Rise of the Powers of X - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Sun, 01 Sep 2024 13:34:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/comicsxf.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-orange-favicon-2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Rise of the Powers of X - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Rise of the Powers of X #5: Krakoa Ends, but Data Pages Are Forever https://comicsxf.com/2024/05/29/rise-of-the-powers-of-x-5-krakoa-ends-but-data-pages-are-forever/ Wed, 29 May 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49081 It’s the final battle against Enigma as Phoenix rises, Xavier schemes and Moira faces a crucial decision in Rise of the Powers of X #5, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Luciano Vecchio, colored by David Curiel and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Jake Murray: And thus ends the penultimate (ish) issue of the Krakoa era....

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]]> 49081 3 flavors of Pride – X-Men, DC and Star Trek – lead this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2024/05/29/staff-picks-may29/ Wed, 29 May 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=49076 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays (for now), everything else Wednesdays. Adam’s pick: X-Men: The Wedding Special: Mystique and Destiny are one of the most beloved gay couples in history since they were made textual five years ago. Somewhere in their 100+ years together, the...

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]]> 49076 Ultimate Sentinel my @$$ in Rise of the Powers of X #4 https://comicsxf.com/2024/04/24/rise-powers-x-4/ Wed, 24 Apr 2024 21:26:16 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48709 XAVIER! NO! Xavier, shocking no one, compromises his morals in pursuit of his dream, as he teams up with Orchis to give mutants a chance. What’s left of the Quiet Council, however, has their own plan in place — it is time for the Phoenix to rise from the ashes that Orchis has left behind....

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]]> 48709 The Creature from the Black Lagoon lives to lead off this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2024/04/24/staff-picks-april24/ Wed, 24 Apr 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48686 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays (for now), everything else Wednesdays. Dan’s pick: Universal Monsters: Creature from the Black Lagoon Lives #1: Journalist Kate Marsden hunts for a notorious serial killer in the heart of the Amazon. Hot on the trail of this madman, she...

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]]> 48686 Professor Xavier continues to be a jerk in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Rise of the Powers of X #4 https://comicsxf.com/2024/04/18/rise-powers-x-4-preview/ Thu, 18 Apr 2024 18:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48629 At the end of Rise of the Powers of X #3, Charles Xavier, having abandoned his plan to kill young Moira X before her powers manifest, shoots Rachel Summers with the same gun he didn’t shoot Li’l Moira with. THEN, in this week’s Fall of the House of X #4, he … well, y’know what,...

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]]> 48629 One last chat between old friends in Rise of the Powers of X #3 https://comicsxf.com/2024/03/27/rise-powers-x-3/ Wed, 27 Mar 2024 16:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48393 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...

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]]> 48393 Batman gets Dark, Six Fingers, RoPoX and more in this week’s Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2024/03/27/staff-picks-march27/ Wed, 27 Mar 2024 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48381 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...

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]]> 48381 Li’l Moira gets what’s coming to her in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Rise of the Powers of X #3 https://comicsxf.com/2024/03/21/rise-of-the-powers-of-x-3-preview/ Thu, 21 Mar 2024 18:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=48342 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...

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]]> 48342 That’s (nearly) a wrap on the Krakoa era in May’s X-Men comics https://comicsxf.com/2024/02/16/xmen-comics-may/ Sat, 17 Feb 2024 03:30:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=48002 One more month. One more month of Krakoa. One more month till we find out what’s next. One more month till we find out whether this Gail Simone Free Comic Book Day story has anything to do with anything. One more month (or maybe two) until we learn what that “From the Ashes” teaser means....

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]]> 48002 King-Dominion Come in Rise of the Powers of X #1 https://comicsxf.com/2024/01/10/rise-powers-x-1/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47646 The end of the Krakoan age continues! Ten years in the future, man and machine are on the verge of total victory, but mutants aren’t going down without a fight, while an enigmatic new player emerges in Rise of the Powers of X #1, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by R.B. Silva, colored by David...

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]]> 47646 Rise of the Powers of X, Ultimate Spider-Man and more Staff Picks https://comicsxf.com/2024/01/10/staff-picks-jan-10/ Wed, 10 Jan 2024 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47624 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Adam’s pick: Rise of the Powers of X #1: Ten years ago, the mutants returned from their exile to try and reclaim the Earth from the forces of Orchis. They failed. Now, Nimrod and Omega...

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]]> 47624 Two series that are one and a butt-ton of minis: Behold the X-Men titles in March https://comicsxf.com/2023/12/08/xmen-march-2024/ Fri, 08 Dec 2023 16:44:18 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47380 Remember how in 2019 Marvel released House of X and Powers of X and that was it for X-Men titles for a couple months, and it was the big event everyone was focused on? Nearly five years later, the Hickman’s away and the mice are all over the place, as the two linchpin series of...

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]]> 47380 Who’s about to shoot Moira in Rise of the Powers of X #3? We have our theories. https://comicsxf.com/2023/12/06/whos-shooting-moira/ Wed, 06 Dec 2023 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47352 Marvel teased next year’s big Fall of the House of X and Rise of the Powers of X event miniseries this week with covers of each’s issue #3, on sale in March. While the Fall #3 cover shows Logan about to pop a claw right in Dr. Stasis’ forehead clover, the cover to Rise #3...

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]]> 47352 Back to the past, back to the future in previews of Fall of the House of X and Rise of the Powers of X #1 https://comicsxf.com/2023/11/15/fall-rise-x-preview/ Thu, 16 Nov 2023 03:16:17 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=47150 Classic costumes. Fastball Specials. A team-on-the-Blackbird scene. What is this, 1975 through 1991? Yup. We’re going back. Won’t be long now before the softball scene. Marvel has released unlettered previews of January’s Fall of the House of X #1 and Rise of the Powers of X #1, the two five-issue event series that are expected...

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