Brian Cronin has featured Kitty Pryde in another article! That is the good news, the bad news is that it spotlights Kitty’s potty mouth.
Issues featured are –
God Loves, Man Kills
Uncanny X-Men 196
New Mutants 45
I still need to review these issues.
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All posts by John Klein III
Writer Jason Aaron
Art for Chapters 1, 4, 7 – Adam Kubert & Paul Mounts
Art for Chapters 2, 5 – Ron Garney & Jason Keith
Art for Chapters 3, 6 Steve Sanders & Sotocolors
Letterer VC’s Cory Petit
Cover Dated March 2012
Back in Japan, Part One of Four
I thought I didn’t buy this and recently, I had added it to my Wishlist but I’m glad that I did buy it that day. I can only imagine that I was thinking “one day, some website will claim this is Kitty Pryde in it, and I will have this at the ready” which is the type of thoughts I have.
Westchester. Jean Grey School for Higher Learning. Kitty is pulling Quentin by the ear, all the way to Wovlerine’s headmaster office. In what I can only imagine happens all the time, Wolverine has place a sticky note that states simply “Gone to Japan!” I like that Wolverine placed an explanation mark after words, as I doubt he vacations in Japan. Maybe once he has a pile of dead bodies behind him but he never goes there to relax.
Chapter One – Welcome Back, Gaijin
Once over the Pacific, Wolverine fakes a bathroom break and that is when all of the passengers start their collective plan to kill him. It is nice to read Wolverine again, it has only been a few months since his death, but going from a slew of comic appearances to no comic appearances, I have noticed that he isn’t around as much.
Hours later, the plane lands, which Wolverine had to do himself.
Chapter Two – Secret of the Silver Samurai
Miyago Prefecture. The Lan Yashida Ancestral Compound. Yukio is in a wheelchair (for some reason, no editor note) she informs Wolverine that they buried the Silver Samurai where he fell, as he died protecting his family’s home.
The Red Right Hand did this and Wolverine has killed them all. So this probably happened at the end of Volume Three, before the renumbering.
Now that Clan Yashida is leaderless, the power void is being filled – which the Hand seems to be at the forefront. Wolverine implies that he will kill them all. Yukio jokes that he is ever the big American, come to save the Orientals. Wolverine is quick to point out that he is Canadian, which is very fun.
Some silly Yakuza start attacking Wolverine and Yukio. Honestly, why even attack Wolverine? You know you are going to die, maybe one just hopes that you lose only a few fingers and a pint of blood but why take that chance?
There is an ad for Secret Avengers 22 – New Creators, New Members and New Awesomeness. Rick Remender and Gabriel Hardman. The team is – Hawkeye, Beast, Black Widow, Captain Britain, Giant Man and Valkyrie . Seems like an odd grouping but I suppose that Beast, Valkyrie and Black Widow are the hold overs from the previous team, Hawkeye must be the leader of the team. Giant Man seems redundant with Beast on the team, and Captain Britain is their powerhouse, but also a third brain on the team. I wonder if this was any good?
82 seconds later, a reference to how Yukio told a Yakuza member that they will all be dead in 90 seconds. Yukio wouldn’t mind some love making now that there are dead bodies, she still has some feelings below the waist. The Yakuza attacked as they wanted a clue to who Silver Samurai’s son is.
Chapter Three – Young Ronin in Love
Poor Amiko, Wolverine’s adopted daughter, is often forgotten about, until he comes back to Japan. Her and her new boyfriend, Shin – who must live in a world of never worrying about meeting her father – are about to break into a heavily guarded laboratory.
Apparently, they are not a “dinner and a movie” types, though it would be nice, Amiko thinks. They are trying to pass the security measures. One of them is holographic ninjas that capture Amiko.
Chapter Four – Same Old Snikt
Wolverine is interrogating fools, he learns a gang war is about to burst. A little town in Iwate Prefecture, in a temple, there will be a meeting of heads of gangs, to talk peace.
AvX is coming in April!
Chapter Five – Cooking with Sabretooth
The Yakuza want to pay Sabretooth a million dollars, cash, to be at the Los Angeles International Airport the next day. So the Yakuza don’t want Sabretooth attending that big meeting. He kills them all, a very old lady comes into the room. He has a very high tab with her and starts making out with her, it is gross.
