Marvel Solicitations September 2026

Posted by John Klein III on June 19, 2026
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Let’s see what I’m interested in what Marvel is releasing in September 2026.

Marvel Comics September 2026 Solicitations

I’m passing on this (New) Avengers.

ugh, Red Skull in Captain America 15.

Avengers Armageddon 4, so I guess the temporary Cap isn’t the new character in Avengers 1, that’s interesting.

Amazin Spider-Man 1000, is $10, which makes sense with 104 pages. I’ll be tempted for the historical nature of it, but also, I’m not that guy anymore.

Boomerang is the Amazing Venom?! That’s intersting.

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Aliens vs X-Men 1. They had me at the title. They had me with Kitty Pryde on the main cover. They had me with Chris Claremont writing a Kitty Pryde focus back up in all four issues. This is a comic made for me. I’ll have to check to see if Kitty shows up on any of the other five variant covers. I hope Lockheed appears in the backup as he is the Broods’ worst nightmare.

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I’ve been really enjoying Infernal Hulk, and I’ll gladly buy him vs Wolverine. Hopefully other X-Men appear in this, I imagine Jubilee will, as she was heading off with him at the end of Infernal Hulk 7.

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Muppets Take the Marvel Universe 1. I’m such a sucker for the Muppets, and Wolverine, Storm, and Emma Frost are on the cover, so maybe we’ll get other X-Men in this? There are four more variant covers, so I’ll have to see if we get a X-Men focus one, but the main cover is pretty awesome too.

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White Rabbit is in Spider-Man / Hulk : Fire and Brimstone? That’s pretty cool. Odd Nightcrawler isn’t in this with that title.

Spider-Woman 50th Anniversary, I love that they are making this. I love Ann Nocenti coming back for a story. I imagine we’ll get a Carol Danvers appearance, but maybe an X-Men one too?

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DNX 2, I’ll have to see if Magik appears on one of the unseen five variant covers.

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A real shame X-Men is still double shipping when, with DNX, it is essentially triple shipping. I’ll see if Magik is on one of the other variant covers.

Quintin Quire vs Cassandra Nova could be cool.

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I’ll have to see which cover has Magik for X-Men 38. I like Magneto getting a spotlight.

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Thankfully Fantastic Four isn’t double shipping during DNX. I like issue 17 being a tie in, but I’m going to pass on that. Early September is still pretty tight for us.

Tomb of Apocalypse 2. I love Ashley Allen, and it hints there are other mutants who want the tomb, but they are against the X-Men, so I imagine it isn’t any of my favorites.

Uncanny X-Men 35, are we getting a team shake up?! Double shipping with issue 36.

Generation X-23 8, has all of the Wolverines, and a return of a fan favorite. I wonder who that is? Dr. Celicia Reyes, maybe?

Inglorious X-Force 9 vs Domino’s X-Force of Rictor & Shatterstar, and Pug-Smasher, who I don’t know, but I like this team.

Gambit Wanted 3, written by Chris Claremont, but I’m getting that fix with Aliens vs X-Men.

Bishop 4 still has Shard, so I like that.

X-Men Outback 4 has Madelyne Pryor!

X-Men 97 Season Two 4, I wonder if Kitty is still appearing on Forge’s wall of awesome mutants?

Wolverine 27, I wonder when the other comics start showing him with only one set of claws? Savage Champions is just the Alt-Logans, right? Double shipping with issue 28, which I like that it can just be a simple sentence. It is Wolverine, either you are buying it, or you are not. I usually use solicits to see which covers I want.

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Probably not a great sign that Logan is the main focus of two covers for X-Men United 7. Will Kitty appear in this issue? I’ve liked Brielle Brooks, daughter of Blade, in the other comic of hers that I read. I imagine, one day, she’ll be promoted without needing the “daughter of Blade,” but here I am, typing it myself.

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X-Men Omega Red Dawn 1, I so appreciate them listing the Infinity Comics this collects, X-Men Infinity 1 – 10. Which doesn’t have Kitty, Lockheed, nor Magik in it, according to fandom. But maybe one day, we’ll get Loveable Lockheed printed? If they can print ten issues at 56 pages, for $7, they can print six issues. Plus, I’ll buy all of those variant covers too.

Gambit Gone 1, and they lost me at “From the Pages of X-Men of Apocalypse.” Do we need two Gambit miniseries? Is he going to be in Avengers Doomsday? Actually, he might be, now that I think of it. I’ve been having the thought of how they’ll probably use X-Men 97 Season Two to start giving us hints of what MCU X-Men might be like.

We start the Big Guns crossover of Punisher and Wade Wilson Deadpool, so I think I can stop reading Deadpool as he’s no longer in the X-Office (I imagine).

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I was really hoping for my wallet’s sake, that the Marvel Mangaverse would launch in September, but be spread out over a couple months. We are getting a new version of Magik, so I’m committed to a few of these, starting with Web of Blood 1.

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Passing on Mangaverse : Iron Knight, thought I like Ironheart and Moon Knight getting involved with this.

Ashley Allen is writing Mangaverse : Arcane Avengers. Would she work Magik into this? I can only imagine Magik would have been written into the solicit

I love Alyssa Wong returning to a Psylocke in Mangaverse : Ghostlocke, where she fights Carnage.

