We begin a Magik arc, so I guess I’m still on for the rest of this series. I’m all for a series getting extra issues, if those are going to be focus on Magik. I guess I might as well follow Ultimate Endgame until the end, they’re definitely building toward something in issue 4.
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Issue opens with a young Illyana Rasputin (no a).
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She has only ever feared one man, a true monster. A thing that welcomed her into Limbo.
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The character is definitely super gray, with a red cloth for an outfit. Could just be a gray Belasco, but he has both arms, but I’ll miss the pink, there isn’t that many pink characters, and especially pink male characters.
Wolverine and a Sentinel are taking care of Jean Grey. She’s hurt, and needs medicine, so Logan is sent to get some. He comes across Ursa Major, the bear Canadian, eating Crimson Dynamo. They are in EuRussia. Logan has to kill Ursa Major, who is of course a simple beast who was experimented on.
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He gets the medicine, but sees that someone on the wall BRING THEM HOME ILLYANA RASUTPIN. I didn’t recognize any of the characters, but the arc is called, “The Search for Illyana Rasputin” so I’m all in.
Magik was named in the solicitations, which I appreciate as that means I can order a comic as it is released, instead of adding it to my far too big Wishlist.
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Magik only appears on one page, but it is a fun page where she is teaming up with the Hulk to fight Angela.
This comic is all about Luna Snow, trying to get to a gig in K’un-Lun, where Iron Fist gets his powers. She wasn’t given the exact location, and is trying to best to get there.
We get a fun moment where she is taken back by how tall Angela is. She gets to one bar, where Winter Soldier and Namor are fighting, but she calms them down with a war bond theme. Apparently, she is very old, as Peni Parker says later that her grandmother was a huge Luna Snow fan, and this is only the second comic I’ve read with her, so I’m not familiar with her backstory. I play Marvel Rivals, not too much, so I’m not sure if I’ve even seen her in the game. I do like how hectic that game is, and how much this comic matches that energy.
To get directions, maybe, to the actual location, she has to do a drink off with Logan. Which I like the rules being “first one to finish” as if it is first one to fall, that isn’t fair. She freezes his hand, and does her best to finish her drink. She wins, but the guy didn’t think she was going to win, so this was fruitless.
Cloak & Dagger agree to help the actual bar out, but Cloak gets his Lane and Avenue confuse, and sends her to where Doctor Doom is. This turns out to be a Doombot, and if she lets him be her backup singer, he’ll tell her where it is. She agrees, and turns out, the dragons burn the place down, so she goes back to the bar Winter Soldier, Namor, and Logan are, and has a blast.
Before that, we are introduced to Mark, the Cave Squid, as opposed to Jeff, the Land Shark, so that’s fun. Daredevil is there too, he’s never been a lawyer, and his mission is to vanquish all wars, and he got his powers from a dragon, Yinglong. So I’m not familiar at all with the lore of Marvel Rivals, besides the Rogue & Gambit marriage, as I played that season. Apparently, all of the mutants are in a different dimension, and that is why we don’t have many of them in the game. I was told that by reddit.
Paul Allor wrote a fun story, and the art is great, Michael Shelfer & Eric Gapstur. Dee Cunniffe is the color artist, and VC’s Joe Sabino is the letterer.
All I really want from a solo Logan title is to be a team up book with characters I enjoy, and I’m a sucker for Silver Sable, that’s the 90s Spider-Man fan in me. I would had loved an Uncanny Spider-Man reference, as we must NOT forget Uncanny Spider-Man. I just learned last week that Funko made an Uncanny Spider-Man Pop, and I think about it every day. Silver Sable is a lady who stays on task, and I don’t see her asking Logan about Kurt. Though, that would have been fun.
I kept noticing Jesus Aburtov’s coloring this issue, and really liking it. Really highlights Martin Coccolo’s art.
Logan runs out of gas, and comes across a not so abandoned town. Two mutants, and I love so much that they took the time to give themselves code names, that’s just so cute.
