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IN THE QUIET COUNCIL, NO ONE CAN HEAR YOU SCREAM! The Quiet Council rules the Krakoan age, for better... or worse. Now, shaken by INFERNO and X LIVES / X DEATHS OF WOLVERINE they strive to hold together, no matter how much they want to tear each other apart. Writer Kieron Gillen (UNCANNY X-MEN, ETERNALS, The Wicked + The Divine, Die) returns to the world of X with artist Lucas Werneck (TRIAL OF MAGNETO) to bring us all into the room where it happens. “It” being “the most powerful people on Earth deciding the fate of the whole planet.” Prepare for sinister secrets to be revealed and learn that some secrets are more sinister than others...

HATED. FEARED. FOREVER.

The island-nation of Krakoa was founded under the idea of mutant sovereignty and is governed over by the collective known as the Quiet Council. Over time, council members have come and gone - but the recent addition of Destiny to the council promises to test the foundations of Krakoa like nothing else before. After all, with Krakoa now firmly established in the world and galactically, it's becoming more and more clear that each council member has their own agenda...

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Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News Talk hosted by Eric! In the twenty-ninth episode of NRC, DC Comics has announced their summer monthly event and it goes by the name Dark Crisis. From creators Josh Williamson and Daniel Sampere, the seven-issue event kicks off in June in comic book shops. Joining them is Alejandro Sánchez on colors and letters by Tom Napolitano for an event that’s not only an epic battle of good versus evil but is about showing how heroes relate to each other when faced with the impossible. Eric Brown goes over and tries to explain the overabundant retcon upon retcons (or in some saying Retconception!) Dark Crisis event and hopefully not lose his mind!

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Neo-Reality Collective | Pop-Culture News Talk hosted by Eric! In the twenty-eight episode of NRC, we discuss Xbox and Sony's major moves in the gaming industry in their respective purchases of Activison-Blizzard, and Bungie, along with discussing the potential impact and concerns and FTC's involvement in the Xbox-ABK Merger while hoping Bobby Kotick is removed from power as reported by WSJ! Is a Gaming Arms Race on the horizon between Sony and Microsoft, is EA, Capcom, and Square Enix now on the potential cusp of being bought by the two big gaming giants!? Meanwhile, Marvel Comics announces Judgement Day, the next big crossover event for the Marvel Universe's X-Men, Avengers, and Eternals with potential MCU Connections in relation to our beloved merry mutants! Also because Marvel doesn't know a thing about Comic Event Fatigue have annoucned a sequel to Secret Invasion called...Secret Invasion...subtle, and lastly Rockstar Games has confirmed that Grand Theft Auto 6 is FINALLY well underway in development! All this and More on Neo-Reality Collective of Neo-Reality Entertainment!

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NRC Host Eric Brown reviews X Deaths of Wolverine #1!

Writer: Benjamin Percy | Inker: Federico Vicentini | Penciler: Federico Vicentini | Editor: Mark Basso

DEATH IS NOT THE END. DEATH IS THE OMEGA. WEEK 2—If WOLVERINE’s future lies in the past, what does that mean for the present? The reciprocal series to X LIVES OF WOLVERINE, X DEATHS OF WOLVERINE is can’t-miss reading, chock-full of revelations for the best there is as well as the fate of mutantkind!

TIME TO DIE

In pursuit of a better world for mutantkind, Moira MacTaggert deceived them all. To avenge this wrongdoing, Mystique cut off Moira's left arm and used a specially designed weapon to strip her of her mutant ability to resurrect. Moira narrowly escaped, but is now on the run from a deadly shape-shifter with only one life to lose.

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NRC Host Eric Brown reviews X Lives of Wolverine #1!

Writer: Benjamin Percy | Inker: Joshua Cassara | Colorist: Frank Martin | Letterer: Vc Cory Petit | Editor: Mark Basso | Penciler: Joshua Cassara

TIME TO LIVE

Wolverine has gone by many different names and lived many different lives in the course of his long existence. Armed with a mutant healing ability and a set of retractable claws, he's the best there is at what he does, and what he does isn't very nice. But he'll do whatever it takes to protect those he cares about.

