Gerry Duggan - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Thu, 30 Oct 2025 08:18:20 +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 Gerry Duggan - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Wondering what Warlock tastes like in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s Longshots #2 https://comicsxf.com/2025/10/30/longshots-2-preview/ Thu, 30 Oct 2025 21:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=54694 So we’re just eating Warlocks now? We wondered in this week’s Age of Revelation roundup where Doug Ramsey’s selfsoulfriend is, and he (or a version of him or another Technarch being; who’s to say, really?) appears to show up in this comic, where he is unceremoniously killed by Hellcat and then shown being eaten by...

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]]> 54694 Battle Of The Atom: New York Comic Con Super Special 2024 https://comicsxf.com/2024/10/28/battle-of-the-atom-new-york-comic-con-super-special-2024/ Mon, 28 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50628 This is a New York Comic Con super special featuring Pepe Larraz, Kieron Gillen, Al Ewing, Declan Shalvey, Spencer Ackerman, Jackson Lanzing, David Marquez, Josh Cassara, Gerry Duggan, Chris Condon, and Justin Mason!

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]]> 50628 Remembering Krakoa: How the last 5 years of X-Men comics changed a life, and a website https://comicsxf.com/2024/06/20/remembering-krakoa/ Thu, 20 Jun 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49305 ‘ It was the last week of July, 2019. House of X #1 had come out and I wasn’t convinced. I loved the artwork. I was interested in what Jonathan Hickman was setting up. My growing group of comics-obsessed friends were already proclaiming it a hit. But I was still spending that week being the...

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]]> 49305 Krakoa waves goodbye, and all that’s left are Ashes in X-Men #35/Uncanny #700 https://comicsxf.com/2024/06/05/xmen-35/ Wed, 05 Jun 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49150 All good things must come to an end, and as good of a thing as the Krakoan era has been for mutantkind, its time has come at last. The tragedy and triumph of FALL OF THE HOUSE OF X, the madness and mystery of RISE OF THE POWERS OF X, they have all come to...

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]]> 49150 Fall Of The House Of X #5 Put Away Those Toys, It’s Krakoa’s Bedtime! https://comicsxf.com/2024/05/24/fall-of-the-house-of-x-5-puts-away-the-toys-its-krakoas-bedtime/ Fri, 24 May 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49056 It’s the final battle against Nimrod as the end of the Krakoa Era is just issues away in Fall of the House of X #5, written by Gerry Duggan, art by Lucas Werneck & Stefano Caselli, colors by Bryan Valenza, and letters by Travis Lanham. Scott Redmond: As the Krakoan era continues to crawl towards...

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]]> 49056 Revenge is a dish best heated up in the microwave in X-Men #34 https://comicsxf.com/2024/05/01/xmen-34/ Wed, 01 May 2024 18:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48774 THE END IS NIGH! The Krakoan Age is nearly at an end … and what might be the final battle of the heroes of Krakoa. One last stop before the fall and rise come to their conclusion, and everything changes. X-Men # 34 is written by Gerry Duggan, drawn by Joshua Cassara, colored by Romulo...

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]]> 48774 X-Chat #15: The end is nigh — and a hot mess. https://comicsxf.com/2024/05/01/x-chat-15-the-end-if-nigh-and-a-hot-mess/ Wed, 01 May 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48778 It’s all coming to an end in X-Chat #15! In X-Men #33, the series continues to go out with a whimper from Gerry Duggan, Joshua Cassara, Marte Gracia and Clayton Cowles. X-Force #50 comes to some kind of a conclusion from Ben Percy, Robert Gill, Guru-eFX and Joe Caramanga. And Wolverine #47-48 features a fight...

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]]> 48778 MODOK un-resigns from Orchis in our EXCLUSIVE preview of X-Men #34 https://comicsxf.com/2024/04/25/xmen-34-preview/ Thu, 25 Apr 2024 18:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48714 Listen, I know the timeline of when all these comics take place in relation to each other is wibbly-wobbly at best, but I’m pretty sure MODOK resigned from Orchis at the end of Fall of the House of X #2. But here he is in X-Men #34, taking advantage of the conflict between the mutants...

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]]> 48714 Fall of the House of X #4 gets so much wrong https://comicsxf.com/2024/04/17/fall-of-the-house-of-x-4-gets-so-much-wrong/ Wed, 17 Apr 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48619 The X-Men don’t play softball but do play hardball in the latest, bloodiest installment of the ongoing end of an era. Fall of the House of X #4 written by Gerry Duggan, drawn by Lucas Werneck and Jethro Morales, colored by Bryan Valenza, and lettered by VC’s Travis Lanham. Anna Peppard: We all know baseball...

