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.

Weapon X, Lies, and DVDs | Disney Wiki | Fandom

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! 

Screenshot
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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.

Rise of Apocalypse | Disney Wiki | Fandom

X-Men United 5

Posted by John Klein III on July 9, 2026
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Writer Eve L. Ewing

Artist Eduardo Pansica

Color Artist Brian Reber

Letterer C’s Joe Sabino

Variant Cover Meghan Hetrick

I had to go with the Meghan Hetrick variant cover, as it was the only cover with Kitty Pryde, and always cool to get an X-Ladies cover.

This issue finally gets us Bronze with Marigold, and Mal, who we haven’t seen since the first issue.

The Ancient Orc Oaken Arclight Simulation.  We catch up to Deathdream, Iceman, Emma Frost, Cyclops, and Rogue.  Deathdream finds a way to escape back to Graymatter Lane. 

I like how his fellow Outliers are the ones that find him, that’s nice.

Bronze with Marigold, Lochheed’s (hopefully not evil) female clone that Mister Sinister created, and Melee are talking about how Kitty Pryde wouldn’t stand them up.  So at least Kitty is mentioned in this issue. 

A Few Minutes Later.

All of the students have gathered.  Nice to see Indra back.

We learn that all of the adults are gone.

Ms. Marvel wonders if they should get the Avengers, but Sophia shoots that down, this is a mutant problem, and will take a mutant solution.

I like Axo backing Sophia, and Loolo critizing him for it, as Axo and Sophia are very close friends.  I so appreciate the cast list in the beginning of this issue. 

Match also critizes that they are using Mister Sinister tech, and Bronze keeps to the company line that that is clearly okay, but I have my doubts, especially as I see Marigold in this panel.

I do like Melee Ransom, and Gabby being the ones to take leadership, they are the leaders of their respected cliques. 

Meanwhile.  Ben Lui is coming to terms with letting Emma Frost into his mind.

Nice that Tiago Palma gets a five fun facts feature in the X-Mentions.

The adults are having a hard time navigating their way through this shadowy realm.

Back at Graymatter Lane.

I guess Laura is considered an adult, as she’s not around. 

None of the adults can be located, not even with the Empathy Engine.

They decide they have to break into teams.

Bronze with Marigold sees Mal head off on her own, so they follow her.

Mal does not appreciate this, as turns into monster mode, scary the two of them.

This is such a cool page, and where we get Marigold’s image for the cast page.

The students are going to make a Lousiana team, and an Alaskan team. 

Bronze and Marigold come running back, saying something is wrong with Mal, but Mal shows up like nothing is wrong.  This is giving Single White Female.

Mal sadly walks away.

Mal is clearly being tempted by the Shadow King, but we don’t know that yet.

Poor Bronze and Marigold look so sad here. 

Even Rift is back, as he has to open portals to get the two teams away. 

Is it odd or nice that the Outliers are not the full Louisiana Away team?  Calico is taking Loolo and another person with her.

Before we can see who is officially on the Alaskan team, Gabby is taken over by a shadowy person, and attacks everyone.

Thankfully this doesn’t last too long, probably as Gabby is pure of heart.

Sophie puts up a pyshic shield, and Jitter, for some reason, has to mention this was without consent, like, she’s saving your life right now!  Sophie apologizes, but I’m not sure if that is warranted here, but I guess it is a nice thing to do.  She hears the criticism, and takes responsibility for it.  That is the right thing to do.

The adults keep getting attacked.  Emma can’t do any telepathic attempts as she needs to be in her diamond form.  Which feels like it has been forever since I’ve seen her in her diamond form.

Rogue is on the attack, and she’s losing pieces of her outfit.  They want to go to the safety of Graymatter Lane.

Unfortunately, Graymatter Lane isn’t that safe either, as the issue ends. 

I got my 14th letter published!  I didn’t send one in for the fourth issue, I couldn’t’ think of anything positive to say, besides where is Marigold and Mal, but we got them in this very issue. 

X-Men 97 : 2 x 3 – Rise of Apocalypse, Part 1

Posted by John Klein III on July 8, 2026
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We catch up to the Past X-Men! 

Credits are just this team of X-Men, just like the first episode.  I love that they can have fun with the credits.

