Phoenix - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Sun, 24 Aug 2025 11:55:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Phoenix - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 It’s an X-Man update in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Marvel’s Phoenix #14 https://comicsxf.com/2025/08/24/phoenix-14-preview/ Sun, 24 Aug 2025 11:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=53897 In recent issues of Phoenix, Jean Grey sent out a wave of psychic energy to stop the Dark Gods from destroying the cosmos. Y’know, Jean stuff. In doing so, a portion of her power manifested as Sara Grey, her long-dead sister. Last month, Cable attempted to intervene to show Jean that her sister isn’t real...

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]]> 53897 Empathy is a bug in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Phoenix #10 https://comicsxf.com/2025/04/06/phoenix-10-preview/ Sun, 06 Apr 2025 09:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=52149 You know who are the only people who think empathy is a weakness? Supervillains. Just sayin’. Check out our exclusive preview of Phoenix #10, out next week, and keep scrolling for the basic deets. (W) Stephanie Phillips (A) Alessandro Miracolo (CA) Yasmine Putri THE FINAL BATTLE! •  JEAN GREY has ascended to her most powerful form...

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]]> 52149 ComicsXF’s official ranking of the From the Ashes X-Men books https://comicsxf.com/2025/02/02/comicsxfs-official-ranking-of-the-x-men-from-the-ashes-comics-so-far/ Sun, 02 Feb 2025 10:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51029 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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]]> 51029 X-Chat catches up with Sentinels, X-Men and Phoenix https://comicsxf.com/2024/10/20/xchat-sentinels-xmen-phoenix/ Sun, 20 Oct 2024 08:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50482 The bad guys take the lead in Sentinels #1, written by Alex Paknadel, drawn by Justin Mason, colored by Federico Blee and lettered by Travis Lanham.  Quiet, psychic rescue in progress, again, in X-Men #5, written by Jed MacKay; drawn by Ryan Stegman; inked by JP Mayer, John Livesay and Stegman; colored by Marte Gracia,...

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]]> 50482 Gladiator’s like, ‘NOPE!’ in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Phoenix #4 https://comicsxf.com/2024/10/06/phoenix-4-preview/ Sun, 06 Oct 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=50350 Look, I get it, Gladiator. You’ve seen this movie before. Jean Grey is the Phoenix again. The first time that happened, she killed a whole planet of broccoli people. You sent your best people after her to stop her, and in the end the only reason you succeeded is because she chose to die by...

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]]> 50350 Wolverine gets revenge and Phoenix heads into space in X-Chat #16! https://comicsxf.com/2024/08/29/wolverine-gets-revenge-and-phoenix-heads-into-space-in-x-chat-16/ Thu, 29 Aug 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49974 He’s the best there is at what he does, and apparently what he does is take revenge! It’s Wolverine: Revenge #1 from Jonathan Hickman, Greg Capullo, Tim Townsend, and Cory Petit! And Jean Grey takes to the stars in Phoenix #1 & 2 from Stephanie Phillips, Alessandro Miracolo, David Curiel and Petit! Tony Thornley: Hey...

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]]> 49974 Hickman and Capullo help Wolverine get Revenge in this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2024/08/21/staff-picks-aug21/ Wed, 21 Aug 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49911 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. Tony’s pick: Wolverine: Revenge #1: He’s been beaten. He’s been bloodied....

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]]> 49911 Jean hangs out with her father-in-law in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Phoenix #2 https://comicsxf.com/2024/08/15/phoenix-2-preview/ Thu, 15 Aug 2024 18:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49868 The year is 1983. Major Christopher Summers, Corsair of the spacefaring Starjammers, returns to Earth to celebrate the wedding of his son Scott to Madelyne Pryor. “Congratulations, Scott, I’m so proud of you. That Madelyne’s a dynamite gal. And what about you, Alex? Still superheroing? No, you’ve retired? What are you now, 25? Well you...

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]]> 49868 New series, fill-in artists and ‘Psychic Rescue’ revisited: Marvel’s X-Men books in October https://comicsxf.com/2024/07/22/xmen-october/ Tue, 23 Jul 2024 00:19:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49662 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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]]> 49662 Now and forever, Phoenix #1 leads this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2024/07/17/staff-picks-july17/ Wed, 17 Jul 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49586 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New comics come out Wednesdays. See your local comic shop for more info. Austin’s pick: Phoenix #1: She is Jean Grey. She is Phoenix. She saves the world. She brings death. One woman, alone in space, who not only must do what no one...

