Cue the “In Memoriam” music.
Writers packed the past year with gut punches. Fan-favorite heroes came back only to suffer heartbreaking ends. Deaths of beloved characters triggered massive comic book events.
Here are some of those we lost in the most shocking deaths of 2016. Continue reading Most Shocking Comic Book Deaths of 2016
Cyclops declares war.
A fan-favorite mutant returns only to be the first victim of a plague as a new Inhuman is born.
Death of X #1 is here with a twist.
After months of speculation about the fate of Cyclops, the dead mutant is not who I was expecting and leaves X-fans with burning questions as we march to IVX: Inhumans vs. X-Men. Continue reading DEATH OF X Dead Mutants, Burning Questions
X-Factor Investigations closed up shop and X-Factor the comic book ended after 262 issues.
Sigh.
During Peter David’s acclaimed run he created a new take on the mutant team by having them work as detectives solving crimes police couldn’t.
David is working on a not yet revealed new project for Marvel and spoke with Comic Book Resources about the future of the cast he wrote for such a long celebrated run.
The End of X-Factor. begins this week with X-Factor #257. Why and how is Peter David preparing to end the long-running series he’s written on and off for nearly a decade?
“It just seemed the right time. ‘The Hell on Earth War’ was so huge that it was as if everything I’d been doing had led up to it. When you’ve reached a dramatic natural climax, that’s the place to stop.”
“It will be a series of one-issue stories each focusing on one or two characters, trying to give each of them a decent conclusion,” says David.
The final issues will be devoted to specific characters “#257 focuses on Layla Miller, #258 focuses on Rahne. Rictor and Shatterstar are #259. Polaris is in #260” David tells Marvel.com.
Where do you want the members of X-Factor to turn up now that the series is ending? Here are my X-Factor X-pectations for these mutant detectives.
Keep scrolling for more preview art from X-Factor #257 by Neil Edwards.
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The Superhero Registration Act/Civil War and M-Day/The Decimation are critical moments in Marvel’s recent history. Peter David brilliantly takes the essence of those plots and twists them into a bizarre new world. Jamie Madrox is trapped in that dimension in X-Factor #231.
Last issue saw Wolverine give comfort to a grieving Layla and give Havok and Polaris roles on X-Factor Investigations. But this issue focuses on Madrox being hunted in a world with giant Iron Men and a mutated take on the mutant/human conflict.
Peter David delivers action and wit. Jamie is caught in a war between a vicious Tony Stark and a shocking version of Deathlok. The one liners and puns fly fast and hilarious. Madrox seems like a hybrid of Deadpool and Daredevil in Excalibur’s Cross-Time Caper.
I’m thrilled to have Havok and Polaris on the team and look forward to the GLAAD recognized Rictor/Shatterstar romance evolve but this Madrox solo issue is fun and thrilling