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Grant Morrison’s Manifesto for the X-Men Is a Fascinating Read
The X-Men find themselves, perhaps almost always, on the precipice of great change. But right now they really do feel like they’re on the edge of something new again. In the comics, after years rejuvenated by the Krakoan Age, they’re ready to rise from the ashes of tragedy once more. On the big screen, we’re…
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DC Comics Documentary to Explore Its History and Its Future
HBO has always made amazing documentaries, whether for broadcast TV or its streaming service, Max. So there’s every reason to be excited about Superpowered: The DC Story even before I tell you that Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Leslie Iwerks and Emmy-nominated filmmaker Mark Catalena co-directed the three-part series, which will explore the comics publisher through its…
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Jim Lee’s Iconic X-Men Trading Cards Live Again in a New Art Book
If you were a comics-loving nerd between the ages of eight and 18 or so in 1992, chances are you had a stack of Jim Lee’s X-Men trading cards secreted somewhere in your room. For those who missed them, or missed the trading card craze of the ‘80s and ‘90s in general, it’s honestly hard…
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Superman’s No Longer Fighting for ‘The American Way’
Clark Kent has fought for “Truth, Justice, and the American Way” for the best part of seventy years of his career as a comic book icon, a career that spans even longer than that. But while there have been times he’s moved away from it momentarily, and its origins worded it a little differently, now,…