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]]> 49586 The ComicsXF series-by-series guide to the X-Men: From the Ashes era https://comicsxf.com/2024/06/26/xmen-from-ashes-series/ Wed, 26 Jun 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49419 Welcome to the ComicsXF series-by-series guide to the new era of X-Men comics. The last few years saw a new dawn for the House of X: Mutants reigned (for a while) but were always destined to fall. And From the Ashes of the mutant island nation of Krakoa, this is what comes next. What do...

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]]> 49419 Holy crap, the Upstarts are back in Marvel’s September X-Men solicits https://comicsxf.com/2024/06/20/xmen-september-solicits/ Fri, 21 Jun 2024 01:30:46 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49379 In September, the X-Men and their friends are going to fight: Wow. Just wow. I don’t how to feel about that last one. Take a scroll through Marvel’s September X-Men solicits and see what you think. NYX #3 Written by COLLIN KELLY & JACKSON LANZINGArt by FRANCESCO MORTARINOSTAND TOGETHER OR DIE ALONE! To Anole –...

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]]> 49379 Jean Grey is fire and life incarnate again in Phoenix by Phillips and Miracolo https://comicsxf.com/2024/04/10/phoenix-phillips-miracolo/ Wed, 10 Apr 2024 17:25:41 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48532 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...

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]]> 48532 Every caption in Immortal X-Men #17, explained! https://comicsxf.com/2023/11/22/immortal-xmen-17-jean-grey/ Wed, 22 Nov 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47213 Every issue of Immortal X-Men is narrated by one character. Issue #17, out today, is no different, except that in this case, the narrator is Jean Grey/the Phoenix, who is, well, currently not in the best shape. Is she dead? Is she comatose? Is she reliving all of her past trauma at once? Whatever the...

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]]> 47213 Two Cosmos(es?) for the Price of One in Defenders Beyond #2! https://comicsxf.com/2022/08/29/two-cosmoses-for-the-price-of-one-in-defenders-beyond-2/ Mon, 29 Aug 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42649 As our fearless DEFENDERS continue their epic journey into THE BEYOND, the fearsome fivesome meets THE OMEGA COUNCIL and learns the SECRETS OF CREATION and possibly gains a new non-teammate in Defenders Beyond #2! As told by Al Ewing and Javier Rodríguez, with letters by Joe Caramagna. Mark Turetsky:  Well, Karen! It looks like another...

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]]> 42649 Who Will Become Life Incarnate in Avengers #43? https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/04/who-will-become-life-incarnate-in-avengers-43/ Thu, 04 Mar 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=22191 The Phoenix powered Avengers punch each other some more in the penultimate chapter of Enter the Phoenix by Jason Aaron, Javier Garron, David Curiel, and Cory Petit. Marvel has a long and storied tradition of some of the best extended runs in comics. Simonson’s Thor was over four years long, Roger Stern wrote Spider-Man for...

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]]> 22191 What Is Even Going On In PHOENIX RESURRECTION #2? https://comicsxf.com/2018/01/04/even-going-phoenix-resurrection-2/ Thu, 04 Jan 2018 21:39:48 +0000 http://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=3066 After 13 years, Jean Grey is coming back in PHOENIX RESSURECTION: THE RETURN OF JEAN GREY by Matthew Rosenberg and an assortment of artists, with Carlos Pacheco on the second issue. Just like last week, we got some theories. Issue #2 moved some pieces into place and tried to shed some color on the mystery,...

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]]> 3066 X-MEN RED Roster To Be Revealed https://comicsxf.com/2017/11/13/x-men-red-roster-revealed/ Mon, 13 Nov 2017 14:53:40 +0000 http://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=2820 For this #XMenMonday Group Editor Mark Paniccia has a special surprise for fans. The roster (most of it) will be revealed throughout the day starting in a little while. — Mark Paniccia (@MarkPaniccia) November 13, 2017 X-MEN RED, written by Tom Taylor (All-New Wolverine) with art by Mahmud Asrar (All-New, All-Different Avengers Generations: The Unworthy...

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]]> 2820 Entry 081 – The Stepford Cuckoos https://comicsxf.com/2017/07/27/entry-081-the-stepford-cuckoos/ Thu, 27 Jul 2017 11:30:49 +0000 http://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=2260 Name: Sophie, Phoebe, Mindee, Celeste, and Esme Cuckoo Code Names: Stepford Cuckoos, Five-In-One, Four-In-One, Three-In-One, Thousand-In-One, Weapon IVX First Appearance: New X-Men #118 (Nov ‘01) Powers: Telepathy, Diamond form Teams Affiliation: X-Men About Identical twins are a bizarre concept for me. They are copies of yourself, and not just physically. The major influencing factors in life like...

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