Redesigning - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Thu, 05 Mar 2026 13:24:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Redesigning - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Blink and you’ll miss these redesigns of a ’90s X-Men fave https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/05/blink-and-youll-miss-these-redesigns-of-a-90s-x-men-fave/ Thu, 05 Mar 2026 17:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56182 Her magenta skin, teleport arrows and face tattoos give Blink a look that helps her stand out from some of the other young, female mutants of her generation.

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]]> 56182 Nightcrawler BAMFs into some hot, new, pirate-y looks from the Redesigning team https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/13/nightcrawler-bamfs-into-some-hot-new-pirate-y-looks-from-the-redesigning-team/ Tue, 13 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55551 Mein Gott! The Redesigning team has finally gotten to the fuzzy blue elf, the teleporting swashbuckler, the Draco himself, Kurt Wagner aka Nightcrawler!

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]]> 55551 The Redesigning team puts more of your favorite X-Men characters into the world of Marvel Rivals https://comicsxf.com/2025/12/05/the-redesigning-team-puts-more-of-your-favorite-x-men-characters-into-the-world-of-marvel-rivals/ Fri, 05 Dec 2025 17:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55104 Nearly one year since its release, Marvel Rivals has taken the internet and the X-Men fan community by storm and shows no sign of slowing down. Each new character reveal has been an exciting moment as we get to see them rendered in the game’s distinct art style and study the moveset that defines their...

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]]> 55104 It’s Halloween, and the Redesigning team is showing off your favorite mutants’ dark side https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/02/redesigning-halloween/ Sun, 02 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54662 It’s spooky season! The X-Men have no shortage of characters going bad, whether they’re seduced by their darker impulses, possessed by demons or dark magic, or just having a really, really bad day. And when characters go bad, they signify it with crazier and more revealing costumes. For Halloween, our team imagined some evil looks...

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]]> 54662 Fire and ice combine as the Redesigning team takes on Idie Okonkwo, the X-Men’s Temper https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/05/redesigning-temper/ Sun, 05 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54361 Whether she’s known as Oya, Temper or Idie (or something new!), Idie Okonkwo stands as one of the most recognizable and successful of the new characters from the Utopia era of X-Men. From scared young kid to Wolverine sidekick to full-fledged member of the flagship X-Men, Idie has gone through a lot. Her unique and...

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]]> 54361 The Redesigning team creates new X-Men teams, with new team uniforms https://comicsxf.com/2025/08/31/redesigning-xmen-team-uniforms/ Sun, 31 Aug 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53924 One of the most exciting parts of new X-Men teams getting announced is the new costumes. While individual looks are great, some teams lean into a rebrand hard by giving everyone a new uniform.  We asked our artists this time to imagine a brand-new X-Men team, and what their group uniform would look like. The...

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]]> 53924 The Redesigning team puts its own spin on the Marvel Swimsuit Special https://comicsxf.com/2025/06/29/redesigning-xmen-swimsuit-special/ Sun, 29 Jun 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53145 It’s finally summer! Soaring temperatures and vacation means it’s pool time. Our team decided to beat the heat by going back to that most storied Marvel classic, the swimsuit special. Just in time for Marvel’s official relaunch of the special in July, we’re dipping our toes into the pool of mutant fashion and sizzling summer...

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]]> 53145 Before the Vigil, the Redesigning team throws its own 2025 Hellfire Gala https://comicsxf.com/2025/05/24/hellfire-gala-2025/ Sat, 24 May 2025 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52680 It’s been two years since the last official Hellfire Gala, but the minds of X-fans are still hot with inspiration! The latest season of the hit video game Marvel Rivals has been a love letter to the First Krakoan Age. Emma Frost, with a brand-new costume, haircut and thunder thighs, invited us all to the...

