Tag Archives: X-Men

Top 5 on The Strip: Animated superhero cartoons

Posted on February 18, 2017 by Administrator

1. Bat­man: The Ani­mated Series The stan­dard bearer for mod­ern super­hero car­toons, Bat­man: The Ani­mated Series was gritty, dark and fresh off the suc­cess of Bat­man Returns. It’s well-drawn with a neat art deco style and the voice act­ing set … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Character highlight #22: Iceman

Posted on February 18, 2017 by Administrator

Name: Robert Louis Drake Alias: Ice­man, Bobby Drake, Frozen One, Frosty, Drake Roberts, Ice­face, Ice­heart Affil­i­a­tion: X-Men, X-Factor, Mur­der Cir­cus, Excel­siors, The Twelve, Cho­sen, Defend­ers, Secret Defend­ers, Cham­pi­ons Spe­cial abil­i­ties: Ice­man is clas­si­fied as an “omega-level mutant.” Ice­man can lower his … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Top 5 on The Strip: Best X-Men arcs

Posted on August 23, 2015 by Administrator

1. God Loves, Man Kills The mutant strug­gle against one of the X-Men’s most human pro­tag­o­nists is a tragic tale of self hate and big­otry. It’s eas­ily one of the most sor­row­ful tales of the lengths homosapi­ens will go to in … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Top 5 on The Strip: Villainesses

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Administrator

1. Selene (Black Queen – Hell­fire Club) – Mar­vel Selene – bet­ter known as the Black Queen of the Hell­fire Club – is at least 17,000 years old and con­tin­u­ously wreaks havoc on the Mar­vel Uni­verse, mostly by ter­ror­iz­ing the … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Property review: X-Men: Days of Future Past

Posted on July 5, 2014 by Administrator

 X-Men: Days of Future Past 20th Cen­tury Fox, 2014    X-cellent return to form Set aside any pre­con­ceived notions you may have had at the announce­ment of a new X-Men film. We’ll wait because we know just how hard that may be … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Strip Talk #18: Days of Future Past isn’t a reality fast enough

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Administrator

  It’s no secret that I favor Mar­vel over DC in the grand scheme of comic book things. I always have: I began watch­ing X-Men: The Ani­mated Series almost as soon as the show began air­ing, and I’m far more … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Character Highlight #17: Rogue

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Administrator

Name: Anna Marie Affil­i­a­tion: X-Men, Avengers Unity Divi­sion, Sal­vagers, Lights, Advo­cates Squad, X-Treme X-Men, X.S.E., Broth­er­hood of Evil Mutants Spe­cial abil­i­ties: Rogue has the abil­ity to absorb the tal­ents, knowl­edge, mem­o­ries, per­son­al­ity and abil­i­ties of a per­son that she comes into … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Property review: X-Men: The Last Stand

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Administrator

X-Men: The Last Stand 20th Cen­tury Fox/Marvel Enter­tain­ment, 2006   X-cruciatingly bad x-ecution   We get that the X-Men film prop­er­ties reside in a dif­fer­ent uni­verse than the comic book ver­sion. And we have no prob­lems sus­pend­ing dis­be­lief when asked. But … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Strip Talk #17: When the X-Men ruled the weekend

Posted on January 5, 2014 by Administrator

I grew up in a house­hold where Sat­ur­days were prized affairs of lazi­ness and doing absolutely as lit­tle as pos­si­ble. Mostly, we sat around read­ing romance nov­els (my mom), play­ing cards or board games or doing a lit­tle house­work well … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Marvel Character Highlight #15: Storm

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Administrator

Name: Ororo Munroe Affil­i­a­tion: X-Men, Avengers, Fan­tas­tic Four, Lady Lib­er­a­tors, Mor­locks, Hell­fire Club, The Twelve Spe­cial abil­i­ties: Weather-natured sor­cery. Storm is capa­ble of com­plete con­trol over the weather and all aspects deal­ing with the envi­ron­ment within the atmos­phere over a … Con­tinue read­ing →

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