To Me, My New X-Men Comics!
Image: Mateus Manhanini/Marvel Comics The creators: Murewa Ayodele (Akogun: Brutalizer of Gods) & Lucas Werneck (Immortal X-Men) Advertisement The pitch: Ororo Monroe isn’t just becoming an Avenger and getting a…
The Long Comics History Behind X-Men’s Sentinel Program
Image: Marvel Comics Despite the Sentinels’ legacy as a threat to all mutants, they actually have quite a tangled history with the Hellfire Club, and in particular Sebastian Shaw, in…
X-Men ’97 Just Gave Us Charles Xavier’s Dream—And His Nightmare
The story of Marvel’s mutantdom is one of evolution, and with it, cycles—the rise and fall that almost always guarantees that the tale of the X-Men is one of endless…
Marvel’s TV Head Explains Why Now Is the Time for X-Men’s ’90s Throwback
X-Men is a comics franchise defined by its evolution. There are few others like it that can be so defined by multiple foundational eras of fandom-shaping periods, from its classics,…
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…
The X-Men Are Trying to Solve Their Beast Problem in the Wildest Way
If you’re not familiar with them before asking, you might be surprised if an X-Men comic reader declares Hank McCoy—the fuzzball genius Beast—one of the most evil characters in the…
The X-Men Will Rise to a New Relaunch Next Summer
Image: Mark Brooks/Marvel Comics Back in 2019, Jonathan Hickman gave Marvel’s mutants a soft reboot in the form of House of X/Powers of X. Now living on the sentient island…
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…
The X-Men Rise and Ultimates Return in Marvel’s 2024 Comics Plans
Image: Mark Brooks & Richard Isanove/Marvel Comics Marvel Comics likes to use either of the two big yearly Comic-Cons to reveal their big plans for the following year. 2023’s been…