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This Week In X: Astonishing X-Men, Generation X, X-Men Blue in Venom, & X-Men Gold

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It’s the eighth week of new comics in 2018, and This Week in X we have the end of two series while two arcs hit their midpoints and one just starts heating up.

  • Astonishing X-Men #8 (of 12) finds Charles Soule delighting in making flashy, early-90s style comics.
  • Deadpool vs. Old Man Logan #5 (of 5) winds up as a slightly sub-par Deadpool story that looks pretty darn good and gives us a strong new character.
  • Generation X #87 (final issue!) puts a wrap on a series that had more heart than action, and which included the best character voices of the entire X-Men line.
  • Venom #162 (Poison-X 3 of 5) continues the X-Men Blue squad’s space adventures in a big, fun way.
  • X-Men Gold #22 is a comic book that exists and has pages with words on them.

Learn more about how each of those series reached their current issues and hear which ones I’d recommend picking up. Plus, learn what new X-collections are out this week, including All-New Wolverine, Astonishing X-Men, classic Cable & X-Force, and one of my favorite Excalibur stories of all time!

 

Crushing Comics S01E077 – Guilty Pleasures + Evolutionary War & Atlantis Attacks

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I get back to talking about Clue and how I don’t believe in guilty pleasures and then open a pair of 1980s Marvel events that many fans might label as guilty pleasures. Not me. I unabashedly love these all-annuals crossovers.

Want to start from the beginning of this season of videos? Here’s the complete Season 1 playlist of Crushing Comics.

Episode 76 features Evolutionary War Omnibus and Atlantis Omnibus, both of which are covered in my Guide to Marvel Universe Events.

Black Panther Film Club! (Warning: Spoilers!)

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After wrapping up tonight’s installment of Black Panther Book Club, FanGirl and I couldn’t resist turning to a conversation about the film! Watch out – spoilers abound in this free-wheeling, far-ranging conversation about Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther.

Have you been keeping up with the reading assignments to get to know some of the stories that inspired this film? Visit the Guide to Black Panther to learn how to collect these issues, and then check out our past three discussions.

Black Panther Book Club, Week 3 of 4: Black Panther by Christopher Priest issues #25-35

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It’s our third of four sessions of Black Panther Book Club, where FanGirl and I read and discuss some of the stories that were the biggest influences on Marvel’s Black Panther film.

In this installment, Black Panther butts heads with his sovereign peers in Namor, Dr. Doom, and Magneto as Klaw tries to thrust Wakanda into international conflict. And, the long-running conflict with former Dora Milaje and not-quite-lover Nakia comes to a head.

Want to keep up with the reading assignments all this month? Here’s our full schedule for the month – visit the Guide to Black Panther to learn how to collect these issues.

Crushing Comics S01E075 – The X-Men Classic Omnibus (+ why we need an omnibus-of-the-month club)

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In this second part of my unboxing of new comics from my December order, I dig deeply into the X-Men Classic omnibus. What is it and why were X-Men fans so shocked and excited to hear about its release?

Find out more, including how the book is laid out, in this video. Then visit my issue-by-issue guide to how Classic X-Men back-up stories fit into continuity.

Want to start from the beginning of this season of videos? Here’s the complete Season 1 playlist of Crushing Comics.

Episode 75 features The X-Men Classic Omnibus.