X-Men Hellfire Murder

Posted by John Klein III on July 30, 2026
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Complicated Credits

Color Artist Fer Sifuentes-Sujo

Letterer VC’s Ariana Maher

Pages 1-3, 7-8, 13, 50 Saladin Ahmed & Joelle Jones

Pages 4-5, 34-35, 47 Gail Simone & Luciano Vecchio

Pages 6, 11-12, 16-17 Erica Schultz & Aaron Kuder

Pages 9-10, 19-20, 33 Jed MacKay, Tony S. Daniel & Mark Morales

Pages 14-15, 26-27, 48 Eve L. Ewing & Federica Mancin

Pages 18, 21-25, 28-32 Saladin Ahmed & Federica Mancin

Pages 36-46, 49 Saladin Ahmed, Cory Smith & Oren Junior

I got the RB Silva variant cover, as Kitty is spotlighted on it. 

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Sebastian Shaw is attempting to take back the Hellfire Gala name, and is going to do it in high fashion with a masquerade ball. 

I was hoping we’ll get a final page with all of the characters with their new costumes, and their names above their heads. 

I don’t think Magik attended this, or I completely missed her.

Rogue takes time to chat with Cyclops. 

Oya wasn’t supposed to be here, she just happened to be in town.  

Mister Sinister, dressed as an angel, is bored with Shaw, who is dressed as a king.  #NoKings

Angel, dressed as a devil, is also there.  The mansion’s AI programmed everyone’s costumes, besides Shaw’s. 

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We get to see Storm for a panel, and establish Kitty Pryde’s Cat outfit.  She looks great here. 

Hellion gets a moment.

Cyclops and Psylocke get a dance, and they are very flirty.  The dialogue implies she’s going to cheat on Greycrow, but actually, they have a devious other plan.  To murder either 3K member, Astra or Joseph, or ideally, both. 

These two have intense chemistry though.  Does remind me of the Jim Lee X-MEN run, where Betsy, in Kwannon’s body, was flirty with Scott, but he was able to resist, oil licking good as Betsy was.  So I like the idea that now that Kwannon is in her proper body, he’s actually attracted to the right mind in the right body. 

I also love that it was Emma who insisted on Scott learning to dance.  Scemma was truly the best. 

Oya and Ransom find each other, and I really like these two.  I wish they were not separated by 4,371 miles. 

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Page 13, the Kitty & Martinique dance, which is by Saladin Ahmed & Joelle Jones.

The Kitty Pryde subreddit spoiled these images, so I sort of know to expect this, and knowing there was an illusionist, that maybe Shaw wasn’t actually murdered.  I kept waiting for a reveal. 

I like how Kitty doesn’t recognize Martinique, she recognized everyone else, but it makes sense she wouldn’t know Martinique. 

I wouldn’t want Kitty to cheat on Nina, please break up with someone before you cheat on them, that’s just gross. 

I would have said I was always more of a Regan Wyngarde / Lady Mastermind fan, of the two sisters, as she’s just pure fun, and Regan is the more serious of the two, which is usually the one I’m more drawn to, but Regan has more page time, and been in more stories that I’ve read.  BUT!  Martinique Wyngarde having crazy chemistry with Kitty, well now, I have a great reason to love Martinique.  You best know that I’m going to be listening to that Cerebro episode again with Alex Abad-Santos. 

Cross referencing my League of Comic Geeks with Travis Starnes’ Complete Marvel Reading Order, I’m only missing Emprye X-Men issues 2 & 3 of the issues she’s in that I want for my collection.  For whatever reason, I own issue 4, but not issue 1 either, so I should try to buy those first three issues once I’m back in the back issue buying game. 

Emma Frost and Namor meet up, and talk about the Seven Virtues and Sins.  These two are always a joy.

Logan and Jubilee are the stars of the issue, as they investigate the murder.  The Murder of Sebastian Shaw, dun dun DUN!

Shaw was killed by a nerve gas. 

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With Shaw’s death, the mansion’s black market security kicks in, and Kitty helps stop some of the defenses. 

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So silly having Kitty be the one to say “X-Men aren’t murders.”  Frank Bohannan, Director of O*N*E*, is very quick to point out that Kitty herself has killed people. 

