With all of the talk of Fall of the House of X, and Rise of the Powers of X, people have been referencing the Messiah Trilogy – Messiah Complex, Messiah War (crossover between Cable and X-Force), and Second Coming. Kitty nor Magik are in the first two parts, but Magik shows up quite a bit in the beginning of Second Coming – until she’s taken off the board, and then, she’s the fetch quest in X-Men : Second Coming – Hellbound. Which she’s barely in, and is rescued, and then doesn’t even appear in the final chapter of Second Coming. Kitty only appears twice in it, and this is the crossover that happens right after Magneto has brought her back to Earth, rescuing her from the bullet. So she’s in a containment fish tank.
So here’s my Twitter recap of the mostly Magik and Kitty appearances during Second Coming.
Mostly, this is a holding pattern for my next big X-Twitter project that I’ll hint at more as we get closer to it.
#XMenSecondComing 1 Part 1 Cable returns to the present with Hope Scott includes Magik in his Alpha Team, a position she won't be leaving X-Force knows about the Human Council Fun to see Betsy not be aware of X-Force Scott is proud of Nathan, and needs Hope to live pic.twitter.com/R73c2PGvZI
#XMenSecondComing Uncanny X-Men 523 Part 2 Cable & Hope find safety in a hotel Hope's first hotel! Kurt is upset with Scott, Scott tells him he can tell Scott once this is over. 😬 Purifiers, X-Men, and New Mutants find them pic.twitter.com/cMAOmu7nJm
#XMenSecondComing New Mutants V3 12 Part 3 The Right joins the fight, and New Mutants are the first to fight them Magik finally gets to Hope, but the Purifiers are ready, and hit her with a trap They take out Kurt too. White/Blue Demon Protocols Hodge stabs Karma through her leg! pic.twitter.com/inqOhuv3E3
#XMenSecondComing Uncanny X-Men 524 Part 6 Kitty makes her first of two appearances in this crossover Madison Jeffries tries to help Karma Scott sets up the Hellbound mini, Pixie doesn't want to go Pierce is awake on Utopia and has a plan Hope meets Magneto They bury Kurt 😦 pic.twitter.com/eVBc2pmZ1X
#XMenSecondComing Hellbound 1 Part 7B Magik only appears as a recap from New Mutants V3 12 Cannonball recruits Anole, Pixie, and Trance (who don't want to be there) to rescue Magik He also gets Northstar, Gambit (during his Death persona days), and Dazzler Limbo is very chaotic pic.twitter.com/8eJmN9Zfw7
#XMenSecondComing Uncanny X-Men 525 Part 10 Great homage to Uncanny X-Men 141 as Cable & X-Force (but not that one) go into the future to stop Nimrods from going to the past Avengers & FF show up to assist the giant dome around Utopia & San Francisco Hope is mad at Scott pic.twitter.com/aBWzWBZKKF
#XMenSecondComing Hellbound 2 Part 10B Kitty makes her second and final appearance in this crossover! We still don't know where Magik is Death Gambit is trying to take over Limbo N'astirh wants to make a deal with Pixie, her piece of her soul back for Magik's soulsword pic.twitter.com/Df8Wu4nYLS
#XMenSecondComing Hellbound 3 Part 13B Pixie defeats N'astirh Sam fights Death Gambit Pixie & Magik knock Death Gambit out Pixie & Magik have a new fondness for each other They all return to Earth and Magik doesn't show up in the final chapter of the crossover 😦 pic.twitter.com/E55RqrRCsW
Let’s see what is happening in Marvel Comics in April 2024!
I’m passing on Blood Hunt, and no X-Men involvement, so that seems like an easy decision
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ULTIMATE X-MEN #2
PEACH MOMOKO • PEACH MOMOKO (A/C)
ULTIMATE SPECIAL VARIANT COVER BY BETSY COLA
VARIANT COVER BY MIKE CHOI • VARIANT COVER BY PEACH MOMOKO
DESIGN VARIANT COVER BY PEACH MOMOKO
THE ULTIMATE X-MEN GO BACK TO SCHOOL!
