Reading Order
An in world event! A new twist on the classic form of event storytelling. Not every issue is critical to the narrative, but rather each issue illuminates a different section of Krakoa’s biggest party and the characters attending.

Before the Hellfire Gala happened, there was an announcement of the X-Men Election, including a fan vote that would determine the final member. We covered this on the show, discussing each candidate and who our top choices were.
- Marauders #21
- X-Force #20
- Hellions #12
Hellfire Gala Part 1 episode covering the first three issues. - Excalibur #21
- X-Men #21
Hellfire Gala Part 2 episode covering issues four and five. - Planet-Size X-Men #1
- New Mutants #19
- X-Corp #2
Hellfire Gala Part 3 episode covering issues six through eight. - Wolverine #13
- S.W.O.R.D. #6
- Way of X #3
Hellfire Gala Part 4 episode covering issues nine through eleven. - X-Factor #10
- Children of the Atom #5
Hellfire Gala Part 5 covering X-Factor #10. Oddly CotA #5 didn’t come out for a few more weeks and falls into our regular episode coverage, after the Hellfire Gala block.
We had a special Interview with Matteo Lolli episode! The Marauders series artist kicked off the Hellfire Gala and came on the show as part of Justin’s master plan of getting Alicia into the comics muahahaha!! Her favorite title and favorite artist so far.
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