Comics Review: "House of M"
So, I've finally been able to get into the world of comics. I've started reading a bunch of DC's new 52, which made for a an easy starting point. But for marvel, there was no such reset. I decided to start with one of the biggest events in the current marvel universe, "House of M."
When the series begins, Scarlett Witch is losing control of her mind, and the avengers and the x-men meet and discuss whether to kill her to save any oncoming doom. They decide ultimately that she likely needs to die, but they talk to her first, to see if there's some way to reason with her. Before they can reach her, she's missing, and there's a white light. Suddenly, they wake up in a mutant-dominant world. Magneto is essentially a world leader, Peter is married to Gwen, and Wolverine is a top agent of SHIELD. But wolverine knows something is up, and in his quest to discover the truth, he encounters an underground organization of sapiens, including Luke Cage, Hawkeye (who was dead in the other universe), etc.
There's also a new mutant named Layla, who remembers the original world, and has the ability to have others remember too. One by one, they start taking Layla to help people remember, including Dr. Strange, Emma Frost, and spidey. Once they all remember, they head to Genosha to find Wanda, Magneto, and hopefully Xavier.
They unfortunately discover that Quicksilver convinced Wanda to change the world and make everyone happy. Xavier is alive, somewhere hidden. When magneto finds out, he's none too happy with what quicksilver did. After seemingly killing his son, Wanda gets very upset, and says those three words, "no more mutants." Suddenly, everyone wakes up in a world where mutants are an endangered species, and the sapiens realize this, but have no idea why. Neither do Tony or Captain America. And thus begins the new marvel universe.
This was a bold move for marvel. Not only did they really make a huge change to the universe, but they didn't just reverse it right away. Three years later, the same universe is in place. My only gripe is that the series moves too fast, but I suppose that's how comics work. The artwork was nice, but the story was the best part, especially the last two books, when we see just how much the world is now changed. Good stuff.
When the series begins, Scarlett Witch is losing control of her mind, and the avengers and the x-men meet and discuss whether to kill her to save any oncoming doom. They decide ultimately that she likely needs to die, but they talk to her first, to see if there's some way to reason with her. Before they can reach her, she's missing, and there's a white light. Suddenly, they wake up in a mutant-dominant world. Magneto is essentially a world leader, Peter is married to Gwen, and Wolverine is a top agent of SHIELD. But wolverine knows something is up, and in his quest to discover the truth, he encounters an underground organization of sapiens, including Luke Cage, Hawkeye (who was dead in the other universe), etc.
There's also a new mutant named Layla, who remembers the original world, and has the ability to have others remember too. One by one, they start taking Layla to help people remember, including Dr. Strange, Emma Frost, and spidey. Once they all remember, they head to Genosha to find Wanda, Magneto, and hopefully Xavier.
They unfortunately discover that Quicksilver convinced Wanda to change the world and make everyone happy. Xavier is alive, somewhere hidden. When magneto finds out, he's none too happy with what quicksilver did. After seemingly killing his son, Wanda gets very upset, and says those three words, "no more mutants." Suddenly, everyone wakes up in a world where mutants are an endangered species, and the sapiens realize this, but have no idea why. Neither do Tony or Captain America. And thus begins the new marvel universe.
This was a bold move for marvel. Not only did they really make a huge change to the universe, but they didn't just reverse it right away. Three years later, the same universe is in place. My only gripe is that the series moves too fast, but I suppose that's how comics work. The artwork was nice, but the story was the best part, especially the last two books, when we see just how much the world is now changed. Good stuff.
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