Ryan is currently a Senior completing a degree in Media and Cinema Studies at the University of DePaul, which unfortunately does not rest on top of a living island. In 2014, Wolverine died. The character, I mean. The moniker and title of Wolverine was readily stripped off Loganās adamantium-coated corpse and taken on by a…
X-Men #6 pulls the focus in on Mystique, and reveals that there is always more to her than meets the eye. Jonathan Hickman, Matteo Buffagni, and Sunny Gho craft the tale of a mutant raging for what they are owed. Mystique is not the lap dog seen earlier in the run, she has her own…
As revealed over at The A.V. Club, the fourth entry in the Giant-Size X-Men series has been revealed and, boy it’s a doozy. Jonathan Hickman and his New Mutants partner Rod Reis are writing a One-Shot about Charlie Cluster-7 himself in GIANT-SIZE X-MEN: FANTOMEX #1 Last we saw Fantomex, Charles Xavier took over his body…
We return to our other New Mutants, captured by a drug cartel on a Nebraska farm. Boom Boom helps them escape and the Bohusk family relocates to Krakoa, but at great cost. Beakās parents are killed in the fighting, not that anyone would remember. Manon and Maxime rewrite the memories of Angel, Beak, and their…
In September of 1998, millions of kids were racked with a decision. Pokemon Red or Pokemon Blue. The difference was 11 exclusive monsters to each version. You could still catch 139 unique little buggers, but those last few were lost to you. Cleverly, the marketing folks sold the game with a call to action for…
Marvel sent an email out to those good press folks with a Tom Muller logo, RB Silva cover, and a team of Gambit, Angel, Cyclops, Nightcrawler, and Marvel Girl. It said: Coming in April… Children Of The Atom! That’s all we know but that’s not enough information to fill an article. There are many books…
Zack and events boy Chris Eddleman talk about the big event, that’s right Onslaught! Ranked This Episode: Onslaught Onslaught (Cable) Onslaught (X-Force/X-Man)
In Jonathan Hickman and Rod Reis latest New Mutants tale, our heroes find themselves enjoying space until Shi’ar politics ruin their fun. Zach Rabiroff: Huh. That was weird. Feels like weāve been sitting very quietly in space for, like, a month for some reason. Wonder what that was all about. Well, anyway, weāre back with…
Magneto, Apocalypse, and Xavier have lunch with diplomats, while Cyclops and Gorgon ensure to harm comes to them in Jonathan Hickman, Lenil Francis Yu, Sunny Gho, and the late Gerry Alanguilanās X-Men #4. Chris Eddleman: Rob, even after the miss that was the last issue of this book, Iāve been craving some X-Men. The main…
The good people at Marvel sent me a .gif showing what God Loves, Man Kills might look like is Marcos Martin drew it instead of Brent Anderson. As I suspected, it continues to be beautiful. These are some variant covers in March if you want them. Otherwise, enjoy the pretty pictures. Press Release New York,…
In Fallen Angels #4 from Bryan Edward Hill, Szymon Kudranski, and Frank DāArmata we learn a lot about Apoth. That’s about it. Andrea Ayres: Fallen Angels #4 is back and for me not a vast improvement on the previous issues. We open with a warning: āDo not trust peace. Thatās where death hides.ā Do you…
Tini Howard and Marcus To continue to cast a spell in Excalibur #4. Captain Britain becomes authorized, the Akkaba Coven makes their move, and Rictor is worshiped as a god as this opening arc spirals towards its’ conclusion. Charlie: Hey Nola. IāM NOT DEAD. A little ritual magic, strength of will, and the power of friendship has…
In Gerry Duggan and Lucas Wernekās Marauders #4, the team splits up to handle the core tenets of their mandate. Storm leads a group to rescue mutants while Kate and Bishop go on a heist while expanding the Inner Circle of the Hellfire Company. Meanwhile, the humans recuit pre-teen terrorists to combat the Marauders. Christi…
Reveling in the paradise of Krakoa, Glob Herman and Armor question how any mutant could want to stay away. Inspired, they set off on an adventure to bring their friends Beak and Angel to the island. Unfortunately, in Ed Brisson, Flaviano, and Marco Faillaās New Mutants #3 & 4, their plan doesnāt go off without…
Gerry Duggan and Phil Noto are incredibly talented creators. That is without question. What is in question is the fascination with taking a grizzled war vet and making him young and hot. Marvel did it with X-Man in the 90s and they continue to do it will teen Cable. Old Man Cable, of course, was…