Recently, Marvel’s core trinity has been anything but Heroic. Thor lost his hammer and charm, Captain America has staged a coup de grace on the United States and Tony Stark is currently enjoying a nice coma nap thanks to the events of Civil War II. Marvel Legacy looks set to rectify all of that, with a “bold new direction” this that will "embrace our roots and move enthusiastically forward".

X-Men: Blue is the second core team book out right now, starring a younger time-displaced team of the original X-Men: Jean Grey, Cyclps, Beast, Angel and Iceman. Stuck in a future that has been nothing but hostile to them, the Blue Team is looking to redeem their future selves for some terrible mistakes made when the Phoenix Force returned to Earth. But just how far are they willing to go?

Nathan Fillion. Brad Pitt. Your mom. Those were just some of the names thrown around Hollywood ovfer the last couple of months as the biggest question in Tinsel Town wasn’t who would be playing time-travelling future mutant messiah Cable in Deadpool 2, but rather who wasn’t. Just about every male actor over a certain age bracket had their name thrown into the ring, but the role could only go to one man: Josh Brolin.

X-Men Gold artist Ardian Syaf has caused plenty of controversy and outrage by covertly inserting supposed anti-Christian and anti-Semitic messages into his artwork.

The latest solicits of Marvel comics has gone live this week, and within them are a few teases for the upcoming X-Men: Blue. Teases which have been purposefully mosaiced up a bit, but just enough to get fans guessing.

The man who helped write the last few X-Men films is line to direct the next film this time round. With no directing experience, will this serve as a brave or foolsih decision by the studio?