After really enjoying Matthew Rosenberg’s Uncanny X-Men work, I thought I should read the other half of what was happening at that time.
Age of X-Man!
Told across various miniseries, with book ended one shots, I tried my best to read it in the proper order.
Interesting crossover, and my favorite was Apocalypse and the X-Tracts, as that was Kitty’s title.
Age of X-Man : The Marvelous X-Men
#AgeOfXMan Marvelous X-Men 1 We follow the adventures of the X-Men : X-Man, Jean, Magneto, Nature Girl, Kurt, Piotr, Storm, and Laura Colossus is painting Lockheed, which is cute Everyone gets hit with a message from the resistance lead by Kitty Pryde, Apocalypse & Genesis pic.twitter.com/0fqjQ4Te6V
#AgeOfXMan Marvelous X-Men 2 People seem to be remembering the old world, which is causing problems Shadowcat is named, which I like, as she states what Apocalypse talks about is the Tracts. Colossus keeps painting Lockheed, while having urges for this new lady he saw pic.twitter.com/ZBO7PkzQHA
#AgeOfXMan Marvelous X-Men 3 The Tracts movement is getting larger, and becoming international Colossus has moved on to painting Kitty, which is disappointing, but not as disappointing as to what Colossus is going to do to that painting Storm & Magneto confront X-Man pic.twitter.com/etVETCF0y5
#AgeOfXMan Marvelous X-Men 4 The concept of a world where physical touch is outlawed, is such a silly notion to based an alt-u around, isn't it? Colossus, who X-Man decided to be one handed for some reason, tries to touch Shadowcat, but she phases him. Which unlocks his memories. pic.twitter.com/SGHpp06Ueg
#AgeOfXMan Prisoner X 2 This reminds me of reading every issue of X-Force, hoping for a Magik memory panel, good times This was such a great issue Bishop is making all the wrong enemies, and doesn't recognize his sister I love a costume gallery, especially one that fights back pic.twitter.com/PAuteDME8o
#AgeOfXMan Apocalypse & X-Tracts 1 I love how Kitty's Judaism is what unlocks her memories Gross Eyeboy kissing her, he's way too young! I'm glad they addressed it Omega Red is causing trouble in Russia Kitty doesn't get to go on the mission, dang Apocalypse's design is cute pic.twitter.com/slAYskrN76
#AgeOfXMan Apocalypse & X-Trals 2 We get to see how Kitty met Apocalypse, and how he got Genesis We get the explanation of how Genesis was both at the rally & in Russia I love so much how obsessed Colossus is of painting Lockheed, he knows it relates somehow A good mini so far! pic.twitter.com/2OrR7ZfQkv
#AgeOfXMan Apocalypse & X-Tracts 3 Kitty meets with Colossus, as the rest of the team are slowly being killed by Omega Red If Eye Boy was too young for her, this Pietro seems too old for her We get more Lockheed paintings! Apocalypse uppercuts Piotr pic.twitter.com/wzRWg0oNJa
#AgeOfXMan Apocalypse & X-Tracts 4 We get a recap page of the past with Lockheed on it! Colossus & Kitty kiss, and then she's wearing his shirt – so that happened. Genesis died killing Omega Red Lypsy & X-Man have been working together this whole time, faux-foes pic.twitter.com/RlDaXeR70c
#AgeOfXMan Apocalypse & X-Tracts 5 Lypsy changes from his small AoXM form to OG form, and the X-Tracts have to take him down. Kitty stabs him with a menorah, she fought him off the best. He convinces them all to help him save the world. Issue ends setting up Omega. pic.twitter.com/eIYQg4BlkW
#AgeOfXMan Omega wow, this sort of just ends with a whimper X-Tracts was my favorite mini, but I'm partial Kitty just gets lost here, she doesn't even get a transition panel nor appears in group shots.
I’m such a fan of Matthew Rosenberg after all of these readings. It really helps that it is a completed work, so I’m not waiting such long times between issues.
