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X-Men: 10 Mutants That Activated Their Powers Early

June 10, 2020

A long time ago the X-Men universe used to have a lot of rules on how mutants worked. Chief among them was when they got their powers. Typically, mutant abilities wouldn’t catalyze until after or around puberty...

Marvel Announces New Release Window For X-Men: X of Swords

Phillip Pratt

May 18, 2020

Comic Books

It would seem that the comic book industry may actually survive the viral apocalypse. That is, at least in some semblance of what we know it as. That’s what Marvel Comics is banking on as they’ve scheduled new ...

The Children of the X-Men Part 1: Cyclops

Phillip Pratt

May 5, 2020

Comic Books

Comic books are weird. If you haven’t figured that out yet – you haven’t been paying attention. There aren’t many franchises out there that are weirder than the X-Men. They fight crime, start private intergalac...

X-Men: Jonathan Hickman Introduces New Brutal Ritual Called The Crucible

Phillip Pratt

February 27, 2020

Comic Books

We're quickly coming up on a year since Jonathan Hickman began his tenure as the architect of the X-Men franchise - and in true Hickman form, there are still a lot of unanswered questions. There's still entire ...

X-Men Rumor: Gambit TV Series In Development – The 8 Best Gambit Stories To Get You Prepared

Phillip Pratt

February 25, 2020

Comic Books, Television

Believe it or not, despite the hiccups that ultimately led to Gambit’s potential solo movie being called off – there’s Hollywood talk out there of him getting his own TV show. When, and on what platform, has ye...

Marvel Comics Emasculates Popular X-Men Member Gambit In Tini Howard’s ‘Excalibur’

Phillip Pratt

February 14, 2020

Comic Books

I know at this point it just seems like I’m dogpiling on this poor Excalibur book. I railed about how irked I was with Rogue’s unjustified and sudden change of heart about children. I’m also sure I’ve taken lit...

X-Men: All of Moira MacTaggert’s New Skills Ranked

Phillip Pratt

November 16, 2019

Comic Books

It’s amazing how much of a difference can be made to a character with just a simple change to their past. I suppose it has a lot to do with what the change is. In the case of the classic X-Men character Moira M...

X-Men: Tini Howard’s Excalibur Has a Rocky Start

Phillip Pratt

November 1, 2019

Comic Books

You know, out of most of the Dawn of X titles, I really wanted to like this book. I even ranked it as my 2nd most anticipated of the wave. From the outside looking in, what is there not to look forward to? I...

The 10 Most Monstrous X-Men Transformations

Phillip Pratt

October 24, 2019

Comic Books

Being a mutant may be enough for the spookiest time of the year, however, in honor of Halloween we’ve compiled a list of some truly frightening characters. Here’s the kicker; they’re all X-Men! Over the year...

Marvel Comics and Jonathan Hickman’s House of X #5 is Definitive Proof That Not All Is Right with the X-Men

Phillip Pratt

September 20, 2019

Comic Books

Can we truly go on ignoring what’s happening with the X-Men? There is no bigger X-Men apologist than yours truly, but enough is enough. I refuse to accept that the X-Men we’re seeing within the Year 10 era are ...

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