cyclops

1992 was a pretty good year to be a kid who loved comics. The reason that holds up best is probably — and by that I mean definitely — Batman: The Animated Series, but there was another show that had just as big an influence on my childhood: the 1992 X-Men cartoon. Hitting at the height of the franchise’s popularity, X-Men translated all the action and melodrama that made the comic such a success t

While there are certainly more tragic stories in X-Men history, Cyclops' ranks pretty high. Never mind the whole "I'm now estranged from nearly all my loved ones because I went to extreme lengths to save my endangered race" thing. The real tragedy is that, for his entire adult life, no one he loves has ever been able to look him in the eyes...

There's been much discussion over the last two days about Havok's now infamous speech in this week's Uncanny Avengers #5. It was a sore point for many, and we posted our thoughts on it earlier today. A few folks beat us to addressing the issue, however, including Stephanie Lantry, who created this fantastic image...

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Art: Bryan Lee O'Malley has revealed two of outfit sketches of his Seconds character, Hazel. Animation: I usually don't approve of anything associated with Doug Funnie, but watching a kid in a Red Ranger helmet do the Harlem Shake with '90s cartoon characters isn't so bad...

Hasbro's 3.75" Marvel Universe line will welcome scads of new characters featuring numerous new sculpts this Spring. Rhino, Captain America, Mysterio, Elektra, Baron Zemo (now flying solo from last SDCC's Masters of Evil box set), Cloak, Dagger, A-Bomb, a variant Abomination and a Black and White Iron Man will join the growing line...

Though Hasbro won't be releasing a specific action figure line in honor of The Wolverine movie this summer, the toymaker will still be paying a ton of toy attention to the best-he-is-at-what-he-does hero according to its Toy Fair 2013 press images...

So yeah, Cyclops kills Professor X. "When we first crafted Avengers VS. X-Men, we didn't set out to kill any characters but as the story progressed it became obvious that this had to be the last stand of Charles Xavier", said Axel Alonso, Editor in Chief, Marvel Entertainment... Read More ...

GIFs: Join us in being completely hypnotized by Shmorky's morphing Scott Pilgrim. Movies: Disney may be working on a cinematic The Rocketeer reboot... Art: Apparently, Jack Kirby ghosted the comic strip Davy Crockett, Frontiersman and it was reprinted in France...

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