Uncanny X-Men Volume Three Issue 29

Posted by John Klein III on April 14, 2015
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Uncanny X-Men V3 29

Writer Brian Michael Bendis

Pencils Chris Bachalo

Inks Townsend, Irwin, Mendoza, Olazaba & Vey

Colors Antonio Fabela & Jose Villarrubia

Lettering & Production VC’s Joe Caramagna

Uncanny X-Men V3 29 Magik 1

The Sanctum Sanctorum of the Sorcerer Supreme, Doctor Strange.  Years Ago.  Illyana teleports into Doctor Strange’s home.  He’s not in the lobby.

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Magik looks around and doesn’t find him.  Until she makes it to the bedroom and sees that he’s been attending Clea.

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The way Strange acts, I guess he and she have a mutually agreed time she visits.  Appointments, if you will.  So her showing up, unexpectedly, must be upsetting.  They have a rule where she doesn’t hint at anything about his future to him.  She is there to get advice on how to deal with Matthew Malloy.

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Is it fun to come up with all of this mystical names?  It has to be, right?

Devil’s Tower, Right Now.  Cyclops is telling Matty M to not be impress with the great and powerful, Magneto.  I like how Cyclops pretty much shuts Magneto down before he can even create any momentum.  Magneto’s helmet can even prevent Malloy’s powers.

Malloy doesn’t want to waste any time with Magneto and teleports him back to the New Xavier School, just like he did with Cyclops two issues ago.

Uncanny X-Men V3 27 Cyclops Hole in Snow &  Uncanny X-Men V3 29 Magneto Hole in Snow

Body shape hole in the snow, and all.  So great

After hearing Magneto’s tale, Tempus wants to do something.  Celeste overhears her thoughts and tells her to forget that route.  Tempus really doesn’t like her mind being read.  This is what I foresaw, once the Uncanny / All New X-Men Annuals happened, Tempus would be back in the book.  She’s wearing the school uniform that Frank Quitely made famous.

Uncanny X-Men V3 29 Celeste Adam-X joke

I really adore Bendis continuing the concept of Celeste using should-be-forgotten X-Characters to express her humor.

The students agree, that it is a good idea to confront Xavier.  Though senior students are hesitant.

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Jean Grey School.  Look, it is Doop and Kitty in the same room!  I wish they exchanged a look or something!

Kitty always suspects that something went wrong, that way, she is typically right.  Dazzler hopes Mystique is going to appear, so she can get her revenge.

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Beast has to admit that the human race is failing the X-Men.  Also, that the flatscans are sending an attack.

Cyclops is still trying to convince Matty M to join his side.

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Magik appears with the Eye of Agamotto.  I can’t believe Doctor Strange parted with it.

Is it me or does that page above look like it isn’t drawn by Bachalo?  Maybe it is the coloring.

The eye will reveal if Matt is the hero they need or the villain they deserve.

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The humans attack and count them, three skeletons!  This is clearly not how Magik dies (I hope) but we have to wait to figure it out.

Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters.  Years Ago.  Bendis finally gets to pay off Raze’s comments he made in Uncanny X-Men V3 13, during Battle of the Atom.  Raze tested out of the Time Cube and saw Xavier drinking tea in the garden.

Uncanny X-Men V3 13 Raze Xavier drinking tea & Uncanny X-Men V3 29 Xavier drinking tea

Which is pretty awesome!

Issue ends with Tempus, in her proper miniskirt uniform.  Next issue should be pretty exciting.  At least we know that time travel is involved so Magik will be saved.

Fantastic Four : And A Blind Man Shall Lead Them

Posted by John Klein III on April 12, 2015
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Thanks to YouTuber Fantastic Four World’s Greatest Heroes for hosting this video!

Daredevil helps the Fantastic Four against Doctor Doom, pretty good episode!

X-Men : Whole New World II

Posted by John Klein III on April 11, 2015
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http://www.newsarama.com/24026-axel-alonso-clarifies-recent-talk-of-a-new-world-for-x-men-post-secret-wars.html

Axel Alonso has had to, not retract but further clarify that his comments about a new world for them, Post-Secret Wars 2015, didn’t mean a Heroes Reborn style story.  He just means that there will be the X-Men in the Proper Marvel Universe and they are involved in Secret Wars 2015.

