Destiny - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Sun, 02 Jun 2024 19:58:02 +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 Destiny - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Mystique & Destiny immortalize Be Gay, Do Crimes in ‘X-Men: The Wedding Special #1’ https://comicsxf.com/2024/06/02/x-men-the-wedding-special-2024/ Sun, 02 Jun 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49107 Marvel’s first queerest family is throwing a party, and everyone’s invited! Particularly if it pleases the brides to know you won’t be home during their rapturous re-exchanging of vows. X-Men: The Wedding Special #1 was written by Kieron Gillen, Tini Howard, Tate Brombal, Yoon Ha Lee and Wyatt Kennedy; drawn by Rachael Stott, Phillip Sevy,...

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]]> 49107 We always cry at supervillain weddings: Check out pages from X-Men: The Wedding Special https://comicsxf.com/2024/04/26/xmen-wedding-special-preview/ Fri, 26 Apr 2024 19:51:22 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48743 It wasn’t that long ago that Mystique yelled “I want my wife back!” in 2020’s X-Men #6, making text what students of Chris Claremont knew to be true for far longer, that Raven Darkholme and Irene Adler were a queer couple whose love dated back decades. (Around that same time, they also kissed on panel...

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]]> 48743 Marvel unveils more details of June’s Mystique and Destiny wedding special https://comicsxf.com/2024/04/04/xmen-wedding-special/ Fri, 05 Apr 2024 02:09:09 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48468 Since one resurrected the other in Inferno, Mystique and Destiny have been one of the pivotal couples of the Krakoan era. Now that that era is ending, Marvel is celebrating by having them renew their wedding vows. Marvel’s June Voices anthology, out May 29 and retailing for $9.99, is X-Men: The Wedding Special, telling a...

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]]> 48468 Our Destiny Awaits In Immortal X-Men #3 https://comicsxf.com/2022/06/22/our-destiny-awaits-in-immortal-x-men-3/ Wed, 22 Jun 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=41557 In “The New Testament of Irene Adler,” Destiny experiences visions of many possible futures… all ending in nothingness! Immortal X-Men #3 written by Kieron Gillen, with art by Lucas Werneck, colors by Dijjo Lima, lettering by Clayton Cowles and design by Tom Muller and Jay Bowen. Mark Turetsky: Austin! It’s been only a month since...

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]]> 41557 Redesigning Destiny https://comicsxf.com/2022/02/24/redesigning-destiny/ Thu, 24 Feb 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=38137 The blind precognitive mutant Irene Adler, or Destiny, created in 1981 by Chris Claremont and John Byrne, has long held an invisible sway over the future of mutantdom, even long after her death. Her prophetic diaries, her decades long plans with her wife Mystique, and her consistent presence as an antagonist to the X-Men, have...

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]]> 38137 The Krakoan Dream Burns Bright In Inferno #4 https://comicsxf.com/2022/01/05/the-krakoan-dream-burns-bright-in-inferno-4/ Wed, 05 Jan 2022 16:45:15 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=37170 If you have made it this far, you know the deal. Inferno #4 by Jonathan Hickman, Valerio Schiti, Stefano Caselli, David Curiel and Joe Sabino.  Chris Eddleman: And with today’s issue, Jonathan Hickman’s time on the X-Men is coming to an end. Obviously, he’s not the only architect of this era of X-Men comics but,...

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