and it is going to be very hard to beat this comic this year for Comic of the Year!
Gerry Duggan, Phil Noto, and Clayton Cowles finally reunites the Shadow, the Flame, and the Magik!
Plus, Joshua Cassara and Marte Gracia treated us to such a fantastic cover.
I thought it was two years since Kate and Lockheed were together, but it has been a full year to the month since Marauders Volume 2 Issue 12. Which is still way too long for my taste.
Then immediately after the third Hellfire Gala, in X-Men V6 25, we get Kate Pryde’s concern for Lockheed :
Which clearly was Duggan setting up that we as Lockheed fans, can expect Lockheed to return . . . eventually.
Well, that eventually, turned out to be seven long long months.
Issue 32 has my favorite cast of characters :
So much so that I’m reorganizing my top ten X-Men to move Emma way up the list.
Kate Pryde with Lockheed
Magik
Nightcrawler
Emma Frost
Storm
Rachel Summers
Cyclops
ForgetMeNot
Wolverine
Rogue
Which I’m still not too thrilled with my last three there, but I think its a solid list. I almost had Emma at three, but I still have to keep my love for Kurt pretty high. Thankfully Uncanny Spider-Man was a delight.
Emma was at a solid six, then I swapped Storm and Rachel around.
Issue opens with exactly where Lockheed has been staying safe :
Lighthouse Keeper Bill (as I’ve been referring to him as) makes a terrific stealth Excalibur reference which I adored.
Next, we catch up with Magik who is invading an Orchis stronghold, looking for a scientist that infected her with nannobots which prevent her from using her powers. Which I did not read X-Men 24, but I read all of Realm of X, including those datapages / lore journals, and not once did they referenced Magik having nannobots inside her – they implied it was the Asgardian land / Saturnyne’s doing that was preventing Magik from using her powers. So I guess it was both?
So Magik finds the scientist, who wants to just kill her instead of helping so. Magik looks exhausted and in so much pain, so she isn’t quick enough to stop him.
Thankfully someone else is!
We get the first of two hugs, which I share twitter friend @GraysonMaximoff’s desire for the Katyana ship to move up to the kissing phase, but that hug is so well earned. The two of them have been separated since the Hellfire Gala.
Polaris comes in for the grand rescue, she removes the nannobots from Magik, and a Stark Sentinel arrives, and the trio has to destroy it.
Emma Frost arrives, and tells them that there is so much to do, but first, she has a gift for Kate :
Which I adore not only this page, and I would love a poster of this page as well, but that Lockheed was able to find Emma, or that he sought her out first, as she would know where Kate is – as they grew extremely close during Marauders Volume One – by far my favorite ongoing series of the Krakoan Era. X-Men Volume Six would probably be my second favorite, I’ll have to think about that, but I can’t think of what would come close.
So that would be the second hug of the issue as well.
There isn’t enough hugging in comics.
I also covered this on the podcast, if you want to hear how much I loved this comic :
Thank you, dear reader, for reading, and listening, and for watching.
I started playing Midnight Suns, and been uploading my progress, as of this writing, I have 13 episodes to be enjoyed.
It has been such an enjoyable game, and I’ve been loving hanging out with Illyana, and she even considers my Hunter to be friends, which thrills me beyond belief.
I’m such a fan of Matthew Rosenberg after all of these readings. It really helps that it is a completed work, so I’m not waiting such long times between issues.
