Uncanny X-Men Volume Three Issue 23

Posted by John Klein III on September 28, 2014
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Uncanny X-Men Vol 3 23

Writer Brian Michael Bendis

Artist Kris Anka

Lettering & Production VC’s Joe Caramagna

Cover Artist Chris Bachalo (possibly his easiest cover gig!)

Issue opens, last year.  The Battery – Charleston, South Carolina.  This married couple Matt and Julia are having a fight.  They were on a trip and he brought his computer (work) with him.  While fighting, Skrulls attack and kill her and destroy the bed and breakfast they were staying at, that most likely, their child was staying behind at.  But did they bring a third adult to watch the kid or is the child back at home and safe?

Today.  New York Law of Jennifer Walters.  She is on the phone with someone.  She stumbles on a website stating – She-Hulk and Hercules, Walk of Shame.  Which I like how Marvel shows that she is a sexual woman, but they don’t need to harp on the negative side of effects of that, or make jokes about it.  She’s single and in the city, let her be.  She gets an envelope and is taken by surprise.

Madripoor.

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Emma and Magik, with Magneto, are trying to help Dazzler deal with what has happened to her.  They are certain that Mystique is in hiding.  If they were sure that she was around, Magik is confident that she could create a spell to reveal her.  Surprised it took someone this long to think of that.

The New Xavier School Secret Campus.

Uncanny X-Men V3 23 Kitty Pryde

Sorry, couldn’t find one with the lettering but pretty much, if you read AvX 11, you know this scene.

See that tiny lady by the tunnel with her arms crossed?  That’s Kitty!  Looks like the All New X-Men are having a snowball fight.

Cyclops is looking at their Cerebra.  He’s remembering his last exchange with Xavier, his last words to him were – You are not my father.  Which I can only imagine he said as smugly as possible.

Tempus comes to him, to check on how he is doing.  He still feels out of sorts from the Nano-Sentinels.  He asks her what happened to her in Tabula Rasa.  She still isn’t ready to talk to him about it.

Like a dick, he tells her that the Cuckoos already told him and he’s been waiting for her to confide in him.  So maybe the Cuckoos are the dicks?  But that’s sort of the line they walk, so I can’t say I’m surprised.  So that’s Tempus, the Cuckoos (who she told them to keep quite about it) and Cyclops who know – but we don’t and I read that there is an annual that will come out, eventually, that explains it.

Tempus is older now.  Though I can’t tell, except that her hair is longer.

Tempus is mad at Cyclops for knowing and for telling her the way that he did.

The Jean Grey School for Higher Learning.  Westchester County.  The first panel is She-Hulk crash landing into the ground.  Did she jump from a plane or something?  Seems like she could have just walked out and gotten someone’s attention.  Weird

She-Hulk has the Last Will and Testament of Charles Xavier and needs the X-Men to gather.

Xavier School.

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The away team comes back.  I like how Triage’s first question is if anyone needs healing.  He knows his role on the team.

Cyclops wants to know if Dazzler is joining the team, I guess he has a website he wants to update.  He asks Emma and Magik if he should talk to Dazzler, both of them saying, No, is a fun moment.  Scott Summers, not one to make a situation better.

Emma tells him that he wants to talk to someone, he should talk to Hijack.

Before he does, he asks Magneto if he is joining the team again.  That website needs attention!

Cyclops and Hijack have a nice conversation.

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Hijack is back on the team and may be the strongest member of the team.  See that bottom panel?  Goldballs is in his classic uniform, that’s pretty awesome!

Dazzler is in the bathroom.  She sees a pair of scissors and her eye shadow is all over the place.  Oh Dazzler, I’ve seen the cover to the next issue, don’t do that to yourself!

Newberry, South Carolina.  Today.  Matt runs into his sister-in-law, Alana.  She wants to see how he is holding up but he doesn’t want to talk about it.  He gets angry at her and explodes.  So now his poor in-laws have two dead daughters.  That guy needs to be put out of his misery!

Jean Grey’s School for Gifted Youngsters.  In a terrific comic book scene, She-Hulk asks if Xavier is dead or dead dead.  I can’t imagine superheroes even have wills, as they may come back in a year and would want their stuff back!  The rule should be, if they are not back in five years, then read their will and hand out their stuff.

She-Hulk needs everyone named in the will needs to be present for the reading.  Which means – Storm, Beast and Iceman, have to invite Cyclops to the reading.  Which really, should not be a big deal.  He was just there and they seem to have ended the story on a high point.

Also, don’t be babies about it.  Jen needs to read the will to those present so just let her do her job!

Britney Haynes

Posted by John Klein III on September 27, 2014
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From Big Brother 12 & 14

30 of the best pictures I could find!  She’s also super funny but that’s hard to come across in photo form so I’ve added some YouTube videos at the end.  Enjoy!

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Here are some funny moments!

Thanks to YouTuber Jami Deni

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Thanks to YouTuber defense026foxcn2

All New Ultimates 5

Posted by John Klein III on September 26, 2014
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All New Ultimates 5

Writer Michel Fiffe

Artist Amilcar Pinna

Color Artist Nolan Woodard

Letterer VC’s Clayton Cowles

Cover Artist David Nakayama

How great is that over!  Glad the logo and other business doesn’t get in the way.

Speaking of great art, Pinna really stepped it up this issue!

Thanks to ComicVine for these first three pages :

All New Ultimates 5 Page 1

All New Ultimates 5 Page 2

All New Ultimates 5 Page 3

Issue opens in Chelsea, New York City.  Spider-Man, Black Widow and Kitty Pryde are fighting some street crimes.  I like these three together as they are the main stars of the title – the A-Listers.

I like Jessica’s new costume, that brown jacket was getting in the way, now it just looks like the black costume of Spider-Man, which works for me with the half face mask.

Since this is a low level street gang, the heroes can banter and have a good time.

Kitty was fighting in the middle of the street, which one shouldn’t do, but she can phase so the car that comes onto her, just goes right on through.

Abandoned Hell’s Kitchen Cathedral, aka, Ultimates Headquarters.  Last issue, Dagger hinted that her and Cloak have never been sexual together without using their powers.  we get a page that hints at what she meant by that.

Midtown Manhattan.  Diamondback, I really like how the characters are introduced with captions as I can’t keep the Serpent Skulls straight.  Crossbones is with her.  They are having Bombshell withdraw money from her account.  Apparently she doesn’t have much money – how could she?

Poor Bombshell is still under Diamondback’s drugs so she is just going through the motions.

The cops we have been following, show up and talk to the three heroes.  We learn official police policy is to not work with the costumed heroes.  But Detective Bridig O’Reilly isn’t a fool, she knows that the Ultimates are the best chance they have to take down the gangs.

Spider-Man gets summoned to HQ via their pagers.

Kitty puts her arms around Black Widow’s neck so that Jessica can swing them over to the church.

Bart Rozum, who is O’Reilly’s Criminal Informant, is high on the drug but reveals where the heroes are headed.  Apparently, their home base is going to be the worst kept secret.

The three heroes meet up with Cloak and Dagger and they are confused as Bombshell must have summoned them but she is nowhere to be found.

This is, of course, a trap, and the lower ranked members of the Serpent Skull come and a fight starts.  Crossbones jumps into the fight as we see Bombshell and Diamondback are in the rafters.

