X-Men: Dark Phoenix proves that you can stray too far away from the source material. When I see people wax on about how much they like these movies, I’m reminded of something that I learned from...
Dark Phoenix was always going to be terrible. It struck too many of those signifiers that usually shape a box office disaster. Multiple release date changes, reshoots, confusion over the series’...
A brief word about this interstitial guide While working on this project and the previous Spidey Project, I’ve casual readers and new comic fans asking for direct references to the comics I discuss. B...
Chapter 12 Sean Cassidy has played many roles within the Marvel Universe. Young Irish rogue, Interpol agent, early X-Men mind controlled villain, wealthy heir, detective, Castle owner, team mem...
Chapter 11 When Professor X sent the original X-Men to investigate a strange mutant energy source in the Pacific, he had no idea what he was sending his students to that day. It turns out that ...
Chapter 9 Lorna Dane was one of the in-between X-Men. Characters shoe horned into the book, as it was in between finding its voice. That first in-between period came after Roy Thomas tried to t...
Chapter 7 Bobby Drake was always the kid of the group. Growing up with two rather serious parents, made Bobby want to act out all of the time. When he started turning into a snowy mess, Profess...
Chapter 6 Warren Worthington III was born into privilege. He was wealthy, never worried about anything. That was until he started sprouting feathery wings from his shoulder blades while at Prep...
Chapter 3 Scott Summers was a fairly typical character back in 1963. When Stan Lee and Jack Kirby introduced him as the leader of the X-Men, he felt like he fit the DC mold of what a hero was. ...