Previously On X-Men: It’s a Father And Child Reunion In Inglorious X-Force #7
Cyclops and Cable touchbase, some X-Men meet the animated Brood and more in this week’s Previously On X-Men! Inglorious X-Force
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Previously On X-Men: ‘X-Men ’97’ Season 2 Special Edition
Welcome mutants! My plan is to work X-Men ’97 annotations into the regular Previously on X-Men posts, but with the
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Previously On X-Men: It’s Brood Trouble In The Big Easy Part 3 In ‘Uncanny X-Men’ #31
It’s another middling week, with three books that are fine, but flawed. Uncanny X-Men #31 – Book of the Week
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Fire & Blood Files: On Matters Of Heirs & Manderlys
**Spoilers follow for House of the Dragon Season 3 Episode 3 “Rhaenrya Triumphant,” and the series in general.** The third
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Transformers Voice Actors To Sign at Symbiote Studios’ SDCC Booth
1986’s Transformers: The Movie is one of the single greatest achievements in cinema of all time (I will be taking
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Previously On X-Men: Entering July With A Whimper
Maybe all the X-books were just trying to get out of the way of X-Men ’97 Season 2, cuz there’s
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Fire & Blood Files: Is ‘House Of The Dragon’ Trolling George R. R. Martin?
One of the subplots surrounding the release of House of the Dragon‘s third season is the ongoing semi-feud between showrunner
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Snap Into Marvel: ‘Spider-Man Brand New Day’ Swings Into Snap
Following the summer-themed and mostly “original” Marvel Beach Bash season, Marvel Snap returns to Marvel Cinematic Universe synergy with Spider-Man:
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X-Men ’97 — A Short History of Apocalypse: From Almost the Owl To Arakko
Though he doesn’t have the longevity of a Magneto or the personal connection to a hero of Sabretooth, Apocalypse is
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Previously On X-Men: Hurrah For Science In ‘X-Men’ #32
It’s another aggressively fine week for the X-books, with nothing terrible but nothing terribly good, either, as the consistently better
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Fire & Blood Files: The Significance Of The Dragonseeds’ Campsite
The third season of House of the Dragon bowed Sunday night with the long-promised Battle of the Gullet. A key
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Previously On X-Men: ‘Magik & Colossus’ #5 Closes Out Strong
With one exception, the unifying thread of all of this week’s mostly-decent X-books is excellent art. Even when bewildering or
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Supergirl Week: 68 Years of Supergirl Fashion and Costumes Ranked
Despite appearing in comics across eight different decades, Supergirl’s various looks haven’t deviated wildly from the initial take on the
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Fire & Blood Files: Can ‘House Of The Dragon’ Do It All In Just 16 Episodes?
HBO’s House of the Dragon returns this Sunday, promising another season of political machinations, Grand Guignol-ian violence and dragon-on-dragon action
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Previously On X-Men: Wolverine Takes A Vacation And The Series Is Better For It
It’s a much lighter — and stronger — week of X-books; while none of the three print titles are necessarily
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Interview: David Pepose On ‘The O.Z.’, ‘Space Ghost/Herculoids’ And More
Writer David Pepose has made the Avengers savage, reunited the Planeteers, and zoomed Speed Racer into the 2020s. Now, he’s
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Review: ‘Transformers’ #32 Throws A Ton of New Bots At Its New Artist
Transformers #32 returns to the main ongoing narrative of the series following the previous issue‘s examination of Megatron’s continuing psychosis.
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TV Review — The Tide Turns In ‘Daredevil: Born Again’ Episode “The Hateful Darkness”
After the previous episode‘s quick speed-run through the fallout from Vanessa’s (Ayelet Zurer) death and the escalation of the anti-Fisk
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Previously On X-Men: Revealing The Fate Of Graymalkin Prison In ‘Uncanny X-Men’ #29
Some weeks, the collection of X-books published is totally random. Other weeks, there are unintentional commonalties across them. This is
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He-Man Week: The 10 Best ‘Masters of the Universe’ Hands
As one of the earliest lines of the great 1980s action figure boom, Masters of the Universe took advantage of
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Force Matters: More All-Maul ‘Star Wars’ Madness
Comics took a week off, but we’ve got two more episode of Star Wars: Maul – Shadow Lord to dig
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Previously On X-Men: It’s Empathy For The Win in ‘X-Men’ #30
It’s a week light on annotations, but with a trio of “high-floor, low-ceiling” issues (and X-Men Infinity). Generation X-23 #4
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He-Man Week: Important PSA — Contrary to the Meme, Fisto Never “Fisted” Anyone
When asked what my first comic book was, I usually answer “X-Men (Vol. 2) #8.” That is the first X-Men
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Previously On X-Men: Dani Takes A Trip Down Memory Lane
Angel takes on a new form, Rogue doesn’t get absolution, X-Men United is still a terrible puzzle and more in
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‘Star Wars’ Month: 10 Memorable Moments from ‘Star Wars’ TV
Star Wars TV – outside of Andor — has something of a bad rap lately, with The Mandalorian moving to
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‘Star Wars’ Month: 10 Notable Mandalorians From Across the Fandom
From early preproduction mentions of Jedi-hating supercommandoes to the stars of their own Star Wars cinematic adventures, the Mandalorians have
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Force Matters: Luke Skywalker Is Going To Disneyland in ‘Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge — Echoes of the Empire’ #1
Two more Maul episodes in this installment, but hey, there’s a comic book too! Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge — Echoes
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Previously On X-Men: Sibling Dramas Kick ‘Magik & Colossus’ #4 Up A Notch
A big(?) reveal, the conclusion(?) of a long-running arc and more in this week’s Previously on X-Men! Magik And Colossus
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Things Escalate Quickly in ‘Daredevil Born Again’ Episode “Requiem” — Review
Well, that escalated quickly. There’s a lot to like in “Requiem,” the sixth episode of Daredevil Born Again‘s second season.
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‘Star Wars’ Month: Which Power Of The Force Figure Is The Swollest?
As a child who got into Star Wars at a young age (I have distinct memories of watching the movies
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Previously On X-Men: Jubilee Shines In the Spotlight of ‘Jubilee: Deadly Reunion’ #1
It’s another week of mostly solo books, including the penultimate issue of Cyclops and a surprisingly entertaining Jubilee one-shot. This
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