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X-ual Healing 11-6-19
Welcome back to the internet's number one Marvin Gaye themed weekly X-Men recap column Last week, we got two Dawn of X books: New Mutants #1 and X-Force #1 Was either one any good? Read on to find out… Sworn to sell comics for Marvel executives who feared and hated the fact that Fox owned their[...]
X-Men #2 [Preview]
X-Men #2 is in stores from Marvel Comics next week, by Jonathan Hickman, Leinil Francis Yu, and more We've got a preview below, which finally answers the question: what if Jonathan Hickman decided to keep just one thing from the ResurrXion era, and it was Rachel changing her codename to "Prestige?" Like all good comics, this[...]
Still No Ongoing for Chris Claremont, Even Though Marvel Owes All Their Success to Him
Chris Claremont, writer of the X-Men from 1975-1991 and several times after that and greatest comic book writer of all time, is currently retained by Marvel Comics to remain exclusive to them However, besides occasional one-shots and short stories in anthologies, Claremont is hardly used The last time Claremont was given an ongoing series to[...]
Jonathan Hickman Doesn't Believe in a Major Part of the Comic Book Industry
For example, where other writers might write a six-issue series to relaunch the X-Men, Hickman takes the same amount of story and makes it twelve issues Where other writers might believe that comic books should contain comics, Hickman believes they should contain pages upon pages of charts, graphs, and prose It's unconventional, but we can't[...]
X-Men's Beast Holds His Own in Single Release Statue from Iron Studios
X-Men's blue furry friend Beast is one of the original members of the X-Men Recently revealed from Iron Studios was a massive X-Men versus Sentinel statue This statue featured a wide variety of X-Men fighting off the mutant-hunting Sentinel at the X-Mansion That +$1000 statue was super detailed and you can find it currently up[...]
marvel's helstrom
A liitle less than a month after Hulu and Marvel Studios' reaffirmed their commitment to Marvel's Helstrom with a major casting announcement of names that carry some serious "geek cred" with them (see below), we have yet another name to add to the cast. Freeform Daniel Cudmore (X-Men and Twilight franchises, Freeform's Siren) has been cast in[...]
The Age of Apocalypse Has Arrived with New Marvel Legends Figures
The Age of Apocalypse is a comic X-Men storyline from the 80s During the time it changed a lot of mythos inside the X-Men world Even in Marvel Comics today you can still see little remnants and echos of this Age Recently announced this weekend from Hasbro is a new upcoming wave of Marvel Legends[...]
When Kevin Eastman Draws X-Men
Do you want your Jonathan Hickman/Leinil Francis Yu/Gerry Alanguilan X-Men #1 with a cover by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman? If so Clover Press, the new publisher from the founders of IDW Entertainment has a variant cover from that very self-same fellow, that can be ordered through your local comic store owner for[...]
Excalibur #1 Sets the Standard for the Dawn of X [X-ual Healing 10-31-19]
Beginnings and endings in this installment of the number one sex-pun-themed weekly X-Men recap column! 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, but thanks to a corporate merger and a line-wide relaunch, the X-Men can finally get back[...]
The X-Men Take on a Sentinel in New Iron Studios Statue
The X-Men are one of my favorite groups Inside the comics They're more than just a team together there a family thrown together through the harshness of society They look after each other they love each other and they even fight together Iron Studios has announced a super kick-ass X-Men versus Sentinel deluxe battle diorama[...]
House of Positivity: WWE's The New Day Cosplay as the X-Men at Big Easy Con
Woods and his New Day partners Kofi Kingston and Big E are at Big Easy Con this weekend in New Orleans, and they're cosplaying the best comic book characters: the X-Men! Is about to get real @BigEasyCon pic.twitter.com/aYLoKFh73o — Austin Creed – Future King of The Ring (@XavierWoodsPhD) November 2, 2019 Since Woods needs a wheelchair to get[...]
Tim Miller Doesn't Think His Kitty Pryde Movie is Going to Happen
Back in February of 2018 20th Century Fox hired Tim Miller and Brian Michael Bendis to direct and write, respectively, a mysterious X-Men movie called 143 We later learned that this was going to be a project about Kitty Pryde and last we heard from Bendis about 9 months ago in a now deleted tweet he[...]
Marvel Unlimited Adds X-Factor, Power Man and Iron Fist, X-Men/Alpha Flight in November
X-Factor #93-100, Power Man and Iron Fist #90-107, and X-Men/Alpha Flight #1-2 will be the classic comics making their debut on Marvel Unlimited in November. X-Factor #93-100 picks up right after the Fatal Attractions crossover event and culminates in the (supposed) death of Jamie Madrox, a theme that would recur throughout the years These issues feature[...]
Ch-Ch-Changes to Solicits For X-Men #5 & #6 and New Mutants #5 & #6
Bleeding Cool previously reported changes for Marvel Comics X-Men #4 and New Mutants #4 but there are more to come X-Men #5 and #6 were originally solicited thus; X-MEN #5 & #6 JONATHAN HICKMAN (W) • #5 R B SILVA (A) #6 MATTEO BUFFAGNI (A) MUTANTS ARE THE FUTURE First, the Krakoan leaders attend an economic forum to show[...]
The Dawn of X Breaks the Monotony of HoXPoX [X-ual Healing 10-16-19]
Did that happen in X-Men #1? Read on to find out. 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, but thanks to a corporate merger and a line-wide relaunch, the X-Men can finally get back to doing what they[...]
Cyclops Gives Us a 90s Throwback with new Sideshow Statue
Cyclops, the leader of the X-Men has finally arrived With his return to Marvel Comics since his death, It's nice to see more Cyclops collectibles back in the picture The newest one is from Sideshow Collectibles as they release a new marvel comics Cyclops premium format statue The statue is based on the iconic 1990's[...]
Marauders #1 [Preview]
Marauders #1 is in stores on Wednesday. MARAUDERS #1 DX AUG190863 (W) Gerry Duggan (A) Matteo Lolli (CA) Russell Dauterman THE X-MEN SAIL AT DAWN! Even in this glorious new dawn, Mutantkind faces hardships and oppression from their human counterparts Led by Captain Kate Pryde and funded by Emma Frost and the Hellfire Trading Company, Marauders Storm, Pyro, Bishop and[...]
X-Corp - another New X-Men Title From Marvel Comics for February 2020
I'm spitballing here. As well as the current series of Captain Marvel, where she co-created new character Star, Carnero is known for her work on DC Bombshells, Dragon Age, Detective Comics, X-Men Red, X-Factor and Gotham City Garage. More when we have it. UPDATE: Looks like the title may be delayed Check here for the latest[...]
Let's All Read Excalibur #31 in the Light Of HOXPOX
He turned the X-Men into a powerful separatist nation state with real political and economic They have a secretive government with secret plans and agendas to manipulate and change the world It's all very Machiavellian You could say the X-Men are no longer heroic underdogs but villains. Marvel Comics Some readers interpreted Hickman's story as an allegory[...]