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The way these are written, it does seem like all I need are the two bookends. Interesting Magik is now known as Legion here in Web of Destiny. I am getting a bit of a raise in July, so maybe this won’t be so bad on my wallet. Plus, I can always add the other three to my Wishlist.

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Marvel Zombies : War Zone 1, Punisher really is making the most out of his Spider-Man Brand New Day appearance! I like to follow these, as sometimes my favorites show up in them.

Queen in Black 4, a hard pass, but Reed Richards being involved, makes me wonder if we’ll get Secret Wars flashbacks, but I doubt it this far into the event.

Venom 262, We (All) Are Venom!

Black Panther / Namor : Doomed 1, I do love when the Kings of Marvel come together.

Marvel Gold 76 1, Bullseye vs Cosmic Heroes, is an interesting choice for a comic.

Ultimate Impact Reborn 5, I feel burned by both this and Armageddon, but I am happy it is pretty contain between these two events. Unless, of course, it is setting up the big 2027 event. I mean, besides Hulk War.

Sorcerer Supreme 10, I had forgotten that issue ten is usually the final issue of most Marvel Comics. I don’t think that is Madelyne Pryor on the cover. This series really peaked with issue 3.

So great having Carmen Carnero back on Iron Man 9.

Doctor Strange and Doctor Doom : Triumph and Torment 1, when I was buying all of Wizard’s Top 100 Trades, this was one of the hardest for me to buy. Such a great story.

Daredevil is double shipping?! Issues 6 and 7.

aw, Fantastic Four 16 is nowhere near its DNX tie in 17. But also, yep, double shipping.

Civil War Unmasked 5, continues to be missable.

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Jeff the Land Shark : Superstar 3, hopefully ShatterMagik is on one of the four variant covers.

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I might have to make the mistake and not get Godzilla Conquers the Multiverse 3, September seems very expensive, and I keep getting burned on these, with Magik showing up every other issue. We’ll see what the covers look like. I do like Emma Frost being on this, and it does promise “and more.”

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Predator vs Planet of the Apes 3, those poor apes.

hey, that Al Ewing Doctor Doom, nothing but splash pages didn’t make the list. That’s nice, I was tempted by that one.

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Okay, let’s see what the damage is here :

Aliens vs X-Men 1, for sure, the main cover, but all the Kitty Pryde covers.

Infernal Hulk vs Wolverine 1, any of the covers.

Muppets Take the Marvel Universe 1, main cover is fine.

DNX 2, a cover with Magik.

X-Men 29, a cover with Magik.

X-Men 30, a cover with Magik. Tempted not to get any of these unless Magik is on a cover.

X-Men United 7, hopefully we get Kitty on one of the covers.

Marvel Mangaverse : Web of Blood 1, the main cover.

Marvel Mangaverse : Web of Destiny 1, the main cover.

Jeff the Land Shark Superstar 3, a cover with ShatterMagikShot.

Maybe Godzilla Conquers the Multiverse 3, what is one more comic? But a cover with Magik.

Potentially 11 comics, yikes!

Aliens vs X-Men Announcement

Posted by John Klein III on June 18, 2026
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Marvel’s X-Men battle Xenomorphs in new ‘Alien vs. X-Men’ crossover • AIPT

I love the Aliens franchise!

I love the X-Men!

John Byrne named Kitty Pryde after a classmate in one of his classes. John Byrne designed Kitty Pryde after a young Sigourney Weaver.

Knowing this, I have bought Ellen Ripley, Weaver’s character in the Aliens movies (and one Laser Cats) in Fortnite, Dead by Deadlight, and very recently, Fall Guys.

Fortnite :

Dead by Daylight :

Fall Guys :

Ellen Ripley’s green jumpsuit looks exactly like Days of Future Past Kate Pryde, so it is the closest I will ever get to playing as Kate Pryde in any of those games.

Kate Pryde from Uncanny X-Men 141

Plus, the Aliens movies are pretty cool.

Though I am committed to buying the Star Lord skin in Fall Guys, as I think pretend it is Kitty Pryde Star Lord, the hair is wavy just enough it could maybe be her.

Now Marvel is releasing a four issue Aliens vs X-Men crossover. Not only that, it will feature a four part back up story that stars Kitty Pryde versus both the Brood and the Aliens! The Xenomorphs. Which will be written by Chris Claremont!

This feels specifically made for me!

I’m committing now to buying whichever covers as Kitty on it.

Hopefully she is also in the main story, but they got me committed.

This feels great compared to taking a chance on crossovers like Godzilla where maybe Magik might show up, if we’re lucky.

I am tempted to get both the Muppets Take Marvel, and the Doom crossover, just because the solicts imply Doom is fighting everyone, and maybe it’ll have either Kitty Pryde, Lockheed, or Magik, at the very least.

Muppets

The Muppets make history in first ever Marvel Comics anniversary one-shot • AIPT

At least the main cover has Wolverine, Storm, and Emma Frost, so I feel the chances are high, plus, I love the Muppets. Especially Miss Piggy, and Statler and Waldorf.

Doom All on One

Doctor Doom wages war on Hell in Marvel’s 50-page splash-page epic • AIPT

Which is similar to a Ben Grimm one shot they had recently. Cool concept. Plus, I can always give the comic to Walker D, if none of my faves show up in it.

Kieron Gillen and Geraldo Borges are going to do an uncanny job with the main story.

