Core X-Men Universe 11/15

Hey there! This is the NerdSoup4U X-Men blog!

I invite you to join me as I take a journey through every X-Men (and most X-Men related) comics from the very beginning through present day.

90: Excalibur #51 - 58 (Sat-Yr-9)

What’s Covered? Excalibur, V 1: # 51 - 58 Roster Watch Synopsis #51: Dinosaur People Dimension Writer - Alan Davis Pencils - Dougle...

Nov 23, 20214 min read

89: Wolverine #51 - 65 (The Death of Two Great Loves)

What's Covered? Wolverine # 51 - 65 Wolverine # 51 - 53: The Citadel at the End of Time. Writer - Larry Hama Pencils - Andy Kubert (51),...

Nov 21, 20218 min read

88: X-Men 8 - 11 (Ghost Rider, Shattershot Crossover)

What’s Covered? X-Men, Volume 2 # 8 - 9, Ghost Rider # 26 - 27, X-Men, Volume 2 # 10-11, Shattershot X-Men Annual (XM Annual # 1, UXM...

Nov 11, 20215 min read

87: X-Force # 6 - 15 (Externals, Domino, Brotherhood)

What’s Covered? X-Force, V1 # 6 - 15 (Nov '91 - Oct '92) Roster Watch Synopsis #6: The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants attacks Plot - Rob...

Nov 5, 20219 min read

86: UXM #288-293 (Mikhail, Morlocks, and Marriage?!)

What’s Covered? UXM # 288 -293 (May - Sep '92) Roster Watch Synopsis #289 (Bishop's Acclimation) Plot - Lee/Portacio Script -...

Oct 30, 202111 min read

85: UXM 281-287 (Whilce Portacio's Uncanny Run)

What’s Covered? UXM #281 - 287 (Aug '91 - April '92) Roster Watch Synopsis Upstarts We're going to start by taking a quick look at the...

Oct 24, 20218 min read

84: X-Men # 4- 7 (Omega Red)

What’s Covered? X-Men (Vol. 2), # 4 - 7 (Nov '91 - April '92) Roster Watch Synopsis #4 - 7 Synopsis Plot - Jim Lee Pencils - Jim Lee...

Oct 19, 20216 min read

A New Mutants Retrospective

Growing up, I was a HUGE X-Force reader, but I had very little exposure to the New Mutants. For this reason, I was incredibly interested...

Oct 17, 202112 min read

83: Excalibur (Vol 1) # 42 - 50 (Alan Davis on Excalibur)

What’s Covered? Excalibur, Volume 1: # 42 - 50 (Sep '91 - March '92) Roster Watch Synopsis 42: Technet Attacks Gatecrasher hatch a plan...

Oct 14, 202112 min read

82: X-Force Launches

What’s Covered? X-Force # 1 - 5 (June - Oct 1991) Roster Watch Synopsis #1: Who we working with? Plot - Rob Leifeld Script - Fabian...

Oct 7, 20218 min read

81: X-Men 1 - 3 (Jim Lee X-Men Re-Launch)

What’s Covered? X-Men Volume 2, # 1 - 3 (August - October 1991) Roster Watch Amazing Art I'm introducing a new feature where I will...

Oct 3, 202110 min read

80: XF 71 - 78 (Peter David Reboots X-Factor)

What’s Covered? XF # 71 - 78, Hulk # 391 - 392 Roster Watch My Connections We all know the messed up origin behind X-Factor by now...

Oct 1, 202113 min read

79: Excalibur # 35 - 41 (Scott Lobdell on Excalibur)

What’s Covered? Excalibur # 35 - 41, Weird War 3. Roster Watch Synopsis # 35: D'Spayre in a Well Writer - Scott Lobdell Pencils - David...

Sep 24, 20216 min read

78: Wolverine Solo Series # 1 - 50 (A Legend is Born)

What’s Covered? Wolverine V2 # 1 - 50, Marvel Comics Presents # 1 - 10, 51 - 61, 72 - 84, , Wolverine: Jungle Adventure OGN Synopsis...

Sep 23, 202113 min read

The Claremont Run Retrospective

Introduction While Claremont did script the first three issues of the re-booted X-Men (and made enough money off those issues to buy a...

Sep 17, 202119 min read

77: UXM 278-280 (The Muir Island Saga)

What’s Covered? UXM # 278 - 280, X-Factor 69 - 70 Roster Watch Synopsis UXM #278: A gathering on Muir Island Writer - Claremont Pencils -...

Sep 10, 20217 min read

76: The New Warriors and the Kings of Pain

What’s Covered? The New Warriors # 1 - 5, New Mutants Annual # 7, New Warriors Annual # 1, X-Men Annual # 15, X-Factor Annual # 6 Roster...

Sep 3, 20219 min read

75: NM 98 - 100 (Rob Leifeld time)

What’s Covered? New Mutants # 98 - 100 Roster Watch Synopsis 98: Deadpool, Domino, and Downsizing! Simonson is out, Leifeld is in. That...