Chapter Six – Last Day on the Farm
The Next Day. Iwate Prefecture. A well dressed man has come out to meet an old farmer, Shirato-san. The farmer keeps pretending like he doesn’t know what the man is referring to. He doubts they share the same employer nor that he knows anything to do with ninja business. The man keeps playing along but grows tired of this deception. The man is sadden that they have lost their way, that the today’s ninjas have become so enamored with the West and their cavalcade of men in ridiculous costumes. The man must work for the Yakuza, as he references how the Kingpin is the head of the organization now.
The man is Azuma Goda, the director of the Tokyo branch of the Hand. He is tired of how silly the Hand has become, a sad cliche. He has come to Shirato, has 45 years ago, he was told to come here to the farm, settle in, build a life and to wait for this moment to come. Which I sort of really dig this concept. Goda asks to see Shirato’s real face and now Shirato has killed his family that was out in the field.
Shirato has mpas of everything in a ten mile radius. Files one very resident and visitor, dating back 50 years. He has dug tunnels leading to the temple. I could have used an entire issue of Goda and Shirato talking and Shirato waiting for more affirmation on who Goda was.
There is an house ad for Marvel’s Social media links – twitter.com/marvel. / facebook.com/marvel / youtube.com/marvel / gplus.to/marvelentertainment / getglue.com/topics/p/marvel_entertainment – what the heck is GetGlue? It was apparently a television fans app, that was renamed TVtag that was shut down in 2014.
Chapter Seven – Welcome to the Temple of the Fist
Meanwhile, Los Angels International Airport. Sabretooth did show up, which seems awkward. Can one kill the messenger, offering a million dollars, and show up for the job, expecting to still be hired? I guess if you are Sabretooth, you do. Sabretooth got the suitcase, full of cash.
Japan. Iwate Prefecture. Prefectures are districts, I looked it up. The Yakuza, I believe, have Sabretooth taken care of. They have plans, if the Hand are so foolish to show up, to kill them in their stupid ninja faces. Goda does show up, right then. The Yakuza are not happy that Goda is present, instead of the Kingpin. Goda doesn’t respect the Kingpin. It was Goda who killed Boss Takenaka, he is responsible for this bubbling war.
Wolverine is on his way to the temple, he takes care of the Yakuza roadblock. He keeps riding his motorcycle until he falls for a silly wire trap and is knocked off his cycle. Sabretooth confronts Wolverine, he can’t believe that Logan is a teacher and running a school. His best guess at what class he teaches, 1001 Ways to Get Your Ass Beat, with Professor Jimbo Canucklehead. Sabretooth awesomely flies off with a rocket pack.
Sabretooth calls ahead to Goda, informing him that Wolverine is taken out and he shall be at the temple in thirty seconds. Once he hangs up, Wolverine has apparently been able to ride up the mountain (when his bike was destroyed, in pieces) and tackles Sabretooth out of the air. How did he get up there? Sabretooth references that Wolverine is going to wish he stayed in Hell and Wolverine tells him that Sabretooth is going to wish he stayed dead. Which is all fun and all, but ooof, does that shed some light on how silly these characters are now. The two keep fighting as they are falling down a mountain.
The Yakuza threaten to kill Goda, which is a cue for the black robed Hand (instead of the red robe ones) come out from the ground and start killing foolsh. While that happens, Wolverine and Sabretooth come crashing through the ceiling. That is a small town!
I can’t believe this (I haven’t read this issue in a while, and honestly, after the first page, I sort of skimmed it) a call goes out for . . . Sky Yakuza Go! I guess there was a plane full of parachuting Yakuza (coming to stores soon!) at the ready.
Sabretooth grabs a Hand ninja, using that guy’s body to knock Wolverine through the celing and way into the air. This is getting as action packed and silly as it gets!
Of course, Wolverine is back into the fight, one panel later. The Yakuza can’t believe Sabretooth is here, as he was suppose to be Los Angeles. Which now I’m the foolish one as I should have realize that one can’t be in LA and in Japan, within a few hours.
The Hand tries to get Goda out of the temple but he wants to stay, the guest of honor hasn’t arrived yet. Goda turns to see Amiko, who is his prisoner. She threatens that her father is going to kill him. A wall explods and Goda is excited that his guest as arrived. Meanwhile, Sabretooth – the LA one – calls and leaves a message for Sabretooth. I like how his voicemail message is “You have reached the voicemail of Victor Creed, leave a damn message.” Like, since he used his real name, do you hear the message as him sounding very calm and level until the angry and curt “leave a damn message” portion is said. That’s how I read it.
