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Tagged: X-Men

· by Thomas Stockel · Apr 6, 2020

Meet the New Mutants: Marvel Graphic Novel #4

It might sound dumb now, but back in 1982 when the New Mutants graphic novel was announced, I took that as a sign that The Uncanny X-Men was getting canceled. Please bear in mind I was just a teenager and…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Aug 26, 2019

Marvel and DC Present The Uncanny X-Men and The New Teen Titans (part 2 of 2)

When we last left our tale, our titanically uncanny heroes, um, lost. Right. Moving on. We cut to… the Wall. Not that wall. This Wall. Remember what I said last time about Simonson being Kirby’s spiritual successor? Well, here you…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Aug 19, 2019

Marvel and DC Present The Uncanny X-Men and The New Teen Titans (part 1 of 2)

You know what we haven’t seen in a long while? A crossover event between DC and Marvel. I’m not saying it was ever a common occurrence, but does anyone remember All Access, or DC vs. Marvel? Or smaller…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Jun 5, 2019

Hit or Bomb? June 2019 movie predictions

It’s another big summer month of high-profile sequels and reboots, plus one “original” movie that somehow found its way into theaters. Once again, the Agony Booth staff is here to decide which of these movies will be HITs and…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Jun 3, 2019

X-Men #137 “The Fate of the Phoenix”

Before we dive into this landmark issue, I feel a brief recap is in order for those of you who are unaware of this story’s background. The X-Men had been kidnapped and taken into space by a man named Stephen…

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· by Thomas Stockel · May 27, 2019

X-Men #175 “Phoenix!”

I won’t deny that it’s tempting to spend the next six months recapping X-Men comics, seeing as this era is to my mind one of the greatest periods in comic book history. Of course, I’m biased, seeing as these were…

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· by Thomas Stockel · May 20, 2019

X-Men #150 “I, Magneto...”

Decades ago, comics were sold in grocery stores, three comics to a bag, with the middle comic being a mystery. One day I used my paper route money to buy one of these bags, and inside it was X-Men #148.…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Mar 7, 2019

The Thing boxes for the fate of the planet in Marvel Two-in-One Annual #7

Back in the day, both Marvel and DC Comics had what were known as team-up books. DC’s books were The Brave and the Bold which starred Batman (which was discontinued to make way for Batman & the Outsiders), and…

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· by Jordon Davis · Feb 26, 2019

Top 5 insane nerd arguments (settled by governments)

Nerds. They kick ass. Also, in that one movie, they committed a disturbingly high number of sex crimes. But above all, they like to argue with each other. They absolutely love it. They love it the way Robert Carradine and…

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· by Jordon Davis · Nov 29, 2017

Superheroes, ranked (in order of Jewish-ness)

This Halloween, more children than ever dressed up as their favorite superheroes, according to a statistic I just made up. It makes sense for children to aspire to be powerful, respected bats and metal drunks. But my family is Jewish,…

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· by Henrik Magnusson · Jul 6, 2017

3 dumb ways superhero comics tried to rewrite the past

Back when they started out, superhero comics didn’t care all that much about keeping track of who did what, mainly because it was the 1940s, they were printed on the cheapest possible material (which incidentally is why most old comics…

Movies / Text

· by Steven Birkner · May 23, 2017

Wolverine, Hulk, and Raphael: When rebellious loners struggle to go solo

Wolverine from X-Men and Raphael from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have a surprising amount in common. Both are hot-tempered and quick to turn to violence to deal with problems. Both characters are mutants. They both have weapons that are sharp,…

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· by Henrik Magnusson · Mar 28, 2017

3 bizarre superhero comic genre mashups

Expressionist film is incredibly high concept, and trying to mix that with the over-the-top nature of superhero characters is like trying to perform heart surgery with a chainsaw--technically possible, but you're more likely to end up with a gross mess and a mountain of lawsuits.

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· by Henrik Magnusson · Mar 20, 2017

3 painfully goofy early versions of iconic supervillains

What the hell was up with that single nipple spike? He looks like a kid trying to piss off his suburban parents rather than a supervillain on a rampage.

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· by Susan Velazquez · Mar 14, 2017

Logan (2017): A fitting farewell to an aging franchise

Logan says goodbye to the Wolverine in a way that's respectful to Hugh Jackman's tenure and tackles what mortality means, which is generally difficult to do for characters who are either literally immortal or too iconic to fade away.

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· by Henrik Magnusson · Feb 21, 2017

3 iconic Marvel arch-enemies (who started out as someone else's enemy)

Coming up with a recurring enemy for Wolverine is harder than it sounds, because he has a habit of gutting them from throat to crotch like a misbehaving catfish, which is sort of understandable when your power is mostly indestructible claws and mood swings.

Movies / Text

· by Rick Lewis · Aug 10, 2016

7 iconic characters ripe for a reboot

You’ll never recapture the magic of an old movie by imitating it. The story and style were products of their time. Let them go. Only characters are timeless. That’s why we’ll still be lining up to watch Bruce Wayne battle the Joker on the big screen 20 years from now, but any attempt to recreate The Dark Knight is destined to suck.

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· by Jonathan Campbell · May 23, 2016

X-Men: Apocalypse (2016): Halfway to a good movie

“The characters are all well acted and mostly well written; it’s just a pity that they all got sidelined not just for an action-disaster movie, but for a boring action-disaster movie.”

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· by Jonathan Campbell · Feb 16, 2016

Deadpool (2016): A love story

“Wade Wilson might be a rude, violent borderline sociopath with a potty-mouth who drops more F-bombs in the first 20 minutes of this movie than all of the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Fox-Marvel movies combined, but he isn’t (completely) lying when he calls this film ‘a love story’”

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· by Rick Lewis · Oct 9, 2014

Tagged: X-Men

Meet the New Mutants: Marvel Graphic Novel #4

Marvel and DC Present The Uncanny X-Men and The New Teen Titans (part 2 of 2)

Marvel and DC Present The Uncanny X-Men and The New Teen Titans (part 1 of 2)

Hit or Bomb? June 2019 movie predictions

X-Men #137 “The Fate of the Phoenix”

X-Men #175 “Phoenix!”

X-Men #150 “I, Magneto...”

The Thing boxes for the fate of the planet in Marvel Two-in-One Annual #7

Top 5 insane nerd arguments (settled by governments)

Superheroes, ranked (in order of Jewish-ness)

3 dumb ways superhero comics tried to rewrite the past

Wolverine, Hulk, and Raphael: When rebellious loners struggle to go solo

3 bizarre superhero comic genre mashups

3 painfully goofy early versions of iconic supervillains

Logan (2017): A fitting farewell to an aging franchise

3 iconic Marvel arch-enemies (who started out as someone else's enemy)

7 iconic characters ripe for a reboot

X-Men: Apocalypse (2016): Halfway to a good movie

Deadpool (2016): A love story

Twin Peaks, X-Men, Say Anything, and other old favorites getting developed into new TV shows

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