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X-Men Forever #4 offers Hope in more ways than one

Austin Gorton, Tony Thornley and Mark Turetsky1 year ago1 year ago036 mins

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…

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Giant-Size X-Men #1 (2024) asks: Does anyone really love Angel?

Stephanie Burt1 year ago1 year ago012 mins

Does anyone really love Angel? Does anyone, within his Marvel universe, even like him? Who’s asking? It’s Ann Nocenti, in Giant-Size X-Men #1 (2024). Written by Nocenti, drawn by Lee Ferguson, colored by KJ Díaz and lettered by Cory Petit. This beautiful one-shot pops into the Fall of X era at just the right time,…

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Jumping from POV to POV in X-Men Forever #3

Austin Gorton and Tony Thornley1 year ago1 year ago020 mins

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.  Austin Gorton: It feels like…

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Revenge is a dish best heated up in the microwave in X-Men #34

Dan Grote1 year ago1 year ago012 mins

THE END IS NIGH! The Krakoan Age is nearly at an end … and what might be the final battle of the heroes of Krakoa. One last stop before the fall and rise come to their conclusion, and everything changes. X-Men # 34 is written by Gerry Duggan, drawn by Joshua Cassara, colored by Romulo…

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Go away, Kafka, the important mutants are talking in X-Men Forever #2

Austin Gorton and Tony Thornley1 year ago1 year ago016 mins

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…

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Wolverine #48 cover
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X-Chat #15: The end is nigh — and a hot mess.

Matthew Lazorwitz and Tony Thornley1 year ago1 year ago027 mins

It’s all coming to an end in X-Chat #15! In X-Men #33, the series continues to go out with a whimper from Gerry Duggan, Joshua Cassara, Marte Gracia and Clayton Cowles. X-Force #50 comes to some kind of a conclusion from Ben Percy, Robert Gill, Guru-eFX and Joe Caramanga. And Wolverine #47-48 features a fight…

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Ultimate Sentinel my @$$ in Rise of the Powers of X #4

Armaan Babu and Jake Murray1 year ago9 months ago029 mins

XAVIER! NO! Xavier, shocking no one, compromises his morals in pursuit of his dream, as he teams up with Orchis to give mutants a chance. What’s left of the Quiet Council, however, has their own plan in place — it is time for the Phoenix to rise from the ashes that Orchis has left behind….

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Fall of the House of X #4 cover
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Fall of the House of X #4 gets so much wrong

Anna Peppard and Adam Reck1 year ago1 year ago029 mins

The X-Men don’t play softball but do play hardball in the latest, bloodiest installment of the ongoing end of an era. Fall of the House of X #4 written by Gerry Duggan, drawn by Lucas Werneck and Jethro Morales, colored by Bryan Valenza, and lettered by VC’s Travis Lanham. Anna Peppard: We all know baseball…

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Weapon X-Men #2 is almost as rotten as Zombie Wolverine

Scott Redmond1 year ago1 year ago08 mins

The mediocre multiverse misadventure continues in Weapon X-Men #2, written by Christos Gage, drawn by Yildiray Cinar, colored by Nolan Woodard and lettered by Clayton Cowles. No doubt, you’re surprised to see us back here, talking and thinking about this particular series. Especially after the way last month’s article tore through the first issue like…

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Resurrection of Magneto #4 - cover
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Resurrection of Magneto #4 Ends The Series And An Era On A High Note.

Jude Jones1 year ago1 year ago019 mins

“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…

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Cover to Ultimate X-Men #2
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Ultimate X-Men #2: A too-perfect Maystorm?

Armaan Babu1 year ago1 year ago014 mins

THE ULTIMATE X-MEN GO BACK TO SCHOOL! It’s a new school year for Hisako as she tries to get a grasp on her powers. There, she meets a cool, white-haired punk girl named Mei (aka Maystorm), who understands all too well the challenge Hisako faces. They team up to embark on a creepy adventure to…

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One last chat between old friends in Rise of the Powers of X #3

Austin Gorton and Jake Murray1 year ago9 months ago022 mins

The past, present and future of Krakoa all rest in a trigger finger. The scenario you prayed would never happen plays out as two series that are one move toward a crash that will reverberate outside the universe in Rise of the Powers of X #3, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by R.B. Silva, colored…

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X-Men Forever #1 is Immortal X-Men #19. We will not be explaining. (Yes, we will.)

Austin Gorton and Tony Thornley1 year ago1 year ago022 mins

With the House of X falling and the Powers of X rising, go behind the scenes of the fight against Orchis and Dominion with the remnants of the Krakoan Quiet Council in X-Men Forever #1, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Luca Maresca, colored by Federico Blee and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Austin Gorton: Welcome…

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Resurrection of Magneto #3 - cover
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Resurrection of Magneto #3: If No One Else Got Me, I Know Al Ewing Got Me

Jude Jones1 year ago1 year ago015 mins

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?…

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Fall of the House of X #3
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Fall of the House of X #3 isn’t just bad; it’s weirdly bad

Anna Peppard and Jake Murray1 year ago9 months ago021 mins

Cyclops and his new bestie Dr. Gregor take the fight to Nimrod while Doctor Stasis meets his ends in Fall of the House of X #3 written by Gerry Duggan, art by Lucas Werneck & Jethro Morales, colors by Bryan Valenza, and letters by Travis Lanham. Jake Murray: If you’ve read Fall of the House…

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