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What Will The Reign Of The X-Men Bring? Vote, Vote, Vote...
Thanks for this Reign Of X-Men visual breakdown from Bleeding Cool reader, Young Marteen, a look at the recent Reign Of X teaser for the Jonathan Hickman-showrun X-Men comic books from Marvel, in the light of a few things we have now been made aware of From a new mutant religion to the Hellfire Gala[...]
Democracy Comes To Krakoa (X-Men #16 Spoilers)
Rated T+In Shops: Dec 30, 2020 SRP: $3.99 X-MEN #16 MARVEL COMICS OCT200571 (W) Jonathan Hickman (A) Phil Noto (CA) Leinil Francis Yu X OF SWORDS FALL OUT ! The Captain Commander of Krakoa made a fateful decision There's no going back Rated T+ In Shops: Dec 30, 2020 SRP: $3.99 As we teased yesterday, it seems that democracy may be[...]
Wonder Woman 1984 Credit Scene Revealed (Spoilers)
But it involves recent mention of the Hellfire Gala. Spoiler sign   In Marauders #7, Emma Frost tells Callisto that Jumbo Carnation has suggested they have a Hellfire Gala, whatever that would be. Credit: Marvel In Marauders #9,  the human secret services' X-Desk notes that Emma Frost has now registered the domain for HellfireGala.com. Credit: Marvel Hank McCoy, the Beast, also asks in[...]
Jonathan Hickman, Nick Dragotta's East of West One Last HC Reprint
East of West was a comic book series created by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta, a science fiction Western set in a dystopian version of the United States whose fate rests with the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse Image Comics published it between March 2013 and its conclusion in December 2019 With Hickman's run on[...]
Jonathan Hickman On X-Corp, Moira and the Hellfire Gala – Marvel MIA?
Possibly with Leah Williams or Vita Ayala as writer. This followed the word of a new Wolverine title as part of the second wave of Dawn Of X books from Marvel, showrun by Jonathan Hickman, as well as Moira MacTaggert meant to be getting her own book. The other week, Bleeding Cool noted the appearance of Angel[...]
X Of Swords Destruction #1 Review: Totally X'ed Out
No, the script's ideas from Jonathan Hickman and Tini Howard don't give a conclusion that satisfies Saturnyne maintains her aloofness and inscrutability, which does a little to explain her level up in terms of power, but from a story, standpoint makes her endgame a touch overwrought. As big crossovers go, perhaps some of the breakouts from[...]
BOOM! Announces Alienated from Si Spurrier and Chris Wildgoose at NYCC
Oh and he was also a columnist for Bleeding Cool with his Short And Curlies weekly column. And now, the X-books, with showrunner Jonathan Hickman The image suggests something across a number of X-Men eras, from Wolverine's Madripoor days, ro Maverick, James Jaspers, the Shadow King and bang up to date with Doug Ramsey and his[...]
The X-Men No More? X-Men, Excalibur, X Of Swords Destruction Spoilers
The X-Men are no more. It is worth pointing out that this is just what did happen to the X-Men within Marvel when Marvel Chair Ike Perlmutter fell out with Fox Studios, cancelled the Fantastic Four books and "deprioritised" the X-Men, removing them from toys, cartoons, games, statues, reducing the comic book budget and promotion of[...]
Will We Get A Captain Britain Title Out Of X Of Swords?
Rated T+ In Shops: Nov 25, 2020 SRP: $3.99 X-MEN #15 XOS MARVEL COMICS SEP200552 (W) Jonathan Hickman (A) Mahmud Asrar (CA) Leinil Francis Yu A great division Bitter victories Bitterer hearts Rated T+In Shops: Nov 25, 2020 SRP: $3.99 X OF SWORDS DESTRUCTION #1 MARVEL COMICS SEP200557 (W) Jonathan Hickman, Tini Howard (A/CA) Pepe Larraz The wheel of fortune turns[...]
Will We Get A Captain Britain Spin-Off From X Of Swords? (Spoilers)
Oh and look, Crusader X, Brian Braddock in a world in which Britain is still a global empire, maintaining its American Colonies. You know, I know that SWORD has already got a spin-off book from X Of Swords, is there any chance Marvel might be doing something with Captain Britain and Otherworld beyond issues of Excalibur? Now[...]
Laura Kinney - All Grown Up, Out Of The Vault? X-Men #18
He was tapped for the Dawn Of X books by Jonathan Hickman but had other commitments We first met Serafina and the rest of the Children Of The Vault in Carey's run on X-Men over a decade ago, around #188 with Chris Bachalo And they were all up in Sabretooth's grill. With Serafina demonstrating the ability[...]
X-Men #14 Has Genesis Give Her Version Of Summoner's Tales Of Arrako
That is, of course, if Apocalypse can trust Genesis… X-MEN #14 XOS MARVEL COMICS SEP200535 (W) Jonathan Hickman (A) Mahmud Asrar, Leinil Francis Yu (CA) Alexander Lozano The Lovers A Garden A chasm of secrets. Rated T+In Shops: Nov 04, 2020 SRP: $3.99 Today's X-Men #14 may offer X-Men readers a little deja vu, as the creators take a leaf out of[...]
Brett Booth
But it seems that Brett's contribution to the X-Office caught Hickman's eye. I understand it was X-Men showrunner Jonathan Hickman who chose Brett Booth as the new X-Men artist, alongside Mahmad Asrar and taking over from Leinil Yu – Yu and Booth used to draw X-Men comics as a creative partnership back in the day. But the[...]
