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The evil ones confront Storm in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Resurrection of Magneto #3

Dan Grote1 year ago1 year ago02 mins

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…

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Resurrection of Magneto #2 - Cover
  • X-Men

Resurrection of Magneto #2 is good science fiction

Jude Jones1 year ago1 year ago021 mins

Magneto faces the sins of his past — and opens a door via a seemingly-forgotten key — 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 — unwilling…

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  • X-Men

Resurrection of Magneto #1 leaves us awestruck

Jude Jones and Tony Thornley1 year ago1 year ago034 mins

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-Men’s oldest enemy home. But after all he did, and all that was done to him, can…

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X-Men Red #18
  • X-Men Red

X-Men Red #18 concludes the series with promise both met and unfulfilled

Jude Jones1 year ago1 year ago022 mins

How would you describe a perfect day? Perfect —  like “good,” like “ok,” like “no good,” like “very bad” — 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 — the…

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X-Men Red #17
  • X-Men Red

Apocalypse assembles his Planeteers in X-Men Red #17

Jude Jones2 years ago2 years ago013 mins

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…

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Apocalypse goes Horseman shopping in our EXCLUSIVE preview of X-Men Red #17

Dan Grote2 years ago2 years ago02 mins

“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….

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X-Men Red #16
  • X-Men Red

Temptation looms in X-Men Red #16

Jude Jones2 years ago2 years ago014 mins

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. They’ll tell you. The brightness of that pain — the intensity, the heat — can be like sitting in the…

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X-Men Red #15 - cover
  • X-Men Red

The Fisher King leads the charge in X-Men Red #15!

Jude Jones2 years ago2 years ago017 mins

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…

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  • Thor

New Thor title can’t help but be compared to that other Immortal Ewing book

Rasmus Skov Lykke2 years ago2 years ago027 mins

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 — and when the tale is done, we will…

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X-Men Red #14
  • X-Men Red

Storm leads the march to war in X-Men Red #14

Jude Jones2 years ago2 years ago017 mins

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 Çinar, 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…

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  • X-Men Red

Change and tradition collide in X-Men Red #13

Jude Jones2 years ago2 years ago018 mins

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. “Your father has three dead friends.  All three of them used. Your father didn’t. Your father, as I’m sure you’ve noticed, is alive.” Thus concluded the one and only talk…

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X-Men Red #12 - cover
  • X-Men Red

Arakko is caught between a sword & a staff in X-Men Red #12!

Jude Jones2 years ago2 years ago017 mins

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. “It’s all connected” Whether or not you believe The Wire was the best show in television history (spoiler: it was, is, and will…

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  • X-Men

Storm and the Brotherhood of Mutants #1 Is Light on Storm

Jude Jones2 years ago2 years ago013 mins

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…

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Abigail Brand Gets A Summers Brother Naked In Our Exclusive Preview Of X-Men Red #9

Zachary Jenkins2 years ago2 years ago01 mins

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…

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Defenders: Beyond #5 Brings us A Cosmic Ending Worth the One Above All.

Karen Charm and Mark Turetsky3 years ago3 years ago027 mins

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…

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