When you get to the end, you are chomping at the bit to see what comes next because there is such rich potentiality in all these things. Each issue is a stand-alone tale that explores a relationship or a new concept. Hickman doesn’t tell a sweeping arc in these six issues instead, they are table setting and world-building. This is where the fifth volume of X-Men opens, a brand new world. We also learned in that mini-series how the mutants have overcome death, using Professor Xavier’s Cerebro computer and Krakoa’s regenerative properties to regrow dead mutants complete with all their memories. Now with their new-found sovereign nation status and the ability to grow medicinal plants that could change the survival rates of numerous diseases, they leveraged a place at the tables of power.

The mutants had finally dropped their petty squabbles and coalesced into one community, relocating to the living mutant island of Krakoa. Silva, and Matteo BuffagniĪfter Jonathan Hickman’s magnificent House of X/Powers of X reboot of the X-titles’ status quo, it was clear the classic Marvel characters were headed in a brand-new direction. Jonathan Hickman ushered in a new era for all of mutantkind with HOUSE OF X and POWERS OF X! Now, he and an array of superstar artists redefine the X-MEN! With the newly founded island nation of Krakoa opening up limitless possibilities and empowering mutantkind at last, humans grapple uncomfortably with the new world order - and the X-Men must defend what they have built! As the X-Men create a new mutant culture and face threats like Hordeculture, Nimrod and the Vault, cosmic chaos descends in the form of the Brood, Starjammers and Shi’ar Imperial Guard! And can Storm beat a deadly threat from within before the clock runs out? Jonathan Hickman brings the X-Men to the world stage!Ĭollects X-Men (2019) #1-11 and #16-21 Giant-Size X-Men: Jean Grey And Emma Frost, Nightcrawler, Magneto, Fantomex And Storm And Material From Incoming! #1.X-Men by Jonathan Hickman Volume 1 (2020)Īrt by Francis Lenil Yu, R.B.

Collects X-Men (2019) #1-11 and #16-21 Giant-Size X-Men: Jean Grey And Emma Frost, Nightcrawler, Magneto, Fantomex And Storm And Material From Incoming! #1.

X-Men, Vol. 1 by Jonathan Hickman