• High school, that is! It’s a new school year for Hisako as she tries to get a grasp on her new powers…
• Where she meets a cool, white-haired punk girl named Mei (A.K.A. Maystorm), who understands all too well the challenge Hisako faces.
• And they team up to embark on a creepy adventure to learn who is behind the creepy shadow that has been haunting – and taunting – them!
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99
I hadn’t realized Ultimate X-Men was 40 pages, that’s pretty awesome. The more Momoko, the better, I say!
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Ultimate Storm debuts in Ultimate Black Panther 3! That should be amazing.
Deadpool gets an all new ongoing by Cody Ziglar and Rogê Antônio.
Spider-Gwen : Ghost Spider 1, finds Gwen moving back to 616, so that’s disappointing after how much I’ve been enjoying 65 and Smash.
There are vampire homage variants for the Blood Hunt event. Probably so the trades are out in October. Or the story concludes in October. One of those.
J.M. DeMatteis is back with Spider-Man : Shadow of the Green Goblin, a story involving Proto-Goblin.
There’s a Roxxon Presents : Thor, with the Roxxon Era of Comics beginning, so we’ll see how that plays out.
Kid Venom 1 of 4, takes place in Japan, 977.
There’s a Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver mini, April will be issue 3 of 4, I have to see if that’s any good.
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MS. MARVEL: MUTANT MENACE #2 (OF 4)
IMAN VELLANI & SABIR PIRZADA • SCOTT GODLEWSKI (A) • Cover by CARLOS GÓMEZ
VARIANT COVER BY PACO MEDINA • VARIANT COVER BY PEACH MOMOKO
THE (IN)FAMOUS X-MAN!
Now that Kamala is very notably and very publicly an X-Man, she is attracting all sorts of attention…and you know who uses attention as currency? That’s right – it’s the return of the X-Men’s old media mogul mastermind – MOJO!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
Ms. Marvel vs. Mojo is an interesting idea for her second outing as a mutant.
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What If? Venom was Dr. Strange, okay
G.O.D.S. 7 of 8, though it doesn’t list the 8.
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FALL OF THE HOUSE OF X #4 (OF 5)
GERRY DUGGAN • LUCAS WERNECK (A) • Cover by PEPE LARRAZ
CONNECTING VARIANT COVER BY BRYAN HITCH • VARIANT COVER BY MAHMUD ASRAR
EMMA FROST VARIANT COVER BY E.M. GIST • EMMA FROST VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY E.M. GIST
FORESHADOW VARIANT COVER BY Felipe Massafera • VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY PEPE LARRAZ
MY ALLY, MY ENEMY!
They say a wounded animal can be the most dangerous kind of animal to face. As the fight between the mutants and Orchis reaches a deadly pitch, a startling revelation rocks the X-Men to their core. The two series that are one come together in one horrible betrayal as the Krakoan Age nears its conclusion!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99
Magik made it to one of the covers! Looks like she’s back to the Bachalo outfit, but with a more covered up shirt?
JUBILEE VARIANT COVER BY DERRICK CHEW • JUBILEE VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY DERRICK CHEW
VARIANT COVER BY CHAD HARDIN • FORESHADOW VARIANT COVER BY David Nakayama
VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY R.B. SILVA
WHO IS TRAITOR X?
In the aftermath of the greatest betrayal in X-Men history, the Quiet Council in exile must act. They have a plan. Can anyone, or anything, survive the experience? As the Krakoan Age barrels toward its conclusion, the two series that are one converge on an act that will live in infamy!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99
I wonder if this Quiet Counsel is just what we’re calling Xavier, Doug, and Rasputin IV’s little squad?
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Avengers 12 & 13 are still helping out the X-Men during Fall of X, so that’s nice. Especially as they seem to be busy with vampires elsewhere.
Resurrection of Magneto 4 of 4! Magneto returns to the land of the living!
Dead X-Men 4 of 4, everything is concluding!
