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…
So no one told you life was gonna be this way (clap clap clap clap)Your job’s a joke, you’re brokeYour island’s DOAAAAAA … Marvel has pulled five of its younger mutants’ names from a hat for NYX, a new, allegedly ongoing series written by Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly (Guardians of the Galaxy) and drawn…
Rachel Summers isn’t having the best Fall of X. Separated from her girlfriend, lied to by Charles Xavier, shot by Charles Xavier. Just a bummer of a time. But she also doesn’t need Charles unmaking Krakoa and thereby erasing her first textual queer relationship. Either way, she is done with Moira and her bullsh–. Check…
Five down, four to go. Marvel on Wednesday announced Phoenix, a new series starring Jean Grey as fire and life incarnate once more, written by Stephanie Phillips (Rogue & Gambit) and drawn by Alessandro Miracolo (White Widow). According to Marvel, the series will see Jean Grey, as the Phoenix, return to space to answer a…
“I will try again. It is all I can do.” In 2019’s X-Men #1, the first comic post HoX/PoX, perhaps Magneto, floating above the fray while ripping the roof off of the (then, supposedly) last Orchis facility on Earth, adorned in glowing white, his power easily overwhelming his opponents…perhaps he was a new god. Those…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays (for now), everything else Wednesdays. Jake’s pick: Ultimate X-Men #2: It’s a new school year for Hisako as she tries to get a grasp on her new powers. She meets a cool, white-haired punk girl named Mei (aka Maystorm),…
Marvel on Tuesday announced a new volume of X-Force, written by Geoffrey Thorne (Green Lantern) and drawn by Marcus To (Excalibur). The latest iteration of the team is centered on Forge, so hot right now after the adaptation of “Lifedeath” on X-Men ’97, and includes mutant “it” couple Betsy Braddock and Rachel Summers (no codenames…
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It’s two tales for the price of one as Jubilee gets sucked into a Mojo-fied version of the X-Men arcade game and Storm deals with the fallout of her power loss as she grows closer to Forge in X-Men ’97 episode 3, “Motendo/Lifedeath Part 1,” directed by Chase Conley and written by Beau DeMayo and…
Since one resurrected the other in Inferno, Mystique and Destiny have been one of the pivotal couples of the Krakoan era. Now that that era is ending, Marvel is celebrating by having them renew their wedding vows. Marvel’s June Voices anthology, out May 29 and retailing for $9.99, is X-Men: The Wedding Special, telling a…
Well, Mojo’s having a week, isn’t he? First, he traps Jubilee and Sunspot in a video game in X-Men ’97, now he’s attempting to trap Lila Cheney in a lifetime contract in the latest issue of Ms. Marvel. But wait, doesn’t Kamala Khan have bigger fish to fry right now with the whole Orchis thing?…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays (for now), everything else Wednesdays. Mark’s pick: Usagi Yojimbo: The Crow #1: Finally making it out of the frozen mountains, Usagi and Yukichi come across a merchant being attacked by four brigands. They rescue the supposed merchant only to…
WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast · Our Son Pete Episode 13: Excalibur #98 with Sara Century Comics critic and podcaster Sara Century helps Dan unravel the mysteries of Excalibur #98, aka the one where they blow stuff up real good. Has there ever actually been a proactive X-team? Why is Excalibur stealing X-Force’s bit? Is…
Last year, it was announced that Sony Pictures would be releasing a short Spider-Verse film called The Spider-Within. Directed by Jarrelle Dampier, the short film draws on Dampier’s experience with anxiety and panic attacks to depict a similar experience with Miles Morales’ Spider-Man. In an interview with The Wrap, Dampier confirmed this when he discussed…
TWO Jean Greys? The X-Men are seeing double as the machinations of an old foe come to light, leading to Cyclops and Jean having to make an agonizing decision in X-Men ’97 season 1 episode 3, “Fire Made Flesh,” written by Beau DeMayo & Charlie Feldman and directed by Yomi Yonemura. The first two episodes…