Years of Future Past 5

Posted by John Klein III on April 26, 2016
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Years of Future Past 5

Writer Marguerite Bennett

Artist Mike Norton

Colorist Fco Plascencia

Letterer VC’s Joe Caramagna

Cover Art Adams and Peter Steigerwald

One of the better Secret Wars 2015 series, comes to an end.

The Ruins of New York City.  The issue opens, very intensely, Cameron looms over his sister, Christina.  These two will be at each other’s throats, for the issue.  Cameron wants to kill President Kelly, so that mutants will be even more persecuted and ideally, wiped off the planet.  Christina, being a Pryde, doesn’t want that – at all.

Cameron retells the story, of the tigers and how they outnumbered the humans.  Once they got out of the zoos, they started breeding like cats!  Giant orange cats.  Cameron also reminds us of his kill list – Magneto, Blob and Pyro.  Which is impressive for any one person.

Cameron and Christina have a quick sparing match and he takes off to meet up (and ideally) kill President Kelly.

The Skies Above the National Plaza.  Storm is guiding in Air Force One.  On the ground, is Angel, Colossus, Rachel and Wolverine.  Colossus is completely confused by the misinformation that Rachel is feeding him.  While Angel is checking in on Kelley’s PR goons, Cameron shows up.  Colossus tries to talk to him but Cameron doesn’t respect the guy he was spawn from.

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Cameron takes President Kelly out of his plane.  Before he can make any moves, he hears his sister’s voice.

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Christina has brought reinforcements – Kate Pryde and mother loving Lockheed!  He lives and I am so thrilled!  Glad he didn’t die, in issue three.

Pull out ad has – All New Wolverine and All New X-Men, both I’m sort of interested in.  Next, we have the Guardians of the Galaxy umbrella of titles – Drax, Venom Spaceknights and Star Lord.  I’m tracking Drax and Venom, as I still suspect there will be another space crossover.  Star Lord, is a retelling of Quill’s origins – so I’m skipping that one, until it catches up to the present.  It has to, right?  Then there are some odd titles – Black Knight, Hercules and Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur.  Finally, there is The Ultimates – which is mainly just Mighty Avengers, retitled.  I still think it is an odd use of the Ultimates name.  Agents of SHIELD, using comic art, but promoting the television series.  Remember how great that episode, 4,722 Episode, was?  So good!

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Kate Pryde straight punches Rachel, to her traitorous dumb face.  Rachel tries to explain, just like how Magneto tried, that Christina needs to die, for the cause.  That dumb sentence, gets her a second punch to her silly hound face.

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Christina, not missing an opportunity, introduces herself to President Kelly.  Lockheed allows the president to climb on top of them and the two escape.  See how Lockheed is making Christina’s metal arms, red hot?  That is going to make sense, in just one page turn.  But how did he know to do that?  They didn’t exchange a look, or anything.

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Cameron is not happy that the president is escaping.  He turns his attention to his sister and she burns his legs.  Now he won’t be able to phase.  I do like how these two power sets are the opposite gender parent’s powers.  So Kitty’s phasing powers went to her son, Cameron.  Colossus’ metal powers, went to his daughter, Christina.  I also like how the children got a tad power upgrade.

I like how cynical Christina already is.  She’s heard about the legendary battles of Xavier and Magneto.  She already knows that Cameron is too small time, for that.

Cameron will never stop trying to eliminate the mutant race.  Poor Christina has to make a decision, and since she knows nothing but losing, she straight up SHKs her brother, killing him.

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I do feel bad, that Kate has to witness the murder of her son, at the pointing arm of her daughter.  I do wish we got to see more of the combine family unit but I believe that is the point.  Cameron was never a Pride.

I also feel horrible for Christina, there are only a few hundred mutants and she just put one down, permanently.  Before him, three other mutant deaths had occurred.

Colossus pulls his wife away, so she never gets to give her murderous son, one last embrace.  Wolverine pulls Christina.

