The age of Krakoa is over in the X-Men comics—or rather, it will be in another month.
The moment mutantkind has been dreading has come—and after the ashes of Genosha taught our heroes to expect the worst, not even the little preparation they have
X-Men ‘97 has so far been a nostalgia feast for fans of the much-loved X-Men: The Animated Series,
It’s time: Marvel is wiping the X-Men’s slate clean of the Krakoan era that’s been around since 2019.
Since the dawn of Marvel’s Krakoan Age, mutantkind has held an annual vote to induct the latest team of X-Men to be Krakoa’s public-facing representation to the world of superheroes at large.
We are, horrifyingly, less than 365 days away from another US presidential election year. But before that, we have another annual election of infinitely less dire and thus stressful consequences—picking which mutant joins the X-Men. And unlike years previous, you don’t have to be a diehard X-fan to know who all of the…