I do like how he hints that we may lose some X-Men in the transfer but as long as Kitty, Illyana and Lockheed make it, that’s all I care about.

Thanks to Brian Cronin’s excellent research capabilities, I have the necessary links now –

http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2015/04/10/comic-book-legends-revealed-518/

So Axel Alonso got to clarify his original statement –

http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/axel-in-charge-marvels-major-rage-of-ultron-twist-the-x-mens-post-secret-wars-future

So now we know.

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Since I keep trying to evoke this, here is Aladdin’s Whole New World

Thanks to YouTuber Kayla Marie for hosting this video.

I really need to rewatch Aladdin.

CSBG’s Top 50 Daredevil Stories

Posted by John Klein III on April 10, 2015
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http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2011/11/01/the-greatest-daredevil-stories-ever-told/

Brian Cronin outdid himself, again!

  1. The Jester Saga (Daredevil Volume One 42 – 46)
    49. Expose (Daredevil 164)
    48. Badlands (Daredevil 219)
    47. Deadliest Night of My Life (Daredevil 208)
    46. American Dreamer (Daredevil 236) I did vote for an Ann Nocenti issue! This was the Marvel 25th Anniversary issue! Good job, me!
    45. The Trial of Mister Hyde (Daredevil 354 – 357)
    44. Daredevil in Hell (Daredevil 278 – 282)
    43. The Living Prison (Daredevil 35 – 38, Fantastic Four 73)
    42. Duel (Daredevil 146)
    41. Resurrection (Daredevil 187 – 190)
    40. Latveria Steals Daredevil’s Other Four Senses (Daredevil Volume Three Issues 13 – 16)
    39. Beer With the Devil (Daredevil 266)
    38. Devils (Daredevil 169)
    37. Acts of Vengeance (Daredevil 275 – 276)
    36. Decalogue (Daredevil Volume Two Issues 71 – 75)
    35. Daredevil Makes a Sacrifice to Stop the Sons of the Serpent
    (Daredevil Volume Three Issues 31 – 36)
    34. And a Blind Man Shall Lead Them (Fantastic Four Volume One Issues 39 & 40)
    33. The Omega Effect
    (Avenging Spider-Man 6, Punisher 10 and Daredevil Volume Three Issue 11)
    32. Lowlife (Daredevil Volume Two Issues 41 – 45
    31. The Devil Inside and Out (Daredevil Volume Two Issues 88 – 93)
    30. Death of Jean DeWolff (Spectacular Spider-Man 107 – 110) Such a great story! Peter David at an all time best and this has to be either the first or one of the first instances where I read Daredevil.
    29. Wake Up! (Daredevil Volume Two Issues 16 – 19)
    28. Love and War (Marvel Graphic Novel 24)
    27. Most Dangerous Man Alive (Daredevil Volume Three Issues 1 – 6)
    26. The Origin of Daredevil (Daredevil Volume One Issue 1)
    25. Return of the King (Daredevil Volume Two Issues 116 – 119, 500)
    24. Brother, Take My Hand (Daredevil Volume One Issue 47)
    23. Without Fear (Daredevil Volume Two Issues 100 – 105)
    22. A Christmas Journey (Daredevil Volume Three Issue 7)
    21. Elektra Lives Again
    20. Gangwar! (Daredevil Volume One Issues 170 – 172)
    19. Parts of a Hole (Daredevil Volume Two Issues 9 – 15)
    18. Child’s Play (Daredevil 183 – 184)
    17. Last Rites (Daredevil 297 – 300)
    16. End of Days 1 – 8, I have issue eight on my wishlist as Bendis has Kitty Pryde and Peter Parker, as a couple.
    15. King of Hell’s Kitchen (Daredevil Volume Two Issues 56 – 60)
    14. Murdock Papers (Daredevil Volume Two Issues 76 – 81)
    13. Underboss (Daredevil Volume Two Issues 26 – 31)
    12. In Mortal Combat With . . . Sub-Mariner (Daredevil Volume One Issue 7)
    11. Typhoid Mary Saga (Daredevil 254 – 257, 259 – 263)
    10. Ikari (Daredevil Volume Three Issues 23 – 27)
    9. Daredevil Yellow 1 – 6
    8. Guardian Devil (Daredevil Volume Two Issues 1 – 8)     The Kevin Smith run! I own this as a Motion Comic DVD, as well as the issues and the trade – such a great story. Since Kevin Smith is a film maker, the motion comic really captures his voice with the characters.
    7. Hardcore (Daredevil Volume Two Issues 46 – 50)
    6. Roulette (Daredevil 191)
    5. Devil Inside and Out, Volume One (Daredevil Volume Two Issues 82 – 87)
    4. Out (Daredevil Volume Two Issues 32 – 40), I had this for the awesome Daredevil’s identity revealed to the press by Bendis, as it really changed the direction of the book for quite some time.
    3. Daredevil : Man Wihtout Fear 1 – 5    , I totally love this origin story being given a face lift by Frank Miller and John Romita Jr.
    2. Elektra Saga (Daredevil 168, 174 – 182), which I wasn’t sure how this was going to be grouped, I was tempted to call it by the trade name of Frank Miller Visionarires, Daredevil Volume One but that is one clunky title!
    1. Born Again (Daredevil 227 – 233) I knew this was going to win that’s why I placed it at number ten. Give more weight to lesser known titles.

