House of X and Powers of X (10)
Hi everyone. So good to be back :)
Now we’re entering a new era of innovation that is likely far more interesting than Claremont’s era. An era where mutants are no longer going to be suppressed by humans and be accepted as a nation-state of Krakoa. Yup. They’re claiming their independence as their own nation of Krakoa. We know Krakoa is a living being and a mutant. Krakoa is the island that walks like a man who was first destroyed by Lorna Dane. Polaris.The Mistress of Magnetism. The Queen of Mutants :)
I can only assume trolls (like CBR) were thinking Lorna would not have any part in Hickman’s first book of HOX and POX (let alone his first X-Men run) but as always “they” were proved wrong and continue to be. Anyway, let’s begin to go forward in this new era.
I know what you’re thinking and yes, it was a jaw drop moment. Here we have Magneto (with his daughter’s color GREEN), Wolverine, Xorn, and Black Tom Cassidy. Right? Oh so we thought. I’ll explain in a bit of why I chose this panel.
They are trying to find some information that Nimrod is keeping from them.
I have to admit some of those characters are familiar and unfamiliar. Are they the characters we thought they were? We didn’t know until issue #3, which I’m about to discuss now.
Then there’s an explosion and boom… there’s the X-Men. This group of X-Men looking so badass are one mysterious group. So who are they? Who’s the female that looks like Colossus with metal skin? Is that really Nightcrawler with red skin? Was that really Wolverine and Black Tom? And Magneto? Why was he wearing his daughter’s color? Because this is the first time we’ve seen Magneto wearing green (and how cool does he look). Seems like he’s representing his daughter but I’d prefer to see Polaris wearing this costume because she’d slay so hard and speaking of her, I’m gonna say why I choose those panels with “Magneto” in it.
First let me be clear that we’re about to enter into a crazy spot where you might feel disoriented and can’t think clearly between timelines. For example. HOX is dealing with one kind of throughput thing while Powers of X is dealing with multiple times. The HOX’s timeline is year Ten and the one I’m discussing in POX is year One Hundred. Still with me? Lol.
So, who are those new characters from the first panel I posted? They were predictable as well as familiar to us. But they were actually Apocalypse’s Four Horsemen and here is the page that gave me one of the biggest jaw-drop moments that I’ve had in a long time reading comics.
The Green guy who looks like Magneto is not Magneto but North. North is a Chimera that was produced with DNA composed of two separate X-genes. He was a combination of Lorna and Emma. He’s the sec gen and to be more accurate, he was Pestilence as the Four Horsemen. Lorna was also Pestilence when she was part of the Four Horsemen. So North is the one that looks like Magneto which is of course, perfect because he is a mix of Polaris, the daughter of Magneto. That’s why he’s green. Famine wasn’t Black Tom but Krakoa/Cypher ? Only Wolverine (War) and Xorn (Death) remains Pureblood. Both had a singular DNA. What a complete mystery to finally get more answers than questions on this one.
We finally get to see some action from North but sadly the sentinel killed him so he wasn’t showing much.
And here you thought that’s the most out of Lorna we are gonna get in this story? Oh, so you thought!
YES. Look. At. Her. LOOK AT HER. Pepe Larraz does Polaris justice and she’s gorgeous. I also noticed the secondary color on her green. She looks perfect!
House of X #5 rolls right into the conversation that Polaris and Magneto are having here at the very beginning. They are the POV of the story. Polaris wonders and asks her dad if there are any good humans. Good question. I wonder that myself too. Magneto explains to his daughter how humans taught them about society. How they developed society and civilization and how humanity really grew. Basically what Erik’s saying is that now they have that chance to create their own society. Of course, there was Genosha, but that was just obliterated in previous story arcs. Now they have a much better chance in Krakoa. Very interesting.
Why do I have a feeling that eventually Polaris and Magneto will have a piece of Krakoa leading some mutants of their own? Perhaps X-Factor might come back (I’m going to discuss this on another page).
No, that’s not Rogue or Jean. They are Eva and Hope. Anyway, these mutants are the future. Together they are God like.
They are creation and salvation.
The beauty and the detail of Polaris is equally inspiring. Each and every member of “The Five” gain a new purpose as a huge pillar in the new mutant society. This is a game-changing issue for the characters and I mean all characters.
This issue is a mind blowing experience, at least to me. No matter how close your theory was to the events unfolding in this issue, there’s no way you could have imagined it being this extraordinary. This is something that should please everyone. Polaris and Magneto’s discussion about mutant and human society is a brilliant evolution of mutant philosophy that perfectly summarizes their current place in the Prime Earth (616 universe). House Of X #5 is astounding. It’s breathtaking, shocking, and satisfying with such creativity that it’s inspirational. There’s nothing that can compete with Hickman’s X-Men vision right now, it’s a masterpiece.
This book is a thrilling achievement, not only story wise, but visually as well. We finally get some answers and those answers are so satisfying, it makes you excited for what is to come next in X-Men #1. What Hickman has done so far with this title has been astounding.
And you still thought this was the end of Lorna Dane? Lol. Keep reading.
Marvel unveils Dawn of X line of X-Men comics at comic-con and yes, Lorna Dane is also in the presentation :)
Marvel rolls out six new comic book series and among them is X-Men, written by Jonathan Hickman (the writer of House of X and Powers of X).
You may wonder why I, as a Polaris fan, am very enthusiastic and eager about the Summers X-Men book. Well during the years I’ve learned that the cover art isn’t even an issue. Covers are eye candy, not indicative of positive results as so many people get trapped into thinking. Eye candy refers to things that are attractive to look at but are not interesting in other ways. Anyway, are you getting me yet? YES, POLARIS IS GOING TO BE IN X-MEN #1 DESPITE NOT BEING ON THE COVER :)
Not only is she going to appear in the main (oversized first issue) book but Hickman also has some nice surprises for us.
So Boom. Polaris is part of the big action stuff. The fact that Hickman mentioned Lorna’s name before Storm seems to me that he genuinely likes Polaris.
I’m gonna give you a page from X-Men #1 where Lorna’s sitting at the center before Magneto, Jean, Havok etc.
How exciting to know Lorna is not going to be in “limbo” even though she never has been and you can click here and here where it shows no “2 year gap”.
Nevertheless, I’m so excited and intrigued to see what Hickman has in store for us.
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