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Kurt Simonson rated Phoenix #3 Sep 26, 2024
4.5

Phoenix #3

By: Stephanie Phillips, Alessandro Miracolo
Released: Sep 25, 2024

DEATH FROM ABOVE...AND BELOW?!

Saving a planet full of kidnapping victims who've disappeared from the gaudy whirlwind of Gameworld - seems like just another day in space for JEAN GREY! Though...she did get the tip-off from her less-than-forthright father-in-law, legendary pirate CORSAIR of the STARJAMMERS crew...and the kidnappers are non...

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Kurt Simonson rated Uncanny X-Men #3 Sep 26, 2024
7.5

Uncanny X-Men #3

By: Gail Simone, David Marquez
Released: Sep 25, 2024

CATCH THE ELF!

When new, lethally powerful and completely untrained young mutants show up on Rogue's doorstep with no knowledge of how they got there, a grieving Rogue seeks to take Xavier's place in guiding them to the light... ...while darkness from the past returns to destroy the X-Men, one at a time!

Rated T+

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Kurt Simonson rated Nyx #3 Sep 26, 2024
5.0

Nyx #3

By: Collin Kelly, Francesco Mortarino
Released: Sep 25, 2024

To Anole - Last night, a mutant was killed in Greenpoint. His name was Shay, but he could have been any of us. I hope you'll come to the memorial. We have to show up for each other - or it's gonna be guys like the Truthseekers who decide what happens to mutants in New York City. I know it's different for you. How much you risk just leaving the hous...

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Kurt Simonson rated Power Girl #13 Sep 26, 2024
1.0

Power Girl #13

By: Leah Williams, Adriana Melo
Released: Sep 25, 2024

OMEN'S TELEPETHY GONE AWRY! Can Power Girl trust her suitor Axel? Only one person can tell her that answer for sure--her best friend Omen. But when Omen's telepathy is threatened by a chance encounter with a new hero, Paige must focus on saving her from herself--along with the rest of Metropolis!

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Kurt Simonson rated X-Men #4 Sep 20, 2024
5.5

X-Men #4

By: Jed MacKay, Netho Diaz
Released: Sep 18, 2024

THEY KILL FOR KICKS & THEY KILL FOR CLICKS!

"Hello, internet - it's your boy, Trevor Fitzroy! That's right, Trevor Fitzroy and the Upstarts, out there delivering the content you crave: livestreamed, bespoke, mutant murder in high-def! And best of all, you, the viewers, are the ones rating the kills! So smash that like button, hit subscrib...

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Kurt Simonson rated X-Factor #2 Sep 18, 2024
2.0

X-Factor #2

By: Mark Russell, Robert Quinn
Released: Sep 18, 2024

POLARIS VS. X-FACTOR!

There's a new mutant rebellion, and Polaris is at the forefront of it all! But how do they know so much about X-Factor's classified missions? Havok must seek out a traitor on the team...but how can he if it's him?!

Rated T+

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Kurt Simonson rated Dazzler #1 Sep 18, 2024
4.0

Dazzler #1

By: Jason Loo, Rafael Loureiro
Released: Sep 18, 2024

SO BRIGHT THIS STAR!

DAZZLER, Marvel's glittering mutant songstress, has been in and out of the limelight over the years - but now the time has finally come for her to take center stage! Dazzler embarks on a new world tour, the culmination and celebration of her entire musical career! And along for the ride is her new road crew: Domino, S...

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Kurt Simonson rated Uncanny X-Men #2 Sep 11, 2024
8.0

Uncanny X-Men #2

By: Gail Simone, David Marquez
Released: Sep 11, 2024

WHO ARE THE OUTLIERS?

FROM THE ASHES continues as ROGUE, GAMBIT and WOLVERINE welcome a friend back, just in time to face four UNCONTROLLABLE and WILD mutants in the swamps of Louisiana! But with the mutant community disheartened and fractured, will even the UNCANNY X-MEN be enough to stop them? Something HUGE is starting, and it begins R...

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Kurt Simonson rated Wolverine #1 Sep 11, 2024
6.5

Wolverine #1

By: Saladin Ahmed, Martin Coccolo
Released: Sep 11, 2024

THE LEGEND BEGINS ANEW IN THE ADAMANTIUM-TOUGH NEW ONGOING SERIES! There's a killer in the woods - and as WOLVERINE's attempt at piece is shattered, an OLD ENEMY will re-emerge as a NEW VILLAIN rises who will bring LOGAN to the brink of his berserker rage. But NIGHTCRAWLER knows his old friend is capable of doing what's right, and before long, Loga...

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6.0

Exceptional X-Men #1

By: Eve Ewing, Carmen Carnero
Released: Sep 4, 2024

KATE PRYDE LEADS A TEAM OF ALL-NEW X-MEN! After the fall of Krakoa, Kate Pryde is trying to get as far away from all things X as she possibly can. She's just a regular-degular bartender now. Definitely NOT getting ready to head up an ALL-NEW TEAM of wayward young mutants while avoiding the watchful gaze of Emma Frost. Nothing in this title but work...