Uncanny X-Men V5 1 Pretty good start to a new volume Kitty & Jean are finally in a comic together, so of course, Kitty gets teleported away during a training exercise with the MLF. Kitty, Senator Allen, and Apocalypse have all been captured pic.twitter.com/78jWz8Wag6
Uncanny X-Men V5 2 There are threats from extinct animals & weather conditions all around the world Including Dinosaurs in Missoula, Montana! Madrox has multiplied himself to take over a city in Kansas Legion with a new haircut shows up at the X-Men's door pic.twitter.com/gtCMY97b6j
Uncanny X-Men V5 3 Jean's X-Men deal with the Dinosaur problem & assist Storm's team with the Multiple Men Legion is at the Mansion Legion forced Jamie to dupe himself, and placed a personality in each body There's a new good kind of Horseman with Magneto, Blob, Omega Red & Angel pic.twitter.com/bhJAldtNic
Uncanny X-Men V5 4 The Horsemen belong to . . . X-Man! I like that Kitty & Apocalypse get to spend all of this quality time together The Horsemen destroyed the mansion last issue I like Armor standing up to Jean, the title now is following three teams pic.twitter.com/xpSGAsIWTK
Uncanny X-Men V5 5 Apocalypse convinces Nate to do away with all of the world leaders. Kitty didn't object (or say anything), so Nate goes ahead with the plan. Then asks the senator what he would like to see done Betsy v Warren, and she awakens Archangel, of course pic.twitter.com/pCsEu2cNnv
Uncanny X-Men V5 8 Kitty finally reunites with the X-Men Bishop saves the X-Kids from Legion's AoA recreation Glob is sad he's back in his purple form, after taking so much control of his powers (one would think he can recreate that growth) X-Man has taken over Legion's body! pic.twitter.com/DOKnQVGzb5
Uncanny X-Men V5 9 NateLegion claims Storm as a Horsewoman Jean calls of the X-Men to her Armor makes a big play by fighting the Horsepeople Kitty saves Senator Allen from Apocalypse NateLegion is going to destroy the world All of the X-Men, including Kylun!, show up to help pic.twitter.com/LstICEMAKx
Uncanny X-Men V5 10 Once again, Kitty's yellow & blue costume stinks for crowd shots, I think she only is officially in one panel of the comic. Did Nate kill the X-Men? The world believes so, as the issue ends with Cyclops coming back, and Magik joining the title. pic.twitter.com/xJWGZ2uwhj
Uncanny X-Men V5 Annual 1 I guess they are not counting the end of The Twelve where Cyclops & Apocalypse merged as a death? Not a bad issues. We see how Teen Cable brought Cyclops back, and a fun flashback adventure of Scott's that, of course, comes around to the present. Magik! pic.twitter.com/xojzkDwHMH
Uncanny X-Men V5 12 Larroca changed his style! More realistic than fun cartoony Callahan from Astonishing V4 returns Scott & Logan team up to rescue a slew of mutants including Magik and Dani! And also Karma, Wolfsbane, and Havok. Pretty good team there Strong Guy dies 😦
Uncanny X-Men V5 13 Magik's first issue, and she's on nearly every page, & Kitty barely got three pages before Cyclops found a slew of old uniforms, a fun in-universe way to explain why their in their best outfits 4 New Mutants on the roster Hope & Banshee have joined the MLF pic.twitter.com/GkmqZYkRNo
Uncanny X-Men V5 14 I love so much how the best four lady New Mutants are on this team! Hopefully the techno-virus gets removed soon. Scott gets the Morlocks a new home Chamber joins the team Captain America wants to chat with Scott pic.twitter.com/MmYuIZ4EsL
Uncanny X-Men V5 15 I was hoping Captain America was going to off the X-Men a place to live. There has to be an old Avengers base or something they're not using Hope has made Scott a literal Cyclops Dark Beast removed Warlock from the ladies, and now he is bonded to a Jamie dupe pic.twitter.com/fHSufQ5f21
#WarOfTheRealms Uncanny X-Men 1 One page in, I immediately wanted to just bail on this mini, but I'm hoping it is full of Magik/Dani teaming up Malekith has conquered everything, but Earth. Dani is a Valkyrie again Magik recruits Banshee & Hope for the rescue mission Nanny! pic.twitter.com/Gk1H7iVkrS
#WarOfTheRealms Uncanny X-Men 2 I saw Alex & Scott with full beards & was very confused how much time had passed Second to last page, Sabretooth references a bridge destroyed in the main title's 4th issue I checked, and Magik doesn't appear in the main series, just Logan pic.twitter.com/UdAcJvOKdU
#WarOfTheRealms Uncanny X-Men 3 The final chapter really redeemed this mini for me. Nice seeing Magik & Rahne working together. Magik beheads Sabretooth, after Rahne ripped his throat out Rahne got to spend time with her husband & son, all too briefly Sunspot died (for now) pic.twitter.com/TB7NJH23Wz
Uncanny X-Men V5 16 So I did not need to read War of the Realms, but Rahne leaves as its all too much, so maybe I did? Scott steps down as leader, they'll just vote on everything now Joseph has his own Brotherhood Kwannon kills Joseph Cute how Magik is holding Juggernaut back pic.twitter.com/HDOW33awyb
Uncanny X-Men V5 17 Rahne was beaten to death by four dudes Illyana wears a very pretty dress to Rahne's funeral Kitty is mentioned among the dead Logan & Scott get into a fist fight, which is always silly No one remembers Emma Frost, besides Juggernaut Is this related to IvX? pic.twitter.com/lN7Dixu9U8
Uncanny X-Men V5 18 Logan leaves Chamber kills the Marauders Sinister burns down the bar, and surrenders after Havok beats him We get Sinister & Havok, which seems rare Magik & Madrox have some fun moments with her teasing him Karma is leaving, and is rich Scott calls Mystique pic.twitter.com/YzrQ9K70Fm
Uncanny X-Men V5 20 X-Men vs Upstarts We get the reveal that Mystique has been pretending to be Cap, which I miss the tip about the phone call earlier. That's fun Magik kills Dark Beast for tricking the X-Men Emma unlocks Scott's memories, as she needs the X-Men's help pic.twitter.com/jr4vkdmi0D
Uncanny X-Men V5 21 What is Illyana holding Emma up by? Her bra? I love that they start talking telepathically, & Juggernaut doesn't know what is happening. That's fun. Callahan turned Illyana into the Darkchilde. Emma has made the world forget about mutants pic.twitter.com/AT9nSJhYvu
Uncanny X-Men V5 22 Last Issue! Dani is disappointed in Scott Havok dies All of the X-Men return from the first arc, including Kitty! Scott breaks Emma's Cerebro, so everyone knows mutants again.
