I almost didn't read this one because I had shrugged off Ahmed's Wolverine after just one issue, but this was unexpectedly charming! I don't know the history here since I haven't read the main series, but I found it quite new reader friendly — it never felt like I needed to know who Leonard is beyond "He's a monster who Wolverine saved". IDK if the actual plot is particularly interesting, but Le more
WHAT HAPPENED TO WOLVERINE? X YEARS LATER, the people of Vancouver cheer a new hero: the WONDERFUL WOLVERINE, A.K.A. the WENDIGO, Logan's last student. But what happened to LOGAN? A secret from Wolverine's past will set the Last Wolverine on a mission to uphold his mentor's legacy…unless a dire threat burns it all down first!
Ooh that was a pleasant surprise! I definitely don't think there's 18 comics' worth of things to say about the latest low-energy rehash of Age of Apocalypse, but Kelly & Walker make a solid case for the question of "what's Spider-Man doing in the middle of this?" as being one worth exploring. And I'm surprisingly into a Cecilia Reyes/Peter Parker romance, considering that it's one I'd never in a m more
UNFRIENDLY AND UNSTABLE! X YEARS LATER, the X-Virus decimated New York - but Spider-Man won't stop fighting. In a desperate gamble, Peter Parker doses himself with lethal radiation to hold the infection at bay. Survival comes at a cost. While this may not kill Peter Parker, it sure messes him up. This is the most dangerous, mutated Spider-Man ever ...
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Alice visits the Fantastic Four's farm and is introduced to a new pet, a dog named "Jellybean." However, Alice doesn't perceive it as a dog, but rather as some kind of slimy creature with tentacles. No one believes her when she says it's weird.
Alice is working on her artwork and can't get the idea out of her head, aside from the unpleasant sensation, so she visits Reed and as more
Alicia has returned from a sculpture convention to discover the Fantastic Four have a new pet - an adorable new dog that everyone tells her she'll love. But when she first touches the creature, it's cold, it's wet, it's slimy and it's wrong - at least until a moment later, when suddenly, she feels the warm and soft fur she's expecting. Alicia is th...
The list of my favorite things about Ryan North's FF is long, but how well he writes Alicia is certainly in the top 5. Ever since the 60's she's been one of the best characters in this series, but North really delves into her potential as a Lois Lane-style ordinary person who is clever and insightful enough to not be out of place in a room full of superheroes
Also, I know Ramos's art is more
Alicia has returned from a sculpture convention to discover the Fantastic Four have a new pet - an adorable new dog that everyone tells her she'll love. But when she first touches the creature, it's cold, it's wet, it's slimy and it's wrong - at least until a moment later, when suddenly, she feels the warm and soft fur she's expecting. Alicia is th...
I was skeptical when I read the solicits for this series about how they would get Laura to a place where she'd be not only on Revelation's side in this event but also taking the mantle of Sabretooth. I really liked Schultz's Laura series up to this point, though, and gave her the benefit of the doubt that there was going to be some continuity in characterization.
My skepticism was answered, more
THE ALL-NEW SABRETOOTH! X YEARS LATER, she's taken the name of once-bitter enemy SABRETOOTH - and fights beside Revelation himself. Why did Laura Kinney abandon her legacy? What secrets does she keep from the mutant world? When loyalty changes, blood means everything.
HOPE THEY SURVIVE THE EXPERIENCE! X YEARS LATER, on the run after a deadly clash with Revelation's chief assassin, the shattered X-Men desperately gamble everything on one last mission. With help from an unexpected ally, they venture into the haunted ruins of Graymalkin. What they find there may change everything… if they survive.
I'm always charmed enough by the earnestness of Hickman's attempts at comedy that I almost want to forgive the fact that he's dreadful at it
BUY THIS COMIC, OR ALL OF YOUR FAVORITE HEROES WILL DIE! X YEARS LATER, and Mojo's got a new game for Wonder Man, Hellcat, Bishop, Rhino and Kraven to play. There are no rules. One survivor wins. The others die. Mojo promises you can vote for the winner with your dollars - but you probably can't. Mojo cannot promise that any of this is true or that...
SPIDEY & HIS COSMIC FRIENDS! Who is this space-faring Spider-Man, and who is his crew?! You may recognize Rocket Raccoon and may have heard of Symbie. The other companions will have a huge impact on Spider-Man and may hold a key to some mysteries that have been brewing!
This is just really good stuff. Sure, the overall pacing of the plot could be quicker, but I am liking everything this book has to offer. Especially the art, it is astonishing.
But the writing here is also really good. Keep on Kelly, you have not let me down yet.
SPIDEY & HIS COSMIC FRIENDS! Who is this space-faring Spider-Man, and who is his crew?! You may recognize Rocket Raccoon and may have heard of Symbie. The other companions will have a huge impact on Spider-Man and may hold a key to some mysteries that have been brewing!
Holy cow. I freaking LOVED this issue.
Im a big fan of no kill rules in my superheroes. I think its a strong moral framework that separates them from other vigilantes.