Toad points to Emma as a prime suspect, as she’s always willing to kill Shaw.

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Kitty and the mutants finally get to see Shaw’s dead body, so we know he’s actually dead.  I still, at this point, think this is all an illusion, and Shaw is grinning somewhere.

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I love so much Kitty shipping Emma and Namor.  They need a ship name, but I can’t think of one immediately.  White Fish, Imperial Frost, something. 

Emma doesn’t want Katherine to be crass.  I love these two together.

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Emma is already looking forward to never having to think about Shaw ever again.

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So silly Doop up in the sky with his costume.  I wish we got a look at his front.

Shaw murdered Kitty, way back in Marauders V1 11, so naturally, she is also a prime suspect, but she was dancing with someone extremely hot wearing a lily mask. 

Shame Lockheed wasn’t in this issue, as he was left to drown by Shaw. 

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Hellion is quick to accuse 3K’s Astra and Joseph of killing Shaw.  Astra mentioned the black market security system, which gives Logan a lead.  He tells Jubilee she’s on her own to maintain control of the room. 

I hope I captured all of Kitty’s scenes, as I look for her in every panel.

I like that we get a moment with Cyclops, he cancels the mission to kill Astra and Joseph, as the attention is on them, and Shaw is dead, and he doesn’t care about his death, he was scum.

Rogue and Gambit are cute this issue, and maybe bored with the plot?  Gambit offers to make her soup or gumbo.  Either sounds good to me. 

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I love Rogue taking the time to make an Ember reference, as he is a ghost horse.

Logan follows his nose, to Toad, but he assures us, that it isn’t what it looks like.  “Jubilee” who looks like what she looks like, but isn’t her, shots Logan.

Turns out we have a new grouping of mutants . . . The Hellfire Brotherhood! 

Mystique, who still has some facial scarring, so that’s nice continuity.  Destiny, always looking great.  Toad.  Empath, who is the absolute worst.  And . . . Mastermind herself, Martinque!  Wha?! 

Kitty would work so well in this group. 

Mystique explains everything.  She was aware of the mansion defenses.  She convinced it that she was the real Shaw, and the mansion killed Shaw with the defense nerve gas.  He was going to rally the mutants, and the ones who wouldn’t work with him, he was going to use Forge’s perma mutant power gun / technology, and remove any mutants who wouldn’t work with Shaw. 

Poor Forge, that gun is his true legacy.

And being one of Storm’s exes.

I was really really hoping Martinque would have interjected with some comment about how she was dancing with a real hottie, and found out who Kitty was.  As we don’t ever get them learning about the other.  Which is a real shame.

Also, Shaw is super dead. 

The mansion defenses finally stop, and the doors open.  The room suspects 3K was behind Shaw’s murder. 

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Emma and Namor leave as friends.

I like Emma telepathically calling for Rift to get her and Katherine out of here.

Rogue has a nice chat with Oya, telling her that Ransom isn’t as tough as he looks, so please don’t hurt him.  Oya was going to have the same conversation with Rogue, which seems odd, she was going to ask Rogue to not have Ransom hurt her?  But sure, dialogue is complicated, and I fumble more times than I’m proud of.

I’m really liking this silly new trend of putting the credit page at the end, so that we can have a legit post credit scene. 

Turns out, Emma DID kill Shaw, she just overloaded his brain, which would have had the same signs as a nerve gas, so she got lucky there.  Logan will keep this a secret, just like how he kept the Hellfire Brotherhood a secret from Jubilee.

This was a lot of fun, and Kitty actually got to do stuff in this issue, so I love that. 

Uncanny X-Men V6 32

Posted by John Klein III on July 29, 2026
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Writer Gail Simone

Artist Roge Antonio, Jim Towe & Federica Mancin

Color Artist Matthew Wilson

Letterer VC’s Clayton Cowles

Rogue rescues Kurt from the good aliens.  Ransom directs the Outliers.  Deathdream makes it so we get Zombies vs Brood. 

Gambit wants to be called, Wyvern.  I like Jubilee immediately going with the new name. 

Mutina needs a new agent, as her current one want her to fight the Brood. 