They do a decent job of alerting Logan that they are there, but it is Silver Sable who gives him pause. She tranqs him, giving him a bit of a buzz.
Her “are you high?” panel is a delight.
Some military goons show up, and I like how they had a mission statement to just show up, make sure no one was too dangerous, and leave, but then Logan showed up, spanked them, and now it is a whole thing.
Metha, who is in charge of some Department H division, is done with Logan’s nonsense, and calls in Alpha Flight, as the issue ends. We get a classic line up of Vindicator, Puck, Snowbird, and maybe Mera, a green lady with big ol bat wings.
Future Scott swaps minds with Present Day Scott. He does optic blast Doug, BUT! Doesn’t even cause him a concussion. He figures out pretty quickly that Future Beast didn’t swap with him. I guess the plan was that Future Beast was supposed to deliver the death blow? Seems not like Cyclops to train for X years, just to fail at this crucial moment. I do like how he had a plan to attack the X-Men, and he succeeds at that rather well. He takes out Quentin Quire first, then Psylocke, who he was most concern about.
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He dodges Juggernaut, realizes how he must succeed, optic blasts Magik, takes her soulsword, rude!,
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He knocks down Glob Herman, and Beast tackles Future Scott.
In prison, and I like how this was teased in Age of Revelation Finale, so we think this is the end of the story, Future Scott is in The Brig. He explains the situation, but no one wants to kill Doug, as there must be a better way.
I really love that Doug and Bei the Blood Moon are creating their own sign language, that’s very cute. Oya reminds Doug of her time on Krakoa, which I appreciate that we haven’t forgotten she was a prisoner during that time.
Future Scott breaks out, and chats with Magneto, who sticks to his story that he is powerless, so which is it? Is he faking it? Is Age of Revelation already a splintered timeline that will be shredded from memory?
Psylocke shows up, and Future Scott is back in The Brig. Doug goes to talk to him, and dumb Future Scott just tells Doug how he’s going to take over the world by simply telling people to obey him, and geez Scott, just give him the directions to rule? This isn’t the Scott I know, which of all of the AoR characters, he is the one character we don’t know.
Issue ends with Doug, Bei, and Warlock simply leaving.
I like how Magik clearly had the thought that she wasn’t going to fight Scott, and after his attack, she grabs her soulsword, and leaves the issue. My head cannon is that she got attacked by him, and decided to go hang out with her brother, Colossus.
I also really like how this issue doesn’t try to sell you on the Age of Revelation crossover. There’s not even an editor box to tell you to read the crossover. Are you interested in where this Future Scott is from? Go check out Age of Revelation. He’s simply a Cyclops from the FUTURE! If you are interested, you can look it up. That is very new reader friendly.
Follow along as I see which films I’m looking forward to seeing in 2026!
January
I didn’t know there was a Greenland 1!
Primate, saw the trailer before Regretting You, and we want to see this.
Gus Van Sant is still making movies with Dead Man’s Wire.
28 Years Later The Bone Temple, I heard 28 Years Later felt like it was setting up a side-quel, and here we are. I still need to watch 28 Years Later.
The Rip has Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, so that should be fun. I still haven’t seen Air or Last Duel, so I need to get on that.
Night Patrol is Justin Long’s horror movie of the year.
Signing Tom Raymond has Mira Sorvino.
Mercy’s trailer with Chris Pratt looks interesting. Probably wait until it is streaming.
Return to Silent Hill, the third movie in the franchise! I didn’t even know there was two previous ones.
Send Help, directed by Sam Raimi, and starring Rachel McAdams, sounds super interesting.
February
Solo Mio is a Kevin James vehicle, BUT! it has Alyson Hannigan and Kim Coates, so I’m at least curious about it.
Wuthering Heights, with Margot Robbie, looks very spicy.
Goat, the Sony Animated movie, the trailer doesn’t interest me, and I’ve seen it a lot.
Crime 101 looks like the year’s first big film. Huge cast – Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Halle Berry.
I Can Only Imagine 2, we saw this trailer recently, and had no idea there was a first movie.