THE BIGGEST WOLVERINE STORY OF ALL TIME BEGINS HERE! WEEK 1 - Logan. James Howlett. Weapon X. The mutant best known as WOLVERINE has lived many lives under many identities and in many places, but never before has the fate of the future been so entwined with the past! Fan-favorite eras of Wolverine's saga are explored anew, along with never-before-seen episodes as Logan must travel to various points in time to prevent the death of a key figure in mutant history. But these LIVES are only one side of the story… Be here for the start of the time-shredding saga across all of Wolverine's history and future yet to come.

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NRC Reviews Devil's Reign: X-Men #1 by Gerry Duggan and Phil Noto

Secrets of The Past

No outlaw has evaded justice more than WILSON FISK, formerly the kingpin of a  vast criminal empire, and now the duly elected mayor of New York. Fisk failed to wash his hands of his old life and has set his ire upon the city and every costume vigilante in it -- including the newly elected X-Men, who have just publically lost their leader, Cyclops, while responding to a rampage in Manhattan. Needing to protect the truth about mutant resurrection, Cyclops has taken on the persona of Captain Krakoa and return to the public eye to lead the X-Men, currently operating out of a Krakoa-grown base known as the Treehouse.

THE QUEEN'S REIGN! Emma Frost has many skeletons in her closet, but only one of them is currently Mayor of New York City. The truth about the White Queen’s secret past with the Kingpin of Crime comes to light. As Wilson Fisk makes his play, will his old ally Emma Frost stand in his way? Or protect the secrets they share?

NRC Reviews INFERNO #4 by Jonathan Hickman, Valerio Schiti, and Stefano Caselli! The Finale of Hickman's X-Men Burns Away!

INFERNO #4

Writer: Jonathan Hickman

Inker: Adriano DI Benedetto, Stefano Caselli Valerio Schiti, and R.B. Silva

Colorist: David Curiel

Editor: Jordan D. White

Penciler: Valerio Schiti, and Stefano Caselli

TO EMBERS!

Jonathan Hickman’s time on X-Men ends with the dramatic conclusion of one of the first and best mysteries he brought to the line. Valerio Schiti returns on art to help bring down one of the foundations of the era.

Professor X, Magneto and Moira MacTaggert banded together, using Moira's knowledge from past lives that she had lived (thanks to her mutant ability of reincarnation) to build the mutant nation of Krakoa. To secure the new mutant age, Professor X and Magneto hid Moira away -- but now, as the trust between Krakoa's founders' fractures, the truth of Moira's existence is revealed to her enemies, Mystique, and Destiny.

Finding Moira missing, Professor X and Magneto followed the tracker they'd placed in her arm straight into a trap, face-to-face with Nimrod and Omega Sentinel, the Al. organisms behind the anti-mutant organization, Orchis.

Meanwhile, Mystique and Destiny are determined to punish Moira for what she's done to them, no matter the consequences.

“The Tower” begins! The 12-part weekly Detective Comics event starts here. Arkham Asylum has fallen, and in its place, Arkham Tower has risen in the heart of the city, a pitch made by the mysterious Dr. Wear. Unlike the Asylum, Dr. Wear promises his methods and drug treatments will heal Gotham’s criminally inclined for good—a claim that skeptics like Deb Donovan and the Bat-Family don’t believe. There’s something wrong with the tower, with Dr. Wear’s methods—and with Batman away from Gotham City, the rest of the Bat-Family is going to find out what…but not before everything explodes. Written by critically acclaimed author Mariko Tamaki, continuing her incredible Detective Comics run, and drawn by DC Comics legend Ivan Reis!

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NRC Reviews The Book of Boba Fett Chapter One: Stranger in a Strange Land!

Boba Fett and Fennec Shand attempt to make a name for themselves in the galaxy's underworld by taking over the territory once controlled by Jabba the Hutt.

Boba Fett Holds Court.

The Book of Boba Fett is an American television series created for the streaming service Disney+. It is part of the Star Wars franchise, a spin-off from the series The Mandalorian featuring the bounty hunter Boba Fett from that series and other Star Wars media. The series takes place alongside The Mandalorian and Ahsoka.

Temuera Morrison stars as Boba Fett, with Ming-Na Wen also starring as Fennec Shand. Both reprise their roles from The Mandalorian and other previous Star Wars media. Several attempts were made at developing a standalone Star Wars film centered on Boba Fett before Lucasfilm began prioritizing its streaming series such as The Mandalorian. Morrison appeared as Fett alongside Wen in the second season of The Mandalorian, and a potential spin-off series was first reported in November 2020. The Book of Boba Fett was officially announced in December 2020, with Morrison and Wen starring.

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