X-Men Forever #4
(W) Kieron Gillen (A) Luca Maresca (CA) Mark Brooks
Rated T+
In Shops: May 15, 2024
SRP: $3.99
…AND FOREVER!
Our secrets, sinister or otherwise, are over. X-MEN FORVER ends with a question – after everything, do we have Hope or not? From between the pages of IMMORTAL X-MEN and RISE OF THE POWERS OF X, the final secrets of the Krakoan Age are revealed here!
X-Men Forever #3
(W) Kieron Gillen (A) Luca Maresca (CA) Mark Brooks
Rated T+
In Shops: May 08, 2024
SRP: $3.99
NOW… War in Krakoa!
A hunt in the White Hot Room! And a heartwarming family reunion (by which we mean “possibly involving setting fire to someone’s heart with a flamethrower”). Spinning out from RISE OF THE POWERS OF X and IMMORTAL X-MEN comes a must-read for the conclusion of the Krakoan Age!
X-Men Forever #2
(W) Kieron Gillen (A) Luca Maresca (CA) Mark Brooks
Rated T+
In Shops: Apr 24, 2024
SRP: $3.99
IMMORTAL MEANS FOREVER!
The fight for Krakoa’s future begins here! Since RISE OF THE POWERS OF X began, there have been a few mysteries unrevealed! Now writer Kieron Gillen fills in the gap of what happened between the end of IMMORTAL X-MEN and the beginning of the end of the Krakoan Age!
X-Men Forever #2
(W) Kieron Gillen (A) Luca Maresca (CA) Mark Brooks
Rated T+
In Shops: Apr 24, 2024
SRP: $3.99
IMMORTAL MEANS FOREVER!
The fight for Krakoa’s future begins here! Since RISE OF THE POWERS OF X began, there have been a few mysteries unrevealed! Now writer Kieron Gillen fills in the gap of what happened between the end of IMMORTAL X-MEN and the beginning of the end of the Krakoan Age!
X-Men Forever #1
(W) Kieron Gillen (A) Luca Maresca (CA) Mark Brooks
Rated T+
In Shops: Mar 20, 2024
SRP: $4.99
HAUNTED HOUSE OF X! How can you kill a digital god? What do you do when the Phoenix is bleeding out into nothing? There’s been questions that have haunted you since the end of IMMORTAL X-MEN. Finally, some answers. There’s also been some questions that have haunted you since the START of IMMORTAL X-MEN. Finally, some answers too. Tying directly into the pages of the epic FALL OF THE HOUSE OF X and RISE OF THE POWERS OF X comes this story of revelation from Kieron Gillen (IMMORTAL X-MEN) and Luca Maresca (CHILDREN OF THE VAULT)!
It was new comic book day yesterday! What’d everyone get? What’d you like? Dislike? Sound off in the comments below! While you think about that, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web to start the day.
The Beat – Belgium’s soccer team unveils TINTIN-inspired uniform for European Championship tournament – Very cool.
The Mary Sue – ‘Dead Boy Detectives’ Is Coming to Netflix Sooner Than You Think – Should be a fun one.
Reviews
Comicbook – Man’s Best #1
Comicbook – Wonder Woman #7
Comicbook – X-Men Forever #1
X-Men Forever #1
(W) Kieron Gillen (A) Luca Maresca (CA) Mark Brooks
Rated T+
In Shops: Mar 20, 2024
SRP: $4.99
HAUNTED HOUSE OF X! How can you kill a digital god? What do you do when the Phoenix is bleeding out into nothing? There’s been questions that have haunted you since the end of IMMORTAL X-MEN. Finally, some answers. There’s also been some questions that have haunted you since the START of IMMORTAL X-MEN. Finally, some answers too. Tying directly into the pages of the epic FALL OF THE HOUSE OF X and RISE OF THE POWERS OF X comes this story of revelation from Kieron Gillen (IMMORTAL X-MEN) and Luca Maresca (CHILDREN OF THE VAULT)!
As I was researching that last post, I saw a bunch of other things that jumped out at me and figured I’d come up with a best and worst of the year in the X-comics…
Best On-going Series: Uncanny X-Force
Worst On-Going Series: X-Men Forever
Best Canceled Series: X-Force
Worst Canceled Series: Wolverine Origins
Best Mini-Series: Dark X-Men
Worst Mini-Series: Psylocke
Best One-Shot: X-Factor Nation X
Worst One-Shot: X-Men Hope
Most Pointless Series: X-Men Legacy, the name doesn’t even mean anything at this point
Best Art: Clayton Crain in X-Force and Jerome Opena in Uncanny X-Force
Most Epic Art: Astonishing X-Men
Worst Art: Astonishing X-Men: Xenogenisis
Most Awe-Inspiring Shot: Hulk ripping Wolverine in half in Wolverine #900
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Worst Shot: Beast drawn to look like Chester Cheetah in Uncanny X-Men: The Heroic Age
Best Battle Sequence: New Mutants vs. Inferno Babies in New Mutants #18
Best Costumes: X-Force
Worst Costumes: The yellow and black “G.I. Joe” uniforms with hats in Xenogenesis
Most Stylish X-Character: Daken
Best Couple: Daken & Mystique
Worst Couple: Emma Frost and anyone other than Cyclops, they really should drop her infatuations/dalliances with people from her past
Best Cover: New Mutants #13 (Click image to enlarge)
Worst Cover: Astonishing X-Men Xenogenesis #3, Emma Frost with hips broader than her shoulders, a waist smaller than her head, a boob window like Power Girl with her bra showing, suggestively tonguing pancakes while sitting on a “chair” of Scott Summers on all fours dressed in the worst costume of the year. And it actually looks worse than that description.
Best Guest Appearance: Blade in Curse of the Mutants
Worst Guest Appearance: Ruby Thursday in Wolverine: Origins
Best Quote: Victoria Hand: “Director Osborn sends his compliments. And asks you to join him for some torture.” (Dark X-Men #5)
Best Story: Dark Wolverine #87, there aren’t great “moments” here, but this is the story of Daken flirting with and seducing a man in Italy and trying to figure out if he’s going to sleep with him or kill him. Adventurous storytelling at its best.
Worst Story (tie): “Skin Deep” from X-Men vs. Vampires #2, one of the worst fat-hating stories I’ve seen outside of Deadpool, “Ice Cream Alamo” in Nation X #4, Thunderbird, the native American character, nearly kills other X-Men over ice cream. Seriously. In a story with “Alamo” in the title. Seriously.
Best Villain: Bishop in Cable #22-25
Worst Villain: The vampire weight watchers lady from X-Men vs. Vampires #2‘s “Skin Deep”
Character I Want to See More Of: Darwin from X-Factor
Character I Want to See Less Of: Deadpool, I love him, but jeez is he overexposed these days
Comic I Want to See Published More Often: Astonishing X-Men, it’s great when it is published
Comic I Want to See Published Less Often: X-Men Forever, this series is so bad, it deserves its own separate post
Dumbest Character Still Being Used: Doop. Seriously. (Nation X #4)
Stupidest Thing In X-Comics All Year: A vampire whale, complete with giant fangs in X-Men vs. Vampires #2
Worst/Most Stereotypical Character: Vampire blaxploitation character Sheba Sugarfangs in X-Men vs. Vampires #1
