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Here are some of the notable releases of this week, and here's a link to ComicList for those who want the full list. Doctor Star and the Kingdom of Tomorrow from Dark Horse, the fantastic Mech Cadet Yu's next installment comes out of Boom! Box, Deathstroke from DC, X-Men: Red #2 and the actual Infinity Countdown #1 from Marvel, and Image's Gideon Falls by Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino. I like to be[...]

If you can't get enough Deadpool, this is your week! Welcome, dear readers, to X-Men: Bland Design, the weekly multi-part recap column that strives to answer the question: "What if Ed Piskor had no art skills, a juvenile sense of humor, and less classic material to work with?" Things have changed in the X-Men comics (and superhero comics in general) since the glory days[...]

One X-book this week doesn't have anything to do with either Venom or Deadpool, and this is the one! Welcome, dear readers, to X-Men: Bland Design, the weekly multi-part recap column that strives to answer the question: "What if Ed Piskor had no art skills, a juvenile sense of humor, and less classic material to work with?" Things have changed in the X-Men comics[...]

When Rictor was last a regular cast member of an X-book, in X-Factor, he was sporting this look: And as we know from the Improbable Preview of New Mutants: Dead Souls #1, Rictor will soon be sporting a clean-shaven look in the comics: But for a short time only, perhaps only in this single issue, Rictor is[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] The X-Men and Venom finally arrive on the ship of Killer thrill and her symbiote-enhanced mercenary crew After taking out their non-powered grunts, the team splits up Cyclops goes to save the Starjammers, and the rest go after Killer Thrill's crew Unfortunately, there may be another unexpected visitor to further complicate things. X-Men: Blue #22[...]

Gabby is out on a walk with Jonathan the Actual Wolverine when he finds the people who used to run experiments on him. Gabby wants to shut their operation down, so she calls in Deadpool for backup. Is it a good read?

The New Mutants face the zombies of dead X-Men ideas in the latest re-lettered comic book previews.

Because Deadpool doesn't have enough books of his own, now he's going to guest-star in All-New Wolverine?! Welcome, dear readers, to X-Men: Bland Design, the weekly multi-part recap column that strives to answer the question: "What if Ed Piskor had no art skills, a juvenile sense of humor, and less classic material to work with?" Things have changed in the X-Men comics[...]

Another week, another Venom crossover sliding into our recap DMs! When will it end? Oh god, when will it end?! Welcome, dear readers, to X-Men: Bland Design, the weekly multi-part recap column that strives to answer the question: "What if Ed Piskor had no art skills, a juvenile sense of humor, and less classic material to work with?" Things have changed in[...]

Cyclops and Beast are the second statue set from the '90s X-Men Animated series on the way from Kotobukiya The first was revealed a couple weeks back: Wolverine and Jubilee These statues are 1/10th scale and stand around seven inches tall, and like all other ARTFX+ statues features awesome sculpting work and iconic poses[...]

The deal for Disney to purchase the assets of 21st Century Fox, including the movie rights to the Fantastic Four and the X-Men, isn't done yet And while things remain up in the air, Fox has been making power moves which, taken together, seem quite adversarial toward their potential buyers In January, Fox moved up[...]

We can't guarantee 100% accuracy, but we can guarantee that it's more fun than looking at the unlettered art. In this issue of Improbable Previews, Marvel tried to slip this unlettered preview of X-Men Red #2 past us in a CBR interview, but we found it, and we've lettered it! X-Men Red #2, by Tom Taylor, Mahmud[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] With the X-Men now armed with their own Klyntar symbiotes, the team plus Venom fight Haze Mancer and his symbiote-wrangling robots. After this confrontation, the team is ready to pursuit the symbiote-enhanced mercenaries that took Corsair and the Starjammers. Venom #162 cover by Will Robson and Edgar Salazar While writing that summary, I had to stop and[...]

Welcome to X-Men: Bland Design, the weekly multi-part recap column that answers the question: "What if Ed Piskor had no art skills, a juvenile sense of humor, and less classic material to work with?" This week there are five regular-priced X-Books on the stands, which will run you a total of 20 bucks to buy and, thanks to modern comic book decompression[...]

Welcome to X-Men: Bland Design, the weekly multi-part recap column that answers the question: "What if Ed Piskor had no art skills, a juvenile sense of humor, and less classic material to work with?" This week there are five regular-priced X-Books on the stands, which will run you a total of 20 bucks to buy and, thanks to modern comic book decompression[...]