I’ve read only a handful of these.

Here is my list again, and six of my picks made the list and I knew three of them wouldn’t make even a Top 75 but I threw them on as I haven’t read much of Daredevil.

  1. Daredevil 236
    2. Daredevil Volume Four 6
    3.            Secret War
    4.            Ultimate Knights from Ultimate Spider-Man
    5.            Blockbuster from Ultimate X-Men
    6.            Kevin Smith’s Guardian Devil (Volume Two 1 -8)
    7.            Daredevil : Yellow
    8.            Daredevil : Man Without Fear
    9.            Daredevil : Out, Volume Two 32 – 40
    10.            Daredevil : Born Again, 227 – 233

Thanks again Brian for all of the work on this!

Secret War 5

Posted by John Klein III on April 10, 2015
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Secret War 5

Writer Brian Michael Bendis

Painter Gabriele Dell’Otto

Letterer Virtual Calligraphy’s Cory Petit

Cover Dated December 2005

Book Five of Five

Secret War was what Ultimate Alliance 2 starts out with, and a few of the characters got to have their Secret War modified uniforms as a second costume in that game.  Which was disappointing as the first Ultimate Alliance game had four costumes and the sequel only had two.

For those who didn’t play the game, Nick Fury chose a few handpicked heroes to invade Latveria and try to stop all of these tech specific villains from getting stronger.  The heroes are – Wolverine, Daredevil, Spider-Man, Captain America, Black Widow and Luke Cage.  They are going to overthrow the Latverian government, which isn’t being run by Doctor Doom as he is dead at the moment.  Believed dead, anyways.

All that was a year ago, today, Luke Cage is attacked by the Latverian leader, Lucia von Bardas and now she has all of the tech heroes going after these heroes.

I like the SHIELD dossiers, this will lead to a Secret War handbook, which I also own.

This series introduced us to Daisy Johnson, hero name is Quake.

Issue opens in the SHIELD Headquarters Interrogation Room C.  Fury is nowhere to be found, so Daisy Johnson is being interviewed.  I like how Bendis knows his SHIELD agents as Director Maria Hill is accompanied by Agents Jasper Sitwell and Clay Quatermain, who I know from Peter David’s Incredible Hulk run.  At least, that’s where I know them from.  At least, Quatermain.

Quake is only 18, and has the higher security ranking.  She doesn’t want to answer any questions that are obviously discoverable in her file that Hill has in her hands.

Six Hours Earlier.  A bomb goes off in New York City, just like what would happen if you don’t successfully take down Lucia von Bardas in Ultimate Alliance 2.  Thing tries to fight her.  Von Bardas is harassing Fury.  She knows that he screwed up.  All of a sudden, she falls over dead.  Quake exploded her heart.

Captain America wants Fury to tell the gathered heroes what happened, as they don’t recall any of this.

Secret War 5 Kitty Pryde

As far as I can see, this is the only page Kitty Pryde shows up on.  The rest of the Astonishing X-Men cast show up from here but not Kitty.

So weird, in retrospect, that this is the only issue of the five that you really need.  Bendis recaps the other four issues over the next several pages and all of the pay off happens here.  This is the only issue you have to own.

