David Marquez - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:33:20 +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 David Marquez - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Uncanny X-Men #25 finishes doing the Monster Mash https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/26/uncanny-x-men-25-finishes-doing-the-monster-mash/ Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:33:16 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56380 A battle spreads across the globe as the Louisiana X-Men face the Legion of Monsters and fight to save the souls of two teammates in Uncanny X-Men #25.

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]]> 56380 Uncanny X-Men #25 proves it wasn’t Agatha all along: PREVIEW https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/19/uncanny-x-men-25-proves-it-wasnt-agatha-all-along-preview/ Thu, 19 Mar 2026 19:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56311 A battle spreads across the globe, as the Louisiana X-Men face THE LEGION OF MONSTERS in Uncanny X-Men #25. Also, find out who that lady is!

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]]> 56311 Uncanny X-Men #24 pits mutants against monsters https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/20/uncanny-x-men-24-pits-mutants-against-monsters/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56053 The Louisiana X-Men are the only force standing in front of a murderers’ row of monsters, and Jubilee may fall off the vampire wagon, in Uncanny X-Men #24.

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]]> 56053 PREVIEW: Uncanny X-Men #24 has us asking: Whither Wolf Man? https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/12/preview-uncanny-x-men-24-has-us-asking-whither-wolf-man/ Thu, 12 Feb 2026 20:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55932 The Uncanny X-Men are the only force standing in front of a murderer's row of monsters, and Jubilee may fall off the vampire wagon.

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]]> 55932 Uncanny X-Men #23 sees Gambit try to eat [redacted] https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/04/uncanny-x-men-23-sees-gambit-try-to-eat-redacted/ Wed, 04 Feb 2026 17:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55823 A forgotten vow from one of the team comes back to haunt them all. Can the Uncanny X-Men stop their friend from being taken to where monsters dwell?

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]]> 55823 Mutina interrupts Nightcrawler’s birthday in Marvel’s Uncanny X-Men #22 https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/14/mutina-interrupts-nightcrawlers-birthday-in-marvels-uncanny-x-men-22/ Wed, 14 Jan 2026 17:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55560 Nightcrawler's birthday is interrupted by the daughter of darkness, Mutina. She has a favor to ask the Louisiana X-Men, and woe betide them if they refuse.

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]]> 55560 Mutina returns with an odd request in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Uncanny X-Men #22 https://comicsxf.com/2026/01/08/mutina-returns-with-an-odd-request-in-our-exclusive-preview-of-uncanny-x-men-22/ Thu, 08 Jan 2026 19:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55508 A festive event is interrupted by the daughter of darkness herself, Mutina. And she has an unimaginable favor to ask the Uncanny X-Men.

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]]> 55508 I’m seeing triple! 9 Fantomexes! in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s Sinister’s Six #3 https://comicsxf.com/2025/12/04/im-seeing-triple-9-fantomexes-in-our-exclusive-preview-of-marvels-sinisters-six-3/ Thu, 04 Dec 2025 23:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55138 Once upon a time, Fantomex was split into three people – Fantomex, Cluster and Weapon XIII – each a different aspect of the original Charlie Cluster-7. In the Age of Revelation, we’ve seen two of those personalities – Fantomex in Murewa Ayodele and Roland Boschi’s Rogue Storm, and Cluster, or Lady Fantomex, in David Marquez...

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]]> 55138 Let’s give Havok MORE alt-reality kids in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s Sinister’s Six #2 https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/09/sinisters-six-2-preview/ Sun, 09 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54738 There are many alternate realities and possible futures in the Marvel Universe, and in many of those futures, Alex Summers has a different kid with a different mother. On Earth-1298, the Mutant X Earth, Alex and Madelyne Pryor have a son, Scotty, named for Alex’s brother, Cyclops. On Earth-13133, as shown in Rick Remender’s Uncanny...

