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Exceptional X-Men

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Kitty makes peace with her present, just in time for the future, in Exceptional X-Men #13

Stephanie Burt10 months ago10 months ago010 mins

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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  • Staff Picks

The X-Men of the Age of Apocalypse come to Earth-616 in this week’s CXF Staff Picks

Dan Grote10 months ago10 months ago04 mins

Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. X-Men of Apocalypse Alpha #1: The X-Men of the Age of…

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  • Previews

What year is it in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s Exceptional X-Men #13

Dan Grote10 months ago10 months ago02 mins

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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  • X-Men

The kids go on their first time travel mission in Exceptional X-Men #12

Stephanie Burt10 months ago10 months ago07 mins

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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Iceman picks up the slack in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s Exceptional X-Men #12

Dan Grote10 months ago10 months ago02 mins

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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  • X-Men

School’s never out for Kitty Pryde in Exceptional X-Men #11 and Giant-Size House of M #1

Stephanie Burt11 months ago11 months ago011 mins

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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Kitty Pryde jumps on the time-travel craze in our EXCLUSIVE reveal for Exceptional X-Men #13

Dan Grote1 year ago1 year ago02 mins

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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  • X-Men

Emma Frost shines in a Sinister swamp in Exceptional X-Men #10

Stephanie Burt1 year ago1 year ago08 mins

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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Emma Frost unlocks her Sinister Rivals skin in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Exceptional X-Men #10

Dan Grote1 year ago1 year ago02 mins

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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  • X-Men

Exceptional X-Men #9 and the joys of decompression

Stephanie Burt1 year ago1 year ago07 mins

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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  • Staff Picks

The Thing tells us what time it is in this week’s CXF Staff Picks (Hint: It’s clobberin’ time)

Dan Grote1 year ago1 year ago04 mins

Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New  comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Matt’s pick: The Thing #1: Ben Grimm may be the strongest…

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Our EXCLUSIVE preview of Exceptional X-Men #9 is for the children (like Wu-Tang!)

Dan Grote1 year ago1 year ago03 mins

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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Sinister vs. empathy and a wholesome shower scene in Marvel’s Exceptional X-Men #8

Stephanie Burt1 year ago1 year ago07 mins

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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  • Staff Picks

A whole Summer of Superman? In this economy? According to this week’s CXF Staff Picks, yes.

Dan Grote1 year ago1 year ago04 mins

Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New  comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Bonus pick: Summer of Superman Special: When John Henry Irons and…

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  • X-Men

Exceptional X-Men #7 sidesteps the X-Manhunt for other sins of the past

Stephanie Burt1 year ago1 year ago07 mins

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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