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X-Treme X-Men #3 Is Filled With Claremontisms Good and Bad!

Stephanie Burt2 years ago2 years ago010 mins

Welcome back to Chicago, where the anti-mutant human pressure group Purity, the anti-mutant super-team GalĂ©rer, and the ninja-demon Ogun do their best to wipe out our heroes and take control of Rachel Summers’s Phoenix Force and/or her brain. Will anyone survive the experience? Find out in X-Treme X-Men #3, writing by the inimitable Chris Claremont,…

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  • X-Treme X-Men

X-Treme X-Men #1 Is Driven by Nostalgia and Promise.

Stephanie Burt2 years ago2 years ago010 mins

Want more tales of Kate (back then, Kitty) Pryde’s time at the University of Chicago? Hoping for more interstitial comics in which Chris Claremont himself tells stories that fill in the gaps in one of the Claremont runs? You’re in luck with X-Treme X-Men (volume three) #1, written by Claremont, art by Salvador Larroca, colors…

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  • Battle of The Atom

Battle Of The Atom: Who Wants To Kill An Xavier? With Nola Pfau

Zachary Jenkins, Adam Reck and Nola Pfau4 years ago4 years ago01 mins

We complete our double Dazzler coverage by looking at recent stories featuring the disco Dazzler and oops, it’s a lot about the Inhumans. Get ready for us to remember how annoying they were. Oh, and WWAC Editor-In-Chief and CXF contributor Nola Pfau joins us to relitigate some real weird times. Also, there’s a bunch of…

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  • Character Entry

Entry 099 – Lifeguard & Slipstream

Zachary Jenkins7 years ago7 years ago015 mins

Name: Heather & Davis Cameron Code Names: Lifeguard & Slipstream First Appearance: X-Treme X-Men #5 (November ‘01) Powers: Adaptive protective biology & the ability to surf the Warp Wave Team Affiliation: X-Men About In 1966, Jack Kirby began working off a Stan Lee Fantastic Four pitch, “Have them fight God”. Working in the Marvel Method, Stan looked…

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