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Hey there! This is the NerdSoup4U X-Men blog!
I invite you to join me as I take a journey through every X-Men (and most X-Men related) comics from the very beginning through present day.
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X-Men '97: Episode 6 (Lifedeath Part 2)
Geeking Out This may have been my least favorite episode, but not because it was bad, simply because it didn't show me Rogue. I want to...
Apr 17, 20243 min read
231: Final Chuck Austen Arcs (Bright New Morning, Of Darkest Nights, Day of the Atom, Heroes and Villains)
What’s Covered? New X-Men # 155 - 156, Uncanny X-Men # 442 - 443, X-Men V2 # 157 - 164 Chuck Austen finishes out his run by providing two...
Apr 5, 20249 min read
X-Men '97: Episode 4: Motendo/ Lifedeath Part 1
Geeking Out Eventually we had to get a slower episode, right!? One of my biggest pet peeves in any creative medium is when something big...
Apr 5, 20243 min read
230: Chris Claremont X-Treme X-Men Retrospective
Introduction to X-Treme X-Men *Editor's note: This is my 230th blog and I have never been this stuck before. I've spent 3 weeks laboring...
Mar 30, 202411 min read
X-Men '97: Episode 3: Fire Made Flesh
Geeking Out It happened! We got Inferno. I was wondering after the first two episodes if this would happen, and it did! I have to say...
Mar 27, 20245 min read
X-Men '97: Episodes 1 & 2 Review
Synopsis Episode # 1: To Me, My X-Men Friends of Humanity (FoH) capture Roberto Dacosta Storm, Bishop, Cyclops save him The FoH have...
Mar 21, 20249 min read
229: Grant Morrison Retrospective
Introduction to Grant Morrison Grant Morrison was the first X-Men scribe to take the status quo and turn it on it's head. Claremont will...
Mar 14, 202413 min read
228: New X-Men # 151 - 154 (Here Comes Tomorrow)
What’s Covered? New X-Men # 151 - 154 Roster Watch Synopsis The "Here Comes Tomorrow" story by Grant Morrison is a dystopian possible...
Mar 13, 20245 min read
227: X-Treme X-Men # 40 - 46 (Prisoner of Fire, X-Treme X-Men V1 Ends)
What’s Covered? X-Treme X-Men # 40 - 46, X-Treme X-Men Volume 3 (2022) # 1 - 5 Roster Watch Synopsis XTX # 40 - 45: Prisoner of Fire...
Mar 4, 20244 min read
226: New X-Men #142 - 150 (Planet X)
What’s Covered? New X-Men # 142 - 150 Roster Watch Synopsis UXM # 142 - 145: Assault on Weapon Plus Writer - Grant Morrison Pencils - ...
Feb 29, 20247 min read
225: UXM # 435 - 441 (She Lies with Angels)
What’s Covered? UXM # 435 - 441, Mystique # 7 - 13, X-Men Unlimited vol. 2 # 1 Roster Watch Synopsis UXM # 435 - 436: The Trial of...
Feb 27, 20246 min read
224: X-Treme X-Men # 31 - 39 (Intifada & the Arena)
What’s Covered? X-Treme X-Men # 31 - 39 When did covers stop being descriptive and just become purely poses? Roster Watch Synopsis...
Feb 24, 20245 min read
223: UXM # 428 - 434 (The Draco)
What’s Covered? UXM # 428 - 434, Emma Frost # 1 - 6, X-Men Unlimited # 49 - 50 Roster Watch Synopsis There are 3 different stories told...
Feb 23, 20247 min read
222: New Mutants Volume 2 # 1 - 12
What’s CoveredNew New Mutants Volume 2 # 1 - 12 Roster Watch Synopsis NM V2 # 1 - 6: Welcome to Mutant High Writer - Nunzio DeFilippis...
Feb 15, 20247 min read
221: X-Treme X-Men # 24-30 (God Loves, Man Kills 2)
What’s Covered? X-Treme X-Men # 24 - 30 Roster Watch Synopsis X-Treme X-Men # 24: Cannonball joins the chat Writer - Chris Claremont...
Feb 13, 20243 min read
220: X-Men Tier List (2002)
You know the drill. At the end of each year (ish) I make a new Tier List of each character and explain how the character has changed in...
Feb 13, 20243 min read
219: UXM # 421-427: Rules of Engagement, Holy War, and Sacred Vows
What’s Covered? UXM # 421 - 427, X-Men Unlimited # 45 - 48, Domino vol. 2 # 1 - 4, Mystique # 1 - 8 Roster Watch Synopsis Uncanny X-Men #...
Feb 9, 202411 min read
218: NXM # 134-141: Riot at Xaviers
What’s Covered? NXM # 134 - 141 Roster Watch Synopsis New X-Men # 134: Jumbo Carnation's a goner Writer - Grant Morrison Pencils - Keron...
Jan 25, 20245 min read
217: XTX # 20-23: Schism
What’s Covered? X-Treme X-Men # 20 - 23, X-Treme X Pose # 1 - 2 Roster Watch Synopsis XTX # 20 - 23: Schism Writer - Chris Claremont...
Jan 17, 20242 min read
216: UXM 416 - 420 : Dominant Species
What’s Covered? UXM # 416 - 420, Exiles # 1 - 2, X-Men Unlimited # 37 - 44, Chamber # 1 - 4, X-Men: Phoenix - Legacy of Fire, Wolverine #...
Jan 15, 20249 min read
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