For our first Redesign challenge of 2025, we decided to do something a little different. Rather than pick one character for everyone to redesign as has been custom, we asked all the participants this time to pick a character they want to see get more attention this year. Everyone gave their character a new look…
I’ve gotta be honest – I objected to this round. One, it was the first time our Redesigning crew had voted to elect a male character as our subject and Two, I frankly don’t know how to summarize such a specifically esoteric character like Shatterstar. Created by Rob Liefield and Fabian Nicieza, Shatterstar has had…
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Captain Britain gathers her ten best friends on a quest to stop Merlin from conquering all of Otherworld in Knights of X #1, written by Tini Howard, drawn by Bob Quinn, colored by Erick Arciniega, and lettering by Ariana Maher. Nola Pfau: Karen! I’m so excited we’re getting to go on this journey together. It…
We have a lot to wrap up and not a ton of time before the Gala. Lucky for us, Leah Williams, David Baldeón, Israel Silva and Joe Caramagna are here to defeat a goddess in X-Factor #9. Cori McCreery: First the bad news: Polaris is leaving the book to join the X-Men. Next the worse…
This article contains spoilers for ICEMAN #9 In Peter David, Marco Santucci, and Valentine De Landro’s X-FACTOR #45 back in 2009 fans were surprised to see Shatterstar plant a kiss on the lips of teammate Rictor. It was the first male/male romantic kiss between majoy characters appear on-panel in a Marvel comic. The two have since…
Name: Julio Rictor Code Names: Rictor First Appearance: X-Factor #17 (June ‘87) Powers: Seismic Wave Generation Team Affiliation: X-Factor, X-Terminators, New Mutants, X-Force About A big part of being a young adult is discovering who you really are. For many people, it is the first time they are away from their family, the first time they must…
As reported on Previews World, James Robinson and Carlos Pacheco are out with Cable #150 and Old Man Logan scribe Ed Brisson is in with Thunderbolts artist Jon Malin. Cable will be hunting a time traveling killer and enlisting past versions of Longshot, Shatterstar, Doop, X-23, Blink, and Armor to help him on his quest. Check out the…
Art by Paul Pelletier Name: Longshot Code Names: Longshot First Appearance: Longshot #1 (Sept ‘85) Powers: Lucky, Pyschometry, Hollow Bones, Unnaturally Attractive Teams Affiliation: X-Men, Exiles, X-Factor Investigations About Where do you draw the line between dumb luck and uncanny skill? For Longshot, that line has always been blurry at best. He was never intended…