Marlys and Deathdream have their first kiss.  So cute. 

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Ember is back! 

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We also get Calitter confessing their love to each other, and I love them so much. 

Wyvern is fully a creature now. 

Vig isn’t dead.  Makes sense if he’s a cockroach man. 

Dang, Jubilee instructed Mutina to show the Brood their greatest fear, and for a few pages, I really wanted the page reveal to be Lockheed, their greatest enemy, but sure, Galactus is pretty intimidating. 

We don’t get any drama with Wyvern turning back into his natural Remy state.

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Rogue rebrands the Outliers as The New Mutants!  I do like these newish uniforms.  Becca looks great. 

Rogue gave them a new name, and costumes, as she’s leaving to get Gambit some help. 

We get Deathdreams’ very tragic past.  Deathdream is 15, nice to get an age to these kids. 

Only Rogue and Remy are leaving, the rest of the Uncanny X-Men are sticking around, which makes sense as Monet is supposed to be leading this team now. 

It has taken 32 issues, but we have finally reunited the Uncanny X-Men with the New Mutants!  That’s pretty cool.

Godzilla Conquers the Multiverse 1

Posted by John Klein III on July 28, 2026
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Writer Gerry Duggan

Artist Javier Garron

Color Artist David Curiel

Letterer VC’s Travis Lanham

We did get Magik in this issue!  I must have missed her head thingies in the preview page. 

Doom has assembled the Avengers of Doom, as he calls them, or Kang’s Kaos Krew, as Kang prefers them to be called.  Emma isn’t impressed with men’s desire to name things after themselves, so shots fired at these guys, and Batman.  I like Ghost Rider’s continued, “I didn’t sign up for this.” 

Doom recaps what happened in Godzilla Infinity Roar, and we get the Magic panel, as she’s among the defeated heroes.

The Avengers of Doom are Kang, Emma Frost, Human Torch, Reyes Ghost Rider, Punisher, Man-Thing, Herr Kagelmacher (their gadget guy), and Miles Morales Spider-Man. 

The first Earth they go to, the last costumed person standing is Red Skull, which is gross, but I love how everyone is grossed out by him.  Punisher kills him, which is a delight.

We see Mecha Fing Fang Foom.

Miles collects a very big cute purple guy.

They go to another Earth with a giant Walrus. 

Miles is capturing them all, as he collects an ape looking fella.

Issue ends with Weapon Zilla, the Wolverine styled Godzilla that was on a variant cover of the first series, people must have loved him, I know Walker D did, as I bought that variant cover. 

But it isn’t the end, as we get a post credit scene (which is fun as we got the credit page late)

We see Knull has assembled his Knull’s Kill Krew, consisting of America Chavez, Invisible Woman, Reed Richards, Ben Grimm, Silver Surfer, and Doctor Octopus, all Knullifed, of course. 

X-Men 97 : 2 x 6 – Danger.exe

Posted by John Klein III on July 27, 2026
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Danger voice saying “Previously on X-Men” ?

RIP Magneto

Are we going to get the Polaris grieving episode?  Maybe it was Polaris saying the “Previously On”?

Quinten Quire was added to the mutants grabbing fence part of the title sequence, and we got a X-Factor shot as well.

33 Minute long episode.

Oooof, we have to see Magneto die again.

Oh dman, Apocalypse literally put his foot on Xavier’s head. 

Oooof, Xavier has been having the Danger Room repeat Magneto’s death sequence.  That should mess up the programming. 

Are we going to get a montage of Danger watching Morph and Wolverine’s workouts.

Danger Room is playing fast and loose with safety protocols.

Xavier wishes he can feel Magneto one last time, the show knows what it is doing.

X-Cutioner is Stryker, did we know that in season one?

Polaris is messing with Stryker’s squad.

Polaris is so cool, as she takes out all of the goons. 

“Polar Opposite,” how often does Polaris work this into a line?

Val Cooper! 

I don’t love Val telling Polaris that she’s out of control. 

Stryker’s goons are the Purifiers. 

We get all of X-Factor.  They have a Red Blackbird.  A Redbird.

X-Factor works out of a SHIELD Helicarrier.