West Side highway Slum.  Scourge is hiding in a closet and overhears two detectives talking about the fight at the church.

Diamondback wants Bombshell to blast Cloak.

Another gang member, Cobra, shows up and brags about how they didn’t bury Poey, they just threw his dead body into a dumpster.

Diamondback makes the mistake of directing Bombshell to aim for Cloak’s head, just like they did with her dead boyfriend.  This snaps Bombshell out of her trance and she just unleashes all of her potential.  The church is on fire and the issue ends with Bombshell promising to kill all gang members.

Big Brother 16 : Wednesday – September 24, 2014

Posted by John Klein III on September 25, 2014
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Who won the first part of the final HoH competition?  Who won the second?  Who took who to the third round?  Who won?  Let’s find out!

In the final thirty minutes of Survivor, we cut to Big Brother.  I can’t believe the outfit Chenbot is wearing!  Like, it is finale night, not Tuesday morning.

We got a, But First!

Derrick and Cody were seen rehearsing their speeches. Victoria was just putting on her makeup.

Chenbot does wear a lot of black.

Three twists – Battle of the Block / Team America / Rewind, not that many twists this summer.

Those who were eliminated – Pao Pao / Joey / Devin /Brittany / Amber / Jocasta / Hayden / Nicole / Donny / Zach /Nicole / Christine / Frankie / Caleb

I missed Derrick’s, but Cody flirted his way to the end and Victoria floated to the end.  Harsh, Chenbot, harsh

41 minutes into Part One.  Victoria dropped.  They were not that high up.  57 minutes into it.  1 hour, 17 minutes.  Derrick is dropping.  Cody is the winner of Round One, he moves to Round Three.

Round Two will be mental.

Doctor Wil Kirby!  Doing what he did last year, moderating the Jury.

Part Two is just like the one from last year that Doctor Ian won, same concept.

The times –

Derrick : 15:29

Victoria : 30:03, I like when numbers do that.

Derrick has won Round Two.  He faces off with Cody in Round Three.  Round Three is silly, when they guess how a juror would end a sentence.

Doctor Wil is with the jury as the second to last juror joins them.

Caleb and Frankie are bickering

Dr. Wil has no time for it.

Manipulative, is a hard word to spell and say.

Caleb knows that Derrick has never been nominated.

Derrick was fake praying with Jocasta.  She loses Dr. Wil at some point.

Donny got to speak!

The votes might be closer than I would like.

No one has any faith in Victoria.

These jury meetings are never worth watching, also, it is too early to do this.  I missed when the final two started the finale and the third to last person actually went to the jury house.

What is Victoria wearing?  Like an Egyptian princess.

Third Part :

Round One – Caleb / Derrick got the point

Round Two – Frankie / Both got the point

Round Three – Christine / Both got the point

Round Four – Donny / Cody got the point, tying it up

Round Five – Zach / Derrick got the point

Round Six – Nicole / Cody got the point, tied

Round Seven – Hayden / Both missed the point

Round Eight – Jocasta / Both missed it again

Tie Breaker – How long was the first part, in seconds.  3013, Derrick.  3120, Cidy.

3620, is the answer – Cody won!  Oh no!

I don’t get why they added the scales to the third part, they don’t really show the rise and fall of the players.

I want to watch, The Best of Me.  James Marsden and Bridget Mohanagan, yes please.

They just showed an ad that Frankie will be on The Talk, so he probably won America’s Favorite.

Cody has to eliminate Derrick or Victoria.  One is a bro decision, and the other is an easy win.

Cody, so fast!  He picked Derrick!  Hitmen won the game, yo!

45 minutes left of the show, that’s a lot of nonsense before the winner announcement.

Decent interview with Victoria, Julie Chen.

The jury gets to ask questions, this is usually a waste, as well.  But Survivor does it, so Big Brother has to, as well.

What I don’t get, the jury has to agree with the questions that are asked.  Most seemed like questions that Production posed.

Derrick admits he has blood on his hands.

Cody has to defend that he wasn’t the second fiddle.

Derrick had to use his family to gain votes.

Cody’s biggest move was getting Zach to stay in the house for a second week.

Derrick survived 55 opportunities to be nominated.

Why pose questions that are clearly part of the two’s final speeches?

Victoria got to ask an unapproved question, it was a good one.  Derrick was always going to take Cody.

Final Speeches –

But First!

Cody, he wasn’t the puppet.  He probably has an idea of how the jury is going.

Derrick, played a good social game.  He won four HoH.  He didn’t mention how he owned the house but probably got the impression the jury knows.

Jocasta probably voting for Derrick

The one comment the jury gets to make as they vote, are a tad funny.

Zach revealed who he voted for, but I don’t know where the final two are from.

Victoria is the Hitmen’s younger sister.

Victoria is voting for Derrick.

I sort of don’t care about the Pre-Jury elims.

Pao Pao brought her boobs!

Julie Chen reveals the Team America alliance.  Cody and Derrick are able to watch this.  Nicole guessed two of the three.  Not Zach, Derrick.  I liked the code word concept. Apple pie!

Derrick had to do the narration.

Amanda & Zach / Thefts / Rat Patrol

Derrick reveals he is a Police Officer not a Parks and Rec guy.

Derrick’s casting video has a sick green light.  Didn’t matter, obviously

Ten minutes left!

Day 97

The Votes –

Jocasta – Cody

Hayden – Derrick

Zach – Derrick

Donny – Cody

Tie

Nicole – Derrick

Christine – Derrick

Derrick one more vote!

Frankie voted for Derrick!  It is official, Derrick is now one of the three best players, to win, Big Brother!

Caleb & Victoria voted for Derrick – 7 to 2

America’s Favorite Player – Donny with over five million votes!

Ten million votes, a new record

Zach – Nicole – Donny, Top Three

Donny gets $25,000

Derrick just gave his wife all of the money!  I would keep five thousand, and do the same.

Derrick will be on The Talk.

This season ended like it should!  So excited!

Thanks to all of the new Big Brother liked minded visitors who came by these past few months.  Here is to hoping some of you became comic fans, or already were.  If not, see you next year!

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 My wife reminded me that thanks to Team America’s final task – Derrick won an additional fifty thousand dollars.

All New Doop 4

Posted by John Klein III on September 24, 2014
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All New Doop 4

Writer Peter Milligan

Artists Federico Santagati and David Lafuente

Color Artist Laura Allred

Letterer VC’s Clayton Cowles

Cover Art Michael & Laura Allred

Sometimes a comic has two artists and it is hard to tell the two apart but this issue, it is super easy to tell Santagati and Lafuente apart.  If it looks smooth and cartoony – it is Lafuente.

The Doop Origin Issue!

Karolinska Hospital.  Sweden 1957.  The Hospital Room of Film Director Ingmar Bergman.

Now, I know all types of things about Ingmar Bergman as I’m a huge of Alex Withrow’s So It Begins blog :

http://www.andsoitbeginsfilms.com/

I thought it did a career retrospective of Bergman but I swear, every six or so posts, involves Bergman.

From the comments of the ones I thought were the post I was thinking of, he is working on the giant The Directors : Ingmar Bergman post.  it is a great film blog, and you can lose yourself for hours and maybe days now.

We learn Doops are born from imagination.

