DATELINE: SAN FRANCISCO! ALIENS HAVE INVADED THE CITY BY THE BAY! THANKFULLY, THE X-MEN ARE ON THE WAY! Writer Jed MacKay, artist Ryan Stegman, inker JP Mayer, colorist Marte Gracia and letterer Clayton Cowles take us into the belly of the beast as things are more than what they seem in X-Men #2! Tony Thornley:…
Ed. note: A Marvel facsimile edition of Wolverine Vol. 2 #88 is being released this week, ostensibly to tie into the Deadpool & Wolverine movie. Editor Austin Gorton decided to dive into the issue to figure out what makes it significant. Find more of his throwback reviews at The Real Gentlemen of Leisure. And for…
In X-Men (Vol. 7) #1, Beast makes an offhand reference to Chief Paula Robbins of having never experienced Krakoa for himself. For anyone who didn’t read (or has forgotten) Ben Percy’s X-Force run, this is because Beast as he currently exists is a clone of the original Beast. Specifically, he is a clone created with…
In which the Comics XF team gathers to remember the things big and small that made the Krakoan era of X-Men comics an entertaining, transformative and memorable one. For more Krakoan remembrances, please read Jude Jones and Adam Reck‘s writing on the matter. Sean Dillon I suppose we should start with the beginning: HoXPoX was…
In 1991, X-Men #1 sold more than 7 million copies. The first issue of a then-unheard-of *second* X-Men title, written by Chris Claremont and drawn by young superstar Jim Lee, it remains the best-selling single issue of a comic book of all time. Yet for as much as X-Men Vol. 2 #1 marked the beginning…
Kieron Gillen’s Immortal X-Men saga comes to an end a second time, with plot threads left to other series to resolve for a second time, as Destiny and Mystique launch a rescue mission while Hope and Jean Grey act as two different kinds of midwives in X-Men Forever #4, written by Gillen, drawn by Luca…
Things are looking bleak for our merry mutants as Wolverine lies metal-less and bleeding and the Gold Team are captives of Bastion. The X-Men must regroup and find a way to fight the future (or just travel there) in the season finale of X-Men ’97, “Tolerance Is Extinction Part 3,” written by Beau DeMayo and…
The quick-step march to the end of the Krakoan era continues as Doug Ramsey returns, Mystique and Destiny hash things out, and Hope prepares to do some “messiah stuff” in X-Men Forever #3, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Luca Maresca, colored by Federico Blee and lettered by Clayton Cowles.Ā Austin Gorton: It feels like…
The X-Men reunite then split back up to face off against the dual threats of Bastion and Magneto in X-Men ’97 season 1, episode 9, “Tolerance Is Extinction Part 2,” written by Anthony Sellitti and directed by Emi-Emmett Yonemura “Tolerance Is Extinction Part 2” is emblematic of both the best and worst tendencies of X-Men…
That’s right, readers, we’re bringing back the Xavier Files, and this time, you get to help choose who we add to our Mutant Master Rankings. Support ComicsXF on Patreon at the $10-a-month level or higher, and you can request either a new entry to the Files, or an update of an existing file (as most…
Operation: Zero Tolerance stands revealed as Bastion launches his attack on mutantkind, the X-Men mount a desperate (and blade-y) counterattack and an old friend returns in X-Men ’97 season 1, episode 8, “Tolerance Is Extinction Part 1,” written by Beau DeMayo and Anthony Sellitti and directed by Chase Conley. Say this for the series: It’s…
It’s the view from the White Hot Room as Xavier’s plans come to fruition(?) and the mutants trapped on another plane of existence make their move as the deck-clearing exercise that is “Fall of X” continues in X-Men Forever #2, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Luca Maresca, colored by Federico Blee and lettered by…
Remember Professor X? Well, he’s back, in space-consort form, as Deathbird tries to skunk his engagement to Lilandra on the grounds that he’s a dirty Earth ape. Meanwhile, Storm deals with a death bird of her own as she fights to save Forge’s life and regain her powers in X-Men ’97 season 1, episode 6….
Mutants are more popular than ever: Trish Tilby is doing puff pieces from the mansion, and the mutant nation of Genosha is about to be admitted to the United Nations. So let’s throw a big mutant party! What could possibly go wrong in “Remember It,” X-Men ’97 season 1, episode 5, written by Beau De…
It’s two tales for the price of one as Jubilee gets sucked into a Mojo-fied version of the X-Men arcade game and Storm deals with the fallout of her power loss as she grows closer to Forge in X-Men ’97 episode 3, “Motendo/Lifedeath Part 1,” directed by Chase Conley and written by Beau DeMayo and…