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Pryde and Wisdom

Posted by John Klein III on October 23, 2024

Posted in: Review. Tagged: Dodson - Terry, Ellis, Pryde and Wisdom, Story - Karl. Leave a comment

Pete Wisdom gets a mission to locate someone's daughter & Kitty Pryde comes along
We really get a great look at how this relationship worked, even though they're broken up at the time
Kitty doesn't like his choice of breakfast – cigarettes & Scotch
Dodsons on art
Pryde & Wisdom 1 pic.twitter.com/xjx4Y3cKHQ
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) October 18, 2024

Kitty meets Pete's father
We learn Pete's mother's sad fate
Some goons try to kill our pair, but Kitty lays them all out as Pete's fingers burn hot
The mystery deepens as romance blooms!
I forgot how quick this mini moves, and its so good!

Pryde & Wisdom 2 pic.twitter.com/9x5j1NRZeG
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) October 18, 2024

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Aurora & Kate Pryde

Posted by John Klein III on October 22, 2024

Posted in: Retrospective. Tagged: Aurora, Cerebro. Leave a comment

Listening to the latest episode of Cerebro with guest, Sara Century, I wanted to go through Aurora’s reading order as I know her & Kitty/Kate Pryde have been in the same room before

Kitty Pryde & Aurora share panel space together in the first issue, but never speak to each other

X-Men / Alpha Flight V1 1 pic.twitter.com/7UKaDc7O8C
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Aurora & Kitty Pryde (for only 1 panel) are on opposing sides, but then both teams work together
As is (retro-ly) establish, these two will be near a plane, but never interact, thus the future story is not ruined in any way

X-Men Alpha Flight V2 2 pic.twitter.com/JDfYyt6DHE
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) October 4, 2024

As High Evolutionary removes all mutant powers, we see Aurora and Kitty Pryde loses theirs (among others)

Uncanny X-Men 379 pic.twitter.com/LY2pSIcdYz
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) October 7, 2024

I love Aurora's dress she wore to brother Northstar's wedding so much
I like to think Lockheed is remembering that time he flew with Aurora.

Kitty and Aurora still haven't spoken to each other

Astonishing X-Men V3 51 pic.twitter.com/t8QEo8FQsq
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) October 8, 2024

it took 31 years, but Kitty Pryde said something, then Aurora asked a question (though I'm not sure if they are talking to each other here)

Awesome getting Pryde, Grimm, & Langkowski in a room together outside of a Holiday Special

Guardians of the Galaxy V4 11 pic.twitter.com/5BwEOIsnRg
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) October 9, 2024

First time Aurora and Magik are seen together

Civil War II 4 pic.twitter.com/WSK9RPIjtZ
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) October 10, 2024

Captain Marvel gathers all of her peeps, including Aurora, Magik & Kitty Pryde

Guardians of the Galaxy V4 12 pic.twitter.com/N9eJDHuaqM
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) October 14, 2024

Magik & Aurora falling into battle together

Civil War II 8 pic.twitter.com/QX6Km4UnU3
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) October 15, 2024

That time Magik & Aurora went to Doug & Bei's Still Married Party
(not together)

New Mutants V4 15 pic.twitter.com/O4BjelX9uK
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) October 16, 2024

Magik & Aurora are at the Hellfire Gala (not together)

Laura is looking for Gabby, then it appears Laura starts dancing with Aurora

Barry the Artist starts bothering Magik

New Mutants V4 19 pic.twitter.com/Dl9oEgywOU
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) October 17, 2024

Kitty Pryde and Wolverine

Posted by John Klein III on October 19, 2024

Posted in: Review. Tagged: Claremont, Kitty Pryde and Wolverine, Milgrom - Al. Leave a comment

Carmen is way over his head, as he introduces Ogun to Kitty
She heads to Japan, where she's now over her head (runs in the family), she even has to steal from an ATM & crash in various offices to sleep
She finally calls her co-star, Logan, for help

Kitty Pryde & Wolverine 1 pic.twitter.com/cPXuwz45aV
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) October 15, 2024

Ogun wastes no time conditioning Kitty to be his pupil
She's ready to take on Ogun's greatest enemy, Logan!

