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Rogue and Storm spar. Storm: Why do you thank me? Are we not best friends?

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I love you Fantomex, you absolute bastard.

Fantomex: If shit hits the fan, I'm putting a gun to Gateway's head and getting out of there. I'm all tuckered out of near-death experiences trying to save this bloody planet.

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Fantomex! This is so over the top and it has Fantomex, which is everything I want out of an X-Force comic

A panel from ROGUE STORM #1, where it shows the Uncanny X-Force, with Iceman, Warpath and Fantomex ride in through portals opened by Gateway and on rhino-looking creatures that keep on saying "WAR. WAR. WAR."

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Jonah Maple @jo-maple.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

My friend and I just compared notes, so what's yalls 6 favorite movies of the 2020s

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The Quitely influence is strong

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Jonah Maple @jo-maple.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Ryan Stegman is my favorite current Marvel artist. He has a real sense for storytelling, perspective, and acting

A page from Age of Revelation: Overture drawn by Ryan Stegman. A bearded Cyclops wakes up next to Forge and Magneto

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Jonah Maple @jo-maple.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Ok so Krakoa was a metaphor for Israel, but moreso in concept than actuality, because they didn’t have to kick anybody out or share Krakoa with anyone other than mutants. Age of Revelation seems to be working as a sequel to Krakoa, addressing the other side of that.

Xorn: If we live in a heaven, it is a stolen one. The mutant one was raised upon the bones of the sapiens dead.

Jonah Maple @jo-maple.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It’s never going to be not weird that they made Xorn real, even though it happened almost immediately after Morrison left

Jonah Maple @jo-maple.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I’m behind on the X-Men comics, so here’s my catch up thread. I’m starting with the entire Age of Revelation Event, in order

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Jonah Maple @jo-maple.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Like goddamn what a page. Quitely's always so good with these types of connected panels (I forget the proper term for them), his ability to portray movement and take your eyes naturally from panel to panel is unmatched. Not to mention how great the dialogue is throughout the run.

A page from New X-Men #116, Emma Frost walks up behind Cassandra Nova and snaps her neck. Nova falls to the floor, then Emma says "There are some things you just shouldn't be allowed to get away with."
Logan says to Scott: "You okay with this?"
Scott: "She had to be neutralized, Logan. Emma... I knew you wouldn't turn your back on us."

Jonah Maple @jo-maple.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Here I am, reading New X-Men for a fourth time (it’s what my next blog post is about)

Cover of the first issue of New X-Men, “E is for Extinction” by Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely, and Tim Townsend

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Jonah Maple @jo-maple.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Cinder and Ashe seems to be the type of late 80s comic I like so far. I just wish they’d color Cinder’s skin not so inconsistently. It’s not as bad of a look as giving Arani/Celsius grey skin sometimes in post-crisis Doom Patrol, but still. I also know it’s not Conway or Garcia-Lopez’s fault

Cinder & Ashe #1 by Gerry Conway and José Luis Garcia-Lopez

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Jonah Maple @jo-maple.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I like elseworlds and I like Supergirl. Hopefully this is good

Jonah Maple @jo-maple.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Good comic. Colinet's writing is sweet, I think it kinda gets away from them a little bit but they bring it back. Elsa Charretier knocked it out of the park because she's one of the best out there. I'll read the second volume later, I'm going to go back to my DC catch up

Cover from THE INFINITE LOOP #6 done by Eli Powell, two women are embracing each other before a spiral of light

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Jonah Maple @jo-maple.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Mixing up my cape comics reading with some creator-owned, currently with The Infinite Loop. I'm new to Pierrick Colinet and I like his writing so far. Elsa Charretier's work is phenomenal, as always.

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Jonah Maple @jo-maple.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Back to the catching up on DC grind

Detective Comics- Gotham Nocturne: Act I by Ram V, Ivan Reis, Danny Miki, Dave Stewart, and Ariana Maher

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Jonah Maple @jo-maple.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If House of X/Powers of X counts, then it's that for sure. If it doesn't, then probably Fall of the Mutants from the Claremont Run.

House of X #1, cover drawn by Pepe Larraz

Uncanny X-Men #227, cover drawn by Marc Silvestri

Jonah Maple @jo-maple.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds was weird because it wasn't connected at all to Final Crisis, 90% of it was the final fight, I've never seen a denser comic in my life, but somehow it still kind of worked.

Cover of issue #2 of FINAL CRISIS: Legion of 3 Worlds

Jonah Maple @jo-maple.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Honestly Geoff, that's kinda funny right there

Superboy: If you hurt her...
Superboy Prime: I didn't! I... Well, maybe I will. I'll fly back in time and punch her in the face. It'll, uh, it'll be an improvement. Because she's so ugly a punch would make her prettier. You probably didn't get it, did you, loser?

Jonah Maple @jo-maple.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I think I prefer the more recent Time Trapper retcon

The final page of FINAL CRISIS: LEGION OF THREE WORLDS #4, where they reveal that the TIme Trapper is future Superboy Prime

Jonah Maple @jo-maple.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Another edition of holy hell George Pérez

Jonah Maple @jo-maple.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

It is quite frankly unbelievable how hard George Pérez went for Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds. This is the level of complexity and quality the average page of this series has. Nobody ever matched up to him. He was the greatest ever.

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Jonah Maple @jo-maple.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Taking a brief detour for some (mostly re)reading of Geoff Johns comics for an essay. Oh boy does he know how to make you hate a character in a page

John Corbin creeping on Lois and saying they were exes after one date, having some outdated sexist ideas on women and marriage

Jonah Maple @jo-maple.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Si Spurrier and DaNi also killing it on the backups so far. Bringing that British grit I haven’t tasted for a while and killing the 9-panel grid

Jonah Maple @jo-maple.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Evan Cagle is an unbelievably great cover artist. All of his covers I’ve seen for this series are phenomenal