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Finally! An Uncanny X-Men #1 Variant by Rob Liefeld
After teasing fans with all the variant covers they've revealed for November's Uncanny X-Men relaunch, Marvel has finally given fans what they want and deserve with an Uncanny X-Men #1 variant by superstar artist Rob freakin' Liefeld Bask in its glory WE SAID BASK IN IT! A press release contains more details: This November, UNCANNY X-MEN returns[...]
Marvel Recycles 40-Year-Old Dave Cockrum Art for Uncanny X-Men #1 Variant
Continuing their tradition of exploiting celebrating nostalgia to boost comics sales, Marvel has revealed the Dave Cockrum Hidden Gem variant cover for Uncanny X-Men #1, using what appears to be a 1980 house ad by the legendary artist. Whether modern coloring techniques are an improvement over the original, we'll leave to you to decide. But either way,[...]
Behold: Jen Bartel's Variant Cover for Uncanny X-Men #1
Marvel has revealed superstar artist Jen Bartel's variant cover for November's Uncanny X-Men #1, and unlike previous Uncanny X-Men covers we've seen, this variant cover can speak with a British accent No, wait, sorry, got our signals crossed there The big difference is this variant cover actually has a background And feet! November can't come soon[...]
Cable News Host Has Had Enough Of Your Bull@#$% in X-Men Red #8 Preview
In a preview of X-Men Red #8, a fictional cable news host has reached that same limit, it seems, when her co-anchor Mason continues to stir anti-mutant hatred despite the evidence presented by Jean Grey that Cassandra Nova has been manipulating people and governments around the world to hate mutants The preview was delivered EX-X-XCLUSIVELY[...]
At the End of X-Men Blue, the X-Men Return to the Beginning (Preview)
Next week sees the end of X-Men Blue with the publication of X-Men Blue #36 by Cullen Bunn, Marcus To, Matt Milla, and Joe Caramagna It's a bittersweet end, as we're looking forward to the Uncanny X-Men reboot, but we'll miss this book, especially because it's the only X-Men comic with a Cyclops! Seriously, Marvel,[...]
Mystique Poisons the Water Supply in X-Men Black First Look
Marvel has released our first look inside the pages of X-Men: Black – Mystique alongside an interview with writer Seanan McGuire The preview shows Mystique infiltrating an unnamed facility and slipping something into the water supply Is she up to her usual villainous tricks? McGuire sheds some light from the interview. "It was a joy to[...]
Marvel Promotes Reading Digital With Free Return of Wolverine #1 Director's Cut
From the press release: HE'S BACK, BUB! The X-Men's resident maverick returns September 19th in RETURN OF WOLVERINE #1! But where has Logan been? Powerhouse creators Charles Soule and Steve McNiven reunite since their astounding DEATH OF WOLVERINE saga, completing the quest that uncovers the terrible secrets behind Logan's disappearance! And now that Logan is alive,[...]
Marvel Legends Deadpool Wave 1
Dedicated waves mutants come in two waves now, with X-Men and Deadpool waves adding more and more X-characters to our shelves The latest is a Deadpool wave of figures, mixing his universe with some long-requested mutants as well Lets take a look at this new wave that Hasbro was kind enough to send over to[...]
The Return of Nate Grey and the Age of Apocalypse in December's Uncanny X-Men
Since we learned that Uncanny X-Men, the greatest comic book title in the history of publishing, would return this November, we were naturally quite excited, even if didn't contain enough Chris Claremont (by which we mean it did not contain any Chris Claremont) Since then, Marvel and the book's 47-person creative team have kept very[...]
Season's Beatings, a 2nd Marvel Holiday Special from Jason Latour, Veronica Fish, More
It looks like Marvel is planning to deliver twice the holiday cheer this year! In addition to the Merry X-Men Holiday Special announced earlier this week, the rest of the Marvel Universe is getting their own holiday special by Jason Latour, Chris Brunner, Veronica Fish, Irene Strychalski, and more The second holiday special was revealed[...]
The X-Men Get an X-Mas Special in December (And Chris Claremont Will Be There)
This December is about to be the merriest holiday season of all time as Marvle has just announced Merry X-Men, an X-Men holiday special featuring 25 stories be the likes of  "Chris Sims, Chad Bowers, Rainbow Rowell, Chris Claremont, Matt Rosenberg, Ed Brisson, Kelly Thompson, Charles Soule, Tini Howard, Charlamagne Tha God, Zac Thompson, Lonnie[...]
Sneak Peeks at X-Men Black: Mojo, Shatterstar, What If? X-Men, and What If? Magik for #XMenMonday
It's that time of the week again, X-Men Monday, the international holiday celebrating the objectively best franchise in all of comics The traditional celebration of this important holiday involves ukulele-wearing, fedora-playing Marvel editor Jordan White taking to Twitter to reveal panels and secrets from upcoming issues of X-Men Comics. This week, White delivered on sneak peeks[...]
A Broken-Hearted Preview of the Final Issue of X-Men Gold
Such is the case with X-Men Gold, which ends next Wednesday with the publication of X-Men Gold #36 And if the preview Marvel released is any indication, it looks like a real downer of an issue Kitty and Peter are broken-hearted about their bait-and-switch wedding issue Rachel has broken up with Kurt, and neither of[...]
Ban These Books: 5 Comics We Should Ban for #BannedBooksWeek [SPOILERS]
But what if banning books is sometimes the right thing to do? While we here at Bleeding Cool support the message of Banned Books Week in general, we've given it some thought and come up with five books which we believe should be banned for the betterment of the comics community. (The listicle below contains some[...]
Ed Brisson and Dylan Burnett Relaunch X-Force with Original Lineup in December
Not content with brutally murdering teenage X-Men like a modern day Dennis Hopeless in the Extermination X-over event, superstar writer Ed Brisson is teaming up with artist Dylan Burnett to relaunch X-Force in December The new series will star the original X-Force: Domino, Cannonball, Shatterstar, Boom Boom, and Warpath Cable, of course, won't be on[...]
Here's Another Page of Mahmud Asrar's Art for Uncanny X-Men
November also sees the long-awaited relaunch of Uncanny X-Men by the all-star creative team ofEd Brisson, Kelly Thompson, Matthew Rosenberg, Mahmud Asrar, R.B Silva, Yildiray Cinar, and Pere Pérez We've already seen a few pages of unlettered art from Uncanny X-Men #1 and #2, and in our zeal for this series, we even lettered a few of[...]
Weapon X #23 cover by Rahzzah
It also betrays the concept of a classic X-Men villain. Also, Mystique just seems to drop out of the comic halfway through She just disappears. Weapon X #23 art by Yildiray Cinar and Frank D'Armata Yildiray Cinar is still a very talented artist and gives this book a better treatment than it deserves The artwork is phenomenal, and[...]