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X-Men

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Marvel’s Storm #11 is everything, everywhere, all at once

Jude Jones8 months ago8 months ago05 mins

Hadad is here to end our universe. Eternity, sensing the coming cataclysm, abandons the universe to seek the help of The One Above All — the only entity benevolent and powerful enough to defeat the first storm god. With the powers of the Eternal Storm stripped away, Storm is no longer the most powerful being…

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Mutants are the holiday in Marvel’s Uncanny X-Men #18

Adam Reck and Austin Gorton9 months ago9 months ago010 mins

For the first time in New Orleans history, the city has declared a Mutant Appreciation Day festival and street fair, with all the music, food and fun the city is famous for. If the Hellfire Gala is filet mignon, this is corn dogs and lemonade. But are all mutants OK with this attempt at bridging…

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On judging Tyler, The Creator’s new album too quickly, and Storm #10 not quickly enough

Jude Jones9 months ago9 months ago05 mins

The FBI finally discovers the mutant child from the Oklahoma incident and the safehouse Storm sheltered the child in. Storm must protect this child, but there is one problem: The last time Storm was in close proximity to the child, she died a horrible death. Also, cosmic stuff happens. And Bishop is here! Storm #10…

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School’s never out for Kitty Pryde in Exceptional X-Men #11 and Giant-Size House of M #1

Stephanie Burt9 months ago9 months ago011 mins

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….

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  • X-Men

Uncanny X-Men #17 has us giving Otter Party a 5-star Letterboxd review

Adam Reck and Austin Gorton9 months ago9 months ago010 mins

When a brilliant but exploitative Hollywood director makes a surprise hit horror film featuring a serial-killing mutant girl, there are protests at theaters around the country and a rise in anti-mutant violence in those same communities. But is it “just a movie,” or is something much more insidious going on? Will a malignant force make…

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  • X-Men

X-Men: The Hellfire Vigil is one weird wake 

Anna Peppard, Jude Jones, Adam Reck, Austin Gorton, Tony Thornley and Jake Murray9 months ago9 months ago022 mins

One year ago, at the final Hellfire Gala, the dream of a unified mutant nation was forever shattered by a cowardly sneak attack by anti-mutant forces. To mark the moment and to proclaim loudly and strongly to all concerned that mutantkind still stands, the time has come for X-Men of all stripes to come together…

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The X-Men fight a damn god in Marvel’s Uncanny X-Men #16

Adam Reck and Austin Gorton9 months ago9 months ago011 mins

The Dark Artery, gateway to an underworld of unspeakable evil, has taken one of the Outliers, and it will take the Uncanny X-Men to get them back, if they can survive the corruption process needed to enter. Plus, the secret of the Endling at last? Uncanny X-Men #16 is written by Gail Simone, drawn by…

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On Marvel’s Emma Frost: The White Queen #1 and the search for the right amount of sexy

Anna Peppard10 months ago10 months ago08 mins

Before she became a mainstay of the X-Men, Emma Frost had another role: White Queen of the Hellfire Club. As she grapples for power with the rest of the Inner Circle, witness Emma’s ruthless ascent to the top. And when she discovers there is a mole within the Hellfire Club leaking secrets to their sworn…

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Emma Frost shines in a Sinister swamp in Exceptional X-Men #10

Stephanie Burt10 months ago10 months ago08 mins

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,…

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  • X-Men

Storm #9 is an overstuffed omelet, but there’s a good reason for that

Jude Jones10 months ago10 months ago05 mins

Eternity has grown desperate. He abducts a powerful cosmic entity and hides them in the Storm Sanctuary. What is the identity of this entity? How will this act complicate the FBI’s investigation into Storm? And why is Maggott hosting a Royal Rumble at Ororo’s place? Storm #9 is written by Murewa Ayodele, drawn by Lucas…

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Ms. Marvel Shermans her way through X-Men history in Giant-Size X-Men #1 (not that one)

Adam Reck, Anna Peppard, Austin Gorton and Dan Grote10 months ago10 months ago016 mins

Ever since she discovered she was a mutant, Kamala Khan has been balancing her previous life as Ms. Marvel with her role as a leader in the new community, but her conflicted identity has come at a deep personal cost. Now, pulled into the distant past by an unhinged villain with deep ties to mutant…

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The Outliers go to Hot Topic in Marvel’s Uncanny X-Men #15

Adam Reck and Austin Gorton10 months ago10 months ago08 mins

With one young mutant taken hostage in the underworld of the Dark Artery, it’s left to the remaining Outliers to lead the Louisiana X-Men to try to steal them back, but the ultimate terror blocks the way. The Voice of Darkness seeks a new home, and violence and fear will follow whoever takes that mantle….

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Exceptional X-Men #9 and the joys of decompression

Stephanie Burt11 months ago11 months ago07 mins

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…

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Here there be dragons, Man-Things and rock golems in Uncanny X-Men #14

Adam Reck and Austin Gorton11 months ago11 months ago010 mins

The Louisiana X-Men thought Haven House was a safe place, a place to call home. But is it more than that? What is the history of the hidden landscape under the Louisiana swampland, and what does it want with the young Outliers? Long-held secrets revealed, and a part of X-history never before shown threatens to…

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A beautiful if heavy-handed sendoff to our favorite city-dwelling mutants in NYX #10

Stephanie Burt11 months ago11 months ago07 mins

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…

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