Uncanny X-Men V5 1 Pretty good start to a new volume Kitty & Jean are finally in a comic together, so of course, Kitty gets teleported away during a training exercise with the MLF. Kitty, Senator Allen, and Apocalypse have all been captured pic.twitter.com/78jWz8Wag6
Uncanny X-Men V5 2 There are threats from extinct animals & weather conditions all around the world Including Dinosaurs in Missoula, Montana! Madrox has multiplied himself to take over a city in Kansas Legion with a new haircut shows up at the X-Men's door pic.twitter.com/gtCMY97b6j
Uncanny X-Men V5 3 Jean's X-Men deal with the Dinosaur problem & assist Storm's team with the Multiple Men Legion is at the Mansion Legion forced Jamie to dupe himself, and placed a personality in each body There's a new good kind of Horseman with Magneto, Blob, Omega Red & Angel pic.twitter.com/bhJAldtNic
Uncanny X-Men V5 4 The Horsemen belong to . . . X-Man! I like that Kitty & Apocalypse get to spend all of this quality time together The Horsemen destroyed the mansion last issue I like Armor standing up to Jean, the title now is following three teams pic.twitter.com/xpSGAsIWTK
Uncanny X-Men V5 5 Apocalypse convinces Nate to do away with all of the world leaders. Kitty didn't object (or say anything), so Nate goes ahead with the plan. Then asks the senator what he would like to see done Betsy v Warren, and she awakens Archangel, of course pic.twitter.com/pCsEu2cNnv
Uncanny X-Men V5 8 Kitty finally reunites with the X-Men Bishop saves the X-Kids from Legion's AoA recreation Glob is sad he's back in his purple form, after taking so much control of his powers (one would think he can recreate that growth) X-Man has taken over Legion's body! pic.twitter.com/DOKnQVGzb5
Uncanny X-Men V5 9 NateLegion claims Storm as a Horsewoman Jean calls of the X-Men to her Armor makes a big play by fighting the Horsepeople Kitty saves Senator Allen from Apocalypse NateLegion is going to destroy the world All of the X-Men, including Kylun!, show up to help pic.twitter.com/LstICEMAKx
Uncanny X-Men V5 10 Once again, Kitty's yellow & blue costume stinks for crowd shots, I think she only is officially in one panel of the comic. Did Nate kill the X-Men? The world believes so, as the issue ends with Cyclops coming back, and Magik joining the title. pic.twitter.com/xJWGZ2uwhj
Uncanny X-Men V5 Annual 1 I guess they are not counting the end of The Twelve where Cyclops & Apocalypse merged as a death? Not a bad issues. We see how Teen Cable brought Cyclops back, and a fun flashback adventure of Scott's that, of course, comes around to the present. Magik! pic.twitter.com/xojzkDwHMH
Uncanny X-Men V5 12 Larroca changed his style! More realistic than fun cartoony Callahan from Astonishing V4 returns Scott & Logan team up to rescue a slew of mutants including Magik and Dani! And also Karma, Wolfsbane, and Havok. Pretty good team there Strong Guy dies 😦
Uncanny X-Men V5 13 Magik's first issue, and she's on nearly every page, & Kitty barely got three pages before Cyclops found a slew of old uniforms, a fun in-universe way to explain why their in their best outfits 4 New Mutants on the roster Hope & Banshee have joined the MLF pic.twitter.com/GkmqZYkRNo
Uncanny X-Men V5 14 I love so much how the best four lady New Mutants are on this team! Hopefully the techno-virus gets removed soon. Scott gets the Morlocks a new home Chamber joins the team Captain America wants to chat with Scott pic.twitter.com/MmYuIZ4EsL
Uncanny X-Men V5 15 I was hoping Captain America was going to off the X-Men a place to live. There has to be an old Avengers base or something they're not using Hope has made Scott a literal Cyclops Dark Beast removed Warlock from the ladies, and now he is bonded to a Jamie dupe pic.twitter.com/fHSufQ5f21
