After last month’s prototype, Ed Brubaker and Matt Fraction deliver the finished article. With a more focussed plot and a unified art style, the writers’ injection of some CSI-style gloss into the X-Men’s world clicks into place, although it’s still too early to be sure whether they are willing to grasp the full potential of [...]

As if the last year hasn’t driven the point home enough, Uncanny X-Men #500 will immediately remind you that it’s a very good time to be an X-Men fan. The writing team of Ed Brubaker and Matt Fraction have brought with them their unbridled enthusiasm for the X-Men characters, and you can feel it bursting [...]

Back when Invincible Iron Man was announced, I and everyone else wondered whether there was really any need for a second Iron Man title. After all, Iron Man, as a character, wasn’t even very popular with fandom, having been maneuvered into the position of being the Marvel Universe’s most evil good guy by the events of [...]

“Do you want to review Divided We Stand?” asked James. “Because it’s composed of several stand-alone X-Men stories, it should be quite easy to dip into.”
“Yeah, alright,” says I, little realising how hard it is to adequately cover a 40-page anthology issue within our customary review length. But what the hey. After all, as a [...]

This week, a look at the Incredible Hulk trailer, James Robinson’s return to the DCU proper, Chris Weston’s All-Star Superman challenge, Joe Kelly on Spider-Man, and everyone and their cat joining the X-Men creative teams.

In this week’s column, there’s an update on speculation about Pixie’s status in the post-Messiah Complex X-Men, some stuff about the new Invincible Iron Man ongoing, and speculation about what Brian Wood and Becky Cloonan might be up to…