X-Men ’97 #1 Review: That Gum You Like Is Back In Style
It’s the prequel to the sequel to the adaptation!
The X-Men are a superhero team created in 1963 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Stretching over dozens of comic book titles, X-Men has become one of Marvel’s most popular franchises. On one side, Professor Xavier and his school, filled with mutants who try to protect a world that hates and fears them. On the other side? Magneto and his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, who believe mutants need to destroy humans to survive.
…Or at least that’s how it all started. Since then, hundreds of characters have been introduced, loyalties have been changed and tested, and baseball games have been played. Here you can read reviews of X-Men comics, and listen to interviews with writers, artists, editors, and fans.
It’s the prequel to the sequel to the adaptation!
The X-Men go to hell, and say hello to a few new voice actors.
Dark Horse’s Avatar: The Last Airbender comics are heading to Webtoon, for free. Image Comics has revealed new details on Rat City, the future set Spawn spinoff. A major character dies in X-Force #50.
Tom Brevoort reveals that Deadpool, X-Force, and Cable were retitled to keep royalties from Rob Liefeld. Greg Pak launches new series Lawful from BOOM! Studios. Ed Piskor accused of misconduct.
Sabretooth does some minor brain surgery on Wolverine, nothing big.
Here’s what to know about Sunspot’s powers, who he is in Marvel Comics, and the accusations of whitewashing for his on-screen portrayal.
In this issue: Xavier shoots a child in the face.
They’re both X years old, but we’ve got some good guesses based on the comics (and TV series).