Laura Kinney (the best Wolverine!), Alison Blaire (the no-longer-so-disco Dazzler!), Jubilation Lee (surprisingly practical!) and Boom-Boom (boom, there it is!) have fought their way out of a vampire monster arena only to end up trapped between star systems, stuck in a quasi-harem on the Collector’s spacefaring retreat. What’s a girl to do? Find out in…
Welcome to Inferno! As our friends at Jay & Miles Xplain the X-Men like to say, Inferno never ends! And with that, we’re in the thick of “Dark Web”, AKA Inferno II: Electric Boogaloo! In Dark Web: #1, Christmas in New York gets interrupted by a familiar demon problem from Zeb Wells, Adam Kubert, Frank Martin,…
The Midnight Suns brave the darkest and most horrifying journey imaginable to secure aid from one of the most ancient and dangerous beings in all of existence. What terrible secret from the past is Agatha Harkness hiding? And what does the truth mean for Zoe Laveau’s future?! Written by Ethan Sacks, with art by Luigi…
Universal powerhouse Monica Rambeau stars in her very own all-new adventure! The hero known as Photon has been charged with making a very special, very cosmic delivery – should be light work (get it?) for Monica…if family drama doesn’t hold her back! Monica Rambeau: Photon #1 is written by Eve L. Ewing, art by Luca…
Want more tales of Kate (back then, Kitty) Pryde’s time at the University of Chicago? Hoping for more interstitial comics in which Chris Claremont himself tells stories that fill in the gaps in one of the Claremont runs? You’re in luck with X-Treme X-Men (volume three) #1, written by Claremont, art by Salvador Larroca, colors…
Inconceivably long ago in the history of the Earth, the mutants (Enriched) and the non-mutant humans (Enshrined) of the community called Threshhold battle the anaerobes of the Unbreathing and the genocidal megabacteria Arkaea and Sublime. Our Marauders have come, in sealed suits, from the future to save their kin. Some will die, some will live,…
That escalated quickly! The spotlight falls on Kate Pryde as Sinister steps up his game in Immortal X-Men #9, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Lucas Werneck, colored by David Curiel, lettered by Clayton Cowles and designed by Tom Muller, Jay Bowen and Kieron Gillen. Mark Turetsky: Do you ever get into a fail state…
Our non-team of fearless DEFENDERS meet their maker in the HOUSE OF IDEAS and have a chat with THE ONE ABOVE ALL. But is EVERYTHING as it SEEMS? Defenders: Beyond #5 created by Al Ewing and Javier Rodríguez, letters by Joe Caramagna. Mark Turetsky: Hey Karen, for our final Defenders Beyond review, I wanted us…
Watch Dazzler free kidnapped victims from Otherworld while Wolverine tears up the kidnappers’ prison, Jubilee jokes about Dazzler’s ample rear end and everyone except for the readers gets to marvel at Boom-Boom’s bare boobs! We’re not kidding, and neither is she in X-Terminators #3, written by Leah Williams, drawn by Carlos Gómez, colored by Bryan…
Dan Grote · WMQ&A Episode 234: We're Doomed with Alex Paknadel Writer Alex Paknadel joins the show to talk about his new Image series All Against All, the current social media landscape, baby’s first environmental disaster and much more. You can listen to WMQ&A on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Audible and at…
We’re a little behind but the line rolls on! Welcome back to our fourth installment of X-Chat! In X-Men #16, Forge dives into the Vault from Gerry Duggan, Josh Cassara, Guru-eFx, and Clayton Cowles. It goes badly. The girls get in deep in X-Terminators #2 from Leah Williams, Carlos Gomez, Bryan Valenza, and Travis Lanham….
Can Remy Lebeau save the woman he loves, and her mom, and his ward, young ‘Ro, from grotesque intergalactic bounty hunters? Will morally ambiguous space mercenary Bounty (that’s her name) turn out to be a letdown or a quicker picker-upper? Will Chris Claremont wrap up all his plot threads in this miniseries finale? Find out…
Everybody wants to be a Hulk. Ask any member of the Hulk family, though, and you’ll find that it’s not easy being green, as Mark and April Booth are about to learn in She-Hulk #8, written by Rainbow Rowell, drawn by Takeshi Miyazawa, colored by Rico Renzi and lettered by Joe Caramagna. Armaan Babu: Stephanie….
Sherlock Holmes and Irene Adler investigate the curious case of Dr. Essex and Mr. Sinister in Immortal X-Men #8, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Michele Bandini, colored by David Curiel, lettered by Clayton Cowles and designed by Tom Muller, Jay Bowen and Kieron Gillen. Austin Gorton: Judgment Day is over, but there remains a…
Nov. 11 was the birthday of Dave Cockrum. In his honor, it’s also the unofficial birthday of Nightcrawler, the demon turned fuzzy elf Cockrum first dreamed up during a storm in Guam before bringing him to the X-Men, where he lavished love upon the swashbuckling version of the character. By all accounts, there’s lots of…