In Gerry Duggan and Lucas Wernekâs Marauders #4, the team splits up to handle the core tenets of their mandate. Storm leads a group to rescue mutants while Kate and Bishop go on a heist while expanding the Inner Circle of the Hellfire Company. Meanwhile, the humans recuit pre-teen terrorists to combat the Marauders. Christi…
Reveling in the paradise of Krakoa, Glob Herman and Armor question how any mutant could want to stay away. Inspired, they set off on an adventure to bring their friends Beak and Angel to the island. Unfortunately, in Ed Brisson, Flaviano, and Marco Faillaâs New Mutants #3 & 4, their plan doesnât go off without…
Gerry Duggan and Phil Noto are incredibly talented creators. That is without question. What is in question is the fascination with taking a grizzled war vet and making him young and hot. Marvel did it with X-Man in the 90s and they continue to do it will teen Cable. Old Man Cable, of course, was…
Psylocke’s past continues to haunt her as she molds her companions into a fighting force… But can they take on the children of Apoth? Fallen Angels #3 from Bryan Edward Hill, Szymon Kudranski, and Frank DâArmata explores the depths these Fallen Angels will go to find Apoth. Tony Thornley: Oh my goodness Andrea, that was…
In a perfect world, X-Force wouldnât be necessary. That lasted a matter of days. In X-Force #3, Ben Percy and Joshua Cassara pick up right where the last issue left off. Domino is recovered, Charles Xavier is resurrected, and something of a⌠âforceâ is created on Krakoa. This X-Force isnât showing signs of stopping so…
All week Marvel has been releasing teasers for a new, secret X-Team. Unfortunately, the teasers have not been needed as some sites got everything right from the start and have no need to dragging things out. We got the final additions to this dysfunctional team today and they are Wild Child and Empath. We, of…
Marvel has been releasing teasers about a dysfunctional X-Men team over the last few days. So far we have Psylocke, Havok, Nanny, and Orphan Maker. I have not be wrong on any of my guesses. Marvel has. Today we got two more Mister Sinister & Scalphunter. We have yet to be wrong, unlike Marvel who…
The Xavier Institute has a long history of, questionable educational accreditation. Regardless of that, Magik is apparently qualified to teach in STRANGE ACADEMY #1. Or maybe not, frankly we have one, out of context image. Skottie Young and Humberto Ramos, no strangers to teams of teens with abilities have created a new cast of kids…
Marvel has been releasing teasers about a dysfunctional X-Men team over the last few days. What we know is this, I guessed all of them right from the start and any deviation from my guesses is a sign that we are in one of the X-Men’s dark futures and we need to find the M’Kraan…
Tini Howard and Marcus To continue to cast a spell in Excalibur #3. As Captain Britain and her knights battle the forces of Otherworld, â˘â¤ČŚâ⢠finds the key to his experiments in Julio Rictor. Nola Pfau: Welcome to the latest installment of Excalibuddies! As always, Charlie and I are here to provide you some in-depth…
Sebastian Shaw has machinations. Machinations bore out in Gerry Duggan, Michele Bandini, Elisabeth D’Amico, and Federico Blee’s Marauders #3. His son, Shinobi, is reborn, and Shaw sees this as an opportunity to consolidate power on Krakoa. Ever the scheamer, he tells Shinobi that his previous death was orchestrated by Emma Frost & Kate Pryde, setting…
The Savage Land is under attack in X-Men #3 by Jonathan Hickman, Leinil Francis Yu, Gerry Alanguilan, Sunny Gho, and Rain Beredo. Cyclops, Emma Frost, and Sebastian Shaw confront Hordeculture, a group of radical bioterrorists comprised of elderly women with massive plans. Plans that are threatened by Krakoa. They show the X-Men the extent of…
Yesterday, Marvel released a teaser about a dysfunctional X-Men team. It was a move that implies the existence of a functional X-Men team, something scientists have long since agreed was an impossibility. Regardless, we now have a new piece to the puzzle. Psylock and Havok have just be revealed. We previously bet our reputation on…
The X-Men thrive on dysfunction, they live on it. Much like Krakoa eats mutants (which we’ve all kinda just ignored, right?), the X-Men eat a lack of actual teamwork and cohesiveness. Regardless, Marvel thinks they have put together the most dysfunctional team I could possibly imagine. Marvel, try me. The file read “Classified X”, which…
As the decade comes to a close it is a time to reflect. A time to look back at some of out most cherished memories of the years past and celebrate their achievements. So in that spirit, I have taken a look at the best stories from each of the past ten years. As comics…