Cyclops Has Always Been This Good
When X-Men ‘97 hit Disney+ last week, enrapt viewers all shouted one thing—other than “To me, my X-men!”—as they saw Marvel’s mutants back in action: “Where has this Cyclops been?”…
X-Men ’97 Gives a Classic Cartoon a Fresh, Familiar Coat of Paint
The X-Men never die. In the comics, that’s sometimes more literal than metaphorical, more meta text than actual text. But it always means that, for the most part, no matter…
X-Men ’97’s Episode Titles Tease Some Intriguing Comics Pulls
In a few weeks, the ‘90s are back in style—well, if you’re a fan of Marvel’s merry mutants, that is. It’s not too much longer until X-Men ‘97, the new…
Breaking Down the X-traordinary Details in X-Men ’97’s Trailer
Screenshot: Marvel Animation The scene with Callisto and Leech is quickly covered up by a passing issue of the Daily Bugle blowing across the screen, and it’s jam-packed with details.…
Breaking Down the Mutant Mayhem of Deadpool & Wolverine’s Trailer
Screenshot: Marvel Studios John Allardyce himself, aka Pyro! St. John, as he was named in the comics, was a long time member of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, introduced in…
Patrick Stewart Agrees His Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Cameo Was Truly Awkward
Screenshot: Marvel/Disney+ Of all the weird moments and choices in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, the Illuminati scene might be the one that most made us wonder “wait……
Marvel Just Made Nightcrawler Part of a Big, Queer Family
Kurt Wagner’s relationship with Mystique and Destiny has long been a messy, divisive one–but as the current era of X-Men comics is more explicit about their queer family, this week…
What Does Superhero Casting Mean Anymore?
Well, we have our first quarter of the MCU’s Fantastic Four. Yesterday, reports broke revealing that Pedro Pascal is likely to end up playing Reed Richards in the upcoming Matt…
The Original X-Men Are Coming Back, but Only One Is Staying
Image: Ryan Stegman/Marvel Comics The X-Men turn 60 this year, and Marvel is celebrating in style by killing a bunch of them in a horrifying terrorist attack, kickstarting the downfall…
The Fall of X Is Throwing Krakoa’s Rules Out the Window
When mutantkind established its own sovereign nation on Krakoa, it established three new tenants for the newly-unified species to live by: Make More Mutants, Murder No Man, and Respect This…