Imagine if Lockheed is in the back up?! That’ll make sense as he’s the Brood’s greatest enemy. Remember that?

More crossovers starring the X-Men, please!

Infernal Hulk 7

Posted by John Klein III on June 2, 2026
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Writer Phillip Kennedy Johnson

Artist Adam Gorham

Color Artist Matthew Wilson

Letterer VC’s Cory Petit

I got the Nic Klein cover, shame he didn’t draw the issue, but Gorham does an incredible job here.

The Factory.  Merle, Alaska. Home of the X-Men. 

Issue opens with a nightmare Glob is having, we’ll learn later that all mutants had a similar dream.  Where they end up ruling the world.  It is very cool that we see what a Glob Herman could potentially look like.  A giant pink man with big ol’ wings. 

The American Midwest. 

In case we were wondering where the proper Morlocks went, once Anole stopped leading them, unless there is a Canadian New Morlocks, a New York Morlocks, and an American Midwest Morlocks.  Might be time for a Morlocks series?

The named Morlocks we see are Leech, who the Infernal Hulk is looking for, plus Pyro, Marrow (who I love), Erg, and Calisto, who isn’t named.  I think I see Artie in the crowd, and maybe Feral?  A real shame that Pyro went from government run X-Factor to living with the Morlocks, but at least he’s getting burritos or tacos. 

Infernal Hulk arrives, looking for Leech for his sweet power dampening abilities.  Hulk just wastes everyone, and rips Marrow in half, which I hate. 

Cyclops has summoned all of the mutants.  I like how this is portrayed, with the people in the actual room properly colored, and everyone else appears like a hologram, or telepathic image. 

I like how everyone is standing with their team, except for Jubilee, but that seems to be for staging purposes.  I guess the Outliers were not invited to this meeting.

70s Beast informs us that Infernal Hulk apparently has the ability to control a sizable portion of the mutant population.  I imagine the nameless mutants. 

I love how freak out Kitty Pryde looks in the top panel on this page.  The last time Kitty had a true interaction with the Hulk, it was during Gerry Duggan’s Hulk run, V3 9, where he needed her to remove a cancer cell from his brain.  Magik as there too, willing to teleport Hulk into space.  It is such an incredible issue.  Mark Bagley was the main artist for the issue. 

70s Beast has been doing his research, maybe he’s on that Avengers update?  Infernal Hulk is the Father of Horrors, so this is a completely different Hulk than anyone is used to.

This all seems too much for Glob, and he excuses himself.    

Louisiana.  Logan and Jubilee head off to confront Hulk.  I wonder what Jubilee’s scenario was?  Did she rule by acid fireworks?

That Night.  Alaska. 

I have had this thought before about how someone should use Leech this way, to dampen the X-Men, and win the day.

X-Men are gathered to keep talking about the Hulk situation. 

 I don’t love Quinten writing Glob off, he’s kind enough about it, but still, seems overly rude for one of his few actual friends.

I do really like Quinten’s comment about Hulk seeking his own horseman, as that’s what over powered villains do, they seek out X-Men to be their top hench mutants.  That’s been genre savvy.  Plus, Hulk has been a Horsemen of War before. 

Magneto is quick to compliment 70s Beast (and inform us) that he has taken a dose of Dextroamphetamine-X (for patent purposes, I’m sure), so this explains why Magneto isn’t in his comfy chair.  Just in case anyone wonders why this is possible.   

I like how fast Quinten figures out that his powers are not working.  He has one of those powers that is on all of the time, and he was having a conversation, so he probably didn’t even notice the lack of telepathic noise he’s gotten so used to always hearing.

Infernal Hulk also brought along Bridger, who first appeared in issue one of this series.  Fandom hasn’t made a proper page for him, so we don’t know much about him.

Magneto talks a big game, but he isn’t doing much to slow Hulk down.

I love how quick Magik is to put her soulsword into Infernal Hulk.  This is high stakes, and we don’t have time to be gentle.    

Infernal Hulk does a sweet boss move, and simply removes the soulsword from his chest.  He ponders what would happen if he removes Magik’s head with a blade bound to her life force.  I don’t love his train of thought here.

Leech arrives, informing Hulk that Bridger has accomplished his goal.

Infernal Hulk taunts him, he already claims mutantkind as his right, it is just a matter of time before they realize he’s telling the truth. 

The mission?  Retrieve Glob Herman. 

New York City.  The Baxter Building.  Avengers (Captain Marvel, Iron Man, Spider-Man (the Parker one), Vision, and Scarlet Witch, are chatting with Reed Richards.  This Hulk is like nothing they’ve ever dealt with.

Thankfully, Bruce Banner finally arrives.  He knows how to beat Hulk.  We need a better monster. 

There’s only ten issues to this run, so I’m going to commit to issue ten (I already have issues eight and nine preordered), as I’m sure we’ll get Glob, and at least the Alaskan X-Men appearing in this title, and hopefully, the Hulk War that is coming in January 2027. 

X-Men V7 30

Posted by John Klein III on June 1, 2026
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Writer Jed MacKay

Artist Netho Diaz

Inker Sean Parsons

Colorist Arthur Hesli

Letterer VC’s Clayton Cowles

Variant Cover German Peralta, drawing Magik for a cover?  Yes, please.

Nice to see Sean Parsons as an Inker.  In this age of digital art, inkers are hard to fine, and I worry about the professional inks of the world. 

