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 102 – Quicksilver

Name: Pietro Maximoff Code Names: Quicksilver First Appearance: X-Men #4 (Mar ’64) Powers: Super Speed Teams Affiliation: The Brotherhood, The Avengers, X-Factor, Knights of Wundagore About There is an old tradition in superhero comics for villains to be redeemed and heroes to turn wicked. In the last few years, the Avengers membership has included Sabretooth and Doctor Doom while…

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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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Entry 096 – Synch

Name: Everett Thomas Code Names: Synch First Appearance: X-Men #36 (Sept ‘94) Powers: Synchronistic Aura Team Affiliation: Generation X About Here is a weird trick about superheroes, you always run into someone who’s special gift involves copying other’s powers. When viewed in a vacuum, this makes absolutely no sense. You have an ability that makes you dependent…

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The Legacy of Wolverine: How Marvel Let Laura Down

On September 27th, after 154 Wednesdays without him, the classic Wolverine emerged from his adamantium cocoon to begin life anew. This development brought forth a cacophonous symphony of meh across Twitter threads, message boards, and subreddits throughout the internet. Personally, the return filled me with dread about the direction of the X-Line and not just…

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Entry 084 – Emma Frost

Name: Emma Frost Code Names: The White Queen First Appearance: X-Men #129 (Jan ’80) Powers: Telepathy, Organic Diamond Form Teams Affiliation: X-Men, Hellfire Club, Generation X About Ambition is a powerful force. The desire to control your own destiny and get what you want drives many lives. Ambition isn’t good or evil, ambition is just a quality in a…

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    Battle Of The Atom Rankings

    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,…

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    It’s all out Mutant Mayhem as Marvel’s WEAPONS OF MUTANT DESTRUCTION Begins this June — Your First Look at the New Crossover!

    Press Release New York, NY—May 18, 2017 —The Weapon X program is back! From writer Greg Pak (Weapon X, Totally Awesome Hulk) comes an all-new crossover between WEAPON X and TOTALLY AWESOME HULK, kicking off this June with WEAPONS OF MUTANT DESTRUCTION: ALPHA #1! For years, the Weapon X Program has engineered the deadliest mutant…

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    Entry 069 – The Children of the Vault

    Art by Clay Henry, Mark Morales, and Christina Strain Name: Several Code Names: Several First Appearance: X-Men #188 (Jan ‘08) Powers: Several Teams Affiliation: The Children of the Vault About The first thing Marc Guggenheim did in X-Men Gold was to lay out an argument for the fear of mutants. Unlike the Avengers, or the Fantastic Four, or…

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    Entry 068 – Artie & Leech

    Names: Arthur Maddicks and Leech Code Names: Artie and Leech First Appearance: X-Factor #2 (Mar ’86) and Uncanny X-Men #179 (Mar ’84) Powers: Thought projection and Power negation Teams Affiliation: Morlocks, X-Factor, X-Terminators, Generation X, Future Foundation About There is something pure about a friendship between young kids. The unconditional decision that “we’re friends now” is a joy to…

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    Inktober 2016 Round Up

    Inktober is a great event where artists draw something for each day of October. We just wanted to highlight 31 of the best X-Men piece of the event this year. Enjoy and make sure to follow these creators on twitter!   #inktober2016 Day 12 The original Rogue one! #inktober #rogue #RogueOne #xmen #xmenapocalypse pic.twitter.com/8PkbSE3paA — Chris Henderson…

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    Perpetual Children of the Atom

    Art by John Cassady Like many others, I’m a fan of superhero comics – and I use the term in its literal sense, as a shortening of ‘fanatic’. You see, my love of comics, especially superheroes, has moved from hobby to obsession – and there’s only one group that can match the warm glow of…

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