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]]> 52680 The Redesigning team drops new looks for Earth’s Mightiest … mutants? https://comicsxf.com/2025/04/06/redesigning-avengers/ Sun, 06 Apr 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52109 Rather than picking one character this time for everyone to work on, our team each picked their favorite long-standing member of the X-Men and gave them a fresh new look. Some of these aren’t even mutants, but characters like Juggernaut, Captain America, Thor and Spider-Man have been members of the X-Men in the past. We’re...

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]]> 52109 The Redesigning team whips up a Frenzy of new looks for X-Factor’s Joanna Cargill https://comicsxf.com/2025/03/13/redesigning-frenzy/ Thu, 13 Mar 2025 15:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51962 Put your hands together for the fabulous Frenzy! Joanna Cargill has never been the biggest character in the annals of X-Men history, but her towering frame and determination make her a standout in any story she’s in. Frenzy has always been committed to a better world for mutants. Formerly an antagonist and member of the...

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]]> 51962 The Redesigning team envisions their ideal X-Men solo titles for 2025 https://comicsxf.com/2025/02/09/redesigning-xmen-solo-2025/ Sun, 09 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51484 For our first Redesign challenge of 2025, we decided to do something a little different. Rather than pick one character for everyone to redesign as has been custom, we asked all the participants this time to pick a character they want to see get more attention this year. Everyone gave their character a new look...

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]]> 51484 The best Wolverine, Laura Kinney, gets some new looks in our latest Redesigning challenge https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/08/redesigning-laura-kinney-wolverine/ Sun, 08 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51032 With her new solo series debuting next week, our group finally got to Wolverine! No, not that one, the other one. The one the Krakoa era firmly established as a Wolverine in her own right. The one who’s more popular with certain circles of the internet. Laura Kinney, aka Wolverine, aka X-23, aka Talon, aka...

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]]> 51032 The X-Men’s stalwart leader, Cyclops, gets some fresh fits in our latest Redesigning https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/03/redesigning-cyclops/ Sun, 03 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50616 Our redesign team finally gets to the X-Men’s stalwart leader: Cyclops. Scott Summers is the team’s boy scout, the brains and planner, and instantly recognizable with that glowing red visor. He’s had many looks through more than 60 years of publication, from the original training uniform in 1963 to the classic Jim Lee look from...

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]]> 50616 The Redesigning team welcomes you to the 2024 Hellfire Gala! https://comicsxf.com/2024/07/16/redesigning-hellfire-gala-2024/ Tue, 16 Jul 2024 16:59:30 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49595 The sun has set on the first Krakoan age. The characters and books have moved on to a new status quo, but many of us weren’t yet ready to say goodbye to the stories of the past five years, and to the era that began this redesign project. The Hellfire Gala quickly became a font...

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]]> 49595 Oh, oh, it’s Magik: Redesigning the X-Men’s resident demon sorceress taxicab https://comicsxf.com/2024/04/22/redesigning-magik/ Mon, 22 Apr 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48654 Welcome to Limbo! Our group chose Illyana Rasputina, the marvelous Magik, for this round! Introduced as the younger sister of Colossus, Magik joined the ’80s New Mutants team as a teen and has since flourished into an A-lister in her own right. She’s been a member of the Phoenix Five, Cyclops’ renegade X-Men squad, the...

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]]> 48654 These Emma Frost redesigns are nothing less than fabulous https://comicsxf.com/2024/02/27/redesigning-emma-fro/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47939 It’s somewhat surprising that our team hasn’t yet done the most fashion-forward mutant with the most looks to her name, Emma Frost, the White Queen. Well, darlings, that’s being addressed now! Emma has had so many fabulous looks since her introduction in 1980 and gone through so many phases, from villain to teacher to headmistress...

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]]> 47939 Traitor! (Or is she?) Redesigning the X-Men’s (Orchis’?) Firestar https://comicsxf.com/2023/09/26/redesigning-firestar/ Tue, 26 Sep 2023 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46640 Longtime Avenger, New Warrior, Amazing Friend of Spider-Man, 2022 X-Election winner, and now the secret savior of mutantkind. Our Redesigning team picked Angelica Jones, aka Firestar, for this round, and it couldn’t be at a better time! After the calamitous events of the Hellfire Gala, Firestar was chosen to be a secret agent inside Orchis...

