X-Factor (2020) reviewed for Soda and Telepaths

Thanks to the folks over at Soda and Telepaths for posting my piece on Leah Williams and David Baldeón’s X-Factor.

X-Factor #1 2020 cover Leah Williams and David Baldeón.jpg

This comic takes aim at the Jonathan Hickman-era of X-Men, where the characters have founded a mutant nation on an island and have defeated death. Leah Williams and David Baldeón’s explores this universe through the tropes of a detective fiction story, investigating cases of killed mutants and resurrecting them. I discuss the series, mention Fredric Jameson’s book on Raymond Chandler and the book’s treatment of sexuality.

Needless to say, I love this comic.