X-Men

By Glenn In conclusion the 90s were the worst decade in comics. Oh, wait, I should review this story. The first four issues are really good, actually, dealing with Magneto and his desire to be left alone/make a haven for mutants in space on an ...

By Geoff Klock(noreply@blogger.com) On the other hand, the tight plotting exhibited by Claremont in the previous two issues slackens a bit here. His impulse to again top himself by making the scope of the story even more vast now works against him, as the actual X-Men, who are meant to be the stars of the series, get lost among the...

 Ca - Best of all, when Cyclops and Storm discuss if killing is an option, not only does it not come across one-sided but it also feels like it fits with the ... Review IGN all 2 news articles

By noreply@blogger.com (Rokk Krinn) The Followers of The Revolution went ahead and delivered another tie in the voting for the Sequential Methadone Award for the worst comic book of the week. Uncanny X-Men #500 tied with New Avengers #43 as the worst reads of the week. The results for the worst read of the week are as follows: None. The Winner: Uncanny X-Men #500 Therefore, I have to place most of the blame for Uncanny X-Men #500’s poor story and the outright amateurish dialogue on Matt Fraction’s shoulders. I have found Fraction to be terribly overrated during his stint with Marvel. I have yet to be impressed with a single Marvel title that Fraction has written on his own. At this point, Fraction appears to be trying his best to become Marvel’s answer to DC’s Judd Winick.   [read the full post]

By noreply@blogger.com (Rokk Krinn) Suddenly, Magneto busts onto the scene and saves me from this mind numbing dialogue and incredibly boring story up to this point. Magneto kicks ass on Colossus and then brings the Sentinels to life. Magneto orders the Sentinels to attack all the mutants. The Sentinels attack the X-Men, but strangely leave Magneto alone. The X-Men quickly dispatch the Sentinels and then lock horns with Magneto. Magneto kicks ass on the X-Men. Suddenly, Cannonball rockets onto the scene and blasts into Magneto. Magneto gets up and we see that he is wearing a special outfit designed to mimic his lost mutant powers. Magneto is pissed that his priceless piece of technology that defied biology itself is ruined.   [read the full post]

By Alex Spencer Yet, I grudgingly admit, it’s rather interesting. That ‘edginess’ does manage to drive along a plot I don’t really understand or have any particular reason to care about, and making me care. There’s at least one stunning image in here, playing on the animalistic characteristics of certai...

Ultimate X-Men #94 Review  CA - Aside from Colossus and Jean (who, fair enough, are given pretty good new angles), these characters are interchangeable. The interactions are stilted and ... X-Men: Divided We Stand #2 Review IGN X-Factor #31 Review IGN all 18 news articles

By Mark Stoddard Publisher: Marvel Comics Rating: 5/10 Following the departure of long-time writer Robert Kirkman, issue 94 sees the comic-book debut of Heroes writer Aron E. Coleite, joined by Mark Brooks on art. So, is this a good jumping on point for new and sceptical readers?

1. X-Men Legacy #210 2. Green Lantern #30 3. Star Wars Rebellion #13 4. Ultimate Human #4 5. DC Universe #0 After reading them once they ranked with a mini review: This issue disappointed me on a lot of levels. Basically you have a comic with Exodus, Xavier and Magneto and nothing significant happens. Xavier has selective memory, which makes things impossible to know what he knows or doesn't know. Exodus lets him walk out with Magneto who he was trying to kill last issue. Add in that mutants are unaccounted for that had been in the fray and you have a bit of a mess. And as stated all over the place: why aren't the X-Men concerned that Xavier's body disappeared from under their noses. This issue was a letdown.   [read the full post]

The first third of the comic deals with Wolverine, Colossus and Nightcrawler under attack by some giant robots while on a train ride through Russia. No, they aren’t THOSE robots, but they aren’t any less powerful. This scene makes more good use of these three classic characters and their interaction with each other. Wolverine fights but not in his berserker mode. It’s all good stuff. Did I mention they lose? The issue ends with the goddess aware the X-Men are on to her while in Russia, Wolverine, Colossus and Nightcrawler are captive and in deep trouble. They are faced with an interesting question: why were they among those that survived M-Day? Beyond the fact that they are cool characters and all that.   [read the full post]

