An Impossible City has come to town, and its members, the Ashen Combine, have each picked a city to destroy and feed their unique, monstrous appetites. Cityslaying may be an artform, but as Tony Stark aptly informs the Ashen Combine… everyone’s a critic. And so are we! Join us, as we critique Avengers #3, written…
Geneis and her fancy staff bring havoc to the Great Ring in X-Men Red #13 by Al Ewing, Jacopo Camagni, Federico Blee, and Ariana Maher. “Your father has three dead friends. All three of them used. Your father didn’t. Your father, as I’m sure you’ve noticed, is alive.” Thus concluded the one and only talk…
The build up to Fall of X continues in X-Chat #10! Too much happens in X-Men #24 from Gerry Duggan, Joshua Cassara, Marte Gracia and Clayton Cowles. Wolverine and Beast’s war continues to escalate in Wolverine #34 by Ben Percy, Juan Jose Ryp, Fran D’Armata, and Cory Petit The war across time continues in X-Force…
Kang the Conqueror is in need of the Avengers’ help, but what could possibly convince them to help him? The means to save 1000 lives is a good start, because the Master of Time is slowly running out of time himself — the Tribulation events are coming. Avengers #2 is written by Jed MacKay, drawn…
Genesis is here as White Sword sends an emissary to Arakko in X-Men Red #12 written by Al Ewing, art by Jacopo Camagni, colors by Federico Blee and letters by Arianna Maher. “It’s all connected” Whether or not you believe The Wire was the best show in television history (spoiler: it was, is, and will…
And there came a day, quite like many, many others, when one of Earth’s mightiest heroes chose a team to be Earth’s newest line of protection. It’s an all new (but not that All-New) Avengers #1, written by Jed MacKay, drawn by C.F. Villa, colored by Federico Blee, and lettered by Cory Petit. Armaan Babu:…
It’s been 1,000 years, and Sinister’s best laid schemes have gone astray. Now, he has one final chance to reset the timeline, form a Dominion and save the world. Sins of Sinister Dominion #1 written by Kieron Gillen, with art by Paco Medina and Lucas Werneck, colors by Bryan Valenza, letters by Clayton Cowles. Mark…
Our Marauders have been to space, welcomed a mutant from 2099, taken a deep dive into the Proterozoic proto-ocean, rescued a couple of ancient mutants from yet another genocide, and wondered who made a mysterious puzzle box. Now their series is ending. Will their questions get answered in Marauders #12, written by Steve Orlando, drawn…
A few important events have happened since we last met! Welcome to X-Chat #8! In X-Men #18, the Brood invade and have captured Corsair, but King Broo is nowhere to be found, from Gerry Duggan, Stefano Caselli, Federico Blee and Clayton Cowles! The Beast Protocol begins in Wolverine #30 from Benjamin Percy, Juan Jose Ryp,…
Welcome back to Chicago, where the anti-mutant human pressure group Purity, the anti-mutant super-team Galérer, and the ninja-demon Ogun do their best to wipe out our heroes and take control of Rachel Summers’s Phoenix Force and/or her brain. Will anyone survive the experience? Find out in X-Treme X-Men #3, writing by the inimitable Chris Claremont,…
Our team has come back from the distant past, bringing three plucky survivors from the long-ago, now-defunct mutant society Threshold. Will Captain Kate Pryde start a time loop with their help? Also, remember that jerk Brimstone Love? He’s back too, in Marauders #11, written by Steve Orlando, art by Eleanora Carlini, colors by Matt Milla,…
We’re a little behind but a few important events have happened since we last met! In X-Force #37, we finally meet the head of Xeno, the Man with the Peacock Tattoo, from Benjamin Percy, Robert Gill, Guru-eFx, and Joe Caramagna! Meanwhile, “Inferno II Electric Boogaloo” ends in Dark Web Finale #1 from Zeb Wells, Adam…
We’re a little behind but a few important events have happened since we last met! Welcome to X-Chat #6! In X-Men Annual #1, Firestar gets the much-deserved spotlight from Steve Foxe, Andrea DiVito, Sebastian Cheng and Clayton Cowles! Two key characters get some major closure in Dark Web: X-Men #2-3, by Gerry Duggan, Phil Noto,…
Sinister has replaced key members of Krakoa’s Quiet Council with genetically altered toadies, leading to a years-long experiment in Sinisterarchy in Sins of Sinister #1 is written by Kieron Gillen, with art by Lucas Werneck, colors by Bryan Valenza, letters by Clayton Cowles, with guest art by Geoffrey Shaw, Marco Checchetto, Juan José Ryp, David…
Billions of years in the past, a culture of proto-mutants and proto-humans faces extinction-level threats from the Unbreathing (an anaerobic civilization), from Arkea (wannabe world-dominating microorganisms), from Sublime (wannabe world-dominating microorganisms created by Grant Morrison), and from Stryfe (that guy). Can our chrono-journeying mutants save everyone? Or anyone? Time to find out in Marauders #10,…