Shadow and Flame with Magik

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WOLVERINE #1 & 2
PAUL CORNELL • RYAN STEGMAN (A/C)
Variant Cover by Jerome Opeña
Animal Variant by Katie Cook
Design Variant by TBA
Blank Variant Also Available
Issue #2 – Variant Cover by TBA
WOLVERINE NO MORE?
After the events of KILLABLE, Wolverine has something to prove. Before he can take on Sabretooth again, he’ll need to build himself back up, get better and stronger than he’s ever been…but it’s not as easy as he thought, and he’ll soon find himself turning to other means of revenge when the normal channels don’t seem to be working fast enough. Can he fight back his demons, or is this the beginning of a Wolverine who’s gone to the dark side?
32 PGS./PARENTAL ADVISORY …$3.99

So, Wolverine is now getting a fifth volume!  People are going to start thinking he isn’t able to keep a title afloat.  No Alan Davis art is going to hurt this relaunch.  Plus, he is fighting Sabretooth, the main villain of Killable, so this really should just be issue 13 of the last volume.  So silly sometimes, but it has been proven that people love themselves a new number one. 

FANTASTIC FOUR #1
JAMES ROBINSON • LEONARD KIRK (A/C)

MS. MARVEL #1
G. WILLOW WILSON
ADRIAN ALPHONA (A)

THE PUNISHER #1 & 2
NATHAN EDMONDSON
MITCHELL THOMAS GERADS (A/C)

SHE-HULK #1
CHARLES SOULE • JAVIER PULIDO (A)

WINTER SOLDIER: THE BITTER MARCH #1 (of 5)
RICK REMENDER
ROLAND BOSCHI (A)

NEW WARRIORS #1
CHRISTOPHER YOST MARCUS TO (A)

LOKI: AGENT OF ASGARD #1
AL EWING • LEE GARBETT (A)

X-FORCE #1
SI SPURRIER • ROCK-HE KIM (A/C)

No interest in these new number ones!  It is nice that there is another female lead book but it doesn’t sound like it is for me.   I like that she has an alliteration name, I like that she is from Ne Jersey, it is cool that she is a Muslim Inhuman, makes her part of the well-be-then current storyline. 

            I also like the sound of this new She-Hulk title, she is back to being an attorney, which I really liked from Dan Slott’s two series. 

Winter Soldier, to tie in with the new movie. 

            The Loki series does sound fun. 

I will miss Spurrier on X-Men Legacy and unfortunately, have no interest in X-Force titles. 

ALL-NEW X-MEN #23
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS • STUART IMMONEN (A/C)
Variant Cover by DALE KEOWN
“THE TRIAL OF JEAN GREY” PART 3!
• Jean is on trial and it’s up to the All-New X-Men and Guardians of the Galaxy to get her free.
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

Now that we know Kitty is still in this title, I am looking forward to this crossover!

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #12
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS • SARA PICHELLI (A)
Cover by MIKE DEODATO
Variant Cover by Dale Keown
Movie Variant also available
“THE TRIAL OF JEAN GREY” PART 4!
• A surprise ally from one character’s past comes to help, but is that enough against the most powerful army in the Universe?
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

With this being written by Bendis, who has Daredevil experience, imagine if this is an actual trial?  That might be cool. 

CATACLYSM: THE ULTIMATES’ LAST STAND #5 (of 5)
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS • MARK BAGLEY (A/C)
Variant Cover by Jorge Coehlo
THE BIGGEST ULTIMATE EVENT YET! MARVEL’S GALACTUS VS. THE ULTIMATES
• The stunning conclusion of the biggest Ultimate event ever!!!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

Hopefully the X-Men have shown up, if they want me to buy it.  I guess it will be next month’s solicitations before we know the fate of the Ultimate Universe. 

MARVEL KNIGHTS: X-MEN #4 (of 5)
BRAHM REVEL
BRAHM REVEL (A/C)
• All the X-men intended to do was locate two young mutants and keep them from harm’s way.
• But now, scattered, manipulated and fighting themselves, the X-Men must get their act together and save an entire town!
• Can the X-Men stand against an army of villains ripped from their own minds?!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

First issue was quite good so I can only imagine this is going to be a very nice miniseries. 

THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: THE MOVIE ADAPTATION #2 (OF 2)
TOM COHEN • WELLINTON ALVES (A)
GET READY FOR THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 WITH AN AWESOME ADAPTATION OF THE WEB-SLINGER’S LATEST HIT FILM!
• When danger threatens the city, high school student Peter Parker leaps into action as the wall-crawling Spider-Man!
• Spider-Man! The Lizard! Gwen Stacy! All this and more movie magic!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

I must have missed this last month.  Is this really the best way to remind people there was a Amazing Spider-Man movie prior to the sequel coming out in May?  Wouldn’t the DVD do that plus all of the marketing?  This comic isn’t very wise.  Though it is faster than having to watch an entire movie.  I wonder where the first issues ends at? 

