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June 6, 2025
  • Who the hell is [REDACTED], the 3K member revealed in X-Men #17
  • Emma Frost unlocks her Sinister Rivals skin in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Exceptional X-Men #10
  • The 10 best X-Men stories involving the Shi’ar according to Battle of the Atom
  • Scott and Jean catch up in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Giant-Size Dark Phoenix Saga #1

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Who the hell is [REDACTED], the 3K member revealed in X-Men #17

Dan Grote24 minutes ago15 hours ago010 mins

Caution: This article contains a spoiler for X-Men #17. You’ve. Been. Warned. Little by little, we have begun to learn about the membership of 3K, the mutant-making shadow organization introduced at the beginning of Jed MacKay and Ryan Stegman’s X-Men, whose most notable member appears to be Cassandra Nova. This week’s issue #17 brought another…

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  • X-Men

Emma Frost unlocks her Sinister Rivals skin in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Exceptional X-Men #10

Dan Grote4 hours ago16 hours ago02 mins

Not all that long ago, Mister Sinister implanted his genetic code into Emma Frost and three other members of the Krakoan Quiet Council, creating a series of alternate futures in which Sinister and the three other aspects of the original Nathaniel Essex fought to become a Dominion, not realizing they existed solely to feed data…

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  • Opinions

The 10 best X-Men stories involving the Shi’ar according to Battle of the Atom

Adam Reck19 hours ago2 days ago015 mins

Let’s face it: The Shi’ar are pretty stupid. You heard me, you frickin’ birdos! I’m talking about you, you dumb Silverhawks-lookin’ space pigeons. You can’t decide who belongs on the throne, you can’t even get a bunch of your own people to defend yourselves so you have to manufacture a bootleg Legion of Super-Heroes. Heck…

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  • Previews

Scott and Jean catch up in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Giant-Size Dark Phoenix Saga #1

Dan Grote22 hours ago2 days ago04 mins

What do you think Scott and Jean’s psychic dates are like these days? With Jean the Phoenix again and journeying through space, and Scott in Alaska still doing X-Men stuff, catching each other up must be weird at times. Jean: How’s Logan? Scott: We don’t talk much. He’s down in Louisiana with Rogue’s team, but…

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  • Film & TV

A frustrating finale for fans in Doctor Who’s ‘The Reality War’

Margot Waldman and Armaan Babu1 day ago2 days ago026 mins

Margot Waldman: When I started this series of reviews, I got something really pretty desperately wrong. I said that Russell T Davies had nothing to prove to me or to anyone else about Doctor Who. But I’ve realized that, no, he did. He had a big damn thing to prove because he had to prove…

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  • BatChat

BatChat With Matt & Will: Three Batmans, One Mystery

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin1 day ago2 days ago02 mins

We’re back to our three runs we’re following in order. In “No Man’s Land,” we meet a new character who will be an important part of the Bat Family moving forward. In the Morrison run, we get some side stories in the run up to The Return of Bruce Wayne. And in Injustice, Renee Montoya…

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  • Marvel

Imperial #1 impresses on scale and ambition, but needs a heart

Tony Thornley and Jake Murray2 days ago2 days ago024 mins

A sweeping Marvel cosmic event! Imperial is a story of intrigue, mysteries and war, which takes place against the backdrop of the formation of a new galactic order in the Marvel Universe. Featuring HULKS, BLACK PANTHERS, NOVAS, GUARDIANS and COSMIC KINGS and QUEENS. It’s the must-read book of the summer! Imperial #1 was written by…

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  • X-Men

Storm #9 is an overstuffed omelet, but there’s a good reason for that

Jude Jones2 days ago2 days ago09 mins

Eternity has grown desperate. He abducts a powerful cosmic entity and hides them in the Storm Sanctuary. What is the identity of this entity? How will this act complicate the FBI’s investigation into Storm? And why is Maggott hosting a Royal Rumble at Ororo’s place? Storm #9 is written by Murewa Ayodele, drawn by Lucas…

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  • Marvel

Black Panther’s son is WHAT?! in Marvel Knights: The World to Come #1

Jude Jones2 days ago2 days ago07 mins

The king of Wakanda is dead, leaving unguarded the world’s most advanced technology, most precious metal and a cryptic vault of dark secrets while triggering global conflicts. With T’Challa gone, the future will be determined by a final tribal challenge for the throne and the mysterious victor who will change Wakanda, and the Marvel Universe,…

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  • Staff Picks

Hickman rewrites Marvel’s cosmic order, DC kicks off Pride Month and more CXF Staff Picks

Dan Grote2 days ago4 days ago09 mins

Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New  comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Adam’s pick: Imperial #1: Hickman’s doing his thing again, taking his…

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  • Our Son Pete

Our Son Pete Episode 39: Ian Edginton talks X-Force

Dan Grote3 days ago5 days ago03 mins

The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · Our Son Pete Episode 39: Ian Edginton talks X-Force On a very special episode of our monthly Patreon bonus podcast, writer Ian Edginton joins the show to talk about his run on the Counter X era of X-Force, his memories of Pete Wisdom and writing a Marvel comic in the…

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  • Battle of The Atom

Battle Of The Atom: Everyone Looks The Same

Zachary Jenkins and Adam Reck4 days ago4 days ago01 mins

I’ll be real with you, sometimes there’s a request that really throws us for a loop. This is one of them. Ranked This Episode:

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  • Opinions

The 10 best X-Men time travel stories according to the Battle of the Atom podcast 

Adam Reck5 days ago5 days ago013 mins

This week sees the release of a new Giant-Size X-Men #1, which will set Ms. Marvel, Kamala Khan, on a time-travel adventure through key points in X-Men history, starting with the dawn of the All-New, All-Different X-Men of 1975. Time travel is a Tuesday for some X-Men. And so we consulted Battle of the Atom’s…

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  • Previews

Everywhere you look, it’s our EXCLUSIVE preview of Laura Kinney: Wolverine #7

Dan Grote5 days ago5 days ago02 mins

In the current arc of Laura Kinney: Wolverine, our heroine is in some kind of altered quasi-sitcom reality where she and her sister Gabby (Hooray!) live with their father, Logan, and Laura is experiencing a trauma response regarding the death of her mother in which she writes fantasies about a violent character called the Wolverine….

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  • X-Men

Ms. Marvel Shermans her way through X-Men history in Giant-Size X-Men #1 (not that one)

Adam Reck, Anna Peppard, Austin Gorton and Dan Grote5 days ago5 days ago031 mins

Ever since she discovered she was a mutant, Kamala Khan has been balancing her previous life as Ms. Marvel with her role as a leader in the new community, but her conflicted identity has come at a deep personal cost. Now, pulled into the distant past by an unhinged villain with deep ties to mutant…

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