X-Men #6 Review

Writer: Jonathan Hickman / Artist: R. B. Silva / Marvel Comics If you’re like me, you’ve always wondered what goes on inside the head of a certain Raven. While we don’t get any internal thoughts or intense monologues, we do get a very interesting flashback. Hickman gives us a peek at the life Mystique and Destiny wish they could’ve had. Yeahhh a whole 1% of this issue is romantic looks off into the sunset and bae goals. The rest is straight static between members of the Quiet Council as Hickman takes us back to that epic mission at the Orchis station orbiting the sun. Charles Xavier is a reasonable man who has reached a certain level of conviction that defines this new era of X, but it also contradicts many of his pre-Krakoa values. One of the biggest stances he has taken is the no ‘pre-cogs allowed’ rule that most certainly doesn’t sit well with Mystique. Of course, Charles and Erik have a plan to exploit her demands to have Irene brought back from the dead, and they include a Krakoa gate planting side mission while Wolverine, Nightcrawler, and Cyclops destroy the control collars and take down the Mother Mold. We saw this all play it in House of X #4 but this added layer of drama and contention is what make this Hickman shut so great. This man never rests when it comes to the connectivity. You think you have one thing figured out then we turn the corner, and we see a while nother angle of greatness unfolding before our eyes.

Well, we all know how that mission ended; Mystiqu…