Exceptional X-Men - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Wed, 10 Sep 2025 00:07:59 +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 Exceptional X-Men - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 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 The X-Men of the Age of Apocalypse come to Earth-616 in this week’s CXF Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2025/09/10/staff-picks-sept10/ Wed, 10 Sep 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54046 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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]]> 54046 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 The Thing tells us what time it is in this week’s CXF Staff Picks (Hint: It’s clobberin’ time) https://comicsxf.com/2025/05/21/staff-picks-may21/ Wed, 21 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52733 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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]]> 52733 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 A whole Summer of Superman? In this economy? According to this week’s CXF Staff Picks, yes. https://comicsxf.com/2025/04/16/staff-picks-april16/ Wed, 16 Apr 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52225 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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]]> 52225 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 Absolute Flash speeds to the top of this week’s CXF Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2025/03/19/staff-picks-march19/ Wed, 19 Mar 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52000 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. Jake’s pick: Absolute Flash #1: Without the mentor, without the family,...

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]]> 52000 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 ComicsXF’s official ranking of the From the Ashes X-Men books https://comicsxf.com/2025/02/02/comicsxfs-official-ranking-of-the-x-men-from-the-ashes-comics-so-far/ Sun, 02 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51029 As of this writing, there are 13(!) monthly X-books on the shelves, two of which — X-Men and Uncanny X-Men — ship on an 18-issue-a-year schedule. That’s a lot, and there’s more coming, including Laura Kinney: Wolverine (who is already starring in NYX); a Timeslide one-shot co-starring Cable and Bishop; Magik (who is already starring...

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]]> 51029 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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]]> 51234 Staff Picks Santa is coming down your chimney with a sack full of Metamorpho https://comicsxf.com/2024/12/24/staff-picks-dec25/ Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51211 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. Dan’s pick: Metamorpho the Element Man #1: To know him is...

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]]> 51211 Kate Pryde finds her calling as a teacher in Exceptional X-Men #3 https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/20/exceptional-xmen-3/ Wed, 20 Nov 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50861 Kate Pryde thought she had quit teaching teenage mutants how to get by in a world that hates and fears them. Emma Frost wants her to pick up where she left off. She won’t even have to leave Chicagoland this time. Find out if Emma gets what Emma wants in Exceptional X-Men #3, written by...

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]]> 50861 The Question side-eyes the entire Justice League and more of this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2024/11/20/staff-picks-nov20/ Wed, 20 Nov 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50842 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 Question: All Along the Watchtower #1: In the...

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]]> 50842 Kate Pryde resigns herself to ‘One more time then, for the children,’ in Exceptional X-Men #2 https://comicsxf.com/2024/10/11/exceptional-xmen-2/ Fri, 11 Oct 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50424 Our Kate Pryde finally gets her date with Nina. It’s a high school sporting event. Teen mutants are there. Three guesses what happens next in Exceptional X-Men #2, written by Eve Ewing, drawn by Carmen Carnero, colored by Nolan Woodard and lettered by Travis Lanham. In the immortal words of Nils Sjöberg, this is what...

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