Fury made it so that none of the heroes remember what happened in Latveria.  Cap knows as he does missions for SHIELD all of the time.  Wolverine is flipping angry to have someone he trusts muck around with his mind and memory.  Quake explodes his heart.  This displeases the assembled heroes.  Before that happened, he got a few slashes into Fury.  We learn that Fury is a LMD.  He promises this is the last anyone will see of him.  Which I checked his comicbookdb page and this issue came out in December 2005 and he shows up in Black Widow’s series the very next month and is seen at least somewhere once a month until July 2007 and then right back in issues again, so he never really goes away.

Issue ends with Fury paging Quake.

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With this post, we have hit one thousand tags!  The two tags that got us there is Dell’Otto and Secret War

Similar Songs : Robo Theme & Never Gonna Give You Up

Posted by John Klein III on April 9, 2015
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Post 650!

From Chrono Trigger, Robo’s Theme by, composer, Yasunori Mitsuda

Thanks to YouTuber Fayt Saotome for hosting the video!

Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up

Thanks to RickAstleyVEVO for hosting this video!

Back in 2008, when we were all being Rick Rolled – which I never did to anyone and no one ever tricked me with

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickrolling

I recall that this song sounded awfully similar but I couldn’t place it.  I sort of like the song, so I wouldn’t have minded listening to it if I ever was linked over to it.

It wasn’t until I was on the GameFAQs Chrono Trigger page, that someone commented that it shared the same beats to Robo’s Theme

Thanks to YouTuber Squee36 for hosting the video and possibly, mixing the two songs.

Ever since, the two songs are forever linked in my mind.

Yasunori Mitsuda Gets Rick Rolled, Is Surprised

Above is a fun interview wherein Yasunori Mitsuda is first shown the Rick Astley classic.

Never Gonna Give You Up came out in 1987
Chrono Trigger came out in 1995

Fun how two different men in two different countries (in two different decades) can come up with the same melody.  Glad Astley and his team didn’t try to shut down the theme song, once people started talking about it.

Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends : Attack of the Arachnoid

Posted by John Klein III on April 8, 2015
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Thanks to YouTuber Spiderman Cartoons for hosting this video!

Matt Murdock is the main focus of this Daredevil appearance, his first animated one, but his costumed identity does appear in a flashback.

All New Ultimates 11

Posted by John Klein III on April 7, 2015
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All New Ultimates 11

Writer Michel Fiffe

Pencils Amilcar Pinna

Inks Amilcar Pinna, Terry Pallot, Lorenzo Ruggiero, Le Beau Underwood

Color Artist Nolan Woodard

Letterer VC’s Clayton Cowles

No Gods, No Masters Part Two of Three

The penultimate issue!

All New Ultimates 11 Shadowcat 1

Bombshell provides the opening narration.

Cloak and Dagger are revealed to be alive, which the Ultimate Universe : The End sort of spoiled already.  I can see editorial wanting to take advantage of all of the teasers for Secret Wars, and releasing the promo art but by doing so, ruined the shock ending of issue nine of this series.

Ultimate Universe The End

As everyone present in the above image, is alive at the moment.  But it just goes and show how important this latest batch of Ultimate titles have been.  Why they didn’t just end it with Galactus / Cataclysm, is still beyond me.  Why have the one event, to not end the universe, just to end it with another one, two years later?  Marketing, I suppose.

The character / powers are a tad funny, for two of them.  Spider-Man, spider powers.  Black Widow, spider powers.  (oh really?)  Kitty Pryde, phaser.  Cloak and Dagger, dark matter and light energy.  Diamondback, ruthless gang leader (Not an Ultimate).

Taskmaster is on top of the van, Bombshell is following close behind.  Sidewinder is driving the van.

All New Ultimates 11 Shadowcat 2

Sidewinder and Diamondback get into an argument.

Spider-Man still referencing the kiss with Diamondback, I suspect, he does want another round.  She is a snake themed villain, so there may be some sort of toxin in play.

Diamondback cuts Spider-Man’s hands free, but he doesn’t return the favor.  Could he not tear about rope?  Maybe his was laced with something to make it tighter?

Spider-Man ends up freeing his teammates though, so his priorities are right.

Bombshell gets to the van, just as Spider-Man is making his way also to the top of it.  Things are turning around!

That is until the van tips over and Cloak teleports everyone away.

