Giant Size Magneto #1 Recap and Review, Now With Spoilers!

[Veitha]

I suspect each of these issues is meant to carry at least one detail that is supposed to play a role down the line for the main storyline of Dawn of X.
Besides the obvious one with Storm in the Jean Grey/Emma Frost one, there is Lady Masterminds snooping around in the old X-mansion (she was rather prominently visible among Villain entry in House of X which raises my suspicion), plus Thunderbirds ghost who might not have been an illusion in Nightcrawlers.
And here we have a seperated island being bought and all that around it.

Though using something labeled as Giant Sized issue with major character names attached just to have these details in place for later, while the main story of the actual books feels so bareone, can be seen as questionable choice. Unless people really want these issues for the artwork, but that's for sales to show if it works or not.

Now on to see what details might be in the Fantomex one.

Agreed, they are putting little details that will probably connect in the end.

I think that the Nightcrawler issue had the Cypher/Warlock thing as its "revelation moment".

[Phoenixx9]

Is this just a one-off issue and done?

[Su_Whisterfield]

That's how I'm viewing them. They're all set ups for bigger stuff down the line. Obviously Emma's private island is going to be a big deal. I'm assuming from Nightcrawler that Hickman must have something planned for Lady Mastermind to make a point of doing a rescue mission for her. I do think they should have been kept as annuals as none have exactly been amazing show cases of the title characters.

Hello, my little Liverpudlian neighbour. I suspect that either the Sidri plot or Douglock plot will be significant somewhere later down the line, less sure about the future use of Lady Mastermind.

[Ferro]

this was a cute and light issue, we sorta need these stories that are all set up and some fluff before big events, i apreacite it and its a breath of fresh air in a way

[chief12d]

It was fine. Frankly all these Giant-Size issues are superfluous in isolation and need follow up down the line to retroactively have meaning. As a one-off it's decent enough, with great character moments for Magneto and even Namor ("You were expecting it to be the other way?" lol).

Art was ok but the story was mid and I've never liked Emma like that so her inclusion didn't do anything for me. I'm only slightly interested in whatever gala she has planned but it'll probably have line-wide implications and could feature characters I actually enjoy so there's that. 6/10

[Havok83]

I love what Hickman has been doing with this run, but these one shots haave all been a bust. I think I'll be skipping the last 2.

Honestly this could have taken place in Maraurders, Jean/Emma could have been in X-men and Nightcrawler could have been a New Mutants issue. These should have been annuals as originally planned

[DianaWw]

Magneto doing what Emma wants was so cute <3

[Kingdom X]

I love what Hickman has been doing with this run, but these one shots haave all been a bust. I think I'll be skipping the last 2.

Yeah I might skip Fantomex's (never been a huge fan of the character), but Storm's at least has the benefit of building off the first one.

[Beetle]

I liked this more than the Nightcrawler issue

[Stormultt Divine]

Pretty snoozy...but I still liked the moments between Mags and Frost

[Glio]

Do you remember the Cthulhu style island that Magneto used to live on?

In which Moira visits him in the life that allies with him. I think that's what the key is for.

[Dante Milton]

Do you remember the Cthulhu style island that Magneto used to live on?

In which Moira visits him in the life that allies with him. I think that's what the key is for.

Island M, which is currently being used in Marauders by Callisto and the HTC for something. Could be.

[Journey]

I was bored out of my mind, I read a review this would have, "a lasting affect on Krakoa FOREVER" one ugly ass island is hardly lasting.

[Dipter]

I was bored out of my mind, I read a review this would have, "a lasting affect on Krakoa FOREVER" one ugly ass island is hardly lasting.

Haha yeah I saw that article too. Typical click-bait headline.

[Glio]

Island M, which is currently being used in Marauders by Callisto and the HTC for something. Could be.

The question would be what's inside. In Wolverine: First Class, Cyclops and Kitty Pryde discovered that it is the prison of a Summa-Gorath creation.

But I highly doubt the canonicity of that.