Kitty Pryde & Wolverine 2 pic.twitter.com/FhoDmiPls8
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) October 15, 2024

Logan has to fight Ogun, and he can't even land a hit.
They fight throughout the city, until Logan gets a lucky shot in.
Ogun is really . . . Kitty Pryde!
Kitty delivers the final attack on Logan.

Kitty Pryde & Wolverine 3 pic.twitter.com/Lz1o0YD5cy
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) October 15, 2024

Logan & Kitty start the long process of removing Ogun's programming.
Kitty has to start the process of learning all of her ninjutsu skills from scratch
Kitty believes she's ready to fight Ogun properly this time

Kitty Pryde & Wolverine 4 pic.twitter.com/4ahnBBlP82
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) October 15, 2024

We get the debut of Shadowcat!
Shadowcat believes she's ready to take on Ogun, but he cheats and gets the upperhand.
But Logan shows up at the very last page to try to settle his own score.

Kitty Pryde & Wolverine 5 pic.twitter.com/kJCzgubaW3
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) October 17, 2024

Logan vs Ogun, as Shadowcat recovers
Logan sets Shadowcat up for a kill strike, but she can't bring herself to do it. Passing a test with very high stakes
Ogun tries to be sneaky, but Logan kills Ogun, for now
Kitty gets some ice cream in the end

Kitty Pryde & Wolverine 6 pic.twitter.com/8W8ikJCKkY
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) October 17, 2024

Phoenix Warsong

Posted by John Klein III on October 18, 2024

Posted in: Review. Tagged: Kirkham, Pak, Warsong. Leave a comment

#PhoenixWarsong 2
Scott tells Piotr to lose weight – harsh!
Sophie & Esme return as zombies, giving Logan a hint where they are from
There was a psychic block preventing people asking where the sisters came from. Worked on me too!
Cuckoos go home to Weapon Plus pic.twitter.com/0uYRgUgZAR
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) October 14, 2024

#PhoenixWarsong 3
John Sublime gives us the Cuckoos origin story no one wanted & not like this
The World (somehow) stole Emma's eggs while she was in a coma & cloned her a thousand times
Emma takes to being mother quickly
Issue ends with Celeste the new host of the Phoenix Force pic.twitter.com/2RfRewg8MH
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) October 15, 2024

#PhoenixWarSong 4
Sublime confirms that the Cuckoos are Weapon XIV, so people can update their databases
The Phoenix appears to have good intentions, but Sublime has other plans.
All the sisters are united to contain the Phoenix Force pic.twitter.com/EwT8sPlO1O
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) October 16, 2024

#PhoenixWarsong 5
Celeste shares the Phoenix Force with Mindee & Phoebe, who burn away the Thousand-In-One (thankfully)
Issue ends with the Cuckoos having a Phoenix shard in their diamond hearts – which thankfully doesn't last too long

This series tarnished the Cuckoos for a bit pic.twitter.com/w0hVMmDcUH
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) October 17, 2024

Mekanix

Posted by John Klein III on October 17, 2024

Posted in: Review. Tagged: Bobillo, Claremont, Mekanix. Leave a comment

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Phoenix : Endsong

Posted by John Klein III on October 16, 2024

Posted in: Review. Tagged: Endsong, Land, Pak, Phoenix. Leave a comment

#PhoenixEndsong 2
Logan interrupts Scott & Emma as Jean has left her grave
I read Kitty's line as "your package is showing" twice before my eyes finally read the words correctly
Emma wants Kitty to call her "Emma"
Quintin is back & wants the Phoenix to resurrect Sophie pic.twitter.com/OGvDFeGZvC
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) October 7, 2024

#PhoenixEndsong 3
Scott doesn't want Colossus on the mission & Colossus failed to kill Dark Phoenix
I love how they keep commenting on what color scheme Jean is wearing
Emma jokes that Kitty doesn't have any brain activity, that's pretty funny
The Phoenix wanting to feed on Scott pic.twitter.com/zWiTwBVOix
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) October 8, 2024

