I own this :
and it came with Lockheed!
Look how cute they look! I wish they would make more of these with Kitty!
Writer Jonathan Maberry
Artist Laurence Campbell
Color Art Lee Loughridge
Letters Dave Sharpe
Cover Dated August 2011
I bought Marvel Universe v Wolverine 1 for Christmas, as I’m sure either Marvel Database or comicbookdb stated Kitty was in the issue but now, either claim that she is. I’ve debated it as Wolverine clearly kills brunette that really angers Colossus. The costume is wrong and she is never named, and I’m sure if Wolverine killed anyone in front of Colossus, he would get mad. What really decided it for me, is that Wolverine claims he killed all of the X-Men BUT in Marvel Universe v Avengers 1, Kitty Pryde shows up there. She can’t be killed in one and appear in the other so I’m putting this issue on the sell stack to Lonestar Comics – which I’m hoping to do one of these days soon.
I wish I knew who he killed though, as I’m sure the writer meant it to be a brunette X-Man and there really isn’t that many of them but none wear like an all black outfit with yellow gloves. It has to be Kitty but the characters are cannibals in this universe and not zombies so dead must mean dead. Marvel Universe vs Wolverine / Punisher / Avengers, are all written by Jonathan Maberry, so he must have been keeping track of which characters are dead and which ones had made appearances.
Kitty’s appearance in Marvel Universe vs Avengers 1 is on my wishlist, I’ll have to buy that one day and see if any of these dead X-Men are on that list, as that would settle it. Though I don’t know, Cyclops is shown to be dead in vs Wolverine 1 but Marvel Database states that he dies in vs Avengers 1.
Now I’m not sure again. So I’m just including it has, it has to be Kitty. What do you think?
Whatever X-Man is a brunette woman with a dark blue outfit and yellow gloves? It has to be Kitty, I’m sure of it.
I do like the reference to how Wolverine has been to Hell and back, literally and this is much worst.
Colossus freaks out and start wailing on Wolverine. Wolverine ends the fight with three claws into Colossus’ head through the throat.
Five weeks ago. Wolverine and Colossus are trying to enjoy a hockey game. Suddenly, Spider-Man and Rhino come crashing into the arena. I like how the announcing duo recognizes Spider-Man but not Rhino, that seems realistic. Can people in the Marvel Universe keep track of all of the costumed villains, or do they blend together? One of them does recognize Rhino. To make matters worst, Spider-Man starts chewing Rhino’s face. I like Wolverine’s narration, yesterday was the last normal day.
The Fantastic Four have Spider-Man in a dark cell. Wolverine, being the best hero hunter tracker guy, is enlisted to figure out where Spider-Man has been. Reed is experimenting with Spider-Man’s blood, it has been chemically changed.
Everyone wants to think that this is an isolated situation. One day, in the sewers, Psylocke and Wolverine are trying to get away with some documents in a briefcase. Psylocke gets to the surface first and is eaten. Wolverine feels pretty responsible.
There is a two page ad about all of the different styles the Honda Civic comes in – HF, 44-MPG-City Hybrid, Sedan, Si and Coupe.
One hour later. Reed is also on the scene, Wolverine knows this new threat can fly.
24 hours later. Reed explains away what I’ve been thinking this is. I’ve been thinking that this is a lame way to make two Zombie universes but Reed states that Spider-Man is operating on a primitive level, he is a cannibal. Susan comes in, turns on the television and the news reports that Blob ate 25 people at a restaurant.
Hours later. Wolverine calls Beast, who tries to explain the science aspect of what is happening. Wolverine only wants to know how he can track whoever is responsible. He can sense something similar about the situation. Beast tries to explain that those infected by this plague are also victims but Wolverine considers them dead already.
After talking to Beast, Wolverine hears a domestic disturbance. He tackles the man but turns to see the woman is a cannibal now. He takes care of her and the husband gets to raise his baby in a crazy world.
It is spreading, people are eating flesh all over the place. Wolverine locks children cannibals into a school bus.
An hour later. Hank Pym has joined Reed in researching the plague. They make a point of not calling it, a virus. Wolverine asks how Angel’s research helped. Reed hasn’t received it. Angel should have been there yesterday, Cyclops – on the phone – confirms that Angel did leave yesterday. Cyclops provides a way to track Angel. Which Wolverine does, and sees that Angel is a cannibal – so he ate his ex-girlfriend, Psylocke. Wolverine wastes no time cutting Angel into four pieces – two wings and across the stomach.
Wolverine heads to Utopia and sees that the X-Men have been infected. If that isn’t Kitty in the middle panel (repeated from the first page) could that be her in the second panel? I suspect so!
Issue ends with Wolverine killing all of the X-Men, on Utopia. Colossus, Storm, Pixie and Cyclops and several other X-Men that I can’t identify.
I hope to get Marvel Universe vs Avengers 1, and if if that issue contradicts this issue and maybe then I will get some answers and sell this issue.
