Comic Couples We Love: Rogue & Gambit Are ‘Mr. & Mrs X’
I’ve never been the biggest fan of the Rogue/Gambit relationship. Sure, when it was running hot in the early 1990s
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‘Wolverine’ Writer Benjamin Percy Joins The Uncanny Experience
The Uncanny Experience guest list continues to grow, with writer Benjamin Percy the latest creator to join the roster of
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Review — Facing An Uncertain Future, ‘Star Wars: A New Legacy’ #1 Succeeds By Looking Back
Ten years on from Marvel’s re-acquisition of the Star Wars license — an anniversary being celebrated by Star Wars: A
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Snap Into Marvel: MCU Synergy Returns With “Brave New World” Season
“Brave New World” — February’s new season of Marvel Snap — brings with it the first Marvel Cinematic Universe synergy
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Review — ‘Wolverine’ #5 Spins Its Wheels
The cliffhanger ending to the previous issue suggested some notable developments in the Adamantine subplot. In practice, Wolverine #5 stands
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X-Men Animation Director & Producer Larry Houston Joins The Uncanny Experience
The Uncanny Experience X-Men fan convention recently announced that longtime animation creative Larry Houston will be attending this year’s show. Amongst
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Review — ‘Jango Fett: Trail Of Lost Hope’ Successfully Spotlights The “Simple Man” Of ‘Star Wars’
In the grand scheme of Star Wars, of all the characters descended — either biologically or spiritually — from Jango
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Snap Into Marvel — Ares Has The Most Clever Ability Yet
First Appearance: Thor #129 June 1966 Powers and Abilities: Ares possesses the superhuman abilities shared by all Olympian deities, including
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Review — ‘Howl’ #1 Succeeds By Backgrounding Its Alien Invasion
There is a trope, to the point of becoming a cliché, if it’s not already. In stories set in the
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‘Uncanny X-Men’ Writer Gail Simone Announced For The Uncanny Experience
The Uncanny Experience X-Men fan convention recently announced that writer Gail Simone would be a featured guest at this year’s
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Review — ‘Space Ghost’ #9 Is An Effective “Part 2 Of 2” For Better And Worse
If last issue read like the penultimate episode of a TV season finale, then Space Ghost #9 continues the trend,
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New Year, New Comics: Reenlisting with Marvel’s ‘G.I. Joe’
As a child of the 1980s with a love of cartoons, action-adventure stories, and serial narratives, I was big into
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‘Bereavement’ Successfully Explores Grief Through The Lens Of Sci-Fi — And An Adorable Robot
Can a robot grieve? That’s the Pixar-ish question at the heart of Bereavement, a new sci-fi murder mystery comic launching
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‘Wolverine: Madripoor Knights’ Makes The Most Of Its Marketing-Driven Motivations — A Review
Marvel is no stranger to nostalgia series these days, nor is writer Chris Claremont, the majority of whose work of
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Review: ‘Iron Man’ #3 Proves The Pen And The Sword Are Equally Mighty
After forging magik-based armor and wielding a honking-big sword over the previous two issues, Iron Man #3 is the issue
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Tyler Mane To Stalk The Halls Of The Uncanny Experience
Every hero needs a good villain. Superman has Lex Luthor. Batman has Joker. Snoopy and the Red Baron. This is
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TV Review — ‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’ Episode 8 Is Above All A ‘Star Wars’ Story
Much like its first episode, the vast majority of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew‘s final episode, “The Real Good Guys” takes
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Snap Into Marvel: Iron Patriot Snaps In & Suits Up
First Appearance: Dark Avengers #1 (March 2009) First Multimedia Appearance: Iron Man 3 (2013) Powers & Abilities: The Iron Patriot
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TV Review: ‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’ Episode 7 Puts Character First For The Better
Like the best penultimate chapters of a serialized story, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew‘s seventh episode, “We’re Gonna Be In So
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‘Lucky Devils’ #1 Is An Exposition-Laden Start To An Intriguing New Series
The follow-up to writer Charles Soule and artist Ryan Browne‘s acclaimed Eight Billion Genies, Lucky Devils is a cracked-mirror version
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Review — Factional Divides Make ‘Transformers’ #16 A Success
One of the things this latest iteration of Transformers has done consistently to set it apart from previous incarnations —
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TV Review: ‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’ Episode 6 Deconstructs The Crew With Aplomb
If Star Wars: Skeleton Crew‘s fourth episode was its Neel (Robert Timothy Smith)-centric outing, then “Zero Friends Again” is KB’s
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Review — ‘Space Ghost’ #8 Feels Like The Beginning Of The End, But Is Better For It
As far as anyone knows, this series is not ending anytime soon. Yet despite that, Space Ghost #8 feels very
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‘Timeslide’ #1 Does Too Little With Too Much To Do
For the last few years, Marvel has closed out their publishing year with a time travel-related one-shot intended to tease
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Snap Into Marvel: Darkness Falls In The New Season Of Marvel Snap
Thanks to a handful of new and interesting cards, along with some key balance batches, the Marvel Rivals season thoroughly
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TV Review — ‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’ Goes Full ‘Goonies’ In Episode 5
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew has always worn its influences on its sleeve, perhaps none more so than Richard Donner‘s 1985
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The Uncanny Experience Returns For A Third Year To Celebrate The 25th Anniversary Of ‘X-Men: Evolution’
The Uncanny Experience, an immersive X-Men fan event, will return this summer for a third year. With 2025 marking the
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TV Review — ‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’ Episode 4 Stumbles Even As Neel Soars
The fourth episode of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, “Can’t Say I Remember No At Attin” is the weakest episode of
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TV Review — It’s A Jude Law World In ‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’ Episode 3. We’re Just Living In It
It took Star Wars: Skeleton Crew nearly the entirety of its two episode premiere to get to the character alternately
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Comicon Advent Calendar 2024 Day 19: ‘The Night Before X-Mas’
A slight but fun Christmas story featuring the X-Men, “The Night Before X-Mas” is writer (and colorist) Karl Bollers riff
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TV Review: Pirate Robots, Lost Worlds & Jude Law Energize Episode 2 Of ‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’
The second episode of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, “Way, Way Out Past the Barrier” does three things that kick the
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