Writer: Chris Claremont Artist: Todd Nauck Colorist: Rachelle Rosenberg Letterer: VC’s Cory Petit Standard Cover by Chris Samnee with Matthew Wilson Published by Marvel Comics Nightcrawler #1 sees the return to the X-Men Universe of both Nightcrawler, the teleporting fuzzy elf who first debuted in Giant Size X-Men #1 back in 1975, and Chris Claremont, …
Written by Brian Michael Bendis Art by Sara Pichelli & David Marquez Colors by Justin Ponsor Letters by VC’s Cory Petit Cover by Sara Pichelli & Justin Ponsor Published Marvel Comics With this issue, Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli bring to a close the “Trial of Jean Grey” storyline, a decidedly old-fashioned crossover in …
Writer by Brian Michael Bendis Penciler Stuart Immonen Inker Wade Von Grawbadger Colorist Marte Garcia Letterer VC’s Cory Petit Cover by Immonen, Grawbadger and Garcia Published by Marvel Comics With the various players in place following Guardians of the Galaxy #12, this issue lights the fuse on the storyline, as the characters spring into action. …
Magneto #1 Written by Cullen Bunn Pencils by Gabriel Walta Colors by Jordie Bellaire Published by Marvel Comics “The past often plo’s the course of one’s future” and so it is about time that the true Magneto, the mutant Malcolm X, bubbles back to the surface in Cullen Bunn’s new series. This issue is a …
Written by Brian Michael Bendis Pencils by Sara Pichelli & Stuart Immonen Inks by Sara Pichelli & Wade Von Grawbadger Colors by Justin Ponsor Letters by VC’s Cory Petit Cover by Sara Pichelli & Justin Ponsor Published by Marvel Comics Guardians of the Galaxy #12, the fourth part of the “Trial of Jean Grey” crossover, …
First Appearance X-Men #1, September 1963 Nicknames and Aliases Marvel Girl, Phoenix, Dark Phoenix, Red, Redd Dayspring Powers and Abilities Jean is a mutant born with tremendous telepathic and telekinetic abilities, enabling her to read and control minds, project her thoughts, enter the Astral Plane, mentally lift and move objects, and fly by levitating herself, …
All New X-Men #23 Written by Brian Michael Bendis Art by Stuart Immonen & Wade Von Grawbadger Colors by Marte Garcia, Letters by VC’s Cory Petit Standard Cover by Immonen, Grawbadger & Garcia Published by Marvel Comics After what amounted to essentially two “part ones”, it’s a relief to finally get a chapter of this …
“Once upon a time, there was a woman named Jean Grey, a man named Scott Summers. They were young. They were in love. They were heroes.” – Narration from Uncanny X-Men #137 by Chris Claremont & John Byrne For over thirty years, Scott Summers and Jean Grey, Cyclops and Jean Grey nee Phoenix nee Marvel …
If you’ve read my work on this site or listened to my podcast Geeks Coast to Coast, you probably have realized that Kitty Pryde is my favorite comics character and Ultimate Spider-Man is my all-time favorite comic. So this pairing of Ultimate Spider-Man and Ultimate Kitty Pryde is a bit personal for me. They began dating in …
Guardians of the Galaxy #11.NOW Written by Brian Michael Bendis Art by Sara Pichelli Colors by Justin Ponsor Letters by VC’s Cory Petit Cover By Sara Pichelli & Justin Ponsor Published by Marvel Comics All New X-Men #22 ended with the X-Men, shortly after Jean Grey was captured by the Shi’ar, approaching a spaceship from …
All New X-Men #22.NOW Written by Brian Michael Bendis Art by Stuart Immonen & Wade Von Grawbadger Colors by Marte Gracia Cover by Immonen, Grawbadger & Gracia Published by Marvel Comics The premise of All New X-Men is one of the all time great “bad on paper, good in execution” premises: the original teenaged X-Men …
New X-Men #114-116 Writer: Grant Morrison Penciller: Frank Quitely Inker: Tim Townsend (114-115), Mark Morales (115-116), Dan Green (116) Colorist: Brian Haberlin (114-115), Hi-Fi (115-116) Publisher: Marvel Comics In 2001, the X-Men were both everywhere and nowhere. Bryan Singer’s X-Men film had been released the previous year and was a commercial and critical success. It showed that superhero films …
