Never mind Magik and Mirage who were both trained by Xavier. If Sunspot knows Red Triangle, they do, and both have formidable psyches. Those who knew Red Triangle didn't seem well thought out.
Colleen St. Lucie reviewed Jean Grey #1 Aug 30, 2023
I have asking for an adult Jean solo series for years and it's finally here! Only. . . it's kind of a 'What if?' story. It seems only the last issue will be relevant. However, the writing and art is very good, so I'll score it well.
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SUPERSTAR CREATORS TAKE JEAN GREY'S LEGACY TO FIERY NEW HEIGHTS! After the events of the Hellfire Gala, Jean's life is in shambles. Mutantkind is in dire straits - and there's nothing this founding X-Man can do. She'll have to save herself first. And that means looking into her past - for the moment when it all went wrong - in a desperate attempt t...
Colleen St. Lucie reviewed Dark X-Men #1 Aug 16, 2023
Don’t like this lineup (particularly comic trash Azazel) but it exceeded expectations.
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WELCOME TO THE DARK X-MEN? HOPE THE WORLD SURVIVES THE EXPERIENCE! Following the explosive events of the Hellfire Gala, MADELYNE PRYOR realizes the world needs the X-Men now more than ever. HAVOK and GAMBIT have served on the team before... but never one that looks like this! And how does GIMMICK, breakout star of MARVEL'S VOICES: PRIDE, fall under...
Colleen St. Lucie rated Uncanny Avengers #1 Aug 16, 2023
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The FALL OF X calls for the return of the Avengers' Unity Squad! Innocent people and world leaders are dead after simultaneous attacks on the U.S. and Krakoan governments, and that means one thing: It's time for a new squad of Avengers. False-flag attacks meant to whip up anti-mutant hysteria are unfolding, and hey, some of Steve Rogers' best frien...
Colleen St. Lucie reviewed X-Men #25 Aug 2, 2023
I can’t with the nonsensical spelling of Shadowkat but on the whole this was good. Her scenes and development were the highlight. Not sold on the composition of this team though, especially Ms. Marvel and Rasputin IV. I want my banner X-Men 😢
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THE FALL.
She's been known as Kitty, Sprite, Ariel, Red Queen and Captain Kate. Now, as a new X-Men team finds their way through their darkest hour...SHADOWKAT emerges!
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derbycomics reviewed X-Men #25 Aug 2, 2023
There was a lot of anticipation for the first issue of X-MEN in a post-Hellfire world and Gerry Duggan showed that the X-writers’ room wasn’t going to hold any punches during the Fall of X. X-MEN #25 continued to show how bleak the mutants’ current reality is and offered little hope for an immediate fix.
The main story of the issue primarily focuses on Kate Pryde’s new role in more
THE FALL.
She's been known as Kitty, Sprite, Ariel, Red Queen and Captain Kate. Now, as a new X-Men team finds their way through their darkest hour...SHADOWKAT emerges!
Colleen St. Lucie reviewed X-Men: Hellfire Gala 2023 #1 Jul 27, 2023
Don't at all like Ms. Marvel as a mutant.
Some things didn't add up like the practitioners of the Red Triangle Protocol.
Plausible practitioners of the Red Triangle Protocol
Angel
Nightcrawler
Shadowcat
Wolverine
Bishop
Forge
Gambit
Probably Not
Emma Frost (She would have her own defense; it was designed to withst more
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THE FALL OF X BEGINS HERE! The Hellfire Gala is always the biggest event of the season...but this year's will change everything for Krakoa. What is meant to be mutantkind's biggest night becomes their biggest nightmare as the Fall of X begins! All your favorite X-Men are going to be left reeling after this one - shocking revelations, stunning betra...
Never mind Magik and Mirage who were both trained by Xavier. If Sunspot knows Red Triangle, they do, and both have formidable psyches. Those who knew Red Triangle didn't seem well thought out.
Colleen St. Lucie reviewed Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain #5 Jul 19, 2023
After completing this series I'm not sure what the point was. Hoping for a break from Betsy, she received a huge push the past 4 years and needs to be in background for a while.
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EARTH'S MOST FURIOUS HEROES UNITE! And the villains alike! Morgan Le Fay has saddled up with her old lover, none other than Doctor Doom! And that can't mean good things for the old country. But Betsy Braddock has a plan up her sleeve?and a Multiverse of allies even Morgan can't magic-wand away. The fight for Britain, for Betsy, for Captains everywh...
Colleen St. Lucie reviewed X-Men #24 Jul 19, 2023
Don't get the Jean/Scott spat but otherwise very solid.
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POGG UR-POGG FOR HIRE! Hired for the dirtiest of jobs, a deadly mercenary comes crashing into the X-Men right at their most vulnerable moment! But not just any mercenary - finally, the breakout fan-favorite from X OF SWORDS, Pogg Ur-Pogg, returns!
