Entry 116 – Kid Apocalypse

Name: Evan Sabahnur Code Names: Kid Apocalypse, Genesis First Appearance: Uncanny X-Force #7 (Jun ’11) Powers: Apocalypse Ones Teams Affiliation: X-Men About Philosopher John Locke once said, “If we will attentively consider new born children, we shall have little reason to think that they bring many ideas into the world with them.” His thought was that…

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The Black Panther’s Dora Milaje Meet The X-Men in WAKANDA FOREVER!

Press Release New York, NY—April 9, 2018— After their scene-stealing theatrical debut in Marvel Studios’ Black Panther, Wakanda’s fiercest warriors are traveling outside of their country to fight new threats and new troubles, in an all-new comic book story by award-winning science-fiction and fantasy author Nnedi Okorafor! The WAKANDA FOREVER story starts in June with Okoye,…

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Entry 110 – Forge

Name: Forge Code Names: Maker First Appearance: Uncanny X-Men #184 (Aug ’84) Powers: He makes stuff Teams Affiliation: X-Men, X-Factor, X-Force About By trade, I am an engineer. I take a concept and turn it into stuff. In practice this involves a ton of meetings and a liberal use of the Microsoft Office Suite combined with…

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Multiple Men & Big Guns – #XMENMONDAY Round-Up

Every Monday, Senior X-Men Editor Mark Paniccia answers fans questions and shares cool new art from the X-Line. We’ll be here compiling all those hints in one place, alongside the rest of the best stuff in X-Men Social media, so you don’t have to worry about missing a single second of it. This is #XMENMONDAY…

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Magik and Minis – #XMENMONDAY Round-Up

Every Monday, Senior X-Men Editor Mark Paniccia answers fans questions and shares cool new art from the X-Line. We’ll be here compiling all those hints in one place, alongside the rest of the best stuff in X-Men Social media, so you don’t have to worry about missing a single second of it. This is #XMENMONDAY…

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Entry 108 – Oya

Name: Idie Okonkwo Code Names: Oya First Appearance: Uncanny X-Men #528 (Nov ’10) Powers: Temperature Control Teams Affiliation: X-Men About When I was a wee lad, my parents were a bit overprotective about the intersection of religion and magic. I wasn’t allowed to see Pocahontas because of the spiritual themes. My mother had a sit down with…

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Entry 105 – Wolverine

Name: Logan, James Howlett Code Names: Wolverine, Weapon X First Appearance: Incredible Hulk #181 (Nov ’74) Powers: Enhanced senses, healing factor, claws Teams Affiliation: X-Men, Avengers, Alpha Flight, X-Force, Defenders, Fantastic Four, Weapon X About It’s almost a parody how much little boys want to be a cowboy. It isn’t founded in any sort of reality, it…

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Entry 099 – Lifeguard & Slipstream

Name: Heather & Davis Cameron Code Names: Lifeguard & Slipstream First Appearance: X-Treme X-Men #5 (November ‘01) Powers: Adaptive protective biology & the ability to surf the Warp Wave Team Affiliation: X-Men About In 1966, Jack Kirby began working off a Stan Lee Fantastic Four pitch, “Have them fight God”. Working in the Marvel Method, Stan looked…

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Entry 098 – Archangel

Name: Warren Kenneth Worthington III Code Names: Angel, Archangel, Death First Appearance: X-Men #1 (Sept ‘63) 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…

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X-MEN RED: Jean Grey’s Team Revealed!

Press Release New York, NY—November 13, 2018—Last week, Marvel announced the continuation of Jean Grey’s story with X-MEN RED, a brand new series written by Tom Taylor (All-New Wolverine) with art by Mahmud Asrar (All-New, All-Different Avengers Generations: The Unworthy Thor & The Mighty Thor). Today, Marvel is excited to reveal the heroes who will accompany…

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