I think it is okay to come down hard on terrorists.

Polaris is considered the next Magneto, oh, we get a hint they share more than a powerset.

The President and Val Cooper are permanently dismissing Polaris.  Whoa.

Shirtless Havok in a towel, a green towel. Wolfsbane was in a white towel, so they have co-ed locker rooms. 

Polaris has a “Salem Moving Company” box.

Polaris is at a clean up X-Mansion.

We get a new class of mutants!  Eyeboy, Martha, Chamber, Shark Girl, Monet, Doop, Beak, Quinten Quire, and Dusk.  Is that Sync?  I’m not sure who is sitting behind Monet?

Is that Wing?  Ruh oh, he’s not going to make it.

Storm is the new Headmistress!

Hey, a Sentinel breaking into the X-Mansion, so we’re going full Gifted. 

Boom Boom!

Polaris sees a picture of her two dads.

Jean welcomes Polaris to her old room.  Beast is wearing a Howard the Duck shirt!

Polaris has quite a punk room.

Pixie and Danger Girl are at the X-Mansion.

Xavier doesn’t sense Magneto in his own mind, but odd to mention.  Are we getting Onslaught in Season Three?

Polaris does know Magneto is her father.

Morph morphed into Reed Richards to use his arms as jump ropes, that’s fun.

Polaris isn’t sure if a school drop out is a good example for kids, and Xavier jokes that they have met Wolverine.  That’s pretty fun.

I guess this show as done a pretty great job with showing other heroes, so maybe they can do a proper Onslaught season?  Might explain why the other heroes don’t show up.  Well, explains future reasons.

There’s Danger in the Danger Room!

Oh no, Wing got hurt. 

Storm lightning charges Bishop.

Oh no, Wing isn’t coming back.

Is that Oya?

Monet is Penance.

Oh, Wing isn’t dead.

They are locked into the Danger Room.

Quintin is wearing a Magneto was Right shirt.  Classic.

Danger is having fun with Polaris and Bishop, too much fun.

Storm is in a very nice orange suit, now that she is Headmistress.

Danger Room turned into Bishop’s future. 

I like that we get to see that Polaris would have handled the Prime Sentinels very easily.

The Danger Room has evolved.

Danger Room knows all of their weaknesses, both power and personality.

Bishop reaches Polaris, that’s nice.

Oh no, Polaris overcharged the room, and now we have, Danger!

I like Bishop’s “there’s always a dman killing machine.”  He’s not wrong.

Danger is heading toward Genosha in a mini jet, to confront Xavier, so we’re going full Danger.

Bishop needs a partner who isn’t going to hold back?  Who could that be?  It is Polaris. 

Is Xavier just talking aloud?

Oh, Beast, Jean and Scott are in their Morrison – Quitely suits.  That’s cool. 

No Cat Beast.  

Why are they in these suits?  Maybe because they are not on X-Men duty?

Beast’s sensor tells him the Danger Room is on its way, and Xavier looks very concern.

Cyclops is annoyed Danger knows all of their moves, so Jean makes telepathic Wolverine claws. 

It is a shame we didn’t at least get a Kitty Pryde cameo here.  I would have been annoyed if she was a new recruit, but at least she would have been on the show.

Xavier tries to destroy Danger with a jet!

Danger has an axe to Xavier’s head, but Polaris showed up in time to save him.

That’s fun, we get Magneto’s kid versus Xavier’s kid.  A bit of a walk, but sure.

They are drawn together, like magnets.  Okay, show.

Are we getting the super Sentinel?

Danger says, “Survival of the fittest.”

Xavier encourages Polaris to go full power, and Bishop offers to balance her.

I like Xavier trying to be a father to Polaris, that’s nice.  He’s going to pour all of Magneto that is inside him, into her.  Okay, show.

Magneto does have a legacy, and that legacy is Lorna Dane.

Danger got too powered.

Lorna and Xavier both felt Magneto.

What is Xavier going to do next? 

Xavier is going to evolve the X-Men. 

Xavier is starting X-Corp! 

Val Cooper has her own press conference with X-Factor. 

Xavier is in his grey Quitely suit from the Danger arc.

Rogue is in a grey outfit.