Danger’s Room.  Maxime Danger is congratulating everyone for how easy they killed the X-Men.  Be nice if Colton C. Colton would do his part to get Quintin Quire and Oya to kill the flatscans of Merle, Alaska, but he’s sure that’ll be happening.  Soon. 

I just love the Psylocke butterfly effect that we see, things are not going to go well for Danger.

The Factory.  Merle, Alaska.

Magneto is talking to Ben and Animalia, he needs a ride to town.  Oh, how far the mighty have fallen.  She can’t drive a stick, so Ben has to take them.

Quintin is simply losing it, as he can’t find any trace of the Glob Herman’s shooter.  One would think he’ll figure it out, but instead of not finding the shooter, he wants to hurt everyone who is hiding the shooter. 

Deep in the Gulf of Alska.

Nice to see how tangled Magik and the X-Men are. 

We enter 70s Beast cyber mind scape.  If the AI was looking to feed on data, he has all of the data it needs.

Magneto has enter Quintin’s mind scape.  We all learn a very valuable lesson that if we look at an entire group of people and declare them fit for punishment, that isn’t right. 

Quintin finally calms down.

70s Beast teaches the AI the values of life – dignity, freedom, safety, and respect.  You know, the classic Teach AI about Humanity plot.

Diaz finds a clever way to draw Weapon X for a panel, so this page should resell nicely. 

Oya isn’t thrilled with Magneto’s interference.  He’s a nazi hunter, so they need to still hunt for the shooter.  He’s all for hunting the right person. 

A bit of a cop out that Quintin has erased everyone’s memory of him running through the city’s minds and memories, but honestly, what would that story follow up be with this?  Quintin publicly apologizing?  Actually, maybe that would have been nice for a page. 

Just in case us readers are concern the X-Men are losing a full day to this exercise, it is most likely only minutes that are passing.

70s Beast poses an exam question, is this AI a weapon or a person?

Danger’s Room.  I love Maxime referencing her own psych file, she doesn’t handle disappointment well.  Before she can kill Colton, Psylocke, Xorn, and Greycrow enter the room. 

I love Greycrow stating the room’s guns like him more than Maxime, so the room’s auto defenses are not going to work.

Like a boss, Maxime teleports away, this exercise was a real waste.

Which is what I always say, if you are a villain, and you must know the X-Men are going to win in the end, the best you can do is try to hurt them real badly, OR, get all of your personal goals done by mid plot, as once the X-Men come together, they clean up pretty quickly after that. 

Psylocke is going to teach Maxime’s goons a real lesson in empathy.  The hard way.

The AI ship comes to the surface.  I love Magik stretching out.  She’s so real, and was very cramped.

Scott is such a delight here.  The Tantum Twins is such a silly name for Magik and Juggernaut, who I simply adore together as besties. 

70s Beast should know Cyclops always has a plan, but he missed out on the Utopia era (an era I like), and Cyclops doesn’t just have 26 plans, he has all of the plans.

Xorn is taking care of Glob.

I love so much seeing Illyana eat, and taking care of herself.  Juggernaut and her are eating the biggest sandwiches of all time. 

Poor Animalia, she isn’t getting far with 70s Beast.  Unless those are bedroom eyes, but they look more sad to me.

Epilogue.  Military Housing.  Location REDACTED.  (Such a good visual gag).

The Residence of Frank Bohannan.  Director of O*N*E. 

Such a cool image of the field team confronting Bohannan. 

Cyclops tells Bohannan that he knows he put Maxime up to this, but Bohannan has full deniability. 

This is his final warning, Psylocke will end him next time.  This is a threat.

Magik teleports the team away at issue’s end.

Next arc, the Science Team investigates a Cerebro alert.  The Science Team consists of 70s Beast, Animalia, Magneto, Xorn, and Ben.  A nice little arc before we ramp up to DNX. 

Moonstar 3

Posted by John Klein III on May 26, 2026
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Writer Ashley Allen

Artist Edoardo Audino

Color Artist Arthur Helsi

Letterer VC’s Clayton Cowles

Cover German Peralta

I had to get the German Peralta New Mutants cover.

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Issue opens with a flashback sequence with Dani and the New Mutants – Magik, Warlock, Warpath, two other people, one being a green lady.  Dani is fighting / training with Anole. 

Dani’s mind then goes to a battle of the Valkyries.  One she wasn’t present for.  Turns out she is in the mind of Hildr, someone who died at the blade of Dainsleif, the same blade that Kyron stabbed her with last issue.

Kian is doing his best to keep Dani from dying in the present time.

Dainsleif is taking the form of Hildr to try to get some information from Dani’s subconscious.  Thankfully, Dani is a telepath, so she can control this memory road.  Dani also keeps referring to herself as an empath, and I’m not sure about that, but sure.  Maybe that explains her side of her bond with Wolfsbane?

Dani is now fighting Dainsleif / Hildr at Xavier’s Mansion, so we get an awesome sequence of the original New Mutants fighting the threat.  I could have easily gone for an entire issue of this setting. 

Hildr finally finds what she is looking for, Dani’s parents location.  Dani can now access Kyron’s perspective, as he makes his way to her parents’ house.  A real shame these two have been secretly safe for decades, and as soon as we remember they exist, they are in danger.  Someone should probably be routinely checking in on Havok’s adoptive parents.  But then again, someone would have to think of Havok to then think to threaten them. 

