Gambit: Wanted #1 kicked off the new mini-series by acclaimed X-Men writer, Chris Claremont. A revisit into Remy’s past, it explores the time period in New Orleans right before he joined the X-Men. The highlight of the issue is Gambit’s physical and philosophical battle against Bullseye, who is contracted to take down Gambit and his junior thief, Elodie.
As you are probably aware, Marvel has released a trailer, not just a tease, for Avengers: Doomsday. It’s an amazing bit of promotion with some really cool things in it, and I’m going to touch on a few of my favorites and share a theory or two. Hey, if I’m wrong, y’all get to come back and mock me later.
Since the very surreal WandaVision started, we’ve been seeing some cracks in the idyllic life of Westview, New Jersey. Now those cracks are becoming more like gaping chasms.
I firmly believe there never comes a point when you don’t have something to learn, but I’ll take the risk of calling myself an expert in this one, narrow area. Here’s one rule I’ve come up with over time that I stand by, seeing proven time and again: when you have a story you’re adapting, and make random changes from the source material that don’t really serve any good purpose, the story suffers. That said, it’s time to talk about X-Men: Dark Phoenix.
Warning: this article has spoliers for X-Men Gold 30 and Batman 50. If you haven’t read these, be warned.
Gifted is definitely isn’t going lightly on Marvel’s anti-mutant prejudice.
The way my life works, I don’t always get to the movies as much as I’d like. So, while it’s been out for a while, this is when I finally got to see Logan, hence why my review is late by many standards. Even though it’s been out a while, I’m going to try to…
X-Men: Apocalypse could in some ways be called X-Men: Remix. A lot of characters we’ve seen before get reintroduced since the timeline was reset in Days of Future Past. Conveniently, this let them recast younger actors for almost every role. There’s also a very odd mix of keeping some character’s backgrounds, or at least pieces of them, but wholly disregarding others.
The first thing I thought when I saw this cover was that it looked like a finale. The heroes and supporting characters all running forward, no villains, no reference to the current story– it all screamed last issue. I’m a lot more into the story side of things than the business/editorial side, so I’m guessing a lot of other people knew, but it was a surprise to me.