Battle Of The Atom: Attempted Cannibalism
With apologies to our neighbors up north, this sure is not the nicest thing anyone has ever recorded about Canada. Ranked This Episode:
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Battle Of The Atom: Cats ≠ Dogs
I know cats aren’t dogs. I don’t know if Jeff Loeb does. Ranked this episode:
That’s (nearly) a wrap on the Krakoa era in May’s X-Men comics
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….
X CXF reactions to the X-Men ‘97 Trailer
After several delays, it seems Marvel and Disney+ are finally ready to release their continuation of the original X-Men: The Animated Series television show and have unveiled a teaser trailer to hype the impending return. Does this new show have what it takes to simultaneously recapture its audience from 27 years ago and inspire a…
The X-Men fight back in Fall of the House of X #2, but whose X-Men are they?
The latest Fall is a wall-to-wall brawl, y’all! The X-Men fight for their lives and find unexpected allies amid their breakneck race toward their latest ending in Fall of the House of X #2 written by Gerry Duggan, drawn by Lucas Werneck, colored by Bryan Valenza, and lettered by VC’s Travis Lanham. Anna Peppard: Happy…
Polaris will have you seeing green in a special Valentine’s Day Staff Picks
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Adam’s pick: Fall of the House of X #2: In which Polaris leads an invasion of Brood against Orchis. Come on, Uncle Gerry, you’ve had some rough ones lately. Don’t screw this up. Written by…
EXCLUSIVE: Mystique revealed on this variant cover to X-Men Forever #1
Recently, right-wing pundits have begun to circulate the theory that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s relationship is a psy-op for the government, and that at halftime at the Super Bowl, they will preempt Usher to announce their endorsement of Joe Biden for president, using Swift’s vast influence as a pop culture icon to steer the…
Redroot, Blood Dawns, Judas and Justice: An X-Men Infinity comic roundup
As the final curtain came down on the Hellfire Gala, Charles Xavier sent thousands of mutants away from Krakoa to places unknown, kickstarting the Fall of X era. As the X-office shuffled the deck, A-list mutants either returned to star in successful ongoing titles or were given headlining roles in miniseries. The vast majority found…
Synch’s having a rough time in our EXCLUSIVE preview of X-Men #31
I’m gonna be honest: I’m not loving this Talon-inside-Synch’s-body subplot in X-Men. It’s another example of the woman having to suffer to further the male hero’s arc, and it came during a week when Gerry Duggan was writing a lot of women — Laura, Emma Frost, Riri Williams, Jean Grey — as props for their…
Dead X-Men rise to the top of this week’s Staff Picks
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Adam’s pick: Dead X-Men #1: When the world turned against Krakoa, these five mutants lost their lives, but their mission as X-Men is just getting started. To preserve Xavier’s dream, they must accomplish the impossible…
Resurrection of Magneto #1 leaves us awestruck
On Krakoa, resurrection from the dead was as easy as completing a circuit. But Krakoa fell. The time of easy miracles is over, and only the hard roads are left. Now, it falls to Storm to bring the X-Men’s oldest enemy home. But after all he did, and all that was done to him, can…
Rise from your grave in our EXCLUSIVE preview of Dead X-Men #1
Previously, in Dead X-Men: Remember that? Fun times. Even with resurrection seemingly off the table for now, mutants are finding all sorts of ways to come back. Jean Grey found herself communing with the Phoenix Force again in the White Hot Room. X-Force has a clone of Beast circa his New Defenders era just lying…
Magneto is back up in yo’ ass with the Resurrection in this week’s Staff Picks
Each week, ComicsXF staff offer their recommendations for what to read. New DC books come out Tuesdays, everything else Wednesdays. Armaan’s pick: Resurrection of Magneto #1: On Krakoa, resurrection from the dead was as easy as completing a circuit. But Krakoa fell. The time of easy miracles is over, and only the hard roads are…
Cable #1 tackles the ‘real’ threat
All the signs are here: The Neocracy is coming – and with it comes not only the end of mutantkind, but all of humankind as well. As if rescuing Young Nate from the ongoing threat of Orchis weren’t enough, can Cable root out this growing threat and decimate it before the Neocracy has a chance…
The Avengers join the battle in April’s X-Men titles. What took them so long?
I don’t think I’m talking out of turn when I say the Avengers are shit allies. Historically, when the X-Men have needed the backing of other heroes, if the Avengers aren’t out facing some other universe-ending threat, they’re engaging the mutants in a misunderstanding-based fight before teaming up against a common foe. Steve Rogers tries,…