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]]> 54738 Jubilee to the rescue in Marvel’s Uncanny X-Men #19, guest-starring Deadpool https://comicsxf.com/2025/08/10/uncanny-xmen-19/ Sun, 10 Aug 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53701 Amid the changing relations between mutants and the city of New Orleans, two of the best guns for hire come to town with a mission, and their target for that mission is an X-man. Deadpool and Outlaw guest-star in this dangerous tale of mayhem vs. mutant. Uncanny X-Men #19 is written by Gail Simone, drawn...

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]]> 53701 The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 358: David Marquez talks The Unchosen & Uncanny X-Men https://comicsxf.com/2025/07/08/tcxfip-358-david-marquez/ Tue, 08 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53303 The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · The CXF Interview Podcast Episode 358: David Marquez talks The Unchosen & Uncanny X-Men Writer/artist David Marquez joins the show to talk about his new Image Comics series The Unchosen, drawing the Uncanny X-Men in and out of their clothes, and much more. You can listen to The ComicsXF Interview Podcast on Apple Podcasts,...

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]]> 53303 The X-Men fight a damn god in Marvel’s Uncanny X-Men #16 https://comicsxf.com/2025/06/29/uncanny-xmen-16/ Sun, 29 Jun 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53158 The Dark Artery, gateway to an underworld of unspeakable evil, has taken one of the Outliers, and it will take the Uncanny X-Men to get them back, if they can survive the corruption process needed to enter. Plus, the secret of the Endling at last? Uncanny X-Men #16 is written by Gail Simone, drawn by...

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]]> 53158 Thinking about a school for mutants in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Uncanny X-Men #16 https://comicsxf.com/2025/06/22/uncanny-xmen-16-preview/ Sun, 22 Jun 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53096 We’ve gotten a lot of new mutants (lowercase) in this first year of From the Ashes. Do you think they’ll ever meet? There’s room for story in throwing together three groups of young mutants raised by different mutant teachers: Rogue and Gambit’s Outliers, Kitty Pryde and Emma Frost’s Exceptional students and Cyclops’ Alaskan misfits. Maybe...

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]]> 53096 The Outliers go to Hot Topic in Marvel’s Uncanny X-Men #15 https://comicsxf.com/2025/06/01/uncanny-xmen-15/ Sun, 01 Jun 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52878 With one young mutant taken hostage in the underworld of the Dark Artery, it’s left to the remaining Outliers to lead the Louisiana X-Men to try to steal them back, but the ultimate terror blocks the way. The Voice of Darkness seeks a new home, and violence and fear will follow whoever takes that mantle....

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]]> 52878 Our EXCLUSIVE preview of Uncanny X-Men #15 is a good reason to revisit Image’s Bitter Root https://comicsxf.com/2025/05/22/uncanny-xmen-15-preview/ Thu, 22 May 2025 18:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52767 First, the silly bit: This preview contains a panel in which two shirtless men put a blanket on a fully clothed woman. Granted, that woman was attacked by an ice dragon in the previous issue, but still, there’s an irony there. Now that that’s out of the way, if you like the panel on the...

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]]> 52767 Here there be dragons, Man-Things and rock golems in Uncanny X-Men #14 https://comicsxf.com/2025/05/18/uncanny-xmen-14/ Sun, 18 May 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52622 The Louisiana X-Men thought Haven House was a safe place, a place to call home. But is it more than that? What is the history of the hidden landscape under the Louisiana swampland, and what does it want with the young Outliers? Long-held secrets revealed, and a part of X-history never before shown threatens to...

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]]> 52622 The Outliers go Scooby-Dooing and new mutant history revealed in Uncanny X-Men #13 https://comicsxf.com/2025/04/13/uncanny-xmen-13/ Sun, 13 Apr 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52200 In their most terrifying adventure yet, the four young Outliers discover the true meaning of Haven House and a doorway that should never be opened. Meanwhile, an otherworldly presence has set its covetous eye on one of the four young mutants, in a story that tells a never-before-told slice of the history of mutantkind. Uncanny...

