Uncanny X-Men Volume Three Issue 13

Posted by John Klein III on October 20, 2013
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Writer Brian Michael Bendis

Penciler Chris Bachalo

Inkers Tim Townsend, Al Vey, Mark Irwin, Jaime Mendoza and Victor Olazaba

Colorist Marte Gracia

Letterer VC’s Joe Caramagna

Battle of the Atom Part Eight of Ten

Can’t believe we only have two more parts left.  Doesn’t feel like we are building to anything yet.

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Issue opens with Cyclops wanting to make a plan, and stick with it.

Future Jubilee looks awesome drawn by Bachalo.

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Turns out the guy with Dr. Strange’s cloak is Wiccan grown up.  That makes sense, I’m just disappointed.

Last issue Psylocke was really Raze, the son of Mystique and Wolverine.  I imagine Logan impregnated her, dies ir doesn’t know he did, and names Raze after herself.  Raven -> Raze, that is my guess.

I wonder what Kurt would think of this coupling.  Doesn’t feel right, with how close Logan and Kurt are.  Maybe Mystique was impersonating another lady at the time?  I highly doubt that though.

Surprised how easy Raze was able to capture young Bobby and Hank.

Magik and Future Colossus go into the school.

Magik finally brings up that current day Colossus and her do not speak to each other.

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They get into a fight with Bruiser and Future Deadpool.

Magik takes Deadpool outside.

Bruiser reveals that there was a Stark Tower / Baxter Building Wars.  As it is the names of buildings, I take it was more than just Avengers v. Fantastic Four, but most likely, it got all the heroes involved, split by loyalties.

I like that the fights were not paired by gender, though I did take notice that Colossus punched Bruiser hard to the face.

The panel with Magik running her soulsword through Bruiser, is beautifully drawn.  There is just something about it.

Cyclops. Team has to fight Krakoa, being controlled by Xavier.  Apparently, something happens to Krakoa, as Xavier has only ever heard of him.

Raze does take awhile to get to Future Hank and Jean, he comments on it.

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Future Jean reveals that Illyana eventually will kill herself.  Which is the saddest fate, I have ever heard!  Hopefully hearing that, sparks a change for her and she tries to find something she can start enjoying.

Colossus stabs Xavier with his borrowed soulsword.

Magik hearing her fate teleports out of there, it is a horrible thing to have had to hear, much less have thrown in your face.  Stupid Jean, sge is the worst.

The Time Cube is not letting the Original Five go back in time.

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Raze can go back in time, he claims that he saw Professor Xavier reading in the garden, but he wasn’t in the mansion during Uncanny issue eight of the first volume, he was hiding / preparing himself to fight some aliens.

Unless Raze made that up, but why would he?

If they can’t send the Original Five back with the cube, could Magik do it?

The Original Five have spent this entire issue sleeping.

Issue ends with Cyclops’ team coming into the lab.

Will they all fight in that room or will Future Beast have to explain some additional theories on why they can’t send the Original Five back with the cube.  Or use various other means of time travel.

They have to go back in time eventually, those early adventures need to happen.

Would Xavier really be reading in the garden if he knew his students were missing?  I was imaging the past was sort of on hold until they got back.  Like they were going to show up mere seconds after leaving.

What I Bought 2013.10.19

Posted by John Klein III on October 19, 2013
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Uncanny X-Men Volume Three Issue 13

X-Men Legacy 18

Back Issues

Wolverine and the X-Men 6

X-Men Forever 2 12

X-Men Forever 2 13

Marvel January 2014 Solicitations

Posted by John Klein III on October 18, 2013
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http://www.newsarama.com/19290-marvel-comics-january-2014-solicitations.html

ALL-NEW MARVEL NOW! POINT ONE #1

INHUMAN #1

ALL-NEW INVADERS #1

AVENGERS WORLD #1

BLACK WIDOW #1

MIRACLEMAN #1

     Looks like I am not that interested in the next wave of Marvel Now. 