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By Charles LePage The first third of the comic deals with Wolverine, Colossus and Nightcrawler under attack by some giant robots while on a train ride through Russia. No, they aren’t THOSE robots, but they aren’t any less powerful. This scene makes more good use of these three classic characters and their interaction with each other. Wolverine fights but not in his berserker mode. It’s all good stuff. Did I mention they lose? The issue ends with the goddess aware the X-Men are on to her while in Russia, Wolverine, Colossus and Nightcrawler are captive and in deep trouble. They are faced with an interesting question: why were they among those that survived M-Day? Beyond the fact that they are cool characters and all that.   [read the full post]

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Uncanny X-Men #499 - Marvel Comics Headlines

X-Men First Class Vol. 2 #11 Review  CA - It is easy to make fun of comic book fans, and while a comic that playfully mocks those who religiously back the medium sounds like a good idea, ... Uncanny X-Men #497 Review IGN X-Force #3 Review IGN Wolverine: First Class #2 Review IGN

X-Men: Divided We Stand #1 of 2 Marvel Comics Carey, Peterson, Ponsor, Kyle, Yost, Takeda, Young, Beaulieu, Yost, LaFuente, Fraction & McKelvie Next, Hellion relives his injury from the Messiah Complex and is quickly abandoned by Emma Frost, who informs him that the X-Men are done. He looks for another team to join. He seeks out Magneto. Magneto sees through his reasons and passes on letting Hellion follow him. This story gives the classic “no where to turn to” mentality of leaving the battles behind. Everyone turns their backs on Hellion. This is the one story that has the workings of a villain getting created. 4 out of 5 geek goggles. X-Men Divided We Stand #1 (of 2)   [read the full post]

By Brian Cronin Today, we look at one of the best Marvel comics of the past decade. New X-Men As I’ve mentioned on the blog in the past, Joe Rice has a great term which he used to refer to the period when Grant Morrison was writing New X-Men - the Progressive X-Men Era, which was marked by the sheer [...] New X-Men

By Charles LePage X-Men Legacy #209 Marvel Comics Carey, Eaton & Tan Meanwhile, Exodus makes his stand on Magneto perfectly clear. Magneto has no powers and is therefore, no longer a mutant. He deserves very different treatment from Xavier or the others. Exodus only brought him in to help with Xavier. Magneto and Sentinel’s plan works and Xavier wakes up only to have Cargill confront him to kill him. It seems not everyone is in agreement about Magneto or Xavier and their status. A little fight breaks out and Magneto takes out Cargill with the old laser into the eye trick. That old gag. 4 out of 5 geek goggles. X-Men Legacy #209   [read the full post]

By Mark Stoddard 1) As far as I am concerned Mike Carey has, in only a short period of time, proved himself to be one of the finest X-Men writers (more…) As far as I am concerned Mike Carey has, in only a short period of time, proved himself to be one of the finest X-Men writers; he seems to just have an instinctive...

By Rokk Krinn We cut to Colossus, Wolverine and Nightcrawler in a graveyard. Colossus pays his respects to his parents’ grave. The three men then head over to a nearby bar. The two men start drinking as Colossus gets all depressed about his departed family and all the various traumatic events that he has endured as an X-Man. Particularly fresh on his mind is his loss of Kitty Pryde. Wolverine tells Colossus that he shouldn’t keep his emotions bottled up and that he should talk to them about Kitty. Wolverine then orders more drinks. We shift back to the bar in Russia where a bunch of gangster walk in and demand money from the bartender. Wolverine whips out his claws and tells the gangster that you don’t threaten the bartender. Colossus, Nightcrawler and Wolverine p...   [read the full post]

Uncanny X-Men #496 Marvel Comics Brubaker, Choi & Oback Colossus visits a tombstone or two with Wolverine and Nightcrawler. Wolverine keeps the emotions grounded by helping them get out of mourning and into a bar. Wolverine helps to talk Colossus in some circles. Imagine a situation where Wolverine is the calming voice of reason to get over grief. Colossus has lost a lot and thanks to an editor falling asleep at the wheel, we know about another loss before it actually happened (for those of you waiting for Astonishing X-Men stay away from this issue). Wolverine helps to articulate that being an X-Men is wasn’t supposed to solve your own problems, but maybe solve them for future generations of mutants. It’s a solid scene.   [read the full post]

Comic Book Review Marvel Comics: X-Men Legacy #208 Rating: 3 out of 5 To be honest, I've never even seen X-Men Legacy before. They happened to put it in my pile because it's part of the Divided We Stand arc. When I pulled ...

