X-Men ’97’s ‘Weapon X, Lies, and DVDs’ does horror better than character study
It’s Brood trouble in the big Arctic as Wolverine gets the old Weapon X band back together in “Weapon X, Lies, and DVDs,” X-Men ’97 Season 2 Episode 5.

It’s Brood trouble in the big Arctic as Wolverine gets the old Weapon X band back together in “Weapon X, Lies, and DVDs,” X-Men ’97 Season 2 Episode 5.
When a mutant power player is murdered at a masquerade, it falls to Wolverine and Jubilee to solve a locked-room mystery in X-Men: The Hellfire Murder.
Can even the might of the combined Louisiana X-Men stem the tide of the terror from the stars? Find out in Uncanny X-Men #32.
The X-Men play with fire as they try to change history and prevent the rise of Apocalypse in the aptly named “Rise of Apocalypse Part II”!
Louisiana is ground zero for an attack force of alien ships, and woe betide any human or mutant who gets in their way, in Uncanny X-Men #31.
X-Men ’97 returns with three episodes that adapt The Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix, The Rise of Apocalypse and the birth of X-Force.
Remember how Dani Moonstar’s parents got turned into the Demon Bear, as revealed in the titular and seminal “Demon Bear” story which introduced Bill Sienkiewicz to the New Mutants in New Mutants #18-20? And how it was never really made clear WHO turned them into a massive demonic bear, until a response to a letter…
Widespread panic breaks out in Louisiana as it becomes Ground Zero for an alien invasion force. But are they really what they seem? We review Uncanny X-Men #30.
In the grand scheme of animal/human hybrids from Greek mythology, minotaurs have to have it the hardest, right? Everyone loves a centaur, satyrs are basically just people with hairy legs, but a minotaur? You probably have difficulty getting through doors, you’re top-heavy, every time you drop something it invites a “bull in a China shop”…
Wave goodbye to Graymalkin Prison and hello to some new team members as another story arc wraps in Marvel’s Uncanny X-Men #29.
TYPING! Murewa Ayodele’s Storm saga sure has been a trip, huh? From multi-pantheon fights with gods to teases of hippo riding to confusion over how many issues this final volume of the saga will contain, this run has had it all. And while what that “all” was, wasn’t always clear, the the level of sheer…
The first season of X-Men ’97 proved it a worthy follow-up to the beloved 1990s animated series, a speed-run through a heaping helping of classic X-Men stories filled with both ‘member berries (Madelyne Pryor! Prime Sentinels! Fatal Attractions!) and genuinely emotional, gut-punch moments (“de name is Gambit…”). Ever since it wrapped, fans have been eagerly…
You got Elektra in my Psylocke story! You got Psylocke in my Elektra story! When this retro miniseries exploring the early days of Caucasian superhero Psylocke’s transformation into an Asian ninja assassin was announced, I’m not sure anyone was expecting it to turn into an Elektra team-up book, yet as the series reaches its climax,…
As touted on the cover, Stan Sakai contributes a story in Fantastic Four #11. Sakai, of course, makes me think of Usagi Yojimbo, which in turn makes me think of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (where I first encountered Usagi Yojimbo in my wee days). Which in turn got me thinking, how do the four…
Finally, the identity of Inmate X is revealed, and, much like the spelling of Madisynn, it’s not what you thiiiiink. Check out our review of Uncanny X-Men #28.