#PhoenixEndsong 4
Scott wants Kitty to crush his heart to stop the Phoenix
Emma flicks Kitty away
Kitty thinks there's too many boys on the team
Emma becomes the new host
Emma & Scott get inside a trap & start having sex
Kitty finds them gross

Quentin shows up at the end pic.twitter.com/JDhwZMFxYb
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) October 9, 2024

#PhoenixEndsong 5
Quentin wants to bring back Sophie
X-Men fight Phoenix-Emma
Sophie returns but rejects being with Quentin & dies again
P-Emma v Storm
P-Emma v Jean
Does your favorite show up to say I Love You to Jean?
Jean finally rests in her new White Phoenix outfit pic.twitter.com/5ftvjqKDJM
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) October 10, 2024

X-Men Forever 2

Posted by John Klein III on October 8, 2024

Posted in: Review. Tagged: Claremont, Forever, Grell, Grummett, Lim, Rosanas - Ramon, Smith - Andy. Leave a comment

In an odd choice, the series is relaunched, but picks up on all of the previous plot points, but we'll be more focus this time, as we try to solve the Storm problem
Lockheed is still hanging out with Ro
Spider-Man has an adventure with Roguecrawler

X-Men Forever 2 3 pic.twitter.com/BDgBDvTVeT
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) October 3, 2024

Lockheed & Ro finally get to go on a mission . . . until Cyclops realizes they are on the mission, and are ordered back. Lockheed is suspicious

Sabretooth vs Sabretooth, with Kitty defeating the clone.
Issue ends with her being stabbed in the back by Logan!

X-Men Forever 2 7 pic.twitter.com/HCzCLcYVCo
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) October 3, 2024

X-Men defeat the Marauders, plus Clone Logan
Kitty now has bone claws from her other hand
Lockheed fights Hepzibah, who is being controlled by Malice
Kitty, Lockheed & Ro are going with the Starjammers to recover, with kid Nate

Clone Logan isn't dead

X-Men Forever 2 8 pic.twitter.com/RueSd76RoG
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) October 3, 2024

Kitty is not doing well, having a nightmare Logan killed everybody
Claremont is wild for teasing a Kitty/Gambitmance
Ro & Lockheed sneak on Kitty's trip to Japan, as Kitty is worried Clongan is going to kill Mariko
They witness Clan Yashida & Hand are now one

X-Men Forever 2 9 pic.twitter.com/2OnAsEXdAT
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) October 3, 2024

Clongan does try to kill Mariko, Kitty puts up a great fight
We get to see Kitty phase herself, Ro & Lockheed miles by letting Earth's rotation do the hard work
Mariko is working with Ziggy Trask
Mariko captures Ro for Adult Storm, but Lockheed followed

X-Men Forever 10 pic.twitter.com/J0BDeIE9wr
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) October 4, 2024

Ghost Panther rescues Ro from the Consortium midflight to Adult Storm in Wakanda
Lockheed follows
I like Lockheed & Ro's escape attempt
Ghost Panther took Ro to the Morlocks for safe keeping, Ro isn't a prisoner, but she couldn't have known that

X-Men Forever 2 11 pic.twitter.com/fWyvp8rmah
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) October 4, 2024

Ghost Panther, Ro & Lockheed, Morlocks are in Genosha as is Adult Storm
Ro is getting tired of GP's secrets
Adult Storm attacks
X-Men show up to help
We learn GP is really Storm's lightning spirt!
A Storm Trinity!
Adult Daughter & Soul

X-Men Forever 2 12 pic.twitter.com/GzFT4mannl
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) October 4, 2024

Adult Storm causes Avengers vs X-Men
Hurts seeing Lockheed vs Julia Carpenter Spider-Woman
Kurt absorbs Thor's power, which is too much for him & leaves him with Reed Richards white temples
Adult Storm is defeated after killing Havok
Wakanda needs a new ruler

X-Men Forever 2 15 pic.twitter.com/YEvdlqMDMo
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) October 7, 2024

