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The Marvel Art of Michael Allred Artbook Kickstarter Adds Trading Cards
The Marvel Art of Michael Allred is an upcoming artbook from Clover Press Art that celebrates and collects artwork by acclaimed artist Michael Allred, who shot to fame as the creator of Madman and became best known to Marvel Comics fans for his collaboration with writer Peter Milligan on the satirical X-Men spinoff series X-Force,[...]
Bringing Back Old Names To X-Men Comics This Week (Spoilers)
Like the O-Force… The O-Force, introduced by Peter Milligan and Mike Allred into X-Statix #1 back in 2002, were a mutant strike force m ade up of mutants all with codenames beginning with the letter O Yes, they should havbe been called the O-Men, but it was a different time Put together from a reality TV[...]
Interior preview page from X-CELLENT #3 MIKE ALLRED COVER
The public adores X-Statix, but their questionable methods have me wondering if they're just Twitter-verified wannabes And Zeitgeist, that washed-up mess – can he find his way back into the spotlight, or is he gearing up for a one-way ticket to failed sidekick-dom? Now, before we dive headfirst into this cesspool of celebrity culture slop, I[...]
Interior preview page from X-CELLENT #2 MIKE ALLRED COVER
In this titillating issue, Zeitgeist takes a page out of some dystopian sci-fi flick and launches a cyber-attack on the X-Statix, revealing their darkest secrets for the world to see You know, because we all need a little more cyber-stalker drama in our comic book lives The real question is: will this social media scandal[...]
Cover image for X-Cellent #1
The X-Cellent take on the X-Statix in this preview of X-Cellent #1, kicking off this Wedneday from Marvel Comics Check out the preview below. X-Cellent #1 by Peter Milligan & Mike Allred, cover by Mike Allred IT'S FINALLY HERE! They were loved by their adoring fans They were reviled by the harsh press They lived, they loved, they[...]
Agatha Harkness Returns To Marvel Comics This Week
As Bleeding Cool reported, sales of the 2019 X-Statix one-shot weren't great, and then the whole House Of X thing hit and plans changed. X-Cellent #1 house ad that never was. However, while the X-Statix characters have been missing from Krakoa – save from the inevitable Doop in a background scene or two, yesterday's Strange Academy made[...]
Michael Allred's Original Princess Diana Art, Banned By Marvel Comics
Once upon a time, Peter Milligan and Mike Allred were introducing a new mutant character to their post-modern Marvel comic book X-Statix, intended to be the back-from-the-dead Princess Diana Then a) my All The Rage column posted the news b) the Daily Mail and Daily Express got hold of the story and c) made up[...]
X-ual Healing
At least this whole event will be over next week. GIANT-SIZE X-STATIX #1 MAY190778 (W) Peter Milligan (A/CA) Michael Allred They're back and more alive than ever for this special one-shot! But what new threat is so grave that only the most famous mutant celebrities can fight it? And who is the new U-Go-Girl? Only the original X-Statix creative[...]
Will Giant-Size X-Statix #1 Revive the Team?! [Preview]
When Marvel first announced the return of X-Statix with Giant-Size X-Statix #1, the general assumption was that the story would be set in the past, similar to other Marvel 80th-anniversary one-shots Plus, the entire team died at the end of the original run, though Doop later returned in X-Men But a preview of Giant-Size X-Statix[...]
Here's the Cover for Giant-Sized X-Statix #1
Yesterday, Bleeding Cool Rumourmonger-in-Chief Rich Johnston took time out of his French vacation to post not one but two stories about the imminent return of X-Statix by Peter Milligan and Mike and Laura Allred Johnston's rumourmongering was so pervasive, Milligan was forced to go on Twitter and admit… I think by now Bleeding Cool and Newsarama[...]
How A Marvel Omnibus Landed A Man In Hospital
Now, I'm a fairly athletic guy, so I put the Fantastic Four omnibus down, grabbed the remote with my right hand to switch channels and at the same time stretched out my left hand and grabbed the X-Statix Omnibus back-hand and at a weird angle and lifted it up That did it[...]
More Omnibi To Make Shelf Room For
What is it with Marvel and DC's differing definition of the word omnibus? Take these new additions ready to test the strength of your comic shelf brackets. The Avengers Omnibus – Volume 1 Stan and Jack, 728 pages. Amazing Spider-Man by David Michelinie & Todd McFarlane Omnibus – 848 pages X-Men by Chris Claremont & Jim Lee Omnibus[...]