Thanks to their escapades in space, the New Mutants accidently lure The Brood to Krakoa. Lucky for them, the island has defenders in X-Men #8 by Jonathan Hickman, Mahmud Asar, and Sunny Gho. Chris Eddleman: Rob, the New Mutants are back and things have never been…mutantier? Spacier?…Newer? Well anyway, after the big reveals and high…
A young Cable’s adventure begins in this debut issue by Gerry Duggan, Phil Noto and Joe Sabino. Expect the unexpected in a story with wrestling, swords, and Space Knights. Ritesh Babu: This is a rather surprising debut. I had no idea as to what this was gonna be like, given Kid Cable is such a…
Today, Fantasy Flight Games announced the Hulk Hero Pack for Marvel Champions, set to arrive in June 2020. This new expansion features X new players cards, including a 40-card pre-assembled Hulk deck that, like all Hero Packs released today, will feature 15 Hulk “signature” cards that go in every Hulk deck, plus 25 other cards,…
The hunt continues in Excalibur #8 by Tini Howard, Wilton Santos, Marcus To, Sean Parsons, Roberto Poggi, Victor Nava, and, of course, Erick Arciniega. The team tries to find a balance between the whims of •┤Ȧ├•, the Warwolves, and Cullen Bloodstone while battling for their lives. Charlie Davis: You know? It kinda feels like it’s…
Hello friends and readers and welcome to another week of Marvel Minutiae! We have a full grab bag this week as Rob Secundus covers Schwartz and Burrows’ Rescue 2020, Ian Gregory starts off Young and Ramos’ Strange Academy, and Zach Rabiroff tackles the premiere of Ross and Busiek’s (and others’) Marvel! Rescue 2020 #1 Rescue…
There is an invader on Krakoa. An interloper inside Pyro, and Emma is determined to get him out. Gerry Duggan, Matteo Lolli, and Edgar Delgado spin a yarn of mutant misdirection as Marauders #9 keeps its readers guessing. Christina Eddleman: This cover made me think I was in for lots of Bishop content, but I…
Announced at C2E2, the X-Books are going to be in a 15 part crossover called X Of Swords. 10 (X) mutants will get magical swords to fight an evil that we don’t know about. But there are sword. Comics rule folks. The best sword is Cyclops’ lightsabre. Eyeboy has a sword with eyes on it….
It’s November 8th, 2016. My wife and I are at my father-in-law’s house picking up our ten month old son after seeing the film Doctor Strange. The anxiety of the last few weeks is washed away by an enjoyable, but ultimately empty, 115 minutes of popcorn and CGI. I’ve intentionally avoided checking my phone this…
Correspondent Tony Thornley is back to talk about Spencer and Coello’s Amazing Spider-Man while the most prolific writer on the Xavier Files crew, Vishal Gullapalli, dives into Aaron and many artists’ Avengers #31! Amazing Spider-Man #40 There’s a lot going on in Spider-Man’s world. But then, when isn’t that true? However, Amazing Spider-Man #40 covers…
It’s a whole new New Mutants! Hickman is gone, and so are the dueling storylines. Where will this lead? Nova Roma, apparently as Ed Brisson, Marco Failla, and Carlos Lopez take us hunting. You’re Doin’ Fine, Nova Roma (Not Really) Liz Large: Should we start with the elephant in the room? Nova Roma, the country…
In a perfect world, X-Force wouldn’t be necessary. Unfortunately, we aren’t so lucky. In X-Force #8, we continue following the tale of Domino and her lost luck. Domino, Sage, and Colossus tackle the big questions of death, trauma, and trains. Also, can Kenneth and Ari cope with just how BIG Colossus is? All this and…
Mutants have a new home in Krakoa. They have come from far and wide, from all backgrounds, to join a community of their fellow Homo Superior. But one Omega Mutant has ignored the call. In X-Men/Fantastic Four #2 Chip Zdarsky, Dodsons Terry & Rachel, Laura Martin, Dexter Vines and Karl Story come together to tell…
Something is wrong with Storm. Like they did long before with Charles Xavier, Jean Grey and Emma Frost enter the mind of Ms. Munroe in Giant-Size X-Men: Jean Grey & Emma Frost #1 by Russel Dauterman, Jonathan Hickman, and Matthew Wilson. Nola Pfau: Well. That certainly is a comic book. I gotta say, when this…
Crucible’s today… X-Men #7 by Jonathan Hickman, Lenil Francis Yu, and Sunny Gho Chris Eddleman: We’ve come to another big issue, emphasis specifically on BIG, because this bad boy clocks in around 40 pages. But senior editor Jordan D. White also promised this one would be especially big on plot, or concepts, saying that if…
We’re all acutely aware of the rise of Marvel as a brand over the past dozen years, powered by the success of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the company’s acquisition by Disney. However, growing in parallel with the superhero film industry has been the hobby board game one. With over 4000 games published in 2019,…