Amazing Spider-Man #51.LR (November 4): Jesus Christ, Morlun is back? It's really old-home week for Spidey in the worst possible way.
Guardians of the Galaxy #8 (November 4): The only thing that I don't get here is why the Profiteer was selling guns to the Kree that she rigged to kill anyone turning said gun on a Kree. Wouldn't the Kree delight in said guns? Why would she need to rig them that way against their knowledge?
X-Men #14 (November 4): This issue repeats much of "X of Swords - Creation" #1, though this time it gives us Genesis' perspective on Arakkii history.
Hickman confirms here that Genesis defeated Annihilation in their confrontation in "X of Swords - Creation" #1. In so doing, she won the Golden Helm of Amenth. Since only it can control Amenth's demon horde, her initial refusal to wear it (and thus become Annihilation) meant that she was responsible for Arakko's fall at the rampaging horde's hands. At some point, we also learn that the tenth of Arakkii mutants who went mad and fled Arakko shortly after arriving in Amenth were bred with demons to create the Summoners. I'm not sure how it's relevant to the ongoing story, but I guess we'll see.
Genesis eventually accepts her role as Annihilation when she learns that, while she was fighting Annihilation, the remaining Arakkii mutants sent Summoner and part of Arakko to Earth. Seeing their decision to do so as surrender, she put on the Helm.
Hickman is really leaning into Arakko here. I don't mind, really, since I enjoy world-building as much as the next guy. But, if I were paying full price for these issues, I think that I'd at least be vaguely annoyed at how much territory we keep covering over and over again. Unless you're really into "X of Swords," you can easily skip this issue, particularly since I'd bet we'll see this story repeated somewhere else.
Amazing Spider-Man #52 (November 11): [Sigh.] I guess this issue is OK. I still feel like we're going to find out Kindred is Ben Reilly and not Harry Osborn, mostly because I'm writing these issues a year after they happened and I know that Ben is back. Maybe Peter saves Ben somehow by letting Kindred kill him? [Shrug.] Spencer has drawn out this confrontation for so long that it's hard to believe that we'll ever really know who Kindred is. I feel like Spencer is going to reveal that Kindred is [Person X] at the end of "Last Remains" with [Person Y] cackling in the background about how s/he successfully tricked Peter. It isn't a good feeling. Spencer at least does a better job selling Peter's wallowing in responsibility here, given that Kindred forces him to confront the corpses of people's whose deaths weigh on him and Gwen throws Miles off the Brooklyn Bridge. It's hard to imagine him just shouldering his way under that PTSD
Amazing Spider-Man #53 (November 18): [Sigh.] (Notice a pattern?) I mean, I guess that I'm glad that it's Harry, though, as I said in my review of issue #52, I still don't trust that it isn't actually someone else. But, for now, let's just accept that it's Harry. As MJ said in issue #52.LR, how could it be Harry? Harry is fine. In that issue, Norman implies that he might have done something to push Harry over the edge again, which isn't difficult to believe. Of course, Spencer is going to have to show us how Harry got power over life and death; he resurrects Peter here (after killing him at the end of last issue) just like he did Sin-Eater. But, do I care? I'm not really sure that I do.
Captain America #25 (November 18): I'll admit that I'm not exactly sure what Alexa's goals are here. She and the Red Skull have captured Black Widow, Peggy Carter, Misty Knight, and Thunderbolt Ross. But, I'm not really sure why they have. In Sharon's narration, she mentions that Ross was a part of her Power Elite, though I don't remember that. I'm assuming that he was tyring to lure in Lukin. I get that she wants revenge, but it seems risky to pull three Daughters of Liberty into your scheme.
Also Read: Marauders #14 (November 4) and #15 (November 11); Amazing Spider-Man #52.LR (November 11)
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