Outside the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning.  Now.  We see that Mama Doop is extremely abusive.

We get the flashback, by Lafuente.  Santagati does most of the other art.

Papa Doop left home.  Doop always blames himself for it.  He was too inquisitive.  Mama Doop didn’t like being a single parent and that’s, sadly, when the abuse started.

Beast’s Lab.

All New Doop 4 Kitty seen

This is the only time we see Kitty.

I wish I remember Battle of the Atom better as I’m sure they must have cut to a different scene after Wolverine got stabbed by Raze, as we get nearly a full comic’s worth of story after that scene.

Back to Doop’s origin.  He finds a camera and starts filming, which is very therapeutic for him.

X-Statix gets a lot of page time during this.

All New Doop 4 Kitty mentioned

One of the More Lugubrious Bars in the Margins.  Mama Doop mentions Kitty, stating she is an inappropriate unobtainable obsession.  Which seems rather harsh but she’s that type of lady.

She reveals the information that Raze threaten to blackmail Doop with.  Of course, we are not told it but we see that exactly two minutes later, Doop is losing his mind with rage.

Then there are like a hundred evil Doops now.

Anarchist shows up to assist Doop.  He’s going to get some backup.  All the Doops break through the Margins and are now in Beast’s Lab.  Wolverine agrees to help Anarchist.

In a fun scene, Wolverine states that he misses X-Statix and that they should come back.  Anarchist states that maybe they will.  So look out for any announcements for a X-Statix report.  Which, if Doop makes references to his time with Kitty Pryde, then I would buy those issues.

Issue ends with Mama Doop being confronted by Wolverine.  He wants to know what she told Doop, and so do I!

Greatest Fictional Character of All Time

Posted by John Klein III on September 23, 2014
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With the success of “Kitty Pryde Blog” getting us from the 16th page of Google to the 3rd page (at the bottom of it but still!) let’s see what happens with Greatest Fictional Character of All Time!

We did get another visitor from Portugal, hello!, so that was nice!  Now we are sitting with nine from South Africa and Peru!

I just checked all 28 pages of search results and we didn’t make the list this time.  There are several sites that I think we deserved to be ahead of.

Just to make sure, for new visitors, the Greatest Fictional Character of All Time is Kitty Pryde, the X-Men’s Shadowcat!  Co-created by John Byrne and Chris Claremont.  Her first appearance is Uncanny X-Men 129, published date January 1980.  The title of the issue is “God Spare the Child.”  It was inked by Terry Austin.  Colored by Bob Sharen and Lettered by Tom Orzechowski.  Roger Stern had the honor of editing the issue.

EDIT TO ADD – We are on Page 22 of Google’s Search Results for “Greatest Fictional Character of All Time” but not for this post but in general – which is still find.  Also, we are number two for “Kitty Pryde Blog” which is amazing!  Thanks everybody, couldn’t do it without all of you visitors!

 

100th Anniversary : X-Men

Posted by John Klein III on September 22, 2014
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100th Anniversary X-Men 1

Writer Robin Furth

Artist Jason Masters

Colorists James Campbell and Vero Gandini

Letterer VC’s Cory Petit

Cover Artist Jason Latour

What is wrong with Cyclops’ hand on the cover?

So the idea of these series of one shots is a sort of What If Marvel Comics were still taking place a hundred years from the first issue of the Fantastic Four.  So this comic takes place on January 22, 2061.

I read a review where they state that Kitty only appears on one page, and I wonder which page they read as she is practically the third most seen character of the issue.  Which is pretty awesome!

On the Previous page, we learn there was a Black Hole that was going to destroy New York City.  Cyclops destroyed it and now has been elected President.

There is still racist jerks in America, so he has to deal with those.

Cyclops is tired, it has been a long election.  With Cyclops being president, makes the third mutant to be shown at President.  Both he and Dazzler didn’t get pass inauguration.  Of course, Kitty Pryde was not only President but an awesome one.

At night, Emma tells him that he needs some sleep and she will help him.  Like a good wife, she just pats his head and he goes to sleep.  There are other ways that would have helped to get him to sleep.

Once he goes to sleep, Emma is erased from time and space.

We flashback eight hours, in typical ABC’s Revenge fashion to a private party.

Captain America and Maria Hill are there, and that they have been forgiven by the X-Men.

Scott is walking around without his visor or red sunglasses, but he does have this red mark on the side of his eyes, so I’m not sure if he still needs his glasses but he does wear them throughout the issue, so who knows.

Sebastian Shaw is there, Emma invited him.  He makes a reference to how he isn’t with the Hellfire Club, and that the club is run by Upstarts – which is an awesome reference to the 90s.  Good job, Furth!

We see racist humans outside the White House.  They jump the fence and Cyclops sends out the X-Men.

I do like how aspects of the Battle of the Atom, such as Shogo is in the armor suit, are seen.  .  I also like how the New Xavier School mutants are seen in the future.  For some reason, the Cuckoos are walking around with purple bathrooms, what is that about?

We see Future Kitty Pryde and she has a new costume :

100 Anniversary X-Men Kitty 1

I like how it keeps her basic color scheme.  She sort of has a Maria Hill vibe about her.

Scott starts screaming about how Emma, his wife, is missing but no one knows who she is.  Which is awkward as he references how she is the Cuckoos’ mother, which I hate Phoenix Warsong (just because of that reveal).

Beast tells Scott that he was only married once, and his wife is dead.  Which is awkward as he was married to Maddie, too.

100th Anniversary X-Men Kitty soulsword

We see that Kitty, not only has the soulsword, but is ready to use it.  I wonder if this is another aspect of Battle of the Atom, in that Magik is dead.

Cyclops gets on a megaphone and tries to calm the silly humans.  Where the Secret Service is, is beyond me.

Someone tries to shoot Cyclops and Kitty choose to try this weird thing of phasing the bullet through her AND try to catch it with her fingers.  The heck?

Of course, that doesn’t work.  At least she didn’t choose to take the bullet and let Colossus become Tsar of Russia, like it happened in Earth X.

Once Cyclops is shot, he loses all types of control on his powers.

Tempus puts a time bubble on the humans.  Footage still leaks of President Summers attacking humans.

Triage tries to heal Scott, it seems to work.

Once in the Presidential Bunker, we learn there is a device called, Professor X’s Lockbox Program.  Kitty tells us about it.  Apparently it is a device that records the genetic and psi imprints of every mutant – and it is time locked so they can confirm Emma did exist.  Not only is she missing but a bunch of other psychics are now gone.

Time starts to deteriorate.

We see that the Phoenix, in Jean’s White Crown form, is rewrting history – just like at the end of Grant Morrison’s Here Comes Tomorrow.

History is rewritten so that Jean and Scott are married.  Which seems pretty petty to me but that’s how the issue ends.  Or begins as it states.  But this story isn’t going to be picked up at all.  In fact, these 100th Anniversary oneshots don’t even reflect each other’s continuity, which is going to make that trade pretty awkward.

Linkin Park – H! VLTG3

Posted by John Klein III on September 21, 2014
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Post 450!

