Writer: Al Ewing
Art: Luciano Vecchio, Stefano Caselli
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Price: $5.99
Release Date: January 24th, 2024
LIFEDEATH! On Krakoa, resurrection from the dead was as easy as completing a circuit – but Krakoa fell. The time of easy miracles is over, and only the hard roads are left. Now it falls to Storm – as the epic conclusion to the Krakoan age looms – to bring their oldest enemy home to fight against the FALL OF THE HOUSE OF X…but after all he did, and all that was done to him, can Magneto bear to return? Let’s dive into the Resurrection of Magneto #1 by Al Ewing and find out!
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THE DISPATCH
The Resurrection of Magneto #1 is a prime example of a writer trying to get too convoluted, surreal, dark, and ominous for his own good. Ewing attempts to make this issue almost too mysterious and enigmatic requiring heavy feats of intellectual strength to navigate its pages. Too much confusion mixed with nonsensical verbiage made the Resurrection of Magneto #1 hard to comb through.
Is Ewing trying to explore themes and emotions to provide profound insight into the topic of the afterlife? Sure. But, are we reading this comic for that? Nope! Readers want to see how Magneto is resurrected. Plain and simple. How are you bringing I’m back from the dead? That’s what we want. Oftentimes writers think deep and complex writing leaves a lasting effect. And in some circumstances, it can. However, to this reviewer, it was a big turn-off.
As in, I’m already done with the book. All I wanted to see was how we are bringing Magneto back. Instead, the Resurrection of Magneto #1 does the opposite. It mysteriously places Storm in the afterlife without any rhyme or reason involving some type of “tech” that gets her there. How exactly and why she’s even on the hunt to do so is left out of the comic. And once she enters the “afterlife”, all hell breaks loose in terms of what’s going on and why. Honestly, I’d just stay clear and get a summary after the fact.
FINAL THOUGHTS
Resurrection of Magneto #1 was crazy, convoluted, and cryptic in nature. The feeling that this reviewer received was that Ewing was trying to make something a bit too deep to add an artsy flair that turned into a slog with all the word balloons and lettering. I get the intent but ultimately I think fans wanted a story as to how and why Magneto would come back. We don’t really get that. We get something that was aimed toward the cerebral instead of aimed toward suspense, reason, and wicked storytelling.
Some may find the Resurrection of Magneto #1 intriguing, however, I don’t think it will be people who simply want a fun, action-packed, exciting, escape from reality for 30 minutes. I know this is hard to say after one issue, but I’m out. It was too hard to understand, too hard to follow, and way over the top in order to bring Magneto back. And for what purpose? We don’t know. Hopefully, Ewing can bring this ship back down to earth as the series continues. Let me know what you think, have a great week, and God bless!
LAZY READER, you should be embarrassed to publish these reviews. Al Ewing is the best writer Marvel has Left after Hickman. If you can’t understand his mystic shenanigans, that’s OK but you are missing out on some incredible writing and artistic stories if you are giving up on a challenging writer this quickly. IMMORTAL HULK, THE ULTIMATES 1&2, the Mighty Avengers, all his Secret Wars tie-ins…the man is a BLESSING & he seems to be the ONLY writer at Marvel who actually considers and gives AF about Continuity & the Greater Marvel Universe.
Very bold statement to lead off your comment. Would you mind elaborating on your take? Message me directly whenever you want at dispatchdcu@gmail.com to explain to me exactly what I’m “missing”. I’m talking about this story, not immortal hulk or any others for that matter. Which BTW I reviewed ever issue of AND loved until the last handful of issues where it got way too nuts for anyone to understand. So, email me and explain what I’m missing instead of just saying “you are missing out”. Missing out on what exactly? Right now, I’m being accused of being “lazy”. So let’s see if you take the time to email me to explain or if you are simply being a “lazy” commenter.
Just in case anyone is reading these comments, it’s now been 4-5 days and this individual has still not written to explain what I missed. Just to keep you all in the loop after I asked TC to explain everything I missed in my review.