#WarOfTheRealms Uncanny X-Men 1 One page in, I immediately wanted to just bail on this mini, but I'm hoping it is full of Magik/Dani teaming up Malekith has conquered everything, but Earth. Dani is a Valkyrie again Magik recruits Banshee & Hope for the rescue mission Nanny! pic.twitter.com/Gk1H7iVkrS
#WarOfTheRealms Uncanny X-Men 2 I saw Alex & Scott with full beards & was very confused how much time had passed Second to last page, Sabretooth references a bridge destroyed in the main title's 4th issue I checked, and Magik doesn't appear in the main series, just Logan pic.twitter.com/UdAcJvOKdU
#WarOfTheRealms Uncanny X-Men 3 The final chapter really redeemed this mini for me. Nice seeing Magik & Rahne working together. Magik beheads Sabretooth, after Rahne ripped his throat out Rahne got to spend time with her husband & son, all too briefly Sunspot died (for now) pic.twitter.com/TB7NJH23Wz
Uncanny X-Men V5 16 So I did not need to read War of the Realms, but Rahne leaves as its all too much, so maybe I did? Scott steps down as leader, they'll just vote on everything now Joseph has his own Brotherhood Kwannon kills Joseph Cute how Magik is holding Juggernaut back pic.twitter.com/HDOW33awyb
Uncanny X-Men V5 17 Rahne was beaten to death by four dudes Illyana wears a very pretty dress to Rahne's funeral Kitty is mentioned among the dead Logan & Scott get into a fist fight, which is always silly No one remembers Emma Frost, besides Juggernaut Is this related to IvX? pic.twitter.com/lN7Dixu9U8
Uncanny X-Men V5 18 Logan leaves Chamber kills the Marauders Sinister burns down the bar, and surrenders after Havok beats him We get Sinister & Havok, which seems rare Magik & Madrox have some fun moments with her teasing him Karma is leaving, and is rich Scott calls Mystique pic.twitter.com/YzrQ9K70Fm
Uncanny X-Men V5 20 X-Men vs Upstarts We get the reveal that Mystique has been pretending to be Cap, which I miss the tip about the phone call earlier. That's fun Magik kills Dark Beast for tricking the X-Men Emma unlocks Scott's memories, as she needs the X-Men's help pic.twitter.com/jr4vkdmi0D
Uncanny X-Men V5 21 What is Illyana holding Emma up by? Her bra? I love that they start talking telepathically, & Juggernaut doesn't know what is happening. That's fun. Callahan turned Illyana into the Darkchilde. Emma has made the world forget about mutants pic.twitter.com/AT9nSJhYvu
Uncanny X-Men V5 22 Last Issue! Dani is disappointed in Scott Havok dies All of the X-Men return from the first arc, including Kitty! Scott breaks Emma's Cerebro, so everyone knows mutants again.
I’ve started my next Twitter project – reading all of Matthew Rosenberg’s X-Men runs, starting with his Astonishing X-Men Volume Four run.
Astonishing X-Men V4 2 Shadow King has a few X-Men in a dream state, as he & Xavier battle it out. Fun moment of Kitty & Colossus portraying Rogue & Gambit (both ways!) Deodato Jr/Martin are great on art I hadn't realized Charles Soule had a X-Men run Cowles is great on letters pic.twitter.com/DjvDMqQz0l
Astonishing X-Men V4 12 I thought X was Xavier in Fantomex's body? But then X tells Gambit to find Fantomex, so who knows? Betsy & X defeat Shadow King with the help of all of the psychics X believes Kitty has everything handled at the school, and he's right about that pic.twitter.com/7H9A60pQtP
Astonishing X-Men V4 13 Rosenberg/Land are the new creative team, as they turn the title into a Havok/Beast buddy book Alex tries to teach a class, and Kitty kicks him out. You think Kitty still owns "The X-Men" name? Hank & Alex get attacked by the Reavers pic.twitter.com/ESOmunCMYR
Astonishing X-Men V4 14 Two issues in, and I'm enjoying this so far. I like my X-Men telling jokes & having a good time Alex is recruiting his Not-X-Men, as the Reavers keep coming for them. Drunk Colossus! Alex wants Forge, but upgrades to Dazzler – which is the right move pic.twitter.com/zqiItTVok2