All New X-Factor #1 Written by Peter David Art by Carmine Di Giandomenico Colors by Lee Loughridge Cover by Kris Anka and Jared Fletcher Published by Marvel X-Factor has always been a strange bird among the X flock. First as a reunion vehicle for the original X-Men (albeit under the ruse of being mutant hunters), …
Uncanny X-Men 108-109, 111-143 (1977-1981) Writer: Chris Claremont Penciller/Co-plotter: John Byrne Inker: Terry Austin, Colorist: Glynis Wein Publisher: Marvel Along with Frank Miller’s run on Daredevil, Chris Claremont’ work on Uncanny X-Men during the late 1970s and 1980s was the most innovative and creative Marvel Comics title. But the comic was at its peak of brilliance when …
X-Men Battle of the Atom #2 Writer: Jason Aaron Pencillers: Esad Ribic and Giuseppe Camuncoli Finishes: Andrew Currie and Tom Palmer Colorists: Ive Svorcina, Andres Mossa, and Guru eFX Publisher: Marvel There are lots of cooks in the Battle of the Atom kitchen which has four epilogues and a total of ten pencillers/inkers/finishers working on the …
Yesterday, Marvel released yet another of their mysterious “All New Marvel NOW” teasers with the words “Ms.” in green on a black background with no creative team listed. Some have theorized that this means the return of 2010’s “Girl Comics” anthology, but I think that it means that Ms. Marvel will return and get her …
Wolverine and the X-Men #36 Writer: Jason Aaron Artist: Giuseppe Camuncoli and Andrew Currie Colorist: Matt Milla with Edgar Delgado Publisher: Marvel Comics The brilliant thing that Brian Michael Bendis did with All New X-Men is to make our presenttime the dystopian “Days of Future Past” for the original X-Men. Today is the future that young …
8: Jack the Giant Slayer Although most of the story follows a predictable trajectory, there are some things to like. It’s enthusiastically acted and at times fun, but Jack the Giant Slayer also feels like it was made by a committee. It’s fast paced, energetic but also overwhelmed by digital effects. And it could be …
“X-Men” #2 Written by Brian Wood Drawn by Olivier Coipel Inking by Mark Morales, Scott Hanna and Olivier Coipel Colouring by Laura Martin, Matt Milla, and Christina Strain Published by Marvel Last month’s stellar issue of Brian Wood’s “X-Men” introduces the comic’s debut villain, Arkea, twin sister of Sublime, and she immediately poses a threat …
We’ve featured artist Marko Manev’s Superhero Noir series in the past and now he’s released a new print titled Mutants, which is now on sale through Bottleneck Gallery. This is a limited timed release priced at $35 for a 13 x 19 inch print. You can purchase Manev’s X-Men themed piece Mutants here. 13×19” giclee …
“X-Men” #1 Written by Brian Wood Drawn by Olivier Coipel Inking by Mark Morales and Olivier Coipel Colouring by Laura Martin Immediately after its launch announcement, the new X-Men comic, simply titled “X-Men” has been the talk of the comic community, with many waiting in eager anticipation for the very first all-women starring X-Men comic …
When these artists started working, Wolverine was one of Marvel’s biggest stars. He got his own solo book in 1988 and was prominently featured in Fox’s long-running X-Men cartoon. Wolverine also appeared in his first solo video games Wolverine and Wolverine: Adamantium Rage in 1991 and 1994. In comics, this was a time of experimentation and changes for the character. He …
This week saw the release of Uncanny X-Men #1, which focused on Cyclops and his newly formed group of X-Men. The series, spearheaded by Brian Michael Bendis, is another entry in an already varied list of excellent Marvel X-Men books that have sprung from the Now! re-launch. One of the main reason’s the re-launch took …