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X-Men #21 – Review

Posted on November 16, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Victor Gischler (writer), Will Conrad (artist), Chris Sotomayor (colorist) The Story: Storm and Colossus sort out their differences with War Machine, as circumstances shift. There is stuff afoot in Puternicstan. But, will they be able to save Domino? The Review: I don’t recall having seen Will Conrad’s work before, but I love it. His [...]

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X-Men #20 – Review

Posted on November 8, 2011 by dfstell

  By: Victor Gischler (writer), Will Conrad (artist), Chris Sotomayor (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Jordan D. White (assistant editor), Daniel Ketchum (associate editor) & Nick Lowe (editor) The Story: Folks are still trying to acquire Sentinels.  The X-Men can’t have that. Five Things:  1. A unique team.  The team we get in this issue consists [...]

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X-Men: First to Last HC – Review

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Roman Colombo

Written by Chris Yost; Now: Penciled by Paco Media, inked by Juan Vlasco, and colored by Mrate Gracia; Then: Art by Dalabor Talajic, colored by Juan Vlasco. The Story: One of the apes who got the crap beaten out of him with a femur bone in 2001: A Space Odyssey has his own bone to [...]

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X-Men: Regenesis #1 – Review

Posted on October 13, 2011 by dfstell

By: Kieron Gillen (writer), Billy Tan (artist), Andres Mossa (colorist), Sebastian Girner (assistant editor), Nick Lowe (editor) The Story: It’s the Harry Potter Sorting Hat episode of the X-Men as all the mutants need to choose whether to be on Team Wolverine or Team Cyclops. What’s good: This was probably an important issue to have. [...]

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X-Men Schism #5 – Review

Posted on October 7, 2011 by dfstell

By: Jason Aaron (writer), Adam Kubert (penciler), Mark Roslan (inks), Jason Keith (colors), Jared K. Fletcher (letters), Jordan D. White (assistant editor), Daniel Ketchum (associate editor) & Nick Lowe (editor) The Story: The final issue where we see how the X-Men split up and why. What’s Good: It’s always nice to jiggle the status quo. [...]

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X-Men: Schism #4 – Review

Posted on September 22, 2011 by dfstell

By: Jason Aaron (writer), Alan Davis (pencils), Mark Farmer (inks), Jason Keith (colors), Jared K. Fletcher (letters), Jordan D. White (assistant editor), Daniel Ketchum (associate editor) & Nick Lowe (editor) The Story: The Cyclops/Wolverine split finally comes to the forefront and the ultimate danger to the mutants is revealed. What’s good: Anytime an event has [...]

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Herc #7 – Review

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

By: Greg Pak & Fred Van Lente (writers), June Brigman (penciller), Roy Richardson (inker), Jesus Aburtov (colorist) The Story: Spider-Herc, Spider-Herc, / does whatever a Spider-Herc does. The Review: Once upon a time, crossovers were a rare, novel event.  Then they became frequent pleasures, then common fool’s errands.  Now they come about every other month, [...]

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Wolverine #15 – Review

Posted on September 13, 2011 by paladinking

by Jason Aaron (writing), Goran Sudzuka (art), Matthew Wilson (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story:  Logan finds new and interesting ways of beating himself up after last month’s shocking finale. The Review:  Once in a while, our standard review format doesn’t quite work, particularly when a book’s positives and negatives are deeply intertwined.  This [...]

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X-Men #16 – Review

Posted on August 25, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Victor Gischler (writer), Jorge Molina (artist), Guru EFX (colors), Jordan D. White (assistant editor), Daniel Ketchum (associate editor) The Story: A very old flame sends a distress signal to Cyclops and Magneto. It is delivered by FF, who are now sporting their new Dr. Doom look. What Good: I was a fan of the [...]

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X-Men: Schism #3 – Review

Posted on August 21, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Jason Aaron (writer), Daniel Acuña (artist), Jordan D. White (assistant editor), Daniel Ketchum (associate editor) The Story: A trap is set for the X-Men at the Museum of Mutant History. We learn more (and are impressed by) the capabilities of the Hellfire Club’s junior division. Cyclops wears a jetpack and Wolverine steals a car. [...]

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Uncanny X-Men #542 – Review

Posted on August 18, 2011 by dfstell

By: Kieron Gillen (writer), Greg Land (pencils), Jay Leisten (inks), Justin Ponsor (colors), Joe Caramagna (letters), Jordan D. White (assistant editor), Daniel Ketchum (associate editor) & Nick Lowe (editor) The Story: How will the X-Men stop the Juggernaut?  Well, Cyclops has some plans. What’s Good: The coolest thing in this issue was seeing all the [...]

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X-Men #15.1 – Review

Posted on August 10, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Victor Gischler (writer), Will Conrad (art), Brian Reber (color) The Story: The X-Men go to a small town in the southern US to help out a shaman who is going to get rid of some demons. Not all goes according to plan, but a curvier Ghost Rider than the last shows up for an [...]

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X-Men: Schism #2 – Review

Posted on July 27, 2011 by paladinking

by Jason Aaron (writer), Frank Cho (art), Jason Keith (colors), and Jared K. Fletcher (letters) The Story: The X-Men race to deal with the global rash of out-of-control sentinels, Cyclops and Wolverine butt heads over Quire, and Kade Kilgore makes plans. What’s Good: Like many kids who grew up in the late 80s to early [...]