Thanks to Bleeding Cool for having the solicitations
Blood Hunt officially starts in May with two issues.
I’m super interested in Strange Academy Blood Hunt 1 of 3, as I love the original series, and its follow up mini.
Plus, maybe Magik will be in this?
Ultimate Black Panther 4 still promises to have all of the Ultimate Storm content we can want.
I feel like I already love Ultimate X-Men, and I’m sure the third issue is going to be uncanny. We’re going to get officially acknowledgment that Ultimate X-Men does connect to the larger Ultimate Universe with Storm references.
We start rolling out all of the Deadpool and Wolverine content to tie in to the biggest movie of the year.
Deadpool and Wolverine WWIII (how many WWIIIs can we have?!) is a pass for Old Dad.
Hickman is writing a Valeria Richards series, also starring Doom, titled, Doom – where Doom has to try to save the Earth from Galactus. Is it an ongoing? It doesn’t list part 1 of anything.
Hellverine is also a pass.
Garth Ennis. Nick Fury. Vietnam. Also a pass.
Another Giant Size X-Men 1?! I wish they’ll just continue the numbering as you know, Giant Size X-Men is a pretty important title, and issue number. At least this is written by Ann Nocenti, but its an Angel story set during the O5 days with some reprints? Another pass. Shame it isn’t an All New All Different never before told story, that would have been fun.
Avengers Twilight ends.
Deadpool 2 has Taskmaster
Spider-Man : Shadow of the Green Goblin 2, written by JM DeMatteis
Spectacular Spider-Men 3, Double Date! Miles and Kamala Khan, great! with Peter and Gwen Stacey?! Not as great.
Miles Morales : Spider-Man 20, references Ms. Marvel in the solicit, but reads like a list of things going wrong, so she probably isn’t in this. Or making awesome X-Men references.
Mystique and Destiny are going to get married! So I guess once Destiny’s memories of giving birth to Kurt are unlocked, and her & Raven discuss everything, they get married!
I do love how the Marvel Voices Pride logo is on the cover, as a warning to all of the bros out there.
Odd group of wedding guests. I imagine it’ll just be Kurt, Rogue, and Gambit in reality.
Sabretooth War finally ends in Wolverine 50
Actually, everything X-related ends in May! (now we’re onto the good stuff!)
Fall of the House of X 5 of 5
Cyclops and Storm have joined the fight, so of course, Orchsis is going down.
The Storm Breaker logo (whatever that is) is blocking Kate Pryde, but she’s on the cover.
Rise of the Powers of X 5 of 5
Jean is back, and she’s mad.
X-Men 34 has what appears to be a series retrospective cover.
I’m going to have to check out the Shadowcat Marvel Masterpieces III cover!
Cassara refuses to draw Lockheed properly on a cover 😀
I also don’t love that Kate and Illyana are nowhere near each other on the cover.
Invincible Iron Man 18 has Tony Stark and Magneto teaming up.
X-Men Forever 3 and 4 come out to close out this miniseries.
Ms. Marvel : Mutant Menace 3 has Kamala fighting off Zombie X-Men!
Weapon X-Men 3 and 4 come out to conclude that mini.
X-Men 97 3 of 4, the prelude to the animated series.
Cable 4 of 4, hopefully the mini continues how fun the first issue was. The Neocracy are still the threat, which makes sense, but hopefully I care more about them by then. I really enjoyed the relationship between the two Cables, and want more of that.
Wolverine : Madripoor Knights 4 of 5, the first issue was fun.
New Mutants 98 is getting a reprint, again. Deadpool’s first appearance.
Avengers Annual 10 is being reprinted, Rogue’s first appearance.
Night Thrasher 4 of 4, apparently the first issue had some New Warriors content, so that’s nice.
Power Pack Into the Storm 5 of 5, hopefully we get more Power Pack content going forward.
Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver 4 of 4 concludes
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Apparently Marvel got permission to reprint their Godzilla comics, so that’s pretty cool. Should buy those just for the collector aspect.