Scream 7, yes please! First movie we will be watching in the theaters for sure.
March
Hoppers, an animated movie with a plot very similar to Avatar, but this one looks like something to actually watch. Fun voice cast – Bobby Moynihan, Jon Hamm, and Demetri Martin.
The Bride!, I saw the trailer and been anticipating this movie, and now I’m realizing it isn’t a December film. Strangely, been seeing a lot of trailers for March films in November. Maggie Gyllenhall wrote and directed this Bride of Frankenstein reimagining. Great cast – Christian Bale, Peter Sarsgaard, Annette Bening, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Penelope Cruz.
Reminders of Him, my wife is a huge Colleen Hoover fan, so we’ll be watching this. Regretting You was such a good movie.
The Breadwinner should be great, written and starring Nate Bargatze, with Mandy Moore, Wille Forte, Colin Jost, and Kumail Nanjiani.
Project Hail Mary with Ryan Gosling, the trailer had us asking questions, so we’ll probably watch this at some point.
Whitney Springs, a musical comedy from Trey Parker, I’m listening.
Pout Pout Fish, proving they’ll eventually make any popular children’s book into an animated movie. Good voice cast – Nick Offerman, Jordin Sparks (yes, that one), and Amy Sedaris.
The Dog Stars, directed by Ridley Scott, with a good cast – Margaret Qualley, Josh Brolin, Guy Pearce, and Benedict Wong.
They Will Kill You, a horror movie with both Heather Graham and Patricia Arquette.
April
Super Mario Galaxy Movie, hopefully with more Luigi, BUT! We’re getting Rosalina and Bowser Junior, so this is already a winner. We’ll definitely be watching it in theaters. Ideally, we’ll be Luigi, Rosalina, and Mario for Halloween 2026 as well.
The Drama, an A24 film, starring Zendaya, Robert Pattinson, and Alana Haim.
Ready or Not 2 : Here I Come, reminds me that I always wanted to see the first one. Sama Weaving is back, and joining her is Kathryn Newton, Kevin Durand, Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Elijah Wood.
The Mummy, shame we don’t get more Invisible Man movies.
Michael, the Michael Jackson biopic. I like how his nephew is portraying him, that’s nice. I wonder how far into his life this movie goes?
May
Devil Wears Prada 2, feels like this was rumored for years, and now it is happening. First one came out in 2006. Most of the cast is back, and Rachel Bloom joins too!
Deep Water, a horror disaster movie has Aaron Eckhart back in movies (or in a movie on my radar finally), and Ben Kingsley.
Mortal Kombat II, I liked the first one. Hopefully more Sub Zero in this one, if that’s even possible. Did he die in the first one? I have to rewatch it.
The Sheep Detectives looks to be the second big film of the year. What a cast – Hugh Jackman, Emma Thompson, Bryan Cranston, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Regina Hall, AND PStew himself, Patrick Stewart. I believe he’s retiring in 2026 as well. He deserves a nice retirement.
Is God Is, with Vivica A. Fox and Sterling K. Brown. Nice to see the That Was Us podcasters working this year.
Poetic License, directed by Maude Apatow, and starring Leslie Mann, and Method Man.
Obsession, a horror film, a lot of those, this one has Andy Richter in it.
The Mandalorian and Grogu, John Favreau directing, so we might watch this in the theater, but we still haven’t watched season three. Dave Filoni wrote it. Pedro Pascal is of course back for it. Also starring – Sigourney Weaver (imagine?!), and Jeremy Allen White.
I Love Boosters, starring – Demi Moore, Keke Palmer, and Will Poulter.
June
Masters of the Universe, I still don’t love how it takes place on Earth, but that’s the rule apparently. Not sure if we’ll watch this in the theater. I keep forgetting Alison Brie is in this.
Animal Friends, a live action animated film, so I’m not exactly sure how that is going to work. Great cast though – Ryan Reynolds, Jason Momoa, Vince Vaughn, Eric Andre, Daniel Levy, and Aubrey Plaza.
Power Ballad, another comedy musical, and I’m here for it. Stars – Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas.
