Name: Jean Grey Code Names: Phoenix, Marvel Girl First Appearance:Â X-Men #1 (Sept â63) Powers: Telepathy, Telekinesis Teams Affiliation: X-Men, X-Factor About Fans mock the idea of death in comics. To many, it feels irrelevant, temporary, a stopgap and not a real change. For media properties that have lasted decades and decades, there is a real…
This week we have a Patreon supported special thanks to The Young Ones co-host Charlie Davis! We talk about Shatterstar, Rictor, and more Shatterstar. It is very on-brand for one of us. Charlie. It is on-brand for them, not us. Ranked this episode: X-Force #19-24 (Assult on Greymalkin) X-Factor #207-213 (Happenings in Vegas) X-Force #59-61 (The Shatterstar…
After 13 years, Jean Grey is coming back in PHOENIX RESSURECTION: THE RETURN OF JEAN GREY by Matthew Rosenberg and an assortment of artists, with Joe Bennett on the third issue. Just like last week, we got some theories. Issue #3 expanded on the world and moved things into place for the finale, even if it didnât…
After 13 years, Jean Grey is coming back in PHOENIX RESSURECTION: THE RETURN OF JEAN GREY by Matthew Rosenberg and an assortment of artists, with Carlos Pacheco on the second issue. Just like last week, we got some theories. Issue #2 moved some pieces into place and tried to shed some color on the mystery,…
After 13 years, Jean Grey is coming back in PHOENIX RESSURECTION: THE RETURN OF JEAN GREY by Matthew Rosenberg and an assortment of artists, with Lenil Yu on the first issue. Issue #1 was a fantastic opening that raised more questions than it answered. Luckily the weekly schedule means we won’t have to wait long…
Name: Warren Kenneth Worthington III Code Names: Angel, Archangel, Death First Appearance: X-Men #1 (Sept â63) Powers: Flight, razor-sharp flechettes, healing blood Team Affiliation: X-Men, Champions, Defenders, X-Factor, X-Force, Horsemen of Apocalypse About The original five X-Men are often criticized for telling a story of persecution and bigotry through the eyes of a group of WASP-y kids…
Press Release New York, NYâNovember 10, 2017 â Fans were surprised and shocked at the news of adult Jean Greyâs return to the Marvel Universe in the upcoming and highly anticipated PHOENIX RESURRECTION (on sale in December), but the 5-issue epic is only be the beginning of exciting new adventures of one of the X-Menâs…
This Editorial comes to us from Everett Christensen People make sacrifices based on how important things are to them, the most common component of that sacrifice is time. The true lifeblood of any hobby are hours and hours spent focused on either consuming or producing the work. Similarly, time is something that connects us all. No…
Press Release New York, NYâSeptember 15, 2017â âEd Piskor is one of the most exciting cartoonists working today and seeing the iconic X-men filtered through his singular vision is the sort of comic book project that you can usually only dream about. But this dream is real, and it is a thing to behold!â â Jeff Lemire (DESCENDER, MOON…
Name: Lucas Bishop Code Names: Bishop First Appearance: Uncanny X-Men #282 (Nov â91) Powers: Energy absorption and redirection Teams Affiliation: XSE, X-Men, X-Force About When I was young I had a weird idea that I was just fixated on. I wanted the next Metal Gear Solid game to give Solid Snake a teen sidekick who could be…
Zack and Adam talk about the Silver Age, how cool face tattoos are, and that good, good, Barry Windsor Smith art. Check out Max’s series Marvel TL;DR on YouTube. Ranked this episode X-Men #12-#13 (The 1st Juggernaut Story) Uncanny X-Force (The Dark Angel Saga) Uncanny X-Men #205 (Wounded Wolf) New content every week on XavierFiles.com Follow Zack and Adam…
Last time we looked at the X-Men Gold teamâs composition from the early â90s and whether and how close it adhered to The Template. This time, weâll look at the concurrent run of X-Factor. X-Factor (1991 – 1995) Following the Muir Island Saga, the old roster consisting of the first X-Men was reclaimed and split…
Peter Milligan & Mike Allredâs X-Force #116 from 2001, their first issues on the book, spends itsâ first 18 pages introducing readers to a new team of superheroes. They were well-branded reality stars that the world loved to watch. They were nothing like the X-Force team of the last hundred-odd issues, they were the new…
Current Ranking of X-Men Stories These master rankings are the truth. There is no room for arguments, no room for disagreement. It is the definitive ranking of the X-Universe. This is not a quantitative measurement, there is no cumulative score, and there never will be. Factors such as uniqueness, historical significance, and the ever important how-much-I-want-to-reread-it-test,…
When I started this website (well it was a Tumblr at the time) I made the overarching goal of talking about every mutant ever. The problem is, there isnât a ton to most mutants. Sure I can sometimes squeeze blood from a stone and write 1200 words about Negasonic Teenage Warhead but there are a…