Kitty Pryde gets some interesting outfit changes during the course of this maybe hour.
Beast does NOT appreciate being put on trial for the actions that he clearly does. Kitty Pryde came all the way in from space for this chat! Beast walks away in a huff
20 minutes before Beast's trial, Illyana helps Kitty with an outfit change. As thanks, Kitty paves the way for Colossus to forgive Illyana. Which was unnecessary, as all he needed was to see Illyana again. So sweet!
As Beast walks away from his trial, Cyclops has been located in Washington DC After Magik assists Kitty with another outfit change, we hear Scott's speech.
Thus the Bendis Era comes to a close, as does Cyclops' revolution.
in one of Brian Michael Bendis’ final arcs of Uncanny X-Men, he had a story “SHIELD vs X-Men”
SHIELD has Hijack Mystique has Dazzler & taking her DNA Emma doesn't wear proper shirts A guy poops in his suit X-Men's known powers are shut down, but Magik can still use her sorcery Goldball's balls are working again
Emma said Cyclops Was Right Scott & Illyana suspect a Hank McCoy is behind the Sentinel attacks They go to the Jean Grey School Issue ends with Scott blasting Hank to his big blue face SHIELD knows where they are now & have plans to arrest Scott
Magik joins Scott in not being able to control her powers Storm has to take Magik out, she feels bad about it Blob has become addicted 😦 Magneto rescues Dazzler SHIELD Hellicarrier is being controlled by Not-Mysterio Beast figures out who Not-Mysterio is
Dark Beast was Not-Mysterio! Who saw that coming? Magik & Hijack save Beast & Cyclops from a time bomb Dazzler doesn't quite remember that she signed up for SHIELD herself, but she's been through a lot Dazzler rejoins the X-Men
The Benjamin Deeds issue! Magik thinks its going to be hilarious to have Teen Jean on the team. This is the issue we get a taste of what Emma & Illyana's friendship is like. I absolutely love the dress Bachalo has Illyana wear in this.
Mystizzler points Magneto in the direction of Madripoor. We get Magneto in an outfit that reminds me of X-Men First Class Magneto runs into the fun Brotherhood Mystique reveals she's been Dazzler
Issue ends with Kitty & the team wondering where Magneto is.
Magik drops the students off at Tabula Rasa (Montana represent!) Eva comes back aged up & with a secret that Celeste now knows SHIELD tries to arrest the students but Hijack gets them out of there, but shows off his powers Cyclops kicks Hijack off the team
Eva Bell gets sent back to Morgan Le Fey times & works her way back to the 2099 that we all know Unfortunately, only Sorcerer Supreme Anthony Stark is here No signs of Magik Issue ends with Eva back in the present with the rest of the students.
In the Present, Kitty & O5 have been taken by the Shi'ar for Jean's trial We get a flashback – Magik brings Kitty to Cyclops, she tries to kill him Then how Kitty & O5 adjusted to living with Cyclops & his X-Men I love seeing Kitty & Illyana together so much
Blood Hunt Magik is so good, ya’ll! I was having a rule where the top 10 had to have Lockheed in it (ideally, and hopefully) but Blood Hunt Magik is too good to not break such a silly rule.
Compared to May 29, 2024
X-Men V6 32
Fall of the House of X 5
Dead X-Men 1
Fall of the House of X 3
X-Men V6 34
X-Men V6 33
Ultimate X-Men V2 3
Rise of the Powers of X 4
X-Men Forever 3
X-Men Forever 2
Compared to April 24, 2024
1. X-Men V6 32
2. Dead X-Men 1
3. Fall of the House of X 3
4. X-Men V6 33
5. Rise of the Powers of X 4
6. X-Men Forever 2
7. Spider-Gwen Smash 2
8. Cable V5 1
9. Resurrection of Magneto 2
10. Women of Marvel V5 1
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Compared to March 27 –
1. X-Men V6 32
2. Dead X-Men 1
3. Fall of the House of X 3
4. Spider-Gwen Smash 2
5. Cable V5 1
6. Resurrection of Magneto 2
7. Women of Marvel V5 1
8. Resurrection of Magneto 1
9. Ultimate X-Men V2 1
10. Fall of the House of X 1
. . .