Rated T+
Colleen St. Lucie reviewed Immortal X-Men #12 Jul 19, 2023
Heartbreaking!
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A COLOSSAL MISTAKE? The Quiet Council gather to fill the empty seat. It's the last chance to make a smart, kind decision to prevent the fall. Luckily, the deciding vote is in the hands of trusty old Colossus. Let's hope he hasn't got plans to ruin everything. That would be terrible.
Rated T+
Colleen St. Lucie reviewed Immortal X-Men #13 Jul 19, 2023
Want more Doug.
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LISTEN CLOSELY. Time is running out. Fall is here. Doug Ramsey is the voice of Krakoa. It's time for Krakoa to speak.
Rated T+
Colleen St. Lucie reviewed New Mutants Lethal Legion #5 Jul 19, 2023
*sigh*
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DANGER! BATTERY OVERLOAD! The New Mutants' plan to take down Count Nefaria has epically failed, and as a result, he's more powerful than ever! But there's no time for Escapade and her teammates to lick their wounds - Nefaria and his diabolical Lethal Legion have set their sights on a convention center in Midtown New York to make hundreds of humans ...
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Logan X reviewed New Mutants #31 Feb 26, 2023
Wake me when the New Mutants show up.
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ESCAPADE JOINS THE NEW MUTANTS! Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Charlie Jane Anders brings the breakout character of this year's MARVEL'S VOICES: PRIDE anthology to one of the Marvel Universe's most beloved teams! Personally recruited by Emma Frost herself, Shela Sexton reluctantly joins her fellow mutants on Krakoa in the hope that the X-Men ...
Colleen St. Lucie reviewed X-Men: Before The Fall: Mutants' First Strike #1 Jun 29, 2023
Liked the artist!
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KRAKOA STRIKES?! Ever since mutants declared themselves humanity's new gods, certain circles have been waiting for the other shoe to drop - the wrath. When a small New England town is hit by a devastating mutant attack, it seems the wrath is here. But all isn't as it appears. And Krakoa doesn't hesitate to save lives - so it's time for BISHOP to le...
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Out of Gluck reviewed X-Men: Before The Fall: Mutants' First Strike #1 Jun 7, 2023
Kudos to Orlando's deep cuts but this was literally a litany of just mutant reports one after the other.
KRAKOA STRIKES?! Ever since mutants declared themselves humanity's new gods, certain circles have been waiting for the other shoe to drop - the wrath. When a small New England town is hit by a devastating mutant attack, it seems the wrath is here. But all isn't as it appears. And Krakoa doesn't hesitate to save lives - so it's time for BISHOP to le...
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thecimmerian reviewed New Mutants Lethal Legion #4 Jun 22, 2023
This book is meant to be funny. I've laughed once while reading this series and it's in this instalment. The one word testimonial by Kraven was funny and the rest of the comic is the same junk as the rest of the series. These pitiful kids get their feelings hurt over the least little thing, fight about in the middle of a battle, and the resolution of it is part of the story that is just wasted more
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STEAL FROM THE WORST! Escapade, Cerebella and Scout's plan to perform the ultimate heist and steal from Count Nefaria has not been going as smoothly as they would have liked. In fact, they now have to face the Count and his new nefarious Lethal Legion! Thankfully, Dani, Karma, Galura, Rahne and Morgan join the fray and will bring some order to the ...
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Out of Gluck reviewed New Mutants Lethal Legion #4 Jun 28, 2023
[Art: 4.5
Writing: 2.5]
/2 = 3.5
-2 points for repeatedly using Wolfsbane's ridiculous multiple man powers which make no sense whatsoever.
STEAL FROM THE WORST! Escapade, Cerebella and Scout's plan to perform the ultimate heist and steal from Count Nefaria has not been going as smoothly as they would have liked. In fact, they now have to face the Count and his new nefarious Lethal Legion! Thankfully, Dani, Karma, Galura, Rahne and Morgan join the fray and will bring some order to the ...
Colleen St. Lucie rated New Mutants Lethal Legion #4 Jun 29, 2023
STEAL FROM THE WORST! Escapade, Cerebella and Scout's plan to perform the ultimate heist and steal from Count Nefaria has not been going as smoothly as they would have liked. In fact, they now have to face the Count and his new nefarious Lethal Legion! Thankfully, Dani, Karma, Galura, Rahne and Morgan join the fray and will bring some order to the ...
Real life teenagers are not this annoying. Please save Dani from this writer.
Colleen St. Lucie reviewed New Mutants Lethal Legion #2 Apr 20, 2023
I hated #1 so much but against my better judgment went for issue #2 to follow Dani, Xuan and Rahne. I continue to despise Shela, Morgan and the Lost Club who suck so hard. But this issue was better than expected given the cast. Some good ideas, but all over the place.
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THE NEW MUTANTS JOIN THE LETHAL LEGION?!
