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Madelyne Pryor (Goblin Queen) Reading Order!

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Madelyne Pryor Reading Order

Most notably known for her role in “Inferno” (1989), Madelyne Pryor – the Goblin Queen – was first introduced in Uncanny X-Men #168 as a pilot that greatly resembled Jean Grey. She and Scott start dating and, soon, they marry and have a son, Nathan Christopher Charles Summers – aka Cable.

Below you’ll find a brief history of Maddie, or skip ahead to the reading order to experience it all for the first time yourself! [Read more…] about Madelyne Pryor (Goblin Queen) Reading Order!

Hope Summers Reading Order!

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As part of Krakoa’s “the Five” and Immortal X-Men coming to X-Men fans in 2022, I felt more people would want to learn who Hope Summers is. Known as the Mutant Messiah, the character created by Mike Carey and Chris Bachalo was the first mutant born after M-day, aka Marvel’s “Decimation” of mutantkind.

As soon as she was born, the girl was targeted by groups like the Purifiers and the Marauders. Fortunately, Cable protected baby Hope and escaped through the timestream with her. Hope soon learned warfare tactics and self-defense. Later, she manifested her power and established herself as one of the most powerful mutants on earth. [Read more…] about Hope Summers Reading Order!

The Essential Destiny (Irene Adler) Comics Reading Order!

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Irene Adler, aka Destiny, became one of the most important players in Marvel’s X-Men comics with the Jonathan Hickman written House of X / Powers of X, and she did it by appearing in only one of twelve issues, and while her character was technically dead in the present day! Destiny’s relevance has continued to grow heading into 2022, as the X-Men approach a “Destiny of X” era centered around this fascinating character. [Read more…] about The Essential Destiny (Irene Adler) Comics Reading Order!

Echo (Maya Lopez) Reading Order!

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When hearing the news that Marvel Studios is developing an Echo show, one could be forgiven for asking “a who show now ?”. Although Maya Lopez has been around in the Marvel universe for the past 20 years, she’s mostly been a secondary character for heroes such as Daredevil, Moon Knight, or Captain Marvel; only getting a central focus in the past year thanks to recent events in the pages of Jason Aaron’s Avengers. And now that she’s under Marvel’s MCU Hawkeye spotlight and hopefully here to stay, it’s time to take a dive in Echo’s comic book history.

Created by David Mack and Joe Quesada in 1999, Echo is both one of Marvel’s few Native American characters, and one of their only deaf heroes. She was raised by the Kingpin, and after turning against him, she became a superhero and an Avenger, using her photographic reflexes to fight crime across the Marvel universe. And now, she is becoming a main player both in the comics and in the MCU, as played by actress Alaqua Cox. [Read more…] about Echo (Maya Lopez) Reading Order!

America Chavez (Miss America) Reading Order!

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It’s always exciting to see Marvel try to embrace new non-legacy characters (yes, there was a Miss America in the 40s, but the two characters have nothing in common outside of the name). It’s even more exciting when those characters bring new representation to the Marvel universe, as the House of Ideas is in desperate need of more queer and non-white characters. This all makes America Chavez, Marvel’s first LGBTQIA+ Latine character to ever get her own ongoing series, one of the most interesting new characters to have come out (no pun intended) of Marvel Comics in recent years.

From dimension-hopping teen hero to Avenger and Ultimate, Ms. America has quickly become a mainstay in the Marvel universe; soon both on the page and on the big screen, with Xochitl Gomez set to play the character in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. [Read more…] about America Chavez (Miss America) Reading Order!