Final Issue!
We get a nice moment with Storm, Kitty & Lockheed
Storm lets Masque scar her face, so she can rule Wakanda
Kurt is comatose, but Thor has a plan
Avengers deal with SHIELD
X-Men bury Alex Summers
All lose ends are tied up pretty nicely

X-Men Forever 2 16 pic.twitter.com/rUoHgAMxRx
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) October 7, 2024

X-Men Forever Volume Two

Posted by John Klein III on October 4, 2024

Posted in: Review. Tagged: Claremont, Forever, Grummett, Hdr - Daniel, Nolan - Graham, PMS, Scott - Steve. Leave a comment

Kitty, Lockheed & Kurt are back on the X-Men!
First mission : X-Men go to confront Cortez, who sneaks up on Cyclops & starts blasting
Cortez blasts Logan while Kitty is phasing through him
Lockheed starts fretting over Kitty, as her forearm really hurts

X-Men Forever V2 1 pic.twitter.com/YfnCrfreBD
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) September 30, 2024

Paul Smith is back drawing Kitty & Lockheed!
Terry Austin!
Lockheed is back, Storm is little Ro
Kitty has a real Logan like attitude that she's trying to control
Danger Room is attacking the X-Men
Beast discovers mutant powers shortens mutants life spans

X-Men Forever V2 6 pic.twitter.com/dTK2uD3Yfm
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) September 30, 2024

Ro is still trying to figure out her place in the world, at least she has Lockheed to keep her company. Gambit does a good job of checking in with her.

X-Men are on a mission where they find a lady Trask, who is up to no good, & issue ends with Sentinels

X-Men Forever V2 8 pic.twitter.com/QoLjeglnI7
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) September 30, 2024

X-Men bury Logan
Sabretooth is on the team, and is Logan's father, oh and Sabretooth's eyes were ripped out earlier
We only get one panel of a Paul Smith/Terry Austin Lockheed. Kitty is not taking the news well, at all.
Scott goes to Alaska by issue's end.

X-Men Forever V2 10 pic.twitter.com/WEfEJ72ew1
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) September 30, 2024

Lockheed is back in the series!
Kitty was almost turned into FireCat by Black Magik (it was a whole thing!)
Fury & Gambit are on a secret mission that Kitty, Lockheed & Ro are trying to secretly track.
I miss Kitty's tech skills.

X-Men Forever V2 19 pic.twitter.com/oMzbpuNTsk
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) October 1, 2024

Kitty & Lockheed are tracking Sabretooth, Gambit & Fury's mission.
Cyclops realizes the team can meet them somewhere
Sabretooth loses his hand

Before this, Kurt & Rogue swapped powers in an interesting twist.

X-Men Forever V2 20 pic.twitter.com/BOY1UuBmT9
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) October 1, 2024

Kitty says what everyone is thinking now that they know Tony Stark is working with Lady Trask
Ro isn't allowed on the mission to space as her powers are unpredictable
This Lockheed's last appearance in this series before the relaunch to Forever 2.

X-Men Forever V2 22 pic.twitter.com/GAL4xqT5Vp
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) October 1, 2024

Best X Issues of 2024 – September

Posted by John Klein III on October 2, 2024

Posted in: Retrospective. Tagged: 2024. Leave a comment

as of September 25, 2024

X-Men V6 32
Exceptional X-Men 1
Blood Hunt : Magik
Uncanny X-Men V6 1
Fall of the House of X 5
X-Men V6 35 / Uncanny X-Men 700
Wolverine : Deep Cut 1
Dead X-Men 1
Dazzler V3 1
Ultimate X-Men V2 7

Compared to August 28, 2024

X-Men V6 32
Blood Hunt : Magik
Uncanny X-Men V6 1
Fall of the House of X 5
X-Men V6 35 / Uncanny X-Men 700
Wolverine : Deep Cut 1
Dead X-Men 1
Life of Wolverine 1
Ultimate X-Men V2 6
X-Men V7 2

. . .