ALL-NEW X-MEN #22.NOW
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W)
STUART IMMONEN (A/C)
“The Trial of Jean Grey”
The arrival of the original X-Men in the present sent shockwaves through the Marvel Universe, but we’ve only seen the effects on Earth. When alien races learn that Jean Grey, host of the destructive Phoenix Force, is back on earth, they do something about it. Now it’s up to the rest of the All-New X-Men and the Guardians of the Galaxy to save Jean Grey from twisted intergalactic justice! Don’t miss two of Marvel’s biggest franchises crossing over for the first time!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #11.NOW
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • SARA PICHELLI (A/C)
“The Trial of Jean Grey”
The Guardians of the Galaxy get a reminder of Earth when they cross paths with the All-New X-Men during the TRIAL OF JEAN GREY! When an alien race discovers that the original Jean Grey is back on Earth, they decide to hold her accountable for the acts of the Dark Phoenix, and it’s up to the Guardians to help the X-Men save her. You won’t want to miss the first encounter between two of the biggest franchises in the Marvel U!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

     Pending on how close Kitty is still with the Original Five, I will be picking this up. 

ALL-NEW X-FACTOR #1 & 2
PETER DAVID (W) CARMINE DI GIANDOMENICO (A)
CoverS by JARED FLETCHER
ISSUE #1 –
ISSUE #2 –
“NOT BRAND X” Parts 1 & 2
X-FACTOR IS BACK…LIKE NEVER BEFORE! Serval Industries, one of the world’s most trusted names in electronics and leader in cutting-edge internet and weapons technology, has just unveiled their newest contribution to society…the All-New X-Factor. Led by mutant mistress of magnetism, Polaris, the team uses its corporate backing for the betterment of society. With her half-brother Quicksilver, notorious thief, Gambit, and more by her side, can Polaris trust that her corporate masters really have good intentions?
32 PGS. (EACH)/Rated T+ …$3.99 (EACH)

     I am curious who the secret other three members are, hopefully that is revealed in the first issue.

REVOLUTIONARY WAR: ALPHA #1
ANDY LANNING AND ALAN COWSILL (W) • RICH ELSON (A)
Cover by MARK BROOKS
Variant Cover by TBD
Part 1 of “Revolutionary War”
• Marvel UK’s greatest heroes come together for the first time in 20 years to face a threat that could destroy the world.
• Featuring Captain Britain, Pete Wisdom, Death’s Head II, Motormouth and Killpower, the Warheads and a host of British heroes.
32 PGS./ ONE-SHOT/Rated T+ …$3.99

     I like the concept of this, but I am not sure if I will be following it.  Too bad they are not enlisting Kitty, Nightcrawler and Rachel, as they are all available now.  At least no one forgot about Dark Angel.  The only real Marvel UK title I have a few issues of.    That and the MYS-TECH.

A+X #16
GERRY DUGGAN & JEFF LOVENESS (W)
DAVID YARDIN & PACO DIAZ (A)
Cover by PACO DIAZ
• Emmy-Nominated writer Jeff Loveness from the JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE! show makes his Marvel debut! Paco Diaz (WOLVERINE: JAPAN’S MOST WANTED) joins Jeff for a story pairing Iron Man and the fan-favorite X-Student Broo!
• Gerry Duggan and David Yardin bring you the fourth part of the blockbuster Captain America + Cyclops story! With Cap hell bent on arresting Cyke, defeating a horde of menacing Skrulls will only be half of this duo’s problem!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

I do like Broo, and this looks like it should be funny.  Hopefully Jeff Loveness knows that Iron Man is suppose to set Broo up with his favorite hero, Nova.  I don’t ’think that story has been told yet.

UNCANNY AVENGERS #16
RICK REMENDER (W) • STEVE MCNIVEN (A/C)
The main event!
• Thor vs Uriel! Feral and vengeful after the death of a teammate, Thor is a mad God out for blood!
• The heroes of Earth rally to stop the unimaginable evil the Twins have released!
• In order to stop the Twins, The Wasp must do something that will curse her evermore!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

I wonder if Kitty or Magik will keep making appearances in this title!  Here’s hoping!

