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…
Marvel is a subsidiary of a global megacorporation. Al Ewing is a wizard who knows what his readers want to see: a superhero sticking it to the richos who own megacorporations. And because there is not currently a fifth Thor movie in the planning stages, Disney will let Marvel let Al Ewing do what he…
The past, present and future of Krakoa all rest in a trigger finger. The scenario you prayed would never happen plays out as two series that are one move toward a crash that will reverberate outside the universe in Rise of the Powers of X #3, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by R.B. Silva, colored…
Here’s how it happened: The gang at the Bullpen said let’s give our fans the greatest 12¢ worth we can! Let’s get a really different villain … A bunch of colorful henchmen for him … And let’s even add a great guest star!! So, we did!! Ultimate Spider-Man #3 is written by Jonathan Hickman, drawn…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays (for now), everything else Wednesdays. Bonus pick: Batman: Dark Age #1: Meet Bruce Wayne, Gotham’s favorite delinquent son. Witness the boy become a dark knight shaped by a city in turmoil as it marches toward its prophesied doom. By…
Picking up where the original X-Men animated series left off in 1997, X-Men ’97 returns to a familiar yet different world, where Professor X is dead, Jean Grey is pregnant and Bishop is there. But the world still fears and hates mutants, and now the X-Men must find a way to protect it while working…
A while back, when Rise of the Powers of X #3 was first solicited, we hazarded some guesses as to who was the gloved hand pointing a high-tech looking gun at Moira on the cover. Charles Xavier came in third, after Mystique and Moira herself. But here he is, aiming what kinda looks like Forge’s…
Wanda and Pietro Maximoff are no longer on speaking terms. So when the Wizard corners each of them with his new army of Frightful Four Hundred, it will take all their ingenuity, and all their power, to survive. But can the twins save themselves without unleashing something worse? And are they really as alone as…
With the House of X falling and the Powers of X rising, go behind the scenes of the fight against Orchis and Dominion with the remnants of the Krakoan Quiet Council in X-Men Forever #1, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Luca Maresca, colored by Federico Blee and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Austin Gorton: Welcome…
After discarding Baba Nkisu, the Gray Wolf has found a new host: the crime lord’s daughter, Aliinya Nkisu. To defeat a supernatural power so great and to save Aliinya from the Gray Wolf, eater of souls, T’Challa calls upon the aid of allies new and old in Black Panther #10, written by Eve Ewing; drawn…
Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely Buddha There is nothing so common to the human experience as fear. The fear of what could be, might be…what if. What if it all goes wrong? What if the plans go awry? What if I fail? What if I’ve already failed?…
First Lady Michelle Obama considered wearing her hair in braids while living in the White House. But then she thought of the American people. They were “just getting adjusted” to having a Black president in the Oval Office and a Black family in the White House, so she decided to keep her hair straight. Obama…
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays (for now), everything else Wednesdays. Austin’s pick: X-Men Forever #1: How can you kill a digital god? What do you do when the Phoenix is bleeding out into nothing? There have been questions that have haunted you since the…
Hobie Brown is the anarchic Spider-Punk, set to protect Earth-138 with his ax in hand and a chaotic band of punk rockin’ heroes backing him. Norman Osborn is dead, but will the chaos he’s created be too much for Spider-Punk to handle? Find out in Spider-Punk: Arms Race #1, written by Cody Ziglar, drawn by…
Everyone loves X-Men: The Animated Series, right? At least, that’s what Disney is banking on with the release of X-Men ’97, the follow-up to the animated series that theoretically introduced a generation of kids to the X-Men. But with 76 episodes spread across five seasons in very confusing watch orders (Do I watch based on…