Kyron is hoping that Dani leaves his mind soon, as no child should see their parents get murdered. 

Kian finally gets Dani to wake up, and he uses a teleportation disk to get them to Colorado.  We learn his body isn’t built for magic, but he never expected to live long.

Dani’s parents, of course, are not there, and issue ends with poor Dani having to make a cruel choice, stop Kyron, or save her parents.

Though I imagine her parents are with Kyron, so it isn’t like she has to choose two different locations.

Actually, maybe they are, as Kyron’s map has two locations.  One of them being a tablet that we saw in Giant-Size Amazing Spider-Man : King’s Ransom, a great editor note from Darren Shan.  That is one long title. 

X-Men United 3

Posted by John Klein III on May 25, 2026
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Writer Eve L. Ewing

Artist Tiago Palma

Color Artist Brian Reber

Letterer VC’s Joe Sabino

Variant Artist Tiago Palma Graymatter Lane Kitty cover

Variant Artist Andrei Bressan & Ceci de la Cruz Magik cover

The Past (or a Reasonable Simulacrum).  The Home of Maurice Canfield, Super Soldier Test Subject.

Issue opens with, who now know is, Vernon Weaver, but we don’t learn that until page 14.  Weaver fighting Captain America.  In a splash page that I can only imagine is a homage to Captain America Annual 8, with Logan vs Cap. 

In another time, we get Weaver vs Melee.  We get a better image that Weaver has the ability to create, instead of classic Wolverine claws, he has forearm length boards? 

In yet another time, Weaver vs The Wolverine, she’s the best at what she does.

Then we get Weaver vs Jitter.  Who doesn’t appear to be as scared as she was in the previous issue, so maybe Ewing got the note that Calico is more of the scared one of Calitter?

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Back at Graymatter Lane.

I like that Kitty calls him, Beast.  This isn’t her friend, this is 70s Beast that she barely knows.  Beast isn’t doing a very good job of fixing the time displacement issue.  Magneto is also unimpressed, and Emma is very annoyed. 

We get Weaver vs everybody in the same time period, so that’s nice. 

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Beast has an idea of how to fix this, and needs to boost Axo’s abilities.  I like Kitty having to stop Emma from killing Beast, as that should fix things.  Kitty finds Axo funny. 

Weaver is getting the edge on Cap, but Laura sneaks up on Weaver. 

Jitter uses hypnotherapy, and I do like how she has to announce her abilities.  She used negotiation earlier, so that’s cool that she has used her powers more than once in a short span of time, she’s getting stronger all of the time. 

We finally get the Weaver name drop as we go to a flashback of his origins.  Ewing uses this time to explain how racist Georgia was back in the day.  .  A white man at a store did not care for Weaver’s father wearing his old uniform.  Weaver went to get his marble from a friend, and came back to find his father dead, and their house on fire. 

The church gave him some clothes, and a ticket, and he ended up in Philadelphia, being taken in by the Canfields.  He got along extremely well with Maurice, who was his age abouts.  Maurice was becoming very popular in their community, becoming a leader.  Then the war happened, and was recruited to Camp Cathcart.  Weaver also enlisted to make sure Maurice wasn’t alone. 

Them and their squad were experimented on, trying to create super soldiers.  Weaver learned that not only is a he a super soldier, he is a mutant, so that’s pretty cool to get a new black super solider mutant into this franchise.  Weaver had to kill his way out of the camp, and poor Maurice didn’t make it 

Weaver feels like he is past his expiration date, which there are days when I feel that way.

Cap feels horrible about this, and there is no amending what happened to Weaver and everyone else who was abused. 

Some time later.  We see that Weaver created the Maurice Canfield Freedom School, which is being very well financed.  I like that he’s surrounded by a lot of young people, and they have so much money to spend on scholarships.  This is a very nice direction this went in.

I like that we see the school is getting deliveries from E-Wing Deliveries.  That’s fun.  Tiago is doing some fun background work. 

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Epilogue

Steve Rogers took Kitty Pryde and Emma Frost out for lunch, which is the least he could do..  Axo didn’t come along as he has an aversion to militarized authority.  Cap, I believe, jokes that he won’t take that seriously, but I’m not sure.  After that adventure, he should get that. 

Cap orders a club sandwich, which I rarely ever get, as I’m not a big fan of turkey.  But maybe next time I will?  Probably worth trying. 

Kitty wasn’t ready to order as she got a text from Nina.  So that is nice that Nina is still around.   What isn’t nice is that Cap asks if Kitty is having romantic problems, and Kitty says, “uh . . . yeah.”  Poor Nina, might be time to move along. 

Emma orders the lobster bisque, which I have never had, but sounds delicious.  I like paying  extra at Red Lobster to get the lobster mash potatoes when we’re in Billings.  The only city in Montana that can get daily fish deliveries.  Shame it is four hours away, so it is a real commitment to get there. 

Emma is getting calls from Lourdes Chantel, so that’s nice that she’s no longer dead like she was at the end of Hellfire Gala 2023. 

I got my 12th letter published! 

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You know me, I had to ask about Lockheed, and Tom Brevoort, responded that he isn’t entirely sure where Lockheed is at the moment, but he’ll turn up at some point.  So, we should be looking out for that, true believer! 

