The X-MANHUNT concludes as Professor X reaches his destination and his assorted pursuers, friend and foe alike, catch up with him. Alliances will be battle-tested, the blades of betrayals will cut deep with poisoned tips and, when the dust finally settles, Charles Xavier will have to make a tectonic-shifting choice with the fate of all…
Remember Everett Thomas, aka Synch? He’s been through a lot. He’s back. And he’s really angry at Prodigy. Find out why in NYX #7, written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly, drawn by Enid Balám, colored by Raúl Angulo and lettered by Joe Sabino. Two things can be true at the same time. First, mutants…
Despite the destruction of the Krakoan dream, Professor David Alleyne — codename Prodigy — finally has something he wants to keep: tenure at Empire State University, where he’s teaching recent mutant history to a mixed, and suspicious, class. In that class: the redoubtable Kamala Khan, New York City’s most sympathetic (and only public) mutant superhero….
Of all the From the Ashes X-titles, NYX has been the most willing to engage with the legacy of Krakoa, which puts it near the top of the list for best current X-title. And perhaps more than any other mutant, Empire State University Professor David Alleyne, the former X-man Prodigy, is tasked with unpacking what…
Oh, that’s right, Jubilee was a vampire for, like, a really long time! Not reading X-Men comics from roughly 2004 to 2017 means I almost completely skipped Jubilee’s vampire phase, save for the tail end of it in the Christina Strain/Amilcar Pinna Generation X series. Hey, didn’t Jubilee have a kid, too? What happened there?…
Gwen and the Mary Janes are on tour, opening for the stadium-filling Dazzler of their home Earth! It’s a dream gig, assuming your dreams include mortal peril: Someone’s trying to kill Dazzler. But who? And why? Spider-Gwen: Smash #2 is written by Melissa Flores, penciled by Enid Balám, inked by Elisabetta D’Amico, colored by Fer…
Remember when Dazzler made the X-Men and then a giant xenophobic robot smashed into her and all her new teammates at the Hellfire Gala? More importantly than that, remember how much fun X-Terminators was? Seriously, come back to Marvel, Leah Williams. The X-line needs your feral energy now more than ever. Anyway, on Earth-65, the…
Gwen’s back on her Earth. The band’s back together. Her Earth’s Dazzler wants them as an opening act. What could possibly go wrong? Find out in Spider-Gwen: Smash #1, written by Melissa Flores, penciled by Enid Balám, inked by Elisabetta D’Amico, colored by Fer Sifuentes-Sujo and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Some superhero comics never let…
Count Nefaria’s headed to the convention center, where his attempt to give himself eternal youth either will, or won’t, blow up midtown! Our heroes’ attempts to stop him either will, or won’t, heal their emotional divides! Point-of-view character Escapade either will, or won’t, star in a Marvel comic again! Our story concludes in New Mutants:…
Our heroes have barely escaped Count Nefaria’s villain-team tryouts; their covers are thoroughly blown, but they’ve got the suitcase with the Weird Engine, and the Count would like it back. Will he catch them? Will they escape him for good? Will the story conclude? Don’t count on any of those events in the pulse-pounding, sparklingly…
Escapade, Scout and Cerebella are trapped in a bad guy’s mansion! Morgan and Rahne may or may not be trapped in the Morlock tunnels under New York City! Dani, Galura and Xuân may or may not be trapped in someone else’s story! Find out who escapes in New Mutants: Lethal Legion #3, written by Charlie…
Escapade, who can switch bodies with anyone (temporarily), has moved to Krakoa (maybe just temporarily). Cerebella, who now has a body (maybe permanently!), feels bored and sad. How about they do a caper together? The New Mutants return with a new creative team in New Mutants: Lethal Legion #1 by writer Charlie Jane Anders, artist…
T’Challa has ascended the throne, but is still faced with the choice his father tried to make: keep Wakanda closed off and safe, or open up and offer aid to the rest of the world? Black Panther: Legends #4 written by Tochi Onyebuchi, pencils by Enid Balám and Ramón Bachs, inks by Roberto Poggi and…
The Resort Chapiteau has looked fishy since Kate got there. Now she’s found the culprit– the Circus of Crime. Will they burn the house down? Can Kate Bishop get out alive? Hawkeye: Kate Bishop #4, writing by Marieke Nijkamp, pencils by Enid Balám, inks by Oren Junior, colors by Brittany Peer, letters by Joe Caramagna….
Kate wants to trust and support and save her older sister (who may not be worth saving), while the Circus of Crime wants the macguffin and the arrows fly in Hawkeye: Kate Bishop #3, written by Marieke Nijkamp, drawn by Enid Balám, inked by Oren Junior, colored by Brittany Peer and lettered by Joe Caramagna….