Compared to February 28 –
1. Dead X-Men 1 2. Spider-Gwen Smash 2 3. Cable V5 1 4. Resurrection of Magneto 2 5. Women of Marvel V5 1 6. Resurrection of Magneto 1 7. Fall of the House of X 1 8. Fall of the House of X 2 9. Invincible Iron Man V5 15 10. Dead X-Men 2
A three part crossover involving Magik’s Uncanny X-Men, Iron Man, and Nova
#NoEndInSight 1 Uncanny X-Men Special 1 Issue opens with Magik feeling bad that she's not like the other New Mutants Cyclops is captured because space bounty hunters didn't want to capture Havok Emma's hair is white white Issue ends with Benjamin Deeds working with Iron Man pic.twitter.com/viV2BlP4lz
#NoEndInSight 2 Iron Man Special Emma doesn't trust Tony around triplets I do love how its Mindee who is on this mission I like Professor Magik, such respect Iron Man & (secret) X-Men locate Death's Head so they can find Cyclops The guy who took Cyclops needs Nova's help pic.twitter.com/WxyBxj7YGm
#NoEndInSight 3 Nova Special 1 Magik faces off against Iron Man Triage is worried about becoming a forgotten X-Kid, which sort of happens to him Cyclops is rescued
Silly crossover as guy everything was leading up to dies by falling off a ladder off panel, but a fun romp. pic.twitter.com/E7ygzc9vdF
I had completely forgotten it was not only a Battle of the Atom side title BUT also a Kitty Pryde miniseries, as she’s one of the main stars of the title.
#AllNewDoop 1 this is such a delight of a comic! I had forgotten it takes place during Battle Of the Atom Doop wants to marry Kitty Pryde pic.twitter.com/qshwWKrLya
#AllNewDoop 2 To try to convince Kitty Pryde to marry Doop, they go on a series of dates. Kitty is starting to be charmed by Doop I love seeing Kitty & Rachel's friendship in the 'modern' era of 2014. Doop discovers Kate Pryde is really Raze pic.twitter.com/VbIh0OQv6R
#AllNewDoop 3 Doop confronts Raze Doop confronts Iceman Iceman & Kitty talk about their relationship (they're not going to last) Issue ends with Doop needing information from Mama Doop
#AllNewDoop 4 We get Doop's origin story, and it is as zany as one would imagine. X-Statix gets featured. Shame Kitty Pryde is only in the one panel of this comic Issue ends with Logan going to fight Mama Doop pic.twitter.com/PWmMsqnPDz
#AllNewDoop 5 Kitty kisses Doop, who tastes like spicy peanut butter They can't be together, Doop likes being in the margins & if they were together, he'll be part of the main story Kitty decides to join Cyclops
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Kitty Pryde isn’t involved in The Twelve storyline, but here are the parts where she is involved in.
Uncanny X-Men 376#Apocalypse#TheTwelve Fiz the Skrull shows up at the mansion, & sets the stage for Secret Invasion – which isn't used years later for some reason Destiny left a diary, naming The Twelve, & now the time has come to take action, but what action? pic.twitter.com/YsDG7uaHEK
X-Men 96#Apocalypse#TheTwelve The 12 are being scooped up everywhere We meet some of the new Horsemen Scott's casual racism toward the Skrulls comes through – he may just not like aliens Kitty is on Team Logan to take him down
Wolverine 146#Apocalypse#TheTwelve Kitty & Team locate Death Logan Kitty puts up quite the fight against Logan Warren rescues her Logan stabs her in the leg Logan snaps out of it after he fights Warren Warren starts feeling his monster side emerging pic.twitter.com/ceLrrMfT7d
Wolverine 147#Apocalypse#TheTwelve Jubilee gets a hurt Kurt & Kitty to Moira Good Logan now has to fight Bad Warren across the city Betsy monitors the fight Warren snaps out of it, and heals a few people pic.twitter.com/kYwek8HbQ1
X-Man 60#Apocalypse#TheTwelve We learn that Caliban is one of the Horseman, as he attacks Nate Grey in his own mind Nate has to watch the X-Men fight against endless foes, and the last X-Man just so happens to be the best one, Kitty Pryde Which I love for the Caliban connection pic.twitter.com/v8GnoV6KAv
Uncanny X-Men 377#Apocalypse#TheTwelve The X-Men catch up to Apocalypse, who has gathered all of the 12 together Skrulls pretend to be Generation X, which is rude Meanwhile, Kitty & Team notice someone is stealing Cerebro files & head over to X-51's title to stop that process.