Two soldiers want to snipe the fleeing X-Men but President Kelly gives the order, to stand down.

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Colossus is doing a poor job of consoling his grieving wife.  Everyone is headed to Kurt’s church.  Rachel keeps trying to apologize.  I guess if Rachel had her way, Kate would be grieving her other child instead.

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Poor Kurt, instantly recognizing that Cameron is not around.  He only knew the child for a few brief hours.  Christina is still trying to justify her actions.

Wolverine, like a dick, tries to say that he lost a son today as well.  Even though we were shown that he barely paid Cameron, any mind.  Remember when Cameron kept saying “father” until he finally said “Wolverine” and got Logan to turn his head?  Imagine 18 years of that.

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The X-Men hear helicopters and assume that the government is coming to finish the job of wiping an entire race off the map.  Which, as we all know, is always a great sign of a successful country.

The mutants from the nearby concentration camp, have join the X-Men, willing to fight due to Christina’s heroic freeing of them.

Kate wants to have a moment.  Which I can only imagine, they get outside and some government official, is there to bring the X-Men out of the shadows and into their rightful place, being one with the rest of society.

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A tad weird to have Kate be the one to run into a tiger, as it was Christina who was told the tale from Cameron.

Pretty flipping fantastic series!  Also, grim as heck!

Comic Collector Live – Uncanny X-Men 141 Link

Posted by John Klein III on April 25, 2016
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So this website is doing a great job of keeping track of Homage Covers for Uncanny X-Men 141!

http://www.comiccollectorlive.com/LiveData/StoryArc.aspx?id=7baffffd-18cc-437f-a742-a7bf1dee3f6e

But I hate having to Google for the website, so this may just be for me.

Typically, it is on page two but that is unacceptable!

Secret Wars Journal 4

Posted by John Klein III on April 24, 2016
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Secret Wars Journal 4

Another Last Stand

Writer Sina Grace

Artist Ken Lashley

Color Artist Rachelle Rosenberg

Letterer VC’s Cory Petit

Secret Wars Journal 4 Uncanny X-Men 141 Homage Page

The Sentinel Territories.  I’m a big fan of Tolstoy, bigger fan of Anna Karenina than War and Peace.  I wish I had the chance to take a Russian Literature class, senior year of high school.  Instead, we had English Literature, which felt like Sophomore year, part deux.

I like the quote, attributed to Tolstoy – the two most powerful warriors are patience and time.

Great homage to Uncanny X-Men 141.  That would have been enough for me to buy this issue, but there are more reasons (two more!) but that’s a decent start.

Since this issue takes place in The Sentinel Territories, so this takes place within the same realm of the series, Years of Future Past.

Secret Wars Journal 4 Kate Pryde Mention

Kyle Jinadu, husband to Northstar, has found Psylocke – who is living a lie.  She is blonde and living in the suburbs.  Once he mentions, Kitty Pryde, he ruins Psylocke’s day.

Kyle wants to save Northstar, who is stuck in a concentration camp.  She tells Kyle that she won’t help.  Later that night, she erases her husband’s memories and takes off.  She has made a decision.

Psylocke has joined Kyle’s quest.  The two make short work of the soldiers, in the camp.  Psylocke has really missed, cutting loose.

We get a very touching panel, of the two husbands hugging.

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A dumb Sentinel tries to ruin the moment, but Psylocke destroys it.

Kyle really does owe Kitty a giant gift basket!  It is the least they could do.

Eight more Sentinels are coming, and a dozen more guards.  Psylocke tells Northstar to fly him and Kyle out of their,  The poor guy only has enough strength to carry the two of them, and only a very short distance.

Issue ends with Psylocke fighting on, even though she (and we) know she doesn’t really stand a chance.  Since she doesn’t appear in Years of Future Past, I suspect she doesn’t survive.  Though, neither does Kyle and Northstar.

Not a bad ten pages.

There is another story, Primary Function, that stars Punisher and Iron Fist, it is the lead story.

Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A – Z Update 1

Posted by John Klein III on April 23, 2016
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Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A - Z Update 1

Head Writers / Coordinators Jeff Christiansen, Stuart Vandal & Sean McQuaid

Coordination Assistants Mike Fichera, Markus Raymond & Mike O’Sullivan

Writers Stuart Vandal, Sean McQuaid, Michael Hoskin, Mike O’Sullivan, Rob London, Kevin Garcia, Madison Carter, Markus Raymond, Ronald Byrd, Chris Biggs, Gabriel Shechter, Eric J. Moreels, Jacob Rougemont & Mike Gagnon

Cover Artist Kalman Andrasofszky

Cover Dated April 2010

We lost Francis Tsai on this day, last year.  Sadly, I only own two comics that had his artwork within it.

Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A - Z Update 1 Francis Tsai Colonel America

Even worst, his art was part of a smaller profile, and his was stuck in a corner of a proper costume shot.

Other profiles of note –

MC2’s American Dream, who I really liked

Black Fox, who I know from Spider-Man comics

Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A - Z Update 1 Gus Vazquez Empath

Empath, with art by Gus Vazquez (who is the main artist for this issue – which I like that continuity) with Jim Muniz & Mary Wilshire.  Kitty is referenced in this spotlight and that’s why I kept this issue.

Probably why I couldn’t find that main image nor the Colonel America image.

Shi’ar’s very own, Gladiator

Gog, who I know from his very brief stint with the Sinister Six

The great dimension of K’un-Lun, gets four pages

Thor’s great villain, Midgard Serpent

Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A - Z Update 1 John Romita Jr Nimrod

Nimrod, with art by John Romita Jr.  Kitty is also referenced in its entry.

Howling Commando’s Pinky Pinkerton

Sunspot’s evil twist, Reignfire gets a page

Marauder Scalphunter gets a spotlight but Kitty isn’t referenced in it.  Harpoon’s would mention her, I imagine.

Lyra got one, under the name of She-Hulk

Spider-Man foe from the Clone Saga, Judas Traveller

The Skrull Queen and orchestrator of Secret Invasion, Veranke

Fantastic Four old ally, Wyatt Wingfoot

New X-Men member, Wolf Cub, gets a quarter page spotlight

Star Lord and Kitty Pryde 3

Posted by John Klein III on April 22, 2016
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Star Lord and Kitty Pryde 3

Writer Sam Humphries

Artist Alti Firmansyah

Colorist Jessica Kholinne

Letters VC’s Joe Sabino

Cover Yasmine Putri

I had to add Kris Anka’s variant to my Wishlist.

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I really like Sabino’s commitment to making their speech balloons are upside down, along with them.  AoA Shadowcat and Peter Quill are blaming each other, for their present situation.

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Gambit corrects them, they are both to blame.  Gambit, correctly, assumes that Quill is Pryde’s sidekick.  He denies, this, though he is willing to be Thor’s sidekick.

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Gambit likes to remind Pryde of their time together in Higher Avalon.  I like how he wants to put a Spider-Man mask, on her.  They make references to the other domains, as they are in the know.

There is a huge KLANG and Gambit goes to investigate.

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Shadowcat explains why she is powerless against Widget.  When God Doom created Battleworld, he knew he would be having duplicated heroes.  I guess he also figured they would eventfully meet and wanted to make sure that any fights, will have to be bad arse.

Look at those various Shadowcats!  A teenage one, maybe from House of M.  Ultimate Shadowcat.  Black Queen, from Mutant X – so great!  AoA Shadowcat, in the center, as she is the star of this series.  Widget, from the Proper Marvel Universe or that one from the Uncanny X-Force storyline when they went to the Captain Britain Corps (Otherworld).  issues 20 – 23.  Proper Kitty Pryde, from the costume and the awesome Lockheed!  Finally, there is a Tigra Shadowcat, which is pretty fun.

