A few important events have happened since we last met! Welcome to X-Chat #8! In X-Men #18, the Brood invade and have captured Corsair, but King Broo is nowhere to be found, from Gerry Duggan, Stefano Caselli, Federico Blee and Clayton Cowles! The Beast Protocol begins in Wolverine #30 from Benjamin Percy, Juan Jose Ryp,…
I remember reading Black Panther, the penultimate issue of the Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda, featuring just about every Black Marvel hero, from mutant to avenger and everyone in between, coming together to save Wakanda. It was pure fantasy fulfillment, and I felt joy. I remember reading X-Men, following Synch’s story of self-realization in and redirection…
The broken and the broken-hearted — Jack and Jen’s romance is doomed after a scuffle with mad scientists left Jack’s powers wildly on the fritz again, and a danger to She-Hulk. But life doesn’t stop when things break down, be they hearts or superpowers, leaving only the question: Where do we go from here? Jen…
Having just conquered the world, Sinister is in a predicament: Someone has stolen his secret lab, and his toys have stopped obeying him. This simply will not do. Immoral X-Men #1 is written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Paco Medina, inked by Walden Wong and Victor Olazaba, colored by Jay David Ramos and Chris Sotomayor,…
Some people come face-to-face with themselves, other people get ripped in half, and a new generation of outsiders searches for hope and better leaders in a revelation-packed Sabretooth and the Exiles #4, written by Victor LaValle, drawn by Leonard Kirk, colored by Rain Beredo, and lettered by Cory Petit. Anna Peppard: I have a specific…
Welcome back to Chicago, where the anti-mutant human pressure group Purity, the anti-mutant super-team Galérer, and the ninja-demon Ogun do their best to wipe out our heroes and take control of Rachel Summers’s Phoenix Force and/or her brain. Will anyone survive the experience? Find out in X-Treme X-Men #3, writing by the inimitable Chris Claremont,…
Will the Sons stop the ritual and cancel the apocalypse? It’s Midnight Sons #5 written by Ethan Sacks, with art by Luigi Zagaria and Alberto Foche, colors by Antonio Fabela, and letters by Joe Sabino. The issue begins years ago in New Orleans as Agatha Harkness pays a visit to The Laveaus. Agatha tries to…
Our team has come back from the distant past, bringing three plucky survivors from the long-ago, now-defunct mutant society Threshold. Will Captain Kate Pryde start a time loop with their help? Also, remember that jerk Brimstone Love? He’s back too, in Marauders #11, written by Steve Orlando, art by Eleanora Carlini, colors by Matt Milla,…
We’re a little behind but a few important events have happened since we last met! In X-Force #37, we finally meet the head of Xeno, the Man with the Peacock Tattoo, from Benjamin Percy, Robert Gill, Guru-eFx, and Joe Caramagna! Meanwhile, “Inferno II Electric Boogaloo” ends in Dark Web Finale #1 from Zeb Wells, Adam…
Ten years from now, Mars has been destroyed, and Storm wants revenge. To get it, the New Brotherhood will battle their way through hell to seek the greatest secret of the Sinister Age. But are they fighting to save the world, or end it? And who the hell is Ironfire? Storm and the Brotherhood of…
We’re a little behind but a few important events have happened since we last met! Welcome to X-Chat #6! In X-Men Annual #1, Firestar gets the much-deserved spotlight from Steve Foxe, Andrea DiVito, Sebastian Cheng and Clayton Cowles! Two key characters get some major closure in Dark Web: X-Men #2-3, by Gerry Duggan, Phil Noto,…
Have you ever had one of those days where everything is going wrong? Like you’ve somehow been sucked across the infinite cosmos into the wrong corner of fragmented space-time? And you run into someone from your past you really can’t stand? Like, say, someone from…beyond? If so, maybe you’ll have some good advice for Monica…
Sinister has replaced key members of Krakoa’s Quiet Council with genetically altered toadies, leading to a years-long experiment in Sinisterarchy in Sins of Sinister #1 is written by Kieron Gillen, with art by Lucas Werneck, colors by Bryan Valenza, letters by Clayton Cowles, with guest art by Geoffrey Shaw, Marco Checchetto, Juan José Ryp, David…
Sometimes, someone’s body is a bomb and you need an out-of-body experience to save everybody from going ka-boom. High stakes and grounded metaphors keep us anchored in the Astral Plane in Sabretooth and the Exiles #3, written by Victor LaValle, drawn by Leonard Kirk, colored by Rain Beredo, and lettered by Cory Petit. Jude Jones:…
Boom-Boom, Dazzler, Jubilee and Laura Kinney (the best Wolverine) have escaped 1. Dazzler’s creepazoid ex-boyfriend Alex, who happens to be a vampire; 2. Alex’s ultra-creepy mutant fight club; 3. the Collector’s disturbingly creepy space station; and 4. space. Now they’re back on Krakoa. What will they do for an encore? Find out in X-Terminators #5,…