King In Black: Marauders #1

King in Black: Marauders #1 manages to perfectly balance its role as a tie-in story and a standalone one-shot, packing its pages full of emotional elements and high-octane action. Whether you're a huge X-Fan or you've been religiously followingKing in Black, this is worth your time and money. I hope that more tie-in comics for event stories take notes from this issue. Read Full Review

Writer Gerry Duggan, artist Luke Ross, colorist Carlos Lopez, and letterer Cory Petit deliver an action-packed adventure with a poignant twist, and it's more than deserving of any reader's time and attention. Read Full Review

Kate Pryde has to make a hard choice off the coast of New York as the nation of Krakoa shows its true colors.  Read Full Review

King in Black: Marauders #1 shows the making of a strong Marauders issue. Unfortunately, its strengths are overshadowed by the mismanaged event it takes place in. That said, if the best elements of the plot are anything to go by, readers are in for some great stuff in the future of the main Marauders series. Read Full Review

Well, KING IN BLACK: MARAUDERS is neither a KING IN BLACK tie-in nor a MARAUDERS issue. It's something entirely different altogether that genuinely makes me question if Duggan actually wrote this issue. Read Full Review

the_comic_book_club

Feb 05, 2021

King in Black: Marauders Issue: 1 Publisher: Marvel @marvel Writer: Gerry Duggan @digduggan Artist: Luke Ross @lukerossart Colors: Carlos Lopez Letters: Cory Petit Cover: Stefano Caselli @stefano_caselli_art & Federico Blee @toonfed Knull has taken the Earth. The Marauders set sail towards New York in the hopes of rescuing Cyclops and Storm who have fallen to Knull’s influence. But enroute, they happen upon a ship under siege by Knull’s dragons. After rescuing the crew, Bishop hears a faint SOS Morse code and discovers the crew to be human traffickers. After offering the victims temporarily amnesty on Island M, the Marauders continue onward to retrieve their friends. However, unbeknownst to the team, Bishop is under orders from Beast that should they be unsuccessful in their liberation, Bishop is to execute Cyclops and Storm. Beast continues his downward path into darkness. I recognize his intentions would be for Cyclops and Storm’s knowledge of Krakoa to not fall into the wrong hands. Obviously the two would immediately be resurrected, but this is still a heartless action from a friend. Had this been a few years ago and the roles reversed, Hank would have lost his mind over Scott taking this course of action. Beast is the ultimate hypocrite. Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (4/5) Reviewed by: @meanadam of The Comic Book Club of Instagram Follow: @the_comic_book_club on Instagram for more reviews! more

Miracleman92

Feb 10, 2021

This might as well have just been a regular issue of Marauders. Doesn't have much to do with the King in Black. Which is fine by me! Captain Kate and her Marauders get caught up in a high-seas rescue mission. THIS is what the regular Marauders series has been lacking of late.

Psycamorean

Feb 04, 2021

I can't imagine why migrants seeking asylum would want to go to Canada over the US, especially in the timeframe in which this was written. This issue isn't a must read, but it's a fun enough issue of Marauders.

mrDovydas

Mar 07, 2021

Pretty fun, doesn't go too deep into the whole King in Black plot but manages to work really well even without it.

C.V.R. The Bard

Feb 06, 2021

The threat of human-trafficking never seemed more serious than when told through the pages of this "funny book". Duggan can actually write seriously , completely taking me aback with this tie-in in contrast with his "Savage Avengers". This man has made Kitty a certified Red Queen , better than what any writer could have done on the main title with this single issue. If Duggan isn't already on the main Marauders, then Marvel needs to sign him up. My only issue with this story is that Iceman shouldn't have given the traffickers water , on what slave ship do they do that at ? And putting those bastards in South Africa ... my South African blood boiled. I wouldn't want human traffickers anywhere near my ancestral homeland , the mutants should'v e had that gate going straight to hell. - cvrthebard.tumblr.com more

Spacey Medicine

May 24, 2021

Fine issue.

CrazyforRAMU

May 15, 2021

On their way to rescue Storm and Cyclops, the Marauders get sidetracked saving a human-trafficking ship caught up in the KiB crisis. It's a neat idea, but it's also palpably rough on the script side. I can picture Gerry Duggan using the opportunity of an event one-shot to tell a Marauders story he couldn't figure out how to work into the main series -- but I can also picture him slapping this script together without bothering to edit much. Luke Ross contributes some fair visuals, with odd but workable designs for many of the characters. It's obvious he didn't come aboard (ha!) with a lot of experience drawing boats, though. This is a decent comic, but just a little additional effort could have made it good.

Lucas

Oct 29, 2023

Whenever I see an issue that's about helping people I'm usually pretty happy, but this sucked. There was 0 time used to show the people being trafficked getting actually freed, but there's 3 whole pages dedicated solely to show the slavers getting punished. Priorities guys. Also, so silly to me that they would save humans but also be cunty about it. "The council wouldn't allow it" no? Who would vote against it? Sinister, Exodus, Mystique and Shaw, vs Xavier, Erik, Kurt, Kate and Jean in favor. Then not only not allowing them on Krakoa but also saying they are forbidden from entering parts of M Island is so dumb. Whatever, weird, bad story.

Magik

Feb 03, 2021

White savior complex, funny how the white characters saves the black people while the only black main character it's a double agent with a kill secret mission

Merlyn

Feb 03, 2021

Oh no, living in America, the horror, what could be worse, gtfo, Duggan!

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maelstron - Feb 3, 2021

Worse? living in Brasil

Kreniigh - Feb 5, 2021

I think they are rightfully more afraid of approaching America as refugees. I'm sure the Canadian immigration system is less intimidating. I mean, scaring away unannounced/undocumented immigrants was kind of the whole point of breaking up families and putting kids in cages, wasn't it?

Merlyn - Feb 5, 2021

Yeah, that's why caravans full of immigrants are always trying to come to America, because it's such a horrible place to live in lol. Stop eating up bullshit propaganda, if America would be so bad people would not travel through several countries, risking their lives, just so they can have a shot at living in USA.