Quill gets a plan, since Widget is a Kitty Pryde, it should be attracted to him – so he starts a flirtmance.

He sings, as he always does, Once Upon A Dream – from Cinderella.

Thanks to YouTuber DisneyMusicVEVO for hosting the video.

It totally works and Widget and Quill kiss!

Gambit comes back, he couldn’t find anything except for a tacky white jacket.

Since it worked, Widget has let StarKat go.  Shadowcat tries to stab Gambit, we are told more about the actual mission in Avalon.  Gambit stole the Sword of the Knight Crawler (get it?) so that must be how he screwed her over.  The knife she tried to use, was one of the Longshot knives so it bounces off of Gambit.  It bounces from Gambit, off of Shadowcat, off the head of a statue of God Doom, nearly misses Widget and it slices Quill’s right arm.

Star Lord and Kitty Pryde 3 Possible Uncanny X-Men 141 Homage

What a fun and soft homage to Uncanny X-Men 141.  At first, I didn’t think it was suppose to be that, but the posters of God Doom and Shadowcat’s outstretch arm, seals the deal.

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God Doom appears and scares Gambit.  I keep typing it “Gabmit” does anyone else do that?

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With a nasty upper cut, Gambit is taken out.  Shadowcat starts trying to explain the situation.  I take it, that she deals more with Valeria, his daughter.

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God Doom was really Fun Loving Drax, which I’m sure must be super illegal!

Later.  Quill and Drax want to know what has been in the briefcase, this entire time.  She reveals what it is . . . A tail!  Quill instantly recognizes that it is his old pal, Rocket’s tail!  Apparently, there is a rumor that Rocket’s tail is fake, if that makes any sense.

Twenty minutes later, Quill is still hugging the tail.  Drax reveals that he left Gambit in front of a defaced God Doom poster, Doom Sux.  The Thors arrive, the penalty for defiling the image of God Doom, with a typo, is . . . DEATH!  I sort of love the concept of that rule book, with that cause in it.

Shadowcat wants the tail back.  Quill, in a very touching moment, doesn’t want to depart with it.  It is the only piece of home he has, plus of his friend, that he has seen in forever.  Shadowcat can relate, as she isn’t home either.  Quill tries to hand it over, but she lets him keep it.

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Look how happy he is!  This comic (and series) has been so great.  Quill proceeds to try to ruin the moment.

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Pryde can’t resist anymore, all of that disgust has turn around to attraction.  He guesses at what it was, that turn her.

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It was his puppy dog eyes.  She does love that song, good thing Disney films are everywhere.  Pryde leaves, stating that she hopes he doesn’t get himself killed.

Drax hears Quill’s real name, as he was using “Steve Rogers” as an alias.  Drax knew he wasn’t a variant of Captain America, as Rogers has never had a singing voice.

Issue ends with the two guys joking, Quill wants an army of Rockets.

This has been one of the best series to come out of Secret Wars 2015.  From the writing, to the art, to the coloring, the atmosphere has just been pure fun.

March July 2016 Solicitations

Posted by John Klein III on April 21, 2016
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http://www.newsarama.com/28908-marvel-comics-july-2016-solicitations.html

CIVIL WAR II #3 (OF 7)
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • DAVID MARQUEZ (A)
Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
VARIANT COVER BY MICHAEL CHO (APR160864)
CONNECTING BLACK & WHITE VIRGIN VARIANT D COVER BY KIM JUNG GI (APR160863)
CHARACTER VARIANT COVER BY PHIL NOTO (APR160865)
This is the one everyone will be talking about! One of the biggest heroes in the Marvel Universe will fall! Who it is and how and why will divide fans for years to come. Will the heroes of the Marvel Universe survive the unthinkable happening? The fallout to this issue is enormous!
40 PGS./RATED T+ …$4.99 (APR160862)

CIVIL WAR II #4 (OF 7)
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • DAVID MARQUEZ (A)
Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
VARIANT COVER BY MICHAEL CHO
CONNECTING BLACK & WHITE VIRGIN VARIANT E COVER BY KIM JUNG GI
CHARACTER VARIANT COVER BY PHIL NOTO
Sides are harshly divided as the Marvel Universe’s trial of the century reaches its shocking verdict! Now, the abstract issues are very real for the heroes of the Marvel Universe and battle lines must be drawn. Captain Marvel or Iron Man, who will each hero stand behind?
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

A death a legal drama, this might be interesting.