Xavier senses Apocalypse.

Athens.  Is that the Watcher?!

Apocalypse is bringing someone back alive.  Gambit?  Magneto?

Gambit!

So silly Apocalypse makes clanky sounds when he walks.  Just like Laura Kinney, the Wolverine.

Great episode!  Possibly my second favorite of the season.  Time will tell.

Next episode is Strange Land, Savage Heart, so is Xavier going to the Savage Land where he and Magneto spent their honeymoon? 

Thanks to Disney Wiki for the cover image.

Danger.Exe | Disney Wiki | Fandom

MaXimum X-Men

Posted by John Klein III on July 25, 2026
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Marvel reveals Maximum X-Men, ‘Avengers: Armageddon’ finale, and Iron Man double shipping plans at SDCC • AIPT

Christopher Yost and Tony S. Daniel is bringing us a new Post-Armageddon title, MaXimum X-Men, yes, with the X in Maximum emphasized.  Storm is leading Bishop, Iceman, Colossus, Psylocke, though the image makes me think it is actually Betsy Braddock, Logan, and Firestar and Justice.  A pretty great cast actually.  I like how the cast isn’t gutting any of the current lineups, and I’m pretty sure this is only Logan’s second team since we relaunched with From the Ashes. 

Justice is finally an X-Man, and I’m sure he’s going to be whining to Firestar all of the time, but at least she has her amazing friend, Iceman.  Iceman being reunited with former Marauders Storm and Bishop. 

A pretty great cast. 

I keep wanting to type “MaXimum Carnage” as I love that storyline, but I’ll work on that. 

Marvel Solicitations October 2026

Posted by John Klein III on July 24, 2026
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Please follow along as I see what I’m interested in October 2026 from Marvel.

Marvel Comics October 2026 Solicitations

I’m pretty excited about Midnight X-Men 1, and that Crain variant cover is my favorite thus far.

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Midnight Spider-Man looks cool, is that a giant spider constantly biting his chest? The concept is very intriguing.

Avengers Armageddon 5, be nice once this is over. I type that, the series isn’t effecting me at all, and I’m not even seeing any buzz.

Wolverine Paradise 1, I like Dazzler being part of this.

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Doom All On One 1, I do find myself buying into the Doctor Doom hype, and I think the idea of a story told in gorgeous 50 splash pages is fun, until they do this too much, and Doom is supposed to fight everyone, so I can only imagine Magik will appear in this, right?

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So many covers will be revealed at San Diego Comic Con. I have to get back to that con one of these days, but I really want to go to Emerald City Comic Con, as it is the biggest con near me (near me by like eight hours). One of the not-yet-revealed covers are comics I was tempted to get, thus far.

Fantastic Four 18, is a DNX tie in, but it doesn’t hint of any X-Men in the issue.

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DNX 3, hopefully one of the variant covers as Magik on it.

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X-Men 39, after the Science team was purely them, I have grown confident in not preordering an issue without Magik being on the cover. There’s four covers to still be seen.

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Same for X-Men 40, hopefully I see all of the variant covers before the DCBS cut off date.

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Tomb of Apocalypse 3, I love Ashley Allen, and the cast is good, Logan, Jubilee, Rictor and Shatterstar.

Gambit Gone 2, the sequel to X-Men of Apocalypse. I wonder if the Outliers will be in the first issue?

Uncanny X-Men 37, Logan vs Sarah Grunt, now with some adamantium.

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X-Men United 8, what an interesting series this is going to be as an omnibus. We’ll have to see if Kitty is on one of the three variant covers.

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Inglorious X-Force 10, it isn’t marketed as the final issue, that’s interesting. I really like the team dynamics with this series.

Generation X-23 9, makes sense this continues the Generated mutates.

X-Men 97 Season Two Issue 5, X-Force vs Acolytes.

Bishop 5 ends the mini, and Shard is still around, that’s nice, I like that.

X-Men Outback 5, vs Mojo, I wonder if we’ll get some fun character appearances in this issue?

Gambit Wanted 4, the first issue was pretty solid.

Wade Wilson Deadpool 9 and Punisher 9, I believe we’re still in the midst of their crossover, right? Hidden covers here.