CATACLYSM: ULTIMATE X-MEN #3 (of 3)
JOSH HALE FIALKOV (W)
ALVARO MARTINEZ (A)
• The future of the X-Men and all mutantkind rests on ROGUE’S SHOULDERS!
• To return home, a sacrifice must be made.
• Will there be a world for them to come back to?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

     The February Solicts will be where we find out if Ultimate Universe is over or not.  Ultimate Rogue, no telling what decision she will make.

CATACLYSM: THE ULTIMATES’ LAST STAND #4 (of 5)
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) MARK BAGLEY (A/C)
• To save a universe, a hero must die!!!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

Could be any of the heroes!  As long as it isn’t Kitty.  Who I want to say was on the cover to one of the X-Men ones, so she survives her fight with Jean.

SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #26
Dan Slott (W) • Pascual Ferry (A)
Cover by Ryan Stegman
GOBLIN NATION PRELUDE
• The stage is set for the biggest SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN story of them all!
• And it starts here with a goblin fight like no other: The Green Goblin vs. The Original Hobgoblin!
• Plus: That thing that happened at the end of #25… That thing that raised all of those questions… You don’t have to wait any longer. You’ll get your answers THIS ISSUE! Honest.
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

I do like seeing a Green Goblin fight a Hobgoblin (and the original one too!) as it rarely has happened.  This may be only the second time it has happen, I know the Roderick v. Norman battle wasn’t all that I was expecting it to be, but it was still a great issue.  

MARVEL KNIGHTS: X-MEN #3 (of 5)
BRAHM REVEL (W)
BRAHM REVEL (A/C)
The Haunting & The Hunted!
• As the past comes raging back to take down the X-Men, two new mutants struggle with their newfound powers.
• Infighting threatens to pit X-Man vs X-Man in a battle to the death!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

Kitty knows how to fight Wolverine and Rogue, so if it is her, she will win.  Rogue has a victory over Wolverine from X-Men 103, so she will win that one too.  I don’t see Wolverine winning at all.

FANTASTIC FOUR #16
MATT FRACTION & KARL KESEL (W) • RAFF IENCO (A)
Cover by MARK BAGLEY
FINAL ISSUE!
The Fantastic Four are… DOOMED! Dr. Doom has taken on the power of Kang and Annihilus and is supreme ruler of the entire world. Good News: this is in the Doomed Universe. Bad News: our universe is next. The only ones in his way are the Fantastic Four and… the Fantastic Four! The Elemental Eight face off against Doom the Annihilating Conqueror with the fate of infinite realities in the balance! Plus the fate of Old John Storm! All in the fiery finish to the most mind-bending F4 adventure ever!
40 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

Cover promises a bunch of cameos!

ORIGIN II #2 (OF 5)
KIERON GILLEN (W) • ADAM KUBERT (A/C)
• Without his family, Logan struggles to continue on
• Meanwhile, word of a clawed wild man in the woods has reached civilization and the hunt to capture him first begins!
• And enter…CREED
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

Ooooof, Sabretooth is showing up this early in his origin sequel?  At least he is still in the wild, but this is good?

AMAZING X-MEN #3
JASON AARON (W) • ED MCGUINNESS (A/C)
• BEAST UNLEASHED! Dr. McCoy is pushed over the edge and gives into his savage side like never before!
• The X-Men, split between heaven and hell, are in way over their heads!
• Can they get to Nightcrawler before evil Azazel does?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

Still no Kitty and now Beast is getting spotlighted?  Makes sense as it is an X-Men title.  No Kitty might mean that she is clearly not on the Wolverine side of books anymore.  Too bad Cyclops only has the one title.

WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN #40
Jason Aaron (W) • Pepe Larraz (A)
• Battle of the Atom is over — but the battle for the future of mutankind has just begun!
• For months, S.H.I.E.L.D. has had designs on the Jean Grey school — now they make their presence known!
• All this, and Cyclops vs. Wolverine as Jason Aaron (THOR) and Pepe Larraz (ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN) bring you the action!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

If Cyclops and Wolverine are still fighting, we might still have Kitty in this title.

ALL-NEW X-MEN #21
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • BRANDON PETERSON (A/C)
• X-23 is back, joining the ALL-NEW X-MEN and kissing Cyclops? What does this mean to Jean Grey?
• Jean and X-23 are forced to team up against a mysterious force, so she better figure it out
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

Jean kissed Hank so Laura and Scott should be allowed to do what they want, kissing wise.

