Bear with me a moment. I’m not nostalgic for the X-Men comics of the ’70s and ’80s. I wasn’t born yet, but also, unlike a lot of comic nerds my age, I never got into the cartoon that built off those stories, or found my way into a comic shop with back issue bins. I…
The skies have turned, backwards and forwards, and the moon has shown us (nearly) all of its faces. As gods are released from their stony prisons, the battle for the souls of mankind takes place among the pyramids. Who rises, who falls, and what choices do our heroes make in this final fight for free…
Are Marc Spector and Steven Grant stuck in the afterlife, forced to relive their memories in an attempt to become whole and balance the scales? Or has Marc truly imagined everything, and is really a man coming to grips with his delusions in a psych ward? Wherever the answers lie, they’re all dwarfed by the…
Captain Britain gathers her ten best friends on a quest to stop Merlin from conquering all of Otherworld in Knights of X #1, written by Tini Howard, drawn by Bob Quinn, colored by Erick Arciniega, and lettering by Ariana Maher. Nola Pfau: Karen! I’m so excited we’re getting to go on this journey together. It…
Khonshu’s rewound the sky, Steven’s deciphered the clues, and Marc and Layla have punched nearly everyone who’s gotten in their way. There’s only one thing left to do: race through the final resting place of the goddess of Ammit to find the statue holding her prisoner. That’s right — it’s a tomb raiding episode. Pack…
Arthur Harrow’s got the upper hand, and in that hand, the scarab. The release of the goddess Ammit, and the deaths of millions who will be judged unworthy for crimes they haven’t yet committed, is nigh. The minds that make up Moon Knight are running through Cairo, trying to track Harrow down, but his trail’s…
Steven Grant is slowly, but steadily, starting to get some answers about the voices in his head, and the life they’ve been living with his body. As the mystery unravels, Grant may come to wish he’d never found out about anything in the first place—but first he has to deal with the woman calling herself…
Death has had terrible tastes in men. Thanos? Deadpool? At last, it seems like she’s chosen a worthy lover in Ben Grimm. As the Thing is, though, he doesn’t like it when cosmic entities manipulate his life and take his girlfriend out of the picture just to win his affections. That’s right, it’s clobberin’ time,…
On the day of Moon Knight #10’s publication, the second episode of the Disney+ show will air. The first episode introduced one of superhero comics’ most bizarre and fascinating characters to a massive audience. Many of Marvel’s recent movie offerings feel the need to acknowledge directly how silly its subject matter is, apologize for it,…
Steve Grant is a man who lives in terror of what happens if he closes his eyes for a moment too long. Sometimes, it seems he ends up sleepwalking. Other times, it finds him in towns he does not recognize, blinking in and out of brutal violence he is not equipped to handle, with blank…
Wolverine and the Wolverines fight Wolverine and it’s the Wolverine-iest as the series concludes in X Deaths of Wolverine #5, written by Benjamin Percy, art by Federico Vicentini, colored by Dijjo Lima, and lettered by Cory Petit. Chris Eddleman: Well, our ten-week crossover is now at its end, and we’re here to sift through the…
Wolverine makes a jaunt back to the present to end this fight in X Lives of Wolverine #5 written by Benjamin Percy, art by Joshua Cassara, colors by Frank Martin, and letters by Cory Petit. Cassie Tongue: Well, we’ve run out of lives. The final issue of X Lives of Wolverine ends in a collision…
Their evil Long Island resort may have burned to the ground, but the Circus of Crime has bigger plans: they’re after a fragment of the Cosmic Cube, a reality-warping macguffin locked up in the Bishop family mansion. Can Kate, her faithful doggo, her difficult sister, and her Young Avengers gal pals stop the heist? Hawkeye:…
Secrets are revealed as Moira comes home and the shit hits the fan in X Deaths of Wolverine #4, written by Benjamin Percy, art by Federico Vicentini, colored by Dijjo Lima, and lettered by Cory Petit. Liz Large: Hey Austin, long time no see! Are you as excited as I am to talk about the…
Wolverine’s timey-wimey adventure continues in X Lives of Wolverine #4, written by Benjamin Percy, art by Joshua Cassara with Federico Vicentini, colors by Frank Martin, and letters by Cory Petit. Chris Eddleman: I can’t believe we’ve already reached issue #4 of this mini, Rob. And yet Wolverine probably feels the grip of time even worse…