The meaning of death, the politics of immortality, and the determination of identity are on the table in X-Men Red #4, written by Al Ewing, drawn by Juann Cabal, Andrés Genolet & Michael Sta. Maria, colored by Federico Blee, and lettered by Ariana Maher. Jude Jones: Man, it feels like we were just here a…
Miles Morales and Amulet team up in the latest installment of Infinite Destinies in Miles Morales: Spider-Man Annual #1. Written by Saladin Ahmed, art by Luca Maresca, colors by Fernando Sifuentes, and letters by Cory Petit. [Ed. note: A previous version of this article ran with misinformation about Ahmed’s background. This has been corrected.] I’m…
Man I just need a break don’t you? Maybe a trip to the mall or a couple of cold ones with the boyz? Well luckily we have 3 X-Men stories this week about just that. Ranked this episode: Uncanny X-Men #245 (Men!) Uncanny X-Men #244 (Ladies Night) Uncanny X-Men #15.INH Check out the Battle of…
It’s Y2K and all hell is about to break loose for a very pregnant woman named Karena in The Silver Coin #13, written by Johnnie Christmas, drawn and lettered by Michael Walsh, and colored by Toni Marie Griffin and Walsh for Image. Content warning from the issue: This issue contains graphic images related to childbirth,…
Revisit the days of the original X-Factor as a new story set in a new corner of X-history begins in X-Men Legends #3 written by Louise Simonson, art by Walt Simonson, colored by Laura Martin, and lettered by John Workman After a pair of issues set in the grim ‘n’ gritty, hatch mark-y 90s, X-Men…
The feelings of exhaustion, oscillating to exasperation and back again; the anger, masking sadness; the wounds that I keep seeing over and over and over again. I was tempted to say I was tired, but that is a lie. I am not tired. I am traumatized. And I am not alone. Comics are many things,…
Back in March we reported on Secret Empire United, a one-shot showing how Emma would lead the mutants of New Tian against Stevil Rodger’s Hydra. It also had a great cover of Emma Frost punching a Nazi. In the wake of IvX #6 we all needed that, even if Emma was wearing her horrible new costume….
Word spread Monday in the comics community of the death of Anna-Maria Cool, an artist who worked on Marvel’s Barbie titles in the 1990s.
Time for the Elite Eight in Mutant Madness 2017! You can see the winners from the last round here. #MutantMadness Elite Eight 1 — Xavier Files (@XavierFiles) March 25, 2017 #MutantMadness Elite Eight 2 — Xavier Files (@XavierFiles) March 25, 2017 #MutantMadness Elite Eight 3 — Xavier Files (@XavierFiles) March 25, 2017 #MutantMadness Elite…
Zack and Adam try recording live from their basements and also on Twitter. People seemed to like it. Unlike Hyperstorm, who people do not like for good reason. Ranked This Episode: Fantastic Four #406-414 (Hyperstorm) Days Of Future Present Daydreamers If you’re a comics creator in need, check this out.
A veritable smorgasbord of Marvel writers and artists bring us a murder mystery, as well as tantalize with lead-ins and hooks for the stories of 2020 in this follow-up to the story spine of Marvel Comics #1000 and 1001. Ari Bard: Incoming was… not what I thought it was going to be and pretty fun? …
Remy LeBeau may not be able to keep a de-aged, pre-teen Ororo safe, but at least he can…. defend a hot farmer outside St. Louis from real estate developers? Gambit #2, written by Chris Claremont, drawn by Sid Kotian, colors by Espet Grundetjern, letters by Clayton Cowles. Stephanie: Stephanie, you really liked the first issue…
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Art by Joe Madureira Name: Japheth Code Names: Maggott First Appearance: Uncanny X-Men #345 (June ’97) Powers: External Mutated Digestive System, Psychometry Teams Affiliation: X-Men, Generation X About Some mutants see the X Gene as a gift, others as a curse. It turned Warren Worthington III into a beautiful Angel but transformed Jono Starsmore into a…
Art by Simone Bianchi and Simone Peruzzi Name: Nathaniel Grey Code Names: X-Man First Appearance: X-Man #1 (Mar ‘95) Powers: Omega Level Psi-Abilities Teams Affiliation: New Mutants About When writing any story there is an old adage “Show Don’t Tell”. What it comes down to is that audiences should be able to form their own opinion of…