Steven Spielberg has an untitled film, which seems weird that they’ll have to test out titles this late into his career. It will be a science fiction movie. Great cast – Emily Blunt, Wyatt Russel, and Colin Firth.
Scary Movie 6, probably watch it once it is streaming, but I like how they got so many people back for this! Anna Faris, Regina Hall, Damon Wayans, Kim Waynes, and Chris Elliot, with Heidi Garner, and Cheri Oteri.
Toy Story 5, ugh, hopefully better than 4, right? Hopefully they end it right to avoid needing a sixth movie. Voice cast – Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Ernie Hudson, Tony Hale, Conan O’Brien (that’s right, I’ve heard 5 was coming because Conan was talking about it), and Anna Faris having quite the year.
Supergirl! I am very excited for this! Milly Alcock should be great, and we still don’t know who Jason Momoa is going to be, right? Lobo is the current theory.
July
Minions 3, and I believe Walker D is out of the minions business, but who knows.
Young Washington, the adventures of the first American President, but when he was young. Mary-Louise Parker being in this makes me very interested. Andy Serkis and Ben Kingsley (who is also having quite the year), also stars.
Moana, a live action remake of a beloved Disney animated movie, with Dwayne Johnson back as Maui.
The Odyssey, we’ll probably watch this in the theater, it seems epic enough to warrant it. Written and directed by Christopher Nolan. Starring a top notch cast – Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Zendaya (didn’t know she was in this), Lupita Nyong’o, Robert Pattinson, CHarlize Theron, Jon Bernthal, John Leguizamo (Johnny Legs!), AND Elliot Page (whoa!!!).
Cut Off, starring, co-written, and directed by Jonah Hill. Also stars – Kristen Wiig, Bette Midler, and Natha Lane.
Evil Dead Burn, apparently the Evil Dead franchise kept going?!
Spider-Man : Brand New Day, here we go! The first of the college trilogy. I have a massive three month plan for the podcast to build up to this movie! What a cast! Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Sadie Sink (still don’t know who she is playing. Black Cat, maybe? finally?), Jon Bernthal (Punisher!), Mark Ruffalo (I thought it was a rumor, but Hulk!). Going to be great!
August
One Night Only, a sex comedy, which I can’t remember the last one of these there was. Supporting cast of Molly Ringwald and leVa Burton, so that’s very interesting.
Flowervalle Street sounds interesting, great cast – Anne Hathaway (having a super great year), Ewan and McGregor.
Coyote vs Acme, apparently it took a lot of work to get this movie out of the vault, so maybe a chance of Batgirl (I doubt it). Great cast with Will Forte, and John Cena.
Cliffhanger, Wikipedia is referring to it as a reboot, and not a remake, so that’s interesting. Good cast with Lily James and Pierce Brosnan
September
How to Rob a Bank, sounds fun (but don’t do it!), cast – Nicholas Hoult, Zoe Kravitz, John C. Reilly, and Christian Slater.
Clayface, so we’re getting two DC films this year! That is fun. I keep seeing headlines for the movie, but it still doesn’t feel real that we’re getting a Clayface movie.
Resident Evil is rebooting yet again.
Practical Magik 2, another headline film that I didn’t believe was actually being made. Of course, Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman are returning for it. Joining the cast is – Joey King, Xolo Mariduena, Maisie Williams, Lee Pace, Stockard Channing, and Dianne Wiest.
October
Verity, another Colleen Hoover novel is being adapted. Michael Showalter is directing, and it is a thriller, but I can only imagine the set was a fun time. Cast – Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson, and Josh Harnett.
The Social Reckoning, which is the name I thought my favorite film podcast, What Are You Watching? with Alex and best man, Nick, were calling it. I’ll probably watch it once it streams.
Street Fighter, which I haven’t been tracking, but once VUDU has the original movie at five dollars, I’ll get more excited. I’m just here for the Guile scenes.
November
Cat in the Hat, a movie I lose more interest in the more we see the trailer.
Archangel, I wish it was Marvel’s Archangel. Casting Jim Caviezel is pretty clever.
