X-Men United #6 puts too many players on the field
The mutants are split up among various psychics planes (and possibly a hell) in X-Men United #6 by Eve Ewing, Evan Narcisse, Tiago Palma and Eduardo Pansica.
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X-Men United #4 has both dungeons AND dragons
Can a school work if the teachers don’t get along? Iceman doesn’t want to find out, so he’s asked to play a game. But things get too real in X-Men United #4.
How Gerry Conway’s Firestorm, the Nuclear Man, chronicled anxiety about the nuclear family
Stephanie Burt pays tribute to Gerry Conway with an examination of his DC hero Firestorm, the Nuclear Man, one of her earliest superhero memories.
X-Men United #3 makes amends for previous issues
Two X-teens, and Laura Kinney, join Captain America as he tries to offer an apology to one more victim of government experiments in X-Men United #3.
X-Men United #2 drops a Truth bomb on the school
What’s Captain America doing in the teacher’s lounge, other than trying to sell a few more comics? Find out in X-Men United #2.
ANOTHER VIEW: X-Men United #1 is a good canon reset
Dr. Stephanie Burt provides her own analysis of X-Men United #1 after our initial review, one far kinder to the book and its concept.
Kitty makes peace with her present, just in time for the future, in Exceptional X-Men #13
Kitty Pryde’s stuck in her past, and a Sentinel’s chasing her through the suburb she once called home. Can her teenage students from Chicagoland save her present-day self, or her past self, or both, before all of X-reality gets erased? You already know the answer in Exceptional X-Men #13, written by Eve Ewing, drawn by…
The kids go on their first time travel mission in Exceptional X-Men #12
Exceptional X-teacher and self-described baby mutant rescue lady Kitty Pryde has disappeared! Looks like she got sucked into a time-and-space wormhole. Can her intrepid students go back in time to get her back? Find out (maybe) in Exceptional X-Men #12, written by Eve Ewing, drawn by Federica Mancin, colored by Nolan Woodard and lettered by…
SHARK WATCH: These are the 10 best shark characters in comics
Happy Shark Watch to those who celebrate! Not only is it that time of year when a certain television channel/streaming service shows a lot of footage of nervous scuba divers, but it’s also the 50th anniversary of Jaws, so — dun dun, dun dun — go get that bigger boat you needed because the ComicsXF…
School’s never out for Kitty Pryde in Exceptional X-Men #11 and Giant-Size House of M #1
Can Kitty Pryde and Emma Frost’s teen students have just one good day? When that day goes bad, can Ironheart set it right, or at least unite scriptwriter Eve Ewing’s Chicago? Stroll toward the answer in Exceptional X-Men #11, written by Ewing, drawn by Federica Mancin, colored by Nolan Woodard and lettered by Travis Lanham….
Emma Frost shines in a Sinister swamp in Exceptional X-Men #10
Emma Frost, trying to save her newest pupils, gets stuck in Mister Sinister’s mind. Who will come out on top? Why is everyone dressed like Dracula? Can even this serious series make Sinister something other than slightly silly? Find out in Exceptional X-Men #10, written by Eve Ewing, drawn by Carmen Carnero and Federica Mancin,…
Exceptional X-Men #9 and the joys of decompression
Who can take some genes and make a dodgy clone? Who can trap a mutant when he’s all alone? Who can throw a comic off its slice-of-life tone? Mr. Sinister can, and does, in Exceptional X-Men #9, written by Eve Ewing, drawn by Carmen Carnero, colored by Nolan Woodard and lettered by Travis Lanham. Now…
A beautiful if heavy-handed sendoff to our favorite city-dwelling mutants in NYX #10
Is New York City itself a kind of mutant? Can it give us all a model for mutant communities? How did Mojo take it over from Grand Central Station? Can he be defeated using the power of solidarity, or the solidarity of love, or the love of trains? Why is NYX ending? Find out which…
Sinister vs. empathy and a wholesome shower scene in Marvel’s Exceptional X-Men #8
That entrepreneur who wanted gene data on everyone? The one who gave teen mutant Axo an internship? Pretty Sinister, as it turns out. Now, our favorite diamond-headed, DNA-obsessed, silver-skinned supervillain’s captured Axo and sent a fake teen to take his place. Find out what’s next in Exceptional X-Men #8, written by Eve Ewing, drawn by…
Exceptional X-Men #7 sidesteps the X-Manhunt for other sins of the past
Who’s that man with the horns of a ram and your most personal data in the palm of his twitchy hand? It’s Sheldon Xenos, gene-editing superfan, and he’s got a frightening plan in Exceptional X-Men #7, written by Eve Ewing (whom we stan), drawn by Carmen Carnero (who follows her plan), colored by Nolan Woodard…