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Kurt Simonson rated Nyx #2 Aug 30, 2024
3.5

Nyx #2

By: Collin Kelly, Francesco Mortarino
Released: Aug 28, 2024

FROM THE SHADOWS COMES WOLVERINE!
Every day, mutants are being stolen off the streets of Manhattan - unprotected and forgotten by the human world. Now a war-worn WOLVERINE will descend into NYC's criminal underworld to bring them back into the light. Who is the mysterious mutant fixer known only as LOCAL? Can Laura stand alone against the dang...

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Kurt Simonson rated X-Men #3 Aug 30, 2024
7.5

X-Men #3

By: Jed MacKay, Ryan Stegman
Released: Aug 28, 2024

SCOTT SUMMERS VS. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!
How did the X-Men come to possess their HQ, the Factory, and how difficult a position does that put them in? As Cyclops meets the implacable Agent Lundqvist, the X-Men come to find that their new home may not be as secure as they had thought...
Rated T+

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Kurt Simonson rated X-Men #2 Aug 14, 2024
4.0

X-Men #2

By: Jed MacKay, Ryan Stegman
Released: Aug 14, 2024

INVASION!
The X-Men fly to the rescue of a mutant in crisis in San Francisco. The problem? Alien invaders seem to have a similar idea. Six X-Men vs. an invading alien fleet? Sounds about right. PLUS: THE CONCLUSION OF DEADPOOL/WOLVERINE: WEAPON X-TRACTION!
Rated T+

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Kurt Simonson rated X-Factor #1 Aug 14, 2024
5.5

X-Factor #1

By: Mark Russell, Bob Quinn
Released: Aug 14, 2024

FAME, FORTUNE, MUTANTS!
From the ashes of Krakoa, a new mutant arms race sweeps the globe! International governments are building their own mutant armies. But only America's X-Factor has the most powerful, most patriotic, most marketable mutant heroes to stem the tide and make the world safe for democracy! Join Angel, Havok, Frenzy, Feral, Pyr...

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Kurt Simonson rated Nyx #1 Jul 24, 2024
7.0

Nyx #1

By: Collin Kelly, Francesco Mortarino
Released: Jul 24, 2024

THIS IS NYX!
This isn't a book about X-Men. This is a book about mutants living past the end of their world and into a new beginning. This is MS. MARVEL embracing her mutant life in the neon streets of the Lower East Side. This is ANOLE trying to keep his head above water. This is WOLVERINE in the shadows of Bushwick, protecting her own. This ...

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Kurt Simonson reviewed Phoenix #1 Jul 20, 2024
5.5

Wow, a lot of people created accounts to give this rather dull book a 10. Jean grey is perfect and can do anything. The end. That was the book. A pass.

Phoenix #1

By: Stephanie Phillips, Alessandro Miracolo
Released: Jul 17, 2024

LIFE! FIRE! POWER! POSSIBILITY! PHOENIX!
She is JEAN GREY. She is PHOENIX. She saves the world. She brings death. One woman, alone in space, who not only must do what no one else can: she yearns to. A desperate S.O.S. from NOVA brings the Phoenix to the edge of a black hole, where hundreds of lives hang in the balance...and whatever Jean does ...

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Kurt Simonson - Jul 20, 2024 (edited)

5.5

Savage Red Sonja #1

By: Dan Panosian, Alessio Petillo
Released: Nov 1, 2023

Prepare yourself for the savagery that can only Red Sonja can deliver in this brand-new series that harkens back to the classic era of Robert E. Howard's original pulp tales of swords and sorcery!

Tasked with retrieving a long-hidden gem from a crumbled, ancient kingdom, the She-Devil With a Sword is traveling alone through a dangerous was...

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Kurt Simonson rated Red Sonja #4 Oct 22, 2023
6.0

Red Sonja #4

By: Torunn Gronbekk, Walter Geovani
Released: Oct 18, 2023

"In Part Four of "His Master's Voice," the battle is met - and it is fierce and bloody! No stranger to the carnage of war, Red Sonja stands with the defenders at the battlements as Thord Varg presses his forces to destroy the She-Devil With a Sword - and every living soul around her. But cruel as he is, Varg's malevolence pales in comparison to the...

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Kurt Simonson rated Wonder Woman #792 Oct 14, 2022
3.0

Wonder Woman #792

By: Becky Cloonan, Marguerite Sauvage
Released: Oct 12, 2022

Cheetah's gone wild! After serving as the test subject for an immoral corporation's latest product, Barbara Minerva has all but lost her humanity and it's up to Wonder Woman to remind her who she really is. Will their former friendship be the key to survival? Or are our hero and the helpless villain doomed to become extinct? Plus, in our backup sto...