Astonishing X-Men V4 15 I'm sort of liking Callahan military villain I like the idea of Dazzler having to answer paparazzi questions all of the time I love the idea of Kitty releasing press releases Most of the team gets captured Alex & James are going to be bad boyz pic.twitter.com/IBiTAOaRKZ
Astonishing X-Men V4 17 Reavers take the fight to the X-Men Dazzler shows off even more amazing abilities Kitty's twenty O*N*E trucks makes me feel like there should have been more discussion about the wording Team disbands as Havok gets arrested Up next : Uncanny X-Men Vol 5! pic.twitter.com/FfPrtJ2e4x
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
X-Men Gold 29 Nice to finally see how Kitty was told about Piotr's death Really fit the stakes in this issue, everything is so fast paced So funny Puck asking if everyone is okay, and including Gambit Nance is arrested Colossus is going to live to get married (or so he thinks) pic.twitter.com/qxVyDozrSq
X-Men Gold 30 Fun reception with the Greys#LockheedTheDragon and his family showed up! poor Illyana's heart in this comic! Love Kitty getting ready with Stevie, Storm, & Teri Kitty looks stunning in that dress Who is that ex of Kitty's? Kitty phases away Rogue got married! pic.twitter.com/SzsgBE68bQ
X-Men Gold 31 Who would have thought Mesmero would be the main villain of this series?! ClareByrne Hotel, a very awkwardly named hotel BUT I see the reference, and that's sweet, and it sort of works if you say it outload The day after not getting married is pretty awkward pic.twitter.com/DpTBUqhikF
X-Men Gold 32 We see more of the reality of Rachel's attack Bobby & NuPyro banged a bunch Storm talks Illyana out of feeling bad Past Scott talking to Future Rachel is fun Rachel's costume gallery was a delight Kitty & Kurt are still down at issue's end Mesmero defeated, maybe? pic.twitter.com/h0xhBCKY23
X-Men Gold 33 Has Storm really never been back to Uzuri? Storm's second mother, Ainet, is killed by new god, Uovu It was at this moment, Ainet prayed to Storm, and that's how Storm got Stormcaster Rachel is free of Mesmero, as per Teen Jean Rachel breaks up with Kurt pic.twitter.com/Wy0RYo20IH
X-Men Gold 34 MIchele Bandini is such a great artist for this arc Erick Arciniega is great on colors We get Katyana fighting together & making up with each other Uovu has brought Storm's parents back & made zombies of the dead Stormcaster flees Storm at the worst time pic.twitter.com/WkbYVGV3eR
X-Men Gold 35 Penultimate Issue! Storm battles Uovu X-Men fight X-Cutioner, finishing in time to help Storm Stormcaster returns to Storm Storm wins, and Stormcaster turns to ash The undead return to being dead Storm promises to visit Uzuri more often pic.twitter.com/0wT0wZRpkB
X-Men Gold 36 Nice creative team to end the series with Kitty leaves Piotr a nice voicemail Kitty talks Brian Morrison down, but then he gets shot in the head by a real jerk His future is uncertain as a doctor does her best Such a great series, I'm glad I finally read it pic.twitter.com/PmWPYLcxvE
X-Men Gold Annual 1 Came out before Issue 20 30th Anniversary of Excalibur Kitty is informed of Brian & Meggan's new baby by stork! I love Maggie's Lockheed plush! Meggan has new parent anxiety, I get it! Maggie gets three godparents Such a great & fun issue Nice Storm backup pic.twitter.com/qjSY3KAqkI
X-Men Gold Annual 2 Came out before Issue 34 A nice flashback story of Kitty going back to her childhood summer camp Junior counselors stole a bunch of items, Kitty returns all Her old friend, Madison, is mutant phobic We see Kitty's first kiss, w Aston Cross & That's X-Men Gold pic.twitter.com/x8KPoOF5a5
Here are the next batch of X-Men Gold Twitter reviews I did.