The X-Men are in the present!  They just need the other half of the team.

Beau DeMayo co-wrote this episode.  I thought he was fired?  Or maybe he had written all of Season Two, then was fired?  That sounds maybe right?

Is Magneto going to give Apocalypse his mission statement?

A pharaoh from a foreign land?  Rama Tut?!  Kang?!

En Sabah Nur, is what I should be calling him, I suppose.

Makes sense to end the three episode premiere with a part one, to get people hyped for part two.

Magneto and Xavier arguing about what is the right thing to do.

Is Apocalypse the season villain, or just the first half?

Maybe Magneto can fix En Sabah Nur?

I guess if the MCU isn’t going to use Kang, the Animated-Verse will?  Are we still expecting Spider-Man 97? 

Desert rat, ooof!

Who is this mid level boss fight guy?

Why would he look like Apocalypse in that dust cloud?  I mean, I get it for us viewers, but why the mid level boss guy?

Are they really going to call him, Nur?

Bishop hasn’t caught up to these X-Men yet.

X-Men need the android parts to get them back to the future.

Xavier has an ancient wheelchair.

I like these past tunics they are wearing.

Beast is getting pretty frustrated.  Beast must be feeling pretty low, if he’s at the point of giving up on science, and just praying his way out of this.

Oooof, Magneto IS giving Nur leadership skills.

Xavier can’t just take the information out of Nur’s mind, he’s worried the most he uses his powers, the more the future will be rewritten.  Unless, of course, this has all happened before.

Nur’s lieutenant is not happy with the X-Men.

Oooof, Magneto has been filling Nur’s head with talk of destiny.

Magneto has both his exes in the room, Rogue & Xavier.  That can’t be easy.

Nur could be the first X-Man?

Magneto rocking a beard like his Rivals and Fortnite counterparts.

Bishop must be getting here as fast as he can.

Xavier has inspired Magneto to be more like him, and maybe that’ll work on Nur?

Nur has to let his slave owner live, that couldn’t be easy.

I’m surprised Xavier isn’t better at reading people’s minds, he must be out of practice.

They need to find a Lost Temple.

Ruh oh, Nur and his peeps know the X-Men are up to some weapon crafting.

OH!  Nur did get to kill his slave owner. 

Hey, Bishop finally arrives!  A gun would be very useful in ancient Egypt.

Rama Tut saying, conqueror, that’s fun.

Bishop has to get them back to the 1990s.

Episode ends with Rama Tut blowing the heck out of Nur’s base. 

What a cliffhanger!

I think the second episode has been my favorite thus far. 

Thanks to Disney Wiki for the title card!

Rise of Apocalypse | Disney Wiki | Fandom

X-Men 97 : 2 x 2 – A Force to Be Reckon With

Posted by John Klein III on July 7, 2026
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Cable says “Previously on the X-Men”

1997. 

Quintin Quire, I recognized.

Penance?!  Is that Monet?!

X-Factor!  Strong Guy, Havok (saying “We’re the good guys, like his brother did in the first episode!), Polaris, Wolfsbane, and Multiple Man (three of them).

Chamber on the news, being detained by X-Factor.

Jubilee has not attempted to repair the X-Mansion.

Trish’s face has scars from her Sentinel Prime situation.

Where are Jubilee and Sunspot living?  Cable found them!

Cable wants to find the Horseman, War. 

I guess the X-Men are at their weakest here, as they are not there.

Are we going to get X-Force vs X-Factor?

X-Force opening credits!  Wha?!  I love this so much!

Sunspot in his early X-Force uniform.

X-Force 97!  This was well worth the wait.

Brazil!

Psylocke says, “Duck Shoot,” which has to be British, right?

Psylocke is awesome, and I need her Funko.

Jubilee has let her hair grow out.

Psylocke has her butterflies!  Is this Kwannon?

Jubilee hasn’t gotten fully on board with the X-Force method.  Oh, a Force to be Reckon with, I get it now.  X-Force.  Pretty clever.

Cable wants Archangel to kill War, which is intense.  Weird Cable couldn’t do it himself, but Warren is Death. 

Zuru Bunch O Balloons must love they were the ad after this.

London, England.  Emma Frost!

Evil Jeff of Comic Book Queers is going to love this episode.  Diamonds and Butterflies!

