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X-Chat #11
  • X-Men

The X has fallen in X-Chat #11!

Matthew Lazorwitz and Tony Thornley2 years ago2 years ago011 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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  • Batman

Batman and Robin begins as Batman Inc. and Bat-Scoob end: BatChat

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin2 years ago2 years ago010 mins

Batman and Robin are back together! Bruce and Damian Wayne are living under the same roof and doing their best to act like a fairly normal father and son. But as the animal villains of Gotham revolt, the Dynamic Duo face a mysterious new threat. Batman and Robin #1 is written by Joshua Williamson, drawn…

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X-Men Red #15 - cover
  • X-Men Red

The Fisher King leads the charge in X-Men Red #15!

Jude Jones2 years ago2 years ago09 mins

It’s the power of nothing versus the hordes of Genesis & Annihilation in X-Men Red #15 written by Al Ewing, art by Yildiray Cinar, colors by Federico Blee, and letters by Ariana Maher. Think about your first memory: the clarity, the circumstances, the people. Do you smile when you think of it? Recoil in embarrassment…

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  • Star Wars

Ahsoka picks up the pace in this week’s War Reports

Austin Gorton2 years ago2 years ago07 mins

All kinds of stuff hits the fan as Ahsoka and Sabine cross blades with Baylan and Shin as they attempt to thwart Morgan’s reunion with Thrawn in Ahsoka episode four, “Fallen Jedi,” written by Dave Filoni and directed by Peter Ramsey.  Reaching the halfway point of the season by the end of the episode, “Fallen…

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  • Immortal X-Men

Selene eats people and the mutants’ desert sojourn ends in Immortal X-Men #15

Austin Gorton and Mark Turetsky2 years ago2 years ago07 mins

Selene wants the External Gate back, but Xavier is just not in the mood for visitors, and the mutant diaspora finds an unlikely ally in Immortal X-Men #15, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Paco Medina, colored by David Curiel and lettered by Clayton Cowles.  Austin Gorton: Mark, I understand you’ve been a bit under…

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  • Batman

Batman, Joker and two comics that have neither (but rule) in BatChat

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin2 years ago2 years ago012 mins

The Gotham War is in full swing, and Batman is giving no quarter. The Bat family is siding against him, Catwoman is doing her best to maintain her word on protecting her crew and new players are moving into place. Batman #137 is written by Chip Zdarsky, drawn by Jorge Jimenez, colored by Tomeu Morey…

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  • X-Men

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

Stephanie Burt2 years ago2 years ago015 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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  • Black Panther

Black Panther #4 shows the ways we aren’t doing enough

Jude Jones2 years ago2 years ago06 mins

Two of Birnin T’Chaka’s most powerful crime families are about to become one in a wedding that is the talk of Wakanda. Neither Black Panther nor Beisa are on the guest list, but that won’t stop them from making an appearance at this who’s-who of Wakanda’s rich, powerful and dangerous, especially with the assassin Deathlok…

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  • Star Wars

Ahsoka Takes Its Time In This Week’s War Reports

Austin Gorton2 years ago2 years ago08 mins

Hot on the trail of the stolen hyperdrive engine, Sabine renews her Jedi training regime to frustrating results while Hera discovers the New Republic has a lot of the same problems as the Old one in Ahsoka episode 03, “Time to Fly”, directed by Steph Green and written by Dave Filoni.  “Time to Fly” is…

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  • Marvel

A pirate’s life for Cindy Moon in Silk #3!

Latonya Pennington2 years ago2 years ago04 mins

Cindy Moon hits the dreamy high seas in Silk #3, written by Emily Kim, drawn by IG Guara, colored by Ian Herring and lettered by Ariana Maher. Even though Cindy Moon being stuck in a loop of dreams sucks, I like how writer Emily Kim allows Cindy takes a moment to enjoy the fact that…

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  • Batman

Batman and Catwoman go to war (plus Gordon’s Knight Terrors, Riddler) in BatChat

Matthew Lazorwitz and Will Nevin2 years ago2 years ago013 mins

After months of exhaustion, Batman collapses and awakens weeks later to find Gotham changed. Crime is down, and the city is quiet. But the reason is not what he would like it to be: Catwoman has organized the city’s small-time crooks and is enforcing rules. As he and the family meet with Selina, lines are…

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  • Marvel

Kick it old school with Marvel Age #1,000

Stephanie Burt2 years ago2 years ago06 mins

Ever wonder where the Golden Age Human Torch got his sense of morality, or why Mar-Vell threw his lot in with humankind? Or why you shouldn’t take calls on your phone while battling the Lizard? Find these answers and more — with feeling — in Marvel Age #1,000, with writing by Jason Aaron, Armando Ianucci,…

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  • Star Wars

Ahsoka lives somewhere on the spectrum between Boba Fett and Andor: War Reports

Austin Gorton2 years ago2 years ago08 mins

The titular star of LucasFilm’s latest streaming series, Ahsoka, has a rich cross-media history in Star Wars. She debuted in The Clone Wars animated series (the canonical Dave Filoni one, not the earlier Genndy Tartakovsky one), made a smattering of appearances in the animated followup Rebels, starred in a few novels and comic book stories,…

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  • X-Men

Rereading the Morrison Run, Part II (of III): There’s a Riot Goin’ On

Stephanie Burt2 years ago2 years ago015 mins

Click here to read Part One! Welcome back to our three-part look back at the Grant Morrison — and Frank Quitely and John Paul Leon and Phil Jimenez and others — run of New X-Men! From the first arcs — “E Is for Extinction” and its successors, dealing with Cassandra Nova — we’ve seen how…

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  • Black Panther

The city is a character in Black Panther #3

Jude Jones2 years ago2 years ago06 mins

The five crime families that rule Birnin T’Chaka have heard the rumors that the Black Panther is lurking in the shadows, so they bring in a hired gun to help protect their interests: the cyborg assassin known as Deathlok. Black Panther #3 is written by Eve Ewing, drawn by Chris Allen and Mack Chater, inked…

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