X-Men

I own the X-men trilogy that started in 2000. Why? I found them cheap on eBay, I think. I have watched all the other movies, Wolverine (Origins), First Class, and Days of Futures Past and well, they suck. I didn’t use to think they…

With the most popular nerd franchises having existed for decades, what is the role of nostalgia in nerd culture?

You may have already seen my picks for the best offensive players if the X-men played football. If not, I’d start there and come back here knowing that my only criteria was that players would only play on one side of the ball. All Time…

Some of the best X-Men issues of yesteryear have been marked by gatherings where they have some fun, play some games and just be a family together. With football kicking off all over the nation, it got me thinking. If I was building a…

There have been rumors for a long time now that Fox – in an effort to possibly create a cinematic universe of its own – will be spinning out mutant movies like crazy. While Marvel Comics create X-men comic books, Fox bought the movie rights…

In the world we live in, comic book crossovers come like clockwork, happening in virtual perpetuity. But that wasn’t always the case. Way back in the mid-1980s, Marvel Comics decided to try the first real effort at crossing over titles,…

When we started this idea of our nerd crush, I immediately wanted dibs on Kitty Pryde. But after making the pick, I have been stewing on it and trying to put into words what I loved about the character and why I have a nerd crush on Kitty…

The following is an attempt at Psylocke, nerdsplained, in less than 1000 words. Comic gods help me, as Psylocke might have one of the more complicated back stories in all of comics and, you know, we're talking about comics, which are…

Jean Grey seems to be everyone’s favorite resurrection. First, Some Jean Grey Backstory Jean Grey is one of the original X-men, alongside Cyclops, Beast, Angel and Iceman. These were the first students of Charles Xavier and their…

From Cable to Deadpool, what was in all those pouches from 90s Comics? Using extensive journalistic research, Nerds on Earths provide a definitive answer.