Mike Carey's X-Men Run: The Legacy Behind Dawn of X

Mike Carey's time writing the X-Men from 2006 to 2012 is the second longest consecutive run by any creator in Marvel history (trailing Chris Claremont), and despite a goldmine of concepts and character studies, the run is frequently overlooked in broader discussion of the best X-Men comics. Certainly, Carey's work is referenced nowhere near as often as Grant Morrison's time on New X-Men, or even the later run by Brian Michael Bendis.

Today I'll answer:

+ What's the legacy of Carey's work on X-Men
+ What concepts and ideas influence Hickman's X-Men and the Dawn of X
+ Theories and predictions for Hickman's X-Men

Spoilers for discussed comics may follow!

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Following well regarded comics runs on Lucifer and Hellblazer (among plenty of other work), Carey took on adjectiveless X-Men in 2006 with issue #188. The title takes place post House of M, post Scarlet Witch's declaration of "No More Mutants," during the Decimation era.

Carey's entire run on X-Men and the X-Men: Legacy title it would evolve into is very much integrated into the X-Men continuity of the time, progressing from "Decimation" to "Messiah CompleX" to "Dark Reign" to Necrosha to Second Coming to Age of X to "Regenesis." Considering only one of those event is Mike Carey's own event, it's an impressive feat collaborating and rolling with broader storylines and shifts in status quo for mutantkind.

Carey's work is also very much a "fan favorite" and according to current X-Men mastermind Jonathan Hickman in interview with AIPT "criminally underrated."

Aside from Claremont's 16 years with the X-verse from 1975 to 1991, and arguably the Scott Lobdell and Chris Bachalo era of Generation X, no X-Men comics have a greater influence on the 2019 and 2020 Dawn of X. Regular artistic contributions from Chris Bachalo, Clay Mann, Scot Eaton, and Steve Kurth should be highlighted as well.

Whether or not the Children of the Vault remain the most direct connection between Hickman’s X-Men and the Mike Carey run remains to be seen, but even if so, there are so many concepts and good stories in the second longest X-run ever that it’s well worth exploring for any X-Men comic book fan.

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