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I never used to have problems with faith. Then, I became an adult and found myself in situations where I was really in need of what faith promises to provide. Faith is a belief in the things unseen. It can take the form of believing in spirituality, ethical standards or …

The theme this week? Recognizing what’s good when we see it. Too often, we see what’s right for us and we pass it up for a variety of reasons that seem to make sense. I’m adopting a different format for this week’s post. Instead of surveying a variety of titles …

I was teaching about what resonates in communicating a message to an audience to my students this week and one of the points they glommed onto was emotion. At this time of year, emotions run high. Eliciting an emotional response from a viewer, reader – whatever the medium, is the …

There’s a theme for this week’s collection of titles. I’m a hierarchical type of thinker. I tend to think in patterns, trends or in some sort of thematic way. That formed the basis for this week’s list and it was fun pulling it all together. See if you can figure …

There is a joke in 'X-Men: Apocalypse' that the third film is always the worst. While it never reaches the depths of 'Last Stand,' for the X-Men franchise this joke is true.

MARVEL COMICS Star Wars #11 I’m leading with Marvel’s heavy hitters this week. I’m late – I know, but life gets n the way of even comes sometimes and starting off with Marvel’s best simply seems easier to begin this week’s review! But this issue is a complicated assortment of …

The future of superhero movies is in for a backlash and the only way to prevent it is for the studios to keep making good films. And the only way to ensure that is by not giving our time and money to films that don't deserve it.

Greg Rucka throws together a teenager who thought he lost his father, and a father who missed out on his son’s childhood to create a touching drama with intensely satisfying swashbuckling cosmic action.

The new 'Wolverine and the X-Men,' for better or worse, is a very different book from what it was with previous scribe Jason Aaron. Top notch art and a great lead up are thoroughly enjoyable, but writer Jason Latour doesn’t quite stick the landing because of a rushed ending to the first volume.

Great story-telling, a refreshing perspective on a familiar super-hero group as well as a truly engaging story that compels you to follow along is certainly the recipe for a great Pick of the Pull for this week.

Ultimately, fans of Magneto are going to get the most out of this book, but provided you don’t mind a grittier, bloodier, and more down-to-earth take on the character and his part in the Marvel Universe, Cullen Bunn and Gabriel Hernandez give anyone picking up the book a fascinating pit in Magneto’s psyche to tumble down.

With the death of Wolverine now imminent, it's a good time to look back at the evolution of one of Marvel's most popular characters over the decades, with an eye on the future.

Spider-Man will be joining the faculty of the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning in a new series this December entitled 'Spider-Man & the X-Men.'

It’s back to school and as I gear up for another year in the classroom with this new crop of neophyte geeks, I’m really excited to discover something awesome: an issue of Uncanny X-Men that I actually liked!

If you're a Marvel completist, the Marvel Famous Firsts: 75th Anniversary Masterworks Slipcase Set is everything grandiose missing in your life that you didn't know you needed.