Episode 104 – House of X and Powers of X Part 2
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Show Notes
In this episode, we conclude our two-part look at the two 2019 miniseries that reset the status quo for the X-Men: House of X and Powers of X, by Jonathan Hickman, Pepe Larraz and R.B. Silva, published by Marvel Comics!
The mutant nation of Krakoa faces its first major setback when a mission to stop Orchis from activating the Mother Mold meets with disaster! Meanwhile, 1,000 years in the future, Wolverine and Moira MacTaggert must act as the Man-Machine Ascendancy prepares to be assimilated into the alien techno-collective known as the Phalanx!
Mutantkind seems destined to suffer a terrible fate. Can Charles Xavier and Magneto prevent that dark future from coming to pass? And can they hope to survive the judgment of that Not-So-Quiet Council known as ... The Comics Canon?
In This Episode!
- House of Buggin'
- Xavier's big emotional moment
- Everyone's favorite mutant, Goldballs!
- The thorny implications of resurrection
- Will humans evolve into machines?
- Are the dudes really muscling Moira out of her own plan?
- Giant-Size Fantastic Four #3
- Broken Angels by Richard K. Morgan and Altered Carbon on Netflix
- Transhuman
- God Is Dead Vol. 1
Join us in two weeks as we kick off the month of March with a look at the first volume of U.S. Representative John Lewis's autobiographical graphic novel trilogy, March!
Until then:
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