r/xmen • u/AngelEyes360 Askani • 13d ago

Weekly Discussion X-Men Comics New Releases for August 27, 2025

X-Men #21

  • While Cyclops spends the night in jail, the younger X-Men take advantage of the break and head out on their own. Their mission? Revenge on the social-media thrilkillers, the Upstarts! Can Jen overcome her fear and embrace her new self? Or will she begin to tread a dark road of her own?

Phoenix #14

  • A BATTLE TO SHAKE THE STARS! The PHOENIX is a force of life, energy and balance! Powerful, known and feared across the galaxy! And while Jean Grey IS the Phoenix, she is also a human being — so now that her sister Sara has returned to life, Jean's humanity refuses to accept losing her again! Unfortunately, there are other forces operating in the cosmos — enormous, unstoppable, eternal forces — indifferent to the desires of a single woman. And even more unfortunately... they want Sara dead.

Deadpool / Wolverine #8

  • WOLVERINE and DEADPOOL team up with new mutant LEGACY. But is it for GOOD or EVIL? Also, DIRECTOR TALYN's gambit revealed!

Emma Frost: The White Queen #3

  • Emma Frost is on the run! Framed as a traitor within the Hellfire Club, Emma seeks to cash in a favor with Liu Wo-Han, head of the Hong Kong branch. But first, she must single-handedly battle her way through a host of deadly warriors protecting the building. Watch what happens when an immovable force of lethal fighters meets one unstoppable mutant!

Wolverine and Kitty Pryde #5

  • KITTY VS. LOGAN! DOMINA has corrupted SHADOWCAT! And will KITTY truly make it out of this situation the same way she went in? Or will WOLVERINE resort to DRASTIC MEASURES?
  • The concluding chapter to Chris Claremont's all-new adventure in the aftermath of the fan-favorite KITTY PRYDE & WOLVERINE series, with details and setup that will change the way you look at UNCANNY X-MEN #192!

Unlimited and Other Releases 08/27

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u/AngelEyes360 Askani 13d ago

Emma Frost: The White Queen #3

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u/MiloSheba Mother Righteous 13d ago

I really liked Emma "recreating" different hero's moves

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u/luuvin 13d ago

I liked this issue more than the previous two, but did anyone else feel like it ended just as it was getting started?

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u/InsideTheFunhouse 8d ago

I’ve felt this way about many X-books in recent years (not just this one). I’ve wondered if the page count in today’s Marvel books is shorter than in years past. I’ve never checked, though.

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u/just-comic 6d ago

Yes, they changed the page count from 22 to 20 some years ago.

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u/InsideTheFunhouse 6d ago

That makes sense.

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u/UltimateSandman White Queen 13d ago

Strongest issue so far, lots of fun concepts, though Ewing's voice is still just stronger. Really enjoy the angle that she's haunted by her past/wrongs but functions anyway, humanizes her without whitewashing. Power-walk was cool, and moment with the kid was cute. Hopefully she'll have a better time in Las Vegas than the last one.

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u/lepton_neutrino 12d ago

It wasn't Ewing, it was Amy Chu.

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u/InsideTheFunhouse 8d ago

They meant that they think Ewing is writing Emma better than Chu.

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u/Doctorstrange838MCU 12d ago

The pacing of this issue was really solid and I thoroughly enjoyed seeing Emma Frost flex her telepathic powers than ever before.

The reveal of the traitor regarding the hellfire club is still underwhelming since I kind of expected a bit more.

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u/Darksteelwing White Queen 12d ago

This issue was great. DiVito's art is beautiful, and Amy Chu did her homework on Emma's story - from her original hair color to how big of a negative impact her father had on her (I mean, one would expect a writer to always do that, but that's not always the case on the big 2).

Amy was able to put so much content in a regular-sized issue. So many nice moments, but my favorites were the scene with the little girl and Emma's powerwalk while making people believe they were being attacked by other super beings.

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u/wowlock_taylan 13d ago

Wait, their plan was just send their goons to take out Emma? That's all? They know who Emma is right? I know Shaw and their ilk are dumb as bricks but not to this level.

And ofcourse, Emma and her insecurities. Daddy issues too. No wonder she changed her image.

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u/Fickle_Ad8735 12d ago

yea, after the wrong looks in the first issue and now this, the book seems more and more to be set in an alt reality

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u/PatWasRight_F_CHUGS 2h ago

Chu found the sauce - a really good issue and much better than the first two.

The art & coloring continues to be fantastic; not just cuz of how gorgeous Emma looks, but for how it captures her expressions well - facial emoting is captured through the art and we can see her contemplations & pain from her expressions.

Emma using her psychic abilities to make her attacker simulate other assaults was an awesome display of her abilities and I also liked her bonding/humanizing with the branch leader's mother and especially the little girl on the boat. Emma is firmly in her villain period here but those moments added likability & humanity to her character without compromising her current darkness & intimidation. The highlight of the issue was the opening nightmare and the branch leader shapeshifting into her fears. It was great to see Emma's history, with her fear of Jean/Dark Phoenix being a terrific character moment that establishes their future rivalry after Emma joined the X-Men and shows how fundamentally shocking being so thoroughly outmatched was for her. Seeing her father was a needed & admired touch which shows the impact his terribleness had on her and how the trauma is the root of her current cruel status.

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u/Fickle_Ad8735 12d ago

this book is set in an alt reality, right?

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u/just-comic 12d ago

No, just in the past.