A pretty solid issue.

Though, once again, Marigold introduced in the first issue, and two issues later, still haven’t been seen.  So she is clearly living up to Lockheed’s legacy.  Unfortunately. 

Marvel Solicitations August 2026

Posted by John Klein III on May 22, 2026
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Please follow along as I see what I’m interested in what Marvel is putting out in August 2026.

Marvel Comics August 2026 Solicitations

Midnight X-Men 1, the sole X-Men title in the new Midnight Universe. Has 9 variant covers, so hopefully one of those would have Kitty or Magik on it. Nightcrawler, that the fans are calling MidNightcrawler, is hunting Vampire Storm, so that should be an awesome story. Especially brought to us by Jonathan Hickman, Matteo Della Fonte, and Dike Ruan.

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DNX 1 is properly solicited, and DCBS already has it available for preorder, so don’t miss out. I’ll be getting the JeeHyung Lee Variant.

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Mary Jane : Face It, Tiger 1, I am tempted by with both Ann Nocenti and Ashley Allen writing stories. I’m so glad no one had to remind Marvel of Mary Jane’s 60th Birthday, unless how DC had to be reminded about Lois Lane’s milestone birthday. Remember that?

So silly that Marvel doesn’t legacy number Amazing Spider-Man Volume Whatever 36 to 1000. I almost missed it. Back in the day, I would be tempted to get this just for the collector aspect.

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Infernal Hulk 10, I do suspect the X-Men are only in issue 7, but this is the final issue of this series, before we get the final series in the trilogy, then the big Hulk War crossover. So, I believe I have time to read issue 7 (out next week), before having to preorder issue 10.

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Kevin Smith co-writing Spider-Man / Hulk : Fire and Brimstone should be fun.

Fantastic Four 15, the team’s 65th Anniversary. That’s pretty cool.

Mortal Thor 14 is actually Thor 800, pretty cool.

Captain America 14, so Doom is officially back.

Avengers : Armageddon 3, so this really is just One World Under Doom, but with Red Hulk. The World is against the Avengers, again?

Ultimate Impact Reborn 4, the first issue left me pretty cold, so I think I’m done with all things Ultimate (unless it is about the first Ultimate Universe).

Black Cat 13 has the Punisher.

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Venom 261, symbiote vs Reed Richards, a grudge from the original Secret Wars. I’ll have to see if Lockheed appears in the Secret Wars flashback pages.

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Queen in Black : Defenders of Light and Dark 2, I do like Cloak & Dagger have their own miniseries during this event.

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Marvel Tokon First Strike 1, has four variant covers, so I wonder if Magik will be on one of these? Or even be in the series?

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I guess Jeff the Land Shark Superstar is out every other month? I’m getting this for Shattermagik, and the regular cover.

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Godzilla Conquers the Multiverse 2, I do appreciate they list the bulk of the guest stars. I am getting a feeling that Magik isn’t going to be in this, but we’ll see.

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Tomb of Apocalypse 1, I do love Ashley Allen, but Apocalypse, Logan, and Jubilee? Those are not characters that get me eXcited to buy a comic.

Bishop 3, with Shark vs Brotherhood.

Gambit Wanted 2, vs Bullseye.

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X-Men Outback 3, apparently the threat is trying to end the Rasputin bloodline, so will we get Magik in this series?

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Wolverine 25 & 26, missing some claws, and his healing factor.

Generation X-23 7, Logan arrives.

Inglorious X-Force 8, MLF are making their move, and whatever is happening to Cable is on the cover.

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X-Men United 6, has six covers, so hopefully Kitty is on one of them.

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X-Men 35, I’m getting the Marvel Tokon variant cover with Magik on it. DNX Prologue, Part 1.

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X-Men 36, I’m getting the Reis variant cover with Magik on it. DNX Prologue, Part 2.

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Uncanny X-Men 33 & 34, Wild Ride arc kicks off, featuring Gambit.

Wade Wilson : Deadpool 7, Badpools and Blind Al.

X-Men ’97 : Season Two 3, I’ll have to see if Kitty or Magik appear in this.

What If Runaways 1, have we not done What If Runaways Didn’t Run Away? I imagine it is a concept that can be done a hundred times.

What If Captain America 1, didn’t we do What If Captain America Woke Up in 2099? Wasn’t that 2099 Manifest Destiny? I guess the plot of this is what if he didn’t wake up in “Marvel Present” then slept, then woke up in 2099, this is just straight to 2099.

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What If X-Men 1, What if Cassandra Nova killed Xavier, written by Ashley Allen. Has two variant covers. Sounds interesting. The X-Men on the main cover are Cyclops, Jean Grey, Emma Frost, Rogue, and Logan. I’ll have to see what the other two variant covers look like, and if we see Kitty and Magik in it.

August is usually our tightest month, so I’m trying to see how few comics I can preorder.

Sorcerer Supreme 9, I thought that was Madelyne Pryor on the main cover, but I think that’s just Wanda.

Civil War Unmasked 4, has Tigra in it.

Iron Man 8, I love how they are marketing this as Carmen Carnero back full time. Whiplash is also there.

Fantastic Four : 65 Years of the World’s Greatest Comic Covers, this is something I’ll love to flip through. $6, so it is priced right.

Origins of the Hood : Marvel Rivals 1, is the Hood a big deal in Rivals? Will Magik appear in this?

