Shatterstar - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Sun, 09 Feb 2025 12:26:31 +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 Shatterstar - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 The Redesigning team envisions their ideal X-Men solo titles for 2025 https://comicsxf.com/2025/02/09/redesigning-xmen-solo-2025/ Sun, 09 Feb 2025 12:00:00 +0000 https://comicsxf.com/?p=51484 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...

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]]> 51484 Redesigning Shatterstar https://comicsxf.com/2022/09/19/redesigning-shatterstar/ Mon, 19 Sep 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=42963 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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]]> 42963 Battle Of The Atom: Daddyboros https://comicsxf.com/2022/05/30/battle-of-the-atom-daddyboros/ Mon, 30 May 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=41161 Shatterstar begat Longshot who begat Shatterstar who begat Longshot who begat Shatterstar who begat Longshot who begat Shatterstar who begat Longshot who begat Shatterstar and oh shoot it’s a DADDYBOROS! Ranked This Episode: X-Factor #259 (Daddyboros) Longshot Shattershot

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]]> 41161 Knights of X #1 Brings Us Swords Out In Otherworld! https://comicsxf.com/2022/04/27/knights-of-x-1-brings-us-swords-out-in-otherworld/ Wed, 27 Apr 2022 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=40335 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...

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]]> 40335 Threads Weave Together To Form A Beautiful Tapestry As X-Factor #9 Hits Its Grand Finale https://comicsxf.com/2021/05/12/threads-weave-together-to-form-a-beautiful-tapestry-as-x-factor-9-hits-its-grand-finale/ Wed, 12 May 2021 13:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=27057 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...

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]]> 27057 A Longstanding LGBTQ Relationship Was Casually Dismantled In ICEMAN #9 https://comicsxf.com/2018/01/03/longstanding-lgbtq-relationship-casually-dismantled-iceman-9/ Wed, 03 Jan 2018 15:55:21 +0000 http://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=3029 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...

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]]> 3029 Entry 094 – Rictor https://comicsxf.com/2017/11/02/entry-094-rictor/ Thu, 02 Nov 2017 13:00:15 +0000 http://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=2769 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...

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]]> 2769 Cable #150 Gets A New Creative Team & Newer New Mutants For Marvel Legacy https://comicsxf.com/2017/07/12/cable-150-gets-a-new-creative-team-newer-new-mutants-for-marvel-legacy/ Wed, 12 Jul 2017 20:12:40 +0000 http://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=2179 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...

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]]> 2179 Entry 006 – Longshot https://comicsxf.com/2016/02/25/entry-006-longshot/ Fri, 26 Feb 2016 04:10:31 +0000 http://www.xavierfiles.com/?p=44 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...

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