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Alien vs X-Men 2, now with Cable. At least we’re still getting Kitty Pryde back up story, it involving the Phoenix is interesting. Still no reference to Lockheed. Hopefully she’s on one of the three variant covers.

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Amazing Spider-Man 1001, I mean, honestly, I’m happy they are continuing the legacy number. Be proud of getting a thousand issues.

Amazing Venom 2, promises a tour of the Marvel heroes and villains, could the X-Men be in this?

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Captain Britain 50th Anniversary Special, I’m definitely getting that awesome Alan Davis cover.

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Iron Man 10, is a hidden cover. I’m so happy Carmen Carnero is back on art duties again.

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Jeff the Land Shark Superstar 4, the regular cover as Magikhot, so that’s all I needed to see.

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Godzilla Conquers the Multiverse 4, Magik was in the first issue, for a panel, and this is my tenth image, so this might have to be on the maybe list.

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October 2026 is looking like a nice month of comics.

Midnight X-Men 1, the Crain cover.

Doom All On One 1

DNX 3, a Magik cover

X-Men 39 & 40, any Magik cover

X-Men United 8, hopefully Kitty is on one cover

Alien vs X-Men 2, hopefully Kitty is on one cover

Captain Britain 50th Anniversary Special, the Alan Davis cover

Jeff the Land Shark Superstar 4, the regular cover

Godzilla Conquers the Multiverse 4, maybe?

10 comics, that probably wouldn’t be too bad.

What are you interested in, dear reader?

X-Men Doomsday Trailer

Posted by John Klein III on July 21, 2026
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Thanks to Marvel Entertainment for hosting the Avengers Doomsday Trailer.

I am so eXcited for all of the X-Men content we are about to get!

We start with the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters sign

Xavier is seeing a giant burst of flame, it isn’t Dark Phoenix, but . . . is it?

We get Cyclops, and I immediately start thinking about writing this post.

Gambit vs Shang-Chi!

We know the X-Men will be fighting the Thunderbolts (New Avengers), and some of the Fantastic Four, as we get Mystique vs Yelena

We get Magneto & Xavier together.

I can’t tell who all is in this room with Gambit. Who wears a red jacket? One of the Fantastic Four, to small for Ben, so maybe Johnny?

We get the Cyclops Optic Blast that we got teased with.

I knew I was going to watch this again, immediately, but then Cap and Thor together?! And in the Fantastic Four’s ship?!

I’ve already taking December 18 off so we can watch it first thing in the morning. We’re doing the same for Spider-Man Brand New Day. Plus, it is two days after Walker D’s birthday, so we’re celebrating all the things.

Even if this is all of the X-Men content we get, this is enough for me to get super eXcited about it.

I’m excited to the point that I’m tempted to change up what I was going to do on the podcast to tie in, but also, I think it’ll be silly.

X-Men 97 : 2 x 5 – Weapon X, Lies, and DVDs

Posted by John Klein III on July 20, 2026
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Don’t’ recognize the voice for the Previously on.

30 minute episode.

Full team credits!

Forge was added.

Weapon X clips, oh that’s right, Mariko is Lady Deathstrike here.  Good reminder.

Maverick, Kane, Sabretooth, and Lady Deathstrike is the gang that is back together. 

Morph is the pilot.

Logan & Victor do have a Will They, Won’t They?

Runt’s ex-pet, oh Morph, that might be what you are.

I love Wolverine being in his brown and tan suit.

Ooof, Kane is through a tree.  Or, a tree is through him.

Some sort of mutated birds?

Mutated polar bear?!

Morph morphed into Sasquatch.

Logan has his bone claws, and nose, so is that why he is looking for Weapon X?

Sabretooth wants all of Wolverine’s business.

I like Morph having a Weapon X inspired suit himself, that’s nice, he’s part of the gang.

Is Logan always this hunched over, or is that just how he is now, post-adamantium?

I like Morph being the only one who is freaked out at being at the base.

They are looking for Doctor Corniulius.

Makes sense to concentrate on the job, rather than how they’ll get home.  That’ll happen.

Something has killed the scientists. 