This was part of an X-Men Collection pack. Thanks to eBay, I just had to buy the one I wanted.
Art and Words by Michael Wm Kaluta
Designed by Randall Dahlk
Edited by Scott Dunbier
Cover Dated December 2012
In 1985, Kaulta sketched Magik. He references the finished project :
Sorry for not having a better image of the sketch, the sketchbook is pretty large.
That finished product is amazing.
Other sketches include – Man-Thing, Green Hornets, eight pages of Rocketeer, Spider-Man and various covers for Marvel including Fear Itself and Chaos War.
I’m sure when I moved out of my parents house and into our first place with my wife, that I kept the Wolverine action figure with this but the last I saw, I only really kept the Kate Pryde figure.
I’m not that familiar with Marvel Select, does it predate the Marvel Legends toys?
http://www.toyark.com/marvel-select-vs-marvel-legends-20655/
Well looks like one was meant just for the comic book specialty stores (Select) and there is for the mass market (Legends).
Cover Dated June 1983
I own this issue for the Kitty Pryde page of Butch Guice’s portfolio section in the back.
Other characters in the Portfolio – Wolverine, Luke Cage & Iron Fist and Howard the Duck & Beverley. There is also a picture of the Inhuman, Gorgon but I had to look that up, as I couldn’t tell if it was a new take on Hercules or if it was Hogun of Warriors Three. oh, I see the hoof feet now.
The main story of the issue is a Man-Thing comic by JM DeMatteis. There is a Jungle Book side story by Gil Kane, titled – Mowgli’s Brothers – which makes more sense now that Marvel is owned by Disney.
Once Kitty Pryde was announced at the Toy Fair to be part of the next wave of Marvel Universe toys, I went crazy looking for it at Target every other week.
Then I gave up and one day at ShopKo, there it was!
She is the 17th action figure made in the line, that’s pretty impressive!
Cover Dated June 1986
After mistakenly buying Marvel Age 93, I rectify that with buying the issue I initially wanted.
http://uncannyxmen.net/secrets-behind-the-x-men/homesick-colossus
Before the story in Classic X-Men #29 appeared, Marvel Age #39 announced: “The big news this month is the upcoming Colossus Limited Series. Feeling somewhat guilty for not protecting his Soviet homeland, the armored X-Man (accompanied by his younger sister and New Mutant, Illyana) will travel back to his native land for the first time since he joined the X-Men. This odyssey will give Peter the opportunity to question his role in the world, and to wonder whether he is actually accomplishing anything as a super hero. This six issue series is being written by Chris Claremont and pencilled by Rick Leonardi. Watch for it this summer (1986)!”
The Colossus mini-series never appeared, however.
I bought an entire issue just for a Magik reference in a text piece. I know no limits.
Here is the text piece, I would have totally bought that miniseries. Heck, I would buy that now as the Rasputin siblings need to talk again. Unless Mikhail shows up, then forget about it as that guy gave his little sister the Legacy Virus. I’m sure the Michael that Kitty dreamed up in Astonishing X-Men, is named after Piotr’s older brother, which is horrible! Though I think only us readers know about that.
Coming Attractions
March 25
Cloak & Dagger 7
He-Man 2
New Mutants 41
Peter Porker, Spectacular Spider-Man 8
Supreme Squadron 11
West Coast Avengers 10
April 1
Alpha Flight 36
Power Pack 24
Amazing Spider-Man 278
Vision and Scarlet Witch 10
Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition 8
April 8
Marvel Age 40
Avengers 269
X-MEN 207
April 15
Fantastic Four 292
X-Factor 6
Bullpen Birthdays
February 9 Jo Duffy
February 16 Ron Wilson
March 1 Tom Orzechowski
March 6 Al Milgrom
Top Ten
For December 1985
- X-Factor 3
- X-MEN 204
- Alpha Flight 33
- Marvel Universe 5
- Fantastic Four 289
- Avengers 266
- Firestar 2
- West Coast Avengers 7
- Amazing Spider-Man 245
- New Mutants 38
There are letters about how people are guessing who the fifth member of X-Factor are.
Fred Hembeck tries to promote a new Team-Up title, starring Brother Voodoo
Feature promoting Marvel Saga, that quits before the 1980s
Heathcliff spotlight
Marvel Age features part two of 1971
When Wizard was still printing Toyfare, in fact, in their very second issue, they offered an exclusive Kitty Pryde action figure in her classic blue uniform. I knew I must own it and in April 1997, I probably had to ask my mother for the money and she agreed (she’s supportive like that) and a few weeks later this came in!
http://www.comiccollectorlive.com/Index/CoverTitle.aspx?id=fa5e5bf9-10ee-4fcd-8557-80f5dc797a04
For anyone else who may be interested in the other exclusives that they offered.
Can’t believe they started out with Molten Man of all characters.
