the best oversize collection for fans of X-Men: The Animated Series.
New For Patrons: Guides to Blade, Dracula, & Elsa Bloodstone
Today’s new guides for Patrons of Crushing Krisis started as December’s Patrons’ Choice Guide of one of Marvel’s biggest non-MCU film stars, but I realized I needed a second guide to make the first one work, and then a third guide to fill in a gap in the second one…
Blade, the Daywalker – The Definitive Reading Order and Collecting Guide
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Marvel’s Dracula – The Definitive Reading Order and Collecting Guide
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Ulysses & Elsa Bloodstone – The Definitive Reading Order and Collecting Guide
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