Through the wall comes . . . Shin, Amiko’s boyfriend and . . . the son of the Silver Samurai! It is all connected!
Next Issue : More Claws! More Guns! More Ninjas! Plus, Mystique (who was the LA Sabretooth) + Sabretooth = The hottest and deadliest new couple in the Marvel U! And the All-New Silver Samurai kicks some ass! But whose? Find out next month in Wolverine #301!
The rest of the issue is a preview of Jeph Loeb and Simone Bianchi’s Wolverine : Sabretooth Reborn.
There is a fun cover gallery of the last 300 Wolverine issues (of the ongongs) which doesn’t count the original four issue miniserie by Claremont and Miller, which is why I never consider that “Volume One.”
This is the only issue I own of this arc but what a fun anniversary issue!
http://forums.roku.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=82833&sid=8639fc91c03228af2efc9a677c71e0e4&start=15
In this my comments get deleted, I want to state what poor customer service I’ve experienced on January 18, 2015.
Had two 50 minute conversations that were completely unhelpful and unprofessional.
Case Number – 3312128
Serial Number – 1GU455030477
It was working with the reboot trick but then the idiot made me do a hard reboot and now this 96 dollar item is useless. Now I get to waste ten dollars, and not get reimbursed because of ROKU’s stupid own problem, and I get to wait ten days before I might get one that works.
As tomorrow is a holiday, I can’t mail until Tuesday, so any help would be fantastic.
When I get a bad ink order, they ship me a replacement overnight, then I return the defective unit back in a provided box. That is how proper businesses do it.
I’m telling everyone about the <I just took a Roku to the knee> poor phone customer service, with all the times I was put on hold, and not recommending this service.
Also, apparently, because we are 20 days pass the 90th day, the supervisor wouldn’t help us, at all.
The guy said “someone” was looking into it, but wouldn’t give me a time table or listen to my idea of reverting to the previous update to prevent this problem in the future and to solve the problem AND save me money and time. The worst customer service I have ever received and the supervisor was equally troublesome.
The third person I spoke to, couldn’t get my phone number, address nor email address correct – so who knows if I am even getting those directions to fix this in two weeks.
Oh! And they fought me on the fact that ten days isn’t two weeks. Right, with Sundays not being a mailing day, if I ship it Tuesday, my replacement won’t be in my hands until close to the second Tuesday WHICH IS TWO WEEKS! Never had to explain to two people how to do their jobs AND how to be provide better customer service.
If a thousand people bought a $96 Roku 3, they can afford to overnight the fixed product. ESPECIALLY as they are saving money on fools on the other side of the phone.
Should have either not purchased this product or spent money on the cheapest item. What is the point of buying the most expensive product, it there are no rewards?
. . .
So don’t buy Roku, or if you do, buy the $35 version. We wish we stuck with Amazon and bought the Fire TV.
Writer Ray Fawkes
Art Alisson Borges
Colorists Israel Silva & Brett Smith
Letterer VC’s Cory Petit
Cover Dated March 2015
I was missing this issue but Hastings was able to back order it for me, which was pretty nice! Now the only issue of the series I’m “missing” is issue 13 but that’s an all Deadpool and Fantomelle issue, so we’re skipping that one. Can’t believe Fawkes and Soule didn’t check in with the main cast of the title, for even a page. They did the same for issue three, which I also don’t own, as that is a pure Fantomelle issue.
After issues 9 – 12, that seemed like they took a major detour involving Fang of the Imperial Guard, it is nice to read this issue and how the series had a clear direction.
Nevada. Mystique is getting a status update from the previous issue. Mister Sinister not only stole Wolverine’s statue body but also Daken’s left eye and arm. Neuro also tells her that Sabretooth and Shogun are offline.
Destiny is who Mystique is hearing in the narration boxes.
It makes perfect sense that the two groups of characters are not working well a a team, as the Paradise folks are essentially holding the Wolverines hostage, with the codewords.
The Wrecking Crew have made short work of Skel, Shogun and Sabretooth. Wrecker is ready to move on, as there isn’t anything keeping them there, now that Sinister is gone. Lady Deathstrike is still on the move.
Daken is freaking out, rightfully so. X23 is trying to sooth him and Junk is way over his head.
Mystique starts to give Endo and Neuro orders. I don’t miss those two characters, at all. Mystique sends Endo inside to retrieve Daken, I guess they don’t know that he doesn’t have his healing factor.