Emma is going to make Cable bark!  I love Emma.

Jubilee is in an Asian outfit, that’s nice.

Emma is a great matchmaker.

Switzerland.  Emma came with them!  And Psylocke is there too!

Emma taking the time to do her nails.  Whoa, she lured them into an X-Factor trap!

Jubilee was going to call Emma a total something.

X-Force vs X-Factor!  We got it so quickly.  Interesting match ups. 

Strong Guy vs Cable

Multiple Man vs Psylocke

Havok vs Sunspot (this is where the app crashed on me, had to rewatch all of the ads, fast forward to where I left off, and watched more ads)

Shame Peter David didn’t get to see this happen. 

Havok vs Jubilee

Emma can still turn diamond, she’s so bored.

Polaris vs Archangel, she’s taking everyone down.  Polaris literally wrapped them up.

Havok took Jubilee!  Psylocke took Sunspot down, so he couldn’t rescue her. 

Awkward as Havok just told Jubilee she isn’t an X-Man.  Ugh, she even has a power inhibitor on.  Gross.

Polaris is the good cop.  Just gals talking.  Polaris is the only other X-Man around.

X-Factor’s Detainees.  I recognized Quintin Quire, Dusk, the Cuckoos (three of them, one in one room, and two in another, which seems messed up), and Artie.  Hey, the little girl from Marvels, that Angel saved!  What a deep cut!

I was hoping X-Factor was detaining mutants, but then, you know, treating them nicely, as if they were secretly rescuing mutants, instead, they are gross government goons.

Sunspot has a red Ninja Turtle bandana. 

Marvel is really pushing the Magic the Gathering collab.  I watched all of X-Men 97 Season One, and saw this ad so much.

Chamber is there too.

Jubilee takes down a bunch of guard goons.  I thought she was going to rescue a bunch of mutants too.  She can make fireworks with her feet?!

Jubilee did rescue the mutants.  Was that Synch?

The song Jubilee is listening to is Veruca Salt’s Volcano Girls.  Thanks MSN.  Apparently they have a Spider-Man 79 song too. 

What’s the song Jubilee plays in X-Men ’97 season 2?

Jubilee has roller blades!

Glob Herman!

X-Factor has a flying base?

Pixie!

Val Cooper is there too!  She has an X-Factor uniform too.  I guess she’s on the team.

Jubilee has gotten a power boost, and I love it.

Havok and Val Cooper are not pleased with Polaris.

Jubilee is the Ms. Marvel of the Inglorious X-Force team.

Back to the Future.  Teen Cable gets his computer in his arm.  X-Men have to get back to the present.  Timeslide the X-Men!  I was expecting a Timeslide by five.

I missed the credits on the first episode, but they definitely had them for the second episode. 

Thanks to Disney Wiki for the title card!

A Force to be Reckoned With | Disney Wiki | Fandom

X-Men 97 : 2 x 1 – Days of Past Future

Posted by John Klein III on July 6, 2026
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Mother Askani says “Previously on the X-Men”

Six Months Later.  Trish Tilby back as a reporter. 

Ancient Egypt (3000 BC) Nile Delta – Xavier, Magneto, Beast, Nightcrawler, Rogue (Apocalypse Begins)

Future (3960 AD) Atlantic Basin – Cyclops, Jean Grey, Storm, Morph, Wolverine (Apocalypse Height)

Cool seeing Forge working on his time travel cube that we saw in the original series. 

Beau DeMayo still an Executive Producer. 

So silly Bishop’s “get the X-Men back . . . to the 90s”

Somehow Forge is still alive in the future. 

Wolverine is bad arse, with his bone claws, and no nose. 

Forge says, “oh my stars and garters”

Storm & Forge are together. 

Wait, did Bishop go back in time, and Forge went to the future?

Scott & Jean want to stay, which makes sense.

So many dead mutants, but I didn’t recognize any of them in the big pile.

Ozymandias!

  Jean training a Young Nathan, aw!

Aw, the hugs!

Mother Askani, I wonder if we’ll ever get Excalibur Rachel Summers?

Do I want all of these Funkos?  Sorta.

Poor Mother Askani, it must have hurt her to not say hello to her parents.

“Thanks for today, please for tomorrow” that’s an odd expression.

