Uncanny X-Men #27 guest stars the New Mutants (PREVIEW)
Gambit’s curse takes a terrifying turn, as legendary guests come to Haven House, and a sudden DEATH throws the mutant world into chaos, in Uncanny X-Men #27.
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Entry 117 – Storm
Name: Ororo Munroe Code Names: Storm First Appearance: Giant Sized X-Men #1 (Oct ‘75) Powers: Weather Control Teams Affiliation: X-Men, X-Force, The Crew, The Avengers, Fantastic Four About The word unless provides a lot of insight. It is one thing to say someone will do something, it is another to understand what would make them…
It’s -[A]- vs. His Ex as ‘X of Swords’ Draws to a Close, and More Staff Picks for 11/25
Each week, Xavier Files staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Zach’s Pick X-Men #15: Pretty sure Apocalypse fights his wife in this one. But also, nothing’s really gone as predicted in “X of Swords. I mean, Magik arm wrestled a croco-monster that turned out…
X-MEN BLUE & X-MEN GOLD Remastered Variant Covers Recruit Legendary Artist Jim Lee!
Press Release New York, NY—March, 16th, 2017 — This April, ResurrXion is taking the X-Men to new heights as the eagerly anticipated X-MEN GOLD #1 and X-MEN BLUE #1 are set to take the comics world by storm. As the Children of the Atom charge forward into the future, we’re celebrating by looking back at…
Mutant Madness 2017 Play-In Game
It’s time for the first round, and like all Play-In Games no one really cares or bets on them. We have the bottom of the barrel here with Unus and Shark-Girl duking it out for a chance to battle Cyclops. Like for Unus, Retweet for Shark-Girl #MutantMadnesss Play-In Game! Like for Unus, RT for Shark-Girl#xmen pic.twitter.com/81LEtkIsdX —…
Bonus Reading Returns with a Patreon Request Look at the Comics of Marguerite Bennett
Welcome back to Bonus Reading, the column where we take a character, creator or concept and tell you about four stories you should read or avoid. But today, it’s all about the recommendations, thanks to WMQ&A’s newest Patreon backer, the Loyalest Content Consumer, Asimov Fangirl! She asked for a column about the works of writer…
DC’s New Gods #1’s art dazzles as its story leaves us wanting more
Darkseid is dead, and there is a void in the universe, throwing intricately held balances into disarray. As the cosmos adjusts to the loss of this important figure, Metron is granted a vision of what’s to come — a child, destined to either change the world as we know it or bring it all crashing…
Yarrrr, There Be Pirates in Saga #56!
Alana, Hazel and the gang meet a crew of friendly pirates, but things aren’t what they seem. Plus, we get an inside look at another of the universe’s factions in Saga #56, drawn by Fiona Staples, written by Brian K. Vaughan and lettered/designed by Fonografiks. Matt Lazorwitz: If Saga does anything well, it’s bend and…
Justice League Infinity #3 Is a Multiversal Roller Coaster
Chaos escalates as the Multiverse threatens to tear itself apart, leaving the superheroes of all worlds desperately trying to play catch up. President Superman joins the fight, after being ripped from Earth-D, while on the Prime Earth what’s left of the League works to identify the cause of all this Multiversal madness – and launch…
The Last Annihilation: Wakanda #1 Understood The Assignment
I turned 39 (!) a few days ago. I’m not old, but I’m older. Kids call me sir, unprompted. I like less and less popular music…oh who am I kidding, I don’t know what’s popular! As a writer, i have a simultaneously ironic and horrifying question: do people still say “lit”? Hell, I still say…
Cap Intrudes in Shang-Chi #2: A Spoiler-Free Review
In their first series of Shang-Chi, Gene Luen Yang and Dike Ruan reexamined the character, ahead of his feature film debut. It was no small task. Shang-Chi was created as a spin-off of Sax Rohmer’s Fu Manchu, a character that was considered offensively racist back in the 1930s. But Yang was largely successful in recontextualizing…
Kate Pryde, The Red Queen
GOLD SILVER BRONZE Known as Kitty, or Shadowcat, for most of her life, Kate Pryde is now a mutant of some renown: captain of the Marauder; Red Queen of the Hellfire Trading Corporation; a member of the Quiet Council that rules the mutant island Krakoa. For much of her life she was, instead, the relatable…
A Superman for … Some Seasons in Future State: Superman: Worlds of War
Future State: Superman: Worlds of War #1 Writers: Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Brandon Easton, Becky Cloonan, Michael W. Conrad and Jeremy AdamsArtists: Mikel Janin, Valentine De Landro, Gleb Melnikov and Siya OumColorists: Jordie Bellaire, Marissa Louise and Hi-FiLetterers: Dave Sharpe, Travis Lanham and Gabriela Downe So, OK. Before we get started, I need to tell you…
Krakoa Plays Kingmaker In S.W.O.R.D. #5
The King In Black has been defeted, but the impending Snarkwar looms over head. Find out how Abigail Brand responds in S.W.O.R.D. #5 by Al Ewing, Valerio Schiti, Marte Gracia, and Ariana Maher. Zach Rabiroff: Fabian’s back, some Snarks get whacked, and a long-lost Acolyte makes a dramatic comeback. You ready to talk some S.W.O.R.D.?…
Raven unlocks the Magneto skin in Marvel’s Mystique #3
A strategic stop in Madripoor turns into an international incident as Mystique prepares her endgame against SHIELD. But what is the mother of mutant terrorism after in Lowtown? And what have her enemies sent to deal with her? Mystique #3 is written and illustrated by Declan Shalvey, colored by Matt Hollingsworth and lettered by Clayton…