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ComicsXF’s official ranking of the From the Ashes X-Men books

Sun, 02 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +0000

As of this writing, there are 13(!) monthly X-books on the shelves, two of which — X-Men and Uncanny X-Men — ship on an 18-issue-a-year schedule. That’s a lot, and there’s more coming, including Laura Kinney: Wolverine (who is already starring in NYX); a Timeslide one-shot co-starring Cable and Bishop; Magik (who is already starring...

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Godzilla meets Dracula, plus Absolute Wonder Woman, Mystique and more Staff Picks

Dan Grote — Wed, 22 Jan 2025 13:00:00 +0000

Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Austin’s pick: Godzilla’s Monsterpiece Theatre #3: Even in the face of...

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Raven unlocks the Magneto skin in Marvel’s Mystique #3

Jake Murray — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:00:00 +0000

A strategic stop in Madripoor turns into an international incident as Mystique prepares her endgame against SHIELD. But what is the mother of mutant terrorism after in Lowtown? And what have her enemies sent to deal with her? Mystique #3 is written and illustrated by Declan Shalvey, colored by Matt Hollingsworth and lettered by Clayton...

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Staff Picks Santa is coming down your chimney with a sack full of Metamorpho

Dan Grote — Tue, 24 Dec 2024 17:00:00 +0000

Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Dan’s pick: Metamorpho the Element Man #1: To know him is...

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A crossover with Sentinels in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s Mystique #3

Dan Grote — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 19:00:00 +0000

In this week’s Sentinels #3 by Alex Paknadel and Justin Mason (which we previewed last week), the team goes to Madripoor on a mission to apprehend Fabian Cortez, who – SPOILERS – is actually using his powers to heal the people of Lowtown, because apparently some people did learn lessons from their time on Krakoa....

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The Justice League expands and Black Canary goes a-punching in this week’s Staff Picks

Dan Grote — Wed, 27 Nov 2024 13:00:00 +0000

Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Scott’s pick: Justice League Unlimited #1: Darkseid’s death has triggered a...

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Avalanche shakes things up in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s Mystique #2

Dan Grote — Sun, 24 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000

Dominikos “Avalanche” Petrakis didn’t get much to do on Krakoa. Unless I missed an X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic – which I definitely did – his only real moment came when he was nominated for the 2022 X-Men vote, a race in which he and a number of other mutants were set up to lose to...

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Batman & Robin begin, Mystique goes hunting and more in this week’s Staff Picks

Dan Grote — Wed, 16 Oct 2024 12:00:00 +0000

Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. And if you own a local comic shop and would like to sponsor the CXF weekly Staff Picks, email contact@comicsxf.com. Matt’s pick: Batman & Robin Year One #1: While Bruce Wayne...

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Part 2 of our From the Ashes series guide proves all the best X-Men are women … and Sentinels?

Jake Murray — Sat, 24 Aug 2024 13:00:00 +0000

So, we’re six new series and eight issues into the X-Men: From the Ashes era. How’s everyone feeling? Have you recovered from the months-long hangover from your last night at the Green Lagoon, or are you still missing the tiki-bar lifestyle? Have you found your new X-Men title yet, or are you struggling to find...

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New series, fill-in artists and ‘Psychic Rescue’ revisited: Marvel’s X-Men books in October

Dan Grote — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 00:19:00 +0000

There are 13 X-books coming out in October. Two of them are issues of the same book. That’s a lot. We’ve only gotten two published From the Ashes comics so far: X-Men #1 and Phoenix #1, so it’s way too early for predictions, but we can make plenty of observations based on the covers and...

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Marvel announces Sentinels by Paknadel & Mason and Mystique by Shalvey

Dan Grote — Sat, 29 Jun 2024 00:13:54 +0000

Earlier this week, we posted a series-by-series breakdown of each of the upcoming X-Men From the Ashes series. Then Marvel went and dropped two more. Jerks. Marvel on Thursday announced Sentinels, a five-issue miniseries by writer Alex Paknadel (All Against All) and artist Justin Mason (Spider-Punk: Arms Race), launching Oct. 9. The series will follow...

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Mystique & Destiny immortalize Be Gay, Do Crimes in ‘X-Men: The Wedding Special #1’

Anna Peppard, Adam Reck and Stephanie Burt — Sun, 02 Jun 2024 14:00:00 +0000

Marvel’s first queerest family is throwing a party, and everyone’s invited! Particularly if it pleases the brides to know you won’t be home during their rapturous re-exchanging of vows. X-Men: The Wedding Special #1 was written by Kieron Gillen, Tini Howard, Tate Brombal, Yoon Ha Lee and Wyatt Kennedy; drawn by Rachael Stott, Phillip Sevy,...

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We always cry at supervillain weddings: Check out pages from X-Men: The Wedding Special

Dan Grote — Fri, 26 Apr 2024 19:51:22 +0000

It wasn’t that long ago that Mystique yelled “I want my wife back!” in 2020’s X-Men #6, making text what students of Chris Claremont knew to be true for far longer, that Raven Darkholme and Irene Adler were a queer couple whose love dated back decades. (Around that same time, they also kissed on panel...

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Marvel unveils more details of June’s Mystique and Destiny wedding special

Dan Grote — Fri, 05 Apr 2024 02:09:09 +0000

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...

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