Morph references Clayton Creed, which I feel like is the first time we’ve gotten Sabretooth’s opinion of him.  He wishes he had killed the guy.

Queen?

Doctor Cornilius is a Brood!  Whoa?!  Are we getting Lockheed?!

Is this why we’re getting Alien vs X-Men?  Odd how it isn’t Aliens vs X-Men.

Is this is the Brood’s debut?

Oh yeah, Lady Deathstrike’s 92 debut was also a crashed alien story.  Nice reference.

They have to go through to get out, classic.

Oh, is this a John Carpenter’s Thing homage episode? 

Exiles’ Morph also has a history of the Brood.

We get teams.  Maverick & Wolverine is one team, Lady Deathstrike, Sabretooth, and Morph are the other team.

Tomo is a magical shape shifting fox, that’s good to know.  A classic sidekick character to the main character.

Sabretooth is over 200 years old.  That’s new.

We get an entire row of DVDs – X-23, Ajax, Aurora, Fantomex, Wolverine, Side, Xurn, Psi-Borg, Mastodon, Winter Soldier, Weapon VI, Ant, Garrison Kane, Sabretooth, Agent Zero, Kimura, Worm, Sluggo, Kestrel, Marvel?

The Brood get named, so that’s cool.

Is that Maggot?!  Or was Maggot?

Sabretooth is such a big boy. 

Which of these characters can be affected that we can spare? 

I’m glad Kane, a character I don’t have much history with, at least got a fun character moment in the beginning of the episode, so we care a bit that we lost him.

The Brood have caught up to them!

Morph believes the Brood want to breed with Logan.

Omega Red in a tube.

I hadn’t realized Brood and Breed are so similar, and that’s what the Brood does.  That’s clever.

Maverick gets the “Game over” Aliens line.

Whoa, Logan is a Broodling, AND we get Uncanny X-Men 234 cover homage.  So cool.

Can we spare Logan?

The one time Sabretooth isn’t great at killing Wolverine, and it has to be this day.  Of course.

Omega Red’s chamber was broken, so now we have another threat.

Morph changed into Deadpool.

And we’re down to three.

The mission is done, Logan is lost, and Sabretooth & Lady Deathstrike just start walking away.

Morph changed into Silver Samurai.  Is the sword a part of Morph’s body?  Which part?

This feels like a walk to get Wolverine’s adamantium back, to put it in him, so that the Brood will escape.

Morph changed into Cyclops, and begins taunting Logan with smooches.

Broodverine vs Sabretooth!

Broodverine clawed Morph!

Lady Deathstrike got Broodverine into a chamber.  Sabretooth starts the adamantium process. 

Who is banging against the giant security wall?

So many Brood!  Omega Red killed them, don’t worry.

Whoa, Morph morphed into Spider-Man!  Synergy!

Logan has his adamantium back.  He’s back, baby.

Poor Omega Red, always being left behind.

We shouldn’t have to worry about this Brood colony, they got all burned up.

Aw, Maverick’s body was left behind.  That’s sad.

Aw, Logan is the best at being an animal with claws.  That is sad, me too, Morph.

That’s weird to have your claws out while looking at Morph sad.

No midcredit scene.

Danger.exe should be next. 

Thanks to disney.fandom for the cover image.

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Jeff the Land Shark Superstar 1

Posted by John Klein III on July 14, 2026
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Writer Kelly Thompson

Artist Tokitokoro

Color Artist Jim Campbell

Letterer VC’s Joe Caramagna

Variant Cover Rian Gonzales

This was a very fun issue. 

Reading the recap page, and I had no idea MODOK created Jeff the Land Shark. 

Mojo is looking for some talent.  He went the Spider-route, then the Wolverine-route, and landed on Jeff Coast Avengers! 

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DazzleStorm

Elsa Strange

Kate Locke, a mix with Psylocke.

Wolverine-Man, part man, and part machine, all Wolverine.

Rambit

Jeff

And my favorite, Magikshot, she’s scorching hot, it is in her name. 

We learn this isn’t actually Jeff. 

Jeff is on Earth, and a giant tentacle monster is attacking.  Jeff is being me right now when I’m trying to work from home, and watching some TV, and the lawn mower guy shows up, and makes all of the sound. 

