Eve Ewing - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:41:07 +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 Eve Ewing - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 X-Men United #2 drops a Truth bomb on the school https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/15/x-men-united-2-drops-a-truth-bomb-on-the-school/ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56552 What’s Captain America doing in the teacher’s lounge, other than trying to sell a few more comics? Find out in X-Men United #2.

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]]> 56552 X-Men United #2 guest stars Captain America (PREVIEW) https://comicsxf.com/2026/04/09/x-men-united-2-guest-stars-captain-america-preview/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56518 An elite team of mutants has to travel through time on a mission alongside none other than Captain America in X-Men United #2.

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]]> 56518 ANOTHER VIEW: X-Men United #1 is a good canon reset https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/14/another-view-x-men-united-1-is-a-good-canon-reset/ Sat, 14 Mar 2026 20:29:26 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56279 Dr. Stephanie Burt provides her own analysis of X-Men United #1 after our initial review, one far kinder to the book and its concept.

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]]> 56279 X-Men United #1 goes back to school, doesn’t make the grade https://comicsxf.com/2026/03/11/x-men-united-1-goes-back-to-school-doesnt-make-the-grade/ Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=56229 Welcome to Graymatter Lane, a place where mutants can come together to teach one another the skills needed for their survival, in X-Men United #1.

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]]> 56229 Check out this Jerome Opeña variant cover to X-Men United #2 https://comicsxf.com/2026/02/11/check-out-this-jerome-opena-variant-cover-to-x-men-united-2/ Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:28:11 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55922 Mutantdom's newest institute of higher learning has barely welcomed its first students, and things are already going down in flames in X-Men United #2.

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]]> 55922 Our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s Expatriate X-Men #3 shows us the proper way to blorbo https://comicsxf.com/2025/12/18/our-exclusive-preview-of-marvels-expatriate-x-men-3-shows-us-the-proper-way-to-blorbo/ Thu, 18 Dec 2025 23:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=55317 One of my chief quibbles with “Age of Revelation” has been the loud use of deep-pull mutants without any real examination of why they’re there or what they think about the world they’ve created. And of course, it’s hard to do that when the story is only three months long and you have to zip...

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]]> 55317 The mutants are going back to school in Marvel’s X-Men United by Eve Ewing and Tiago Palma https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/23/xmen-united/ Sun, 23 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54957 The X-Men haven’t had a school in seven years, since late 2018’s “Disassembled” story. Sure, there’s been plenty of teaching the next generation of mutants – in the “Age of X-Man” series NextGen, in the Sextant on Krakoa, at Haven House in Louisiana and in Kitty’s abandoned dance studio in Chicago. But the Xavier School...

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]]> 54957 The Exceptional kids play pirate, Cloak and Dagger surprise and more Age of Revelation https://comicsxf.com/2025/11/02/age-of-revelation-expatriate-undeadpool-cloakordagger-xvengers/ Sun, 02 Nov 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54677 It’s time to wrap up the first month of the future! Rather than tackle each “Age of Revelation” book in a traditional “ToX” format, your intrepid CXF review crew will offer up their individual thoughts in brief for each of this week’s offerings: Expatriate X-Men #1 is written by Eve Ewing, drawn by Francesco Mortarino,...

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]]> 54677 Hey, it’s those kids we like in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s Expatriate X-Men #1 https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/26/expatriate-xmen-1-preview/ Sun, 26 Oct 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54614 We’ve met a lot of new kids during the Age of Revelation. Omega Kids. Elbecca the Chorister. Temper and Ransom’s baby. Kids who theoretically weren’t even born in the present of the X-books. But the fact of the matter is, we’re still getting to know the kids we met during “From the Ashes,” which was...

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]]> 54614 Kitty makes peace with her present, just in time for the future, in Exceptional X-Men #13 https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/10/exceptional-xmen-13/ Wed, 10 Sep 2025 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54051 Kitty Pryde’s stuck in her past, and a Sentinel’s chasing her through the suburb she once called home. Can her teenage students from Chicagoland save her present-day self, or her past self, or both, before all of X-reality gets erased? You already know the answer in Exceptional X-Men #13, written by Eve Ewing, drawn by...

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]]> 54051 What year is it in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s Exceptional X-Men #13 https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/07/exceptional-xmen-13-preview/ Sun, 07 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54005 According to this one wiki I found and probably other stuff people have said interviews and whatnot, 15 years have passed between the time the Fantastic Four went on the space flight that gave them their powers and the present of the Marvel Universe. That means, if a story is set in 2025, the Age...

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]]> 54005 The kids go on their first time travel mission in Exceptional X-Men #12 https://comicsxf.com/2025/08/20/exceptional-xmen-12-2/ Wed, 20 Aug 2025 15:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53871 Exceptional X-teacher and self-described baby mutant rescue lady Kitty Pryde has disappeared! Looks like she got sucked into a time-and-space wormhole. Can her intrepid students go back in time to get her back? Find out (maybe) in Exceptional X-Men #12, written by Eve Ewing, drawn by Federica Mancin, colored by Nolan Woodard and lettered by...

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]]> 53871 Iceman picks up the slack in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s Exceptional X-Men #12 https://comicsxf.com/2025/08/17/exceptional-xmen-12/ Sun, 17 Aug 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53812 A common in-story complaint about Bobby Drake is that he’s not living up to his potential, like a perennial high school slacker who graduated from high school 60 years ago. And while he’s certainly keyed far more into his powers these days, one wonders whether No. 6 on the call sheet in a young-mutants-in-training book...

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]]> 53812 School’s never out for Kitty Pryde in Exceptional X-Men #11 and Giant-Size House of M #1 https://comicsxf.com/2025/07/16/exceptional-xmen-11-giant-size-house-of-m-1/ Wed, 16 Jul 2025 19:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53396 Can Kitty Pryde and Emma Frost’s teen students have just one good day? When that day goes bad, can Ironheart set it right, or at least unite scriptwriter Eve Ewing’s Chicago? Stroll toward the answer in Exceptional X-Men #11, written by Ewing, drawn by Federica Mancin, colored by Nolan Woodard and lettered by Travis Lanham....

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]]> 53396 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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