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]]> 48619 Tony and Emma reassess in our EXCLUSIVE cover reveal for Invincible Iron Man #20 https://comicsxf.com/2024/04/12/invincible-ironman-20-cover/ Fri, 12 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48545 Looks like not every Krakoa-era plot thread gets wrapped up in time for “From the Ashes.” There’s still the matter of Mrs. and Mr. Emma Frost. Or, more accurately, Tony Stark and Emma’s image-induced alter ego, Hazel Kendal. Now, I have no inside insight into the minds of Marvel editorial or Gerry Duggan or anything...

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]]> 48545 Fall of the House of X #3 isn’t just bad; it’s weirdly bad https://comicsxf.com/2024/03/13/fall-of-the-house-of-x-3-isnt-just-bad-its-weirdly-bad/ Wed, 13 Mar 2024 17:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48218 Cyclops and his new bestie Dr. Gregor take the fight to Nimrod while Doctor Stasis meets his ends in Fall of the House of X #3 written by Gerry Duggan, art by Lucas Werneck & Jethro Morales, colors by Bryan Valenza, and letters by Travis Lanham. Jake Murray: If you’ve read Fall of the House...

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]]> 48218 Corporate synergy takes its toll in X-Chat #14! https://comicsxf.com/2024/02/27/corporate-synergy-takes-its-toll-in-x-chat-14/ Tue, 27 Feb 2024 15:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=48063 The Fall of X continues, and gets bloody in X-Chat #14! In X-Men #31, the X-Men and Spidey face Nimrod from Gerry Duggan, Phil Noto, and Clayton Cowles! In X-Force #49, no one’s favorite bromance is reignited from Benjamin Percy, Robert Gill, Guru-eFx, and Joe Caramagna! And lastly Wolverine #43 sees the Sabretooth War take...

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]]> 48063 The X-Men fight back in Fall of the House of X #2, but whose X-Men are they? https://comicsxf.com/2024/02/14/the-x-men-fight-back-in-fall-of-the-house-of-x-2-but-whose-x-men-are-they/ Wed, 14 Feb 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47933 The latest Fall is a wall-to-wall brawl, y’all! The X-Men fight for their lives and find unexpected allies amid their breakneck race toward their latest ending in Fall of the House of X #2 written by Gerry Duggan, drawn by Lucas Werneck, colored by Bryan Valenza, and lettered by VC’s Travis Lanham. Anna Peppard: Happy...

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]]> 47933 Synch’s having a rough time in our EXCLUSIVE preview of X-Men #31 https://comicsxf.com/2024/02/01/xmen-31-preview/ Thu, 01 Feb 2024 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47826 I’m gonna be honest: I’m not loving this Talon-inside-Synch’s-body subplot in X-Men. It’s another example of the woman having to suffer to further the male hero’s arc, and it came during a week when Gerry Duggan was writing a lot of women — Laura, Emma Frost, Riri Williams, Jean Grey — as props for their...

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]]> 47826 Tony dreams of Magneto in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Invincible Iron Man #14 https://comicsxf.com/2024/01/11/iron-man-14-preview/ Thu, 11 Jan 2024 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47666 It’s always interesting to see Magneto fight a non-mutant superhero. What would they even have to banter about between punches? “So, you do spider-things, eh? Well, no matter, Magneto will see you driven before him, another enemy of Homo superior removed!” “You fancy yourself a god? See how easily I cast your metal hammer aside,...

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]]> 47666 Fall of the House of X #1 is all callbacks and no pushforwards https://comicsxf.com/2024/01/03/fall-of-the-house-of-x-1/ Thu, 04 Jan 2024 02:39:07 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47591 Orchis has had mutantkind up against the ropes for months now. All they need to destroy the Krakoan dream is to win one last battle. The Trial of Cyclops is meant to be the death knell for mutantkind on Earth, but the X-Men aren’t likely to go down without a fight. The battle begins in...

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]]> 47591 X-Men, X-Force & Wolverine rush to tie up their plot threads in X-Chat #13 https://comicsxf.com/2024/01/03/xchat-13-xmen-xforce-wolverine/ Wed, 03 Jan 2024 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47570 The Fall of X continues, and mostly ends, in X-Chat #13! In X-Men #29, Doom invites the X-Men to dinner, by Gerry Duggan, Joshua Cassara, Marte Gracia and Clayton Cowles. In X-Force #47, Colossus finally breaks free of his brother Mikhail, by Benjamin Percy, Daniel Picciotto, Guru-eFx and Joe Caramagna. And Logan’s world tour ends...

