by Jarrod | Apr 20, 2018 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, HEY, KIDS! REVIEWS
By Don Alsafi. In the wake of 2016’s Inhumans vs. X-Men crossover event, Marvel relaunched several of their X-books. Flagship titles Uncanny X-Men and Extraordinary X-Men were cancelled (which, incidentally, is the first time Uncanny hasn’t been on the...
by Jarrod | Apr 13, 2018 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, HEY, KIDS! REVIEWS
By Don Alsafi. Marvel’s first Exiles comic hit the stands in 2001, but its antecedents stretch back a couple decades further. Alternate reality stories have long been a staple of science fiction, but in 1977 Marvel debuted a new series, What If…?, which...
by Jarrod | Mar 30, 2018 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, HEY, KIDS! REVIEWS
By Don Alsafi. Twenty years ago, no one had heard of Daredevil. Comics fans knew him, of course, especially after Frank Miller’s seminal 1980s run entirely revitalized the character. But mainstream audiences wouldn’t know the name Matt Murdock until the...
by Jarrod | Mar 23, 2018 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, HEY, KIDS! REVIEWS
By Don Alsafi. Combining two distinct concepts that have no business being together and somehow making them work can be an artform all its own. Whether it’s the audio mashup of two separate songs into a new seamless whole, or even something as delightfully bonkers as...
by Jarrod | Mar 16, 2018 | HEY, KIDS! COMICS!, HEY, KIDS! REVIEWS
By Don Alsafi. As titles go, The New Mutants is something of a misnomer, as the first team to bear that name was the very first X-Men spinoff back in 1982. Chris Claremont and John Byrne’s run on Uncanny X-Men had struck a chord with readers, so that by the end...
