Yaga Dyara has been trying to kill the Rasputin bloodline for centuries.
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This issue takes place right after Uncanny X-Men 231, as Colossus is upset that he just liked to his sister, Magik, that he was dead, and only his ghost visited her in Limbo.
I really do like seeing Betsy and Colossus being friends.
Yaga Dyara attacks, and the X-Men fight back.
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I do like how often Colossus thinks about Illyana this issue.
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Betsy goes into Colossus’ mind, and she knows just how to motivate him, that Illyana will never let him live this down.
(Also, you are welcome for the feet pics)
Colossus wins the day, and begins sculpting.
Issue ends with Havok checking on Madelyne Pryor, who didn’t do much, and is feeling bad about that.
Rogue and Remy are having a date night, so Jubilee is in charge of the New Mutants. She resents being constantly placed on the sidelines, as she just can’t shake her junior X-Men status. Then an orb arrives.
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Calio and Ember, and the rest of the New Mutants, are going to locate Logan.
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Ember looks great here!
As Jubilee is about to enter the portal to who knows where, hint, it is the Tomb of Apocalypse, Logan shows up, so they both go in. Logan wants to remain calm, and back out, especially once he learns this is Apocalypse related. Jubilee is tried of him calling her a kid, and wants to push on. They immediately get over their heads, and Jubilee has to keep pushing herself, until she’s actually inside the tomb. There Apocalypse tells Jubilee he was looking for Gambit, but she’ll do. Issue ends with Rictor and Shatterstar showing up, so we’re building our cast.
I suppose the New Mutants are never going to find Logan.
Variant Artist Rod Reis, I had to get the Magik cover.
Krakoa Beast, the 3K Chairman, wants Magneto on his side, and he can restore Magneto’s powers to sway him.
Meanwhile, Joseph, in Magneto’s purple boots, is leading the 3K X-Men – Timebomb, Psychovore, Juice, and Galatea.
The 3K X-Men do NOT care for Joseph.
Cyclops and the Alaskan X-Men (I’m going to try to be as clear as possible with this) are immediately ready for a fight.
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70s Beast and Magik are making their way back to the Factory.
I like how Chairman Beast fumbles his pitch with Magneto. Magneto is Right, we all know this. Magneto’s current state is because it is a message from the future.
Quintin Quire is taken out, so the X-Men have to fight old school.
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Constellation, I’m so happy Magik name checked this guy, as I wouldn’t have known.
I do love Cyclops fighting Joseph, and saying how the 3K X-Men are still unknown to them, but he’s fought Magneto for years.
This entire attack was a distraction as Chairman Beast only needed Magneto’s DNA, and no interference, and he gets what he wants.
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Magik tells her X-Men that she took Magneto to town, which Cyclops immediately knows what the goal was.
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Krakoa Beast has really went to town on Magneto!
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Epilogue. Scott is telling the X-Men how important it was that 3K didn’t get all of their objectives completed.
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Cyclops has a plan, they are going to data mine everything Schwarzchild knows.
The graphic novel follows Neesha Sparks and Gabby Graciana on their respected first days of school at Durham Western High School, probably named after a racist.
Neesha is black, lesbian, activist, costume designer, and has spastic diplegia cerebral palsy. Formerly from New York.
Gabby is a bisexual, Puerto Rican -Mexican surfer, who has PTSD, and incredible shoulders. Formerly from Florida.
Both of them find themselves in North Carolina, Ric Flair country, even though I’ve met several people from North Carolina, and none of them have known who Ric Flair is.
They find each other, and find a way to navigate through the junior year of high school.
This is one of those graphic novels you read, then reread, then think about for a full week, and then feel compelled to tell other people about it.
I love the characters so much, I love the art, and the lettering makes it so easy to read.
Neesha is a defender of all, especially of herself and her friends. She immediately starts the book off confronting her principal about his misconceptions of her disability.
Gabby has a mysterious past that once we find out what happened one stormy night, we completely get her on a different level.
These ladies really enjoy manga, especially Super Navigator Nozomi by Hiromu Takeuchi. Don’t worry dear reader, we are treated to pages of Super Navigator Nozomi that may or may not tie into what the ladies are experiencing in their current lives. There are seven volumes of Super Navigator Nozomi, that they are determined to seek out all seven volumes.
Neesha’s parents are divorced, she is currently living with her mother, Holly, and her father still lives in New York City.
