X-Men Legends - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com The comics criticism you crave Wed, 09 Mar 2022 12:26:44 +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 X-Men Legends - COMICSXF https://comicsxf.com 32 32 107498702 Excalibur Begins in X-Men Legends #12 https://comicsxf.com/2022/03/09/excalibur-begins-in-x-men-legends-12/ Wed, 09 Mar 2022 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=38332 Hurt badly in an earlier crossover event, Kate Pryde and Kurt Wagner missed out on “Fall of the Mutants,” believing the rest of their first team, the X-Men, deceased. Instead, the duo remained on Muir Isle, in no shape to fight … until they began the new super-team Excalibur. What happened to Kurt and Kate...

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]]> 38332 Poppa Claremont Returns in Our X-clusive Preview of X-Men Legends #12 https://comicsxf.com/2022/03/03/poppa-claremont-returns-in-our-x-clusive-preview-of-x-men-legends-12/ Thu, 03 Mar 2022 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=38251 Sure, we could talk about how X-Men Legends #12 brings back the X-Menniest X-Men writer to ever X-Men, Chris Claremont, to tell a story about Nightcrawler and Shadowcat in the days between when the X-Men were believed to have died in “Fall of the Mutants” and when Excalibur forms in “The Sword Is Drawn.” And...

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]]> 38251 Ain’t No Thing but Chicken Wings as the Simonsons Return in X-Men Legends #11 https://comicsxf.com/2022/02/02/aint-no-thing-but-chicken-wings-as-the-simonsons-return-in-x-men-legends-11/ Wed, 02 Feb 2022 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=37761 Just in time to celebrate 40 years of the original New Mutants, catch up with some old friends — like Sunspot, Cannonball, Wolfsbane, Boom-Boom, Dani Moonster and Rictor — as Caliban leads Famine and War, the remaining Horsemen of Apocalypse, in a hunt for new blood. Witness a never-before-seen link between the New Mutants and...

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]]> 37761 Wanted: Two Horsemen, Must Be Able to Work Nights and Weekends, in X-Men Legends #11 https://comicsxf.com/2022/01/27/wanted-two-horsemen-must-be-able-to-work-nights-and-weekends-in-x-men-legends-11/ Thu, 27 Jan 2022 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=37680 Sad Apocalypse is sad. His ship, Ship, is gone, he’s down two Horsemen and he’s worried the Celestials will take one look at X-Factor and give the world a big thumb’s down. Ever the goodest boy, even in service of evil, Caliban wants to make Apocalypse happy again, by plumbing the Morlock tunnels looking for...

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]]> 37680 Let’s Talk about X-Men #34, er, X-Men Legends #10 https://comicsxf.com/2022/01/12/lets-talk-about-x-men-34-er-x-men-legends-10/ Wed, 12 Jan 2022 17:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=37368 Charles Xavier. Beast. Amanda Mueller. Moira MacTaggert. Magneto. Some of the greatest minds and experts on mutantkind are assembled by Mister Sinister to discuss the evolution of Homo superior … but to what devious end? Rest assured, there’ll be at least one dead body before dessert at this meeting of the Eighth Circle. Dan “Never...

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]]> 37368 DC’s New Losers, a Werewolf and More Inferno Lead Our Staff Picks for Dec. 8 https://comicsxf.com/2021/12/06/dcs-new-losers-a-werewolf-and-more-inferno-lead-our-staff-picks-for-dec-8/ Mon, 06 Dec 2021 16:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=35572 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Dan’s Pick: One Star Squadron #1: What if Heroes for Hire but for goofs? Red Tornado puts together a team of heroes-on-demand in this six-issue series by writer Mark Russell (Not All Robots) and artist...

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]]> 35572 Chip Goes Noir, DC Resurrects Human Target and More Staff Picks for Nov. 3 https://comicsxf.com/2021/11/01/chip-goes-noir-dc-resurrects-human-target-and-more-staff-picks-for-nov-3/ Mon, 01 Nov 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=34990 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Dan’s Pick: Newburn #1: Chippie goes noir! Easton Newburn is a private eye who investigates warring crime factions in a new Image series by writer Chip Zdarsky (Daredevil) and artist Jacob Phillips (That Texas Blood),...

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]]> 34990 Larry Hama Returns To Uneven Results In X-Men Legends #7 https://comicsxf.com/2021/09/22/larry-hama-returns-to-uneven-results-in-x-men-legends-7/ Wed, 22 Sep 2021 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=33928 When two young mutants disappear, Wolverine and Jubilee set off for Japan to track them down. But Lady Deathstrike and the Hand have their own designs on the duo, and it’ll take no small measure of blood, sweat and adamantium to change their minds. Let’s snikt and bub our way through X-Men Legends #7, written...

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]]> 33928 What Value Is Nostalgia In X-Men: Legends #5? https://comicsxf.com/2021/07/21/what-value-is-nostalgia-in-x-men-legends-5/ Wed, 21 Jul 2021 19:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=31440 Mutants have taken hostages, and X-Factor is taking the blame. But before judgment is rendered for Polaris, Havok, Wolfsbane, Strong Guy, Quicksilver and Multiple Man, Val Cooper and X-Factor will take the stand! But who’s telling the truth, and what really went down at the Latverian embassy? Find out in X-Men Legends #5, written by...

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]]> 31440 Alan Scott’s Quest, Nightcrawler’s Hangover and More Staff Picks for 6/23 https://comicsxf.com/2021/06/21/alan-scotts-quest-nightcrawlers-hangover-and-more-staff-picks-for-6-23/ Mon, 21 Jun 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=29840 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Cori’s Pick: Infinite Frontier #1: When our heroes saved the DC Multiverse in Dark Nights: Death Metal, everything was put back where it belonged. But Alan Scott has noticed some of his allies are still...

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]]> 29840 Louise & Walt Simonson Return In Our Advance Review Of X-Men Legends #3 https://comicsxf.com/2021/04/27/louise-walt-simonson-return-in-our-advanced-review-of-x-men-legends-3/ Tue, 27 Apr 2021 16:16:07 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=25852 Revisit the days of the original X-Factor as a new story set in a new corner of X-history begins in X-Men Legends #3 written by Louise Simonson, art by Walt Simonson, colored by Laura Martin, and lettered by John Workman   After a pair of issues set in the grim ‘n’ gritty, hatch mark-y 90s, X-Men...

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]]> 25852 Crack an Egg on It! Robin Flies Solo in Our Staff Picks for 4/28 https://comicsxf.com/2021/04/26/crack-an-egg-on-it-robin-flies-solo-in-our-staff-picks-for-4-28/ Mon, 26 Apr 2021 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=25657 Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC comics come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Vishal’s Pick: Robin #1: Damian Wayne enters the League of Lazarus tournament to prove he’s the best at fights in a new series by writer Joshua Williamson and artist Gleb Melnikov. ($3.99) Check out the...

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]]> 25657 Battle Of The Atom: Video James https://comicsxf.com/2021/03/08/battle-of-the-atom-video-james/ Mon, 08 Mar 2021 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.comicsxf.com/?p=22491 What’s Wolverine’s favorite video game system? The XBox I’m sorry. We’re talking about X-Men games tie-ins, some video, some card. These comics are not good, they have never been good, and they never would be good. But they are weird hell and I know you crazy kids love weird comics. Honestly? We get pretty distracted...

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