Previously On X-Men: Contemporary Political Allegories Stop The Juggernaut in ‘X-Men’ #34
Catching up on my backlog of X-Books, here’s all the notes and observations from a few weeks back, a pretty
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Previously On X-Men: Killer Robots And Jungle Courts Headline — More ‘X-Men ’97’ Easter Eggs
Check out Easter Eggs on the previous episodes of the season here and here! X-Men ’97 2×06: “Danger.exe” Written by
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Previously On X-Men: Chris Claremont And Gambit Are Reunited And It Feels Okay
The big issue this week is the Hellfire Murder, as the current X-Office continues to mine the one element of
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Previously On X-Men: Luciano Vecchio Knocks ‘Uncanny X-Men’ #27 Out Of The Park
Wrapping up April with a “miscellaneous” week of assorted titles. Generation X-23 #3 By Jody Houser, Jacopo Camagni & Marco
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Previously On X-Men: Colossus Looks and Feels Great In ‘Magik & Colossus’ #3
X-Men United is back with a second issue to lay its claim as one of the line’s flagship books, and
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Previously On X-Men: The Outliers Become The New Mutants In A Twisty-Turny ‘Uncanny X-Men’ #26
It’s a double Uncanny X-Men week, with both issues playing around in the past, while an annoying Wolverine baddie (hopefully)
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Previously On X-Men: ‘Deadpool April Pool’s Day’ #1 Is A Pleasant Surprise
We welcome a series back into the mix, plus a Very Special April’s Fools Day issue of Deadpool, and more,
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Previously On X-Men: ‘Cyclops’ #2 Makes The Grade
It’s a relatively quiet week, at least in terms of annotations, though Cyclops continues to be a pleasant success, and
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Previously On X-Men: ‘X-Men United’ #1 Poorly Executes A Strong Premise
The big launch this week is X-Men United, which has been positioned as a flagship book for the line. It’s…not
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Previously On X-Men: ‘Inglorious X-Force’ #2 Best Of The Batch
In a relatively middling week for the X-books, Inglorious X-Force stays on top with a strong follow-up to its successful
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Previously on X-Men: ‘X-Men’ #25 Nazi-Punches Its Way To The Top
We get both flagship books and a heaping helping of Wolverine in an overall strong week for X-books! Generation X-23
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Previously On X-Men: ‘Cyclops #1’ Comes Out Strong
All else aside, this week’s books feature two things that define the current X-office; an emphasis on solo series, and
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Previously On X-Men: Magik Is Back And Better Than Ever
Two weeks ago, we had six X-books. Last week, zero (hence no Previously on X-Men). This week, five. Next: two.
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Previously On X-Men: ‘Inglorious X-Force’ #1 Is The Best Of The New Batch
It’s the busiest week yet for “Shadows of Tomorrow” (in part due to the arrival of the perpetually-late X-Men of
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Previously On X-Men: ‘Uncanny X-Men’ #22 Is A Bamf-ing Good Time
In this week’s Previously on X-Men, Uncanny X-Men returns from “Age of Revelation,” Wolverine gets another black and white and
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Previously On X-Men: The Shadows of Tomorrow Loom In ‘X-Men’ #23
The “Age of Revelation” is over, but it’s shadow looms large in the first week of the “Shadows of Tomorrow”
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Previously On X-Men: ‘Age Of Revelation Finale’ #1 Is A Successful Conclusion To An Unsuccessful Event
And so we come, at last, to the end of “Age of Revelation”, an event that is somehow shorter than
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Previously On X-Men: ‘Cloak Or Dagger’ #3 Concludes The Surprise Winner Of “Age of Revelation”
Thanks to the randomness of scheduling, the last full week of “Age of Revelation” features the final issues of series
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Previously On X-Men: ‘Book Of Revelation’ #3 Finally Puts Doug In The Spotlight
Obviously, this would be impossible, but it would be really nice if Marvel could have distributed its “Age of Revelation”
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