Junk says Daken’s control word to put him to sleep, Arquebus. X23 can’t believe Junk had the nerve to that.
Endo comes running in and gets a crowbar to the legs. Before the Wrecking Crew and start a beat down, Mystique offers them money, to simply walk away. If not, she will hunt down all of their family members and ruin their lives. Wrecker accepts, as he is being paid twice for doing the one job and the crew goes.
Everyone gets on board the Changeling. I like Junk having to ask, who is Sinister. That makes perfect sense, really, like only a hundred people probably should know who he is, he isn’t one of those villains that gets in front of a camera.
Shogun starts arguing with Ogun, as he knows what to do to heal Daken. Shogun had picked up a few Regen Serums, Ogun rather just let Daken die, one less threat.
Neuro would rather not waste one of the limited Regen Serums on Daken either, they need those with healing factors (to save the Paradise folks) so if Daken no longer has his, he is no longer essential. X23 can’t believe the folks she is stuck on a ship with.
Shogun does the right thing and injects Daken.
One Hour Later. X23 has stayed by Daken’s side, so she is there when he wakes up. Now that Logan is dead, sadly, Daken is the closest thing to family that she has.
Lapland, Findland. Sinister’s base. He starts running tests on Wolverine.
The team wants to take the fight to Sinister. Mystique warns how dangerous Sinister is, he uses time and space as weapons.
Not only that, if he captures you, he will turn you into a mindless weapon. Or worst, just take some DNA, and keep making clones of you that do whatever he wants. Mystique doesn’t know where Sinister is, but Neuro does.
Daken had a tracer on him, that was luckily in his arm, so now they know where Sinister is.
Neuro gives the reason why they need Wolverine, as vague as it is. Wolverine’s body apparently has the key that will free the Paradise experiments from their internal death clocks. Neuro had uploaded all of Paradise’s research, so he knows a great deal about Sinister.
Neuro just wants to find someone first, Fantomell, who will be perfect for this breaking and entering. We see her on the last page, so I guess I own her first appearance now. Not like I suspect she will be a big character once this series last issue (20) comes out nor after Secret Wars 2015. Though Soule does seem to be sticking around Marvel, and he and Fawkes seem to really like her, so maybe she will become a big character.
X-Men Evolution – Spykecam – 1×8
Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Bad Girls – 3×14
You’re welcome
Writer Brian Michael Bendis
Artist Mike Del Mundo
Colorists Mike Del Mundo and Marco D’Alfonso
Letterer VC’s Cory Petit
Let’s get this out of the way, for preservation sake. For whatever reason, this was a giant scheduling fuck up.
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2015/02/06/new-x-men-37-published-39/
It isn’t just an issue that 37 was so far behind, that it had to come out the same week as 39, but it wasn’t even the original story –
http://marvel.wikia.com/All-New_X-Men_Vol_1_37
Solicit Synopsis:
• You know your friends from growing up? The ones you went to high school with, and are to-this-day some of the people who know you best?
• Well, imagine there are only five kids in your high school, and you’re all hated and feared by the world around you.
• Sometimes, it’s nice to take a step back and realize that what you’ve been told is your “team” is really something much better—your best friends.
I don’t want to harp on it too much, as I do adore Sarah Pichelli, and she had a death in the family so Bendis was able to pull this story together.
So that is why it came out when 39 came out, and I wanted to do the Black Vortex issues as a group so I also am writing this after 37. I imagine that the story that was hinted above, will probably show up in issue 600. There is 40 pages of that issue, but I reckon that if she didn’t get any pages done, the story above is never going to be seen. Not that I was all that excited to read a Bobby and Hank buddy book, especially as they have barely hung out for 37 issues prior to this. Instead, we got a Jean and Emma story.
Madripoor. Magik has teleporrted Jean and Emma, so that Emma can give Jean some in the filed training. Magik doesn’t want to leave the ladies behind. I don’t blame Illyana for not wanting to go back to the school. What is there for her to do that will trump this adventure. Illyana leaves and the issue suffers for it.
Jean talks about how Illyana is getting tired of being a taxi service, which more people need to talk about that. She has so much potential but instead, she ends up bookending stories.