Compared to July 31

X-Men V6 32
Blood Hunt : Magik
Fall of the House of X 5
X-Men V6 35 / Uncanny X-Men 700
Wolverine : Deep Cut 1
Dead X-Men 1
Life of Wolverine 1
Ultimate X-Men V2 5
X-Force V7 1
X-Men V6 34

Compared to June 26, 2024

X-Men V6 32
Blood Hunt : Magik
Fall of the House of X 5
Dead X-Men 1
X-Men V6 35
Fall of the House of X 3
X-Men V6 34
X-Men V6 33
Ultimate X-Men V2 4
Ultimate X-Men V2 3

. . .

Compared to May 29, 2024

X-Men V6 32
Fall of the House of X 5
Dead X-Men 1
Fall of the House of X 3
X-Men V6 34
X-Men V6 33
Ultimate X-Men V2 3
Rise of the Powers of X 4
X-Men Forever 3
X-Men Forever 2

. . .

Compared to April 24, 2024

1. X-Men V6 32

2. Dead X-Men 1

3. Fall of the House of X 3

4. X-Men V6 33

5. Rise of the Powers of X 4

6. X-Men Forever 2

7. Spider-Gwen Smash 2

8. Cable V5 1

9. Resurrection of Magneto 2

10. Women of Marvel V5 1

. . .

Compared to March 27

1. X-Men V6 32

2. Dead X-Men 1

3. Fall of the House of X 3

4. Spider-Gwen Smash 2

5. Cable V5 1

6. Resurrection of Magneto 2

7. Women of Marvel V5 1

8. Resurrection of Magneto 1

9. Ultimate X-Men V2 1

10. Fall of the House of X 1

. . .

Compared to February 28

1. Dead X-Men 1
2. Spider-Gwen Smash 2
3. Cable V5 1
4. Resurrection of Magneto 2
5. Women of Marvel V5 1
6. Resurrection of Magneto 1
7. Fall of the House of X 1
8. Fall of the House of X 2
9. Invincible Iron Man V5 15
10. Dead X-Men 2

. . .

Compared to January 31

X-Men V6 30
Dead X-Men 1
Spider-Gwen Smash 2
Resurrection of Magneto 1
Cable V5 1
Fall of House of X 1
Invincible Iron Man V5 14
Rise of the Powers of X 1

Avengers vs Pet Avengers

Posted by John Klein III on September 28, 2024

Posted in: Review. Tagged: Avengers, Eliopoulos, Guara, Pet Avengers. Leave a comment

Lockheed finally gets his starring moment!

Fin Fang Foom transformed BuckyCap, Iron Man & Thor into frogs
Lockheed stands up to Fin Fang Foom, who recognizes him as a member of the Flock

Avengers vs Pet Avengers 1 pic.twitter.com/xt1IALmfxl
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) September 26, 2024

Arguably, one of the coolest covers ever!
Fin Fang Foom has taken Lockheed over to the side of the Dragons.
oh no!

Avengers vs Pet Avengers 2 pic.twitter.com/TAOUh5CnOq
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) September 26, 2024

Lockheed finally explains why he sided with Fin Fang Foom, so the Pet Avengers join him as well
In a fun page reveal, we don't hear the explanation, just the animal sounds, which is pretty clever
Fin Fang Foom wants to eat his own giant dragon eggs

Avengers vs Pet Avengers 3 pic.twitter.com/IEbdKINqKq
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) September 26, 2024

Fin Fang Foom didn't actually want to eat eat the eggs
Just swallow them so the eggs can go to space & hatch
Thor & Avengers are pretty cool about the miscommunication with Lockheed & the other dragons

Avengers vs Pet Avengers 4 pic.twitter.com/5i03grRXiC
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) September 26, 2024

Safe to say this is by far my favorite of the Pet Avengers minis
I love so much they made a Pet Avengers Mansion
I like to think Wanda didn't destroy it
Lockheed feels bad for betraying the team, but Ms. Lion & crew forgive him
That's what family does

Avengers vs Pet Avengers 4 pic.twitter.com/WUqf6ztpUx
— John Klein III (@JackalsIII) September 26, 2024

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