They keep reprinting Spider-Man omnibi, but can’t give us a DeMatteis/Buscema Spectacular Spider-Man omnibus?! Ridiculous
NYX The Gallery Edition HC?! for $50?! I thought we all agreed to acknowledge it was the series that introduced Laura Kinney to the proper Marvel Universe, but that we pretty much ignore it at this point.
Dark X-Men : The Mercy Crown, Madelyne Pryor’s X-Men trade, for $20, I’ll recommend buying it.
Uncanny Spider-Man : Fall of X, for $25, please buy this, Nightcrawler made such a great Spider-Man!
Sins of Sinister Omnibus for $50, is a hard pass for me.
Realm of X for $18, if you can get it in a library, it has some nice moments, but I think it will never get referenced again. We’ll have to see if Magik uses light magic going forward. I doubt it.
Peach Momoko’s Demon Saga : Demon Days for $14, I’m going to buy this. Well, maybe not this version as its in black and white, and that sounds cool, but I think I want to read it as it originally came out.
May 2024 Posters do not include X-Men V6 32, so not buying any of those.
wait, where is the solicts for Blood Ties Magik and the other X-Ladies?!
X-MEN: BLOOD HUNT – MAGIK #1 Written by ASHLEY ALLEN Art by JESÚS HERVÁS Cover by ROD REIS On Sale 6/26
Magik raises hell! Illyana Rasputina has returned to her homeland to search her soul and steel it for what comes next. But how will she protect her first home when a vampire army descends on Russia, seeking to turn it into a living hell? She may have been forged in the fires of Limbo, but has it prepared her for the Blood Hunt?
As does Wolverine, Jubilee, and Psylocke.
Also, Stormbreakers is the name of Marvel’s spotlight artist, so that’s good to know.
(I mostly just have to finally get this out of my own head)
Back in early high school, my father bought a Costco size box of Sweethearts.
My sister open the package, and gave me a box.
Which was nice of her.
No less than two minutes later, my father is losing his shit because he wanted my mother to get the first box.
of course, not letting anyone else know that is the plan.
I made the decision right then that I wouldn’t be grabbing another box, and apparently no one else did.
Hours later, my mom comes home, of course, not caring that the package was open.
Valentine’s Day comes along, and my father questions aloud why no one has grabbed another box.
Anyway, almost 25 years later, I still haven’t been tempted to eat a Sweetheart, nor bought a box for anyone else (or been given one, now that I think of it)
But I’ve been thinking about them a lot, now that they’re all over stores again.
Well, Happy Valentine’s Day, and enjoy those Sweethearts, if you can
To this day, I’m still cautious about being the first one to do something : from opening a box of cookies or grabbing something at a potluck, or signing a card.
Now that I’ve expressed this, next time I have the thought, I know I wrote it down, and released it.
I’ve started my next Twitter project – reading all of Matthew Rosenberg’s X-Men runs, starting with his Astonishing X-Men Volume Four run.
Astonishing X-Men V4 2 Shadow King has a few X-Men in a dream state, as he & Xavier battle it out. Fun moment of Kitty & Colossus portraying Rogue & Gambit (both ways!) Deodato Jr/Martin are great on art I hadn't realized Charles Soule had a X-Men run Cowles is great on letters pic.twitter.com/DjvDMqQz0l
Astonishing X-Men V4 12 I thought X was Xavier in Fantomex's body? But then X tells Gambit to find Fantomex, so who knows? Betsy & X defeat Shadow King with the help of all of the psychics X believes Kitty has everything handled at the school, and he's right about that pic.twitter.com/7H9A60pQtP
Astonishing X-Men V4 13 Rosenberg/Land are the new creative team, as they turn the title into a Havok/Beast buddy book Alex tries to teach a class, and Kitty kicks him out. You think Kitty still owns "The X-Men" name? Hank & Alex get attacked by the Reavers pic.twitter.com/ESOmunCMYR
Astonishing X-Men V4 14 Two issues in, and I'm enjoying this so far. I like my X-Men telling jokes & having a good time Alex is recruiting his Not-X-Men, as the Reavers keep coming for them. Drunk Colossus! Alex wants Forge, but upgrades to Dazzler – which is the right move pic.twitter.com/zqiItTVok2
Astonishing X-Men V4 15 I'm sort of liking Callahan military villain I like the idea of Dazzler having to answer paparazzi questions all of the time I love the idea of Kitty releasing press releases Most of the team gets captured Alex & James are going to be bad boyz pic.twitter.com/IBiTAOaRKZ
Astonishing X-Men V4 17 Reavers take the fight to the X-Men Dazzler shows off even more amazing abilities Kitty's twenty O*N*E trucks makes me feel like there should have been more discussion about the wording Team disbands as Havok gets arrested Up next : Uncanny X-Men Vol 5! pic.twitter.com/FfPrtJ2e4x
To make tracking what was the best X-related comics of 2024 easier, I’m making a handy monthly update post. Be fun to see who started out early, and who makes it to the end.