Gabby’s father is a widower, and she lives with him, and her two younger brothers, Ian and Alexander, who are not twins.
I adore seeing how Gabby softens Neesha, who didn’t want any new friends, but gets a great one in Gabby.
I really appreciate how supportive their families are with their daughters, and their friends.
At first, I didn’t like Gabby’s father, Gabriel, who came off extremely intense, but then we get more of an understanding of why that is.
We learn about Neesha and Gabby’s romantic pasts. Gabby starts the novel with her boyfriend, Josh, who is a jerk. She’s dated a Caridad, who kissed Gabby, then broke up with her over text a week later.
Neesha has dated Star, who introduced her to anime and manga, and then dated another gal who . . . didn’t have great intentions.
How they receive the seventh volume, had my eyes start tearing up. Such a lovely moment.
There is also a second volume coming out in November, that you have to read!
Midnight X-Men 2 AIPT guessed we might get Kitty Pryde in issue one, so I’m very excited about issue two.
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Midnight Spider-Man 2 sounds very interesting as well.
Predator vs Punisher 1 sounds like fun.
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I still find it odd they placed Midnight in front of those titles to keep them together, yet, for this Incursions event, they go with the character names first. But also, I’m on board for X-Men Incursions. Days of Future Past Kate Pryde vs House of M, yes please! I’m going to get the regular cover.
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DNX 4, I want the Vicentini cover, as Magik is more featured on that one.
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DNX 5, we’re double shipping DNX now?! We must be making room for whatever kicks off 2027. I want the Camuncoli cover, as it has Magik’s head on it.
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Jean Grey 1, she’s back, and joining Cyclops’ Alaska X-Men, so I should get this as I’m sure Magik will appear.
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X-Men 41, Magik is back to being on the covers, and November is already starting to feel pricy. I’m going to want the regular cover as Magik is more of a focus on that one.
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X-Orcists 1, with both Ashley Allen and German Peralta?! And Magik and Madelyne Pryor?! I’m getting that Russell Dauterman cover, for sure. I would want more covers of this, but I need to limit myself.
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Tomb of Apocalypse 4, I saw Calico and Ember were going to be in issue one, and now I’m having regrets not preordering this series.
Generation X-23 10, it is the story’s finale, but is it the series finale?!
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X-Men United 9, I guess it wasn’t the Shadow King after all (Solicitations can be so silly sometimes). Hopefully Kitty is on one of the five variant covers.
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Uncanny X-Men 38, we’re back to both Graymalkin Prison, and failed Wolverine experiments.
Uncanny X-Men 39, and we’re double shipping!
Gambit Wanted 5, the final issue, and we get a cover with Jean, Logan, Scott, and Lil Ro.
Gambit Gone 3, still a weird miniseries concept for me, but if you like Gambit, this has two of them for you.
Wolverine 29, I wonder who the “friend” is?
Wolverine Paradise 2, odd to me they didn’t put Dazzler’s name in the title here.
Punisher Showdowns : Wolverine 1, another event where they put the title first, and character second. Why is Incursions different? This is the only issue of the event I was interested in.
Friendly Neighborhood Mary Jane 1, with Ashley Allen AND Phil Noto?! If I was ever going to buy a Spider-Man title, this would be it.
Spider-Woman 1, getting a new ongoing to celebrate her 50th anniversary, I like that.
Amazing Spider-Man 1004, has Logan on the cover, that’s pretty cool.
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Black Cat 16, I had completely forgot to anticipate this Black Cat / X-Men crossover! Felicia and Emma Frost are a fun combination. I wonder if Kitty would be in this?
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Iron Man 11, Carmen Carnero drawing Reed and Sue fighting Iron Man? That sounds fantastic.
Captain America 17, we have a young clone of Doctor Doom, named Vic, running around? Okay, Armageddon.
Marvel Meow / Strange Scales 1, printing for the first time, Marvel Meow Infinity Comics 19 – 24, and Strange Scales 1. Fandom has the characters appearances for Meow, but not for Strange Scales. From the descriptions, I don’t think Lockheed appeared in Scales. There is a new story too, so I’ll check to see if Lockheed shows up for this. Maybe we’re getting closer to Lovable Lockheed seeing print?
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Jeff the Land Shark Superstar 5, final issue, and Magikhot is on the main cover, so I’m sold.
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Godzilla Conquers the Multiverse 5, final issue! I wonder if there will be a fourth miniseries? States the X-Men appear, and Magik has appeared before, so I should just preorder it.
