House of X and Powers of X #1-6 (12 total issues)
Written by Jonathan Hickman
Art by Pepe Larraz and R.B. Silva
The history of X-Men has been changed forever in this bold and brilliant comic reboot. Mutants have become one! Old enemies become friends as Erik and Charles create the very first Mutant Nation in the set of islands called Krakoa.
At last the Mutants have taken a stand together to have their own nation as well as their own laws/government and even their own language (Coded messages along with the Krakoan alphabet is even littered throughout the issues). These intertwined series play with many complex plots, timelines, and dares to ally Magneto, Professor X, Apocalypse, Mr. Sinister etc!
A core character that makes this easier to review without too many spoilers is the mutant Moira MacTaggert who has the ability (when she is of a certain age) of reincarnation with all of her previous lives’ memories. So she is the center of the story and through her lives is focused on the survival of the Mutant race. Throughout the event, you are given timelines of each of her ten lives with crucial events that teach her (and the reader) what works and what doesn’t in the future of mutants. Examples include her siding with Apocalypse or Magneto to combat the mutants’ oppressors. Towards the end ( and a very mind blowing end) she realizes that no matter who allies together there is always a post humanity enemy that defeats them and ends their race. Simply put the main struggle in the series is between mutant and human and eventually a human machine hybrid in Nimrod.
House of X focuses on the creation of the mutant nation while Powers of X focuses on the future of humans and the mutant race. Powers dives in to the year 0 which is the time where Professor X initially came up with the idea for X-Men, year 10 which is supposed to be the present time of the Marvel Comics Universe, year 100 and finally year 1,000 (Powers of 10. X0,X1,X2,X3).
Hickman, Larraz and Silva played around with mind-boggling Sci-Fi concepts and executed them beautifully. This event introduced human machine hybrids, reincarnation/immortality through science, and universal hive-mind civilizations in a very fluid and thought provoking way (it will take more than one read through to fully understand everything). Larraz and Silva complement each others art beautifully throughout. The texturized Krakoan environment and realistic facial expressions draws an emotional depth that is hard to come by in the comic medium (Im looking at that ONE Nightcrawler and Wolverine panel in particular). Many panels had me dying to go to Krakoa and many panels had me feeling for our mutants even though they have developed a way of immortality.
X-Men is the side of the Marvel Universe I normally find difficult to get into due to the huge number of characters jam-packed into each issue and the repeated plot of human vs mutant , however House and Powers of X creates a thought provoking, grim but exciting revitalization on the X-Men mythos that I look forward to continuing in their X-Men, Marauders, Excalibur, New Mutants, X-Force and Fallen Angels lines.
4.4/5⭐️
Author: Eric Fagan
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