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]]> 47570 Don’t call him Steve in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Uncanny Avengers #5 https://comicsxf.com/2023/12/14/uncanny-avengers-5-preview/ Thu, 14 Dec 2023 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47412 The previous issue of Uncanny Avengers ended with Captain Krakoa being revealed as the evil Captain America from everyone’s favorite Trump-era Marvel crossover, Secret Empire. (We did Nazi that coming!) This issue – the final one of this volume – appears to open with another reveal: Evil Steve prefers to be called Grant now. “The...

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]]> 47412 Big fights and big reveals heat up the Fall of X in X-Chat #12! https://comicsxf.com/2023/11/22/big-fights-and-big-reveals-heat-up-the-fall-of-x-in-x-chat-12/ Wed, 22 Nov 2023 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47245 The Fall of X is here in X-Chat #12! In X-Men #28, Firestar takes center stage as embraces her role as an X-Spy from Gerry Duggan, Joshua Cassara, Marte Gracia, and Clayton Cowles! In X-Force #46, Colossus finally breaks free of Mikhail from Benjamin Percy, Robert Gill, Guru-eFx, and Joe Caramagna! And in Uncanny Avengers...

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]]> 47245 Back to the past, back to the future in previews of Fall of the House of X and Rise of the Powers of X #1 https://comicsxf.com/2023/11/15/fall-rise-x-preview/ Thu, 16 Nov 2023 03:16:17 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47150 Classic costumes. Fastball Specials. A team-on-the-Blackbird scene. What is this, 1975 through 1991? Yup. We’re going back. Won’t be long now before the softball scene. Marvel has released unlettered previews of January’s Fall of the House of X #1 and Rise of the Powers of X #1, the two five-issue event series that are expected...

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]]> 47150 The X has fallen in X-Chat #11! https://comicsxf.com/2023/09/15/the-x-has-fallen-in-x-chat-11/ Fri, 15 Sep 2023 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46581 The Fall of X is here in an all new X-Chat! Shadowkat is out for blood, Firestar is in over her head and Iron Man and Emma Frost screw up in X-Men #26 written by Gerry Duggan, drawn by Jim Towe & Javier Pina, colored by Marte Gracia and lettered by Clayton Cowles. In X-Force...

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]]> 46581 Stab fascists all day in Uncanny Avengers #1 https://comicsxf.com/2023/08/19/stab-fascists-all-day-in-uncanny-avengers-1/ Sat, 19 Aug 2023 11:54:24 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46334 Krakoa has fallen. Mutants throughout the world are being hunted, shipped off planet or forced to have their powers inhibited. Charles Xavier may have given up the dream of human and mutant co-existence, but Captain America still believes the two can stand together. See the return of the Unity Squad in Uncanny Avengers #1, written...

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]]> 46334 Tony Stark feigns defeat in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Invincible Iron Man #9 https://comicsxf.com/2023/08/17/tony-stark-feigns-defeat-in-our-exclusive-preview-of-invincible-iron-man-9/ Thu, 17 Aug 2023 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46309 Remember in X-Men Legends II when Iron Man was an unlockable character and it was weird because Tony Stark is very much not an X-Men character? Well, it’s 2023, and Iron Man is getting all up in X-Men business again. Only this time, it’s not on a tiny GameCube disc. He’s fighting mutant-hating fellow industrialist...

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]]> 46309 Psylocke and Penance slice and dice in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Uncanny Avengers #1 https://comicsxf.com/2023/08/10/psylocke-and-penance-slice-and-dice-in-our-exclusive-preview-of-uncanny-avengers-1/ Thu, 10 Aug 2023 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46234 We’re heading into week 4 of the Fall of X. Mutants are dead, missing, on the run or, in a few cases, running sneak attacks on Orchis and then disappearing into the night. Psylocke and Penance are, apparently, two of those mutants. How did they start working as a pair? Which one is the by-the-book...

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]]> 46234 Shadowkat Strikes in X-Men #25 https://comicsxf.com/2023/08/04/shadowkat-strikes-in-x-men-25/ Fri, 04 Aug 2023 13:50:11 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=46192 The Fall of X is here. In X-Men #25, Kate Pryde is on a mission, while the X-Men try to fight back. But is there even an X-Men any more? Written by Gerry Duggan, drawn by Stefano Caselli, colored by Marte Gracia and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Tony Thornley: What a couple of weeks! Interestingly,...

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