X-MEN #9
BRIAN WOOD (W) • TERRY DODSON (A/C)
MUERTAS PART 3!
• Lady Deathstrike’s new Sisterhood set their sights on the X-Men, and Psylocke is in the crosshairs!
• A foe awakens…and neither team might be able to handle her!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

Hopefully Kitty is still in this title post-BotA!

X-MEN LEGACY #22 & 23
SIMON SPURRIER (W) • Issue #22 – KHOI PHAM (A)
Issue #23 – TAN ENG HUAT (A)
• War and death, nations turning against nations…the demonic shade of the deceased Professor Xavier that has been plaguing Legion’s psyche has escaped into the real world. What price will Legion pay to stop him from razing the Earth?
• And prophesied to stop Legion and imbued with the power she needs to do so, will Young X-Man Blindfold take matters into her own hands and extinguish her first love?
• One thing’s for sure: as this groundbreaking series races to its conclusion, anything is possible!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$2.99

I will miss this title if the race to its conclusion means it is coming to an end.

UNCANNY X-MEN #16
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • CHRIS BACHALO (A/C)
• Magneto reaches a crossroads. Everything he’s fought for is called into question and he’s forced to make a decision that will change him forever!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

Hopefully Magik is still around for this too!  I doubt it will be an entire Magneto issue, though it could easily be.

WOLVERINE #13
PAUL CORNELL (W) • ALAN DAVIS (A/C)
IT ALL ENDS HERE! THE FINAL CHAPTER OF KILLABLE!
• Logan’s last stand against Sabretooth
• The Microverse virus offers Logan a trade: his healing factor for his help in evading S.H.I.E.L.D. –
can he afford to say no?
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

     Hopefully Kitty is still along for the ride.

The only two I know for sure I will be buying is Marvel Knights X-Men 3 and Cataclysm : Ultimate X-Men 3.  The rest, seven!, are maybe at best.

Which I rather spend six dollars than thirty dollars.  There is no denying that! 

Also, some of the bigger releases have “Animal Variants” what is that about?  Maybe a sign that the Pet Avengers are coming back?  That would be exciting!

Boy, do I use the word “hopefully” a bunch, but that’s me for you, a guy full of hopeful wishes.  Things would be so much easier to guess if covers had cast members on them or announcements of team lineups.  Though they probably don’t want to ruin any surprises, besides that the entire point of BotA was that the Original Five were going back to their proper timeline.  Though maybe that is just what the fanbase expected to have happened.

Marvel Age 72

Posted by John Klein III on October 17, 2013
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I used to only buy issues of Marvel Age that had either Kitty or Magik on the cover.  Then UncannyXmen.net started doing these Secrets of the X-Men articles.

http://www.uncannyxmen.net/showarticle.asp?fldAuto=2885

Cosmic Comedy with Excalibur

Which from time to time, they will make a reference to Kitty in the Notes section of an Issue Summary, then I would naturally add that issue to my wishlist.  I will get around to buying that issue, notice it had nothing to do with Kitty and have to go back to UncannyXmen.net to figure out what happened.

It is rare, but it happens.

This issue has a Coming Attractions section.  In it, it hypes Excalibur issue 7, wherein Kitty has to go back to school.

That turns out to not happen, as issue 7 is the Inferno tie in, and that hyped storyline becomes 32 – 34, Girls’ School from Heck.

Which that storyline would have been amazing, if drawn by Alan Davis.   Ron Wagner did that storyline and I’ve enjoyed it, I just never knew we almost had another option.

Widget is on the Letters Page column and there is enough X-Men information, I figure I will keep this issue in the ol’ collection.

How great is that cover?  Turn to page 26, and get barely a paragraph hyping the film.  Which I sort of like the film, though even I knew as a kid, that those Punisher shirts only cost twenty dollars, so I am not sure why production couldn’t buy like five of those.  Would have added to the value of the film and would have taken away the one big gripe about it, at the same time.

This issue came out March 1989, I am seven at that point.

This is the sixth anniversary of Marvel Age, pretty impressive.