Marvel is reprinting their classic Indiana Jones comics, that’s pretty cool.

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Okay, what am I committing to?

Buys

Midnight X-Men 1, ideally a variant cover with Kitty or Magik.

DNX 1, that I already have preordered.

Jeff the Land Shark Superstar 2, the main cover.

X-Men United 6, a variant cover with Kitty

X-Men 35, the Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls Variant

X-Men 36, the Rod Reis Variant

Maybes

Infernal Hulk 10

Godzilla Conquers the Multiverse 2

So, five comics for sure, and maybe two others? That isn’t too horrible.

Watch List

Venom 261

Marvel Tokon First Strike 1

X-Men Outback 3

What If X-Men 1

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What are you interested in, dear reader?

AIPT – X-Men Monday # 339 – Gail Simone

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X-Men Monday #339 – Gail Simone Talks ‘Uncanny X-Men’ • AIPT

AIPT asked Gail Simone my (and many others) question regarding Calico and Ember.

Uncanny X-Men V6 28

Posted by John Klein III on May 19, 2026
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Writer Gail Simone

Artist Luciano Vecchio

Color Artist Matthew Wilson

Letterer VC’s Clayton Cowles

Who’s Been Sleeping in My Bed, Part Three

Graymalkin Prison.  Scurvy dies, as Warden Ellis gives us some more of his back story.  He’s only 24 years old, which calls into question how old is she?  A doctor, a podcaster, a warden?  At least 30? 

As soon as Scurvy dies, Prisoner X takes over his body.  Prisoner X is Ellis’ brother, Oscar, but he wants to be known as . . . Perimeter.  Sure.  He has the mutant ability to warp reality, just like Proteus and Jamie Braddock. 

Monet has been waiting for this moment to happen.  Nice that we got to see Siryn, Fawn, Fred Dukes, and Sarah Grunt again. 

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Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters  Somewhere.  Somewhen. 

Magikolossus and Mr. S’s X-Men are fighting off the Zombie Sentinels. 

Which is cool, but my favorite part is that Jitter’s love for Calico comes through, so their real personalities are coming through.  Poor Becca, she must have been so confused why these new emotions felt so strong. 

Calitter is just simply the best.

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Mutina, who if they sold her All Different All New Mutants outfit, with cat ears, I would totally buy this as a jacket. 

Jitter is epileptic, as we learn when she’s having a Jacksonian March, a seizure.  Does that explain her stutter?  I just figured it was due to the child abuse.

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Becca is told Jitter needs a med bay, and starts clearing the way.  Probably smart not to take Jitter along with her, as Ember and her are on fire.  This horse is on fire.  Alicia Keys is the best.

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This is such a cool image.  Vecchio is slaying it with this arc. 

Ransom tells Deathdream that they have to get Jitter to safety, whatever it takes.  Which, ever since Avengers Endgame, I love it when people repeat “whatever it takes,” once they hear it. 

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Mutina figures out the X-Men are fake, more like Ex-Men then, right? 

Cute that we see Ember and Calico fighting off Zombie Sentinels in the distance.

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Mutina stabs Nightcrawler as he’s not real.

Referencing things that are not real, Ellis starts giving us Perimeter’s backstory.  He’s been torturing her since she was eight, and he was ten.  That’s just what happens when someone has reality wrapping powers.  He also killed their parents.  So, she does have a reason to hate mutants.  Well, a reason to hate one mutant in particular, being racist about it, is a second choice. 

Monet shows up, ready to fight Perimeter.  I guess the name is because he has no perimeter?  I get the sense that these two have fought before.  Probably how they got him in the prison to begin with.

Though, it is odd they had to turn this into a prison.  Couldn’t this have gone the X-Factor route, and Ellis have a mutant team prepared to attack her brother, if he ever got out?  Provide them with room and board, and treat them like actual people?  Imprisoning them is another choice.  Also, where is Dazzler?

It is at thist point that I’m wondering if Perimeter is the reason the Outliers are in this weird alt place, but Mutina states they are AI later, so maybe that doesn’t add up? 

Haven House.  Rogue is trying to talk to the New Mutants about their history together.  Rogue has been training them for a year to kill the Avengers.  They are getting tired of all of the questions.

Gambit is on his way home, if Vic finds out anything, he’ll let Gambit know.

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Magikolossus is ready to kill Mutina, and Ransom isn’t too fond of her at the moment.  Mutina reveals her mutant powers, she has the ability to read people’s emotions.  Which is fine, as long a she isn’t controlling those emotions, as that’s always a gross power. 

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Mutina vs Cologik.  This is where she reveals they are AI, so is Arcade behind this?

Gambit makes it home just in time for the New Mutants to attack.

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Ransom vs Magikolossus. 

Mutina vs Cologik, I like how they both have giant swords.  That’s cool. 

Calico and Ember finally make it to the mansion and Doctor MacTaggert, but she doesn’t have a face.  I imagine they got their too quickly, so MacTaggert’s programming hadn’t caught up to it yet.

Rogue vs Cannonball, she doesn’t know how to fight him as he’s nigh invulnerable while he’s blasting.  Though I did expect her to have the thought that he’s only nigh invulnerable, leaving her some wiggle room.

Gambit grows vampire wings to catch up to Rogue, so that’s where the cover image comes from. 

