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The works and machinations of Avengers, X-Men, gods, and heroes … pfah It's all unimportant as a symbiote from an earlier age (which was too short and too undeveloped a twist to build on itself) steps forth and kind of just marches through wildly implausible symbolic gestures (Paul Bettany knows what we're talking about here)[...]

Could 'The Trial' Be Scarlet Witch? This morning, Bleeding Cool looked at some fun PR from Marvel regarding new X-Men titles kicking off before and after the Hellfire Gala, with some entertaining black bars. We suggested that the new unnamed series by Leah Williams and Valerio Schiti in August might be called The Trial. It has been suggested to[...]

As Marvel Comics continues to publish the interlinked X-Men comic books shown by Jonathan Hickman, from the island of Krakoa, the latest phase has been dubbed Reign Of X And after this summer's event, The Hellfire Gala, we will get some relaunches and new series from some familiar Krakoan names. A New X-Men #1 In July[...]

Today sees the finale of the Enter The Phoenix storyline, defining the new host of the Phoenix force in the Marvel Universe. The tournament between

There are a number of British characters in the X-Men world, the Braddocks, the Stuarts, Pete Wisdom, Chamber, Moira Mactaggert, David Haller, Mister Sinister  – and Emma Frost does a fine impression But today in Excalibur #20, we add another, the psychic possessor, former member of Mister Sinister's The Marauders, Malice. And not just from Generic[...]

With WandaVision under wraps (for now) and Disney+ firmly entrenched in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, let's see how the streamer can start re-introducing the X-Men characters that don't really need films to keep the ball rolling The can of worms was already opened with Sony's 2019 Spider-Man: Far from Home and the introduction[...]

Even if the TV version manages not to have a single Asian inhabitant of this South-East Asian free state. Marauders #19 I mean, it avoids certain unfortunate and long-lasting tropes that the X-Men have often suffered from But it also avoids a change to deal with those tropes.  Normally this would be the kind of thing that[...]

Iron Studios continues to impress us with their extensive X-Men roster for their growing X-Men vs Sentinel Diorama This massive statue series shows off three Sentinels who are controlled by Magneto as he attacks the X-Mansion Nice, the debut of these statues Iron Studios has slowly been releasing "add-on' characters for this intense mutant battle[...]

WWE has two X-Men comics hitting stores this week: Excalibur #20 and Marauders #19 In Excalibur #20, the gang is on the hunt for an invisible threat Who could it be? It'sa obvious whosa tis, isn't it? It'sa right dare inda title! Da Phantom Menance! It'sa Jar Jar Binks! EXCALIBUR #20 FEB210601 (W) Tini Howard (A) Marcus To (CA)[...]

Which does bring to mind David Mitchell's football trailer parody, "there's everything to play for, and forever to play it in". While the X-Men books, which have been doing this resurrection shtick for a few years now, recently introduced the idea of The Crucible, where mutants who lost their powers can request, more who had them[...]

Sorry for the delay and if any other retailers would like to report their top sellers, please contact richjohnston@bleedingcool.com. Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller List of the week X-Men #19's Return To The Vault Tops Bleeding Cool Bestseller List The last X-Men for two months… but it was a goodie And managed to pip Batman/Catwoman to the top[...]

And Heritage Auctions, in their 2021 April 1 – 4 Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction – Dallas #7242 have a lot of original comic book artwork, including Captain America, the Fantastic Four, Devil's Dinosaur, and X-Men #2 – featuring the first time The Vanisher used his powers And leading off with Kirby's classic Captain America[...]

But now it has been delayed another month until the 6th of June, two months after the previous delayed issue, Venom #34, out this week. LATE: X-Men #20 was solicited for the 12th of May but is now scheduled for May the 26th, two months after X-Men #19. LATE: Black Panther #25 was originally solicited for June[...]

Even if a few scabs need pulling off first. Fool Me Twice – The Daily LITG, April 1st, 2021 In X-Men #19, Laura Kinney: Wolverine Is Older Than Logan? (Spoilers) Big News For Agatha Harkness And Mephisto At Marvel Today (Spoilers) John Romita Jr Returns To Marvel From DC Comics Marvel Reveals New Phoenix & Avengers Are Earth's Mightiest Villains The[...]

One of the most deadly X-Men has been unleashed as Mezco Toyz reveals their newest Marvel One: 12 Collective figure Wolverine is the best at what he does, and Mezco shows that with this incredible figure This mutant is ready to save the world as he is loaded with detail, articulation, and a massive lot[...]