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X-MEN #33
GERRY DUGGAN • JOSHUA CASSARA (A/C)
TRADING CARD VARIANT COVER BY RUSSELL DAUTERMAN
WHITE QUEEN MARVEL MASTERPIECES III VARIANT COVER BY GREG & TIM HILDEBRANDT
WHITE QUEEN MARVEL MASTERPIECES III VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY GREG & TIM HILDEBRANDT
VAMPIRE VARIANT COVER BY LEE GARBETT • MICRONAUTS VARIANT COVER BY TBA
X-MEN X-SSEMBLE!
If there were ever a time to rally the troops and take the fight to the enemy, it’s NOW! Stand side by side with the X-Men as they head for their final stand! They can’t stop ALL of us!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
Joshua Cassara is back on covers AND interior art! This is going to be amazing!
I still wish Lockheed could have made it to this cover, but what a cover regardless!
Magik back in a gold look that I like more than the Fall of House of X outfit.
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X-Men Forever 2 of 4, and now, Rachel is accounted for as well! We get Phil Noto’s Doug Quiel Counsel portrait cover too.
Cable 3 of 4, well that’s disappointing, I was hoping this was an ongoing. I may be an Old Dad, and just not adjusting to the idea that ongoings are not a thing anymore. I really hope Irene Merryweather is part of the supporting cast of this title.
Invincible Iron Man 17, has a vampire variant of Emma about to stab Tony, but is this still consider a Fall of X title?
Weapon X-Men 2 of 4, still a very clever title. Exiles team of Wolverines.
X-Men 97 2 of 4, Sabretooth vs Wolverine, a story as old as time.
Wolverine 47, Laura Kinney vs. Lady Sabretooth, or Savage Sabretooth, so that seems fair.
Wolverine 48, Graydon Creed is back!
Wolverine : Madripoor Knights 3 of 5. I really should have been following solicits earlier, I had no idea Claremont was returning to Wolverine or giving us a sequel to Uncanny X-Men 268. (I originally wrote 265, so I was pretty close!)
So odd they are reprinting every issue of the original Secret Wars , wouldn’t one just buy the trade at this point? Maybe proceeds go to Bob Layton? AND priced at today’s comic prices? Just buy the trade.
Uncanny X-Men 130 is being reprinted as well, first appearance of Dazzler, and second appearance of Kitty Pryde and Emma Frost.
Spider-Woman 6, I may have forgotten this was written by Steve Foxe. Jessica is moving away from New York, and maybe joining a new Champions. Does she still have her child?
So many Marvel comics I’m not interested in as I scroll quickly pass all of the other Spider-titles, Captain America, and Moon Knight.
Power Pack : Into the Storm 4 of 5, still waiting for the first issue to come out, should be soon.
Night Thrasher 3 of 4, still resisting becoming a New Warriors title, I see.
So many Star Wars titles I have to scroll pass too!
Did Marvel buy CrossGen? How do they have the rights to Mystic?
Apparently Disney had bought CrossGen in 2004, for a million dollars, then six years later, it was folded into Marvel in 2010 (to save you the math), and they tried to release three series in 2011, that failed. So trades it is!
Also, I have zero interest in CrossGen, a company I hadn’t thought about since, well before 2004.
They’re releasing a Danny Ketch Ghost Rider Omnibus! 1216 pages for $125, might have to track this one for a sale.
