The Hellfire Gala is finally here! The stage is set for mutants to take their place as the foremost influences and visionaries on Earth as they show just how far they’ve come in front of the world’s rich and powerful. And also Jimmy Kimmell is here for some reason. Marauders #21 is the official start…
REVIEW: X-Men #19 – Days of Future, Passed
The City inside the Vault is, at its core, a paradox. As the name suggests, its very existence is an enigma: simultaneously infinite and claustrophobic, it appears post-apocalyptically empty but hides a deadly enemy around every corner. The “genesis tomb” of the Children of the Vault, superpowered post-humans genetically designed for world domination, the City…
Sequential Sartorial: Dauterman Dazzles for the Hellfire Gala
In an exclusive preview, Entertainment Weekly released some of the Russell Dauterman costume designs for the long-awaited Hellfire Gala. This is high fashion at its mutant finest, because, as we know, mutants don’t wear human clothes. As is to be expected, we’ve got some thoughts on Dauterman’s designs and his rationale and inspirations.
REVIEW: Children of the Atom #1 Introduces Young X-Men… with a Twist?
Children of the Atom #1 follows a group of young heroes as they fight crime, handle school bullies, and decide how they fit into a post-Krakoa world.
REVIEW: Demon Days: X-Men #1 Gives Us Samurai X-Men and Monstrous Marvels
Demon Days: X-Men #1 is a tale for the ages. In ancient Japan, the Oni are fighting back against humans for expanding into their territories and taking away the Oni’s food sources. Can humans and Oni, who once coexisted peacefully, find balance again?
REVIEW: X-Men #18 – Enter Lockdown
“From this point forward, you cannot depend on time to function in any manner resembling normal. It waxes and wanes, like temporal tides.”
REVIEW: Excalibur #18 – Is Betsy Possessed or Just Depressed?
Now that Betsy has returned to Earth-616, what does this mean for Excalibur? She’s acting unusual for Betsy, so how can they be sure that she’s actually their Betsy? These are questions in search of answers in Excalibur #18.
REVIEW: King in Black: Marauders #1 Battens Down the Hatches
I could have sworn Emma Frost was just planning a party while Kate Pryde sorted out the bad guys in Madripoor but suddenly we are off to save symbiote Storm and Cyclops in King in Black: Marauders #1? This is what I get for being too busy to pay enough attention to mainstream comics lately….
REVIEW: Hellions #9 – This Fucking Guy… Again
Back in December, I wrote about how some characters just stick in your craw. You love to hate them. They’re absolutely vile, but you love when they show up, because goddamn, the story is going to be good. They’re going to do something absolutely wretched and it’s going to be a blast. That month I…
Breaking In! With Uncanny X-Men #203
I don’t love the X-Men. This is partly because I started reading superhero comics when they were neither front nor center, in that little window when the Inhumans were a big thing, and it’s partly because mutants and the creators working on their books remain—in 2021—predominantly white. The latter is often forgiven in light of…
REVIEW: Marauders #17: Storm Packs a Powerful Punch
Emma Frost gets down to business in Marauders #17, cleaning up after Sebastian Shaw’s treachery and solidifying Krakoa’s enterprises with the humans. But first, a dance to the death.
REVIEW: X-Men #16 – Reunited? It Doesn’t Feel So Good
“What are we going to do with thirteen X-Men?” – Angel, Giant-Size X-Men #1