There are two Sister VooDoo and VooChile comic strips in the issue, both strike me more racist than cute, but who knows.

There is a Stan Lee and Dan DeCarlo Willie Lumpkin strip that I don’t get.  I get the joke, I just don’t get why there was a strip for a young Willie Lumpkin, who is the Fantastic Four’s mailman, Stan Lee played him in the first FF film.

Did the research, the strip was only published in 1960, outside of Marvel, and then he makes his Marvel debut in Fantastic Four issue 11.

I know the character from that time he dated Aunt May, in Amazing Spider-Man 343.

The Marvel Graphic Novel Collection, it took me a few titles, but these are the the actual Graphic Novels such as The New Mutants’ first appearance and X-Men : God Loves, Man Kills.  I also own The Death of Captain Marvel and hopefully one day, Dazzler the Movie.

Ooooof, there is a VHS and VCR section, Pryde of the X-Men for $25.95, that is a bit much!

The Marvel Trade Paperback Collection.  Asgardian Wars, Dardevil : Born Again, Spider-Man : The Alien Suit, Wolverine mini, and they just call it X-Men, but history refers to it has The Dark Phoenix Saga.

The Top Ten for August (1985, I imagine)

All due to Inferno, from what the blurb implies.

Wolverine 2

X-Men 239

Excalibur 3

X-Factor 35

X-Terminators 3

Silver Surfer 1

The Punisher War Journal 2

Marvel Comics Presents 9

Marvel Comics Presents 8

The New Mutants 70

There is a look back at The Marvel Age of Comics 1978, Part III.

It covers these hallmark issues :

Black Panther 7 – 15

Captain Marvel 54 – 59

Godzilla 6 – 17

Machine Man 1 – 9

The Man from Atlantis 1 – 7

Marvel Premiere 40 – 45

Marvel Preview 13 – 16

Nova 17 – 22

Star Wars 7 – 18

There are two letters asking what an inker does, which is so much more than what a novice would think they do.

Those are the highlights, if you wanted to, you could have bought a Spider-Man jacket for $75 and had your choice of Black, Silver or Spidey Blue.

CSBG’s Top 100 Comic Book Storylines (2013), The Voting!

Posted by John Klein III on October 16, 2013
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http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2013/10/07/comics-should-be-goods-top-100-comic-book-storylines-2/

Brian Cronin is back at it again!

I voted for:

1. Uncanny X-Men : Dancing in the Dark

2. Wolverine : Enemy of the State

3. Ultimate X-Men : Hellfire and Brimstone

4. Ultimate Spider-Man : Deadpool

5. New X-Men : Quest for Magik

6. Astonishing X-Men : Torn

7.  Uncanny X-Men : Dark Phoenix Saga

8. Fantastic Four 347 – 349 : The New Fantastic Four

9. Avengers : Ultron Unlmited

10. Spider-Man : Maximum Carnage

I can only guarantee two will be on the list for sure.

I wanted to make sure I didn’t include any miniseries, only stories that took place within the proper run of a proper ongoing series.

Ultimate Comics X-Men 32

Posted by John Klein III on October 15, 2013
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Writer Brian Wood

Penciler Alvaro Martinez

Inker John Lucas

Colorist Chris Sotomayor

Lettering VC’s Joe Sabino

World War X Part Four of Five

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Kitty is one bold character, sitting on grass while wearing a completely white outfit.

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Who would thought a sabretooth tiger was at Utopia?

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James is trying to escape Tian.

Storm fights Farbird, and kills him.  We see some real emotion from Jean.

Jean states that he killed James, I am not convinced.  Have to wait until next issue.  His “death” inspires Liz to fight Jean.

Husk introduces Kitty to Ultimate Pixie.

We get Kitty’s plan, but really, it is a delay attempt so Utopia can knock Tian out of the sky.

She has two hours but Colossus already knows that he is waiting for the two mark.

Kitty sees James, her face is in shadow, perhaps he really is dead.  Issue opened with her missing him, so storywise, makes sense that he is dead.

Next issue, Kitty v. Jean for the sake of mutant unity.  The concluding chapter and I want to say Wood’s final issue too, as Cataclysm starts in December.