Jim Lee may be Chief Creative Officer and Publisher of DC Comics these days and be a founder of Image Comics and creator of WildStorm, but deep in his heart, he knows he will always be best known for his work on X-Men at Marvel Comics And two pages of his original X-Men artwork are[...]

The long-anticipated return to The Vault kicks off in today's X-Men #19 by Jonathan Hickman and Mahmud Asrar, following on from a hanging plotline from well over a year ago The three X-Men sent into The Vault by Cyclops on a recon mission, in the anticipation of an encounter with The Children Of The Vault[...]

Over at AIPT's Marvel PR friendly X-Men Monday roundtable, they had a new face around the virtual space. Victor LaValle: I haven't officially begun writing for the X-Men line yet, but I have already found myself incredibly geeked that I will get to take a classic, and beloved, villain who has been on the island all along[...]

The late Dave Cockrum is the co-creator of the All-New X-Men, Nightcrawler, Storm, Colossus, Thunderbird, and Sunfire, but the one closest to his heart was Nightcrawler And it is the original artwork of the first story appearance of Nightcrawler from Giant Size-X-Men #1, which is going to be getting the biggest bucks at Heritage Auctions[...]

Excalibur #19 takes a couple of fun dives into days of X-Men past The first, is the Otherworld elvish village of Jackdaw's Nest, Jackdaw was Captain Britain's first sidekick, killed off by Alan Moore and Alan Davis when they took over the title way back when But seems to have left a legacy on Otherworld. Excalibur[...]

This adorable bad guy is packed with color, limited to 3,000 pieces, and will make any X-Men fan quite happy Last but not least is The Thing is looking for a fight with his own 3,000 limited edition statue Standing 9 inches tall, this member of the Fantastic Four captures the classic design of The[...]

Here are the details as shared on YouTube. OmnibusWatch: Mutant Massacre Omnibus HC [New Printing] collecting: Uncanny X-Men (1981) 210-219; X-Men Annual (1970) 11; X-Factor (1986) 9-17; X-Factor Annual (1986) 2; New Mutants (1983) 46; Thor (1966) 373-374, 377-378; Power Pack (1984) 27; Daredevil (1964) 238; Fantastic Four Vs The X-Men (1987) 1-4; X-Men Vs[...]

The leader of the X-Men is back as Sideshow Collectibles reveals a new limited edition sixth scale Cyclops figure Unlike previous releases, this version is based on his costume appearance from Astonishing X-Men Cyclops dons his full dark blue bodysuit once again with his X buckle and is loaded with detail The mighty mutant will[...]

Two X-Men comics will be published by Marvel Comics next week, and as usual, Marvel is being very stingy with the X-book previews, giving us just two interior pages from each and forcing us to combine both of them into a single clickbait article to meet our minimum word count requirements The cover to Cable[...]

He "would like to make YouTube-style videos about videogames when he grows up," the Associated Press article reports. And that's the week in comics news. X-ual Healing X-Men Recaps Sworn to sell comics for Marvel executives who feared and hated the fact that Fox owned their movie rights, The Uncanny X-Men suffered great indignities Still, thanks to a[...]

The King In Black event is coming to a (late) finale but there are still dribs and drabs across the rest of the Marvel Universe. Spider-Man gets his own

A year and a half ago, looking at the new X-Men #1  by Jonathan Hickman and Leinil Francis Yu, we noted what appeared to be… convenient living quarters for Scott Summers – Cyclops and his wife Jean Grey – Marvel Girl And adjacent to them, Logan – Wolverine Whose interest in Jean Grey – and[...]

Yesterday, Bleeding Cool reported that comic book retailers would be getting Hellfire Gala preview comics as well as looking at the costumes that the X-Men would be sporting during the upcoming Krakoan celebrations Marvel's full June solicitations aren't out yet, and we did our best with the Frankensteining, but now we have the full X-Men[...]

And we have a new Captain America of the Railways. Pokémon GO Teases Sylveon, Xerneas, & More New Species Marvel Comics Introduces A Gay Captain America For June 2021 Comics Stores To Receive Free Copies Of X-Men Hellfire Gala Guide Glee Co-Creator Ryan Murphy Responds to Naya Rivera Accusations Marvel Comics June 2021 Solicitations Frankensteined Cullen Bunn Turned Down DC-Exclusive Deal[...]

For June, Marvel Comics is going to be having the Hellfire Gala event run through its Krakoan X-Men comic books, a big celebration even for the island that will see the new X-Men members voted on  – including by the reading public And as Emma Frost and Jumbo Carnation have already planned, it will be[...]