Hisako Ichiki is a teenage girl who just wants to live a normal life – go to school, hang out with her friends, ignore the political strife broiling over after the events of Ultimate Invasion – but life has other plans for her. In Japan, urban legends have sprung to life and brought some unusual…
Magneto faces the sins of his past — and opens a door via a seemingly-forgotten key — in Resurrection of Magneto #2 written by Al Ewing, drawn by Luciano Vecchio, colored by David Curiel and lettered by Joe Sabino. Alone in a darkened room, illuminated only by mistakes, an old man finds himself unable — unwilling…
The Fall of X continues, and gets bloody in X-Chat #14! In X-Men #31, the X-Men and Spidey face Nimrod from Gerry Duggan, Phil Noto, and Clayton Cowles! In X-Force #49, no one’s favorite bromance is reignited from Benjamin Percy, Robert Gill, Guru-eFx, and Joe Caramagna! And lastly Wolverine #43 sees the Sabretooth War take…
The latest Fall is a wall-to-wall brawl, y’all! The X-Men fight for their lives and find unexpected allies amid their breakneck race toward their latest ending in Fall of the House of X #2 written by Gerry Duggan, drawn by Lucas Werneck, colored by Bryan Valenza, and lettered by VC’s Travis Lanham. Anna Peppard: Happy…
As the final curtain came down on the Hellfire Gala, Charles Xavier sent thousands of mutants away from Krakoa to places unknown, kickstarting the Fall of X era. As the X-office shuffled the deck, A-list mutants either returned to star in successful ongoing titles or were given headlining roles in miniseries. The vast majority found…
On Krakoa, resurrection from the dead was as easy as completing a circuit. But Krakoa fell. The time of easy miracles is over, and only the hard roads are left. Now, it falls to Storm to bring the X-Men’s oldest enemy home. But after all he did, and all that was done to him, can…
The end of the Krakoan age continues! Ten years in the future, man and machine are on the verge of total victory, but mutants aren’t going down without a fight, while an enigmatic new player emerges in Rise of the Powers of X #1, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by R.B. Silva, colored by David…
Orchis has had mutantkind up against the ropes for months now. All they need to destroy the Krakoan dream is to win one last battle. The Trial of Cyclops is meant to be the death knell for mutantkind on Earth, but the X-Men aren’t likely to go down without a fight. The battle begins in…
The Fall of X continues, and mostly ends, in X-Chat #13! In X-Men #29, Doom invites the X-Men to dinner, by Gerry Duggan, Joshua Cassara, Marte Gracia and Clayton Cowles. In X-Force #47, Colossus finally breaks free of his brother Mikhail, by Benjamin Percy, Daniel Picciotto, Guru-eFx and Joe Caramagna. And Logan’s world tour ends…
I found myself struggling for a cohesive theme to some kind of end-of-the-year article, something that would capture the state of an industry whose health has been the status of much Mark Millar-fueled discourse lately. Then I read a comic that was so bad it has me dreading what 2024 will bring. On Wednesday, Marvel…
The Krakoan era draws closer to the end with a massive retcon in X-Men Blue: Origins by Si Spurrier, Marcus To, Wilton Santos, Oren Junior, Ceci De La Cruz, and Joe Caramagna! Tony Thornley: Oh my goodness, I don’t think any of us quite knew what to expect with this. I think we can probably…
The Fall of X is here in X-Chat #12! In X-Men #28, Firestar takes center stage as embraces her role as an X-Spy from Gerry Duggan, Joshua Cassara, Marte Gracia, and Clayton Cowles! In X-Force #46, Colossus finally breaks free of Mikhail from Benjamin Percy, Robert Gill, Guru-eFx, and Joe Caramagna! And in Uncanny Avengers…
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…
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)….
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…