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Kitty Pryde jumps on the time-travel craze in our EXCLUSIVE reveal for Exceptional X-Men #13

Dan Grote1 year ago1 year ago02 mins

There’s a whole lot of time traveling going on in the X-books lately. Cable ended up in the far future town of Salvation Bay, where he fell in love with someone who, like him, had the techno-organic virus. Ms. Marvel is currently gallivanting around the X-Men’s greatest hits, fighting an amalgamation of Legion’s remaining personalities….

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  • X-Men

Emma Frost shines in a Sinister swamp in Exceptional X-Men #10

Stephanie Burt1 year ago1 year ago08 mins

Emma Frost, trying to save her newest pupils, gets stuck in Mister Sinister’s mind. Who will come out on top? Why is everyone dressed like Dracula? Can even this serious series make Sinister something other than slightly silly? Find out in Exceptional X-Men #10, written by Eve Ewing, drawn by Carmen Carnero and Federica Mancin,…

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Emma Frost unlocks her Sinister Rivals skin in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Exceptional X-Men #10

Dan Grote1 year ago1 year ago02 mins

Not all that long ago, Mister Sinister implanted his genetic code into Emma Frost and three other members of the Krakoan Quiet Council, creating a series of alternate futures in which Sinister and the three other aspects of the original Nathaniel Essex fought to become a Dominion, not realizing they existed solely to feed data…

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  • X-Men

Exceptional X-Men #9 and the joys of decompression

Stephanie Burt1 year ago1 year ago07 mins

Who can take some genes and make a dodgy clone? Who can trap a mutant when he’s all alone? Who can throw a comic off its slice-of-life tone? Mr. Sinister can, and does, in Exceptional X-Men #9, written by Eve Ewing, drawn by Carmen Carnero, colored by Nolan Woodard and lettered by Travis Lanham. Now…

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Our EXCLUSIVE preview of Exceptional X-Men #9 is for the children (like Wu-Tang!)

Dan Grote1 year ago1 year ago03 mins

A common complaint among X-Men fans is that with each new era, new classes of new (lowercase n) mutants (lowercase m) get introduced, only to be forgotten about in the next, save for a couple who look good in group shots or whose personalities are so strong as to stick by force. This is true….

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  • X-Men

Sinister vs. empathy and a wholesome shower scene in Marvel’s Exceptional X-Men #8

Stephanie Burt1 year ago1 year ago07 mins

That entrepreneur who wanted gene data on everyone? The one who gave teen mutant Axo an internship? Pretty Sinister, as it turns out. Now, our favorite diamond-headed, DNA-obsessed, silver-skinned supervillain’s captured Axo and sent a fake teen to take his place. Find out what’s next in Exceptional X-Men #8, written by Eve Ewing, drawn by…

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  • X-Men

Exceptional X-Men #7 sidesteps the X-Manhunt for other sins of the past

Stephanie Burt1 year ago1 year ago07 mins

Who’s that man with the horns of a ram and your most personal data in the palm of his twitchy hand? It’s Sheldon Xenos, gene-editing superfan, and he’s got a frightening plan in Exceptional X-Men #7, written by Eve Ewing (whom we stan), drawn by Carmen Carnero (who follows her plan), colored by Nolan Woodard…

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Emma Frost looks in a mirror and ponders love in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Exceptional X-Men #7

Dan Grote1 year ago1 year ago02 mins

Who is Emma Frost’s truest love? Could it be Scott Summers, the man she comforted after the death of Jean Grey, who melted the White Queen’s heart of ice? Could it be Tony Stark, the genius billionaire playboy philanthropist with whom she entered a marriage of convenience but ended up catching feelings? Could it be…

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  • X-Men

The bad guy rears his ugly horns in Exceptional X-Men #6

Stephanie Burt1 year ago1 year ago05 mins

The next generation of mutants find work, or at least internships, at a startup that wants to read your genes and help you “fix” what’s “wrong” with them. Guess how that pans out in Exceptional X-Men #6, written by Eve Ewing, drawn by Carmen Carnero, colored by Nolan Woodard and lettered by Travis Lanham. Like…

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Exceptional X-Men #5 shows how Kate became Kat (before she became Kitty again)

Stephanie Burt1 year ago1 year ago08 mins

Kitty and Emma promised to train three teenage mutants so they could be heroes, protecting friends and family from bigotry and bloodshed. Will Kitty’s own now-bloody history break up the team? Find out in Exceptional X-Men #5, written by Eve Ewing, drawn by Carmen Carnero, colored by Nolan Woodard and lettered by Travis Lanham. This…

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Iceman crashes the Kitty pity party in Marvel’s Exceptional X-Men #4

Stephanie Burt1 year ago1 year ago06 mins

Bobby Drake’s visiting Kitty Pryde in Chicago — but is it really him? Teen mutant Trista Marshall’s trying out for the high school musical — but is it right for her? Kitty and Emma keep training their new team — but can they keep it up? Find out in the bundle of transitions that is…

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Kate Pryde finds her calling as a teacher in Exceptional X-Men #3

Stephanie Burt2 years ago2 years ago08 mins

Kate Pryde thought she had quit teaching teenage mutants how to get by in a world that hates and fears them. Emma Frost wants her to pick up where she left off. She won’t even have to leave Chicagoland this time. Find out if Emma gets what Emma wants in Exceptional X-Men #3, written by…

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Kate Pryde resigns herself to ‘One more time then, for the children,’ in Exceptional X-Men #2

Stephanie Burt2 years ago2 years ago08 mins

Our Kate Pryde finally gets her date with Nina. It’s a high school sporting event. Teen mutants are there. Three guesses what happens next in Exceptional X-Men #2, written by Eve Ewing, drawn by Carmen Carnero, colored by Nolan Woodard and lettered by Travis Lanham. In the immortal words of Nils Sjöberg, this is what…

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Exceptional X-Men #1 is a Kitty Pryde reset with some surprising flavor to it

Stephanie Burt2 years ago2 years ago08 mins

The formerly teenage genius formerly known as Shadowkat is back in Chicago, back behind the bar with a dishrag for a paycheck, done with rescuing teenage mutants for good. See how long that one lasts in Exceptional X-Men #1, written by Eve Ewing, drawn by Carmen Carnero, colored by Nolan Woodard and lettered by Joe…

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Editorial: Why the From the Ashes X-Men comics have more new mutants than New Mutants

Dan Grote2 years ago2 years ago06 mins

If you’re an X-Men fan of a certain age, you may have read the past two months’ worth of From the Ashes comics and wondered, “Where did all the New Mutants and Generation X kids go? I mean I know Magik is in X-Men, but it’s like the rest of them just disappeared into the…

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