With all of the talk of Fall of the House of X, and Rise of the Powers of X, people have been referencing the Messiah Trilogy – Messiah Complex, Messiah War (crossover between Cable and X-Force), and Second Coming. Kitty nor Magik are in the first two parts, but Magik shows up quite a bit in the beginning of Second Coming – until she’s taken off the board, and then, she’s the fetch quest in X-Men : Second Coming – Hellbound. Which she’s barely in, and is rescued, and then doesn’t even appear in the final chapter of Second Coming. Kitty only appears twice in it, and this is the crossover that happens right after Magneto has brought her back to Earth, rescuing her from the bullet. So she’s in a containment fish tank.
So here’s my Twitter recap of the mostly Magik and Kitty appearances during Second Coming.
Mostly, this is a holding pattern for my next big X-Twitter project that I’ll hint at more as we get closer to it.
#XMenSecondComing 1 Part 1 Cable returns to the present with Hope Scott includes Magik in his Alpha Team, a position she won't be leaving X-Force knows about the Human Council Fun to see Betsy not be aware of X-Force Scott is proud of Nathan, and needs Hope to live pic.twitter.com/R73c2PGvZI
#XMenSecondComing Uncanny X-Men 523 Part 2 Cable & Hope find safety in a hotel Hope's first hotel! Kurt is upset with Scott, Scott tells him he can tell Scott once this is over. 😬 Purifiers, X-Men, and New Mutants find them pic.twitter.com/cMAOmu7nJm
#XMenSecondComing New Mutants V3 12 Part 3 The Right joins the fight, and New Mutants are the first to fight them Magik finally gets to Hope, but the Purifiers are ready, and hit her with a trap They take out Kurt too. White/Blue Demon Protocols Hodge stabs Karma through her leg! pic.twitter.com/inqOhuv3E3
#XMenSecondComing Uncanny X-Men 524 Part 6 Kitty makes her first of two appearances in this crossover Madison Jeffries tries to help Karma Scott sets up the Hellbound mini, Pixie doesn't want to go Pierce is awake on Utopia and has a plan Hope meets Magneto They bury Kurt 😦 pic.twitter.com/eVBc2pmZ1X
#XMenSecondComing Hellbound 1 Part 7B Magik only appears as a recap from New Mutants V3 12 Cannonball recruits Anole, Pixie, and Trance (who don't want to be there) to rescue Magik He also gets Northstar, Gambit (during his Death persona days), and Dazzler Limbo is very chaotic pic.twitter.com/8eJmN9Zfw7
#XMenSecondComing Uncanny X-Men 525 Part 10 Great homage to Uncanny X-Men 141 as Cable & X-Force (but not that one) go into the future to stop Nimrods from going to the past Avengers & FF show up to assist the giant dome around Utopia & San Francisco Hope is mad at Scott pic.twitter.com/aBWzWBZKKF
#XMenSecondComing Hellbound 2 Part 10B Kitty makes her second and final appearance in this crossover! We still don't know where Magik is Death Gambit is trying to take over Limbo N'astirh wants to make a deal with Pixie, her piece of her soul back for Magik's soulsword pic.twitter.com/Df8Wu4nYLS
#XMenSecondComing Hellbound 3 Part 13B Pixie defeats N'astirh Sam fights Death Gambit Pixie & Magik knock Death Gambit out Pixie & Magik have a new fondness for each other They all return to Earth and Magik doesn't show up in the final chapter of the crossover 😦 pic.twitter.com/E55RqrRCsW
Let’s see what is happening in Marvel Comics in April 2024!
I’m passing on Blood Hunt, and no X-Men involvement, so that seems like an easy decision
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ULTIMATE X-MEN #2
PEACH MOMOKO • PEACH MOMOKO (A/C)
ULTIMATE SPECIAL VARIANT COVER BY BETSY COLA
VARIANT COVER BY MIKE CHOI • VARIANT COVER BY PEACH MOMOKO
DESIGN VARIANT COVER BY PEACH MOMOKO
THE ULTIMATE X-MEN GO BACK TO SCHOOL!
• High school, that is! It’s a new school year for Hisako as she tries to get a grasp on her new powers…
• Where she meets a cool, white-haired punk girl named Mei (A.K.A. Maystorm), who understands all too well the challenge Hisako faces.
• And they team up to embark on a creepy adventure to learn who is behind the creepy shadow that has been haunting – and taunting – them!
