Archive for the ‘X-Franchise Reviews’ Category

X-Men: Second Coming: Revelations: Blind Science

Posted on June 2nd, 2010 by by Manic

Writer: Simon Spurrier
Pencillers: Paul Davidson & Francis Portela
Publisher: Marvel
About 20 issues ago in Uncanny X-Men, Beast and Archangel assembled a team of mad scientists to pursue solutions to the dwindling mutant population. Beast named this team the X-Club, after a real life social club comprised of scientists during the 19th century. The team currently consists [...]

New Mutants #3

Posted on July 19th, 2009 by by Manic

Writer: Zeb Wells
Penciler: Diogenes Neves
Publisher: Marvel
“The Return of Legion 3: Cognitive Therapy”
Legion is back, and his many personalities fully intend to kill everyone who defeated him the first time– starting with Danielle Moonstar. Thanks to a mishap with the local townfolk and M-Day, Dani is now powerless and trapped in a city jail cell. Legion [...]

Giant-Size Uncanny X-Men First Class #1

Posted on June 15th, 2009 by by Manic

GIANT-SIZE UNCANNY X-MEN FIRST CLASS #1
Writers: Jeff Parker, Scott Gray, Roger Langridge
Pencilers: Craig Rousseau, David Williams, Dennis Calero, Sean Galloway, Joe Infurnari, Cameron Stewart, Jeff Parker
Publisher: Marvel
Untitled
OR
“Cyclops is THIS CLOSE to a Conniption Fit”
X-Men First Class was a comic that took place during the days of the original five X-Men (Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Iceman, Beast, [...]

Uncanny X-Men #511

Posted on June 12th, 2009 by by Manic

UNCANNY X-MEN #511
Writer: Matt Fraction
Penciler: Greg Land
Publisher: Marvel
“Sisterhood (Part 4 of 4)”
OR
“How Matt Fraction Learned to Stop Caring and Phone it in.”
In this issue, Matt Fraction concludes the story of the Sisterhood, though he and Ed Brubaker had been planting the seeds for this story since Uncanny X-Men #499. I believe that in the beginning, [...]