Thanks to YouTuber Kah Deh for hosting the video.  They also provided the lyrics as well, in the description box :

Lyrics:

Sometimes
Hybrid

I’ve been digging into crates
Ever since I was living in space
Before the ratrace
Before monkeys had human traits
I mastered numerology
And Big Bang theology
Performed lobotomies
With telekinetic psychology
Invented the mic
So I could start blessing it
Chin-checking kids to make my point like an impressionist
Many men have tried to shake us
But I twist mic cords in double-helixes
To show them what I’m made of
I buckle knees like leg-braces
Cast a spell of instrumentalness on all of you emcees who hate us
So you can try on
Leave you without a shoulder to cry on
From now to infinity
Let icons be bygones
I fire bomb
Ghostly notes haunt this
I tried threats but moved onto a promise
I stomp s**t with or without an accomplice
And run the gauntlet with whoever that wants this

High voltage
This is the unforgettable sound
High voltage
Bringing you up and taking you down
High voltage
Coming at you from every side
High voltage
Making the rhythm and rhyme collide

Akira
I put a kink in the backbones of clones with microphones
Never satisfied my rhyme jones
Spraying bright day over what you might say
My blood-type’s Krylon, Technicolour Type-A
On highways, right with road-rage
Cages of wind and cages of tin that bounce all around
Surround sound
Devouring the scene
Subliminal gangrene paintings
Overall the same things
Sing songs, karaoke, copy, bulls**t
Break bones verbally with sticks-and-stones tactics
Fourth dimension, combat convention
Write rhymes at ease while the track stands at attention
Meant to put you away
With the pencil, pistol, official, sixteen-line-a-rhyme missile
While you risk your all
I pick out all your flaws
Spin rah, blah, blah, blah
You can say you saw

High voltage
This is the unforgettable sound
High voltage
Bringing you up and taking you down
High voltage
Coming at you from every side
High voltage
Making the rhythm and rhyme collide

High voltage
This is the unforgettable sound
High voltage
Bringing you up and taking you down
High voltage
Coming at you from every side
High voltage
Making the rhythm and rhyme collide

Who’s the man demanding you hand over your Land Rover?
No man’s bolder than the Pharoahe when he jams
The plan’s over
I inflict sclerosis
The most ferocious
Why I spy, my third eye, extremely high voltage
That’s why I need Ruby Quartz glasses
‘Cause when I glance there’s a chance I might blast the masses
Subliminals trasmitted through piano
Integrated in flow
Calculated to nano
I use skills when I need
Please head the rhyme I hear when I plead when I proceed through time
I walk through walls an inanimate obstacles
Via induced reduction of cells and molecules
I bring the knowledge
You swallow the state
That’s a hologram
I box your head
Fatten your lip like Collogen
A telepath to deliver verses with no postage
Pharoahe Monch, Mike Shinoda
We high voltage

High voltage
This is the unforgettable sound
High voltage
Bringing you up and taking you down
High voltage
Coming at you from every side
High voltage
Making the rhythm and rhyme collide

High voltage
This is the unforgettable sound
High voltage
Bringing you up and taking you down
High voltage
Coming at you from every side
High voltage
Making the rhythm and rhyme collide

Linkin Park (being scratched over, and over again)

I bolded the part that references Kitty Pryde.  Cyclops, Bishop and Jean Grey are also referenced.  That whole verse starts, in the video, at the two minute mark.  Cyclops is at 2:10 and Kitty is at 2:23.

Not my favorite Linkin Park song probably would be “In the End”

Thanks to YouTuber treverg’s channel for hosting the video.

I recognize I’m not the most original guy naming that as my favorite song.  So I’m going to make that my second favorite song of theirs and move H! VLTG3 to the top spot.  That makes more sense.

According to Wikipedia, I have featured all three songs that Kitty is mentioned in.  Can someone record a fourth one within the next hundred days?  If not, I will have to think of something for Post 550, but that is on me.

Big Brother 16 : Friday – September 19, 2014

Posted by John Klein III on September 20, 2014
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Will we find out who won the First of Three HoH competitions?  What Never Before Seen Footage will be shown?  Will it make sense why they didn’t show it the first time?  It’s the Penultimate Episode, ya’ll, let’s get exited!

Day 90 – Caleb Gone

Victoria heard Cody say Final Two deal, and they are called, The Hitmen.  And she STILL thinks she is in good with Derrick.  Oh honey.

Victoria wants to know what their duo name is.  Derrick tells her it is, brother sister.  She adds, the family alliance.  Blood is thicker than water.  Derrick has played her like a prince.

They get a nice breakfast.  Like on Survivor, we get super forced flashbacks.  It is horrible.

Bomb Squad origins

Victoria must have an idea that she is lower than Cody in Derrick’s book.

Hitmen origins

America’s Favorite only gets $25,000?  I thought they got $50,000 like the same amount second place got.

Nicole / Hayden showmance

Caleb / Amber creepiness

Zankie!!!

Caleb and the NFL competition

Nicole vs Zach!  Wedgie!!!   (Finally something unseen)

Zombies in the mirrors

More Donny being a good guy

Jocasta’s dehydration

So sad, Victoria had to force her own flashbacks to happen

BeastModeNinja

Lowering the outside blinds with Cody and Caleb.  One fell on Caleb (new)

Frankie is playing for charity and the brother of Ariana.  No one knows who she is.

Neighborhood Watch

Fruit Loop Dingus

Last ten minutes must be the competition, right?

My wife doesn’t want me to apply for Big Brother.  So if Production invites me, I can go.

Jeff and Jordan

Izzie the Dog!  New footage.  I would love a dog to be part of the house.

I would have evicted any one over Izzie.

Hitmen v Victoria, the saddest handicap match ever!

Part One of HoH.

This endurance challenge only lasted, barely, thirty minutes.  Victoria dropped first.

But we don’t see that, so spoilers for Victoria fans, I guess.

Wednesday’s Finale is going to be packed!

60 minutes and only three events were unseen before, barely five minutes of material.

Marvel December 2014 Solicitations

Posted by John Klein III on September 19, 2014
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http://www.newsarama.com/22144-marvel-comics-full-december-2014-solicitations.html

AVENGERS & X-MEN: AXIS #7 & 8 (OF 9)
RICK REMENDER (W)
Issue #7 – ADAM KUBERT (A)
Issue #8 – LEINIL FRANCIS YU (A)
Covers by JIM CHEUNG
ACT III: NEW WORLD DISORDER
THIS IS IT! THE BATLE ROYALE OF YOUR DREAMS–THE ASTONISHING AVENGERS VS THE UNCANNY X-MEN FOR THE FATE OF NEW YORK!
32 PGS. (EACH)/Rated T+ …$3.99 (EACH)

AVENGERS & X-MEN: AXIS #9 (OF 9)
RICK REMENDER (W) • JIM CHEUNG (A)
Cover by JIM CHEUNG
Looper variant by Paul Renaud
INVERSION VARIANT BY TBA
ACT III: NEW WORLD DISORDER
• Who will live? Who will die? Who will remain inverted? A shocking climax that promises to crack the Marvel Universe to its very core!
• An old foe must claim the mantle of his greatest enemy to save the lives of all he cares for!
• An X-Man’s horrifying fate! An Avenger’s appalling choice! If you read only one comic this century – This is it!
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

 

Nice that this event is done by year’s end. So the X-Men appear to be villains in this series. So that’s twice in three years, which is rather disappointing. I wonder if its Cyclops who is experiencing a horrible fate. It would be pretty obvious.