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Kurt Simonson rated Wonder Woman #791 Sep 14, 2022
5.5

Wonder Woman #791

By: Becky Cloonan, Marguerite Sauvage
Released: Sep 14, 2022

After almost losing her friends in a vicious battle with the newly formed Villainy Inc., Wonder Woman is going solo! Defeated, Diana must find her way again in a world that seems to have moved on from her and her quest for peace. What could possibly make our hero feel like herself again? Enter Cheetah, and she's got her claws sharpened for a good o...

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Kurt Simonson rated X-Men #12 Jun 22, 2022
5.0

X-Men #12

By: Gerry Duggan, Pepe Larraz
Released: Jun 22, 2022

THE GRAND CLIMAX!
On the eve of the Hellfire Gala, threats have closed in on the X-Men from all sides. The secret machinations of Doctor Stasis, the terror of Gameworld, even the threat of the X-Men's own secrets getting out...it's all led to this!
RATED T+

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Kurt Simonson reviewed X-Men #10 Apr 13, 2022
6.0

With X-Men Red and Immortal being as good as they are, this series just feels like it's in the way. Hopefully they'll give Duggan a small irrelevant corner of the X-Men universe to play in and not interfere with the better series.

X-Men #10

By: Gerry Duggan, Javier Pina
Released: Apr 13, 2022

DEATH STRIKES SWIFTLY!
The X-Men's troubles just keep piling one on top of the other and now an old enemy steps forward to cut in on the dance!
RATED T+

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6.0

Sensational Wonder Woman: Special #1

By: Paula Sevenbergen, Alejandro Sanchez
Released: Mar 30, 2022

Wonder Woman stars in three sensational stories that will push her to her limits. Will the Amazon Princess come out on top after battling the likes of Circe, Blue Snowman, and the Threnn of Doom? Join us in this celebration of all things Wonder Woman for International Women's Day!

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Kurt Simonson rated Inferno #4 Jan 5, 2022
9.0

Inferno #4

By: Jonathan Hickman, Valerio Schiti
Released: Jan 5, 2022

TO EMBERS!
Jonathan Hickman's time on X-Men ends with the dramatic conclusion of one of the first and best mysteries he brought to the line. Valerio Schiti returns on art to help bring down one of the foundations of the era.
RATED T+

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Kurt Simonson rated X-Men #6 Jan 5, 2022
5.0

X-Men #6

By: Gerry Duggan, Pepe Larraz
Released: Jan 5, 2022

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO CAPTAIN KRAKOA?
There's a new hero on the X-Men. Who is he? Why is here? And why does Cyclops not want him on the team?
RATED T+

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Kurt Simonson rated X-Men #5 Nov 26, 2021
5.0

X-Men #5

By: Gerry Duggan, Javier Pina
Released: Nov 24, 2021

ENTER: DOCTOR STASIS! The X-Men’s new nemesis finally makes himself known to them, bringing his creations to bear. Mutants may have conquered death, but their foes are all too living… 

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Merlyn reviewed X-Men #5 Nov 24, 2021
5.0

This is getting worse and worse with each issue, there were several time I cringed pretty hard. I cringed at the villain's correction, "Dr. Polaris" just enough to make sure we get that Polaris is super smart even though we never got any proof of that, we're just told she is. I laughed at his anti-nuclear propaganda. I cringed again at how he copied the whole "iron in your blood" and "fillings in more

X-Men #5

By: Gerry Duggan, Javier Pina
Released: Nov 24, 2021

ENTER: DOCTOR STASIS! The X-Men’s new nemesis finally makes himself known to them, bringing his creations to bear. Mutants may have conquered death, but their foes are all too living… 

Kurt Simonson rated Wonder Girl #4 Oct 26, 2021
6.0

Wonder Girl #4

By: Joelle Jones
Released: Oct 27, 2021

Who are the Esquecida?! With her physical training in full swing, Yara must now look inward. Her childhood in Brazil has always been a mystery, spoken of in hushed tones by her aunt and uncle. What were they not telling her? The answers lie in the Amazon rain forest. But is this young hero ready for the truth? Plus, the two heroes hot on Yara's tra...

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2.0

X-Men: The Trial of Magneto #3

By: Leah Williams, Lucas Werneck
Released: Oct 20, 2021

JUDGE, JURY AND HEXECUTIONER!
•  The truth won't stay buried.
•  Nor will other things...
•  Who lurks in the shadows, and what do they know?


RATED T+

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Kurt Simonson rated X-Men #4 Oct 13, 2021
5.0

X-Men #4

By: Gerry Duggan, Javier Pina
Released: Oct 13, 2021

HEADS UP!
It's Halloween and the X-Men have to face a horror born of a neighboring town in Westchester... the Headless HORSEMAN?! And that's not the only terror targeting them...

RATED T+

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