Mojo has taken control of New York City, and the only ones who can stop them are the mutants who call it home. Your Major Spoilers review of Nyx #10 awaits!
NYX #10
Writers: Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly
Artist: Fracesco Mortarino
Colorist: Raul Angulo
Letterer: VC’s Joe Sabino
Editor: Annalise Bissa
Publisher: Marvel Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date: April 30th, 2025
Previously in Nyx: With a little help from a Krakoan seed and the mutant Local, Mojo has managed to take control of New York City and has begun enslaving the people in order to jack up his ratings. Also, Kamala Khan aka Ms. Marvel debates whether to ditch her secret identity or not.
YOU GOTTA BELIEVE
Nyx #10 opens with a bit of narration from an unknown source before focusing on a conversation between Ms. Marvel, Sophie Cuckoo, and Prodigy. They discuss the merits and risks of Kamala revealing her identity, especially now that her cousin is part of an anti-mutant group. Suddenly, Laura arrives and informs them that Mojo has suddenly taken over the city. They go to the rooftop to see the city covered in Krakoan-like growths. They realize that Central Station seems to be the epicenter and head there. Once on the scene, they realize that Mojo is using Local to spread out into the city, and that they can’t hack and slash their way through Mojo; they need to take the belief people have in him away. Sophie then uses her psychic ability to reach out to the mutants and other people of New York and encourages them to believe in them, hoping that that might be how they defeat Mojo.
A FITTING CAPSTONE
Being that Nyx #10 is the final issue of this series, it’s only fitting that it should encapsulate the series as a whole, both the good and bad parts. First, the good though. When this series wants to make a point, political or otherwise, it really doesn’t play around and is pretty direct; that’s what we get here in this issue. It’s clear at the end of this issue that the main point was to really emphasize the importance of the people of a city, not individuals, but groups and communities. Also, there’s something to be said about the use of Mojo as a stand-in for media pulling people’s eyes away from their own homes and neighbors to ingest whatever is being shown to them instead. This series was also built on the foundation of its main characters as people with problems and strong character moments, and these things often became the focus, with everything else being an extension of those. Just like in this issue, the climax doesn’t really come from a big fight, but from a call to action, to choose to believe in heroes who are flawed, but there for people anyway, as well as a tough choice by Kamala that has coming implications. Now, the not-so-great parts of this issue and the series as a whole come from the “how” of a lot of things. This series has been plagued with a lot of disconnect from one scene to the next, with a lot of things just sort of happening. That is exactly what we get in this issue. Literally, the big reveal that NYC has suddenly become a weird forest happens in the middle of a conversation; we don’t get to see it spreading or anything like that, it just happens. Then, when it comes to finding a way to save the day, they just do it, there’s no real conversation, it just happens.
GREAT OPENING AND CLOSING
When it comes to the visuals in Nyx #10, it’s all about the opening and closing. While the middle of the issue looks good in its own way, it’s these sections that are inspired by urban mural paintings, full of color and expression, that are the real star of the issue. While it is most likely unrealistic, it’s the sort of splash of style and color that makes you wish the whole issue had been like that.
BOTTOM LINE: SOME GOODS, SOME BADS, BUT ULTIMATELY A NICE WRAP-UP
Nyx #10 brings this series to a close in an emotionally charged and poignant way. It clearly has a message it wants to say, and it says it, using all the investment readers have in these characters to do it. Beyond that, though, there are the familiar problems regarding pacing and plot clarity. Still, even if the plot or characters do it for you, the first few pages and the last few pages are worth a look just to enjoy the art. 4 out of 5 stars.
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NYX #10
Nyx #10 is a fitting ending to the series as it not only caps off the storylines and sets up new roads for the characters, but it also encapsulates all the goods and bads of the series as a whole.
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