 Shame that the final issue is one extra dollar, that’s why they are have two different positions. Marvel really wants all of our Christmas money to be spent on them!

 Also, is that Sabretooth dressed as Wolverine? That’s horrible!

December Solicts AXIS Revolutions 3
COVER BY KEN LASHLEY

 AXIS: REVOLUTIONS #3 & 4 (of 4)
Issue #3 – Ray Fawkes & Frank Barbiere (W)
Issue #4 – John Barber & Howard Chaykin (W)
Issue #3 – Tan Eng Huat (A)
Issue #4 – Howard Chaykin & TBA (A)
Covers by KEN LASHLEY
Companion series to AVENGERS & X-MEN: AXIS!
• In the wake of their battle with the Red Skull, the world has been altered: Heroes have gone bad! Villains have gone good! And AXIS REVOLUTIONS brings you tales of these shocking turns…
• She-Hulk breaks the law!
• Sandman reaches out to help a friend…in prison!
• And Kitty Pryde robs a bank??
32 PGS. (EACH)/Rated T+ …$3.99 (EACH)

Kitty Pryde is in three! Awesome! I wonder what her Inversion name will be. Hulk is Kluh and Deadpool is Zenpool. Could she be StealyCat?

I’ve decided to start posting the covers if Kitty is on them.  I didn’t do it before as the covers are without the branding and such, so it isn’t what my comic will look like but I might as well.  Keeps the blog fresh.  perhaps.  

AVENGERS WORLD #16
NICK SPENCER & FRANK BARBIERE (W)
MARCO CHECCHETTO (A)
Cover by KALMAN ANDRASOFSZKY
AXIS TIE-IN!
• The Avengers team you never expected explodes into action in “The Availables” Part 2!
• The wrath of the SCARLET WITCH unleashed!
• Doctor Doom’s heroic gambit—will he be redeemed?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

Doom sure does have a C-List roster of Avengers! Is that Stingray?  That may not be fair as he does have Valkyrie and USAgent.

 DEADPOOL #38-39
GERRY DUGGAN & BRIAN POSEHN (W)
MIKE HAWTHORNE (A)
Covers by MARK BROOKS
AXIS TIE-IN!
• You heard right—since the events of AXIS inverted him…
• DEADPOOL HAS GONE ZEN!
• HE FOUND PEACE! HE SWORE OFF VIOLENCE!
• So how is he going to help his friends live through the inverted X-Men?!?
32 PGS. (EACH)/Rated T+ …$3.99 (EACH)

I wonder if Kitty will be in this or is it the Jean Grey School who is inverted? Four dollars is too high of a price to take a chance on it.

AMAZING X-MEN #14
CHRIS YOST(W) • Carlo Barberi (A)
COVER BY Kris Anka
AXIS TIE-IN!
• As the events of AXIS reach a boiling point, both X-Men and Avengers find themselves in precarious positions. Not the least of which are Nightcrawler and Mystique—as this tumultuous mother/son combo reaches and a point in their relationship they’ve never faced before!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

Mystique making her first appearance since the big reveal that she’s Mrs. Charles Xavier? This has to be good! Hey, why is Craig Kyle not co-writing with Yost? Did they have a fight?

I’m still waiting for Kurt’s reaction, if he were alive, that his old mentor is now his step-father. 

SUPERIOR IRON MAN #3
TOM TAYLOR (W) • YILDIRAY ÇINAR (A/C)
Cover by MIKE CHOI
THE LAST TEMPTATION OF MATT MURDOCK
• After the life-changing events of issue #2, MATT MURDOCK is faced with an impossible choice.
• Will DAREDEVIL rebel or will he buy into TONY STARK’S vision?
• Can nothing stop the SUPERIOR IRON MAN’S non-stop party? You’ll be surprised at who wants to crash it!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

I sort of like the idea of Murdock and Stark together, they don’t really have any history together that I can recall.

ANGELA: ASGARD’S ASSASSIN #1
KIERON GILLEN & MARGUERITE BENNETT (W)
PHIL JIMENEZ & STEPHANIE HANS (A)
Cover by STEPHANIE HANS
• All her life, Angela — the finest warrior of Heven — was raised to hate Asgard with every fiber of her being.
• And now Angela knows the truth about her identity: She is Thor’s sister. She is an Asgardian.
• Cast out of her home and wanting nothing to do with Asgard, Angela must now strike out on her own!
• But what does Angela have that both Asgard and Heven want? And why are they so eager to get it?
• Visionary writers Kieron Gillen and Marguerite Bennett team with the legendary art team of Phil Jimenez and Stephanie Hans to finally throw the spotlight onto the Marvel Universe’s most dangerous inhabitant!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

This reminds me of when I was listing off all of the new number ones that I had no interest in. If she hates Asgard so much, how about not even dealing with it. Spider-Man seems to go without having to deal with Asgard, it can’t be that hard.

S.H.I.E.L.D. #1
MARK WAID (W) • CARLOS PACHECO (A)
Cover by JULIAN TOTINO TEDESCO
• High-tech weapons. High-stakes missions. High-octane adventure! For the men and women of S.H.I.E.L.D., it’s just another day in the field!
• Special Agent Phil Coulson brings together the best and the brightest, the gifted and the elite, normal people and superhumans from across the Marvel Universe on an as-needed basis to confront, combat and curtail dangers beyond the scope of any conventional peace-keeping force!
• Writer Mark Waid (DAREDEVIL) and a rotating crew of mission-specific top flight Marvel artists make you one promise: Every issue: Twenty pages. One mission. Unlimited budget. Unlimited imagination. Six periods. And a helper monkey. Welcome to Level Eight. Welcome to S.H.I.E.L.D.
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99
See upcoming MARVEL MAILERS for details on how to qualify for the S.H.I.E.L.D #1 LAUNCH PARTY!
Plus, details on how to order the MARVEL 2015 CALENDAR!

So many variants! Does this take place in the Proper Marvel Universe? I like the idea of done-in-one issues.

SPIDER-MAN AND THE X-MEN #1
ELLIOTT KALAN (W) • MARCO FAILLA (A)
Cover by NICK BRADSHAW
• Meet the Jean Grey Academy’s new guidance counselor: Spider-Man!
• What’s a non-mutant doing at a school for mutants? What secret suspicion has fueled the formation of his special student class?
• And because you demanded it! Sauron and Stegron the Dinosaur Man! The villain team 65 million years in the making! You didn’t demand it? Well somebody did.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

Why couldn’t this series have happened while Kitty was still at the school? That would have made the most sense.

Last time there was a special class, Magneto was secretly running it!

SCARLET SPIDERS #2 (of 3)
MICHAEL COSTA (W)
PACO DIAZ (A)
Cover by DAVID NAKAYAMA
SPIDER-VERSE MARCHES ON!
• As the Scarlet Spiders find themselves even deeper in Jennix’s twisted realm, what friends or foes will they find waiting for them?
• A classic Spider-Man ally makes an appearance, but not in the way you expect… and the Scarlet Spiders might not survive the experience!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

So happy to have the Ben Reilly Scarlet Spider back!