I think one more collection of posts should fill out the rest of the issues, plus two annuals
X-Men Gold 18 Guggenheim really likes a name joke Rachel has her face tattoos back I'm reminded Kurt can't die & Armor was on the team I like the X-Men using other languages, using that diversity Kitty doesn't need her powers to be deadly Scythian, a giant god, shows up pic.twitter.com/Qbf47rLj0R
X-Men Gold 19 I really like these black and red X-suits I love how Kitty just has a plan Apparently Colossus is Deputy Leader? Kologoth is killed by Old Man Logan Ink's real name is Eric Kitty traps Scythian into the Negative Zone Vortex & the team is stranded somewhere pic.twitter.com/O9pW5eWx0p
X-Men Gold 20 I like how the arcs are just long enough A powerless Storm is a dangerous Storm Fun seeing Armor and Old Man Logan hanging out Of course, Kitty & Piotr were paired off. She should have left him behind. I wish we got more Kitty & Storm in this title Kitty proposes pic.twitter.com/sCN3esI0Ng
X-Men Gold 21 I do like how much time we spend with the foes of this series Old Man Logan leaves the team so he can concentrate on his solo Rachel gets a new costume that looks like a spikey Black Widow outfit Magma joins the team Kitty's team goes down, just like she thought pic.twitter.com/Q6gkqpu5Ag
X-Men Gold 22 Great art team this title has Diego Bernard (pencils), JP Mayer (inker) & Prianto & Tartaglia (colors) Lydia Nance's father was a mutant (of course) Mesmero's whole scheme was to get the X-Men arrested Jen Walters! Scythian & Annihilus are going to work together pic.twitter.com/sUuMlPrlmq
X-Men Gold 23 Kitty's cellmate is Callisto, who has only tried to kill her twice Iceman's title ends, and he gets to lead Gold B team with Rogue, Magik, Ink, Armor & Magma. Somehow Magma wasn't arrested?! NuPyro wants redemption & joins the team Crazy Maisie wants to fight Kitty pic.twitter.com/45MjNx8YM4
X-Men Gold 24 I really like this cover Kitty/Rachel/Storm easily take down Crazy Maise I mean, Kitty is a ninja, there was no tension They get three days of Solitary Bobby's X-Men fight the Inhuman, Shredded Man Fire Buddies Is Storm still claustrophobic? I guess she is. pic.twitter.com/AZmEktkTC8
X-Men Gold 25 Pretty great art team for big issue 25 Scythian is destroying Paris Meggan & Cap Britain try to help Storm gets the X-Men out of prison Magik teleports them to Paris Is this stepping disc bigger than the Limbo one? Scythian is ripped in half by the disc & Kitty pic.twitter.com/oPVakve7IC
X-Men Gold 26 Cold feet is being mentioned Mesmero is captured Storm still has Stormcaster Iceman V3 & V4 has a lot of Kitty in it apparently I thought that was a window with Rogue outside, not a picture Terri Pryde! Piotr Bachelor Party n Vegas Colossus beat down by NanoSentinel pic.twitter.com/R7qOp3y2mU
X-Men Gold 27 Rogue tries to calm Kitty's nerves Colossus still has the Legacy Virus in him, Nance & Alpha (could be better) are going to use that to kill mutants I like how Kitty always teams with Kurt & Rachel (Excalibur!) Kitty hits Nance Piotr on a rocket that is blasting off pic.twitter.com/7zzIVPw1De
X-Men Gold 28 Kitty finally hits Lydia Nance This is a good series thus far, and Rachel & Kurt are barely dating in it – seems like heavy flirting (which is still odd) X-Men go to space to try to rescue Colossus Puck! Kitty phases a ship into a space station, that's pretty cool
Here are the next batch of my reviews of X-Men Gold, Issues 11 through 17.
Plus, X-Men Blue 13, 14, and 15.
I had thought, because of the era of the title, there were going to be more crossovers, but Mojo Worldwide was the only crossover.
No tie ins or anything, which is pretty impressive.