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EXCALIBUR OMNIBUS VOL. 3 HC ANTHONY WINN COVER
Written by SCOTT LOBDELL, EVAN SKOLNICK, RICHARD ASHFORD, CHRIS COOPER, TODD DEZAGO,
WARREN ELLIS, FABIAN NICIEZA, JOHN OSTRANDER & MORE
Penciled by STEVE BUCCELLATO, KEN LASHLEY, TERRY SHOEMAKER, IAN CHURCHILL, JOHN ROYLE,
AMANDA CONNER, TERRY DODSON, DAERICK GROSS, DAVID WILLIAMS, CARLOS PACHECO, CASEY JONES, ROB HAYNES, CHRIS MARRINAN, RICHARD BENNETT, JAN DUURSEMA, TONY DANIEL, STEVE SKROCE,
AARON LOPRESTI & MORE
Covers by ANTHONY WINN & JOE MADUREIRA
A dark new era dawns for Excalibur! Meggan and Nightcrawler face despair as Captain Britain and Cerise are ripped from the team. Phoenix holds the key to Brian’s return, but is the cost too high to bear? And what has Brian become? As Excalibur relocates to Muir Island, Nightcrawler learns a startling secret and a Phalanx invasion introduces a strange new – or old – ally. Who or what is Douglock?! Wolfsbane, Colossus and the sardonic Pete Wisdom join the team as Excalibur faces a struggle for the Soulsword, a battle against the alien Uncreated and the threat of X-Man…but as Kitty finds romance in the most unlikely place, will Brian join the London Hellfire Club? Collecting EXCALIBUR (1988) #68-103 and ANNUAL #1-2, X-MEN UNLIMITED (1993) #4, X-FACTOR (1986) #106, X-FORCE (1991) #38, X-MAN #12, PRYDE AND WISDOM #1-3, and material from MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS (1988) #174 and MARVEL HOLIDAY SPECIAL 1996.
848 PGS./Rated T+ …$100.00
ISBN: 978-1-302-95763-6
Trim size: 7-1/4 x 10-7/8
Excalibur Omnibus Volume 3, 848 pages for $100, is a deal!
So will be four omnibi by the time it is all over.
I started with the epic editions, but if I knew omnibus were coming, I would have waited.
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Avengers Omnibus V2 by Kurt Busiek and George Perez, 1248 pages for $125, also a deal worth seeking sales for.
whoa, Claremont’s X-Treme X-Men got the omnibus treatment as well! Volume 2 is 816 pages for $100, and contains the Kitty Pryde / Karma miniseries, Mekanix, and X-Women 1, and X-Treme X-Men 25 – 46, and X-Men Unlimited 39. So the whole series is two omnibi. I’m tempted by this as well!
Ultimate Spider-Man Omnibus Volume 4 is always a good time too, issues 112-133, so we’re still in the Ultimate Shadowcat years there.
There are listings for epic trades as well, so that line is still moving forward.
hey, Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection – Assassin Nation (such a clever title!) is getting a new printing. $45 for 480 pages.
X-Men Episode Collection Volume 12 – The Gift is getting a new printing. Paul Smith’s X-Men and Alpha Flight 1 & 2 (the title The Gift story – first part of the X-Men Asgardians story too). Uncanny 189 – 198, and Cockrum’s Nightcrawler and Lockheed miniseries. $50 for 512 legendary pages.
Kaare Andrews’ Spider-Man : Reign is getting a new printing so expect a lot of Mary Jane spider-sperm memes to return.
Civil War II is getting a new printing for some reason.
so a pretty good month!
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I’m interested in :
Ultimate X-Men 2 Ultimate Black Panther 3 (for Storm) Ms. Marvel : Mutant Menace 2 Fall of the House of X 4 Rise of the Powers of X 4 Resurrection of Magneto 4 Dead X-Men 4 X-Men 33 is going to be my favorite of the month X-Men : Forever 2 Cable 3
I felt pretty disconnected from Rise of the Powers of X 1, so I thought I’ll read Sins of Sinister. It has 11 chapters, but Kate Pryde and/or Magik are only in or referenced in six of those chapters, so that helped narrow it down.
For whatever reason, I’m not a big Mister Sinister fan. I like Kieron Gillen writing Sinister, but I may just be burned out on the character.
Chapters I skipped –
2 Storm and the Brotherhood of Mutants
3 Nightcrawlers 1
7 Storm and the Brotherhood of Mutants 2
9 Storm and the Brotherhood of Mutants 3
10 Nightcrawlers 3
I have no regrets skipping these.
The event just feels built to have chapters skipped, as we leap from 10 years to 100 years to 1000 years, so it doesn’t need to be followed that closely.
Also, reading Nightcrawlers 2, made me realize why I wanted to skip this event, it is an alternate universe with a finite moment, and besides Rasputin IV, has no lasting effects, but we learn about the Dominion, which is what Rise of the Powers of X is all about, apparently.
