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The cover to Cable #5, part 8 of X of Swords
Now I've gotta go recap Raw (and while that's free, believe me, the emotional toll is way worse), so let's get right down to the recaps so I can click publish already! 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[...]
The cover to New Mutants #13, part 7 of X of Swords
Now I've gotta go recap Raw (and while that's free, believe me, the emotional toll is way worse), so let's get right down to the recaps so I can click publish already! 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[...]
The cover to Hellions #5, part 6 of X of Swords
Now I've gotta go recap Raw (and while that's free, believe me, the emotional toll is way worse), so let's get right down to the recaps so I can click publish already! 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[...]
X-Men Professor X Gets His Own Statue With XM Studios
Class is in session as XM Studios announces a new Marvel statue featuring the leader of the X-Men, Professor X Professor X's role has recently changed if you are reading the new X-Men comics but it wasn't always like that Like most comic book characters, the Professor has gone Over many cosmetic changes throughout X-Men[...]
The cover to Deadpool #7
You're welcome! 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 Still, thanks to a corporate merger, a line-wide relaunch, and Jonathan Hickman's giant ego, the X-Men can finally get back to doing what they do best: being objectively the[...]
The cover to Marauders #13
You're welcome! 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 Still, thanks to a corporate merger, a line-wide relaunch, and Jonathan Hickman's giant ego, the X-Men can finally get back to doing what they do best: being objectively the[...]
The cover to X-Force #13
You're welcome! 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 Still, thanks to a corporate merger, a line-wide relaunch, and Jonathan Hickman's giant ego, the X-Men can finally get back to doing what they do best: being objectively the[...]
The cover to Wolverine #6
You're welcome! 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 Still, thanks to a corporate merger, a line-wide relaunch, and Jonathan Hickman's giant ego, the X-Men can finally get back to doing what they do best: being objectively the[...]
From the X-Men X of Swords panel at New York Comic Con starting at top left, clockwise: Vita Ayala, Benjamin Percy, Angelique Roche (host), Gerry Duggan, Jordan White, and Tini Howard
Marvel Comics contributed an X-Men live stream panel to New York Comic Con exploring the X of Swords crossover event Despite being burned by the complete uselessness of past pandemic-era comic con panels, where companies pre-record these things weeks or months in advance and hold back any interesting news we haven't already heard about because[...]
X-Men Hugely Impacted By X Of Swords – Bigger Than House Of X?
Time for the X-Men panel at NYCC/MCM/Metaverse Jordan D White (who I first met at a Karaoke bar at a New York Comic Con over a  decade ago) has been talking about the X=Men crossover event X Of Swords at the NYCC/MCM Metaverse panel along with a bunch of creators, Tini Howard, Gerry Duggan, Benjamin[...]
Seven Secrets #2 Review:
Giant-Size X-Men: Storm #1 continues from August's Giant-Size X-Men: Fantomex #1. We see the X-Men's perspective as Fantomex asks for help to travel into "the World" to pull off a task that's more emotional than strategic Here, though, we find out that the X-Men have their own plan of action once they're in the World: separate[...]
Does Marvel's Contest Of Champions Reveal Krakoa Secrets? (Spoilers)
Marvel's Contest Of Champions continues to be a successful mobile game and recently has an update including elements of recent X-Men titles, including House Of X and the new-look Professor Xavier How it gets there is a different way of course, this is its own continuity, with Professor Xavier revealing he has always been part[...]
L-R: Kodi Smit-McPhee arrives for 'Dolemite Is My Name' Los Angeles Premiere on September 28, 2019 in Westwood, CA. Editorial credit: DFree / Shutterstock.com | 2067 Poster. Courtesy of RLJE Films
I spoke to Smit-McPhee, who played the character, about a variety of subjects: what attracted him to the film, how he compares working on an indie sci-fi film compared to a tentpole franchise like the X-Men, and how smaller studios compete with larger ones during the pandemic. Kodi Smit-McPhee arrives for 'Dolemite Is My Name' Los[...]
The cover to X-Factor #4
X-Factor #4 was the only X-book in stores last week unless you also count that artist tribute to Giant-Size X-Men #1, which I don't So let's just get down to the recap, shall we? Sworn to sell comics for Marvel executives who feared and hated the fact that Fox owned their movie rights, The Uncanny X-Men[...]
Seven Secrets #2 Review:
A while back, we reported that writer and podcaster Jay Edidin, known for being the co-host of the popular Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men podcast, had been hired by Marvel to write a story about Scott Summers before he became Cyclops Edidin's take on Cyclops sees the hero as a "compulsive contingency planner and heavily coded[...]
Rewriting Giant Size-X-Men As Well As Redrawing It
In the back of this week's Giant-Size X-Men Tribute comic book published by Marvel, Len Wein's widow Valada Wein talked about the project and a few minor changes along the way.  MARVEL: As part of this tribute, Marvel worked with you to update a few words that would not be appropriate in a modern reader's view[...]
The cover to Juggernaut #1
On the one hand, an overpriced one-shot kicking off a 22-part crossover event that will rock the X-Men universe to its foundations and make sure nothing is ever the same again, produced by the entire stable of superstar creators in the X-office On the other, the start of a very down-to-Earth character-focused story with a[...]
WWE Clash of X-Champions Coming to PPV in X of Swords: Creation [XH]
On the one hand, an overpriced one-shot kicking off a 22-part crossover event that will rock the X-Men universe to its foundations and make sure nothing is ever the same again, produced by the entire stable of superstar creators in the X-office On the other, the start of a very down-to-Earth character-focused story with a[...]
This Week, Marvel Comics #1000 Page Ties In To X Of Swords (Previews)
And in a months time, interacting directly with the current continuity in X-Men #13. Dustin Weaver art from Marvel Comics #1000. We have seen the original Four Horsemen, reflected in that puddle of blood, through the Dawn Of X series, and in the recent X Of Swords: Creation we learnt that they were, literally, his children Who[...]
Hellfire Club Guard Gets Army Building Legends Figure from Hasbro
The exclusive set, which can be found here, shows of an iconic X-Men group that plays a major role in many arcs over Marvel Comics history Something seemed off about the set and Hasbro sets it up a notch with their newest army building figure, the Hellfire Club Guard This Guard will join the ranks[...]
Hasbro Gets Retro With New 3.75” Marvel Legends Figures
Fans are no stranger to the new Retro packaging figures as Hasbro has already released Vintage X-Men, Vintage Spider-Man, and the most recent, Vintage Doctor Doom Each one gives collectors a blast from a past with amazing packaging from retro times This time things get different as Hasbro unveils a new 3.75" Marvel Legends figure[...]
Al Ewing and Valerio Schiti’s New X-Men Comic, S,W.O.R.D.
Last week, Bleeding Cool scooped the news that there was an X-Men Classified comic book being set up for December, that had yet to be announced We also noted that Al Ewing was meant to be doing a new X-Men comic book And that the end of Empyre had seen Al Ewing bring up a[...]
Naming All Ten Swords in X Of Swords - Then Another Ten? (Spoilers)
Acts of death mean less in the X-Men comic books of late To be fair, they never did, every death would be followed by reader speculation as to how and when they would return House Of X weaponised that, made that part of the central plot, with Krakoa reviving mutants slain around the world, and[...]
Chill out, Candra. This is a workplace environment.
You're welcome. Last week, Marvel published four X-books in the last week before the X of Swords crossover: X-Men #12, Excalibur #12, Hellions #4, and Marvel's Snapshots: X-Men #1 The way this column works is that this same intro will appear at the top of each recap, so if you already read this in one of[...]