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Comic Book Preview – Rise of the Powers of X #1

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Rise of the Powers of X #1 hits comic book shops and digital retailers this coming Wednesday, and we have the official preview for you below courtesy of Marvel Comics… THE FIGHT FOR KRAKOA HAS BEEN LOST! Ten years ago, the mutants returned from their exile to try and reclaim the Earth from the forces […]

Comic Book Preview – Fall of the House of X #1

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Marvel Comics launches its new X-Men miniseries Fall of the House of X this coming Wednesday, and you can get a sneak peek at the first issue right now with the official preview below… KRAKOA HAS JUST BEGUN TO FIGHT! Mutantkind has never had a greater fall. From the highs of Krakoa—their own glorious nation, […]

What If? Five Marvel Movies That Were Almost Made

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EJ Moreno looks at five Marvel movie “what ifs?”… Like every franchise or studio, Marvel has seen their fair share of films enter development and never see a release. Whether it’s a passion project rejected by studio heads or just a long developmental process that scares off a lead, we’ve seen plenty of projects based […]

Marvel’s X-Men ’97 animated series to get official comic book prelude

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The Children of the Atom are set to return in a big way in 2024 as Marvel Studios launches its new Disney+ animated series X-Men ’97, and to set the stage the publishing arm of the House of Ideas will release a four-issue limited comic book series serving as an official companion story and lead-in […]

Comic Book Preview – The Original X-Men #1

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The original X-Men are back this week in the appropriately-titled The Original X-Men #1, and we have the official preview for you below courtesy of Marvel Comics… THE OG 5 ON AN ALL-NEW ADVENTURE! Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Beast, Iceman and Angel—the first and greatest heroes to bear the X-Men name—once traveled into their own futures […]

LEGO Marvel Winter 2024 sets see the return of the X-Men and more

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LEGO has unveiled its Winter 2024 sets for its LEGO Marvel theme, which include the return of the Children of the Atom with an all-new X-Men X-Jet set from the eagerly-anticipated animated series X-Men ’97, along with Rocket & Baby Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Spider-Man vs. Sandman: Final Battle from Spider-Man: […]

Kelsey Grammer talks Beast return and teases future MCU appearances

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It’s almost five years now since Disney completed its takeover of 20th Century Fox, and we’re only just starting to see the mutants of the X-Men franchise make their mark on the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Things will obviously ramp up a gear next year as Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool and Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine (along with a […]

Ryan Reynolds addresses Taylor Swift Deadpool 3 rumours: “I love it”

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Taylor Swift may have swept away theatres worldwide with the release of her concert film Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, but the mega-popstar might just dominate a whole other universe in the MCU. With Deadpool 3 back in production for its summer 2024 release, there has been plenty of speculation as to what this film will […]

Comic Book Preview – X-Men Blue: Origins #1

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Marvel Comics delves into the origin of Nightcrawler with the release of the one-shot comic X-Men Blue: Origins #1, and you can check out the official preview of the issue below… THE DEFINITIVE NIGHTCRAWLER ORIGIN STORY! This is the one you can’t miss, True Believer! You think you know how the beloved blue devil came […]