Julian Keller reviewed Psylocke #1 Nov 16, 2024
I just don’t understand the point of this character. It’s been five years since her reintroduction, and it seems like no writer has managed to give her a clear identity.
Everything about her feels like recycled leftovers from Betsy Braddock. Why does this character even exist if she’s just given Betsy’s personality, powers, aesthetic—and now even her old storylines?
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SHE WAS MADE FOR VIOLENCE! Trained to be an assassin since birth, Kwannon chose to be an X-Man. But there are still some jobs too dirty for the X-Men. And some paths have to be walked alone. When the mission is brutal, Psylocke unsheathes her blades to punish those who prey on mutants. Exploding out of the pages of X-MEN, Alyssa Wong and Vincenzo C...
Julian Keller reviewed Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain #2 Mar 30, 2023
Repetitive and nonconsequential. Feels like I've been reading the same story reworked over and ove again.
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TWO CAPTAINS - ONE COUNTRY - AND ONE HELL OF A FIGHT! Britain has a new champion - but don't be mistaken, she's been here for years. Morgan Le Fay is back for vengeance, and Captain Britain is first on her list! But where one captain fails, another may suffice... and Peggy Carter's got a right hook that would inspire the devil herself. Magical mach...
Julian Keller reviewed Immoral X-Men #1 Feb 23, 2023
The weakest SoS book so far.
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They said the mutants were humanity's future. It's 10 years later and they were proven to be right. The X-Men exist in a world that adores and respects them...so why are they sworn to crush it?! But while they do, Emma can take a few minutes out to crush Mister Sinister.
Rated T+
Julian Keller reviewed Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain #1 Feb 23, 2023
Stagnant and bland. The same tired story about whether Britain should accept their new Captain Britain dragging on for four years. A cheap #1 to boost sales when this is actually Excalibur #27.
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THE CAPTAIN COMES HOME!
And she's got a whole new mission! With Otherworld settled, Braddock Manor restored, and her brother Captain Avalon at her side, you'd think things look pretty good for Betsy Braddock. Only it turns out, good ole Britain doesn't want her back. No one wants a mutant menace carrying the shield of Captain Britain, and Bets...
Julian Keller rated Knights of X Collected Dec 14, 2022
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The gates to Otherworld are closed, and Captain Britain is trapped on the wrong side! Usurpers Merlyn and King Arthur are now in control of the Lunatic Citadel. Furies the size of Sentinels raze villages in their hunt for the witchbreed. Bloodthirsty vampires roam. Cut off from Krakoa, Betsy Braddock is Otherworld's only hero - and to save her peop...
Julian Keller rated Immortal X-Men #9 Dec 10, 2022
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VOTE. DIE. REPEAT.
Putting the "Meat" in office meeting. Trust me, bad spelling is the least of the Quiet Council's problems as everything hits the fan.
Rated T+
Julian Keller rated New Mutants #32 Dec 10, 2022
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THE U-MEN HAVE THE NEW MUTANTS IN THEIR CLUTCHES!
The U-Men, a fanatical organization of humans hell-bent on becoming the physically superior species by stealing mutants' power, have captured Escapade and the New Mutants. Now imprisoned on their base, Shela must use her burgeoning yet unpredictable powers to help her new friends escape. But Cer...
Julian Keller rated X-Men: Red #9 Dec 10, 2022
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CHECK AND MATE?
Abigail Brand enters her endgame - and on Arakko, the Diplomatic Zone is beset by a firestorm of violence. On the World Farm, Cable is learning the secrets behind it all. But the biggest secret has yet to be revealed? It's Roberto Da Costa's turn to play. And you won't see it coming.
Rated T+
Julian Keller rated Marauders #9 Dec 10, 2022
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HERE COMES YESTERDAY - PART 3!
Captain Pryde and the Marauders have vowed to save Threshold and all its mutants, no matter the odds. But maybe they should've checked those odds first! Witness the origins of Threshold and of mutantkind itself! And fight to protect those origins as the Marauders find they're not the only castaways from the future...
Julian Keller rated X-Terminators #3 Nov 30, 2022
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VAMPIRES, VIOLENCE AND VENGEANCE!
Does it count as killing a man when the man in question is already undead? This problem is one the lovely ladies of bombs and blades are going to need to wrestle with as they brutally separate bloodsuckers' heads from their bodies! Just when you thought the night couldn't get more bonkers...
PARENTAL A...
Julian Keller rated Marauders #7 Oct 9, 2022
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HERE COMES YESTERDAY - PART 1! The Marauders have rescued the last survivor of Threshold from certain death with an assist from one of 2099's mutant heroes! Captain Pryde promised to help mutants in need, no matter where they are or when. But can the Marauders rescue an entire civilization in the past without erasing the future? And wait, haven't t...
Julian Keller rated Strange #6 Sep 21, 2022
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WONG TAKES CENTER STAGE!
• Someone has stolen pieces of Wong's memory!
• But he's going to need them back to stop the Blasphemy Cartel!
• It's up to Wong and Bats to retrace their steps to find the truth!
• But could this memory be better off forgotten?
