One of the most important questions about the acquisition, if we leave aside its foreboding implications for both the diversity of future movie offerings and the future of the public domain, is how soon can we get characters like the X-Men, Fantastic Four, and Deadpool in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Avengers: Infinity War has already filmed,[...]
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The Shadow King's infection continues to spread throughout London as the X-Men try their best to contain it Professor Xavier's Astral Plane battle with Farouk reaches its final stages, and the fate of the X-Men and possible everyone in the world hangs in the balance All the while, the London Ministry of Defence prepares[...]
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Rogue & Gambit #1 from Marvel Comics by Kelly Thompson and Pere Perez brings everyone's favourite mutant couple together again to tackle their troubled relationship along with the latest mutant crisis that requires the X-Men's attention.
Rogue & Gambit #1 cover by Kris Anka
What Thompson and Perez bring in this issue is a really fun[...]
If we'd had just done New Mutants the comic, it would've been very much set-up like an X-Men movie in the mansion with Professor X and all that So we really wanted to do something different So kind of what we brought to Sienkiewicz and Claremont's take on New Mutants was this idea they're all[...]
A new report has surfaced claiming that production on Gambit, the X-Men spinoff spearheaded by Channing Tatum, has been pushed back to March Tatum is set to star in the film and is also producing it Tatum is joined by Lizzy Caplan in the Gore Verbinski film Omega Underground has the report on the production start[...]
Just in time for the movie, the New Mutants are returning to Marvel this march in a six-issue mini-series from Matthew Rosenberg and Adam Gorham, as announced in a press release Friday.
Rosenberg, fresh off bringing back adult Jean Grey in Phoenix Resurrection and also fresh off the apparent end of both Secret Warriors and Marvel's[...]
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Reeling from the attack from Mojo, the X-Men are resting up at their Madripoor base Cyclops broods on the rooftop with Bloodstorm Iceman watches the programming the Mojo Network is still putting out Angel and Polaris help Jimmy Hudson train Jean Grey spends time with Beast while he tinkers with his toys This is[...]
Logan has returned to Tokyo to find a gang of rapidly healing thugs. Meanwhile, a new Silver Samurai deals with the Hand. Is it a compelling read?
Review of Jean Grey #9 from Marvel Comics by Dennis Hopeless, Victor Ibáñez, Jay David Ramos and Travis Lanham, which is a great Emma Frost issue.
Daken and Wolverine return, and Daken explains to everyone who the Orphans of X are and what they want. Is it a compelling read?
Could you imagine if comics were just comics? How embarrassing!
In a press release, Marvel touts the upcoming X-Men event Phoenix Resurrection, which will see Jean Grey return (again) after dying (again) in an epic mini-series written by Matthew Rosenberg. Leinil Yu, Carlos Pacheco, Joe Bennett, and Ramon Rosanas provide the art.
"Our series examines how she comes[...]
Lizzy Caplan is reportedly in talks for a role in Gambit, causing us to question everything we thought we knew. Could this movie actually be happening?
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Mojo is no longer simply playing with the X-Men It is now all-out war against the mutant team He does this while attempting to assimilate our world into the Mojoverse The X-Men know they can't let Mojo stall them forever, so they split into two teams One continues the fight against the forces of[...]
All day long, Bleeding Cool has been publishing a series of in-depth clickbait articles reporting on today's trickle of teaser reveals exposing the cast of the new Jean Grey led team of X-Men in X-Men Red We've previously seen Jean Grey, Gentle, Namor, Gabby, and Nightcrawler revealed in Marvel's evolving teaser image For the final two team[...]
As part of our beloved ongoing series of clickbait articles reporting on today's trickle of teaser reveals exposing the cast of the new Jean Grey led team of X-Men in X-Men Red, Bleeding Cool can now reveal that Marvel has revealed another two cast members in the book Joining team leader Jean Grey, the first character[...]
