What are your thoughts on this years’s Hellfire Gala?
X-Men: Hellfire Gala 2023 #1 (MARVEL)
WORST HELLFIRE GALA EVER!
I thought it was horrifying, but clearly, that was intentional. The only positive thing I could take from it is that Magik and Rasputin IV still live. I hope Illyana has her powers restored soon, and gets her revenge against Orchis. The plot was largely overkill for the sake of shock value, but the resurrection of Kamala Khan and subsequent revelation that she is the first Inhuman mutant was unique. Oddly, I guffawed when the new team was massacred by Nimrod. It was excessive, and unexpected. The carnage was disturbing, but death doesn’t quite have the same gravitas that it used to in X-Men. It’s never been a long-term issue for mutants. However, it still disturbed me. Overall, I appreciated the issue. Sometimes, X-Men should be unpredictable, shocking, and dark, and this year’s gala was total chaos.
Final Verdict
🗡️ 🗡️ 🗡️ 3/5 Soulswords
It was a MASSIVE $#!% show!
WAIT! What?
#*&$ you, Moira!
Oh, look! Kate can use the Krakoan gates now, for some reason.
Fortunately, Rasputin IV survived the massacre, thanks to Lourdes’s teleportation ability. Rest In Peace, Lourdes. :(
Why do I find Illyana carrying Curse over her shoulder against her will humorous, when this is supposed to be tragic? Good luck in Vanaheim, ladies.
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Every time I see someone fancast Taylor Swift as Dazzler, I die a little more inside.
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April Solicits are up!
Most of the Fall of X stuff has already been announced, but I noticed lots of fun variant covers inthe solicits. There's also a whole line of Vampire Variants they announced earlier today, in honor of the Blood Hunt event.
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Ultimate X-Men #2
writing, art, and main cover by Peach Momoko
"THE ULTIMATE X-MEN GO BACK TO SCHOOL!
High school, that is! It’s a new school year for Hisako as she tries to get a grasp on her new powers…
Where she meets a cool, white-haired punk girl named Mei (A.K.A. Maystorm), who understands all too well the challenge Hisako faces."
Wolverine: Madripoor Knights #3
written by Chris Claremont, art by Edgar Salazar, cover by Philip Tan
"CAUGHT IN THE WEB OF THE GLAMOROUS AND DEADLY BLACK WIDOW!
CAPTAIN AMERICA must secure a deadly weapon in Madripoor with the help of WOLVERINE and BLACK WIDOW, and before it hits the auction block, our titanic trio takes a different tactic – subterfuge! But can even the highly trained Black Widow outmaneuver the PRINCE of Madripoor and the HAND before the weapon is unleashed? And what – or WHO – will cause WOLVERINE to unsheathe his claws once more? The long-awaited follow-up to Chris Claremont’s legendary adventure continues with the most electrifying chapter yet!"
(Black Widow's outfit is super pretty and I like this cover a lot)
Weapon X-Men #2
written by Christos Gage, art by Yildiray Cinar, cover by Dike Ruan
"ONE HAPPY WOLVERINE!
Across almost every universe in existence, Wolverine is driven by pain, by the sins of his past and his future. But ione world – the very one that Onslaught has targeted next for annihilation – has a Wolverine unlike any other. A Wolverine…who got what he wanted. And for the Logan from Earth-X? That news just might be the claw in the coffin. The Phoenix’s handpicked Band of Logans go to war!
(Based on the photograph in the cover, he either got to stay with Itsu and have more kids or he married Mariko and had kids -- hard to say. Could also be misleading cover)
Dead X-Men #4 (of 4)
written by Steve Foxe, art by Bernard Chang, David Baldeon, and Vincenzo Carratu, cover by Lucas Werneck
"EVERYTHING ENDS!
Prodigy, Dazzler, Frenzy, Cannonball and Jubilee have gone farther and have risked more than any X-Men team before. Now, at the end of everything, the final fate of Krakoa rests on these five mutants. Will the Dead X-Men save the seed of the future…or kill it before it can even be planted?"
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An emotional Dazzler moment - a star was born.
…and the grand reveal!
Source: Uncanny X-Men Vol 3 (2014) #21-24
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"making love out of nothing at all" gives me dazzler vibes. i listen to it and i think "dazzler would sing that"
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