Itâs time to dox DOX in New Mutants #12! Story by Ed Brisson, art by Marco Failla, color by Carlos Lopez, lettering by Travis Lanham, and cover by Mike Del Mundo. Liz Large: A great week to discuss New Mutants! I havenât seen the movie, but…well, at least this isnât that. [Ed. note: Going to…
The end is here as Wanda gets some help, a new X-Man gets a heart to heart, and everything gets back to normal. Jonathan Hickman, Jorge Molina, Lucas Werneck, Adriano Di Benedetto. Nolan Woodard, and Rachelle Rosenberg shut the door on Empyre: X-Men #4 Nola Pfau: So, Allison, I was thinking (I know, bad start)…
Empyre burns on as the situation on Genosha gets messier and messier. Hordeculture and some demons join the zombies and plant aliens as Gerry Duggan, Ben Percy, Leah Williams, Lucas Werneck, and Nolan Woodard present Empyre: X-Men #2. Nola Pfau: Allison. Warren. Allison Senecal: Nola. WARREN. The hair. NP: The hair. The himbo. The legend….
As Empyre rages on, another fire burns deep inside Gabriel Summers. Vulcan greets his new neighbors and reflects on that which is growing inside him. Jonathan Hickman, Leinil Francis Yu, and Sunny Gho bring us X-Men #10. Chris Eddleman: Ahhhhh! After ten thousand years [Ed. note: 4 months] weâre free! Itâs time to talk Krakoa!…
Hello friends and readers, happy June! Weâve got an amuse bouche of reviews for you today as Spider Correspondent Tony Thornley brings us thoughts on Miles Morales: Spider-Man #17 by Ahmed, Carnero, and Curiel. Also, while I step into the ring to definitely say some very good words about Daredevil #20 by Zdarsky, Chechetto, and…
Marvel sent an email out to those good press folks with a Tom Muller logo, RB Silva cover, and a team of Gambit, Angel, Cyclops, Nightcrawler, and Marvel Girl. It said: Coming in April… Children Of The Atom! That’s all we know but that’s not enough information to fill an article. There are many books…
The X-Men thrive on dysfunction, they live on it. Much like Krakoa eats mutants (which we’ve all kinda just ignored, right?), the X-Men eat a lack of actual teamwork and cohesiveness. Regardless, Marvel thinks they have put together the most dysfunctional team I could possibly imagine. Marvel, try me. The file read “Classified X”, which…
Jonathan Hickman and Rod Reis bring us the space adventures of the space New Mutants as they escape space jail and hang out with their space friends in New Mutants #2. They get a chance to meet up with their old friends Cannonball and Smasher before getting conscripted into Shiâar Imperial business involving Deathbird and…
We intended to do an episode about Banshee but we messed up! Anyway, here’s some stories that Banshee is technically in. Ranked This Episode: X-Men #118-119 (The Submergence of Japan) The Muir Island Saga Uncanny X-Men #401-406 (X-Corps)
Name:Â Molly Hayes Code Names:Â Princess Powerful, Bruiser First Appearance:Â Runaways #1 (July â03) Powers:Â Strength Teams Affiliation: The Runaways About Comics, especially comics in the mid-00s, had a tendency to go dark. This is the era of gritty realism, of The Ultimates and Identity Crisis, so a dash of hope was refreshing. Marvel tried to tap into that…
Name: Roberto da Costa Code Names: Sunspot, Citizen V First Appearance:Â Marvel Graphic Novel #4:Â New Mutants (Nov â82) Powers: Superstrength, energy blasts Teams Affiliation: New Mutants, X-Force, Hellfire Club, Avengers About We all love heroes, thatâs why you are reading a blog post about a random X-Men character every Thursday. They are aspirational figures that show…
Name: Charles Francis Xavier Code Names: Professor X First Appearance: X-Men #1 (September â63) Powers: Telepathy Team Affiliation: X-Men About When the X-Men were initially conceived all those years ago, it was about students at a school. For whatever reason, it only took seven issues for the original five X-Men to graduate. This left the series in…
Name: Heather & Davis Cameron Code Names: Lifeguard & Slipstream First Appearance: X-Treme X-Men #5 (November â01) 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, âHave them fight Godâ. Working in the Marvel Method, Stan looked…
Name: Julio Rictor Code Names: Rictor First Appearance: X-Factor #17 (June â87) Powers: Seismic Wave Generation Team Affiliation: X-Factor, X-Terminators, New Mutants, X-Force About A big part of being a young adult is discovering who you really are. For many people, it is the first time they are away from their family, the first time they must…
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,…