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House of X #1 Spoiler Free Review

Artist(s): Pepe Larraz

Colorist(s): Marte Gracia

Letterer: VC’s Clayton Cowles

Publisher: Marvel

Genre: Action, Drama, Superhero, Thriller

Published Date: 07/24/2019

Covers By:
Edgar Delgado, John Tyler Christopher, Skottie Young, Humberto Ramos, Phil Noto, Sara Pichelli, Dean White, Mark Brooks, Marte Gracia, Jesus Aburtov, Marco Checchetto, Joe Madureira, Peter Steigerwald, Pepe Larraz, Mike Huddleston, Dave Cockrum

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The first major impression I got of the book upon reading it is a complete sense of being lost – not uncommon in reading a Hickman book. This is not due to there being anything bad about the book per se, but like most other titles by Jonathan Hickman, whilst being explosive and wonderfully woven over a massive scale, they often offer no context to the goings-on following current continuity.

While I have not been reading X-Men comics on the regular for a few years, in spite of having a soft spot for the merry mutants – they are my first love in comics – I have been following articles online to keep myself up to date. For example, from what little I know, the last time the X-Men showed up in a title prior to the publishing of House of X #1 was when the existence of mutants was wiped from the world as Cyclops and Wolverine returned to the head of the X-Men table – the first time this was done straight since Schism a few years back – probably the last time I actually bought an X-book.

Here however, there is evidence that not only is the world aware of the existence of mutants, but the same mutants have established a nation for themselves and everyone is aware of their history – most prominently mentioned being the Genoshan massacre which occurred in the early 2000s.
This is not to say this is a bad book; far from it. In spite of the lack of context, context is quickly built, albeit differently as mentioned, and quickly sets up that this will be a story told in a different order of events rather than linearly, indicating that in typical Hickman fashion, the scale of this story will be on such a level that it could not be contained by a single title, as done before between Avengers and New Avengers and Fantastic Four and Future Foundation.

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The crowning achievement is definitely Magneto’s portrayal, who seems to have been through an epiphany recently (relative to the comic) without compromising his very real menace. In just a few pages, it is very clear that Jonathan Hickman knows Magneto much better than any writer who ventured to write a solo title with the character as he manages to portray him as the well-meaning menace he truly is. Magneto always was one of my favorite characters, and it paid me no favor to see him used as a mutant Punisher in recent solo titles. This however, is the Magneto I know and love even when on the side of the so-called angels: one who is well-meaning but with a fierce loyalty to the mutant cause even when he seemingly has found peace in the established paradise.

While it is certainly a cold shower of continuity at first glance, House of X #1 holds much promise to build towards something special. Much like anything else by this writer, I highly recommend picking it up because it guarantees cosmic-level wonderment.

SCORE: 8.5

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