X-Men: Muir Island Saga Legacy | Full Event Review! | Krakin' Krakoa

The X-Men’s Muir Island Saga is a less frequently discussed early 90s crossover, most commonly seen as propulsive tissue driving towards 1991’s X-Men #1 relaunch, and the penultimate transition of the Chris Claremont era of X-Men to the Jim Lee, While Portacio, et al era beginning in full. Indeed, if you look at Marvel’s X-Men Milestone trade collections, the Muir Island saga is not included. Nonetheless, it’s a fascinating time period for Marvel’s mutants, an intriguing culmination of Chris Claremont’s plans for The Shadow King, and a crossover with some shockingly relevant connections to the Krakoa era of X-Men.

Today I'll Answer:
+ What are the essential X-Men comics to read during this time period?
+ What is 1991’s Muir Island saga, and what’s it’s impact on characters like Shadow King and Moira MacTaggart today?
+ What’s Legion’s role in the saga?
+ Theories and Predictions for what’s to come!

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The build to Muir Island is honestly a long time coming, beginning in the gap years between 1989’s Inferno event and the 1991 X-Men #1 relaunch by Claremont and Lee. All sorts of mysterious pieces are laid out during this build, most notably a consistently brash and changed Moira, and the development of the Shadow King inhabiting the body of FBI agent Jacob Reisz, second in command to Freedom Force governmental mutant liaison, Valerie Cooper.

Up front, the fact that the Muir Island saga is a lite crossover – between Uncanny X-Men #278 to #280 and X-Factor #69 to #70 – is a bit deceiving, as there’s actually a much lengthier “Shadow King Saga” in play across a wider stretch of preceding issues. I really think Muir Island reads a lot better with this context, and Claremont’s building, or at least it certainly did for me. Truly you can see plenty of the build both in Claremont and Lee’s debut of Gambit in Uncanny X-Men #266 or even in the Louise Simonson / Rob Liefeld work debuting Cable on New Mutants 87 to 90, with Moira’s presence.
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