X Of Swords Stasis #1 Review: East of West With Mutants
JUST … NO. X Of Swords: Stasis #1 By Jonathan Hickman, Tini Howard, Pepe Larraz X OF SWORDS, PART 11 A ritual A parliament A game begins. If there was ever any question, it's settled now: X Of Swords: Stasis #1's scattershot characterization, tone poetry approach to plotting and reliance on a theme over detail confirms that we[...]
Jim Jaspers And The Fury In Today's X Of Swords: Stasis
Did Marvel/Disney not do their usual duty by googling first? Or maybe they did but had SafeSearch still on? Still, it never did Iron Heart any harm. X OF SWORDS STASIS #1 MARVEL COMICS AUG200630 (W) Tini Howard, Jonathan Hickman (A) Mahmud Asrar (A/CA) Pepe Larraz X OF SWORDS, PART 11 A ritual A parliament[...]
Jim Jaspers And The Fury In Today's X Of Swords: Stasis
X Of Swords: Stasis #1 by Jonathan Hickman, Tini Howard, Pepe Larraz, Mahmud Asrar, Marte Gracia and Clayton Cowles And it begins with a tour of Otherworld, with an emissary of Saturnyne making her presence known to the Foul and Fair lands Including one of each that Bleeding Cool has been keeping a keen eye[...]
Brett Booth Returns To Marvel With Jonathan Hickman's X-Men #15
And X-Men showrunner Jonathan Hickman gets what – and who – he wants for the Dawn Of X comics Hickman has been drawing from all sorts of X-Men history for the current storyline, those that Brett Booth has worked on. And now, for 2021, Brett Booth will be returning to Marvel, taking over from Leinil Yu[...]
Seven Secrets #2 Review:
Credit: Marvel Comics Jonathan Hickman writes the script for Giant-Size X-Men: Storm #1, and seeing the narrative continue from his and Rod Reis's Fantomex one-shot was thrilling That comic earned a perfect score for its enthralling artwork and captivating story, so it's a welcome surprise to see the tale continue focusing on Storm[...]
You Already Read A Chunk Of X Of Swords: Creation - But It Changed
Originally planned for Free Comic Book Day earlier this year, Marvel's X-Men comic ran an X Of Swords preview (if we but knew it) by Jonathan Hickman and Pepe Larraz later in the summer For days of mutants yet to come, creatures summoning other creature, a visit to the Starlight Citadel and a tarot reading[...]
Bleeding Cool Has A New Cypher For The Krakoan Native Language
We only managed to get one word translated last year, "Confirmed", but today, thanks to a meeting of the Quiet Council, and an interjection by the island of Krakoa itself, we have a whole lot more data to work with. Art from X Of Swords: Creation #1. As in today's X Of Swords: Creation #1 by Jonathan[...]
So What Is X Of Swords About Exactly? (X-Men, Excalibur #12 Spoilers)
But why? X-Men #12 art by Leinil Francis Yu. Planning to send all of Kakoa into Otherworld? But first we get a tale that… you remember when Marvel wanted Inhumans to be their Game Of Thrones? Recreate the whole franchise with a long back history, different factions and world within worlds? Matt Fraction was initially hired and[...]
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I realize now I read quite a bit of Jonathan Hickman comics recently, but it was only in retrospect Here are my thoughts on some recent comics from, you guessed it, Jonathan Hickman and an array of collaborators. Decorum #4: Hickman and the team return to the series' A-plot, the conquering armies and invading cultures Mike Huddleston[...]
Funny Creek #3 Review:
Empyre: X-Men was an interesting experiment, with different writers currently on various titles within Marvel's mutant line-ups collaborating on each chapter. Jonathan Hickman and Tini Howard launched the Empyre tie-in with the first issue; Gerry Duggan, Ben Percy, and Leah Williams took over for the second; and Vita Ayala, Zeb Wells, and Ed Brisson continued with the third[...]
X-Men: X Of Swords: Creation -  A Preview
Here's a look at all the X-Men: X Of Swords opening title, Creation, by Jonathan Hickman and Pepe Larraz The dream team of superhero comic books Egyptians Externals Swords And we also have a few names for some of the previous figures seen as well The comic is out in a month's time but going[...]
Alan Moore, Max Brooks, Jonathan Hickman CGC 10.0s Up for Auction
Three species in mortal conflict. God is Dead is war of the gods with mankind caught in the middle, from Jonathan Hickman, Mike Costa, and Di Amorim Mankind has argued over the existence of gods since the dawn of time In modern eras it's been fashionable to mock religious believers with taunts of scientific testimony and[...]
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Tini Howard and Jonathan Hickman duoed the first issue, with writers Gerry Duggan, Ben Percy, and Leah Williams coming in with a trio on the second issue Now, Vita Ayala, Zeb Wells, and Ed Brisson are here for the third After a rambly second issue followed the stellar debut, can this team of writers get Empyre: X-Men back on track? Empyre:[...]
Giant-Size X-Men: Fantomex #1 Review: Rod Reis's Art Stuns
A lot is happening in the Mutant corner of the Marvel universe under "Head of X" Jonathan Hickman's supervision As a team of writers, including Tini Howard and Vita Ayala and more, run their own X-titles and prepare for the X of Swords crossover, Hickman himself teamed up with artist Rod Reis and letterer VC's Ariana Maher for a[...]