The Hunger Games : Sunrise on the Reaping, we’ll definitely be watching this in the theater as my wife is a huge fan of the franchise, and really liked the novel. Huge cast – Mckenna Grace, Jesse Plemons, Maya Hawke, Iris Apatow, Elle Fanning, Kieran Culkin, Glenn Close, and Ralph Fiennes.
Focker-in-Law, a franchise I have yet to watch any films of, but I like Skyler Gisondo playing Ben Stiller’s son again, that’s fun casting.
Narnia : The Magician’s Nephew, I like Greta Gerwig getting to relaunch the Narnia franchise. Be nice if we get more than just three films of it. Good cast – Daniel Craig, Meryl Streep, and Carey Mulligan.
December
Violent Night 2, the first one was a lot of fun, but do we want to live in a world where every four years, Santa has yet another violent night? I guess four years is long enough. I do like the idea he is having grand adventures, but I suppose he always has. Cast – David Harbour (of course), Kristen Bell, and Joe Pantoliano (Joey Pants!).
We’re getting another Jumanji movie, and everyone is back. We have yet to watch one of these in theaters.
Avengers : Doomsday. Here we go. My plan will be to take the day off, and watch it the morning it comes out. We should do the same for Spider-Man : Brand New Day. I just don’t want to get spoiled on anything. Plus, be something to look forward to. Not like I’ll have to convince anyone, but saying it is a continuation of Walker D’s birthday celebration, should be an easy sell.
Dune : Part Three, probably market it as Dun3, right? I’ve only gotten 30 minutes into the first one, and keep falling asleep.
Angry Birds 3, 2016 and 2019 was when the other two movies comes out, and that seems like a new audience every time. Which is the problem the Trolls movies have too. Those are at least good to watch, but Walker D keeps getting older, and it becomes a harder sell to get him re-interested.
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So that’s 2026 in film!
No Fall 2? They must be finding the right weekend. We love the first movie, so we’ll watch that whenever it comes out.
So, the movies we’ll definitely be watching in theaters :
February 27 – Scream 7
March 13 – Reminders of Him
April 3 – The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
June 26 – Supergirl (probably not opening weekend, as it is a day after my wife’s birthday, and she’s burned out on superhero movies
July 31 – Spider-Man : Brand New Day
September 11 – Clayface
October 2 – Verity
November 20 – The Hunger Games : Sunrise on the Reaping
Like Batman / Deadpool, there really isn’t a cover that I’m loving, but I’ll probably get the Power Girl and Black Cat cover. Walker D wants the David Nakayama cover.
Wonder Man 1, is a hard pass for me. Written by Gerry Duggan, so it should be good.
Daredevil 1, with Stephanie Phillips? Should be great! I love so much the corner box is back.
Sentry 1, another hard pass. I do like Paul Jenkins back with the character.
Avengers 36, I do like Storm and Captain Britain, the boy one, being on the cover.
Alias : Red Band 1, written by Sam Humphries, sounds interesting.
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I’m already getting both of the Stefano Caselli connecting covers. Also, if you want it through DCBS, you have to preorder it now. Still no Kitty Pryde in any of these solicitations, which I find worrying.
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Ashley Allen writing even more Moonstar?! Yes, please! We’re missing one variant cover, and I was hoping Magik would be on one of them, but I’ll go with the Su cover, of her reading Daredevil 1, that’s fun.
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Generation X-23 2, I need more of a hook for this series, but it does sound like a blast.
Cyclops 2, sounds good too, Scott vs the Reavers.
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I still want a pure Magik variant cover, like the Colossus shown one, but the main cover looks good.
I just love Ashley Allen having two monthly titles.
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Storm : Earth’s Mightiest Mutant 2, with Marvel Rival’s Galacta’s first canon appearance!
Uncanny X-Men 25, vs The Legion of Monsters, sounds like a lot of fun.
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I really wish X-MEN wasn’t shipping twice. Magik is on the main cover to 26, and hopefully is on one of the variants for 27.