East River.  Taskmaster is first out but Spider-Man webs him to the sky and Cloak and Bombshell knock him out before he can use their powers.  Bombshell turns her attention to Diamondback, who quickly tries to run away.  Bombshell brings up that the toxin she was dosed with, made her perfectly aware of what was going on when her late boyfriend, Poey was killed.  Right in front of her, so now she wants to kill Diamondback.  She stops herself, as Diamondback isn’t worth killing.

Meanwhile.  Crossbones, Brock Rumlow, ex-Serpent Skulls leader, injured and incommunicado.

Deladier Tower, Uptown.  Crossbones enters the room that Jip and Ecstasy (who isn’t named in the issue, besides that her last name is, Deladier.  Jip is annoyed at Crossbones’ attitude and one of the side effects of inhaling all of the drugs, is that he starts growing to Galactus size.

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East River.  Bombshell and Spider-Man are having a nice chat.  Dagger takes out Sidewinder.  Shadowcat wonders how they ended up at the river.  Cloak is ready to be friends with Dagger.

Taskmaster reveals why he was hunting the Ultimates.  Roxxon Oil created all but one member of the team.  Black Widow is a clone of Spider-Man.  Miles got bit by a spider owned by Roxxon.  Roxxon provided Bombshell and her mother with some gear.  Cloak and Dagger were killed and Roxxon brought them back from the dead and gave them powers.

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He was hoping Roxxon would have paid him nicely for Shadowcat.

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Giant Jip is tearing through the city.

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Bombshell wonders if Shadowcat still has any giant pills – that she used to fight off and defeat Galactus.  I wonder if my pal, a0040pc, takes this as confirmation that Shadowcat no longer has the ability to grow, or not.

The Ultimates head towards Jip to try to stop him.

Diamondback and Crossbones are about to escape when Dagger stands in front of him.  He punches her in the gut and she passes out.  He looks like he is going to kill Ecstasy.

Taskmaster is about to escape when a sniper blocks his path with a fired bullet.  The fired cops are now calling themselves, Terror Inc., and they have massive guns.

Next issue concludes the story.  Here is hoping it is a satisfying ending!

Marvel Age Annual 2

Posted by John Klein III on April 6, 2015
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Marvel Age Annual 2 1963 Cover Marvel Age Annual 2 1986 Cover

Cover Dated 1986

I really adore the back cover (the left one) which is the cast of Marvel Characters circa 1963 and the front cover (right side) which is all of the characters circa 1986.  I really like how all the characters are in the same positions – except for that lousy Iceman forcing Angel to switch places with him.

Like the first Annual, Marvel goes out with the list of books, with various ones getting a full page showing off who the cast is and what is going on with that title.

The 1963 has a five page sequence where we all pretend what would it be like if Marvel Age existed in 1963.  Which is pretty cool to see how Marvel would have promoted both Avengers 1 and X-Men 1.  Imagine people buying those issues on newstands and having their minds blown?

The proper section starts with some high hyperbole, though they don’t know it at the time, that New Universe is going to change comics for all time.  As far as I know, it is a slight footnote in the failures of Marvel.

There is a five page Jack Kirby written and drawn section about the Marvel Bullpen.

There is an awesome 100 Highlights from the First 25 Years section.

