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From Fan Favorite to Most Despised: The Curious Case of Dr. Hank McCoy

Nikolai Fomich — Mon, 15 Mar 2021 23:28:15 +0000

There was a time in the ‘90s when, if a fan was asked to name their top five X-Men, there was a good chance Hank McCoy would be among them. Maybe you thought Cyclops was… [more]

Academics on the Legacy of Fox’s X-Men Films

Nicholas Yanes — Sat, 28 Sep 2019 17:13:47 +0000

Given how fast our current news cycle moves, it is often difficult to remember a time when comic book movies thrived before the Marvel Cinematic Universe. However, if we cast our minds to the early… [more]

Ever to Ashes: The Unadaptable Nature of the Dark Phoenix Saga

J. Andrew Deman — Sat, 08 Jun 2019 01:00:17 +0000

INTRO As Hollywood takes its second big stab at The Dark Phoenix Saga, the most popular X-Men storyline of all-time, certain age-old arguments about the adaptability of comics properties find new footing in our collective… [more]

The Best There is at What He Does in Current Previews Catalog

Mike Phillips — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 06:01:06 +0000

The Best There is at What He Does in Current Previews Catalog" title="The Best There is at What He Does in Current Previews Catalog" style="float:left;" />If you like to make all of your hard-copy purchases through your Local Comics Shop, and you want The Best There is at What He Does: Examining Chris Claremont’s X-Men (by Jason Powell), we are pleased… [more]

Sequart Releases The Best There is at What He Does: Examining Chris Claremont’s X-Men

Julian Darius — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 11:00:16 +0000

The Best There is at What He Does: Examining Chris Claremont’s X-Men" title="Sequart Releases The Best There is at What He Does: Examining Chris Claremont’s X-Men" style="float:left;" />Sequart Organization is proud to announce the publication of The Best There is at What He Does: Examining Chris Claremont’s X-Men, by Jason Powell. The X-Men franchise is a sprawling comic-book mythology, to which hundreds… [more]

Thomas J. McLean on Mutant Cinema: The X-Men Trilogy from Comics to Screen

Mike Phillips — Sun, 07 Feb 2016 18:00:29 +0000

Mutant Cinema: The X-Men Trilogy from Comics to Screen" title="Thomas J. McLean on Mutant Cinema: The X-Men Trilogy from Comics to Screen" style="float:left;" />As part of its ongoing Patreon campaign, Sequart runs a Book/Movie of the Month Club. Patrons get a digital copy of a Sequart book or movie at the beginning of each month, and they’re invited… [more]

How The Avengers Became the Center of the Marvel Universe

Tom Speelman — Tue, 12 May 2015 11:00:18 +0000

The Avengers Became the Center of the Marvel Universe" title="How The Avengers Became the Center of the Marvel Universe" style="float:left;" />From 1961 to 1965, in a white-hot blaze of publisher demand and creativity, Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby, John Romita Sr. and others hammered out the entire Marvel Universe. In the process, they made… [more]

X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Dying of the Light

Christopher Maurer — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 11:00:04 +0000

After putting them through the wringer with Inferno, Chris Claremont gave our merry mutants a two issue break filled with shopping and drinking while simultaneously broaching the fallout of the event and introducing Jubilee. Now… [more]

X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Inferno Aftermath

Christopher Maurer — Fri, 12 Sep 2014 11:00:29 +0000

Inferno Aftermath" title="X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Inferno Aftermath" style="float:left;" />The Inferno is over… Secrets have been revealed while the smoke has cleared and the dust has settled. The ultimate fates of both Madelyne Pryor and Nathan Christopher Charles Summers are left to the pages… [more]

X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Inferno Finale

Christopher Maurer — Sun, 31 Aug 2014 11:00:58 +0000

Inferno Finale" title="X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Inferno Finale" style="float:left;" />Writers: Chris Claremont (X-Men), Louise Simonson (X-Factor) Pencilers: Marc Silvestri (X-Men), Walter Simonson (X-Factor) Inkers: Dan Green/Hilary Barta (X-Men), Al Milgrom (X-Factor) Colorists: Glynis Oliver (X-Men), Tom Vincent (X-Factor) Letters: Tom Orzechowski (X-Men), Joe Rosen… [more]

X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Inferno Part 2

Christopher Maurer — Wed, 23 Jul 2014 17:00:37 +0000

Inferno Part 2" title="X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Inferno Part 2" style="float:left;" />The son of Scott Summers/Cyclops, Nathan Christopher, is finally in the hands of his demonically twisted mother Madelyne Pryor aka The Goblin Queen. Her promises to turn the world to ashes seem very probable given… [more]