Emma gives a brief history of Madripoor. It was a Hydra Terrority, a Ninja Assassin Terrority and then Mystique’s attempt at a mutant paradise. Jean also learns about MGH, Mutant Growth Hormone, which apparently has been around forever now. I thought it was something that came along in the 90s with the Legacy Virus but it has been around since 1972, with Amazing Adventures 11,which is the first appearance of Grey Furry Beast. That’s two things!
Emma shuts off Jean’s telepathy, she can do that. I like Emma implication that Xavier was putting blocks on Jean’s mind since their first sessions together. Jean can’t believe it but if she just researched Xavier’s deeds, she would find out that he has done so much worst.
Emma’s powers have come back as she has been earning them back, with the assistance of the Cuckoos.
Emma’s goal for Jean, today, is to practice her telekinesis. Jean claims she uses her telekinesis but she isn’t flying about.
Jean finds her target, the Blob, who is both in charge of Madripoor and extremely addicted to MGH. Bob is confused as Jean looks so much smaller here than how he remembers her. Which I like, the existence of the Original Five is not a known detail to the public at large. Though Mystique knows but she must not have told Blog about that.
Jean throws Blob across the room, along with everyone else but he gets right back up and charges at her. Something I wouldn’t want done to me. He flings Jean across the island. Jean is littler and Blog is much larger. Like Kitty, I enjoy seeing Jean use a gun, of course, bullets have no effect on the unmovable object.
That could make a decent What If, the Blob did join the X-Men, way back in Uncanny X-Men 3.
Jean and Blob end up floating about in the sky. He calls her bluff and she drops him to the ground. The fall doesn’t kill him but he is knocked out. Emma approves of the session and gives Jean back her telepathy.
Issue ends with Emma wanting Jean to be better. Magik isn’t coming to pick them up but how does someone leave an island? I imagine Emma keeps a credit card on her for these circumstances.
This is a Young Readers novel, written by Barry Lyga. From doing some quick research for the image above, apparently this had a subtitle of, Worst Day Ever – but that doesn’t appear on the indicia or the cover of my copy.
The fun aspect to this book, is that it is written as if it is a printed blog. I like how the images used in the book are explained away. There are panels from comics throughout the book, so that it isn’t just text. The panels are pulled from various titles and artists, and it is explained that the main character is an artist and likes to use various styles. That is some clever writing, with production in mind.
The main character and his power is what I really want to discuss in this review. Before that, the main reason why I bought it was two reasons. I flipped through it and saw that Kitty Pryde made a few appearances and it was used at Hastings, so it was only $2.49.
The main character of the novel is, Eric Mattias. He is writing his blog as he is a student of Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters. He is writing the blog as he has the worst mutant power of them all. His mutant power is, as it described on page ten – people don’t notice him. If he concentrates really hard, he can get people’s attention.
This book came out in 2013. In May 2014, three guys got together and write X-Men Legacy 300 – Mike Carey, Simon Spurrier and Christos Gage. Together, they created . . . ForgetMeNot. Who, in comparison to Mattias, has it so much easier.
ForgetMeNot’s power makes you forget about him, once he is out of your line of sight. Mattias’ power is that, even if he is in front of you, you still can’t see him. Xavier knows both of them, but it hurts his head, concentrating so hard, to be able to register Mattias. Mattias tries to make his hero name, Nowhere Kid or Nowhere Boy.
Mattias, early in the novel, causes Colossus to trip over him in a Danger Room scenario.
My main issue with this novel is this, does Lyga know that ForgetMeNot exists and is essentially a middle aged man version of his 13 year old character? His novel came out first, so do any of the three ForgetMeNot creators know about the book?
Eric, Wolverine and Angel go on a mission where they rescue Cannonball from Unus the Untouchable, so it isn’t in continuity but it is a fun book. A very fast read.
There is an intense battle with Wolverine and Sabretooth, towards the end. Kitty Pryde shows up too.
Writer Brian Michael Bendis
Pencils Chris Bachalo
Inks Tim Townsend, Wayne Faucher, Mark Irwin, Victor Olazaba & Al Vey
Colors Chris Bachalo & Rain Beredo
I could go for more covers of one character with multiple costumes. That is an awesome gimmick!
We get Uncanny back on track with this issue, hopefully!
The Xavier School, Location, secret. Today. Scott comes outside and sees his brother, Havok, standing about. Havok’s face is all scarred from AXIS. One of maybe three consequences from that event. They hug, which is nice to see. The base is empty.