  1. Fantastic Four 1
  2. Incredible Hulk 1
  3. Fantastic Four 4, with Namor
  4. Fantastic Four 5, with Doctor Doom
  5.  Amazing Fantasy 15
  6. Journey into Mystery 83, with Thor
  7. Journey into Mystery 85, with Loki
  8. Tales to Astonish 35, with Hank Pym
  9. Fantastic Four 10, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby first Marvel Appearance
  10. Fantastic Four 11, with Impossible Man
  11. Tales of Suspense 39, with Iron Man
  12. Fantastic Four 12, Thing v Hulk
  13. Fantastic Four 13, with Utau the Watcher
  14. Sgt. Fury and His Holwing Commandos 1
  15. Tales to Astonish 44, with Wasp
  16. Spider-Man 3, with Doctor Octopus
  17. Strange Tales 110, with Doctor Strange
  18. Avengers 1
  19. X-Men 1
  20. Fantastic Four Annual 1, the first annual
  21. Tales to Astonish, with Giant Man
  22. Tales of Suspense 50, with Mandarin
  23. Tales of Suspense 52, with Black Widow
  24. Avengers 4, with Captain America
  25. Daredevil 1
  26. Tales of Suspense 57, with Hawkeye
  27. Strange Tales 126, with Dormammu
  28. Tales to Astonish 63, with the Leader
  29. Avengers 16, first new lineup, with Captain America, Hawkeye, Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch
  30. Strange Tales 135, with Nick Fury leads SHIELD
  31. Strange Tales 135, with Hydra
  32. Strange Tales 138, with Eternity
  33. Fantastic Four Annual 3, with the Richards Wedding
  34. Fantastic Four 44, with the Inhumans
  35. Fantastic Four 48, with the Silver Surfer
  36. Fantastic Four 48, with the coming of Galactus
  37. Avengers 28, with Goliath
  38. Fantastic Four 52, with Black Panther
  39. Daredevil 41, death of Matt Murdock’s fake brother Mike, to protect his secret identity
  40. Not Brand Ecch 1, with Forbush-Man
  41. Marvel Super Heroes 12, with Captain Mar-vell
  42. Avengers 48, with Black Knight
  43. Marvel Super Heroes 18, with the Guardians of the Galaxy
  44. Avengers 57, with Vision
  45. Fantastic Four Annual 6, with Franklin Richards
  46. Avengers 59, with Yellowjacket
  47. Avengers 60, the Pym Wedding
  48. Captain America 117, with the Falcon
  49. Conan 1
  50. Amazing Spider-Man 96, the drug issue that changes the Comic Code
  51. Avengers 85, with the Squadron Supreme
  52. Avengers 89, the start of the Kree-Skrull War
  53. Hulk 141, with Doc Samson
  54. Marvel Feature 1, with the Defenders
  55. Marvel Premiere, with Adam Warlock
  56. Tomb of Dracula 1
  57. Hero for Hire 1
  58. Captain America 154, Cap fights 50s Cap
  59. Iron Man 55, with Thanos
  60. Amazing Adventures 18, with Killraven
  61. Amazing Spider-Man 121, death of Gwen Stacey
  62. Avengers 116 & Defenders 8, Avengers / Defenders War
  63. Amazing Spider-Man 129, with the Punisher
  64. Marvel Premiere 15, with Iron Fist
  65. Astonishing Tales 25, with Deathlok
  66. Fantastic Four 150, Quicksilver / Crystal Wedding
  67. Hulk 180, with Wolverine
  68. Giant Size Avengers 4, Vision / Scarlet Witch Wedding and Mantis marries a tree
  69. Fear 19, with Howard the Duck
  70. Giant Size X-Men 1
  71. Werewolf by Night 32, with Moon Knight
  72. Champions 1
  73. Eternals 1
  74. Marvel Spotlight 32, with Spider-Woman
  75. Spectacular Spider-Man 17, Champions break up – the first hero team to do so
  76. Devil Dinosaur 1
  77. X-Men 120, with Alpha Flight
  78. She-Hulk 1
  79. Epic Illustrated 1
  80. X-Men 137, Death of Phoenix
  81. Dazzler 1
  82. Daredevil 168, death of Elektra
  83. Death of Captain Marvel
  84. Marvel Graphic Novel 4, with the New Mutants
  85. Spider-Man Annual 16, a new Captain Marvel
  86. Dreadstar 1
  87. Avengers 230, Hank Pym, no hero name
  88. Marvel Age 1
  89. Iron Man 170, Rhodey becomes iron Man
  90. GI Joe 1
  91. Secret Wars 1
  92. Power Pack 1
  93. West Coast Avengers 1, the Limited Series
  94. Secret Wars 7, with the new Spider-Woman
  95. Secret Wars 8, Spider-Man’s Black Costume
  96. Thor 353, Odin is lost
  97. Star Comics begins
  98. Thor 364, Frog Thor
  99. X-Factor 1
  100. New Universe

Pretty cool that they even made a list!

Next is the backbone of the issue, Marvel A to Z by Dwight Jon Zimmerman, where he breaks down all of the Marvel titles.  A few titles get a full page of art!