Issue ends with Monet vs Perimeter, but she’s not alone, she’s brought reinforcements.  Like, okay, is her backup just going to be Fawn, Fred Dukes, and Sarah Grunt?  Maybe with Dazzler?  Or, OR!  Are we getting a Generation X team up?  Well, minus Jubilee. 

We’ll find out next issue!

I’m really enjoying this arc. 

Magik & Colossus 4

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W Ashley Allen / A German Peralta / CA Arthur Helsi / L VC’s Ariana Maher / V Nogi San

I got the Nogi San variant cover, as it was the solo Magik cover.  I’m that guy. 

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The Rasputin Household.  UST-Ordynsky Collective.  Russia.  Then.

Illyana has returned from the events of Uncanny X-Men 160, and the heartbreaking events of the original Magik miniseries.  Piotr has brought her to re-introduce her to their parents. 

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Their parents are naturally confused to see a teenage Illyana, as I can only imagine less than a week or month ago, they probably talked to her on the phone and she was barely eight. 

I can only imagine, Piotr has NOT kept them updated on all of his zany adventures, as yes, this is super shocking, but also, his life is crazy.  Now, could he have called them ahead of time?  Yes.  Should he have called them ahead of time?  Also, yes.  It IS fun to answer questions.  If you have any questions, ask them below. 

I imagine this takes place after Magik V1 4, when she tries to meet her parents a second time.  They must have forgotten this first attempt, OR! This current (?) scene reinforces the original scene.

“Baba Yaga’s” House.  West Siberian Taiga, Russia.  Now. 

I really do like how they address that Lada is not actually Baba Yaga, as anyone who also read Wiccan Witch’s Road 5, out two weeks ago (maybe?), Baba Yaga showed up there, so we thought there this was the beginning of a huge comeback for the character.  Turns out, Kaoz just likes calling her that, as that’s what the children called her, as she’s a witch who lives in the woods.  Not the most original of nicknames. 

Lada is, however, the sister of Korschei, the big bad of this miniseries, and who we fully met last issue.  Nice how this miniseries is dealing with siblings, it is a theme, everybody. 

Naturally, Lada is annoyed with Kaoz, and the was caught off guard by the Rasputin siblings, so a fight breaks out. 

I like seeing Lada open her own portal to deal with Magik, though it is triggering as Illyana has a lousy history of dealing with other people’s portals. 

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Colossus gets a cool moment of depowering, so that he can use Lada’s transformed size against her, and flips her over.  He has strategies. 

I like how annoyed he is Magik mentions how her and Cyclops dealt with a situation similar to this, so she is trying to take charge of the situation.  These two really do have a lot of issues to work out, so they don’t have great communication skills.  Also, they are rarely on the same team together, so they don’t have battle experience together.  There is no field trust. 

Kaoz finally calms things down with Lada. 

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Honestly, the entire miniseries could just be Illyana and Piotr talking about everyone they know in common.  I guess we have to stop referring to Illyana and Scott as siblings, as she doesn’t view it that way.  They’re best friends.  Which I simply love Illyana saying that about Scott, as they really are.  Ever since the Bendis era of Uncanny (V3) they have been written as best friends.  Gillen got them on the same Uncanny team (V2), Cyclops’ Extinction Team, but Bendis really made them pals.  They have been best friends ever since, really. 

Piotr is still dealing with his guilt over killing Kayla, though it was his body that did it, not his mind, but he’ll still have guilt about it. Nice to see him dealing with grief, and anything relating to the Krakoa era. 

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I love Allen and Peralta so much for crafting this story that we get the best hug of 2026!

Helsi and Maher color and letter, respectfully, the heck out of this page. 

Seeing the hug triggers Lada to think about her growing up with Koschei.  He’s a bad dude.  He is also like a Russian Voldemort, in that he’s breaking up his soul into random items.  One of those items is Lada’s necklace.  She’s keeping a piece of his soul, so that he can’t ever become too powerful. 

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Kaoz has a very cool chat with Colossus.  Kaoz really respects Magik, as he should.  They chat about the concept of putting a piece of one’s soul in an item.  Colossus would never do that to Magik to control or stop her.  Kaoz mentions how he would never need to do that, as Magik doesn’t trust him with a piece of her soul, she rather put it inside of a weapon.  Which is such a powerful line.

Though looking at this panel now, I’m pretty sure this is when the Koschei swap takes place.  I didn’t think so because of Kaoz’s love of referring to himself in the third person.

I really do love how both Magik & Colossus are still covered in mud from their earlier fight. 

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The Rasputins truly are always taking one step back.  Piotr ponders what if Limbo didn’t happen, if they were not mutants.  Illyana is so bored with this conversation.  I imagine Kitty probably attempted it once, and never again, whereas, I feel like I’ve seen Piotr attempt this conversation multiple times.  Illyana is Magik.  Illyana is the Darkchild.  Limbo did happen.  I’m sure the idea of What If grew old during her first year of Limbo, and the abuse she suffered at the hands of S’ym and Belasco.  She doesn’t ever have to wonder about that question. 

We get the Koschei was Kaoz reveal.  Magik tries to attack him, but he overpowers her.  I’m sure it was because of the shock of the situation.  Koschei takes Lada’s powers, as he does that. 

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Issue ends with Koschei attacking the Rasputins. 

Is the final issue goes to just be a battle sequence?