Three hours ago. Scott is breaking the news that the Jean Grey School is going to be taking the students. No one wants to go, why would they? They have been told for months how horrible that school is and the teaching staff. Hijack seems to be taking this the hardest. It is simply nice to be reading about the students again.
Scott has decided to turn himself over to the authorites, due to his actions that lead to Xavier’s death. Mostly, that Scott told Xavier to walk away and Xavier, instead, chose to keep playing with fire. I imagine the authorities are going to do a quick Google search and see that Xavier has ‘died’ at least four times and shrug their shoulders.
This is the first Magik has heard about this part of the plan.
Goldballs loses control of his balls and slaps them against Scott’s face.
Now. Havok is taking a nap and Scott is in the room, doing some packing. This wakes up Alex, who has been sleeping for fourteen years. Apparently this happens a lot, after a major super-power event, which is as decent of a name for crossovers, in-universe. Poor Scott, all that he owns, can fit into a few bags and boxes.
Havok wants to tag along with Cyclops. Cyclops is trying to take back the public perception of him. Xavier leaving everything to Cyclops, blew his mind. He wasn’t the guy’s son, he actually had one of those (before Legion wrote himself out of continuity) and Cyclops killed his adopted father.
I like Scott’s answers to Alex’s “what’s wrong with us?” Parents captured and mother killed by aliens. They had powers in a world that hates and fears them.
Then. Scott is knocked out by Goldball’s balls.
Kitty wants all of this tomfoolery to just stop. Magik wants Kitty to come with her, Kitty just got back from space with her boyfriend. So is this Post-Black Vortex? Kitty wants a shower but Illyana grabs her arm and the two ladies are off to what will most likely be my favorite arc of this series!
Emma tells Triage to heal Scott. Just let the guy take a tad nap.
Emma isn’t going to the Jean Grey School, why would she, she should totally go back to the Hellfire Club. Someone should make that group, important again.
Now. Alex asks the question most of us had this entire volume, when is this Revolution going to start? I like how Bachalo clearly doesn’t want to draw Alex’s scarred face, so he keeps picking angles that only hint at his left side.
Then. Emma and Scott are finally have the conversation they should have had prior to this volume. Their break up has never really been addressed. Emma apparently asked Scott about the revolution too.
Nothing Cyclops did, has ever worked, in terms of mutant and human relations. The X-Men fought for the dumb flatscans and they were feared. They fought alongside them, and mutant children died. They moved to an island and it was attacked in full force. All Cyclops had, was threats.
Emma was willing to start over with Scott, she knew all of his motivations already. Emma implies that she is willing to get back with him, but he tells her that he wouldn’t touch her with Namor’s trident. Which goes to show how much he paid attention to Namor. Why did they break up? Was that ever really addressed? They sort of where together under Kieron Gillen and Bendis had them broken up by the time his first issue came along.
Emma diamond forms up. Emma has had full use of her powers for a while now. He keeps wanting to know when her powers came back, and she keeps talking about how much she has been on his side. I really did enjoy the Emma Scott relationship. She has let Scott in like none before him, and they were the best of teams.
Alex is way to excited about Emma being out of Scott’s life.
People made a big deal of last issue’s cover, with Havok and Cyclops fighting, not being reflective of that issue but it isn’t reflective of this issue too. It should have been them hugging but I guess that would have tipped the emotion of the issue.
Alex has a plan to get Scott back on track. Scott takes a guess that it is a, Summers Brothers Pizza Parlor, and Alex wishes that was what he came up with. There is a What If, I sort of what to read!
Next issue, Monsters! Which has Magik and Shadowcat, being Demon Hunters, which was hinted at way back in All New X-Men 25! The only hinted at story that people wanted to see and now it comes! I hope it isn’t disappointing nor just one issue. I also wish that Lockheed will be involved! I’ms o excited!
Organized by Month
January 22, 2061 – Scott Summer’s Inauguration – 100th Anniversary X-Men
January 23, 1984 – the date of Senator Kelly’s mutant registration act – Uncanny X-Men 181
February 27, 2002 – the date Nightcrawler is to turn in his homework – X-Men Evolution 4
March 8 – the day humans disappeared – X-Men : No More Humans
June 21, 2007 – Ian McNee first notices his Tarot cards are acting unusual – Marvel Tarot
July 7, 2007 – Ian McNee figures out his Tarot is broken and starts researching it – Marvel Tarot
August 20 – Kitty’s First Day for – Getting her dorm the way she like, the first time she realized she had a crush on Colossus and first day of classes – Wolverine First Class 1
September 1, 1980 – the day Jean Grey died (the first time) – Uncanny X-Men 172
October 7, 2005 – Kate Pryde is arrested with her fellow X-Men – Excalibur 66
October 8, 2005 – Kate Pryde is sentenced to life in the concentration camps – Excalibur 66
October 31, 1980 – the present day of Days of Future Past – Uncanny X-Men 141
November 9, 1945 – the date Dire Wraiths used as their birthdays – ROM Spaceknight 17
December, 2013 – the month and year of the Present Day – Avengers Volume Five Issue 24
. . .