#SinsOfSinister 1 Part 1 Sinister enacts his . . . devious plan. Almost everybody is a Sinister We begin an alt-u where Magik destroys Asgard, and Chimeras are a thing, including a Kate Pryde/Angel combo – which I don't think really adds much. Storm v Sinister is set up pic.twitter.com/cLdddxE2UV
Immoral X-Men 1#SinsOfSinister Part 4 Kate Pryde is still on the Quiet Counsel, as is Magik, so that feels nice and right Sinister is way over his head Emma gives him a beat down, and he promises to make chimeras that can contain upwards of five mutant powers pic.twitter.com/fGQAG0WPN5
Nightcrawlers 2#SinsOfSinister Part 5 Magik has found where the Asgardians have relocated, and destroys that home too Nightcrawlers get a new baby, but Mother Righteous (MR) takes it MR has Sinister's lab MR kills OG Kurt The new mother wants to kill MR for taking the baby pic.twitter.com/pyKlNdGEyU
Immoral X-Men 2#SinsOfSinister Part 6 Hope & Exodus destroy worlds together – until he abandons her on one Sinister introduces Rasputin IV, and her genetic makeup. He also frees her of the Sinister strain Council decides to turn on Sinister S thanks MR S&RIV make a run for it pic.twitter.com/lWrM2D7OZu
Immoral X-Men 3#SinsOfSinister Part 8 Magik is stuck in a Limbo incursion Kate Pryde is a space pirate Sinister abandons Rasputin IV, who gets picked up by a mutual enemy Sinister teams up with Moira & a Doombot, after getting a message from Destiny Emma is super winning space! pic.twitter.com/bnisZwqfU5
#SinsOfSinister Dominion Part 11 One really could have just read the two self title issues of this series, and been okay, and maybe Immoral X-Men 2 to get Rasputin IV's deal, who is in the present now Moira kills Sinister, resets the timeline after Sinister learns he's nobody pic.twitter.com/uNAqRYIDtV
So it was an interesting event, but you would be fine if you just stick with Sins of Sinister and Sins of Sinister Dominion. oh, and maybe Immoral X-Men 2 that introduces Rasputin IV.
I reviewed the bulk of X of Swords (only the issues that had either or both Kate Pryde and Magik in it) on Twitter, and are are the reviews.
The only parts I did not review were :
3 Wolverine V7 6
10 X-Men V5 13
12 X-Men V5 14
18 Hellions 6
#XofSwords Pt 1 Creation I'm going to read this event for the first time Strong start, lots of set up Ends with the Ten Swords being named, Magik & soulsword, will be one of the ten. Quiet Council initially wants to stay out of Arakko Apocalypse reunites with his kids Saturnyne! pic.twitter.com/29ZZUY0DSb
#XofSwords Pt 2 X-Factor V4 4 If you die on Arakko, you can't be resurrected so Rictor was brought back, but not Rockslide Polaris reveals the rest of the prophecy Magik is of course, one of the sword bearers pic.twitter.com/56ZIDn6dUR
#XofSwords Pt 4 X-Force V6 13 Logan gets a Hellblade, as does Solem We get some backstory with Solem They had to go to hell to meet Muramasa (I imagine a fun play on Masamune – legend of all video games) Logan joins Magik as one of the sword bearers (2 of 10) pic.twitter.com/6BC0nR6hAG
#XofSwords Pt 5 I love seeing Kate and Storm together I love even more Storm changing from a polite white outfit to stealthy black! Storm fights and beats Shuri Storm breaks trust with T'Challa RIP Chadwick Boseman 😦 BP wrecks the gate Storm joins the Sword Bearers (3 of 10) pic.twitter.com/VZzuNqDepT
#XofSwords P5 6 Hellions 5 Mister Sinister is a real delight in this series! Empath getting the respect he deserves, which is none Sinister has to lead the team to sabotage the tournament Jamie Braddock not being his worst self is nice That cape subplot! 😀 pic.twitter.com/fEEtrA2CCW
#XofSwords Pt 7 New Mutants V4 13 I miss Scott & Illyana chatting So great seeing Illyana & Doug together Fun tease about Doug getting ready for a wedding, not a funeral Everyone is worried for Doug Great art in this issue Doug joins the sword bearers (4 of 10) pic.twitter.com/41qn4hThgV
#XofSwords 8 Cable V4 5 So great seeing Scott being a supportive dad Cable, Scott & Jean are on the Peak Something really bad happened there Magik is going to look out for Cable Coloring is superb for this issue Teen Cable is a sword bearer (5 of 10, halfway there!) pic.twitter.com/nVymkkqxVJ
#XofSwords Pt 9 Excalibur V4 13 Some family drama Captain Britain Corps are no longer a thing A fake Jubilee dies? Maybe? Jamie tries to play up the charm. Saturnyne tries to seduce Brian! No!