X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Inferno Part 1

Christopher Maurer — Sat, 05 Jul 2014 15:00:51 +0000

Inferno Part 1" title="X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Inferno Part 1" style="float:left;" />The first major crossover of my time as devotee of the Uncanny X-Men, Inferno marked the culmination of year’s worth of story, a vast majority of which I was unfamiliar with at the time, and… [more]

X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Prelude to Inferno

Christopher Maurer — Sun, 29 Jun 2014 19:00:24 +0000

X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Prelude to Inferno" title="X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Prelude to Inferno" style="float:left;" />Genosha was now in the rearview mirror but for the last several issues, ever since her dream sequence with S’ym, something had been building with Madelyne Pryor. The demon “stabbed” her in the heart with… [more]

X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Part 10

Christopher Maurer — Sat, 21 Jun 2014 11:00:56 +0000

X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Part 10" title="X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Part 10" style="float:left;" />We left off last issue with Rogue / Ace and Wolverine rescuing Phillip Moreau from the Mutant Train with promises to “…bring this flamin’ country down” while their teammates finally arrived in Genosha on their… [more]

X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Part 9

Christopher Maurer — Sat, 14 Jun 2014 19:00:19 +0000

Writer: Chris Claremont Penciler: Rick Leonardi Inker: Terry Austin Colorist: Glynis Oliver Letter: Tom Orzechowski Editor: Bob Harras We left a depowered Wolverine and Rogue, with the Carol Danvers persona in charge of the psyche… [more]

X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Part 8

Christopher Maurer — Sun, 08 Jun 2014 11:00:04 +0000

Writer: Chris Claremont Penciler: Marc Silvestri Inker: Dan Green Colorist: Petra Scotese Letter: Tom Orzechowski Editor: Bob Harras With this issue, Marc Silvestri is back on pencil duty along with Dan Green on inks. In… [more]

X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Part 7

Christopher Maurer — Fri, 30 May 2014 15:00:16 +0000

Writer: Chris Claremont Penciler: Rick Leonardi Inker: P. Craig Russell Colorist: Glynis Oliver Letter: Tom Orzechowski Editor: Bob Harras When we left our mutants last, the team had returned to their Outback home following a… [more]

X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Part 6

Christopher Maurer — Sat, 24 May 2014 17:00:42 +0000

Writer: Chris Claremont Penciler: Marc Silvestri Inker: Josef Rubinstein Colorist: Glynis Oliver Letter: Tom Orzechowski Editor: Bob Harras That is without a doubt one of my favorite X-Men covers of not just this portion of… [more]

Claremont’s Days of Future Past: A Story About Kitty Pryde

Ian Dawe — Tue, 20 May 2014 11:00:28 +0000

Days of Future Past: A Story About Kitty Pryde" title="Claremont’s Days of Future Past: A Story About Kitty Pryde" style="float:left;" />Unlike many comics fans, I never actually read X-Men as a child all those years ago. In fact, I stayed away from most superhero titles, other than the odd cross-over with Superman and Batman when… [more]

X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Part 5

Christopher Maurer — Sat, 17 May 2014 11:00:41 +0000

Writer: Chris Claremont Penciler: Marc Silvestri Inker: Dan Green Colorist: Glynis Oliver Letter: Tom Orzechowski Editor: Bob Harras Right off the bat, largely due to the graphic on the cover declaring “NOW ON SALE TWICE… [more]

X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Part 4

Christopher Maurer — Sat, 26 Apr 2014 11:00:13 +0000

Writer: Chris Claremont Penciler: Marc Silvestri Inker: Dan Green Colorist: Glynis Oliver Letter: Tom Orzechowski Editor: Ann Nocenti & Bob Harras From the demon filled fields of Limbo and the drama of the Rasputin family… [more]

X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Part 3

Christopher Maurer — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 11:00:46 +0000

Continued Technically speaking, well rather chronologically speaking, the next issue to be addressed in this look back at my formative X-Men years would be #230. Since I already addressed that story here on the site, I… [more]

X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Part 2

Christopher Maurer — Thu, 03 Apr 2014 11:00:20 +0000

Writer: Chris Claremont Penciler: Marc Silvestri Inker: Dan Green Colorist: Glynis Oliver Letter: Tom Orzechowski Editor: Ann Nocenti continued With the eulogy to their previous lives delivered last issue in Deadly Games! , with this… [more]

X-Men: To the Outback & Beyond… Part 1

Christopher Maurer — Thu, 20 Mar 2014 11:00:34 +0000

It was certainly not the first time that Marvel’s Merry Mutants left the comfortable grounds of the Xavier Mansion that housed The School for Gifted Youngsters. Way back in the late 1960’s, when Charles Xavier… [more]