X-51 7 Doesn't seem that all connected to Apocalypse The Twelve, so someone is doing someone a favor tagging this on. Sentinels start attacking a facility near X-51, he gets involved, and issue ends with the X-Men showing up! pic.twitter.com/vPBCmAEQp1
X-51 8 X-Men assist X-51 with taking out the Sentinels then, ruh oh, X-51 gets taken over by bad programming The X-Men fight X-51 X-51 eventually comes out of the bad programming At least explains why these X-Men were not there for the ending of The Twelve storyline pic.twitter.com/4Hci2xSnVO
Si Spurrier got to use Magik in one of my favorite arcs of X-Men Legacy
I love this arc so much! David sees the Uncanny X-Men (& Magik) on TV He gets to hang out with his mom, Gabrielle Haller, before she is assassinated He goes to the Jean Grey School to hang out with Blindfold – love these two together Scott hears the drums
X-Men are there to help a mutant who merges people David doesn't care I like to think Magik wouldn't hurt Blindfold, she's just trying to focus David David v Magik is an amazing faceoff, great reaction meme David challenges Scott to a fist fight
Scott v David, no powers fist fight doesn't last long until powers are used David gets merged with the plant mutant, things get out of hand Blindfold picks up Magik's soulsword, but a robot prevents her from using it
The plot gets so complicated that David just hand waves away everything & explains the plot – which I appreciated & it wasn't all that necessary Scott & David come to an understanding as the Cuckoos knock David out, letting his inner (evil) Xavier out
SWORD has David Haller after the events of the previous arc Aarkus the Aetheric shows up, recaps the series thus far including a sweet one page recap that shows us what it would have looked like if it was drawn by Tang Eng Huat – which is fun to see his X-Men
When David Haller needs help, he knows exactly who to call . . . EVERYBODY! Nice to see Scott & Logan put their differences aside for a moment Magik does what she does Blindfold adopts, Destiny, as a code name
We finally got the September 2024 Solicitations, which means only one thing . . . Exceptional X-Men!
Wolverine 1, his eighth volume, I believe
(not even all of the variants!)
EXCEPTIONAL X-MEN #1
EVE L. EWING • CARMEN CARNERO (A/C)
VARIANT COVER BY JOELLE JONES • VARIANT COVER BY ROSE BESCH
VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY ROSE BESCH
WRAPAROUND CONNECTING VARIANT COVER BY SCOTT KOBLISH
BRONZE VARIANT COVER BY DAVID BALDEÓN
BRONZE VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY DAVID BALDEÓN
VARIANT COVER BY ELIZABETH TORQUE
GODZILLA VARIANT COVER BY LEINIL FRANCIS YU
FOIL VARIANT COVER BY EJIWA “EDGE” EBENEBE
KATE PRYDE LEADS A TEAM OF ALL-NEW X-MEN!
After the fall of Krakoa, Kate Pryde is trying to get as far away from all things X as she possibly can. She’s just a regular-degular bartender now. Definitely NOT getting ready to head up an ALL-NEW TEAM of wayward young mutants while avoiding the watchful gaze of Emma Frost. Nothing in this title but work, dating and staving off depression. That’s it. No never-before-seen EXCEPTIONAL X-MEN to see here!
This is already my favorite title of the From the Ashes relaunch, and we’re finally getting it!
I’m already slated to get the amazing Scott Koblish wrap around cover, but I’m willing to get any covers that feature Lockheed as well.
I don’t love the idea that Kate has to do this while avoiding Emma, when all of the covers show that Kate & Emma are clearly working together.
I’m really really hoping that Lockheed is in this series, and we’re not going to have another era of no or barely any Lockheed.
. . .
DAZZLER #1 (of 4)
JASON LOO • RAFAEL LOUREIRO (A)
Cover by TERRY DODSON & RACHEL DODSON
DAZZLER VARIANT COVER BY DERRICK CHEW
DAZZLER VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY DERRICK CHEW
VARIANT COVER BY ASHLEY WITTER
WINDOWSHADES VARIANT COVER BY MARGUERITE SAUVAGE
VARIANT COVER BY YASMINE PUTRI
GODZILLA VARIANT COVER BY ELIZABETH TORQUE
FOIL VARIANT COVER BY KAARE ANDREWS
BLANK VARIANT COVER ALSO AVAILABLE
SO BRIGHT THIS STAR!
