Battle Of The Atom: Behind The Music
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Get trapped in a video game and declare your love for X-Men ’97’s ‘Motendo/Lifedeath’
It’s two tales for the price of one as Jubilee gets sucked into a Mojo-fied version of the X-Men arcade game and Storm deals with the fallout of her power loss as she grows closer to Forge in X-Men ’97 episode 3, “Motendo/Lifedeath Part 1,” directed by Chase Conley and written by Beau DeMayo and…
Marvel unveils more details of June’s Mystique and Destiny wedding special
Since one resurrected the other in Inferno, Mystique and Destiny have been one of the pivotal couples of the Krakoan era. Now that that era is ending, Marvel is celebrating by having them renew their wedding vows. Marvel’s June Voices anthology, out May 29 and retailing for $9.99, is X-Men: The Wedding Special, telling a…
Visit the Mojo Dojo Casa House in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Ms. Marvel: Mutant Menace #2
Well, Mojo’s having a week, isn’t he? First, he traps Jubilee and Sunspot in a video game in X-Men ’97, now he’s attempting to trap Lila Cheney in a lifetime contract in the latest issue of Ms. Marvel. But wait, doesn’t Kamala Khan have bigger fish to fry right now with the whole Orchis thing?…
Our Son Pete Episode 13: The One Where They Blow Stuff up Real Good (with Sara Century)
WMQ&A: The ComicsXF Interview Podcast Ā· Our Son Pete Episode 13: Excalibur #98 with Sara Century Comics critic and podcaster Sara Century helps Dan unravel the mysteries of Excalibur #98, aka the one where they blow stuff up real good. Has there ever actually been a proactive X-team? Why is Excalibur stealing X-Force’s bit? Is…
‘Inferno’ in 30 minutes or less in Episode 3 of X-Men ’97
TWO Jean Greys? The X-Men are seeing double as the machinations of an old foe come to light, leading to Cyclops and Jean having to make an agonizing decision in X-Men ’97 season 1 episode 3, “Fire Made Flesh,” written by Beau DeMayo & Charlie Feldman and directed by Yomi Yonemura. The first two episodes…
One last chat between old friends in Rise of the Powers of X #3
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…
Batman gets Dark, Six Fingers, RoPoX and more in this week’s Staff Picks
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, Gothamās favorite delinquent son. Witness the boy become a dark knight shaped by a city in turmoil as it marches toward its prophesied doom. By…
Nostalgia and more in the first two episodes of X-Men ’97
Picking up where the original X-Men animated series left off in 1997, X-Men ’97 returns to a familiar yet different world, where Professor X is dead, Jean Grey is pregnant and Bishop is there. But the world still fears and hates mutants, and now the X-Men must find a way to protect it while working…
Li’l Moira gets what’s coming to her in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Rise of the Powers of X #3
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…
X-Men Forever #1 is Immortal X-Men #19. We will not be explaining. (Yes, we will.)
With the House of X falling and the Powers of X rising, go behind the scenes of the fight against Orchis and Dominion with the remnants of the Krakoan Quiet Council in X-Men Forever #1, written by Kieron Gillen, drawn by Luca Maresca, colored by Federico Blee and lettered by Clayton Cowles. Austin Gorton: Welcome…
Resurrection of Magneto #3: If No One Else Got Me, I Know Al Ewing Got Me
Even death is not to be feared by one who has lived wisely Buddha There is nothing so common to the human experience as fear. The fear of what could be, might beā¦what if. What if it all goes wrong? What if the plans go awry? What if I fail? What if Iāve already failed?…
No, Mr. Brevoort, Storm’s hair is not a pet proclivity
First Lady Michelle Obama considered wearing her hair in braids while living in the White House. But then she thought of the American people. They were ājust getting adjustedā to having a Black president in the Oval Office and a Black family in the White House, so she decided to keep her hair straight. Obama…
X-Men Forever (Forever-ever? ForEVER-ever?), new Ram V and more CXF Staff Picks
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays (for now), everything else Wednesdays. Austinās pick: X-Men Forever #1: How can you kill a digital god? What do you do when the Phoenix is bleeding out into nothing? There have been questions that have haunted you since the…
10 key episodes of X-Men ’92 to watch before X-Men ’97: A ComicsXF Primer
Everyone loves X-Men: The Animated Series, right? At least, that’s what Disney is banking on with the release of X-Men ’97, the follow-up to the animated series that theoretically introduced a generation of kids to the X-Men. But with 76 episodes spread across five seasons in very confusing watch orders (Do I watch based on…