Pure evil in X-Men comics has taken many forms over the years. The Shadow King. The Adversary. Annihilation. They’re the villains who can’t be turned or reasoned with, more force than foe. The ones who manipulate events from the shadows and return like clockwork every few years to remind the light that the darkness exists…
Magneto faces the sins of his past â and opens a door via a seemingly-forgotten key â in Resurrection of Magneto #2 written by Al Ewing, drawn by Luciano Vecchio, colored by David Curiel and lettered by Joe Sabino. Alone in a darkened room, illuminated only by mistakes, an old man finds himself unable â unwilling…
On Krakoa, resurrection from the dead was as easy as completing a circuit. But Krakoa fell. The time of easy miracles is over, and only the hard roads are left. Now, it falls to Storm to bring the X-Menâs oldest enemy home. But after all he did, and all that was done to him, can…
How would you describe a perfect day? Perfect â like “good,” like “ok,” like “no good,” like “very bad” â is subjective: an appreciation based on a range of experiences. Perfect, reasonably, might look vastly different among different peoples. And yet, so many different people hold on to the idea of objective perfection â the…
Floating dead-center in the eye of the Mutant Kaiju Kaorak (a not so subtle re-arranging of Krakoa), Storm floats, irises electric blue, electricity teeming from her hands, threatening Genesis with the good time of a fight. This is as audacious as it is silly: this manifestation of mutant cooperation, teeming for a fist fight where…
“The Blue Dad’s back, and you’re gonna be in trouble …” While Apocalypse was away, his wife and children were wreaking havoc on Arakko. Now it’s time to see where he falls in this mutant-on-mutant war. But first, Daddy needs new Horsemen. Starting with … sigh … Vulcan. Honestly, the servitude could do him good….
The pain is always there, just over the horizon like the sun at dusk, patiently waiting, if not teasing the inevitable full of its punishing power. Talk to a survivor of trauma, internal or external. Theyâll tell you. The brightness of that pain â the intensity, the heat â can be like sitting in the…
It’s the power of nothing versus the hordes of Genesis & Annihilation in X-Men Red #15 written by Al Ewing, art by Yildiray Cinar, colors by Federico Blee, and letters by Ariana Maher. Think about your first memory: the clarity, the circumstances, the people. Do you smile when you think of it? Recoil in embarrassment…
In Norse myths, they called him Thunderer. Vuer has he been called, and Hloriddi. The Gods know him as Asgard’s King, keeper of Mjolnir, hero of the tales. When injustice grips the Earth and ancient powers bring down the sky, he fights for those who cannot â and when the tale is done, we will…
Civil war rages on Arakko as news of the new Mutant Massacre reaches the red planet in X-Men Red #14, written by Al Ewing, drawn by Yildiray Ăinar, colored by Federico Blee and lettered by Ariana Maher. A year ago, under circumstances best left for another story, I played my first game of chess. I…
Geneis and her fancy staff bring havoc to the Great Ring in X-Men Red #13 by Al Ewing, Jacopo Camagni, Federico Blee, and Ariana Maher. âYour father has three dead friends. All three of them used. Your father didnât. Your father, as I’m sure youâve noticed, is alive.â Thus concluded the one and only talk…
Genesis is here as White Sword sends an emissary to Arakko in X-Men Red #12 written by Al Ewing, art by Jacopo Camagni, colors by Federico Blee and letters by Arianna Maher. âItâs all connectedâ Whether or not you believe The Wire was the best show in television history (spoiler: it was, is, and will…
Ten years from now, Mars has been destroyed, and Storm wants revenge. To get it, the New Brotherhood will battle their way through hell to seek the greatest secret of the Sinister Age. But are they fighting to save the world, or end it? And who the hell is Ironfire? Storm and the Brotherhood of…
Over the last few years, Abigail Brand has been plotting and planning for the betterment of Earth. She has done great things like stabilizing the galactic economy and killing Henry Peter Gyrich as well as terrible things like a lot of racism. Her plans are beginning to come to fruition in the form of the…
Our non-team of fearless DEFENDERS meet their maker in the HOUSE OF IDEAS and have a chat with THE ONE ABOVE ALL. But is EVERYTHING as it SEEMS? Defenders: Beyond #5 created by Al Ewing and Javier RodrĂguez, letters by Joe Caramagna. Mark Turetsky: Hey Karen, for our final Defenders Beyond review, I wanted us…