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Wolverine 17, now with Silver Sable, who I really like. Be nice if this was one of the issues Nightcrawler shows up in. We must never forget Uncanny Spider-Man!
Ultimate Wolverine 15, I’m tempted to stop preordering this. Ultimate Sprite is dead, and Magik is around? Maybe? I’m sure I can add it to my wishlist later. Two variant covers, so I’ll see if Sprite is on one of them, or Magik.
Ultimate Endgame 4, some heroes will fall, some villains will rise, penultimate issue. Tempted to not preorder this as well. Four variants, so maybe I’ll check for Magik covers?
Ultimates 22, so Bucky is Red Skull? That’s a hard pass for me.
Godzilla Infinity Roar 2, I do like Godzilla chocking out Galactus, that’s a cool cover. I see Fantastic Four will be in this, so maybe Magik will appear? I’ll have to check the covers.
Imperial Guardians 1, my pal Greg, will love Darkhawk being on a major team again. I like Captain Marvel being here as well. And Gamora?!
X-Men Annual 1, so this will be Volume 7 Annual 1? Fandom will have to determine that. I like Ryan Stegman becoming a writer. Three unseen variant covers, so I’ll have to see who appears on those.
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Iceman Omega 1, printing the very fun Luciano Vecchio Iceman Infinity comic, that Magik appears in one panel for, and Kate Pryde is mentioned. So, I’ll be buying this. Also, hopefully this means Lovable Lockheed is close to seeing print.
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Hulk : Smash Everything 4, he goes up against the mightiest heroes, so probably just the Avengers? Or could it be everybody? Issue 1 was okay.
Sorcerer Supreme 4, so they quit putting Magik on these covers, so I’m out. Odd they haven’t rebranded this series to be : Scarlet Witch : Sorcerer Supreme, probably would sell more copies.
Black Cat 8, I do like her teaming up with Venom Mary Jane. That sounds fun.
Phoenix : The Untold Story, is getting facsimiled. Such a good comic.
Planet of the Apes vs Fantastic Four 2, one of these days, the X-Men will be part of these crossovers, and Marvel is going to take so much of my money.
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Comics Giveaway Day 2026 : Armageddon / X-Men 1, odd they are putting a May title in the March solicits. I wonder if I can actually preorder this from DCBS, or do I have to go to Kelly’s Comics in Great Falls? Apparently, Free Comic Book Day, is a copyrighted name, and due to the bankruptcies, two different companies have a right to the name, and they haven’t sorted that out yet, so the industry has to go with : Comics Giveaway Day, which doesn’t have the same ring to it.
It does appear that Marvel has found a way for me to get hyped for Armageddon, by placing it in the X-Men issue. Doom is apparently coming back already?! I guess in time for Doomsday.
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Ultimate X-Men Omnibus V4, if I had omnibus money, even at half off, I would want this! Neither of these covers, but I love this run of Ultimate X-Men so much! Ultimate Shadowcat really becoming one of the key pillars of the Ultimate Universe (well, the first one).
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ooof, none of these Age of Revelation trades sound appealing. Very much a Costco bulk situation, where you get two of what you want, and a third of something you really don’t want.
But I guess they couldn’t put Unbreakable X-Men, Binary, Omega Kids, Book of Revelation, and Expatriate X-Men into one trade as no one would buy the other ones. 😀
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Okay, so my March list is :
Superman / Spider-Man, two covers
X-Men United 1, two covers (already preordered)
Moonstar 1, the Su variant
Magik Colossus 2, keep checking the variants
X-Men 26, main cover
X-Men 27, check for variants
Iceman Omega, either cover, should get the Vecchio cover, as he wrote and drew the comic
See if I can preorder the Comics Giveaway Day 2026 Armageddon / X-Men cover, if not, I’m going to Kelly’s Comics for the event. Get two copies, unless I can get Walker D to come with me.
Check for variant covers for : Ultimate Wolverine 14, Ultimate Endgame 4, X-Men Annual 1, and Godzilla Infinity Roar 2.
