X OF SWORDS, PRELUDE 2: AMENTH
THE SUMMONING BEGINS. A lead-in to the biggest X-story of the year.
CONTINUED FROM EXCALIBUR #12 / CONTINUED IN X OF SWORDS: CREATION #1
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Victor Borkowski
En Sabah Nur
Sean Cassidy
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It's big brain time
I thought this was great! Had a very Lord of the Rings epic feel and I think Yu's art really fit the history lesson we got here. Tons of new names and ideas but I was able to parse it all pretty easily. Super excited for next week's kickoff!
The way I understand it is: long ago, Krakoa and Arakko were too parts of one land, Okkara. A sudden invasion from some demonic force splits the land in half and prompts Apocalypse to force the enemy and Arakko with them back through the dimensional gap, with Genesis and the Horsemen in tow to safeguard it. Amenth seems to be a new creation, some foreign world likewise stuck in the gap. Arakko is forced upon Amenth, which is home to a race of demons subservient to a god called Annihilation. The two sides are in conflict for a prolonged period of time before a climactic battle has the Arakkii sending Summoner, grandchild of Apocalypse, through the gap to seek the aid of Apocalypse and Krakoa.
Something I saw pointed out was that the total number of Summoners of Amenth on the data page in this issue matches the total number of Summoners of Arakko in X-Men #2, but the number of respective Summoners of each faction adds up to that total. So some kind of faction split?
I also really liked the White Sword's backstory. Some kind of crazed champion driven insane by battle. And the parallels between the Arakkii council and Krakoa's own Quiet Council. It was also pointed out that the panel of the Arakkii described as seeking alternative solutions looked very similar to Atlanteans. I really liked this issue. Very Lord of the Rings like in terms of scale.
Am I crazy or is Annihilation a gardener? or maybe a Black Priest?
This was ok. Didn't love it but its good to finally get an idea of what Apocalypse is up to.
We're entering Scott Snyder territory. You're losing me Hickman. I had to read it three times to get it all
It's not. I felt like it was the perfect amount of big brain(ness). The whole layers upon layers upon layers of dimensions is some kind of weird trope that modern writers have just been churning out left and right. Snyders Metal run in particular was so bad I had to slog through it and I'm not sure I'll ever read his work again tbh. This is starting to feel like that. I don't need super simple bank robbery stories but damn they better start packing a decoder ring with each issue.