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  • Avengers

The road to the fireworks factory goes ever on in Avengers #9 and #10!

Armaan Babu1 year ago1 year ago021 mins

It’s an all out brawl between the Avengers and the Twilight Court! Gods vs. gods, kings vs. kings, icons against icons. Need we say more? The masterminds behind this certainly aren’t. The Avengers #9 is written by Jed MacKay, drawn by Francisco Mortarino, colored by Federico Blee, and lettered by VC’s Cory Petit, with art…

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  • X-Men

X-Men, X-Force & Wolverine rush to tie up their plot threads in X-Chat #13

Matthew Lazorwitz and Tony Thornley1 year ago1 year ago018 mins

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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  • Avengers

Nightmares & Arthurian Analogs Attack in Avengers #7 and 8!

Anna Peppard and Armaan Babu1 year ago1 year ago031 mins

The Avengers face their worst nightmares — literally, as Nightmare traps the majority of the team in a petty slumber. It couldn’t have come at a worse time, as the Twilight Court has appeared, ready to go through the Avengers just to get to Kang. Can the Vision and the Scarlet Witch hold their own…

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  • X-Men

‘Tis the season for retcons in X-Men Blue: Origins!

Stephanie Burt and Tony Thornley1 year ago1 year ago021 mins

The Krakoan era draws closer to the end with a massive retcon in X-Men Blue: Origins by Si Spurrier, Marcus To, Wilton Santos, Oren Junior, Ceci De La Cruz, and Joe Caramagna! Tony Thornley: Oh my goodness, I don’t think any of us quite knew what to expect with this. I think we can probably…

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X-Chat #12
  • X-Men

Big fights and big reveals heat up the Fall of X in X-Chat #12!

Matthew Lazorwitz and Tony Thornley2 years ago2 years ago021 mins

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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X-Men Red #17
  • X-Men Red

Apocalypse assembles his Planeteers in X-Men Red #17

Jude Jones2 years ago2 years ago013 mins

Floating dead-center in the eye of the Mutant Kaiju Kaorak (a not so subtle re-arranging of Krakoa), Storm floats, irises electric blue, electricity teeming from her hands, threatening Genesis with the good time of a fight. This is as audacious as it is silly: this manifestation of mutant cooperation, teeming for a fist fight where…

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  • Marvel

The Moon Siblings Shine Their Brightest in Silk #5

Latonya Pennington2 years ago2 years ago010 mins

All dreams must turn to waking in Silk #5 written by Emily Kim with art by Ig Guara, colors by Ian Herring, and letters by Ariana Maher. At the end of the previous issue, we saw Silk’s younger brother Albert running from the demon form of Saya Ishii in a literal nightmare. At the same…

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  • Jean Grey

Jean Grey #3 lights the Inferno anew!

Anna Peppard and Adam Reck2 years ago2 years ago028 mins

35 years after their Inferno first ensorcelled us, Weezie & Maddie are out of Limbo and back in the thick of it. Will a demon-infested New York survive the experience? Jean Grey’s not the woman she used to be — but neither is Madelyne Pryor. Jean Grey #3 written by Louise Simonson, drawn by Bernard…

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Avengers #6 - Cover
  • Avengers

Avengers #6 finally gets to the fireworks factory

Armaan Babu and Anna Peppard2 years ago2 years ago021 mins

The Avengers have been taking a heavy beating from the Ashen Combine. But when all seems lost, and doom seems inevitable, the Avengers rise up with that simplest but most powerful of war cries: “No.” The Avengers #6 written by Jed MacKay, drawn by Ivan Fiorelli, colored by Federico Blee and lettered by Cory Petit….

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X-Men Red #16
  • X-Men Red

Temptation looms in X-Men Red #16

Jude Jones2 years ago2 years ago014 mins

The pain is always there, just over the horizon like the sun at dusk, patiently waiting, if not teasing the inevitable full of its punishing power.  Talk to a survivor of trauma, internal or external. They’ll tell you. The brightness of that pain — the intensity, the heat — can be like sitting in the…

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Ms. Marvel #2
  • Uncategorized

Ms. Marvel #2 has some fun while setting things up

Armaan Babu and Tony Thornley2 years ago2 years ago023 mins

No one ever said life as a superhero would be easy, but things have been especially complicated for Ms. Marvel of late. There’s little time to breathe, however, as ORCHIS’ nets are slowly closing around her — but with a little help from the Marvel Universe’s latest power couple, Emma Frost and Iron Man, she…

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Avengers #4 and #5
  • Avengers

Playing the waiting game with Avengers #4 and #5

Armaan Babu and Anna Peppard2 years ago2 years ago026 mins

The Avengers vs. The Ashen Combine! The haunted voice in the Impossible City! A comic so decompressed we might just have to start reviewing this arc by arc! We piece together what we can as we wait for what comes next, in Avengers #4 and #5, written by Jed MacKay, drawn by C.F. Villa and…

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  • Marvel

Family Issues Get Hairy and Scary in Silk #4!

Latonya Pennington2 years ago2 years ago09 mins

Silk’s bizarre adventures continue in this family feud written by Emily Kim, with art by Ig Guara, colors by Ian Herring, and letters by Ariana Maher. When we last saw Silk, she received a literal rude awakening in her apartment when she returned from a dream world only to see Saya Ishii transform herself into…

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Jean Grey #2 - Cover
  • Jean Grey

Jean Grey #2 makes subtext text as Wolverine goes Phoenix

Anna Peppard and Adam Reck2 years ago2 years ago029 mins

We all remember when Jean piloted the shuttle and came back different — but what if she didn’t? The Phoenix force finds a new host (or two) in the latest installment of Jean’s undead journey through the living history of her past. Jean Grey #2 is written by Louise Simonson, drawn by Bernard Chang, colored…

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X-Chat #11
  • X-Men

The X has fallen in X-Chat #11!

Matthew Lazorwitz and Tony Thornley2 years ago2 years ago020 mins

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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