CIVIL WAR II: KINGPIN #1 (OF 4)
MATTHEW ROSENBERG (W) • RICARDO LOPEZ ORTIZ (A)
Cover by AARON KUDER
VARIANT COVER BY ESAD RIBIC
YOUNG VARIANT COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNG
BLACK PANTHER 50th ANNIVERSARY VARIANT COVER BY JAMIE MCKELVIE
An Inhuman with the ability to predict the future has helped the heroes of the Marvel Universe clamp down on crime before it can even happen. While this thwarts most criminals, one man has found a way to keep doing what he does best. Wilson Fisk has managed to stay one step ahead of the good guys and his crime enterprise is BOOMING. But what’s his secret?! Rising stars Matthew Rosenberg (We Can Never Go Home) and Ricardo Lopez Ortiz (Wolf) present a gritty, street-level view of CIVIL WAR II starring the Kingpin in a world without crime!
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

So Civil War II is about an Inhuman, and sounds like it could be the only from Agents of SHIELD, three episodes ago.  This seems super missable to me.

CIVIL WAR II: CHOOSING SIDES #2 (of 6)
DECLAN SHALVEY, JEREMY WHITLEY, BRANDON THOMAS (W)
DECLAN SHALVEY, MARCO RUDY & MARGUERITE SAUVAGE (A)
Cover by JIM CHEUNG & DECLAN SHALVEY
VARIANT COVER BY CHRISTIAN WARD
• A major loss sends shockwaves through the super hero community forcing everyone to reexamine their alliances…did they choose the right side?
• Featuring Nick Fury, War Machine and Tom Foster, a.k.a. Goliath!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

CIVIL WAR II: CHOOSING SIDES #3 (of 6)
DECLAN SHALVEY, CHUCK BROWN & MORE (W)
DECLAN SHALVEY, CHRIS VISIONS & MORE(A)
Cover by JIM CHEUNG and DECLAN SHALVEY
VARIANT COVER BY JAMIE McKELVIE
• The trial of the century! Even with the eyes of the Marvel Universe upon them, neither side is backing down…
• Featuring Nick Fury, The Punisher and Kate Bishop!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

Hey, Goliath came back!  Here is hoping he can survive this Civil War.  Was Nick Fury in the first issue?  I’ll be skipping these too but I do like the idea of the major death having fallout into other series – as it should.  Hopefully we don’t get delays with the main title and everything gets pushed back.

Marvel July 2016 Solicitations Civil War II X-Men 2 David Yardin
Art by David Yardin

CIVIL WAR II: X-MEN #2 (of 4)
CULLEN BUNN (W) • ANDREA BROCCARDO (A)
Cover by DAVID YARDIN
VARIANT COVER BY VICTOR IBANEZ
• An Inhuman with the power to profile the future has emerged, upsetting the delicate balance of power between the Inhuman and Mutant nations.
• And the mutant master of magnetism, MAGNETO refuses to allow his people to fall by the wayside.
• Now, Magneto rallies those who would follow him to even the scales…even if it means risking war with Inhumans and Mutants alike to do it!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

Magik is on this cover too so I’m locked in.

ALL-NEW WOLVERINE #10
TOM TAYLOR (W) • IG GUARA (A)
Cover by BENGAL
CIVIL WAR II TIE-IN!
• Which side will WOLVERINE choose when a terrible prophecy puts someone she loves into the crosshairs of her allies? How far is LAURA willing to go to protect her loved ones?
• Teaming up with OLD MAN LOGAN, Laura is prepared to fight the very future itself to change her destiny.
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99

So is this Inhuman  just handing out fortunes?  I imagine that would help Iron Man’s cause – it also sort of sounds like the idea of Original Sin, but with future stories instead of fake past stories.