Seven comics, not too bad. Thankfully X-Men United is technically on another ship cycle, so I’m saving a few dollars there.
What are you interested in buying in March, dear reader?
I love Stephanie Phillips’ Daredevil 1 leading the solicitations. Just in time for Daredevil Season 2.
I’m not sure why, but I am dreading Chip Zdarsky’s Armageddon. Probably because the X-Men titles are all ending around when it starts, so what is going to happen?
Wolverine : Weapons of Armageddon 1, like One World Under Doom, I’m going to see how long I can avoid the crossover until I need to pay attention to it.
Punisher 1, by Benjamin Percy, just makes sense.
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Makes sense they wouldn’t put too much time between the next Godzilla crossover. Magik was pretty involved in the conclusion, so I’ll get the first issue to see if that continues.
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It’s Jeff Meets Daredevil, such a cute idea. Daredevil really having a moment early 2026, which makes sense. I’ll be curious to see which digital comics get printed. I believe we are all caught up with Lockheed appearances.
Marc Spector : Moon Knight 1, another classic relaunch where you keep the same writer.
Black Panther Anniversary Special, I like that there is a Storm story by Murewa Ayodele.
Ultimates 21, Luke Cage and the New Avengers vs Maker’s Council, which should include Magik, but we’ve seen her as a prisoner on Ultimate Endgame 3, so I’m not sure. Plus, Ultimate Sprite is dead, so I don’t know.
Ultimate X-Men 24, the last issue, what a ride this has been! Going to make for a great omnibus.
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Well, if you are going to write that Magik will be appearing, then I’ll buy it, it really is all I ask of a solictiation.
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Magik is on the cover of Ultimate Endgame 3, so I’ll be there.
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Cyclops 1, writer Alex Paknadel, has been making it known that this is super new reader friendly, so I like that.
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I’m on board for Magik & Colossus 1! I love Ashley Allen, and German Peralta. If there are any solo Magik variant covers, those are the ones I want. But I am looking forward to giving Colossus the much needed restart that he needs.
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Generation X-23 1, is a title I simply adore.
Storm : Earth’s Mightiest Mutant 1, addresses my main complaint about the previous volume, that it was too cosmic. Now she’s back on Earth, and going to a funeral. Which I’m super worried about, as Kitty Pryde hasn’t been shown to be anywhere. Would Marvel let Murewa Ayodele kill Kitty in a Storm solo series?!
Wade Wilson : Deadpool 1, written by Benjamin Percy, so we have to get a crossover at some point, right?
Uncanny X-Men 23, hopefully it isn’t Calico who is being captured!
Uncanny X-Men 24, hopefully Jubilee isn’t going to become a vampire, again.
Wolverine 15, with Alpha Flight, that’s cool!
Wolverine 16, with Alpha Flight AND Silver Sable! Hopefully Nightcrawler is here too, I love those two together. Never forget Uncanny Spider-Man!
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I need that cover with Magik on it! Six variant covers, so she’s probably on a few of these. I’m surprise they are not showing off the Vecchico variant. Is that one Magik? Not double shipping, I love that.
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Dungeons of Doom 2, also written by Benjamin Percy, references a mutant that Charles Xavier knew had to be kept secret. That guy is a real jerk.
Spider-Man & Wolverine 10, Logan reunites with a Mariko.
X-Men of Apocalypse 4, with Carol Danvers! and Rogue, uh oh!
The End 2099 3, I feel like I’m ready to just eBay whichever issues I need. Though I like the idea of House of M Wanda vs Post-Dark Phoenix Jean Grey.
Planet of the Apes / Fantastic Four 1, sounds like a lot of fun.
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I thought January felt like a light month, but maybe 2026 is going to be kind to my wallet!
I’ll be buying :
Godzilla Infinity Roar 1
Ultimate Wolverine 14
Ultimate Endgame 3
Magik & Colossus 1
X-Men 25
5 comics, so maybe I can get a few Magik variants for both her mini, and X-Men. That’ll be nice.
Shadow and Flame with Magik 