X-ual Healing - The Weekly X-Men Recap Column Archives

X-Factor encounters some old friends in the Mojoverse, but all is not as it seems with the livestreamers of the Twitch-like Headshot TV.

After several decades of beating around the bush, Marvel finally let Kate Pryde kiss a girl in Marauders #12.

Remember when Wolverine yelled at Cyclops about putting kids in danger? Well, you might find Wolverine #5 interesting then.

In New Mutants #12, the titular mutants pay a not-so-friendly visit to the offices of cartoonishly-evil anti-mutant media website Dox.

The gang heads to Mojoworld in X-Factor #2 where attention-obsessed citizens willingly live-stream their lives for fame and money.

Why wasn't Madelyne Pryor invited to Krakoa? Is a clone of a mutant not still a mutant? Find out how Madelyne feels about it in Hellions #3.

Because a four-issue spinoff series wasn't enough, last week's regular issue of X-Men also tied into the Empyre super-mega-crossover event.

In case you were distracted by Empyre or the upcoming X of Swords, iWolverine 2020 #2 is here to remind you there's another event going on.

Wolverine finally gets what he deserves when he visits a Canadian dive bar full of people who really don't like him in Wolverine #4.

When Cable needs to dig up his own corpse, he finds himself face to face with his older self's old best friend, Deadpool, in Cable #3.

In Excalibur #11, Jubilee gets off really god damn lightly for bringing her god damn baby into a medieval fantasy warzone.

Empyre: X-Men wrapped up last week and proved a super-mega-crossover event tie-in doesn't have to be bad if you mostly ignore the event.

Once again, in X-Force #11, The Beast's utter failure as a leader leads to dire consequences for the X-Men and one Quentin Quire.

In Marauders #11, we finally learn the stupid reason why the X-Men failed to resurrect Kate Pryde after eighteen attempts.

A faustian bargain is struck in Empyre: X-Men #3 as Marvel does its best to create the illusion of peril for a meaningless event tie-in.

Having gotten bored with Fantomex's current origins, Jonathan Hickman decided it's time to give him a new one in Giant-Size X-Men: Fantomex.

Deadpool has had enough of the X-Men's exclusionary tactics, so he travels to Krakoa with a shark to let them know in Deadpool #6.

In Empyre: X-Men #2, Angel gets horny for the old ladies of Hordeculture as this x-traneous tie-in to a super-mega-crossover event continues.

Cyclops promised Wolverine he'd get to see Scott Summers in a speedo, and god damn it, Scott Summers is gonna deliver in X-Men #10.

In Cable #2, the titular Kid Cable takes one of the five sisters he's dating out for a night on the town in Philadelphia. Hilarity ensues.

X-Factor #1 established a brand new premise for the mutant investigation team faster than you can say "phallic headquarters."

In Hellions #2, Havok reunites with an old ex-girlfriend. Plus: the perils of not keeping up with your clone maintenance program.

In Empyre: X-Men #1, the Genoshan genocide is finally undone... but at what cost?! $4.99. Plus: the benefits of a vegetarian lifestyle.

In Wolverine #3, Logan interferes in the love lives of teenage mutants. Plus: Wolverine two-dicks trutherism goes mainstream, baby!

In New Mutants #11, the titular New Mutants save the day two issues late. Plus: the start of a promising new storyline, Mutants vs. Media.

In X-Men: Fantastic Four #4, Charles Xavier gets nostalgic for his Illuminati days. Plus: Kate Pryde learns how her powers work.

Could the great Larry Hama's return to the X-Books for iWolverine 2020 be spoiled by tying in with a dumb Iron Man event? Thankfully not.

In Giant-Size X-Men: Magneto #1, we learn the truth behind why Marvel needed to turn a 2-minute story into a 5-dollar one-shot: for money.

You may not have known you needed Rob Liefeld's take on G.I. Joe, but Snake Eyes: Deadgame #1 shows it's what's been missing all along.

In X-Force #10, the Beast screws up everything AGAIN, plus: Wolverine uses just one of his dicks. And then: who the hell is The Chronicler?