DEATH OF WOLVERINE: LOGAN’S LEGACY #6 & 7 (OF 7)
ISSUE #6 – JAMES TYNION IV (W) • ANDY CLARKE (A)
Cover by ALEX GARNER
ISSUE #7 – CHARLES SOULE (W) • PETER NGUYEN (A)
Cover by RAFAEL ALBUQUERQUE
ISSUE #6 – • In the wake of the DEATH OF WOLVERINE, Mystique must come to grips with everything she’s done in a lifetime of crime, and the DESTINY laid out before her.
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99
ISSUE #7 – • It’s all come to this! The heroes and villains closest to Wolverine—Mystique, Daken, Sabretooth, X-23 and Lady Deathstrike—make a monumental decision that will forever alter the Legacy that Logan built years forging. That is, if they survive the threat of the vampiric menace challenging their goals!
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

Still confused with the writing of these. The heroes and villains closet to Wolverine . . . yet, the only hero represented is X-23. Where is Kitty? I know she’s in issue two, the X-23 spotlight one, but it just seems bonkers to me.

MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS #1 (of 2)
WILL CORONA PILGRIM (w)
JOE BENNETT (a)
GET READY FOR MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON WITH THIS OFFICIAL ADAPTATION OF THE FIRST BLOCKBUSTER FILM!
• Iron Man! Thor! Captain America! Black Widow! Hawkeye! The Hulk! They’re all here…and so is Loki!
• When the trickster god makes a play for the mighty Tesseract, it’ll take a historic assemblage of heroes to save the day…that is, if they don’t kill each other first!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

Didn’t Marvel already release this once? Seems so odd to do this as a comic, or at least, two comics. For six dollars, you could rent the movie proper. I wonder how much is cut out to make it fit within 48 pages. Also, why can this comic be three dollars and the majority of others are four dollars? I would buy more comics if they were just a dollar cheaper. Makes me worry once five dollars is the norm. At least at DCBS, they will always be a dollar cheaper, so that should keep me in this expensive hobby for an extra year or so.

AVENGERS #39
JONATHAN HICKMAN (W) • MIKE DEODATO (A)
Cover by ALAN DAVIS
IN 5 MONTHS…TIME RUNS OUT!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

NEW AVENGERS #28
JONATHAN HICKMAN (W) • MIKE DEODATO (A)
Cover by ALAN DAVIS
IN 5 MONTHS…TIME RUNS OUT!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

Still no interest in this.

AVENGERS NOW!
THE OHOTMU TEAM, LED BY MIKE O’SULLIVAN & JEFF CHRISTIANSEN (w)
Cover by SARA PICHELLI
• The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe is back with 64 pages of all-new profiles!
• Every new member: Angela! Captain Universe (Devoux)! Nightmask (Adam)! The Superior Spider-Man! And more!
• Enemies: The Apocalypse Twins! The Black Order! Magnitron! A.I.M.’s Scientist Supreme, Andrew Forson!
• Allies: Nick Fury! Phil Coulson! Nova (Sam Alexander)! Avengers Underground’s Hazmat!
• The entire Avengers roster makes an appearance thanks to an Update Appendix for every single member!
64 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99 Handbook

A New handbook! I do love these things. Five dollars is a bit much for just text pieces with a companion piece of art. Hopefully the X-Men get one of these. If I can fit it in my budget, I will try to get this but its an easy thing to cut as well.

LEGENDARY STAR-LORD #6
SAM HUMPHRIES (W) • PACO MEDINA (A/C)
• Peter desperately attempts to keep a phone date with Kitty while simultaneously getting wrapped up with Mister Knife and his crew!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

Kitty is in the solict! Let’s hope that he is make that call! Probably on the last page. Probaby a comic full of mentions of Kitty, or at least, thoughts about her.

HAWKEYE VS. DEADPOOL #3 (OF 5)
GERRY DUGGAN (W) • MATTEO LOLLI (A)
Cover by JAMES HARREN
• The baddest brawlers in Brooklyn continue to tear up the town in the next issue of HAWKEYE VS DEADPOOL!
• So Black Cat’s been brainwashing goons and dressing them as super heroes, huh? Good thing Hawkeye and Deadpool are on the case.
• If they can stop fighting amongst each other, that is.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

Is Black Cat a villain now? When did this happened? Is that why she is so mad at Spider-Man, for something that Doctor Octopus set in motion? Sort of cool now, that I typed that, as Otto and Felicia do have some history together. Her first big lost came at the hands of Doctor Octopus. So was Spider-Man’s, now that I think of it. I’m doing a lot of thinking based off of this solict.

THOR #3
JASON AARON (W) • RUSSELL DAUTERMAN (A/C)
• Lifting the enchanted hammer Mjolnir has transformed a mysterious woman into an all-new version of the mighty Thor.
• But what happens when she’s separated from that hammer?
• Plus, Frost Giants! ROXXON! And oh yeah, whatever happened to the guy who used to carry that hammer?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

She just gets the hammer then loses it immediately? That isn’t going to make the ladies happy once news gets out. I’m not happy about it either.

December Solicts Hulk 9
COVER BY MARK BAGLEY

 HULK #9
GERRY DUGGAN (W) • MARK BAGLEY (A/C)
AN X-MAN COMETH FOR THE “OMEGA HULK”
• DOC GREEN says “Hello, KITTY!” The PRYDE of the X-MEN guest stars.
• Plus – BRUCE BANNER returns! …But in what shape?
• And – a recently de-powered HULK is placed in mortal danger.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

This is finally happening! Been excited about this for two months and I still have to wait another three!

Nice that Kitty is on two covers this month! Duggan said Magik was suppose to be in this as well. I wonder if it’s an arc or a done-in-one. So excited!

Kitty and Hulk haven’t really interacted much over the years, so this could go in any direction. Maybe she’s checking in on the Hulk now that Wolverine is dead.

It will be nice to read a comic drawn by Mark Bagley again. It has been too long!

ALL-NEW ULTIMATES #11
MICHEL FIFFE (w) • AMILCAR PINNA (a)
Cover by DAVID NAKAYAMA
HOLO (HEROES ONLY LIVE ONCE)!
• There’s a new crime empress in town! ECSTASY’S her name and she’ll finish the job even GALACTUS couldn’t: kill the ULTIMATES.
• Who’s got the team’s back? Perhaps a private squad made up of renegade cops calling themselves TERROR INC.?
• It’s “eye for an eye” when the ULTIMATES reach bone crunching heights in their battle with TASKMASTER. • Plus the return of CROSSBONES!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

Just one issue this month, that’s pretty good. If the rumor can be believed, should be only one issue to go.

Finally the X-Men section! Nice how it segues from the Ultimate section.

ALL-NEW X-MEN #36
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • MAHMUD ASRAR (A/C)
• The Ultimate face-off you KNEW was bound to happen! All-New X-Men versus the Ultimate X-Men! But when both side are heroes, who can be the victor? And what side does this leave Miles Morales, the Ultimate Spider-Man on?
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

So all of the Ultimate X-Men show up except for Kitty as she’s busy over with the Ultimates. Shoot! and Dang it!  Wait, but Spider-Man is there, so if he has time to take off from the Ultimates, Kitty should be able to as well!

 UNCANNY X-MEN #29
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • CHRIS BACHALO (A/C)
• Everything over the last several months has been leading to this—a turning point for the X-Men. And it all revolves around their deceased former mentor and leader, Professor Charles Xavier!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

Of course, nearly everybody is on the cover to this but one Kitty Pryde. What is happening!?! At least Magik showed up. Who would have thought a storyline revolving around a reading of a Will would take so long!