X-Men Gold 11 I was picking up a real Steve Dillon vibe from Lan Medina's art I like how, even in a more serious story, the humor is there I like the parallels between Logan and Colossus' fight. Colossus steels up again Magik ends the fight S.I.C.K.L.E. So they're dating now smh pic.twitter.com/gelCh5HDvZ
X-Men Gold 12 We get Kologoth's origins This is also What If Luke Ross Drew Earlier Issues, which is fun I do not like Kologoth's group's logo, that has to be on purpose, right?! He's a failed overlord, but might get a second chance#ButFirst . . . MojoVerse & a Blue Crossover pic.twitter.com/MJwCqTical
X-Men Gold 13 Mojo Worldwide 1 I like Kitty overruling Teen Jean I like all of the costume changes Mayhew/Beredo are an interesting art team Rachel accidently telling Kurt (and everybody) is fun, & his response. The art gets stronger as the pages turn I miss letters pages pic.twitter.com/37Q7DPqOdO
X-Men Blue 13 Mojo Worldwide 2 I like how each Team introduction has a giant wide panel, that's a nice touch Rachel giving Teen Scott a fun hard time Is Bloodstorm from Mutant X? poor Teen Jean doesn't quite fill out a Goblin Queen outfit, Madelyne wouldn't let her forget that pic.twitter.com/Du59vvzeDU
X-Men Gold 14 Mojo Worldwide 3 Colorist, Beredo, stays for that sweet continuity, that's nice Fun that Kitty/Rachel take the time to comment on how they weren't there for X-Men 1-3 I miss Kitty's Blue Excalibur look, glad she's back in blue now is Team 2 dead?! Teen Jean/Maddie pic.twitter.com/aQkqRoCYUo
X-Men Blue 14 Mojo Worldwide 4 Mojo is slowly converting NYC to MojoWorld West Dead X-Men are just in tubes, living in nightmares Do James & Jean have chemistry or is it too easy of a plot not to explore? Longshot is helping Kate & crew to get backstage Beast does magik? pic.twitter.com/ICFsJWKDHk
X-Men Gold 15 Mojo Worldwide 5 Feels like one issue too many before the conclusion Magneto v Apocalypse, always fun The wrong name gag doesn't make sense nor is it funny (twice) Kitty finds the Control Room Nyet v Yet, is funny Did we need the Magneto/Polaris stuff? Cool to see pic.twitter.com/OyhaCUGaIv
X-Men Blue 15 Mojo Worldwide 6 Not a bad crossover, lots of fun art Lots of fight fight fight in the conclusion I don't love how Kitty had to be reminded (by Colossus) that Magneto is the reason she's even on Earth. Did Magneto do something bad since Bendis' Uncanny? He died? pic.twitter.com/CEe97jlEEx
X-Men Gold 16 and we're right back where we should be I like how we get Kitty & Lydia having to keep interacting Kitty & Piotr bang Kologoth's forces are here to pick him up Rachel gets hit hard Kitty & Kurt are aboard Kologoth's ship as it warps away, so those two are together pic.twitter.com/XPmybxF6VS
X-Men Gold 17 Kitty is only on the one page, but what a page! Kologoth, I can't seem to memorize his name, is from the Negative Zone Blue Marvel lends the X-Men a space ship, he seems interesting. Ink is on the team, I forgot about him Kurt teleports blind, and into a rock!! No! pic.twitter.com/asrzY36hoM
Over at Twitter, I’m reviewing X-Men Gold in 280 Characters, and to make them easier to serve, I figure I’ll collect them here.
Below is my coverage of the first ten issues.
Enjoy!
X-Men Gold 1 Pretty solid line up Kitty phased an entire building, that's pretty cool there's some funny moments in this, and lots of nods to continuity I completely missed out on this series except for issue 30 am I going to like Old Man Logan?! pic.twitter.com/9YOdtTwoEC
I like Cap talking to Kitty, further showing that everyone is taking her serious as the new leader of the X-Men We learn who Lydia Nance is, and her goals of deporting mutants. pic.twitter.com/rVHkyBinL8
X-Men Gold 3 Kitty recruits Armor and Rockslide to the team Kitty's X-Men take down the new Brotherhood Kitty rescues Magma The mayor is rescued The X-Men confront Lydia Nance, tensions are high
X-Men Gold 5 I'm really enjoying this series We get Gambit & Storm together They're really setting up Colossus & Kitty 🤮 but it is fun, Kitty fastball special! Kitty and Rachel almost touched hands! Pryde & Trask repeating lines is fun Sentinel going after all mutations is scary pic.twitter.com/ANoOY7Iakt
X-Men Gold 6 Rachel gets stronger So many guest stars – Daredevil, Squirrel Girl, Deadpool, Ms. Marvel, Cap Marvel, Cho Hulk plus more Fun commenting that the new Sentinel needs a better name Gross Storm kissing Gambit I like the reminder this is all Gambit's fault Day is saved? pic.twitter.com/7Qj3L03daD
X-Men Gold 7 Ken Lashley! This series really likes its baseball & interesting ships Colossus can't power up Rachel kissing Kurt is a choice The senior staff includes Iceman & Jubilee & two others X-Cutioner is in the mansion! Eye-Boy! Storm & OML team up Colossus gets head shot! pic.twitter.com/KgWM3FWacQ
X-Men Gold 8 Best issue of the series so far! Rachel saved Piotr The bomb has no electric pieces, so Kitty can't disable it that way Kurt can't die as Heaven doesn't want him back Hand may be bringing back Omega Red Awesome fight with Kitty & X-Cutioner MsPryde Goes to Washington pic.twitter.com/deAioOU2kY
X-Men Gold 9 Omega Red is back Piotr took Kitty's old room, gross Fun contrast between Kurt/Rachel & Kitty/Piotr's dinners Stevie Hunter! No way Kitty should be taller than her Piotr wants to marry Kitty one day, double gross Whiplash fight The Deportation Bill is going to pass?! pic.twitter.com/VIdc9Xe1jf
X-Men Gold 10 We get Illyana & Kitty together! Dani is part of the senior staff, I like that Illyana has a long lost uncle I miss Logan & Kitty together too I don't buy Illyana being taken prisoner that easy
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Of all of the characters to pair with Kate Pryde, why did I go with Magik?