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99
I hadn’t realized Ultimate X-Men was 40 pages, that’s pretty awesome. The more Momoko, the better, I say!
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Ultimate Storm debuts in Ultimate Black Panther 3! That should be amazing.
Deadpool gets an all new ongoing by Cody Ziglar and Rogê Antônio.
Spider-Gwen : Ghost Spider 1, finds Gwen moving back to 616, so that’s disappointing after how much I’ve been enjoying 65 and Smash.
There are vampire homage variants for the Blood Hunt event. Probably so the trades are out in October. Or the story concludes in October. One of those.
J.M. DeMatteis is back with Spider-Man : Shadow of the Green Goblin, a story involving Proto-Goblin.
There’s a Roxxon Presents : Thor, with the Roxxon Era of Comics beginning, so we’ll see how that plays out.
Kid Venom 1 of 4, takes place in Japan, 977.
There’s a Scarlet Witch & Quicksilver mini, April will be issue 3 of 4, I have to see if that’s any good.
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MS. MARVEL: MUTANT MENACE #2 (OF 4)
IMAN VELLANI & SABIR PIRZADA • SCOTT GODLEWSKI (A) • Cover by CARLOS GÓMEZ
VARIANT COVER BY PACO MEDINA • VARIANT COVER BY PEACH MOMOKO
THE (IN)FAMOUS X-MAN!
Now that Kamala is very notably and very publicly an X-Man, she is attracting all sorts of attention…and you know who uses attention as currency? That’s right – it’s the return of the X-Men’s old media mogul mastermind – MOJO!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
Ms. Marvel vs. Mojo is an interesting idea for her second outing as a mutant.
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What If? Venom was Dr. Strange, okay
G.O.D.S. 7 of 8, though it doesn’t list the 8.
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FALL OF THE HOUSE OF X #4 (OF 5)
GERRY DUGGAN • LUCAS WERNECK (A) • Cover by PEPE LARRAZ
CONNECTING VARIANT COVER BY BRYAN HITCH • VARIANT COVER BY MAHMUD ASRAR
EMMA FROST VARIANT COVER BY E.M. GIST • EMMA FROST VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY E.M. GIST
FORESHADOW VARIANT COVER BY Felipe Massafera • VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY PEPE LARRAZ
MY ALLY, MY ENEMY!
They say a wounded animal can be the most dangerous kind of animal to face. As the fight between the mutants and Orchis reaches a deadly pitch, a startling revelation rocks the X-Men to their core. The two series that are one come together in one horrible betrayal as the Krakoan Age nears its conclusion!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99
Magik made it to one of the covers! Looks like she’s back to the Bachalo outfit, but with a more covered up shirt?
JUBILEE VARIANT COVER BY DERRICK CHEW • JUBILEE VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY DERRICK CHEW
VARIANT COVER BY CHAD HARDIN • FORESHADOW VARIANT COVER BY David Nakayama
VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY R.B. SILVA
WHO IS TRAITOR X?
In the aftermath of the greatest betrayal in X-Men history, the Quiet Council in exile must act. They have a plan. Can anyone, or anything, survive the experience? As the Krakoan Age barrels toward its conclusion, the two series that are one converge on an act that will live in infamy!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99
I wonder if this Quiet Counsel is just what we’re calling Xavier, Doug, and Rasputin IV’s little squad?
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Avengers 12 & 13 are still helping out the X-Men during Fall of X, so that’s nice. Especially as they seem to be busy with vampires elsewhere.
Resurrection of Magneto 4 of 4! Magneto returns to the land of the living!
Dead X-Men 4 of 4, everything is concluding!
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X-MEN #33
GERRY DUGGAN • JOSHUA CASSARA (A/C)
TRADING CARD VARIANT COVER BY RUSSELL DAUTERMAN
WHITE QUEEN MARVEL MASTERPIECES III VARIANT COVER BY GREG & TIM HILDEBRANDT
WHITE QUEEN MARVEL MASTERPIECES III VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY GREG & TIM HILDEBRANDT
VAMPIRE VARIANT COVER BY LEE GARBETT • MICRONAUTS VARIANT COVER BY TBA
X-MEN X-SSEMBLE!
If there were ever a time to rally the troops and take the fight to the enemy, it’s NOW! Stand side by side with the X-Men as they head for their final stand! They can’t stop ALL of us!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99
Joshua Cassara is back on covers AND interior art! This is going to be amazing!
I still wish Lockheed could have made it to this cover, but what a cover regardless!
Magik back in a gold look that I like more than the Fall of House of X outfit.
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X-Men Forever 2 of 4, and now, Rachel is accounted for as well! We get Phil Noto’s Doug Quiel Counsel portrait cover too.
