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★★ Another day, another X-Men movie. After Days of Future Past effectively rebooted the entire series by rewriting the future, the series comes full circle by bringing back a bunch of familiar superpowers in teenage form -- Cyclops, Jean Grey, Angel, Nightcrawler, and Storm. X-Men: Apocalypse trailers begged answers for the questions: Who will join the... Continue Reading →
Ultimate Dr. Doom's energy blast sure has a lot of kick. All-New X-Men #35 ended just as Miles Morales launched a sudden attack on Doom only to be countered by a devastating blast. Issue #36 continues from that super-ultra-combo finisher with a double-page spread of the Doctor surveying his victory. Two sets of X-Men and... Continue Reading →
All-New X-Men #30 takes a break from the norm to develop and work on some character-to-character issues. Picking up at the swell of a whirlwind romance between Laura Kinney and Warren Worthington III after a night of clubbing and, well, clubbing (literally!), the two go through an impromptu DTR that challenges their notions of each other, especially... Continue Reading →
The X-Men scramble to ward off a potential resurrection of Arkea Prime only to discover their worst fears coming true. The new Sisterhood is already one step ahead with the meteorite that carried Arkea to Earth now in their possession. Escalation is the issue's theme with Sabra and Gabriel Shepherd joining the X-Men, Jubilee and... Continue Reading →
A burglary at the Mansion leads the X-Men on a chase 'round the world to keep Lady Deathstrike and her new allies from reviving a dangerous foe. Last issue, Deathstrike entered the body of Ana Cortes, hoping to gain access to the Omega Sentinel technology that has since come back online with Karima Shapandar's return... Continue Reading →
S.H.I.E.L.D.'s missiles rain down on the X-Men below in Battle of the Atom #2, the conclusion to this year's crossover, pitting various X-Men teams from different times in a battle against each other. The issue promises there will be blood as the X-Men are attacked high and low, and readers will get some answers to... Continue Reading →
Try saying this all in one breath. The future X-Men have come back through time to correct the current X-Men's mistake of bringing the classic X-Men into the present in All-New X-Men #16, the second chapter of the Battle of the Atom crossover event. Professor Charles Xavier's grandson Xavier, Deadpool, Kitty Pryde, Iceman, Beast, and... Continue Reading →
Having taken over Karima Shapandar's body, Arkea Prime uses the Omega Prime Sentinel form to take over the Jean Grey campus systems. Escalation drives the action as the waking Arkea fights off Beast and Rogue, while the rest of the X-Men scramble to contain the threat and regain control over the X-Mansion and safely locate... Continue Reading →
It only took about 50 years for the heads at Marvel to come up with the idea of creating an X-Men book with a team composed solely of women. How many of the greatest X-Men stories were driven by the X-Women? Looking back at decades worth of stories that involved Jean Grey turning into the... Continue Reading →
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