And despite the fact my favorite superhero Rocket is in this issue, and acts as an OPPONENT to that stance, this issue does a fantastic job of displaying why its such a strong stance to have. And Kelly, through more
SPIDEY & HIS COSMIC FRIENDS! Who is this space-faring Spider-Man, and who is his crew?! You may recognize Rocket Raccoon and may have heard of Symbie. The other companions will have a huge impact on Spider-Man and may hold a key to some mysteries that have been brewing!
Oh wow this one just wrecked me. Leave it to Ryan North to wrench such big feels out of a series whose basic premise is "Dog wanders around doing dog things (to robots)"
Krypto has made a new friend—another stray—and together, the two of the mare traveling across America. But they are not alone, for a monster from a distant world has come to Earth, and their two paths are now on a collision course. Krypto,with superpowers that are just coming in, must find a way to defend himself, hisfriend—and his planet.
Emotions run high after Banshee learns of Moira's death, and the police investigate the disappearance of Emma's sister with little to no luck. The team takes even more of a hit when Chamber is asked to join the X-Men.
Paige ends up in a nightmare-come-true when she is accidentally locked in the school during a security procedure.
It's OK to take your 17-year-old student out for beers if you're sad
A student saves his teacher! Skin rescues Sean Cassidy from an ambush, and Sean later learns Moira MacTaggert's fate.
Wow, I really forgot how good the few issues by just Wood & Pugh with no other plotters or inkers were. A shame that cancellation came just as the comic got good again
While on a shopping trip, Monet and Jubilee are bombarded by anti-mutant terrorists on the New York City subway!
While the team is in New York City, Jono meets a deaf girl that he can communicate with telepathically. He likes her, but is wary of being in any kind of relationship as a mutant.
The fate of Synch revealed! The new direction of Generation X is determined as an anti-mutant explosion sets the school's population against one another! Be there for the final chapter in the story that fills in the events of the six-month gap!
Continuing the story that answers all of your questions by filling in the "Revolution" time gap! Mutant paranoia has wormed its way into the Massachusetts Academy, and even the human students are suspects! With the grounds darkened by society's secret prejudice, Generation X faces what may be their greatest challenge, and their most horrendous tr...
For the second story Ellis is reduced to "from a story by" and despite this relaunch being centered on Ellis's name it's a huge improvement in that Wood seems actually interested in the job. The first couple issues of this story are probably the best the series had done in 40 or so issues
Continuing the story that shows you what happened before the "Revolution"! As one member of Generation X finds herself the target of anti-mutant paranoia, two others are drawn romantically together! Plus: Adrienne Frost is back!
Beginning the second story arc by Warren Ellis that reveals what happened during the six-month gap! In GENERATION X #63 we learned that the Westchester Academy was closed and that Synch was gone, but how did all that happen? This four-part story looks at the team's past and future as we learn what Adrienne Frost was really up to, discover how the ...
The shocking conclusion to Warren Ellis' first story arc! Generation X is trapped in The House of Correction, the sick jail run by the deranged and not-quite-human Warden Coffin! Now it's the entire adult world vs. a prison population of confused kids, that includes Gen X! And not everyone gets out of this alive...who will survive to kick off nex...
Within the House of Correction, the crazed and inhuman Warden Coffin is doing unspeakable things to the teenaged prisoners! But will a confused and cowering society turn a blind eye to their incarceration?
Ellis takes a step back from cowriting to just plotting on the second issue, and it's a considerable improvement; Wood's voices for the teenagers are vastly more convincing
Troubled youths across America are very quietly being lifted out of their lives and taken somewhere dark and secret. The pattern is visible only to the paranoid, the conspiracy fiends… and Generation X! Now the team heads out to find the truth behind the pattern. But what they discover is... the House of Correction!
Every Warren Ellis character talks like someone who justifiably gets punched in the face three times a day. While that shtick works for mean girl characters like Emma Frost, watching him try to write Banshee really shows the limits of his ability to replicate human voices.
Still, soft horror was a key part of what made the good years of this comic work, and after multiple bland, twee r more
X-MEN: REVOLUTION! A bold new era for the X-Men begins! They're young mutants trained to survive at any cost in a world that fears and hates them. But survival isn't enough for them and the world that they want. Learning of the quiet removal of supposed "troublesome" pupils from schools across America, Generation X, their ranks thinned from six m...
This was really nice. Charming and just nice to read.
FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD…BLACK CAT?! FELICIA HARDY is a changed woman. She's STOPPING robberies instead of planning them. But all her super heroing is leaving a trail of wronged super villains in her wake. Lizard. Sandman. Tombstone. The list's getting longer by the day. And it's only a matter of time before those nine lives of hers run out…
Hilarious and charming! The first issue was only OK, but this one is really what I wanted from a GWW Black Cat comic.
FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD…BLACK CAT?! FELICIA HARDY is a changed woman. She's STOPPING robberies instead of planning them. But all her super heroing is leaving a trail of wronged super villains in her wake. Lizard. Sandman. Tombstone. The list's getting longer by the day. And it's only a matter of time before those nine lives of hers run out…