Hello, Marvelites.
You're watching Marvel's Pull List.
And I'm Ryan, AKA Agent M.
And I'm Tucker Markus.
And every week, we read every single Marvel
comic that comes out.
We pick a couple of them, we pick a topic.
We tell you why you've got to check them out.
Tucker, what are we talking about this week?
This week it's all about mutant mayhem.
We have picked four books that focus on the world of the X-Men
in various ways, with some really great, really
dramatic stuff happening.
We're starting with one that I know we're super pumped about.
This is giant size X-Men, Jean Gray and Emma Frost number one.
This is an all-star book in more ways than one.
Because not only do we have Jean and Emma at the front
and center of the story, we also have
it told by Jonathan Hickman, Russell
Dauterman, and Matt Wilson.
What a team.
It's really cool because, as with each
of these giant-sized X-Men stories,
Jonathan Hickman has handpicked some artists
and invited them to craft the story
alongside the mutant mastermind, Hickman himself.
And so Russell Dauterman gets to do backflips here.
There's amazing, psychic sequences.
There's virtually no dialogue in here, which is really, really,
really cool and super special.
I will say, get your core Krakoan dictionaries out.
Because there's some really cool use of Krakoan text in here.
So much fun across the board, it is just excellent stuff.
All right, you want more Jonathan
Hickman X-Men goodness?
How about X-Men number seven, he and Leinil Francis Yu, whoa,
they bring it in this issue.
It answers some questions that I think a lot of mutant fans
have had figuring out what's going on Krakoa with Mutants.
Also brings up a bunch of questions.
By the end of the issue, you're going to-- there's
a moment with Nightcrawler you're
going to be like, wait, rewind.
What's happening?
What's going on?
The cover, you see that Apocalypse has a sword.
Does he use the sword?
Yes, he uses the sword.
It's very important.
It's really cool.
There's a whole bunch of things going on here.
I don't want to spoil a dang thing in here.
Just think about The Crucible.
Such good stuff there.
And also such good stuff in X-Force number eight,
one of the great surprises across the dawn of X for me
has been how central a role Domino
is playing in this series.
She's been through a lot in these seven or eight issues
so far.
And that definitely continues here.
She teams up with Colossus for a bit, which
leads to some amazing sequences, some of my favorite stuff
of this series as of yet.
It is so, so special, so excellent.
Domino is a really special character
I think across the board.
So to see her captured so beautifully, her spirit,
her tone, her way of doing things that is unique to her,
it is just the best.
You ever think would feel like for Colossus
to punch you in the face?
Just stop and think.
OK.
RYAN PENAGOS: Not good. - No.
RYAN PENAGOS: It's not good.
What is good, X-Men and Fantastic Four
issue number two.
Oh, man, Chip Zdarsky, Terry, Rachel Dodson, Laura Martin--
they're coming and they are telling a hell of a story
here because it's rooted at the heart of family.
And it is the Fantastic Four, Marvel's first family, and
the X-Men, the mutant family.
And at the center of it all is Franklin Richards.
He's got the choice to make.
Does he go to Krokoa with the rest of humankind
because he is one of the most powerful Mutants on earth?
Or does he stay with his blood family,
the people who raised him, who, you know,
are what you think of as family?
There's a lot for him to decide.
Unfortunately, he is not with either of them right now.
He's on another island.
He's running and he's trying to deal
with a whole bunch of problems.
I will not tell you who he's up against.
But if you know the Fantastic Four,
you might have a sense of what's going on here.
It's wild.
It's fun.
But it also brings up a lot of really cool questions
about the whole mutant, like, situation right now.
It's really great.
But there are many more comics first
to tell you about, which we will on the podcast version
of Marvel's Pull List.
Get it wherever you get your audio.
And we'll be back with another video episode next week.
I'm Ryan. - And I'm Tucker.
And this is Marvel.
Your universe.
Like, think about it, Colossus punching you in the face.
I don't want to think about it.
I can't think about it.
Like, really cold metal.
It's too much.
- And then-- - It's painful.
Bam.
No, oh.