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X-Men’s ’90s Take on House of X Is a Delightfully Fun Throwback
The X-Men are in a better place right now at Marvel Comics than they have been in arguably a decade. The Krakoan era has revitalized an incredible line of X-Comics, and within the fiction mutantkind stands powerful, united (well, if you don’t squint), and ascendant. But for some, the X-Men will always be that halcyon…
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The Many Cinematic Origins of Batman, Ranked
There’s a new Batman film in theatres next week, but in a shocking twist, it doesn’t show the death of his parents. That Bruce Wayne’s parents are killed in cold blood is, of course, a key component to the character, so it’s mentioned — but for the first time in a while, we don’t actually…
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The X-Men’s Comics Lineup Just Got Even Cooler
Since House of X hit in 2019, Marvel’s mutants have had a real good run of comics, both long running and short-lived. Jonathan Hickman may now be out after the recent Inferno miniseries, but his Krakoa status quo is still very much in, and a new pair of comics are going to spin out of…
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The X-Men’s Quiet Council Will Finally Get Their Own Comic Book
As Jonathan Hickman’s tenure with the X-Men is coming to an end with Inferno, the mutants of Krakoa are about to go through another shift that naturally includes roster changes and new books. The “Reign of X” that’s made up the second chapter of this whole endeavour is over, and 2022 will see mutantkind seemingly…