Adaptation is always a challenge—but it’s a particularly daunting one in the case of comic books, where a new medium has to reckon with translating sagas told across years of issues and continuity fluxes. For the most part, X-Men ‘97’s latest episode navigates this task the best it can, but the sacrifices it makes come … Read more
When X-Men ‘97 hit Disney+ last week, enrapt viewers all shouted one thing—other than “To me, my X-men!”—as they saw Marvel’s mutants back in action: “Where has this Cyclops been?” Who Should Be The New Wolverine? io9 Picks The comics. He’s been in the comics. X-Men ‘97 has already proven to be a smash hit … Read more
It’s time: Marvel is wiping the X-Men’s slate clean of the Krakoan era that’s been around since 2019. We’ve known this was coming for a while now (both in the comics and IRL), and after an ominous tease of the mutants rising from the ashes of their still ongoing war with Orchis, we now know … Read more
In a few weeks, the ‘90s are back in style—well, if you’re a fan of Marvel’s merry mutants, that is. It’s not too much longer until X-Men ‘97, the new continuation of the iconic X-Men: The Animated Series hits Disney+, and Marvel has now dropped the titles for all 10 episodes of season one… including … Read more
Image: Hasbro As we get closer and closer to the arrival of X-Men ‘97, the rallying cry of “To me, my X-Men merchandise!” just gets louder and louder. Earlier this week we saw Lego get in on the X-mania with a new set, but now it’s Hasbro’s turn with its latest wave inspired by the … Read more
Image: Paramount Over 45 years ago, Stephen King released The Stand, his post-apocalyptic dark fantasy novel about a virus that wiped out much of the human race. To this day, it remains an acclaimed book and is highly regarded as one of his best novels period. Like other King books, there’s an extension of that … Read more
Picture: Mark Brooks/Marvel Comics For a very long time, the X-Males had been an oddity within the pages of Marvel Comics. They had been extraordinarily fashionable for years on finish and capable of stand toe-to-toe with the likes of Spider-Man and the Avengers via a number of sequence, however throughout the late 2010s, the characters … Read more