Astonishing X-Men Volume Three Run

Posted by John Klein III on October 14, 2013
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Now that Astonishing X-Men Volume Three has come to an end.

Of the 68 issues, I own these 39:

Josh Whedon / John Cassaday era

1 Team Cover, 1 Director’s Cut, 2, 3, 4 Marvel Legends version, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8 Sketch Variant, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 Emma Cover, 22, 23 Colossus Cover, 24 Kitty Cover

Christos Gage / Juan Bobillo era

38, 40, 42

Greg Pak / Mike McKone

47

Marjorie Liu / Mike Perkins era

51, 52, 54

Marjorie Liu / Gabriel Hernandez Walta era

62, 63, 64, 65

Marjorie Liu / Amilcar Pinna era

66

Plus these side issues:

Saga by Eric Moreels

Sketchbook Special by Warren Ellis as writer and Salvador Larroca and Simone Bianchi on art

Ghost Boxes Issue 2 by Warren Ellis and on art, Kaare Andrews and Clayton Crain

Giant Size by Whedon and Cassaday

X-Men Volume Three Issue 6

Posted by John Klein III on October 13, 2013
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Writer Brian Wood

Penciler David Lopez

Inkers Cam Smith with Terry Pallot

Colorists Laura Martin with Matt Milla

Letterer VC’s Joe Caramagna

Battle of the Atom Part Seven of Ten

That has to be initially unsettling to find Broo watching over your son.

Armor is apparently now great with gizmos.

Wolverine now apparently knows that the Future X-Men he has been paling around with are not quite right.  Even though he pretty much has been cool with going along with their plan.

Young Scott makes a weird comment / joke that falls pretty flat.

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Xavier turns evil fast and hard.

He dman near kills Bling!

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Kate Pryde turns out to be Mystique and Wolverine’s son.  Hopefully the previous scene where we see President Dazzler died, hopefully that Kate was the real Kate.

The claws look like metal.

Future Beast shuts down the mansion.

Jubilee goes all vampire.

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Lady Xorn takes down Kitty, Storm and young Jean and Scott.

Rogue gets swatted away by Ice Hulk.

Psylocke gets super interesting and bad ass.

Also, Rachel’s psychic projection is her classic Excalibur look, horns and all.  That is pretty awesome.

Baby Shogo gets a hamster ball, and has a great time in it.  A safe time too.

Future Deadpool falls in love with Psylocke.

Futures Jean and Beast have the following X-Men depowered : Beast, Kitty, Iceman and Storm.

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Cyclops and his Future X-Men show up a safe distance away from the mansion.

Issue ends with Sentinel-X revealed to be Adult Shogo!

I imagine next issue is going to be All Out X-Men Action which ends with all future X-Men back to their timeline.

NYCC 2013 : X-Men Panel

Posted by John Klein III on October 12, 2013
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http://www.newsarama.com/19176-nycc-2013-marvel-amazing-x-men-the-marvel-universe-live.html

M is joining the X-Men title.  I like whenever a member of the junior team joins the big leagues.

X23 is joining All New X-Men, and going to start making out with Young Cyclops.  That should prove something for those slash writers.

Uncanny is dealing with Inhumanity, hopefully we find out if Kitty is staying with this title.

Wolverine’s Killable arc ends in December.  Hopefully his healing factor stays gone or at least limited to 80s levels.  Hopefully, Kitty sticks around for the rest of the arc.

X-Men Legacy has big things coming.

Both X-Forces are meeting up, and I have no interest.

All New X-Men crossing over with Guardians of the Galaxy, almost like they both have movies coming out next year.  All the Original Five are sticking around too, which takes the sails out of Battle of the Atom.  If Kitty is still not with the cast, then I am done with that title.  The Original Five all get new uniforms, and they look super padded.  Which is good as we don’t want any time hiccups.

All New X-Factor, poor Peter David can’t escape that title.  Decent cast, Gambit with both Quicksilver and Polaris.  Which those two haven’t been on a team since Polaris has been full on officially Magneto’s daughter.  That should be interesting.  Plus three more unnamed characters, one red hooded, one blonde and a third person.