RATED T+
Julian Keller rated New Mutants #30 Sep 21, 2022
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CELEBRATE THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF X-MEN'S YOUTHFUL MISFITS!
Throughout the past forty years, NEW MUTANTS has remained a timeless yet contemporary voice for the marginalized youth who must grow up in a harsh, cruel world. In this supersized issue, Vita Ayala, Rod Reis and more craft a mosaic love letter dedicated to the mutant youngsters who hav...
Julian Keller rated Legion of X #5 Sep 21, 2022
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POWER IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER!
SKINJACKER TRIUMPHANT! The bodysnatcher-supreme rampages through Legion's mind...
A HORNED GOD OF MISCHIEF! Nightcrawler discovers the identity of the fugitive deity at last...
CONSPIRACY ON MARS! Weaponless Zsen slashes open the awful truth...
AND IT ALL CRASHES TOGETHER.
P.S. Just when you ...
Julian Keller rated X-Terminators #1 Sep 21, 2022
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ENTER THE GRINDHOUSE OF X!
When Jubilee and Boom-Boom agree to take Dazzler out for a night on the town to console her after her nasty breakup, they have no idea they're about to be kidnapped and put into elaborate death traps for their efforts! What are three girls with the power to blow things up to do? Leah Williams and Carlos G mez put the ...
Julian Keller rated Catwoman #44 Sep 20, 2022
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Harley Quinn and Catwoman get their gals' out-of-town trip at the roller derby crashed when some mysterious creep runs them off the road...and then follows them around at the derby! But this is Catwoman and Harley Quinn-you stalk them, and you'll pay for it...maybe with a limb or two. Meanwhile, there seems to be more than one lurker in the shadows...
Julian Keller rated Catwoman #45 Sep 20, 2022
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Roman Sionis has been brought to his knees, but enough is enough. Catwoman's vacation is over and it's time to get back to work. But Selina has never been Gotham's only protector, and she'll have to contend with a well-meaning family of bats... What's that old saying? The enemy of my enemy...should back off and let me handle it!
Julian Keller rated Catwoman #47 Sep 20, 2022
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Things start to heat up between Valmont and Catwoman when the handsome devil in white shows Catwoman a grand gesture by taking her on a trip out of Gotham. How many high-roller cities can these two cat burglars hit for a score in one night? A crow in white and a bat in black-if only there was a moral gray zone for this one cat.
Julian Keller rated Nightwing #96 Sep 20, 2022
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They say love is when two hearts find their happy place right next to each other, but to Heartless, that's just the wall of jars of hearts he has in his back office. As Dick and Babs's two hearts do find their happy place next to each other, one question they ask each other proves difficult to answer.
Julian Keller rated New Mutants #29 Sep 8, 2022
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SIBLING REVIVAL!
Gabby and Karma have gone missing...and it's up to Daken and James Proudstar to track them down! Stained by their own sense of failures concerning their respective siblings - Daken's guilt over not being able to protect Gabby from the Shadow King and Warpath's avoidance in reuniting with the recently resurrected John Proudstar ...
Julian Keller rated Excalibur #18 Sep 7, 2022
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THE WOMAN ON THE SHORE!
As the Council makes moves to protect mutants in the Otherworld, Excalibur must determine the fate of Betsy Braddock.
Rated T+
Julian Keller rated Excalibur #17 Sep 7, 2022
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QUEEN ELIZABETH III?!?
Opportunities and opportunists. Two heads-of-state seek to restore the state of things.
Rated T+
Julian Keller rated Excalibur #16 Sep 7, 2022
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THE SWORD IS SHEATHED !
The team is left changed in the aftermath of X OF SWORDS... and some things lost cannot be replaced.
Rated T+
Julian Keller rated Excalibur #15 Sep 7, 2022
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A game abandoned, but a great gamble remains.
A Tower answers.
Rated T+
Julian Keller rated Excalibur #14 Sep 7, 2022
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Two swords. Two cups. Two must answer.
Rated T+
Julian Keller rated Excalibur #11 Sep 7, 2022
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BLOOD OF THE CHANGELING!
The Citadel has committed an act of war and Excalibur must respond. While they lick their wounds deep in Otherworld, Apocalypse takes steps toward his ultimate goal.
Rated T+
Julian Keller rated Excalibur #9 Sep 7, 2022
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HARK! THE HUNT FOR TRUTH
Excalibur emerges from the woods with a journey before them. Their destination: Starlight Citadel.
Rated T+
Julian Keller rated Wolverine #24 Sep 7, 2022
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HELL ON EARTH - AN A.X.E. TIE-IN!
The Hand's HELLBRIDE seeks revenge on WOLVERINE and SOLEM. But with Earth reeling from the revelations of A.X.E., a dire play from the Best There Is may be the planet's last, best hope!
PARENTAL ADVISORY
Julian Keller rated Immortal X-Men #6 Sep 7, 2022
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STAND FOR JUDGMENT - AN A.X.E. TIE-IN!
Judgment comes and the Quiet Council grows suspiciously quiet. An exception: Do you think a man so devoted to the Hellfire cares one jot? Let's find out.
RATED T+
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