By Carla Hoffman Onslaught took care of it in true ’90s fashion, X-Men: Deadly Genesis ruined his reputation with his strongest supporter, he’s been a man out of place in both space and his own home and now we have villains trying to remake his brain and apparently constantly questioning how much he plays G...

By cslepage X-Men Legacy #208 Marvel Comics Carey, Eaton & Romita Xavier was shot in the head at the conclusion of the Messiah Complex. Apparently, he was abducted in the fray. This has some continuity problems. For one, didn’t everyone mention how Beast was with him or tending to him? Also, in both X-Force and Wolverine, Cyclops dispatches Wolverine to take care of way lesser important matters than finding Xavier. Plus, in Uncanny X-Men there isn’t any mention of the missing Xavier while Cyclops and Emma vacation. I am guessing more will be revealed on this front, but I admit it baffled me a bit. 5 out of 5 geek goggles. X-Men Legacy #208   [read the full post]

By Rokk Krinn We hop back to Rogue grabbing Mystique and sucking away her life. We cut back to X-Force still battling with Predator X. Our heroes are getting frustrated because Predator X is virtually indestructible and nothing penetrates his hide. So, Wolverine hops into the monster’s mouth and gets swallowed. Lady Wolverine has clearly never seen a monster movie or read a comic book and freaks out that Wolverine just got eaten. We then see Wolverine slice and dice his way out of Predator X from the inside. Predator X is now dead. There are certainly X-Men that I could easily see making a heel turn. Warpath, Gambit, Wolverine, Emma Frost and Wolfsbane. They all are characters that are written in such a style that I could easily see any of them making a heel turn. Per...   [read the full post]

By Brian Cronin Ed Brubaker wants her on Uncanny X-Men? Easy - “It didn’t work out.” Claremont has them say IN THE COMIC that they are unsure if it will work - so really, not a big deal, and certainly not Claremont trying to screw with other writers. If Claremont had some pattern of trying to hurt other writers,...

By Brian Cronin Well, I have to say, this issue was a significant improvement in both the story and the artwork, although the end result probably wasn’t necessarily a GOOD comic book, it at least closely approximated one - it was a decent comic book.

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By CalvinPitt As you may recall - if you haven't blocked it out - the X-Men were quite big in the early '90s. They'd been big for awhile, but now there were lots of titles, a cartoon, and naturally, lots and lots of games. And, being the dutiful Marvel Zombie I was, I made sure to buy those games for my Game Gear. Th...

By Rokk Krinn I dig how Brubaker is slowly bringing together the separate plotlines of the Prophecy and the search for Magneto. We see a white haired man in a purple hat and purple trench coat listening to the newscast about the mutant terrorist attack. That white haired man is Magneto. Professor X’s decision to postpone his search for Magneto while they deal with the Morlocks won’t matter much. It appears that Magneto has a strong interest in these mutant terrorist attacks and will probably be paying a visit to Masque relatively soon. I love both the Prophecy plotline as well as the return of Magneto plotline. Brubaker has finally managed to craft a story on this title that completely captures my attention. The star spanning cosmic war that kicked off Brubak...   [read the full post]

By Rokk Krinn Synopsis: We begin with Kruun’s second in command informing Kruun how Agent Brand offered him Kruun’s throne and Colossus if he would help them defeat Kruun and destroy the missile moon base. We shift Kitty and Colossus after they just finished having some evidently quite enjoyable sex. They are informed by one of Aghanne’s aids that their teammates have been located that and that Kitty and Colossus are to leave at sunrise. Colossus is disturbed about what is to happen next. Kitty tells Colossus to just enjoy the moment together with her. That was a fantastic death scene. Rarely am I impressed with a death scene. I believe that most comic book deaths are cheap literary tools used by writers who need to artificially create some drama. Not this deat...   [read the full post]

By Rokk Krinn And what is up with Carey’s Colossus? Colossus acts like he is from outer space rather than from Russia. Colossus isn’t a Vulcan. And Colossus didn’t just get off the boat. He has been in America for quite some time. It is striking the difference of Whedon’s well developed Colossus and Carey’s one-dimensional dumb Colossus who acts like he just arrived on planet Earth from planet Vulcan. I’m still not crazy about Ramos’ art on this title. Don’t get me wrong. Ramos is a talented artist. It is just that X-Men is the wrong title for Ramos. Ramos’ style of art is a bad match for a comic book like the X-Men. Ramos would be much better served performing the art duties for a more youthful and light hearted comic book or for a manga styled action comic book.   [read the full post]

By Matt Paprocki Even for the youngest of kids, this is simply terrible gaming. X-Men is broken to the point of being unplayable, and no one will find competition to be worthwhile. This title stalled the hardware right out of the gate. X-Men is rated T (Teen) by the ESRB for violence.