#XofSwords Pt 11 Statis So we have our 20 swordbearers, & we get hints that they may not actually need their swords Apocalypse and Saturnyne have a chat Magik is the Page of Wands, which does seem Nice Apocalypse is reunited with his wife Anything can happen next! pic.twitter.com/L4PwfNYFwr
#XofSwords Pt 13 Marauders V1 14 Magik was a lot of fun in this issue! I'm liking Gorgon for the first time ever Death like likes Storm, and who doesn't! Logan is being a real jerk to Brian AND to Saturnyne! (I imagine she immediately recovers) pic.twitter.com/hwrtr3i3Ui
#XofSwords Pt 14 Marauders V1 15 I love Magik & Teen Cable testing Isca's powers so much! AND that she was game to do it, so fun! TCable embarrasses himself in front of Apocalypse, weird indeed Doug gets poisoned & Logan learns to eat all of his own food Next : Betsy v Isca! pic.twitter.com/fFrt5BR02Z
#XofSwords Pt 15 Excalibur V4 14 Betsy gets shattered, and Isca wins Magik being here for Doug is so sweet I love Bei the Blood Moon so much! Her & Doug are so fun together. Odd everyone else can understand her, but I love that dynamic Jubilee almost ruined it Arakko 2 – Krakoa 1 pic.twitter.com/OYhyarmDZz
#XofSwords Pt 16 Wolverine V7 7 Magik loses an arm wrestling competition to a giant, so no shame in there Wolverine has to pay the price for trying to kill Saturnyne I can see where some people were annoyed at the competitions, but it seems fun
#XofSwords Pt 17 X-Force V6 14 This issue condenses the games, which I get, but I would like to know how Magik lost that treasure hunt game with Teen Cable Poor Illyana, she's been misspelling magic this entire time 😀 so funny The cat! Arakko 17 – Krakoa 6 are they even trying?! pic.twitter.com/tPaLw16wO7
#XofSwords Pt 19 Cable V4 6 I finally got the context of Sinister's sick burn onto Kate! Cable loses to Bei The score is tied, thanks to Gorgon. Poor Gorgon. Scott is going to punch dimension his way to Saturnyne
#XofSwords Pt 20 X-Men V5 15 We check in with the Quiet Council as Scott has a plan that needs to be voted on Kurt really wants in the fight, as he's insulted he wasn't invited, which I remember being one of my big complaints, that one of the best sword users wasn't invited. pic.twitter.com/PQf6f0FjVU
#XofSwords Pt 21 Excalibur V4 15 Krakoa side is barely holding up. Bei has joined them. Jubilee has showed up. Saturnyne apparently didn't realized she was building a Betsy tribute. One would think she would have noticed all of those middle pieces 🤔
#XofSwords Pt 22 Destruction What a big conclusion! I love that Magik is pivotal to these big events I thought we were going to trade Apocalypse for Bei, but getting Arakko is a big win Cyclops brought all of the X-Men &that was awesome Saturnyne got mostly what she wanted pic.twitter.com/hlOJ8YWj6I
• PEACH MOMOKO (A/C)
Shadow and Flame with Magik 
