Welcome Aboard the Good Ship: Marauders #1 Review

Writer: Gerry Duggan / Artists: Matteo Lolli, Federico Blee, Russell Dauterman / Marvel Marauders #1 comes to us in this month of #1s after House of X/Powers of X. All of these issues will be establishing different perspectives on the new X-Men era. First was the lead title, X-Men #1, which sets a tone of seriousness — nation building and family supporting. Second, we have Marauders #1, which…is not that. Written by Gerry Duggan, with Matteo Lolli and Federico Blee on art, this comic brings a welcome humor to the Dawn of X. The Crew I’ll be totally honest with you, if you put Ororo Munroe on the cover of a comic, I will *at least* pick it up and flip the pages. This is a weakness Marvel has used against me in the past, but I still fall for it. Not only is Storm on the cover, so is Emma Frost. After Emma’s turn as 100% that bitch in House of X, I’m a fan, so I’d pre-ordered this comic before I realized that Kitty, I mean KATE, Pryde was actually the leader of the squad. Joining Pryde are Bobby “Iceman” Drake, St. John “Pyro” Allerdyce, and eventually Lucas “Bishop” Bishop (who really got robbed on the code name front). The squad’s job is two-fold. First, they are to smuggle the life-saving drugs of mutantdom into countries that have refused a formal diplomatic relationship with Krakoa. Second, they are to smuggle mutants out of those self-same countries. Nice set up, all of which is covered in some terribly wordy pages early in the issue. What’s also covered in those early …