Alpha Flight

Amazing Spider-Man

AniMax

Marvel Age Annual 2 Daredevil

Since we are celebrating Daredevil Month, I’ve included that page.  Daredevil page brought to us by :
Writer – Steve Englehart
Penciler Louis Williams
Inker Al Williamson

Avengers

Avengers versus X-Men

Bozz Chronicles

Captain America

Care Bears

X-Factor

Marvel Age Annual 2 Uncanny X-Men

Uncanny X-Men by
Writer Louis Simonson
Penciler Alan Kupperberg
Inker Art Nichols

Marvel Age Annual 2 New Mutants

New Mutants by
Writer Louis Simonson
Artist Art Adams

Chuck Norris, Karate Kommandos

Classic X-Men

Cloak and Dagger

Comet Man

Conan the Barbarian

Conan the King

Dakota North Investigations

Daredevil

Doctor Strange

Star Wars Droids

Elektra

ElfQuest

Ewoks

Fallen Angels

Fantastic Four

Fantastic Four meet the X-Men

GI Joe

GI Joe Special Missions

Sergie Aragone’s Groo the Wanderer

Groo Graphic Novel

Grown-Up Thermonuclear Samurai Elephants

Heathcliff

Hugga Bunch

Incredible Hulk

Inhumanoids

Iron Man

Madballs

Marvel Fanfare

Marvel Saga

Marvel Tales

Masters of the Universe

Moonshadow

Moonshadow the Graphic Novel

Muppet Babies

The ‘Nam

New Mutants

Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe

Official Marvel Index to – Uncanny X-Men, Avengers, Fantastic Four, Marvel Team-Up and Spectacular Spider-Man

Marvel Age Annual 2 Power Pack

Power Pack by
Writer Louis Simonson
Penciler Jon Bogdanove
Inker Art Nichols
Kitty made it to a panel!

Spectacular Spider-Man

Peter Porker, Spectacular Spider-Ham

Phoenix

Popples

Power Pack

Savage Sword of Conan

Savage Tales

Silver Surfer

Amazing Spider-Man versus Wolverine

Steelgrip Starkey and the All Purpose Power Tool

Strikeforce Morituri

Swords of the Swashbucklers

Mighty Thor

Thundercats

Secret Life of Top Dog

Transformers

Web of Spider-Man

West Coast Avengers

Wolfpack

X-Factor

Uncanny X-Men

I really like seeing all of the logos of these titles.

New X-Men 38

Posted by John Klein III on April 5, 2015
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New X-Men 38

Story Craig Kyle and Chris Yost

Script Chris Yost

Pencils Skottie Young

Inks Sean Parsons with Jay Leisten

Colors Jean-Francois Beauliu and Skottie Young

Letters Dave Sharpe

Cover Dated July 2007

Quest for Magik, Part One of Four

It did take us a year to get back to this story!  To let new visitors know what is happening, thanks to Comic Book Queers – a podcast I haven’t listened to in a while – episode, 93, gave me this great idea.  What better character to spotlight on this day of Resurrections, than Illyana Rasputin!  So I’ve been doing titles that chronicle her return to us after her tragic death in Uncanny X-Men 303.

Comic Book Queers Episode 93 :

http://www.comicbookqueers.com/?p=28

On the credit page, Craig Kyle is credited as the creator of X23.

Onto the issue!

Mercury is tossing and turning in bed.  Elixir heals Prodigy’s poor eyesight.  This was during the time when O*N*E Sentinels were watching over the Xavier Institute, so its after M-Day.  Hellion and Surge are talking about X23.  Surge is mad at Hellion for going on a deadly mission with X23.  Surge is the leader of the New X-Men.  There is a giant explosion.  Surge sends Hellion to investigation.

Limbo.  Prodigy and Dust wake up in a weird place.  The explosion was some of the students were teleported to Limbo.  Mercury is there as well as X23.

Belasco and S’ym are standing about.  He wants to know where ‘she’ is.  Elixir is there as well.  X23 notices there is a hole in the sky, that leads to the Institute.

Nowhere near these students and Belasco, are another group of students : Rockslide, Anole and Pixie are there.  As is Woflcub, Blindfold, Match and that other guy.  Blindfold foresees that a ‘she’ will come.  Gentle was there, that’s who I couldn’t think of.  Good thing these captions showed up, finally.  Loa is there as well, no clue who that even is!  These students are attacked by demons.

There is a giant explosion and everyone looks towards the sky and this awesome image is seen –

New X-Men 38 Magik 1

Magik with those sexy goat legs and riding a sweet arse animal.

Belasco wants to know where Illyana Rasputin is, as the issue ends.

Not sure if we have to wait until next Easter before we get to the next chapter in this saga but if we do, it will be worth it!