Carmen Carnero - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Sun, 22 Jun 2025 12:21:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Carmen Carnero - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Kitty Pryde jumps on the time-travel craze in our EXCLUSIVE reveal for Exceptional X-Men #13 https://comicsxf.com/2025/06/22/exceptional-xmen-13-reveal/ Sun, 22 Jun 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53055 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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]]> 53055 Emma Frost shines in a Sinister swamp in Exceptional X-Men #10 https://comicsxf.com/2025/06/11/exceptional-xmen-10/ Wed, 11 Jun 2025 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53000 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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]]> 53000 Emma Frost unlocks her Sinister Rivals skin in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Exceptional X-Men #10 https://comicsxf.com/2025/06/06/exceptional-xmen-10-preview/ Fri, 06 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52961 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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]]> 52961 Exceptional X-Men #9 and the joys of decompression https://comicsxf.com/2025/05/24/exceptional-xmen-9/ Sat, 24 May 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52803 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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]]> 52803 Our EXCLUSIVE preview of Exceptional X-Men #9 is for the children (like Wu-Tang!) https://comicsxf.com/2025/05/18/exceptional-xmen-9-preview/ Sun, 18 May 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52644 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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]]> 52644 Sinister vs. empathy and a wholesome shower scene in Marvel’s Exceptional X-Men #8 https://comicsxf.com/2025/04/17/exceptional-xmen-8/ Thu, 17 Apr 2025 15:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52274 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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]]> 52274 Exceptional X-Men #7 sidesteps the X-Manhunt for other sins of the past https://comicsxf.com/2025/03/20/exceptional-x-men-7/ Thu, 20 Mar 2025 15:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52025 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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]]> 52025 Emma Frost looks in a mirror and ponders love in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Exceptional X-Men #7 https://comicsxf.com/2025/03/16/exceptional-xmen-7-preview/ Sun, 16 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51972 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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]]> 51972 The bad guy rears his ugly horns in Exceptional X-Men #6 https://comicsxf.com/2025/02/19/exceptional-xmen-6/ Wed, 19 Feb 2025 19:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51769 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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]]> 51769 Exceptional X-Men #5 shows how Kate became Kat (before she became Kitty again) https://comicsxf.com/2025/01/19/exceptional-xmen-5/ Sun, 19 Jan 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51389 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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]]> 51389 Iceman crashes the Kitty pity party in Marvel’s Exceptional X-Men #4 https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/30/exceptional-xmen-4/ Mon, 30 Dec 2024 17:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51234 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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]]> 51234 Kate Pryde finds her calling as a teacher in Exceptional X-Men #3 https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/20/exceptional-xmen-3/ Wed, 20 Nov 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50861 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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]]> 50861 Kate Pryde resigns herself to ‘One more time then, for the children,’ in Exceptional X-Men #2 https://comicsxf.com/2024/10/11/exceptional-xmen-2/ Fri, 11 Oct 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50424 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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]]> 50424 Exceptional X-Men #1 is a Kitty Pryde reset with some surprising flavor to it https://comicsxf.com/2024/09/08/exceptional-xmen-1/ Sun, 08 Sep 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50050 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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]]> 50050 Editorial: Why the From the Ashes X-Men comics have more new mutants than New Mutants https://comicsxf.com/2024/09/08/xmen-fromtheashes-new-mutants/ Sun, 08 Sep 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50021 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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]]> 50021 One more time then, for the children in Exceptional X-Men by Ewing & Carnero https://comicsxf.com/2024/05/09/exceptional-xmen-ewing-carnero/ Thu, 09 May 2024 16:16:27 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48871 The X-Men have had many generations of new mutants, from, well, the New Mutants, to Generation X, to the Morrison era/Academy X kids, to, technically, the O5 X-Men who got pulled forward in time, to whatever little ferals were running around Krakoa and apparently are being shunted off to the White Hot Room for not...

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]]> 48871 It’s the Attack of the Clones in Miles Morales: Spider-Man #27 https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/16/its-the-attack-of-the-clones-in-miles-morales-spider-man-27/ Wed, 16 Jun 2021 15:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=29655 Miles tries his hardest to save everyone in Miles Morales: Spider-Man #27. Written by Saldin Ahmed, art by Carmen Carnero. colors by David Curiel, and letters by Cory Petit. I have a brother. We share a father; we share a bald head and brown skin. We share our intelligence, interests, perspectives on life. We have...

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]]> 29655 It’s Groundhog Day (Again) in Miles Morales: Spider-Man #26 https://comicsxf.com/2021/05/26/its-groundhog-day-again-in-miles-morales-spider-man-26/ Wed, 26 May 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=28105 It’s the second issue of Miles Morales’ own Clone Saga in Miles Morales: Spider-Man #26. Who are these mysterious antagonists? Where did they come from? Why are they here? And why the heck are we doing clones again? Written by Saladin Ahmed, drawn by Carmen Carnero, colored by David Curiel, and lettered by Corey Petit....

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]]> 28105 Miles Morales: Spider-Man #25 is An Unnecessary Remix in a Spoiler Free Review! https://comicsxf.com/2021/04/26/miles-morales-spider-man-25-is-an-unnecessary-remix-in-a-spoiler-free-review/ Mon, 26 Apr 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=25753 After a brief respite from big events, Miles enters his very own Clone Saga in the start of a new storyline written by Saladin Ahmed, art by Carmen Carnero, colors by David Curiel, and letters by Cory Petit. I’m a hip-hop fan. I grew up in the 90’s when remixes were a thing. At their...

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]]> 25753 Miles Versus a Dragon? Sure, Why Not? in Miles Morales: Spider-Man #23! https://comicsxf.com/2021/02/17/miles-versus-a-dragon-sure-why-not-in-miles-morales-spider-man-23/ Wed, 17 Feb 2021 20:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=15997 Knull? Yeah, it’s Knull. Miles fights against the goop from above in Miles Morales: Spider-Man #23 written by Saladin Ahmed, art by Carmen Carnero, colors by David Curiel,  and letters by Cory Petit. I’m bored with the “King in Black”. I don’t care about Knull. I’m tired of seeing heroes who interact with Knull or...

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