The X-Men arrive, consisting of both Wolverines, Storm, Armor, and Psylocke.

Logan hits the window, and threatens if Jeff doesn’t help soon, Logan will personally come get him to help.  Which is odd, as what can Jeff do?  But as we soon see, he can do so much.

Ken, the new purple squid pal, wants to come, but Gwenpool left a note stating Ken is too young for this business.  Jeff resists, but eventually brings Ken along.

I like how once the fight is over, Gwenpool repeats the note.

We get Spiral during the Mojo pages, which is fun, and the issue ends with her grabbing the real Jeff. 

X-Men 97 : 2 x 3 – Rise of Apocalypse, Part 2

Posted by John Klein III on July 13, 2026
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Xavier says Previously on the X-Men.

34 minute long episode.

Cast credits still the Past X-Men.

En Sabah Nur lost his lieutenant.

Beau DeMayo still co-writing.

Magneto with his lies of omission.

Is Xavier going to explain time travel?

I like Magneto comparing his current mission with Bishop’s original mission.

Could they time travel to save Genosha?

Whoa, Magneto destroyed the time bands?!

Xavier is explaining the future, and the X-Men, to Nur.  This is surely going to work out okay.

Aw, Baby Nur was born with those lips.

Nice telling of Apocalypse’s origins.

The X-Men and the Lost Temple.

Bishop hasn’t adopted a past outfit.

Rogue having a special relationship with Nur, and all potential villains.

Aw, Nur hasn’t ever known love.  He considers it a weakness.

Ram Tut is making a connection with Xavier.  We got names for him, Nathaniel, Victor, and Kang.

Xavier got to say the word, conquest, that’s fun.

We got some Celestials.

Did Magneto need to destroy the time bands?  Seems like he could have just asked for 48 hours.

The Lost Temple is actually Ship, Apocalypse’s future ship.

The X-Men are cravings on the wall.

Xavier is trying to communicate telepathically with Magneto, but he’s wearing his helmet.

Ruh oh, Nur knows what his destiny is, and does NOT appreciate having the X-Men take it from him.

Nur saying, he’s always been the fittest to survive.

Nur vs X-Men.  It doesn’t last that long.

Yeah, Magneto probably shouldn’t have broken those time bands.

Celestial giving Nur his mission statement.

Nur receiving his Sailor Moon moment to become Apocalypse. 

Beast fixed the time bands.

I love Bishop being so angry and disappointed that the X-Men want to stay behind. 

Magneto forces the time bands on everyone.

Wait, is Magneto is staying behind?

Is Magneto the first Horseman?  He was Nate Grey’s Horsemen of Salvation, he was Peace. 

Did Xavier stay behind?

No nice of Ship to apologize to Xavier.

Rama Tut is escaping.  He put on his Kang outfit!

That gal friend of Kang is an Eternal!

Apocalypse wasted no time learning how to use his shape changing powers.

Apocalypse told Xavier he lacks a spine to be a Horseman.  That’s pretty cutting.

Is Magneto going to die closing a black hole?!  The Black Hole Apocalypse created to destroy the city.

If Magneto destroys Ship, that would change the future.

Magneto tossed Xavier to super safety.

Maybe the black hole will collapse, and somehow, Magneto will end up in the present?

Nope.

Aw, Xavier having to belly crawl to Magneto.

Apocalypse came back to make sure a lesson is learned.

Aw, they said sorry to each other as their final farewells.

Xavier going low with Apocalypse momma references.

Ouch, Xavier doesn’t even deserve to be stepped on.

How does he make it home?

Oh, Bishop stayed behind too.

They never stop Apocalypse.

So, what does Apocalypse do now?  Write all of their names down, and start trying to kill them as babies?

Mid credit scene?!

Whoa!  Madripoor Knights!  Black Widow in her classic gray outfit.  Captain America is there.  They almost stood in their iconic Uncanny X-Men 268 cover pose. 

Logan is getting the band back together for Weapon X, Lies, and DVDs. 

Has there been mid credits before?  I don’t think so.

I think episode 2 is still my favorite, but this ended in such a stellar fashion. 

Thanks Disney Wiki for the title image.

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