Jonathan Hickman Archives - Bounding Into Comics

X-Men: Children of the Atom – What the Heck Is It?

March 23, 2020

Before I get started, let me iterate or reiterate a constant in our consumer-based universe. No one is required to like anything marketed to them. It is not the obligation of the customer to accept a product. I...

X-Men: Here’s Why Storm Is Dying

Phillip Pratt

March 7, 2020

Comic Books

There are a lot of X-Men books out right now. In a couple of months, there are going to be too many. What’s too many? Around 14 or so. So, if you’re not reading all of the ones out now – I don’t blame you. I al...

8 New X-Men Books Including ‘X of Swords’ Crossover Series Coming To Marvel Comics

Phillip Pratt

March 5, 2020

Comic Books

If you think there are a lot of X-Men books on the shelves now... Well, you'd be correct. At the moment, there are 8 titles available for purchase including; X-Men, X-Force, New Mutants, Marauders, Excalibur, G...

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: Why The Children of the Atom Should be About the Chimera

Phillip Pratt

January 29, 2020

Comic Books

Vita Ayala - former writer of the Age of X-Man miniseries, Prisoner-X - has been tapped to helm the new X-Men series The Children of the Atom. Not much has been revealed about the project outside of a few cover...

Hickman-era X-Men Crossover is on the Horizon

Marvel Announces Jonathan Hickman-era X-Men Crossover Event is Coming

Phillip Pratt

January 24, 2020

Comic Books

During a recent round table hosted by Marvel.com, X-Men senior editor Jordan D. White spilled the beans on plans for the first massive X-Men crossover following the launch of Dawn of X. This past summer Jona...

Marvel Announces New X-Men Title For April – Children of the Atom

Phillip Pratt

January 23, 2020

Comic Books

I give up. We're barely six-months into Marvel Comics X-Men franchise revival event - the Dawn of X - and by June of this year, we will have nearly 15 ongoing titles on the shelves. Of course, I'm assuming none...

Jonathan Hickman and R.B. Silva Reunite with a Fresh New Team in X-Men

Jonathan Hickman and R.B. Silva to Reunite in X-Men #5

Phillip Pratt

January 7, 2020

Comic Books

The relaunch of the X-Men title as part of the Dawn of X series of books has been anything but consistent in terms of it’s cast. With issues 1 and 2, it looked to be headlined by the Summers family, but the fol...

X-Men's Hellions: Marvel, Do You Even Test Market?

X-Men’s Hellions: Marvel Comics, Do You Even Test Market?

Phillip Pratt

December 9, 2019

Comic Books

There's so much to talk about with this one, I'm not sure where to begin. At this point, it appears Marvel is just throwing ideas at a wall and seeing what sticks. Their new book Hellions, in line to be writ...

5 Reasons The X-Men Might Be Brainwashed

Phillip Pratt

December 9, 2019

Comic Books

Jonathan Hickman's House of X and Powers of X summer series has done a lot for the X-Men comic book franchise. His soft reboot has led to a legion of new books, all doing fairly well on the charts. With no n...

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