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On X-Men ’97, Professor X and Magneto Fiddle While Rome Burns
Marvel’s mutants are locked in a world of fighting—fighting to survive, fighting to push back against hate. But they’re also just as often fighting among themselves, and this week’s penultimate episode of X-Men ‘97 is no exception… except mutantdom’s two biggest drama queens couldn’t have picked a worst time for their latest squabble. Previously, I…
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MORNING SPOILERS: On X-Men ’97, Knowing Who You Are Is So Much Bigger Than Supernatural and Cosmic Nonsense
After last week’s episode—already a contender for one of 2024’s best single episodes of TV—it would be tough for even a show as consistently strong as X-Men ‘97 to top what it just laid down. It’s not surprising then that this week’s episode of the Disney+ series doesn’t reach the same highs. It doesn’t quite…
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Jean-Luc Picard Really Needs to Change His Password
“The Next Generation,” the opening episode of Star Trek: Picard’s third and final season, is teeming with a nostalgic love for Star Trek’s past, from metatextual gags and references to a thematic examination of the weight that past hangs over its characters. But I’ve not been able to stop thinking about one reference in particular.
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Enter the Psychoverse in This Mind-Bending Preview of a New Incal Graphic Novel
The Incal is a classic work of ‘80s comics sci-fi at its best, a blending of the masters that are Alejandro Jodorowsky and the legendary Moebius to deliver a universal adventure quite unlike anything seen before it. And now, Humanoids is ready to bring us back to the life of John DiFool — and Gizmodo…