Earlier this month it was announced that Brian Michael Bendis and Tim Miller are making an X-Men movie titled "134" At the moment we don't know exactly what it's about, but everyone is guessing that it's going to follow X-Men issue #134, which is a Kitty Pryde story At the moment, the best-known person who[...]

Welcome to X-Men: Bland Design, the weekly multi-part recap column that answers the question: "What if Ed Piskor had no art skills, a juvenile sense of humor, and less classic material to work with?" This week there are five regular-priced X-Books on the stands, which will run you a total of 20 bucks to buy and, thanks to modern comic book decompression[...]

Welcome to X-Men: Bland Design, the weekly multi-part recap column that answers the question: "What if Ed Piskor had no art skills, a juvenile sense of humor, and less classic material to work with?" This week there are five regular-priced X-Books on the stands, which will run you a total of twenty bucks to buy and, thanks to modern comic book decompression[...]

Welcome to X-Men: Bland Design, the weekly multi-part recap column that answers the question: "What if Ed Piskor had no art skills, a juvenile sense of humor, and less classic material to work with?" This week there are five regular-priced X-Books on the stands, which will run you a total of twenty bucks to buy and, thanks to modern comic book decompression[...]

It's also been, from this reporter's subjective opinion, a quality book for its entire run. Even so, Tom Taylor has bigger fish to fry in the third core X-Book, X-Men: Red, and he's brought along the cast of All-New Wolverine to that book with him The original Wolverine is returning to the Marvel Universe in a[...]

Jamie Madrox, the Multiple Man, died during Marvel's Death of X, a casualty in the war to make Cyclops a villain and make the Inhumans happen. At least, that's what we all thought.

The ginchy-est assortment of comic Mad-ness you've ever seen! HC w/Slipcase • FC • 468 Pages • $125.00 • 9" x 14" • ISBN: 978-1-68405-383-4 Bullet points:        The return of IDW Limited's Artist Select line!        Nearly 500 pages of Michael Allred's Madman brilliance!        Stories, covers, and pin-ups spanning the character's 25-year history!        Every one of the 999 copies is signed, numbered,[...]

Struggle to keep your eyes dry lest the tears fall on your comic. X-Men Blue #21 cover by Arthur Adams and Federico Blee Loss: X-Men: Blue #21 Desperately Needs an Editor X-Men: Blue #21 isn't the most unpleasant read in the world, but some of the things that got through to the final product are quite shocking considering this[...]

[rwp-review-recap id="0"] The symbiote-garbed mercenaries that grabbed the Starjammers find the X-Men and Venom A fight ensues that ends with Cyclops being badly hurt, forcing the X-Men to retreat Venom continues working the angles to find out who and what these mercenaries are and where they're holding the Starjammers Eddie finds out where their supplier is,[...]

Check out X-Men: Red instead. [rwp-review-ratings id="0"] [rwp-review-form id="0"] [rwp-review-recap id="0"] The Nuke soldiers have the Weapon X team pinned down, and Acero's group is waiting just outside the compound Left with very few options, Sabretooth suggests Weapon X take Nuke's pills to gain the strength and ferocity to take out the soldiers However, there is also the[...]

Welcome to X-Men: Bland Design, the weekly column that answers the question: "What if Ed Piskor had no art skills, a juvenile sense of humor, and less classic material to work with?" This week there are five X-Books on the stands, which will cost you a total of $20 to buy and, thanks to modern decompression techniques, take roughly ten minutes to[...]

Throw in an All-New All-Different version of Daredevil and a classic Elektra as well. A second wave of Deadpool Legends will come out this year as well, featuring Omega Red, Bishop, Pantsless Deadpool, and X-Men Deadpool The build a figure here was confirmed to be a massive version of Sauron Other mutant figures coming out include[...]

Welcome to X-Men: Bland Design, the weekly column that answers the question: "What if Ed Piskor had no art skills, a juvenile sense of humor, and less classic material to work with?" This week there are five X-Books on the stands, which will cost you a total of $20 to buy and, thanks to modern decompression techniques, take roughly ten minutes to[...]

How rude! Perhaps most surprising of all though is that the comic will feature a story by the legendary Chris Claremont, who Marvel has been paying to sit on the sidelines for reasons we've never been able to understand. The press release, titled "Shocks and Surprises in The X-MEN WEDDING SPECIAL!" explains: It's almost time for Kitty[...]

Welcome to X-Men: Bland Design, the weekly column that answers the question: "What if Ed Piskor had no art skills, a juvenile sense of humor, and less classic material to work with?" This week there are five X-Books on the stands, which will cost you a total of $20 to buy and, thanks to modern decompression techniques, take roughly ten minutes to[...]