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]]> 46640 Just in Time for the Hellfire Gala, Redesigning the X-Men’s Dazzler https://comicsxf.com/2023/07/26/just-in-time-for-the-hellfire-gala-redesigning-the-x-mens-dazzler/ Wed, 26 Jul 2023 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46079 It’s finally Dazzler’s turn in the spotlight! Long a fan favorite and favorite of our Redesign community, the dramatic Dazzler debuted in 1979 in Uncanny X-Men #130, in the midst of “The Dark Phoenix Saga.” Initially a performer of disco music, Dazzler has kept her roots as a famous singer and musician, though her influences...

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]]> 46079 Redesigning Rachel Summers & Mister Sinister https://comicsxf.com/2023/06/27/redesigning-rachel-summers-mister-sinister/ Tue, 27 Jun 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=45833 We have a treat for you this time, redesign fans! After several rounds of voting, our group was deadlocked on who to pick, so we went with two! We’re bringing you the sinister Nathaniel Essex, aka Mister Sinister and all his cloned incarnations, and Rachel Summers, currently known as Prestige! Both are very popular characters...

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]]> 45833 Redesigning Rogue https://comicsxf.com/2023/02/16/redesigning-rogue/ Thu, 16 Feb 2023 20:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=44777 Kicking off our new year, the Redesigning X-Men crew of artists elected to take on the southern belle herself, ROGUE! Check out our artist’s fantastic interpretations of new costumes of Anna Marie herself – and please follow our very talented artists on their social media linked below! Karen Charm My friend and I have long...

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]]> 44777 Redesigning Pixie https://comicsxf.com/2022/10/27/redesigning-pixie/ Thu, 27 Oct 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=43589 Half-mutant, half-fairy, 100% Pixie.  One of the breakout stars of the Academy X generation, Megan Gwynn aka Pixie, created by Nunzio DeFilippis, Christina Weir, and Michael Ryan, was thrust into the spotlight in the early 2000’s and filled the role of the young newcomer to the team, like Kitty Pryde before her. Relentlessly positive, sparkly,...

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]]> 43589 Redesigning Shatterstar https://comicsxf.com/2022/09/19/redesigning-shatterstar/ Mon, 19 Sep 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42963 I’ve gotta be honest – I objected to this round. One, it was the first time our Redesigning crew had voted to elect a male character as our subject and Two, I frankly don’t know how to summarize such a specifically esoteric character like Shatterstar. Created by Rob Liefield and Fabian Nicieza, Shatterstar has had...

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]]> 42963 Redesigning Karma https://comicsxf.com/2022/06/23/redesigning-karma/ Thu, 23 Jun 2022 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=41644 Xi’an Coy Manh, the telepathic Vietnamese mutant known as Karma, is an underrated legend, and the perfect X-Men character to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander American Heritage Month AND Pride month. This proud lesbian superhero first debuted in 1980, created by Chris Claremont and Frank Miller, and has been the first leader of her...

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]]> 41644 Redesigning Jean Grey https://comicsxf.com/2022/04/04/redesigning-jean-grey/ Mon, 04 Apr 2022 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=39692 You know Jean Grey. As an indelible part of the X-Men since its inception in 1963, you’d be hard pressed to find a fan of the line or indeed Marvel Comics in general without some opinion of her or connection to her. Until recently, Jean’s tenure in the Krakoa era has been defined by her...

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]]> 39692 Redesigning Marvel Girl https://comicsxf.com/2022/04/01/redesigning-marvel-girl/ Fri, 01 Apr 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=39541 We’ve done a lot of these X-Men Redesigns now, covering a wide array of well known and beloved or infamous characters from X-Men history. But with spring in the air, we felt it was time for reinvention, for rebirth. With that in mind we plumbed the depths of X-Men lore to find an underdog, someone...

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