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Weapon X-Men #1 ain’t off to a great start

Scott Redmond1 year ago1 year ago010 mins

In Original X-Men, you saw the Phoenix recruit the young X-Men to fix yet another time-displaced disaster. But now the threat is deadlier than ever, and it’s time to call in the X-Men’s big gun. He’s the best there is at what he does, in every universe he does it in, and this job is…

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Ultimate X-Men #1 not a big bang but a magical evolution

Dan Grote1 year ago1 year ago016 mins

Hisako Ichiki is a teenage girl who just wants to live a normal life – go to school, hang out with her friends, ignore the political strife broiling over after the events of Ultimate Invasion – but life has other plans for her. In Japan, urban legends have sprung to life and brought some unusual…

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Resurrection of Magneto #2 - Cover
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Resurrection of Magneto #2 is good science fiction

Jude Jones1 year ago1 year ago021 mins

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…

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X-Chat #14
  • X-Men

Corporate synergy takes its toll in X-Chat #14!

Matthew Lazorwitz and Tony Thornley1 year ago1 year ago024 mins

The Fall of X continues, and gets bloody in X-Chat #14! In X-Men #31, the X-Men and Spidey face Nimrod from Gerry Duggan, Phil Noto, and Clayton Cowles! In X-Force #49, no one’s favorite bromance is reignited from Benjamin Percy, Robert Gill, Guru-eFx, and Joe Caramagna! And lastly Wolverine #43 sees the Sabretooth War take…

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Fall of the House of X #2 - Cover
  • X-Men

The X-Men fight back in Fall of the House of X #2, but whose X-Men are they?

Anna Peppard and Adam Reck1 year ago1 year ago041 mins

The latest Fall is a wall-to-wall brawl, y’all! The X-Men fight for their lives and find unexpected allies amid their breakneck race toward their latest ending in Fall of the House of X #2 written by Gerry Duggan, drawn by Lucas Werneck, colored by Bryan Valenza, and lettered by VC’s Travis Lanham. Anna Peppard: Happy…

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Redroot, Blood Dawns, Judas and Justice: An X-Men Infinity comic roundup

Dan Grote1 year ago1 year ago014 mins

As the final curtain came down on the Hellfire Gala, Charles Xavier sent thousands of mutants away from Krakoa to places unknown, kickstarting the Fall of X era. As the X-office shuffled the deck, A-list mutants either returned to star in successful ongoing titles or were given headlining roles in miniseries. The vast majority found…

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Resurrection of Magneto #1 leaves us awestruck

Jude Jones and Tony Thornley1 year ago1 year ago034 mins

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…

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King-Dominion Come in Rise of the Powers of X #1

Rasmus Skov Lykke and Austin Gorton1 year ago1 year ago028 mins

The end of the Krakoan age continues! Ten years in the future, man and machine are on the verge of total victory, but mutants aren’t going down without a fight, while an enigmatic new player emerges in Rise of the Powers of X #1, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by R.B. Silva, colored by David…

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Fall of the House of X #1 is all callbacks and no pushforwards

Armaan Babu and Tony Thornley1 year ago1 year ago031 mins

Orchis has had mutantkind up against the ropes for months now. All they need to destroy the Krakoan dream is to win one last battle. The Trial of Cyclops is meant to be the death knell for mutantkind on Earth, but the X-Men aren’t likely to go down without a fight. The battle begins in…

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X-Men, X-Force & Wolverine rush to tie up their plot threads in X-Chat #13

Matthew Lazorwitz and Tony Thornley1 year ago1 year ago018 mins

The Fall of X continues, and mostly ends, in X-Chat #13! In X-Men #29, Doom invites the X-Men to dinner, by Gerry Duggan, Joshua Cassara, Marte Gracia and Clayton Cowles. In X-Force #47, Colossus finally breaks free of his brother Mikhail, by Benjamin Percy, Daniel Picciotto, Guru-eFx and Joe Caramagna. And Logan’s world tour ends…

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Original X-Men #1 is nostalgia and nothing more

Dan Grote1 year ago1 year ago017 mins

I found myself struggling for a cohesive theme to some kind of end-of-the-year article, something that would capture the state of an industry whose health has been the status of much Mark Millar-fueled discourse lately. Then I read a comic that was so bad it has me dreading what 2024 will bring. On Wednesday, Marvel…

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‘Tis the season for retcons in X-Men Blue: Origins!

Stephanie Burt and Tony Thornley2 years ago2 years ago021 mins

The Krakoan era draws closer to the end with a massive retcon in X-Men Blue: Origins by Si Spurrier, Marcus To, Wilton Santos, Oren Junior, Ceci De La Cruz, and Joe Caramagna! Tony Thornley: Oh my goodness, I don’t think any of us quite knew what to expect with this. I think we can probably…

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X-Chat #12
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Big fights and big reveals heat up the Fall of X in X-Chat #12!

Matthew Lazorwitz and Tony Thornley2 years ago2 years ago021 mins

The Fall of X is here in X-Chat #12! In X-Men #28, Firestar takes center stage as embraces her role as an X-Spy from Gerry Duggan, Joshua Cassara, Marte Gracia, and Clayton Cowles! In X-Force #46, Colossus finally breaks free of Mikhail from Benjamin Percy, Robert Gill, Guru-eFx, and Joe Caramagna! And in Uncanny Avengers…

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X-Chat #11
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The X has fallen in X-Chat #11!

Matthew Lazorwitz and Tony Thornley2 years ago2 years ago020 mins

The Fall of X is here in an all new X-Chat! Shadowkat is out for blood, Firestar is in over her head and Iron Man and Emma Frost screw up in X-Men #26 written by Gerry Duggan, drawn by Jim Towe & Javier Pina, colored by Marte Gracia and lettered by Clayton Cowles. In X-Force…

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Rereading the Morrison run, Part III: Live, reader, live

Stephanie Burt2 years ago2 years ago030 mins

Click here to read Part I. Click here to read Part II. Sometimes a year’s worth of comic books feels like a day, and sometimes a day feels like a year. Our first two parts of this three-part look back at Grant Morrison’s New X-Men (2001-04) were written and edited before Fall of X (2023)….

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