DAZZLER, Marvel’s glittering mutant songstress, has been in and out of the limelight over the years – but now the time has finally come for her to take center stage! Dazzler embarks on a new world tour, the culmination and celebration of her entire musical career! And along for the ride is her new road crew: Domino, Strong Guy and Multiple Man! But while Dazzler may be ready to focus on her music, her celebrity-mutant status and a violent attack may sideline the entire endeavor before it’s even begun…
Each issue features original song lyrics from Ali’s notebook! Don’t miss the concert – and comic – event of the year!
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99
I am also super excited about this Dazzler miniseries! I wish it was an ongoing.
. . .
We are introduced to the Outliers in Uncanny X-Men 2 & 3, double shipping.
X-Force 3 with Rachel
X-Men 4 with Magik vs Trevor Fitzroy
NYX 3 with a dead mutant, rough start to a relaunch
Phoenix 3, Jean and Starjammers vs the Black Order
X-Factor 2 has Polaris
Avengers 18, I really like how we can transition from X-titles to Avengers titles now that Storm is on the team. Hyperion shows up.
Marvel really is lending What If to any property with What If Donald Duck was Thor?
A new Spirits of Vengeance title
Marvel Zombies : Dawn of Decay 1 of 4, Groot starts another round of Zombies, with a focus on the Avengers. I usually like to look at these and see if any mutants show up. Kate Pryde shows up a bunch in these. In the good ones, at least.
Deadpool Team-Up 2 of 5, so each issue isn’t a team up, but the entire cast including Crystar, are joining him on a mission each issue? Seems like a better title could have been used.
Wolverine Revenge 2 of 5, so Sabretooth is already back?!
. . .
I just kept scrolling pass Venom War, but then it was just never ending.
Venom War : Zombiotes 2 of 5, is a fun title
Venom War : Wolverine 1 of 3, so this event is going to last a while
. . .
ULTIMATE X-MEN #7
PEACH MOMOKO • PEACH MOMOKO (A/C)
VARIANT COVER BY MIKE DEL MUNDO • VARIANT COVER BY DIKE RUAN
CONNECTING VARIANT COVER BY WES CRAIG
VIRGIN CONNECTING VARIANT COVER BY WES CRAIG
MEET THE MUTANTS’ NEW MENTOR, PSYLOCKE!
• After the climactic finale of issue #6 and the surprise new teammate they found, Mei, Hisako, Nico and the mutants need some guidance!
• Fortunately, the mysterious Kanon is an older student with a surprising amount of expertise…
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99
back to the good stuff!
I can’t wait to see what happens in 6, and how Kanon guides them.
. . .
I’m glad Deathlok is getting a 50th Anniversary Special, that’s cool
I read Marvel isn’t publishing Star Wars after these 50th issues, so that’ll be nice to cut back on all of the scrolling.
. . .
The trades!
Dark Web Omnibus
Collecting DARK WEB #1, AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (2022) #14-18, VENOM (2021) #13-16, DARK WEB: X-MEN #1-3, DARK WEB: MS. MARVEL #1-2, DARK WEB FINALE #1, MARY JANE & BLACK CAT #1-5, GOLD GOBLIN #1-5 and material from FREE COMIC BOOK DAY 2022: SPIDER-MAN/VENOM.
528 PGS./Rated T+ …$100.00
Seems like a lot of money for just X-Men 1-3 and Finale 1
Ultimate X-Men Volume 1
ollecting ULTIMATE X-MEN (2024) #1-4.
152 PGS./Rated T+ …$19.99
I would highly recommend this collection.
Ms. Marvel : The New Mutant Volume 2
Collecting MS. MARVEL: MUTANT MENACE #1-4.
112 PGS./Rated T+ …$15.99
Weird they’re not just calling this, Ms. Marvel : Mutant Menace
Solid collection though, but I suspect issue two is going to stick out as quite the side quest.
. . .
So the only thing I’m really looking forward to is Exceptional X-Men 1, but Ultimate X-Men 7 and Dazzler 1 are nice too.
• CARMEN CARNERO (A/C)
Shadow and Flame with Magik 