The X-Men rise from the ashes! Yes, that’s what we’re going with for the flagship debut. X-Men #1 is written by Jed MacKay, drawn by Ryan Stegman, inked by JP Mayer, colored by Marte Gracia and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Tony Thornley: I feel like there’s about 10 different clichés we could use for the…
Kieron Gillen’s Immortal X-Men saga comes to an end a second time, with plot threads left to other series to resolve for a second time, as Destiny and Mystique launch a rescue mission while Hope and Jean Grey act as two different kinds of midwives in X-Men Forever #4, written by Gillen, drawn by Luca…
Does anyone really love Angel? Does anyone, within his Marvel universe, even like him? Who’s asking? It’s Ann Nocenti, in Giant-Size X-Men #1 (2024). Written by Nocenti, drawn by Lee Ferguson, colored by KJ Díaz and lettered by Cory Petit. This beautiful one-shot pops into the Fall of X era at just the right time,…
It’s all coming to an end in X-Chat #15! In X-Men #33, the series continues to go out with a whimper from Gerry Duggan, Joshua Cassara, Marte Gracia and Clayton Cowles. X-Force #50 comes to some kind of a conclusion from Ben Percy, Robert Gill, Guru-eFX and Joe Caramanga. And Wolverine #47-48 features a fight…
Remember revolutionary-era Cyclops from the Brian Michael Bendis era? Remember how good it felt to see him tell off Trish Tilby in this week’s X-Men ’97? What if I told you that Cyclops is still around? That after the Fall of Krakoa, he puts down the cheesesteak and starts getting real? That appears to be…
Doctor Strange. Black Cat. Taskmaster. Hunter’s Moon. Together, they are … a bunch of characters Jed MacKay has written in the past five years! No shade, though. Marvel writers teaming up their pet characters is a time-honored tradition. It’s how Misty Knight ended up being Jean Grey’s roommate in the 1970s. It’s why Norrin Radd…
Last time, in X-Force #48, the team awakened a clone of Beast whose memories date to when he was a member of the New Defenders, meaning he’s missed out on about three “We Didn’t Start the Fire”s’ worth of events. Don’t worry, Hank, we’ll catch you up. Defenders split, X-FactorThen the Mutant MassacreWarren gets some…
Khonshu and Ra, the force known together as Moon Knight, are seeking to expand their brutal control of the continent of Africa. In response, the lone bulwark against them, the isolated nation of Wakanda, will send forth its champion, its king, the Black Panther. Find out what happens next in Ultimate Black Panther #1, written…
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…
Previously, in Dead X-Men: Remember that? Fun times. Even with resurrection seemingly off the table for now, mutants are finding all sorts of ways to come back. Jean Grey found herself communing with the Phoenix Force again in the White Hot Room. X-Force has a clone of Beast circa his New Defenders era just lying…
As the series comes to a close, Mother Righteous reaches for the stars, Xavier and Sinister reach for futures past, and a new power of X rises in Immortal X-Men #18, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Juan José Ryp, colored by David Curiel and lettered by Clayton Cowles. [Meanwhile, in X0] Mark Turetsky: It’s…
People always seem to think breaking into and sneaking around Doctor Strange’s house is a good idea. What’s up with that? The Silver Surfer crashes into it in The Infinity Gauntlet, the New Mutants Scooby-Doo it up there in Dead Souls. Heck, Sage and Domino just broke into it in X-Force a couple months ago….
Professor Xavier realizes what he does in the shadows, while the implications of Krakoa Atlantic’s new home are explored in Immortal X-Men #17, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Juan José Ryp, colored by David Curiel and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Mark Turetsky: Happy American Thanksgiving, Austin! Are you thankful for anything this year? Austin…
As comics fans, we always hope we can find some magic arrow that will transform people who see movies adapted from comics into comics readers. The system is rigged against that, of course: Comics publishers — especially mainstream superhero comics — exist as little more than IP cannon fodder for their vertically integrated masters, feeding…
Sebastian Shaw is sick of screwing around and wants Krakoa, while the mysteries of Mother Righteous’ safe haven deepen in Immortal X-Men #16, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Lucas Werneck, colored by David Curiel and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Mark Turetsky: Happy Sukkot, Austin! Austin Gorton: What’s Sukkot, Mark? Mark: Well, I’m glad you…