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X-Men ’97 Knows Exactly Where Tolerance Will Get You
The concept of tolerance has weighed heavily upon Disney+ seriesX-Men ‘97. And now as the world and what is left of mutantkind looks upon the ruins of Genosha, the series is ready to grit its teeth and show some fangs, giving us righteously bitter examination of just where the morals of that tolerance—the morals cast…
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X-Men ’97 Gives a Classic Cartoon a Fresh, Familiar Coat of Paint
The X-Men never die. In the comics, that’s sometimes more literal than metaphorical, more meta text than actual text. But it always means that, for the most part, no matter how long the X-Men wane, they always come back: the same but different, adapted to the latest age of a world that hates and fears…
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Keeping the X-Men’s Greatest Secret Requires One Hell of a PR Campaign
Marvel’s mutantkind doesn’t die right now. Well, mutants do — they just come back. But only Krakoans know of the great secret their island nation has given their species… which makes it a very big problem when one of them perishes quite publicly. Just as Krakoa faces turmoil within, the X-Men right now are having…
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Cyclops’ Best Design Gets A Great Figure, And More Xcellent Toys Of The Week
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, our weekly round-up of the best toys we’ve seen that are currently trying to swipe our hard-earned wages (earned by writing about toys, of course). This week: Tyrion Lannister gets the booze-wielding figure he deserves, Funko gets overtly muscular with retro Thundercats figures, and more!