 I’m under the impression that the gal to the right of Emma is Rachel and not Kitty.

 Alex Ross has done yet another X-Men cover that doesn’t have Kitty Pryde on it, as well. Come on, folks!

  UNCANNY X-MEN ANNUAL #1
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • Andrea Sorrentino (A/C)
VARIANT COVER BY DUSTIN NGUYEN
THE SECRET LIFE OF EVA BELL – Part 1
• Part one of the epic two-part tale of the time-manipulating mutant Eva Bell’s greatest secret.
• Losing control of her powers, Eva disappeared during a training exercise in Tabula Rasa. Reappearing shortly thereafter, she seemed older and far more weathered, but refused to offer an explanation.
• But where did her powers take her? Or maybe the better question is when? And what could she have endured to cause her to keep her story secret from her fellow X-Men?
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

Been waiting for this for quite some time. Amazing how Tempus hasn’t been used much.

 ALL-NEW X-MEN ANNUAL #1
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • Andrea Sorrentino (A/C)
VARIANT COVER BY DUSTIN NGUYEN
THE SECRET LIFE OF EVA BELL – Part 2
• Part two of Eva Bell’s journey through the ages!
• With limited control over her powers, and even less control over her destinations, Eva had believed herself lost in time.
• But just when she had come to accept this as truth, her world was once again ripped asunder as she is once again sent tumbling through time.
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

Odd as that All New is losing their annual to tell an Uncanny member’s story. But that’s my old fashion publication ways rearing its head.

I just noticed that these are both five dollars, December is going to be so expensive!

 DEADPOOL’S ART OF WAR #3 (OF 4)
PETER DAVID (W) • SCOTT KOBLISH (A/C)
• You think you know war?
• DEADPOOL DOESN’T.
• Err…by which I mean, Deadpool doesn’t think you know war. Not that Deadpool doesn’t know war.
• Because he does know war, that’s sort of the point. He’s teaching you about war in this series. Sorry for the confusion.
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

This is a funny write up!

 CYCLOPS #8
JOHN LAYMAN (W) • JAVIER GARRON (A)
COVER BY ALEXANDER LOZANO
• The cutthroat space-pirate crew Scott Summers has joined up with is rampaging across space, plundering, and cutting throats. And now Scott is expected to cut throats with them!
• Exactly how far will Scott go to save his skin – and to rescue his captive father?
• At least on the romance front there’s some good news: Scott’s discovered there are other girls in the universe besides Jean Gray.
• But let’s just hope the pirate captain doesn’t discover Scott’s got his eye on his daughter. (Get it? “Eye on his daughter.” That’s a Cyclops joke right there!)
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

[editor’s note: According to Marvel, “Ms. Marvel, Silver Surfer and Iron Fist: The Living Weapon are not in the December solicits, these titles are not cancelled. They will resume in January with new issues.”]

Another fun write up!

I would not have notice that Ms. Marvel, Silver Surfer nor Iron Fist had solcits unless Newsarama’s editor pointed it out.  

POWERS #1
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • MICHAEL AVON OEMING (A/C)
ALL-NEW ONGOING SERIES!
Just in time for the debut of the long-awaited POWERS TV show comes this brand-new number one, a perfect jumping-on point for fans new and old! The Eisner Award-winning POWERS tells the story of homicide detectives Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim, who are assigned cases specifically involving powers. If a superhero falls dead from the sky or a super villain is found dead in the gutter, it’s up to Walker and Pilgrim to solve the case. But having barely survived the most harrowing case of their careers and discovering government corruption of the highest level, Walker and Pilgrim are now faced with the most difficult decision they’ve ever had to make. Plus: the discovery of a power no one has ever seen before! This issue – double sized for the regular price – will also include an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the making of the POWERS TV show with never-before-seen pictures from the set.
48 PGS./Mature …$3.99

I liked that Who Killed Retro Girl trade. I have to remember to watch Powers once it finally comes to television.

AVENGERS BY KURT BUSIEK & GEORGE PEREZ OMNIBUS VOL. 1 HC
Written by KURT BUSIEK, MARK WAID, JOE EDKIN, JOHN OSTRANDER, ROGER STERN, JOHN FRANCIS MOORE & JERRY ORDWAY
Penciled by GEORGE PEREZ, SEAN CHEN, ANDY KUBERT, DEREC AUCOIN, CARLOS PACHECO, LEONARDO MANCO, JERRY ORDWAY & STUART IMMONEN
Cover by GEORGE PEREZ
Fan-favorite creators Kurt Busiek and George Pérez craft a new era for Earth’s Mightiest Heroes! The Avengers have always defended humanity against the forces of evil. When duty calls, these legendary champions answer, fighting valiantly for justice. But as the Avengers re-form in the wake of a life-changing event, they must face an array of foes like no other: Morgan Le Fay, the Squadron Supreme, the Kree, the Legion of the Unliving, the Thunderbolts, the Wrecking Crew…not to mention facing Kang and Immortus in the Destiny War! But when the merciless Ultron attacks, wiping out an entire nation in his hatred for mankind, the Avengers must live up to their name — if they can! Collecting AVENGERS (1998) #1-23, #0 and #1 ROUGH CUT; IRON MAN (1998) #7; CAPTAIN AMERICA (1998) #8; QUICKSILVER #10; AVENGERS ANNUAL ’98-’99; and AVENGERS FOREVER #1-12.
1184 PGS./Rated T …$125
ISBN: 978-0-7851-9288-6
Trim size: oversized

Oh man, if this was $50, I would be all over this. You should buy this! If it is even . . . Avengers Forever is included in this? I can see why its over a hundred dollars now. 19 issues plus 12 makes 31 issues, that does sound like a great deal. I just wouldn’t pay full price but I love this run so much! Should be two more trades to collect all of the Busiek run.

DEATH OF WOLVERINE HC
Written by CHARLES SOULE
Penciled by STEVE MCNIVEN
Covers by STEVE MCNIVEN & JOE QUESADA
All roads must end somewhere, and every hero’s story eventually comes to a close. For Logan, the century-old mutant known as Wolverine, that time is now. The loss of his healing factor and the traumatic events of “Three Months To Die” have all led to this, the single most important X-Men event of the decade. Through the years, Logan has been a warrior, a hero, a renegade, a savage, a samurai, a teacher — and so much more. Logan has spent decades being the best there is at what he does, but even the best fade away eventually. And now, the X-Men’s greatest hero will play a role he’s never played before in this solemn special event brought to you by industry superstars Charles Soule and Steve McNiven. Collecting DEATH OF WOLVERINE #1-4.
128 PGS./Rated T+ …$24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-9351-7
Trim size: oversized

$25 seems more like it! Not sure if its worth it just for issue three with Kitty and one page of issue two but who knows, maybe she’s in the fourth issue as well. Maybe she kills him! I doubt it.

DEATH OF WOLVERINE HC QUESADA COVER (DM ONLY)
128 PGS./Rated T+ …$24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-9711-9
Trim size: oversized

Direct Market Only but who buys variant covers of hard covers?

