An unknown form of radiation poisoning from the Oklahoma incident has turned her cells into ticking time bombs. As her final hours count down, will she find a cure for her illness at Night Nurse’s new superhero hospital, or will it require enchantments from Doctor Voodoo to save her life? Storm #2 is written by…
I don’t know that it’s an exclusively New Orleans thing, where the lineage of light-skinned Creoles and the history of discrimination for them and by them looms large. I don’t know if it’s an exclusively Southern American thing, where, for literal centuries, skin tone unfairly but consistently determines opportunity and acceptance among Black people. I…
Ororo Munroe has lived many lives. She’s been a thief, a goddess, an X-Man, a queen and an Avenger. She is the most prominent, most respected and most powerful mutant on the world stage; and in that role, she intends to be a force for positive change. First up: A major meltdown at a nuclear…
As of this month’s X-Men #35, Krakoa has magically blipped out of this plane of existence, like Poochy returning to his home planet. The Great Reset button has been hit. Kieron Gillen is gone. Al Ewing is gone. Gerry Duggan is gone. Apart from some Blood Hunt tie-ins and Steve Foxe and Netho Diaz’s Heir…
The first thing you should know is that without Krakoa, I might not be alive. If I don’t pick up that Black Panther comic in 2016 and fall in love with the genre … if the Xavier Files doesn’t do those brilliant deep dives into those introductory House of X and Powers of X books…
With T’Challa missing and presumed dead, Wakanda needs a new leader. Shuri wants war against Ra and Khonshu more than T’Challa ever did, but at what cost? Meanwhile, Black Panther must learn from his new allies, the freedom fighters Killmonger and Storm. Ultimate Black Panther #4 is written by Bryan Hill, drawn by Stefano Caselli,…
In pursuit of Moon Knight, the Black Panther has been ambushed by a pair of freedom fighters – Killmonger and Storm. What they have have to show him may change everything that Wakanda’s war with Ra and Khonshu is about. Ultimate Black Panther #3 is written by Bryan Hill, drawn by Stefano Caselli, colored by…
“I will try again. It is all I can do.” In 2019’s X-Men #1, the first comic post HoX/PoX, perhaps Magneto, floating above the fray while ripping the roof off of the (then, supposedly) last Orchis facility on Earth, adorned in glowing white, his power easily overwhelming his opponents…perhaps he was a new god. Those…
After discarding Baba Nkisu, the Gray Wolf has found a new host: the crime lord’s daughter, Aliinya Nkisu. To defeat a supernatural power so great and to save Aliinya from the Gray Wolf, eater of souls, T’Challa calls upon the aid of allies new and old in Black Panther #10, written by Eve Ewing; drawn…
Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely Buddha There is nothing so common to the human experience as fear. The fear of what could be, might be…what if. What if it all goes wrong? What if the plans go awry? What if I fail? What if I’ve already failed?…
First Lady Michelle Obama considered wearing her hair in braids while living in the White House. But then she thought of the American people. They were “just getting adjusted” to having a Black president in the Oval Office and a Black family in the White House, so she decided to keep her hair straight. Obama…
After Moon Knight’s forces attack the stronghold of Wakanda, T’Challa can no longer resist Shuri and the Dora Milaje’s calls to action. Grieving and enraged, Black Panther demands to know who has been leaking information about Wakanda to their enemy, and the source shocks him to his core. Ultimate Black Panther #2 is written by…
Magneto faces the sins of his past — and opens a door via a seemingly-forgotten key — in Resurrection of Magneto #2 written by Al Ewing, drawn by Luciano Vecchio, colored by David Curiel and lettered by Joe Sabino. Alone in a darkened room, illuminated only by mistakes, an old man finds himself unable — unwilling…
Khonshu and Ra, the force known together as Moon Knight, are seeking to expand their brutal control of the continent of Africa. In response, the lone bulwark against them, the isolated nation of Wakanda, will send forth its champion, its king, the Black Panther. Find out what happens next in Ultimate Black Panther #1, written…
On Krakoa, resurrection from the dead was as easy as completing a circuit. But Krakoa fell. The time of easy miracles is over, and only the hard roads are left. Now, it falls to Storm to bring the X-Men’s oldest enemy home. But after all he did, and all that was done to him, can…