That’s a great question.
Shadow and Flame was such a great miniseries, perfectly drawn by Paul Smith.
The title has a fun, if you know you know, element – before that was a thing.
Illyana Rasputina, Magik, has some competition with who is Kate Pryde’s best friend. The only real competition is Rachel Summers, but Kurt Wagner has an argument to be made.
At the time I was creating the blog, June 2013, Magik was back in a big way, but when I started really taking my back issue buying serious, she was dead from, well, that gets complicated.
Magik, as we knew her from the original run of New Mutants, ‘dies’ at the end of Inferno, and is reverted back to her six year old self. The six year old dies from the Legacy Virus so Uncanny X-Men 303 in 1993.
So after 1993, it is super easy to be a Magik completionist. Just have to track whenever the New Mutants are having memories, or when Pryde is having a flashback. I was already tracking all of Pryde and Lockheed’s appearances, so I had that covered, but every so often, Sam or Dani (when she was in a title), would think about their lost friends, so play Truth or Dare.
Rachel, I have most of her appearances, until Claremont returns again and puts her on Uncanny and she becomes a dinosaur, it gets complicated.
When I had the thought of maybe actually committing the dollars to getting all of Rachel’s appearances, Ed Brubaker had her in SPACE! for the Rise and Fall of the Shi’ar Empire storyline and that was enough for me to not want those comics. Rachel doesn’t think about Pryde at all, or Lockheed for that matter, so I was safe from buying those comics.
Kurt was never really in the running for this thought experiment as he is part of the Giant Size X-Men 1, All New All Different era, so all of those early issues are expensive, and predates Pryde, so that was an easy one to write off. Then again, Illyana is in Giant Size X-Men 1, so I did commit to getting a beaten up version of that, but then I was done as she doesn’t show up again until Arcade takes her prisoner along with other friends of the X-Men. Heck, Colossus doesn’t even think about her during any of those comics, continuing why he is the worst.
(in my mind, this was Illyana on the cover, but what a cover by Carl Potts!)
Also, Lockheed is much closer friends with Illyana than he ever was with Rachel, that’s just a fact. I can picture Lockheed, who essentially becomes pals with the New Mutants with how often he’s in that title, but he doesn’t hang with Rachel nearly that much unless Kate is with Rachel in the scene.
So I wanted to own every appearance of Kate Pryde and Lockheed, that was the initial mission. So I started buying all of these New Mutants titles that don’t have Pryde referenced at all. As I’m buying these comics, I’m getting to see what Illyana is like without Pryde around, and I’m just loving Magik, and all that she brings to the table.
So I start having these holes in my New Mutants collection, which makes sense, but if I commit to buying Magik appearances, I can fill in those stories and find out more about my third favorite X-Men character. Plus, New Mutants comics were not expensive, so that helped the decision.
I was working for NAU-Yuma at the time, living with my parents, so I had very little overhead, so I was essentially dedicating one paycheck to back issues. The two checks I committed to buying Uncanny X-Men 141 and 142 were pretty exciting. Those definitely cost more than 129 did or 166. I was all in at that point.
also, one of the rare Magik toys came with a Lockheed! So even someone in the toy department knew how they were besties!
Shadow and Flame with Magik 