X-Men Writer Jonathan Hickman Laments His Unfinished Krakoa Saga

The X-Men have been through plenty of shakeups, and the Krakoan Age felt like a breath of fresh air when it started in 2019. Beginning with writer Jonathan Hickman and artists Pepe Larraz and R.B. Silva’s House of X and Powers of X, the mutants established their newest unified society that promised to better things for their people after years of being beaten down. But Hickman, whose previous Marvel tenure established him as a long-term writer, exited with the Inferno miniseries in 2022, and Krakoa’s story continued without him. In a recent episode of the Off-Panel podcast, Hickman looked back on his time leading the charge at the X-books. By now, he considers it “the most disappointing creative experience” of his comics career, largely owing to him not getting to finish his intended story. Back when he first pitched his plans to Marvel, he’d unveiled the entire three-story arc. As he tells it, he was “very clear” about the overall point he wanted to make, and teased those who heard t ... Read full article.