ALL-NEW X-MEN VOL. 6: THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE PREMIERE HC
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Penciled by STUART IMMONEN & MAHMUD ASRAR
Cover by MAHMUD ASRAR
Dimension-hopping is something of an X-Men rite of passage, and it’s about time the All-New X-Men took the plunge! You don’t always have to travel Miles away to visit a new place…but will the Web in which these time-displaced young X-Men find themselves tangled Ultimately bring about their end? Okay, enough subtlety: The All-New X-Men meet Miles Morales, the Ultimate Spider-Man — and this is a showdown you won’t want to miss! Will either universe ever be the same again? Guest-starring scores of Ultimate characters! Plus: It’s Iceman unleashed as young Bobby Drake takes the offensive! And for someone who’s said she doesn’t find him particularly pleasant to be around, X-23 seems to have taken an odd interest in the highflying Angel. Tune in as yesterday’s X-Men continue to explore the fear-fraught future of the present day! Collecting ALL-NEW X-MEN #31-35.
136 PGS./Rated T …$24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-5434-1
Trim size: standard

That has to be a record of the trade coming out as the final issue does as well. Actually, issue 36 is out that month so is this a twelve issue event? I wonder why the trade title isn’t Ultimate Adventure Part One? hmmmmmm

 SECRET WARS PROSE NOVEL HC
Written by ALEX IRVINE
Adapted from the graphic novel by JIM SHOOTER, MIKE ZECK & BOB LAYTON
Cover by MIKE ZECK
The fate of the entire Marvel Universe hangs in the balance as Earth’s mightiest heroes face their greatest challenge! Summoned across the stars by the mysterious and unbelievably powerful Beyonder, the Avengers, Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and the X-Men are set against their deadliest foes on the mysterious planet known as Battleworld — with the winner promised the ultimate prize. But as battle lines are drawn, new alliances are forged and old enemies clash, one among them is not willing to settle for anything less than godhood. Can even the heroes’ combined might prevent Dr. Doom from becoming the most powerful being in the universe? Experience Marvel’s first blockbuster mega-event like never before in this new adaptation!
304 PGS./No Rating …$24.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-9100-1
Trim size: standard

At first, I was going to dismiss this but then I remembered Lockheed should be in this. I may have to pay attention to some reviews for that.

X-MEN EPIC COLLECTION: CHILDREN OF THE ATOM TPB
Volume #1 in the X-Men Epic Collections
Written by STAN LEE with ROY THOMAS
Penciled by JACK KIRBY & WERNER ROTH with ALEX TOTH
Cover by JACK KIRBY Billed as “The Strangest Super-Heroes of All!,” the ever-uncanny X-Men blasted onto the comic-book scene in 1963. Now, in this massive Epic Collection, you can feast your eyes as Stan, Jack & Co. lay down the building blocks of comics’ most famous franchise! You’ll experience the beginning of Professor X’s teen team, and their mission for peace and brotherhood between man and mutant; their first battle with arch-foe Magneto; the dynamic debuts of Juggernaut, the Sentinels, Quicksilver, the Scarlet Witch and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants; and the Golden Age jungle man, Ka-Zar, reinvented for a new era! All this and more Epic X-Men adventures await within! Collecting X-MEN (1963) #1-23.
520 PGS./All Ages …$34.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-8904-6

$35 for the first 23 issues of the X-Men, that sounds like an excellent deal! And in color, I imagine.

LEGENDARY STAR-LORD VOL. 1: FACE IT, I RULE TPB
Written by SAM HUMPHRIES
Penciled by PACO MEDINA & FREDDIE WILLIAMS
Cover by STEVE MCNIVEN
Exploding from the pages of GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY! Peter Quill battles the Badoon, saves an orphanage and still finds time to flirt with the X-Men’s Kitty Pryde — all in a day’s work for the legendary Star-Lord! But when Peter is captured by a bounty hunter with a strange connection to his past, can the two make amends before he’s fed to a giant alien? A Badoon death sentence isn’t exactly Peter’s idea of a good time — luckily, he’s got an ace up his sleeve. But Star-Lord soon encounters the all-powerful Titan responsible for so much mayhem in his life: Thanos! It’s the battle to end all battles, but can Star-Lord possibly get out alive?! If he does, the vicious Mister Knife and the ancient cosmic artifact known as the Black Vortex are waiting. Collecting LEGENDARY STAR-LORD #1-5.
112 PGS./Rated T …$16.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-9159-9

I can vouch for issues one and three as being good. Once again, it is a better deal than if you bought the monthly issues as they came out.

 . . .

 So here is what I said I was tempted to buy :

AXIS 7 & 8                                    $4 each

AXIS 9                                                $5

AXIS Revolution 3                        $4

Avengers NOW!                                    $5

Legendary Star Lord 6                        $4

Hulk 9                                                $4

All New X-Men 36                        $4

Uncanny X-Men 29                        $4

Uncanny X-Men Annual 1            $5

All New X-Men Annual 1            $5

 52 dollars! But that’s 11 issues, so that seems decent. Here is hoping that DCBS can knock that down. I’m committed to just doing the one monthly shipment, so that should keep the price down. Also, I just won’t get that Handbook. Its about the Avengers, so who cares.

 That will bring it down to $47, so should make the comics around 35 or so (I still don’t know how the math works). I’m sure its 20 percent per issue but percentages is my main weakness in terms of math skills.

 I Googled “what is 20 percent of 47” and it states 9.4 so roughly $37.60. The percentage I save is essentially the shipping of it all.

EDIT on 10-8-14 :

I had forgotten to carry All New Ultimates 11 down to my buying list!  This should be interesting!

So all 12 comics gets be $30.58 as the subtotal.  Let’s see how much single shipping and bags and boards cost me at DCBS.

I know I do this every month but DCBS is pretty awesome!

Bags and Boards $1.44

Standard Shipping $6.95

Brings my total to $38.97!  I’m able to add a comic and get the Avengers Handbook – which I’m pretty sure I don’t need.  All for under $40, that is outstanding!

PRODUCT PRICE QTY SUB TOTAL
ALL NEW ULTIMATES #11 $2.39 1 $2.39
ALL NEW X-MEN #36 $2.39 1 $2.39
ALL NEW X-MEN ANNUAL #1 $2.99 1 $2.99
AVENGERS AND X-MEN AXIS #7 (OF 9) $2.39 1 $2.39
AVENGERS AND X-MEN AXIS #8 (OF 9) $2.39 1 $2.39
AVENGERS AND X-MEN AXIS #9 (OF 9) $2.99 1 $2.99
AVENGERS NOW *Special Discount* $2.49 1 $2.49
AXIS REVOLUTIONS #3 (OF 4) $2.39 1 $2.39
HULK #9 $2.39 1 $2.39
LEGENDARY STAR LORD #6 $2.39 1 $2.39
UNCANNY X-MEN #29 $2.39 1 $2.39
UNCANNY X-MEN ANNUAL #1 $2.99 1 $2.99
Bags and boards per book for October books (with BCW ProBags and New Boards) $0.12 12 $1.44
SUB TOTAL: $32.02
TAX: $0.00
SHIPPING: $6.95**
GRAND TOTAL: $38.97

Shouldn’t be too bad this Holiday shipping!  Won’t know how it actually works out until November but reviews are already dealyed as it is so stick with me and here’s hoping it isn’t too crazy.  But for that price, one really can’t lose!