That's right, Count Nefaria is recruiting - and the New Mutants are lining up for the job! When Escapade, Scout and Cerebella set out to rob from the rich, they'll find themselves in way over their heads. But surely the OG team will come rescue them, right? Only, Wolfsbane's trapped in a sewer with a ver...
Colleen St. Lucie rated Bishop: War College #3 Apr 20, 2023
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TWO BISHOPS, TWO PASTS - AND ONLY ONE LEADS TO THE FUTURE!
Back on Krakoa, Blightswill is sweeping the island, poisoning mutantkind's sentient paradise.
The trainees Bishop left behind are outnumbered and outpowered. Trapped underground and leaderless, can they band together to save their home, or is Orchis? long game finally about to pay o...
Colleen St. Lucie reviewed Nightcrawlers #3 Apr 20, 2023
Just waiting for Sins of Sinister to be over and Spurrier to be done with Nightcrawler. Some day.
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LISTEN TO MOTHER! Now that we know who she truly is, it's time to taste the horrific ambitions lurking in the heart of MOTHER RIGHTEOUS... The galaxy burns... The pieces are in place... The Storm System rages... The NIGHTKIN make a last, lethal leap...and the GREAT DEVOURER hungers only for vengeance. The experiment is over. The cosmic laboratory i...
Colleen St. Lucie reviewed X-Men #1 Apr 20, 2023
Phenomenal art, iconic issue. It's legend surpasses it's actual quality but that's ok.
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It's the X-Men vs. Magneto, Master of Magnetism! The X-Men's oldest enemy is back and it's going to take everyone in the X-Men have to bring him down. A Marvel classic from Chris Claremont and Jim Lee!
Colleen St. Lucie reviewed X-Men #35 Apr 20, 2023
Definite filler issue and antagonist is one and done. But actually not bad. . .
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Colleen St. Lucie reviewed X-Men #25 Apr 20, 2023
A classic right here. Iconic.
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FATAL ATTRACTIONS, PART 4
Professor Xavier and a hand-picked squad of X-Men invade Avalon to stop Magneto...and Xavier is forced to use lethal force on Magneto after watching the adamantium removed forcibly from Wolverine, leaving him near-dead!
Colleen St. Lucie reviewed X-Men #28 Apr 20, 2023
Absolutely fundamental Jean Grey issue with a banger cover.
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Sabretooth remains a prisoner inside the X-Mansion. But when he looks to intimidate Jean Grey, he'll quickly learn that she is the one mutant you do not mess with.
Colleen St. Lucie rated Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain #2 Apr 20, 2023
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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...
Colleen St. Lucie reviewed X-Men #21 Apr 20, 2023
Every now and again there's a bounceback issue. This had some interesting stuff.
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LORD OF THE BROOD: THE CONCLUSION!
Why have the Brood gone mad? Which of the X-Men's past deeds is coming back to haunt them? And are bloodthirsty alien monsters even the biggest threat the team is currently facing? All these answers and more will be revealed! Featuring a connecting cover to CAPTAIN MARVEL #48!
Rated T+
Colleen St. Lucie reviewed Rogue & Gambit #2 Apr 20, 2023
I thought this was pretty fun but a bit inconsequential. -1 point for tying the woman to the stove, that seemed out of character and scummy.
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X-MEN VERSUS AVENGERS WITH THE FATE OF KRAKOA AT STAKE!
The future of mutantkind rests on Rogue and Gambit's shoulders! Granted a vision of Krakoa's demise, Destiny knows the one way to save their paradise: Find Manifold and hide him away, somewhere so deep that no one, not even his allies on the Avengers, can find him. That won't sit well with...
Colleen St. Lucie reviewed Gambit #1 Mar 16, 2023
Wish Clay Mann were still on X-Books. :(
When Marvels premiere thief sets his sights on his biggest score yet, he may just end up over his head. Its going to take more than just playing cards and southern charm to get out of this one!
Colleen St. Lucie reviewed Wolverine #31 Mar 15, 2023
Wolverine is basically the X-Force book now, which is a good thing!
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BEAST will stop at nothing to protect KRAKOA as he sees fit. Having lost the faith of X-FORCE and WOLVERINE, there's only one mutant McCOY can turn to - himself! Join BEAST, BEAST, BEAST and BEAST, under the leadership of BEAST, into the new Krakoan era! WEAPONS OF X begins here!
Parental Advisory
Colleen St. Lucie reviewed New Mutants Lethal Legion #1 Mar 8, 2023
+1 point for the art.
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THE NEW, NEW MUTANTS - WITH ALL THE CLASSIC THRILLS! Best-selling, multiple-award-winning, generally bedazzling writer Charlie Jane Anders launches a fresh take on the beloved team, with rising star Enid Bal?m behind the illustrious pencils! The Shadow King. U-Men. Demon Bear. Themselves. The New Mutants have faced some of the most cunning minds in...
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