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X-Men #15 – Review

Posted on July 22, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Christopher Yost (writer), Paco Medina and Dalibor Talajic (pencillers), Dalibor Talajic, Juan Vlasco (inkers), Marte Gracia (colorist) The Story: First To Last, Conclusion: The past and present encounters with the Evolutionaries converge on Cyclops and his choices, past and present. At stake… the survival of humanity. What’s Good: I continue to be delighted with [...]

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X-Men: Schism #1 – Review

Posted on July 13, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Jason Aaron (writer), Carlos Pacheco (penciller), Cam Smith (inker), Frank D’Armata (colorist) The Story: Cyclops, as leader of the world’s mutants, goes to an arms control conference, bringing Wolverine as his security. Midway through Cyclops’ speech advocating peace and disarmament (in this case, not for nukes, but for sentinels), a telepathic mutant comes in [...]

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X-Men #14 – Review

Posted on July 12, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Christopher Yost (writer), Paco Medina, Dalibor Talajic (pencillers), Dalibor Talajic, Juan Vlasco (inkers), Marte Gracia and Wil Quintana (colorists) The Story: “First to Last, Part 4″ opens up more of the past of the Evolutionaries (2.7M years ago) and of the original X-Men in the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants era. And in the present, [...]

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X-Men: Prelude to Schism #3 – Review

Posted on June 21, 2011 by dfstell

By: Paul Jenkins (writer), Will Conrad (art), Lee Loughridge (colors), Rob Steen (letters), Sebastian Girner (assistant editor) & Nick Lowe (senior editor) The Story: Cyclops recollects a special woman in his life as he grapples with a momentous decision regarding the future of the X-Men. What’s Good: By now, it’s pretty obvious what this miniseries [...]

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X-Men #13 – Review

Posted on June 15, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Christopher Yost (writer), Dalibor Talajic, Paco Medina (artists), Dalibor Talajic, Juan Vlasco (inkers), Marte Gracia, Wil Quintana (colors) The Story: First To Last, Part 3: The evolutionaries continue to attack and we see, through emerging memories, the origin of the evolutionaries. At the same time, their last visit is further illuminated, while their fight [...]

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Wolverine #10 – Review

Posted on June 11, 2011 by paladinking

by Jason Aaron (writer), Renato Guedes (pencils), Jose Wilson Magalhaes (inks), Matthew Wilson (colors), and Cory Petit (letters) The Story: “I know you’re the bastards who sent me to hell!  I’m here to return the favor!” The Review:  With Wolverine on the warpath, Jason Aaron continues to right the ship on this title.  While this [...]

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X-Men: First Class – Movie Review

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Minhquan Nguyen

One of the most fundamental sticking points of the X-Men is their outsider status.  It’s what defines a lot of how we view the team and mutants in the Marvel U in general, but it’s also the very thing that limits real progress for their fictional civil and social rights.  To preserve the X-Men as [...]

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Uncanny X-Force #11 – Review

Posted on June 3, 2011 by paladinking

by Rick Remender (writer), Mark Brooks (penciller & inker), Andrew Currie (inker), Dean White (colorist), and Cory Petit (letterer) The Story: X-Force heads off to the Age of Apocalypse to acquire the celestial life seed. The Review:  Somehow, Rick Remender has become the 90s guy and in a totally good way.  Once again, by revisiting [...]

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X-Men #12 – Review

Posted on June 3, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Christopher Yost (writer), Paco Medina, Dalibor Talajic (pencillers), Juan Vlasco, Dalibor Talajic (inkers), Marte Gracia (colors) The Story: First to Last, Part 2: In three different times (2.7 million years ago, in the early issues of the original X-Men, and now) we learn about the evolutionaries. They are looking for the leader of mutantkind [...]

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Wolverine #9 – Review

Posted on May 25, 2011 by paladinking

by Jason Aaron (writer), Daniel Acuna (artist), and Cory Petit (letterer) The Story: Logan begins his bloodthirsty quest for revenge.  First target: Mystique. The Review:  I’ve been waiting months, and it finally happened: Wolverine’s out of hell.  And by out of hell, I mean no more demons, no more demonic possession, no more fire and [...]

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X-Men Legacy #249 – Review

Posted on May 25, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Mike Carey (writer), Rafa Sandoval (artist), Matthew Wilson (colorist), Sebastian Girner (assistant editor), Daniel Ketchum (editor) The Story: Aftermath, Part Two: The dust is still settling on the X-Men’s Age of X. Events in Age of X were so fast and so different, that the X-Men, back home and safe, have some breathing room [...]

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X-Men Giant-Size #1 – Review

Posted on May 19, 2011 by DS Arsenault

By: Christopher Yost (writer), Paco Medina and Dalabor Talajic (pencillers), Juan Vlasco and Dalabor Talajic (inkers), Marte Gracia and Wil Quintana (colorists), Daniel Ketchum (associate editor), Axel Alonso and Nick Lowe (editors) The Story: First to Last, Part I: In this new arc, the Neos, another mutant offshoot of humanity (different from homo superior) is [...]

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