Wizard Top 100 Trades of All Time

Posted by John Klein III on October 11, 2013
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I am tired of not being able to find this list without it being cluttered with a bunch of pictures or not cited correctly.  I had to break out my own issue and everything.  I own all 100 of these.  They take up five paperboxes.  One of these days, I would love to get a small bookself and display them again.  Hopefully soon.

1. Maus : A Survivor’s Tale

2. Watchmen

3. Batman : The Dark Returns

4. Sandman Vol 4 : Season of Mists

5. Ultimate Spider-Man HC Vol. 1

6. Batman : Year One

7. Daredevil : Born Again

8. Marvels

9. Superman : Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?

10. X-Men : The Dark Phoenix Saga

11. The Golden Age

12. X-Men : Days of Future Past

13. Swamp Thing Vol 1 : Saga of the Swamp Thing

14. Miracleman Vol 3 : Olympus

15. The New Teen Titans : The Judas Contract

16. Top 10 Book 1

17. Magnus, Robot Fighter : Steel Nation

18. Daredevil Visionaries : Frank Miller Vol. 2

19. Hawkworld

20. Preacher Vol. 3 : Proud Americans

21. The Books of Magic

22. Squadron Supreme

23. Superman For All Season

24. Death : The High Cost of Living

25. Fanastic Four : The Trial of Galactus

26. Solar, Man of the Atom : Alpha and Omega

27. Sin City : That Yellow Bastard

28. Spider-Man : Nothing Can Stop the Juggernaut

29. Daredevil : Yellow

30. Astro City Vol 3 : Confessions

31. Torso

32. Bone Vol 2 : The Great Cow Race

33. League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

34. 300

35. Pedro and Me

36. Sin City : A Dame to Kill For

37. Planetary Vol. 2 : The Fourth Man

38. Neil Gaiman’s Midnight Days

39. Banner

40. Kingdom Come

41. Akira Vol. 1

42. 100 Bullets Vol. 3 : Hang Up on the Down Low

43. Fantastic Four Visionaries : John Byrne Vol 1

44. Usagi Yojimbo Book 6

45. X-Men : E for Extinction

46. Hellblazer : Hard Time

47. Thor Visionaries : Walt Simonson Vol 1

48. Hellboy : The Chained Coffin and Others

49. Stormwatch Vol 4 : A Finer World

50. The Power of Iron Man

51. The Authority Vol 2 : Under New Management

52. Box Office Poison

53. Hellblazer : Dangerous Habits

54. Animal Man

55. Strangers in Paradise Vol 2 : I Dream of You

56. Legion of Super-Heroes : The Great Darkness Saga

57. Dr. Strange / Dr. Doom : Triumph and Torment

58. JLA : New World Order

59. Earth X

60. Infinity Gauntlet

61. Justice League : A New Beginning

62. X-Force : A New Beginning

63. Jinx : The Definitive Collection

64. X-Men : God Loves, Man Kills

65. Silver Surfer : The Rebirth of Thanos

66. Avengers : Under Siege

67. Daredevil : The Man Without Fear

68. Captain America : War and Remembrance

69. Wolverine

70. Fortune and Glory

71. Goldfish

72. Powers Vol.1 : Who killed Retro Girl?

73. Punisher : Circle of Blood

74. Whiteout

75. Doom Patrol : Crawling from the Wreckage

76. Batman : Then Long Halloween

77. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Collected Book Vol.1

78. JLA : Earth 2

79. Avengers : Ultron Unlimited

80. Crisis of the Infinite Earths

81. Obergeist : Director’s Cut

82. Green Lantern : Emerald Dawn

83. Batman / Huntress : Cry for Blood

84. The Coffin

85: Nightwing Vol 4

86. Batman : Dark Victory

87. Ultimate X-Men Vol 1 : The Tomorrow People

88. Incredible Hulk : Ground Zero

89. Batman : Arkham Asylum

90. American Flagg Vol 1 : Hard Times

91. Wolverine : Blood Debt

92. Cerebus Vol 2 : High Society

93. The Adventures of Tony Millionaire’s Sock Monkey

94. Batman : Haunted History

95. X-Men : From the Ashes

96. The Complete Concrete

97. Spider-Man vs Venom

98. Batman : Red Rain

99. The Red Star

100. Batman : Faces

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I thought I might as well give this issue a review while I had it opened.