By Rokk Krinn X-Men just keeps missing the mark for The Revolution. I have tried and tried to get into this title and I just can’t do it. It amazes me that one of Marvel’s flagship titles has not been a quality read in such a long time. Carey’s X-Men continues to be a sub par read. I have no reason to believe that X-Men #199 is going to be anything different. Let’s hit this review. The Good: X-Men #199 was just a dreadful read. I cannot imagine how I’m going to satisfy The Revolution’s Rule of Positivity with regard to this issue. Let’s see, what in the world did I enjoy about this issue. Hmmmm. I got it. It appears that Sabertooth is no longer part of the X-Men. Thank god. I have hated Sabertooth’s inclusion on the X-Men. Hopefully, Sabertooth goes his own way and we don’t see him aga...   [read the full post]

By Rokk Krinn Tan’s artwork is solid. I’m not crazy about his style of art, but it works with the mood of Brubaker’s story. And Tan can certainly draw a dynamic enough comic book to capture the reader’s attention. Overall: Uncanny X-Men #486 was an action packed issue. Brubaker pulled out all the stops in this issue to deliver a very entertaining story. I wish we had a bit more closure to this 12 issue story arc, but I’ll just have to trust Brubaker that he has something grand in store for us. I still view Uncanny X-Men to be far inferior to the other titles that Brubaker writes. However, Brubaker’s Uncanny X-Men is still better than any other version of the X-Men that we have gotten in a very long time.   [read the full post]

By Rokk Krinn We cut to Colossus and Kitty brawling with Breakworld soldiers. Colossus and Kitty make their escape. They are then approached by a lone man with a gun who tells Kitty and Colossus that they will come with him. That he is asking for their trust. We shift to Colossus and Kitty getting ready for bed. Colossus comments how they brought him back from the dead. That they want him dead. That he will destroy them. That he will save them. Colossus says he is so confused and so tired. We then see a buck naked Kitty walk over to Colossus. Colossus comments that he is even more confused now, but somehow not as tired. Kitty smiles.   [read the full post]

By Erik Davis After I poked around a bit, Penn admitted that he was originally signed on to write and direct a "young X-Men film," but that's recently changed. Says Penn, "The original idea was to have me do a young X-Men spin-off, a spin-off of the young X-Men characters. But someone came up with a pretty in...

By Rokk Krinn The Revolution has been surprised at how average of a read Brubaker’s Uncanny X-Men has been. I am a huge Brubaker fan and love his stuff on Captain America, Iron Fist and Criminal. However, Brubaker has just been missing the mark on Uncanny X-Men. The final scene was fantastic. You had Professor Xavier being thrown into the Crystal. We then had Darwin jump into the Crystal after Professor X. We also have Lilandra’s forces loosing the battle and Lilandra herself getting captured. But, the biggest bomb of all was Vulcan killing D’Ken and using his marriage with Deathbird to assume the throne of the Shi’ar Empire. Now that is how you pull off a heart pounding and exciting finish to a comic book.   [read the full post]

By Film and Politics Review Huge box office numbers are already in for X-Men: The Last Stand (2006). The Marvel comic-book superheroes with young adult angst are given another big screen, CGI-loaded treatment in this latest outing. With all of the surface distractions, it's easy to gloss over the political underto...

By Tama I'm not having a good run with films at the moment; after the disappointment of The Da Vinci Code, I really expected X-Men: The Last Stand to be rather good, especially after a very impressive opening was released online to entice viewers. Those six minutes, I should add, are not the opening...

By ComicGeek X-Men 3 tease was released last night on the apple website. It looked good. A few complaints. Storms hair looked old ladyish in one shot, now it was a quick shot so maybe its not that bad. But what was wrong with the X2 hair? ...