UNCANNY AVENGERS #17
RICK REMENDER • STEVE MCNIVEN (A/C)
The conclusion of Ragnarök Now!
• The Avengers Assemble! But are they too late?
• The Twins’ revenge on Kang is complete, but at what cost?
• Planet X is born!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

Cover implies everyone shows up for this.

AMAZING X-MEN #4
JASON AARON • ED MCGUINNESS (A/C)
• Wolverine and Northstar are defeated and stranded in… Purgatory?
• Nightcrawler tries to rally the X-Men to help them and save the after-life from Azazel, but they are outgunned by the demon lord and his hordes!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

Still no Kitty Pryde?  At least we now know that Marvel’s afterlife has a Purgatory.  Very Catholic of them.  Good job!

UNCANNY X-MEN #17
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS • CHRISTOPHER BACHALO(A/C)
• It’s training day for the students of the new Xavier School.
• Only, the training seems to be that the teachers just left them on mission to fend for themselves.
• Uh-oh.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

How great would this title be with Kitty! 

WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN #41 & 42
JASON AARON • NICK BRADSHAW & PEPE LARRAZ (A)
Cpver by NICK BRADSHAW
SCHOOL’S OUT FOREVER! FINAL ISSUES!
• It’s the end of the year for the Jean Grey school – but where do our graduates go from here? And who will have survived the experience?!
• Jason Aaron, Pepe Larraz & Nick Bradshaw bring the story of the Jean Grey school to a close!
32 PGS. (EACH)/Rated T …$3.99 (EACH)

Shoot, I knew I was leaving this title behind but look, Kitty and Lockheed are on one of these covers!  Hopefully Nick Bradshaw doesn’t leave the X-Titles behind, I really like his art.  Makes you wonder what is going to happen with the Jean Grey School, maybe a new young mutants title? 

X-MEN LEGACY #24
SIMON SPURRIER
TAN ENG HUAT (A)
Cover by MIKE DEL MUNDO
“FOR WE ARE MANY” CONCLUSION!
• Collapsing under the weight of his dead father’ disappointment, Legion’s god-like powers spiral out of control, leaving the fate of mutantkind in the balance. To what ends will Legion go to save the world from himself?
• This is it. This is the end. Anything can happen…
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

            I am going to miss this title once it is gone.  Hopefully Magik or Kitty show up like they have from time to time.  Such a good comic. 

X-MEN ADAMANTIUM COLLECTION
Written by STAN LEE, ROY THOMAS, CHRIS CLAREMONT, FABIAN NICIEZA, GRANT MORRISON, JOSS WHEDON, ED BRUBAKER, MATT FRACTION & BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Penciled by JACK KIRBY, NEAL ADAMS, JOHN BYRNE, BRENT ANDERSON, JIM LEE, ANDY KUBERT, FRANK QUITELY, JOHN CASSADAY, GREG LAND, TERRY DODSON & STUART IMMONEN
Cover by ALEX ROSS
The super-sized, slipcased “Adamantium Collection” format is back, and it’s the X-Men’s turn in the spotlight! It’s the best and brightest moments from the mighty mutants’ long and storied history like you’ve never seen them before — and packed with extras! Thrill to the X-Men’s debut, seminal battles against Magneto and the Sentinels, the classic “Days of Future Past” and “God Loves, Man Kills” stories, Magneto’s return, Cyclops and Jean Grey’s wedding, Cassandra Nova’s deadly attack on mutantkind, the discovery of a cure for mutation, the X-Men’s exodus to San Francisco, and the original teen team’s shocking arrival in the present day! Collecting X-MEN (1963) #1, #57-59 and #141; UNCANNY X-MEN (1981) #142 and #500; MARVEL GRAPHIC NOVEL #5; X-MEN (1991) #1-3 and #30; NEW X-MEN (2001) #114-116; ASTONISHING X-MEN (2004) #1-6; and ALL-NEW X-MEN #1-5.
720 PGS./Rated T+ …$200
ISBN: 978-0-7851-5460-0
Trim size: oversized

            That isn’t the worst collection of issues.  They are going to reprint 141 & 142 a bunch this upcoming year.  500 is clearly a start to a story, but that might spur someone to buy it.  I’ve seen the Wolverine Adamantium Collection and it is a giant of a book.  At $200, no one is going to buy it at that price but there are places that sell it at a discount, so check those sites out!  X-Men 1 – 3 plays as a superb X-Men movie if they didn’t have a budget to worry about. 

            There are a slew of Captain America trades coming out. 

My totals are five buys and four maybes.  Even if I get all nine, that’s only $27.00, so let’s hope that isn’t the case. 

Buys : All New X-Men 23, Guardians of the Galaxy 12, Marvel Knights X-Men 4, Uncanny X-Men 17, and Wolverine and the X-Men 41

Maybes : Cataclysm 5, Wolverine and the X-Men 42 and X-Men Legacy 24, Uncanny Avengers 17

$15 is more like it but you never know what appearances can be made that are not promoted.