House of X #3 Review

Writer: Jonathan Hickman /Artists: Pepe Larraz and Marte Gracia / Marvel “No one forgets the founder of a nation.” -Magneto Wednesday just passed? You know what that means. Hickman Day has arrived!   In Powers of X #2 we saw Magneto and Professor X get through their ideological differences — Dr. Moira MacTaggert opens Erik’s mind just like she opened Charles’. They come to terms with the fact that separate they fail. Only together will mutants survive. But Erik’s not interested in their survival and neither are Charles and Moira. They agree to move forward with an ambitious and long term plan, but not before Magneto tells Charles that he better not falter and or he’ll G check him in any moment of weakness. It was beautiful. That in conjunction with Moira’s grand plan to take out Nimrod, the outcome of which is in Powers of X #3, sets the stage for House of X #3 this week.

While House of X #3 may be the least action packed issue of both HOX and POX thus far, Hickman does not skip a beat in his storytelling, which I’ve always considered the mark of a truly great writer. Let me start off with the fact that Hickman’s Cyclops is the leader we’ve always deserved. Cyclops is tasked with assembling a strike force for the most important mission for mutantkind. He rolls up with nerves of absolute steel, ready for all the smoke. Professor X and Magneto see him off to destroy the Orchis Forge, which houses a soon to be operational Mother Mold. The destruction of this Mother Mold shoul…