This is by far, my most read and cherished issue of Wizard.

This issue is now 11 years old.

From the cover, look Ben Affleck is Daredevil!  That turns out okay, once the Director’s Cut comes out.

There is an article for Marvel’s Truth, wherein we find out Steve Rogers was not the first Super Soldier.

In the Buzz Bin, Hasbro and Marvel were in talks to do a GI Joe / X-Men crossover.  That would have been cool.

Robert Kanigher passed away.

JLA : Obsidian Age was upcoming, Aquaman was coming back from the dead.

Y the Last Man was coming out soon.

Terry Moore’s run on Birds of Prey is going to be shorter than we thought.  Just three amazing issues.

Marvel Legends toy line first starts.

John Romita Jr. raises the most money for his two year old niece, Jordan Atherton, more than $25,000 the weekend after the first Spider-Man film came out.

http://www.heroesforjordan.org/

Hopefully she is still with us.

Romita Jr. broke a Guinness World Record for longest continuous cartooning, 51 hours, 26 minutes.

Wizard had Elektra fight Scarlet, Scarlet wins as she fights super ninjas all day.

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen II was being promoted.

Phil Noto gets a sketchbook feature.

Axel Alonso was given a feature for best editor, and now he is one of Marvel’s top editors.

There is a top samurai titles to check out, Usagi Yojimbo made the list.

Andromeda was just coming to DVD, and VHS!  I have a hard time remembering how VHS was sold in stores, it must have taken up so much shelf space.

Then on page 62, the Top 100 Trade Paperbacks of All Time begins.

I think I had already own 40 of them, so I figured it would not be so hard to get the rest.

Hey, there is an ad for new writer, Chuck Austen coming to Uncanny X-Men.

Ultimate titles : Ultimates 8, Spider-Man 25, X-Men 21.  21 is Kitty’s first appearance.

Wizard casts the Wolverine Origins movie, the mini had came out.

None of the cast makes it.  Anthony Hopkins does make it to Thor, and Michael Chiklis gets Fantastic Four.

Men in Black 2 was gearing up.

Birds of Prey was set to premiere.

Guillermo del Toro annouces instead of Blade 3, he is going to make Hellboy.

CrossGen’s Sigil and Saurians art optioned for film and games, neither happens.

Basic Training with Tom Raney and Scott Hanna.

Comic Wars, a truly good book, was published.  Everything you want to know about the Marvel Bankruptcy.

I did buy that Art Asylum’s Carnage bust.

Video games, none looked good, and I am not sure how many actually came out on GameCube, PS2, and Xbox.  Aquaman, Batman : Dark Tomorrow, Blade 2, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Daredevil, Justice League : Injustice for All, two Superman games – Man of Steel and Shadow of Apokolips.  X-Men also had two games, Next Dimension and Wolverine’s Revenge.

All had demos at E3, along with Kingdom Hearts and Metroid Prime.

Wizard World Chicago 2002 July 5, 6 & 7 somehow got the trinity : Stan Lee, Michael Rosenbaum and Al Snow.

Comic Picks : Bendis’ Alias, JMS’ Amazing Spider-Man, Bendis’ Daredevil, Johns’ Flash, Morrison’s New X-Men, Smith’s Spider-Man / Black Cat 2 of 4.

Throughout the Price Guide, there are great items to bring with you to Conventions.  Bottled Water, Sketchbook and Supplies, Empty Suitcase, Medicine, Poster Tubes, Deodorant, Footpads, Pillow and Playing Cards, Checklist and Snacks.

Peter David and Wizard, those two got along wonderfully.

Checklist for Kevin Smith’s comics and DVDs, Jay and Silent Bob Strikes Back came out the year prior.

Checklist also for JMS.

Interview with Yancy Butler, TV’s Witchblade.

I saw the back cover so much, promoting Escaflowne the movie, I had to watch it.  One will wake it, One will destroy it.  Sounded so cool, but I could barely make it past twenty minutes.  Should try again, there was a TV series too.