Mike Carey’s Legacy on the X-Men

Zachary Jenkins10 years ago5 years ago01 mins

Long time X-Men and X-Men: Legacy writer Mike Carey was gracious enough to sit down and talk to me about his 7 year run on the books. Mike was fantastic in the interview, I had room for improvement. If you enjoyed this make sure you follow Mike on twitter @michaelcarey191. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/279777908″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true”…

One Hundred Eternals, One Hundred Deviants and … a Mystery. It’s Our Advance Discussion of Eternals #1!

Zoe Tunnell and Karen Charm5 years ago5 years ago010 mins

Ikaris is the last Eternal to come back to a now-meaningless life, expected to carry on with business as usual. So begins an ambitious relaunch courtesy of writer Kieron Gillen, artist Esad Ribić, colors by Matt Wilson, and Clayton Cowles handling the lettering and design! Zoe Tunnell: It is here!!! After a two-month delay and…

See Into the Heart of the Black Winter in Thor #5

Chris Eddleman and Vishal Gullapalli6 years ago5 years ago011 mins

Beta Ray Bill and Sif have a heart-to-heart, while Thor and Galactus descend into the heart of the Black Winter to confront the many deaths of Thor. Brought to you by the ever-metal team of Donny Cates, Nic Klein, Matt Wilson, and VC’s Joe Sabino. Chris Eddleman: Well, it’s been frankly far too long since…

A New Format, NXT 2.0 and a Dream Match. This is your Week in Wrestling.

Charlie Davis, Mikey Zee, Forrest Hollingsworth, Vishal Gullapalli and Will Nevin5 years ago5 years ago01 mins

We have a new format now! Check out our thoughts on This Week in Wrestling above! A chat about why no one watches Impact, why Raw is the way it is, NXT 2.0 pros and cons and our review of AEW biggest event to date. Video thumbnail photo courtesy of All Elite Wrestling.

The Faux French Fatale Finally Faces Front In Giant-Size X-Men: Fantomex

Zachary Jenkins6 years ago5 years ago02 mins

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…

WMQ&A Episode 157: Kyle Higgins’ Radiant Black Bath Bombs

Dan Grote and Matthew Lazorwitz5 years ago5 years ago01 mins

Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 157: Kyle Higgins' Radiant Black Bath Bombs Writer Kyle Higgins joins the show to talk about his Image series Radiant Black, writing about writing, finding out as a kid that none of his friends liked Power Rangers anymore, and more. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify,…

Emma Frost looks in a mirror and ponders love in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Exceptional X-Men #7

Dan Grote1 year ago1 year ago02 mins

Who is Emma Frost’s truest love? Could it be Scott Summers, the man she comforted after the death of Jean Grey, who melted the White Queen’s heart of ice? Could it be Tony Stark, the genius billionaire playboy philanthropist with whom she entered a marriage of convenience but ended up catching feelings? Could it be…

Pure Fun In New Mutants: Lethal Legion #2

Stephanie Burt3 years ago3 years ago07 mins

Wolfsbane and Morgan get lost in the Morlock tunnels! Gabby Kinney gets into yet more fistfights! And our beloved Shela Sexton, trans mutant and body-swap master, gets…. drunk? It all goes down in New Mutants: Lethal Legion #2, written by Charlie Jane Anders, pencils by Enid Balám, inks by Elisabetta D’Amico, colors by Matt Milla,…

The Future…is Goop? Welcome Our New Column Goop Troupe as We Start on Venom #27!

Justin Partridge and Forrest Hollingsworth6 years ago5 years ago013 mins

Pursued by the villainous Virus, Eddie and Dylan Brock are now on their own in a far off alternate universe ruled by mysterious masters and friends turned foe in Venom #27 by Donny Cates, Juan Gedeon, Jesus Aburtov, and Clayton Cowles. Justin Partridge: It is the 41st Millennium. For more than a hundred centuries The…

Battle of the Atom: Episode 37 – One With A Space Whale

Zachary Jenkins8 years ago5 years ago01 mins

In 1979, a young Chris Claremont saw Alien and said, “OK, but what if there was a guy with knife hands in this?” Years later he would create The Brood and introduce body horror to the X-Men. Also, this episode has exploding pie. Ranked this episode: Uncanny X-Men #162-#167 (The Brood Saga) Wolverine and the X-Men #5-#7…

Immoral X-Men #2 Sure Is a Star Trek

Austin Gorton and Mark Turetsky3 years ago3 years ago011 mins

Boldly go 100 years into the future of Sinister’s utopia-turned-prison in Immoral X-Men #2, as Sinister Prime makes his bid for freedom amid mutantkind’s ascent to galactic dominance! Written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Andrea Di Vito, colored by Jim Charalampidis and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Austin Gorton: Space, the final frontier. These are the…

Thinking about a school for mutants in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Uncanny X-Men #16

Dan Grote12 months ago12 months ago02 mins

We’ve gotten a lot of new mutants (lowercase) in this first year of From the Ashes. Do you think they’ll ever meet? There’s room for story in throwing together three groups of young mutants raised by different mutant teachers: Rogue and Gambit’s Outliers, Kitty Pryde and Emma Frost’s Exceptional students and Cyclops’ Alaskan misfits. Maybe…

Battle Of The Atom: I Know You Planned It

Zachary Jenkins and Adam Reck9 months ago9 months ago01 mins

We’re talking about X-stories from the mid-80s and early 90s that incorporate the incomprehensible idea that anything bad could ever happen to the Twin Towers. Ranked This Episode:

Your Wish Is Granted in Image’s Eight Billion Genies #1

Mark Turetsky and Will Nevin4 years ago4 years ago010 mins

Everybody in the world gets a genie. Each genie grants one wish. Here’s what happens in the first eight seconds. Then the first eight minutes. Eight Billion Genies #1 is written by Charles Soule, drawn by Ryan Browne and lettered by Chris Crank for Image Comics. Mark Turetsky: Welcome, dear reader, to our review of…

Dazzler goes on tour in new Marvel miniseries by Loo and Loureiro

Dan Grote2 years ago2 years ago05 mins

In the early to mid-1980s, Marvel very much saw Dazzler as her own thing. Originally planned as a multimedia IP tied to actress Bo Derek, those plans fizzled with the death of disco, but didn’t keep Alison Blaire from starring in her own comic book for 40-some issues before she was folded back into the…