Writer Marc Sumerak
Penciler Sanford Greene
Inker Victor Olazaba
Colorist Sotocolor’s C. Garcia
Letterer Ed Dukeshire
Cover Dated November 2009
Inside front cover is for Batman Arkahm Asylum, such a good game.
Gamma Base, New Mexico. Not long ago. This story takes place during the events of Hulk 4, 5 and 6, as per Proper Placement Paniccia’s editor note. A harem of Harpies are seeking out the Hulk.
San Francisco. Iceman and Angel are having a cup of coffee and catching up. On the Golden State Bride, Red Hulk punches Hulk off of the bridge as Thor watches on.
Graymalkin Industries. New Headquarters of the X-Men. One Hour later. With how nice Beast is being to Cyclops, this is prior to Utopia, which also makes since as they are not on Utopia.
That’s Kitty on the right side of the page, right? Comicbookdb suspects so, that’s why I bought the issue. The costume is generic enough to be her’s. Above the Cuckoos and below Darwin and whoever that blonde guy is.
Storm is not responsible for the latest thunderstorm. There is a report that a mutant is responsible but Cerebra isn’t detecting the threat. Cyclops is worried about losing the public support of their newly adopted city.
A giant earthquake occurs.
That has to be Kitty, right? Running along with Colossus? comicbookdb states it is her but Marvel Database doesn’t list her, but they don’t list like three other people either. I get that Marvel Database wants to be certain but I am on comicbookdb’s side on this issue.
The X-Men go around and start saving folks. Emma senses rage coming from the Golden State Bridge and Wolverine smells a familiar scent. Cyclops sends Angel and Iceman to investigate. The two of them come across the Hulk. Angel references how the Hulk is an old friend of the X-Men, Past-Tense Paniccia tells us to see the clasic Hulk Annual 7.
Hulk goes back to fighting Red Hulk.
Monument Valley, Arizona. Soon . . . For some odd reason, Angel and Iceman are going to a state over and seeking out the Hulk. They follow some giant foot prints but come across a second pair of foot prints. Angel wants to split up but Iceman doesn’t, he wants to stick together and follow the small of the two sets.
Bruce Banner is walking about the desert and at this point, I feel like there was a crucial page that is missing. The Harpies attack Bruce and he turns into the Hulk. My only experience with the Harpies is that Betty Ross was turned into a Harpy, once.
There is a double page ad for the Honda Insight, so go buy one of those.
The Hulk is taken back to Gamma Base, where he was created. The harpies start attacking him, he sees a vision of Betty and stops. Iceman freezes one of them, Hulk asks if he froze Betty, Bobby says he did before he realizes that he said what he said. So he now has an angry Hulk to deal with.
They try to remind him that they are friendly but silly Iceman hurt ‘Betty.’ Apparently in Hulk Annual 7, they fought robots together, thanks Master Mark. So they use that to describe these Betty robots. Hulk starts ripping harpy faces off.
There is a double page ad for Ultimate Alliance 2, it could have been better.
For those who might need this tip, Angel’s therapist has this to say – physical activity is a healthy way to work out aggression. So take that advice if you are so willing.
Iceman isn’t sure what this desert fight as to do with the city on the bay and I’m not sure what even got them to come here. Cyclops shouted their names, and they said on it. I guess they followed Hulk here but that is a long way to track someone. The two original X-Men get into the fighting harpy battle. One of the harpies slices Iceman into two and Angel loses his mind for a tad and turns into Archangel. Why he wastes time as Angel, is beyond me. I get that he is super aggressive as Archangel but that isn’t too bad. Archangel makes very short work of the harpies.
Hulk mistakes Archangel as a harpy and is about to smash him with a rock. That’s pretty clever, Mr. Sumerak. Angel tells him that the big birdie is deep within him, and he hates it. Hulk can relate as he hates what is inside of him, Puny Banner.
Iceman wonders what happened, Hulk tells him ‘blue man’ saved the day and he assumes the Green Goliath is talking about him. Warren rather not let on that he has a killer instinct within him that is also a personality that gets out. Pretty understandable
Speaking of colors, Hulk tells them that Red Hulk is bad Hulk.
Issue ends with Hulk returning to look for Red Hulk and the two X-Men going back to their new home.
An odd little story, that I’m not sure what the point of it is, except to get the X-Men and Hulk into a comic without messing up either one’s stories.
There is a Savage Hulk v Hulk pin up and an additional story starring Dazzler and Hulk that doesn’t reference X-Men Unlimited 32, which is disappointing.
The final page promotes Incredible Hulk 602, Hulk 15, Son of Hulk 15 and Incredible Hercules 134. So I guess this was Marvel’s way of letting us X-Men know that there are a slew of Hulks and we might find one we like. But like Hulk’s response to Bobby’s comment about how there are more than one Hulk out there, only one matters.
Back cover ad is for the Kia Soul.