I will update the list as I learn more dates. I know it probably would be nicer to have it as the actual dates but then dates like No More Humans where there is no listed year, confuses things. Plus this way, I can quickly look at the list and see if I need to do something fun or interesting for that date.
If you know any others, let me know! It doesn’t necessarily have to be X-Men related.
Writer Ray Fawkes
Artist Ario Anindito
Colorist Matthew Wilson
Letterer VC’s Cory Petit
The Changeling. Deathstrike’s Chambers, So the fight has moved from Shogun’s room to Lady Deathstrike’s room. Ogun is trash talking Shogun, so he must know what is happening here. Ogun reveals that he and Lady Deathstrike have a partnership, built around the idea to erase Sharp.
Fang wants to speak to Shogun. Mystique wants Junk to set up the spectral disruptors, which one would think she would have a code word for that, so that she wouldn’t tip her hand. Junk does so and now Fang is distracted. Mystique has a gun, that Reed found a similar one in the Negative Zone but this gun, she got from AIM. The gun shoots across universes, so now she can destroy the gland that contains Fang’s soul. X23 doesn’t want Mystique to succeed but Daken holds her back. Which is awkward, as he only has the one arm, how much leverage is he really holding over her?
While this fight is going on, Lady Deathstrike is pushing Shogun closer to death. Ogun prepares to make his move, while Fang is losing a fight to Sabretooth.
Fang teleports himself and Shogun away. Mystique and Lady Deathstrike are both upset with this turn of events. Mystique is sure that the gland was hit so Fang is truly vulnerable.
Galaxy Desginate NGC 4945. An Unnamed Planet. Ogun is distracted by the new environment but decides to soldier on.
Fang grabs him by the head.
Sharp is back in control again and now he can’t hear Ogun’s voice. Fang shut Ogun down! Sharp takes responsibility for Logan’s death.
Shogun (I will continue using that name) recognizes that Fang is not at full strength. Fang falls over but he has enough energy to send Shogun back to Earth or to keep him on the planet. Which makes no sense, as the second option, requires no energy at all.
Sharp retells the ending of Death of Wolverine 4, that he was present for. Sharp had a brief . . . fight, seems to be too generous of a term, with Wolverine. It was mostly a delay tactic.
Wolverine stopped fighting and just stared down Sharp. I like seeing Proto-Sharp, as I could barely remember his first costume design. Sharp kept fighting but one counter later, he was knocked out. Sharp woke up to the lab destroyed, he suspects that Cornelius is dead but he isn’t. Marvel Database confirms that Cornelius dies but I thought he got away on the helicopter. I guess I should reread that issue.
Fang wishes he was there for all of that. Instead of thanking Fang for burying Ogun, he starts fighting him. Probably as he suspects that Fang plans on resetting him so that he and Ogun are sharing the same body. I imagine that Fang would have listen to the request to keep him the same.
Fang fights back, revenge was never what Wolverine was about – but I recall at least ten stories where that was all Wolverine was about.
Fang sends Sharp back to Earth.
Lady Deathstrike wants to know where Shogun is, as he teleports back in front of everybody. Shogun tells the gathered villains that Fang is done with them all. Lady Deathstrike wants to know who is in charge of the body, but it is Sharp.
Barcelona, Spain. Fantomelle is looking over her Wolverine treasures and sees Fang’s costume. She isn’t sure how it got into her room. Culpepper brings in another costume but I don’t recognize it. They are putting everything in boxes as their client is on their way.
Issue ends with the client being . . . Deadpool! I like how fans could tell it was him, from the previous two pages, with the yellow dialogue balloons.
Deadpool recognizes the costume but I still don’t. The color scheme, more orange than yellow with blue stripes, does look familiar. Deadpool wants to be the next Wolverine.
Shadow and Flame with Magik 