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Alien vs X-Men 3, the Chris Claremont back up has both Kitty Pryde and Rachel Summers! They are the truest of friends! Hopefully they appear on one of the two variant covers.
Marvel is revisiting Secret Wars (the Jonathan Hickman one) with telling how some realities clashed with each other, and Alex Paknadel and Jim Towe are bringing us Days of Future Past versus House of M, and we know for sure DoFP Kate Pryde is involved, and I can only hope we get HoM Teacher Kitty Pryde, fresh off of her Giant Size House of M appearance (from last year).
I’m surprised it isn’t Incursions : X-Men, so that all of the one shots will be listed with each other in the future, but I’m not a marketing person.
Other titles will be : Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, X-Men ’92, and Avengers.
I’ll be curious about X-Men 92, pending on what reality they are going up against. Pryde of the X-Men, perhaps?
I suppose that is true for any of these one shots, it’ll all depend on which realities are involved.
Issue opens with Jeff versus Street Sharks, which is very fun.
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We are treated to a great team shot of the Jeff Coast Avengers with Magikhot.
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I can only hope the JCA attack with honor.
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I love so much that we are treated to Jeff figuring out who at least half the Amalgam characters are. He knows who Magik is, but not necessarily who Longshot is.
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This is a very cute comic.
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Jeff destroyed the set, so now everyone has to stop acting.
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Mojo shows up to yell at Jeff, as Mojo is a jerk.
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Magikhot, Jeff, and the rest of the Jeff Coast Avengers are banished to the green room, which is a fancy breakroom.
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Like Kate Bishop, Kate-Locke (a combination with Psylocke), can understand Jeff, so now she’s deputy leader.
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So cute how Magikhot doesn’t want any part of this nonsense.
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Kate-Locke finally gets around to naming everyone for Jeff’s sake. We are also introduced to Wolvie-Kawaii. Who is also super cute.
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Aw, Wolvie-Kawaii is sad that his entire team was scrapped.
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Jeff is immediately taking by Wolvie-Kawaii, and truly, who isn’t?! And now the team has a new mission, keep the little guy super safe.
Issue ends with Spiral picking up Ken, Jeff’s other cute friend who is a squid or octopus. One of those. Maybe. He’s a Septapus.
Variant Cover Alexander Lozano, as soon as I saw that plush Lockheed, I had to have this 80s Magik variant cover.
This was such a great comic!
It looks gorgeous too, Daniel, Morales, and Hesli really brought it this issue.
I really appreciate that we got to see how Magik interacts with this 70s Beast, as I don’t feel like they have too much character history together. She hung out with Teen Beast during Brian Michael Bendis’ All New X-Men / Uncanny X-Men tenure. Nothing else really comes to mind.
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I really love Magik bringing Magneto to a temple in Merle, Alaska. That was very kind of her.
Maybe a reference to Kitty Pryde would have been too much to ask for?
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Magik is such a great character, that we can establish where everyone is with her portals, Such a clever use of her power, and we get a quick glimpse of how she interacts with her team, as she’s looking for 70s Beast.
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70s Beast is still unraveling his interaction with Krakoa Beast, the Chairman of 3K. He’s not used to seeing a personification of his inner darkness, so who else to ask but Magik, who has her own personal Darkchild.
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Is this Magik learning about Krakoa Beast’s involvement in 3K?
No, Cyclops must have told them when he updated them on the Age of Revelation.
But always good to reestablish plot points.
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Age of Revelation Darkchild did look cool, and I love that her and Juggernaut are Best Friends Forever.
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Apparently, Cyclops has kept the Krakoa Beast a secret, and only Beast, Animalia, and now Magik know who they are truly up against.
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70s Beast is so vulnerable here.
And I just love the softness of the colors here.
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Magik tells 70s Beast that seeing her darkness personified is a gift.
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It is interesting how living in a comic book universe, that one is treated to seeing what their worst selves look like. That must be such a trippy experience.
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Magik must give the best hugs. The absolute rarest of gifts is a hug from Magik.
The panel of her saying she’s a big softy, and just thinks spikes and swords are cool is a panel that will live on forever. It is a shame she’s not seen saying it inside the panel, but might as well include the hug and the quote when reposting it.
There, I did it for you. You are so welcome.
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Issue ends with an explosion at The Factory.
This probably is my favorite issue of this series thus far. It is so great!
Shadow and Flame with Magik 