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Marvel’s Mutants Are Ready To Reclaim Another Villainous Team Name
One of the most powerful and fascinating details of the X-Men’s current revitalization on the living island Krakoa is that their new, ever-splintering yet still-idealistic sovereign nation is a home to all mutants, not just X-Men and their former allies. The rehabilitation of — or uneasy Entente Cordiale between — former villains and enemies to…
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They’re Just Letting Everybody Into the Hellfire Gala, Apparently
The X-Men’s upcoming Hellfire Gala is both an extravagant celebration of Krakoa’s newfound ascendance in the world, and a bold statement to humanity that the mutants come in peace but are not to be messed with. At least that was the vibe one could have easily gotten from all the fuss Marvel’s been making about…
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Guardians of the Galaxy Just Made Space a Little Bit More Queer
Al Ewing’s current run on Guardians of the Galaxy has been less of a mind bending space opera and more of an action-packed exploration of what it means to be a family grappling with the profound grief tied to the sudden loss of one of their own. The book’s core teams (plural) of Guardians have…