Cable 3 of 4, well that’s disappointing, I was hoping this was an ongoing. I may be an Old Dad, and just not adjusting to the idea that ongoings are not a thing anymore. I really hope Irene Merryweather is part of the supporting cast of this title.
Invincible Iron Man 17, has a vampire variant of Emma about to stab Tony, but is this still consider a Fall of X title?
Weapon X-Men 2 of 4, still a very clever title. Exiles team of Wolverines.
X-Men 97 2 of 4, Sabretooth vs Wolverine, a story as old as time.
Wolverine 47, Laura Kinney vs. Lady Sabretooth, or Savage Sabretooth, so that seems fair.
Wolverine 48, Graydon Creed is back!
Wolverine : Madripoor Knights 3 of 5. I really should have been following solicits earlier, I had no idea Claremont was returning to Wolverine or giving us a sequel to Uncanny X-Men 268. (I originally wrote 265, so I was pretty close!)
So odd they are reprinting every issue of the original Secret Wars , wouldn’t one just buy the trade at this point? Maybe proceeds go to Bob Layton? AND priced at today’s comic prices? Just buy the trade.
Uncanny X-Men 130 is being reprinted as well, first appearance of Dazzler, and second appearance of Kitty Pryde and Emma Frost.
Spider-Woman 6, I may have forgotten this was written by Steve Foxe. Jessica is moving away from New York, and maybe joining a new Champions. Does she still have her child?
So many Marvel comics I’m not interested in as I scroll quickly pass all of the other Spider-titles, Captain America, and Moon Knight.
Power Pack : Into the Storm 4 of 5, still waiting for the first issue to come out, should be soon.
Night Thrasher 3 of 4, still resisting becoming a New Warriors title, I see.
So many Star Wars titles I have to scroll pass too!
Did Marvel buy CrossGen? How do they have the rights to Mystic?
Apparently Disney had bought CrossGen in 2004, for a million dollars, then six years later, it was folded into Marvel in 2010 (to save you the math), and they tried to release three series in 2011, that failed. So trades it is!
Also, I have zero interest in CrossGen, a company I hadn’t thought about since, well before 2004.
They’re releasing a Danny Ketch Ghost Rider Omnibus! 1216 pages for $125, might have to track this one for a sale.
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EXCALIBUR OMNIBUS VOL. 3 HC ANTHONY WINN COVER
Written by SCOTT LOBDELL, EVAN SKOLNICK, RICHARD ASHFORD, CHRIS COOPER, TODD DEZAGO,
WARREN ELLIS, FABIAN NICIEZA, JOHN OSTRANDER & MORE
Penciled by STEVE BUCCELLATO, KEN LASHLEY, TERRY SHOEMAKER, IAN CHURCHILL, JOHN ROYLE,
AMANDA CONNER, TERRY DODSON, DAERICK GROSS, DAVID WILLIAMS, CARLOS PACHECO, CASEY JONES, ROB HAYNES, CHRIS MARRINAN, RICHARD BENNETT, JAN DUURSEMA, TONY DANIEL, STEVE SKROCE,
AARON LOPRESTI & MORE
Covers by ANTHONY WINN & JOE MADUREIRA
A dark new era dawns for Excalibur! Meggan and Nightcrawler face despair as Captain Britain and Cerise are ripped from the team. Phoenix holds the key to Brian’s return, but is the cost too high to bear? And what has Brian become? As Excalibur relocates to Muir Island, Nightcrawler learns a startling secret and a Phalanx invasion introduces a strange new – or old – ally. Who or what is Douglock?! Wolfsbane, Colossus and the sardonic Pete Wisdom join the team as Excalibur faces a struggle for the Soulsword, a battle against the alien Uncreated and the threat of X-Man…but as Kitty finds romance in the most unlikely place, will Brian join the London Hellfire Club? Collecting EXCALIBUR (1988) #68-103 and ANNUAL #1-2, X-MEN UNLIMITED (1993) #4, X-FACTOR (1986) #106, X-FORCE (1991) #38, X-MAN #12, PRYDE AND WISDOM #1-3, and material from MARVEL COMICS PRESENTS (1988) #174 and MARVEL HOLIDAY SPECIAL 1996.
848 PGS./Rated T+ …$100.00
ISBN: 978-1-302-95763-6
Trim size: 7-1/4 x 10-7/8
Excalibur Omnibus Volume 3, 848 pages for $100, is a deal!
So will be four omnibi by the time it is all over.
I started with the epic editions, but if I knew omnibus were coming, I would have waited.
