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Including an issue drawn by Phil Noto makes the other artists look like amateurs. This story has to connect to multiple crossover events, which makes it a bit hard to follow.

They don‘t advertise it on the box, but Funko‘s enormous enamel Storm pin glows in the dark! I‘ve been enjoying her eerie light since last summer, but she never got bright enough for my phone‘s camera to pick up until a few days ago, when I had the overhead lamp on for a bit longer than usual. Now I get to share this joy with the world.

To be honest, I‘m more or less dragging myself through this Marauders run (how is all this queer time travel into the distant past so dull?), but I do very much like the idea of all the mutants from maybe-alternate future dystopias betting on which of their timeline‘s crappy things are gonna happen first.

As with most short story collections, quality is inconsistent. Some tales are better than others, but the art is quite good across the entire book. Also, some stories end just as they are getting interesting. I would have preferred a single tale rendered in this style.

For anyone who loves or is interested in Manga: @nessavamusic has an activity that she is hosting in March. She has a lot of corresponding information on her original post (and once i figure out how to copy links i will share here. I am ridiculously challenged by links sometimes)

Sometimes you‘ve just gotta treat yourself to a tiny Nightcrawler.

I love Gillen's run on Immortal X-Men. Making Mr. Sinister the villain is the perfect culmination of the foundation laid at the start of the Krakoan era. The origin story issue for Sinister is one of the best single issues I've read in a while. Werneck's art and Curiel's colors are excellent. It ends on a chilling cliffhanger.

130/150 First off, this isn't the X-Men, its Excalibur and the Exiles. If you don't know who they are, too bad because the story assumes you know and doesn't offer any background on the various character relationships. This is a graphic novel for people already deep in X-Men lore, not for newbies. The best comic stories are inclusive, they bring the reader into the story, so even if they haven't read the last dozen issues, they can follow ⬇️⬇️

Si Spurrier has such a distinctive angle on the X-Men. Parts of this book are super weird, but it culminates in a soaring crescendo. I love that Nightcrawler is at the center of the story, and Legion is a great second lead.