Press Release New York, NY—January 19, 2018—He has been making his way across the Marvel Universe in some of your favorite books, protecting an Infinity Stone, and keeping his secrets close. But his return has been an unsolved mystery–and now, it will all start to unravel, beginning with an epic quest that will leave no corner…
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…
Name: Hank McCoy Code Names: Beast First Appearance: X-Men #1 (Sept‘63) Powers: Beast like strength, reflexes, and agility Team Affiliation: X-Men, Avengers, Defenders, SWORD, Illuminati About Intellectual intelligence and emotional intelligence are two different things. It often seems that the brightest of minds have a chip on their shoulder. Even if they play the scenario out a dozen…
Current Ranking of X-Men Stories These master rankings are the truth. There is no room for arguments, no room for disagreement. It is the definitive ranking of the X-Universe. This is not a quantitative measurement, there is no cumulative score, and there never will be. Factors such as uniqueness, historical significance, and the ever important how-much-I-want-to-reread-it-test,…
Press Release New York, NY—June 8, 2017—This July, mutants will once again assemble in ASTONISHING X-MEN #1, and Marvel is celebrating the occasion with a series of nearly thirty X-MEN TRADING CARD VARIANTS by legendary artist Jim Lee! After debuting a selection of covers earlier this year, Marvel is proud to release the remaining variant…
Art by Chris Bachalo Name: Robert Drake Code Names: Iceman First Appearance: X-Men #1 (Oct ’63) Powers: Ice manipulation Teams Affiliation: X-Men, Champions, Defenders, X-Factor About My first draft of this article had a pretentious quote from Watchmen (the Pagliacci joke) because I wanted to talk about how much Iceman avoided his real internal problems by being a clown….
Art by Bill Sienkiewicz Name: Dani Moonstar Code Names: Psyche, Mirage First Appearance: Marvel Graphic Novel #4: New Mutants (Nov ’82) Powers: Creates psychic manifestations, connection to animals Teams Affiliation: New Mutants, SHIELD, X-Force, X-Men, Defenders About The biggest benefit of the shared continuity of superhero comics is the ability to mash together elements that would feel ridiculous otherwise. The…
Art by Lee Bermejo and Marte Gracia Name: Piotr Rasputin Code Names: Colossus First Appearance:Giant Sized X-Men #1 (Oct ‘75) Powers: Massive metal form Teams Affiliation: X-Men, Acolytes, Excalibur, Defenders, X-Force About Piotr Rasputin never wanted to be an X-Man. He was going to be happy using his steel form and enhanced strength to help out on…
Name: Angelo Unuscione (Gunther Bain) Code Names: Unus the Untouchable First Appearance: X-Men #8 (Nov ‘64) Powers: Personal Force Field Teams Affiliation: Factor Three, Brotherhood of Mutants, Secret Empire About While Stan Lee and Jack Kirby didn’t do their best work on X-Men, they were able to create many important and long lasting characters. The…