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Avengers Omnibus V2 by Kurt Busiek and George Perez, 1248 pages for $125, also a deal worth seeking sales for.
whoa, Claremont’s X-Treme X-Men got the omnibus treatment as well! Volume 2 is 816 pages for $100, and contains the Kitty Pryde / Karma miniseries, Mekanix, and X-Women 1, and X-Treme X-Men 25 – 46, and X-Men Unlimited 39. So the whole series is two omnibi. I’m tempted by this as well!
Ultimate Spider-Man Omnibus Volume 4 is always a good time too, issues 112-133, so we’re still in the Ultimate Shadowcat years there.
There are listings for epic trades as well, so that line is still moving forward.
hey, Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection – Assassin Nation (such a clever title!) is getting a new printing. $45 for 480 pages.
X-Men Episode Collection Volume 12 – The Gift is getting a new printing. Paul Smith’s X-Men and Alpha Flight 1 & 2 (the title The Gift story – first part of the X-Men Asgardians story too). Uncanny 189 – 198, and Cockrum’s Nightcrawler and Lockheed miniseries. $50 for 512 legendary pages.
Kaare Andrews’ Spider-Man : Reign is getting a new printing so expect a lot of Mary Jane spider-sperm memes to return.
Civil War II is getting a new printing for some reason.
so a pretty good month!
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I’m interested in :
Ultimate X-Men 2 Ultimate Black Panther 3 (for Storm) Ms. Marvel : Mutant Menace 2 Fall of the House of X 4 Rise of the Powers of X 4 Resurrection of Magneto 4 Dead X-Men 4 X-Men 33 is going to be my favorite of the month X-Men : Forever 2 Cable 3
I felt pretty disconnected from Rise of the Powers of X 1, so I thought I’ll read Sins of Sinister. It has 11 chapters, but Kate Pryde and/or Magik are only in or referenced in six of those chapters, so that helped narrow it down.
For whatever reason, I’m not a big Mister Sinister fan. I like Kieron Gillen writing Sinister, but I may just be burned out on the character.
Chapters I skipped –
2 Storm and the Brotherhood of Mutants
3 Nightcrawlers 1
7 Storm and the Brotherhood of Mutants 2
9 Storm and the Brotherhood of Mutants 3
10 Nightcrawlers 3
I have no regrets skipping these.
The event just feels built to have chapters skipped, as we leap from 10 years to 100 years to 1000 years, so it doesn’t need to be followed that closely.
Also, reading Nightcrawlers 2, made me realize why I wanted to skip this event, it is an alternate universe with a finite moment, and besides Rasputin IV, has no lasting effects, but we learn about the Dominion, which is what Rise of the Powers of X is all about, apparently.
#SinsOfSinister 1 Part 1 Sinister enacts his . . . devious plan. Almost everybody is a Sinister We begin an alt-u where Magik destroys Asgard, and Chimeras are a thing, including a Kate Pryde/Angel combo – which I don't think really adds much. Storm v Sinister is set up pic.twitter.com/cLdddxE2UV
Immoral X-Men 1#SinsOfSinister Part 4 Kate Pryde is still on the Quiet Counsel, as is Magik, so that feels nice and right Sinister is way over his head Emma gives him a beat down, and he promises to make chimeras that can contain upwards of five mutant powers pic.twitter.com/fGQAG0WPN5
Nightcrawlers 2#SinsOfSinister Part 5 Magik has found where the Asgardians have relocated, and destroys that home too Nightcrawlers get a new baby, but Mother Righteous (MR) takes it MR has Sinister's lab MR kills OG Kurt The new mother wants to kill MR for taking the baby pic.twitter.com/pyKlNdGEyU
Immoral X-Men 2#SinsOfSinister Part 6 Hope & Exodus destroy worlds together – until he abandons her on one Sinister introduces Rasputin IV, and her genetic makeup. He also frees her of the Sinister strain Council decides to turn on Sinister S thanks MR S&RIV make a run for it pic.twitter.com/lWrM2D7OZu
Immoral X-Men 3#SinsOfSinister Part 8 Magik is stuck in a Limbo incursion Kate Pryde is a space pirate Sinister abandons Rasputin IV, who gets picked up by a mutual enemy Sinister teams up with Moira & a Doombot, after getting a message from Destiny Emma is super winning space! pic.twitter.com/bnisZwqfU5
#SinsOfSinister Dominion Part 11 One really could have just read the two self title issues of this series, and been okay, and maybe Immoral X-Men 2 to get Rasputin IV's deal, who is in the present now Moira kills Sinister, resets the timeline after Sinister learns he's nobody pic.twitter.com/uNAqRYIDtV
So it was an interesting event, but you would be fine if you just stick with Sins of Sinister and Sins of Sinister Dominion. oh, and maybe Immoral X-Men 2 that introduces Rasputin IV.
• PEACH MOMOKO (A/C)
Shadow and Flame with Magik 