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]]> 52200 Uncanny X-Men #7 has us asking: Why is the beef? https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/15/uncanny-xmen-7/ Sun, 15 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51083 The Raid on Graymalkin continues as two conflicting teams of X-Men come to a crossroads at the former Xavier Institute. As if the Perimeter protocols and the prison’s mutant Trustees weren’t enough, team leaders Rogue and Cyclops find themselves at war over the uncertain legacy of Charles Xavier. Uncanny X-Men #7 is written by Gail...

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]]> 51083 Rogue gets her Pygmalion on as Uncanny X-Men #5 wraps the series’ first arc https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/17/uncanny-xmen-5/ Sun, 17 Nov 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50792 The brutal conclusion to the “Red Wave” storyline is here. The Uncanny X-Men face an unstoppable force of evil and death who reveals a shocking secret, but they may not survive long enough to face it. Will the next generation of young mutants stand by Rogue and her team or join the other side? Uncanny...

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]]> 50792 Battle Of The Atom: New York Comic Con Super Special 2024 https://comicsxf.com/2024/10/28/battle-of-the-atom-new-york-comic-con-super-special-2024/ Mon, 28 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50628 This is a New York Comic Con super special featuring Pepe Larraz, Kieron Gillen, Al Ewing, Declan Shalvey, Spencer Ackerman, Jackson Lanzing, David Marquez, Josh Cassara, Gerry Duggan, Chris Condon, and Justin Mason!

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]]> 50628 Uncanny X-Men #4 is just … goddammit, Charles https://comicsxf.com/2024/10/20/uncanny-xmen-4/ Sun, 20 Oct 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50466 With one X-man down and hell coming for the rest, Rogue finds herself alone against a power of darkness for which she is completely unprepared. No backup, no lifeline and no way out. Uncanny X-Men #4 is written by Gail Simone, drawn by David Marquez, colored by Matt Wilson and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Jake:...

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]]> 50466 Outlier origins and Marquez mastery make Uncanny X-Men #3 the strongest issue to date https://comicsxf.com/2024/09/29/uncanny-xmen-3/ Sun, 29 Sep 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50286 CATCH THE ELF! When new, lethally powerful and completely untrained young mutants show up on Rogue’s doorstep with no knowledge of how they got there, a grieving Rogue seeks to take Xavier’s place in guiding them to the light, while darkness from the past returns to destroy the X-Men, one at a time. Uncanny X-Men...

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]]> 50286 Mom and Dad are already fighting as Marvel announces X-Men Raid on Graymalkin crossover https://comicsxf.com/2024/09/17/raid-on-graymalkin/ Tue, 17 Sep 2024 18:55:57 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50212 Jeez, it hasn’t even been three months, and Cyclops is Schism-ing with someone already? While one of the complaints of the early months of the X-Men’s From the Ashes era is how disconnected the many books feel from each other, both in tone and continuity, Marvel on Tuesday announced the line’s first mini crossover in...

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]]> 50212 The Outliers emerge in Uncanny X-Men #2 https://comicsxf.com/2024/09/11/uncanny-xmen-2/ Wed, 11 Sep 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50100 From the ashes emerge new mutants, new monsters, new conflicts – and a new backstory for Charles Xavier? We’ve got all that and Jubilee too in this month’s installment of the uncanny adventures of Team Rogue. Uncanny X-Men #2 is written by Gail Simone, drawn by David Marquez, colored by Matthew Wilson and lettered by...

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]]> 50100 Rogue at a crossroads in Uncanny X-Men #1, or, Seriously, Nightcrawler isn’t a priest https://comicsxf.com/2024/08/11/uncanny-xmen-1/ Sun, 11 Aug 2024 11:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49798 The X-Men find new uncanny purpose while reckoning with doubts, dragons and regression in this latest, horror-tinged installment of the From the Ashes reboot. Uncanny X-Men #1 is written by Gail Simone, drawn by David Marquez, colored by Matthew Wilson and lettered by Clayton Cowles.  Jake: So, the X-Men are Uncanny again.  It’s strange just...

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