Nathan’s baby blanket is a scared item!

Scott is a summer, Nathan is a spring, together they can fight off winter.  Which is coming.

Storm and Forge haven’t missed a step.  I like these two together.

Oh no, Scott & Jean are taking their own son!   They can’t keep their secret plan from Nathan, so silly that they thought they could.

Of Apocalypse’s Horsemen, I recognized Mastermind.  Maybe.

Are we going to get Stryfe?!

I like this Progressive ad with all of the friends, they found each other.  That’s nice.  Full Disclosure : We’re a Geico family.

This Old Navy ad, with the newscaster ladies who like shopping, but the guy doesn’t get it.  Are we still doing this?

Storm about to go full omega with channeling the cosmic solar flares. 

Mother Askani has a 80s Rachel hair style!  But with a long rat tail.  She even has the face markings!

Mother Askani is speaking very plainly.

Nathan has a power inhibitor, but can still control some of his powers?

Scott is wearing his X-Factor White X uniform, modified for the future, that’s fun.  Jean is wearing here red uniform, with a yellow X, modified. 

Scott tells Nathan the truth!  Jean is repeating Madelyne’s speech, which I don’t love that she has Maddy’s memories. 

Nathan empowered by love and encouragement!

I love seeing how powerful Mother Askani is!  She can lift the entire Ship.

Storm truly is the Omega of Omegas!

Did they not make a Forge Funko?  That’s the one I want. 

Mother Askani has the Phoenix!  Which makes sense as she’s the best Phoenix host.

Apocalypse is going to attack the X-Men when they are at their weakest, the 1990s!

I don’t recognize any of these freed mutants.  Which makes sense, they are future mutants. 

I love Storm, and need more Storm in my life. 

Nathan receives his arm computer thingie!  Now he can body slide by one!

Cut to Old Man Cable, and his X-Force with Psylocke and Archangel!  Who I really like together.  She has a British accent.  Cable wants to recruit Jubilee & Sunspot.  This is going to be fun! 

Thanks to Disney Wiki for the title card!

Days of Past Future | Disney Wiki | Fandom

AIPT – X-Men Monday # 345

Posted by John Klein III on July 1, 2026
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AIPT was nice enough to ask my question to Ashley Allen regarding Tomb of Apocalypse.

X-Men Monday #345 – Ashley Allen Talks ‘Tomb of Apocalypse’ • AIPT

I hadn’t known Shatterstar and Rictor were added to the cast, that’s pretty cool. Rictor and Apocalypse have quite the history.

June 30, 2026 – S&FwM’s 13th Birthday!!!

Posted by John Klein III on June 30, 2026
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Moonstar 4

Posted by John Klein III on June 29, 2026
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Writer Ashley Allen

Artist Edoardo Audino

Color Artist Arthur Hesli

Letterer VC’s Clayton Cowles

Variant Cover Dave Wachter

I love so much Dani Moonstar coming to the same conclusion that I (and many others) did.  That if Kyron is looking for the tablet, and took her parents, most likely, he’ll keep her parents near where he is, which would naturally be, near the tablet. 

I like how Dani had a little moment to herself, collected herself, and came up with the plan.  She knows where the tablet is, and doesn’t know where her parents are, so the best plan is to go after the tablet. 

Dani and Kian Mir (thanks to the credit page, nice to have these K names ahead of time), discuss the plan, he seems concern about her parents safety, but recognizes it is Dani’s call. 

We get two Illyana references this issue, so I love that. 

First one was about how Illyana had an interest in the Valkyrie’s powers. 

We learn Kian’s origins, of how he became blind. 

We get the second Illyana reference, that maybe she or Doctor Strange could use Kian, but he likes the reminder that magic comes at a cost. 

I love seeing Brightwind, as I am a sucker for an animal companion.

I like how Dani and Kian have chemistry together, but there’s no time to see where it goes, and Dani’s headspace is properly elsewhere, but there are signs here. 

They get to where the tablet is, they have to fight off some undead animals, and learn more about the tablet.  When Wilson Fisk had it, it was the size of what you’ll imagine a tablet would be.  But now, now it is gigantic, and part of the ground. 

Kyron shows up, with Dani’s parents, and begins to cast his undead spell, as the issue ends.