Earlier today, X-Men editor Mark Paniccia promised to reveal most of the roster of the new X-Men Red series slowly throughout the day, a trickle of life-sustaining clickbait article material for comic book websites to get them through a case of the Mondays The third ongoing core X-Men team book was revealed last Thursday, to[...]
The Uncanny Avengers have been ambushed by the Unstoppable Juggernaut! Rogue is trying to lead the team, but Quicksilver is difficult. Is it a good battle?
Yesterday, we learned that Marvel is moving forward with a bold decision to launch a brand new X-Men ongoing X-Men Red will be led by Jean Grey, whose latest resurrection is another innovative decision Tom Taylor is writing, with Mahmud Asrar on art and Travis Charest on covers The news was revealed in a teaser[...]
Marvel has announced yet another ongoing X-Men series to follow the resurrection of Jean Grey Jean will lead her own team of X-Men in X-Men Red, written by Tom Taylor with art by Mahmud Asrar and covers by Travis Charest The book follows a general strategy at Marvel of choosing the titles of new ongoing[...]
And I'm sure many of you might be wondering, will this be another month of Joe bemoaning how the series holds little in common with the original series beyond a name and seems counter to the spirit of what the X-Men are in its premise; or will the series grow on him, as the last[...]
X-Men (which is probably, what, a year ago in continuity time?).
Gambit was given up to the Shadow King as a sacrifice play, and he's out in the physical world and spreading possession like a disease Somehow, the Shadow King capable of expanding his control by getting his puppets to touch others.
In the midst of all[...]
But I will answer the question that many will want to know: is it any good?
In a word: Yes.
Phoenix Resurrection@ The Return of Jean Grey #1 cover by Leinil Francis Yu
The series brings together the various groups of X-Men as a bizarre mystery brings them all together — one that brings a troubling air of[...]
It looks like Ike Perlmutter's longstanding war against Fox for owning the movie rights to the X-Men and the Fantastic Four may finally be coming to an end! According to a report from CNBC, 21st Century Fox has been in talks with Disney in recent weeks to sell most of itself, excluding a small portion[...]
Following the events of the upcoming Poison X crossover beginning in X-Men Blue Annual #1 in January and carrying over into the X-Men Blue and Venom books, a new team of X-Men will form The news was revealed by X-Men Blue writer Cullen Bunn in an interview with CBR which the website stretched out into[...]
Daken has been taken by the Orphans of X, and Wolverine and Gabby have discovered their mother is alive. Is the reunion compelling?
Inside his arenas, more and more X-Men are being picked off as one team fights the recreations of the Avengers and the other battles amalgams of their worst threats.
Magneto, Polaris, and Danger finally enter the fray, but Mojo already has a simulation lined up for these three.
Luckily, Longshot may have finally found a way to[...]
It's nice to see the teen soap opera of a relationship among teen queer characters instead, and also nice to have a new queer character who isn't white.
So why the change in opinion over this series? Well, all of the above is a damn good part of it, but also this issue, much like the[...]
As part of Marvel Legacy, it looks like X-Men character Blink is getting a secondary mutation In addition to her existing superpower of teleportation, Blink is now imbued with the uncanny ability to defy the laws of physics Just take a look at her new costume, as revealed on Jon Malin's cover for Cable #153:
Leaving[...]
Superstar writer Kieron Gillen took time out of his busy schedule of starring in Jumanji and casually having drinks at the pub with Bleeding Cool Rumormonger-in-Chief Rich Johnston to reveal what he might have done if he'd continued to write Uncanny X-Men Gillen's run on the title ended with AvX: Consequences, but he had other[...]
Beast having to cope with aiding the Inhumans instead of the X-Men as well as becoming Steve Rogers' patsy was sad yet a bit satisfying You feel bad for Beast, but the comic is also implicitly admitting how terrible those decisions were and even how out-of-character they seemed, especially the aiding a fascist part.
Wonder Man's[...]