On Canons, Critics, Consensus, and Comics, Part 2

Greg Carpenter — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 18:00:35 +0000

As I explained in last week’s column, I recently asked my fellow Sequart contributors to answer the following question: “What are the 10 greatest works in the history of the comics medium, and who are the… [more]

A Merry Marvel Mutant X-Mas

Christopher Maurer — Wed, 08 Jan 2014 12:00:24 +0000

In the internet world, specifically that of the comic book discussing community, I am beginning to think that I share a brain with Brett White who writes the “In Your Face Jam” column for CBR.… [more]

Tears of Joy and Nightcrawler

Christopher Maurer — Wed, 04 Dec 2013 12:00:49 +0000

Two times… There are two times in my twenty-five plus years of reading comic books that I can remember shedding tears over the content of an issue. I have been upset, I have felt sadness… [more]

Accessibility and the X-Men: A 2-Part Look at My First Comic, Part 2

Christopher Maurer — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 11:00:24 +0000

Two more characters enter the picture in Havok and Longshot and I picked this first page, despite their introductory sequence lasting several more filled with great character insight, because I think it depicts Longshot in… [more]

Accessibility and the X-Men: A 2-Part Look at My First Comic

Christopher Maurer — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 11:00:00 +0000

ac·ces·si·ble adj: Easily approached or entered. I never thought much about the concept of accessibility in comic books for the first 20-something years of my comic book reading career (I think it’s safe to call… [more]

Sequart’s Chris Claremont Documentary Adds New Kickstarter Rewards

Mike Phillips — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 12:00:20 +0000

Sequart & Respect’s Chris Claremont Kickstarter campaign has entered its final days, and two exciting donation reward levels have been added: Would you like to ask Chris Claremont a question and have it possibly end… [more]

House of Marvel #2

Jake Willis — Fri, 30 Jun 2006 17:16:58 +0000

WARNING: There are some SPOILERS AHEAD… Welcome to the second House of Marvel article, brought to you by me, Jake Willis, via the wonderful world of Sequart.com. As announced in the last column, this week… [more]

Fall of the Mutants, Part 1

Mike Phillips — Sun, 21 Aug 2005 13:28:46 +0000

Fall of the Mutants, Part 1" title="Fall of the Mutants, Part 1" style="float:left;" />The quest is a simple one: There are a lot of crossovers out there for you to dive into, and Sequart is going to try to steer you toward the better ones. Welcome to a… [more]

Optic Verve X-Travaganza!

Matt Martin — Wed, 14 Jan 2004 19:03:39 +0000

Just for the sake of doing something different (y’know, like me reviewing more than one book a week), I thought I’d take advantage of the fact that four books with X’s in their titles all… [more]

Comics Published on 7 May 2003

Matt Martin — Mon, 12 May 2003 14:30:09 +0000

Venom #1 Marvel Comics – Daniel Way (w); Francisco Herrera (p); Carlos Cuevas (i) Another week, another Tsunami release (I know, I’ve not yet reviewed Runaways and Mystique; they were good though). I’m starting to… [more]

Comics Published on 23 April 2003

Matt Martin — Fri, 25 Apr 2003 17:19:19 +0000

Three Strikes #1 Oni Press – Nunzio DeFilippis, Christina Weir (w); Brian Hurtt (a) Wow. I’ve gotta say, I was sorely tempted to just leave the review at that. Frankly, I think it might have… [more]

Comics Published on 4 December 2002

Matt Martin — Tue, 10 Dec 2002 15:57:01 +0000

I’m currently snowed in, so badly so that I almost didn’t go to work on Wednesday to get new comics at all. However, the time cooped up in the house should allow for a) lots… [more]

Comics Published on 6 November 2002

Matt Martin — Tue, 12 Nov 2002 17:26:54 +0000

Powers #25 Image Comics – Brian Bendis (w); Michael Oeming (a) Periodically, I like to sit down and make a list of all the titles I buy, month to month. In doing so, what I… [more]

Comics Published on 2 October 2002

Matt Martin — Mon, 07 Oct 2002 15:29:03 +0000

Uncanny X-Men #414 Marvel Comics — Chuck Austen (w); Sean Phillips (p/i) After a while you run out of ways to say the same good things about the same books. I know that problem is… [more]

Comics Published on 18 September 2002

Matt Martin — Fri, 20 Sep 2002 15:08:30 +0000

Before I start, there’s something I want to address. As you can see, my first review is Captain Marvel #1, the first issue of Peter David’s contribution to the Marvel “U-Decide” stunt. I thought, very… [more]