THE TOTALLY AWESOME HULK #8
GREG PAK (W) • ALAN DAVIS (A/C)
CIVIL WAR II TIE-IN!
• BRUCE BANNER was cured from his gamma-irradiated curse…
• AMADEUS CHO thought he was smart enough to handle
the curse!
• Is he one in a long line of HULKS that face certain tragedy?
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

So Banner was cured by just handing it to Cho?  That’s one way to do it plus it sets up how easily Banner can become Hulk again.

DEADPOOL & THE MERCS FOR MONEY #1
CULLEN BUNN (W) • IBAN COELLO (A)
Cover by Iban Coello
VARIANT COVER BY GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI
ACTION FIGURE VARIANT COVER BY JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
YOUNG VARIANT COVER BY SKOTTIE YOUNG
HIP-HOP VARIANT COVER BY TBA
BLANK VARIANT COVER ALSO AVAILABLE
Deadpool is one of the best mercenaries on the planet. He may even be a passable Avenger—jury’s still out. But one thing’s for sure—Deadpool is a terrible team leader. Think we’re lying? Ask the Mercs for Money! Deadpool’s taken on a new high-paying mission to take out radioactive super villains…and his Mercs aren’t nearly as immune to radiation as his healing-factored heinie is. Deadpool veteran Cullen Bunn brings us mo’ mercs, mo’ money and naturally, mo’ problems.
32 PGS./Parental Advisory …$3.99

I’ll be passing on this series too.

SCARLET WITCH #8
JAMES ROBINSON (W) • TULA LOTAY (A)
COVER BY DAVID AJA
• A day in the life of WANDA MAXIMOFF!
• After coming face to face with her biological mother, Wanda explores her early memories and attempts to reconcile with the sins of her past.
• But meanwhile, little does she know that a traitor lurks in her very midst…!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

Whoa, is Magneto’s dead wife back to life?  This should be a bigger story!

SPIDER-MAN/DEADPOOL #7
GERRY DUGGAN (w) • SCOTT KOBLISH (a)
Cover by DAN PANOSIAN
• Another guest issue while Joe Kelly and Ed McGuinness get ahead on their epic story!
• In the Deadpool tradition, we present a “lost” issue of the Amazing Spider-Man!
• Flashback to the swinging ‘60s for one of Deadpool & Spidey’s earliest meetings!
• Don’t be a flake – beat feet to your shop and order now! This issue is a real solid gas!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

Will Deadpool reference the amazing issue 11 of his first ongoing where he went back in time with Blind Al and visited 60s Spider-Man?  He really should!

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #15
DAN SLOTT (W) • GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI (A)
Cover by ALEX ROSS
DEATH OF X VARIANT COVER BY TBA
• “Power Play” comes to its rousing conclusion!
• Regent’s master plan is working until Mary Jane Watson gets into the fray!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

Mary Jane in the Iron Spider uniform is pretty great.

Marvel 2016 July Solicitations Guardians of the Galaxy 10 Art Adams
Art by Art Adams

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #10
BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (W) • VALERIO SCHITI (A)
Cover by ARTHUR ADAMS
DEATH OF X VARIANT COVER BY TBA
• GALAXY’S MOST WANTED comes to its rip-roaring conclusion!
• The Guardians are rejoined by ANGELA!!!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

Is that Kitty with the blue Western mask on?  I’m not really loving that, even drawn by Art Adams.  I do like Kitty and Angela on the same time, she can join the team and get some more ladies on the team, that would be great.  Also, what is with all of these Death of X variant covers?  Must be the X-Crossover after Apocalypse Wars.

SILVER SURFER #6
DAN SLOTT (W)
MICHAEL ALLRED (A/C)
SILVER SURFER #200!
Oversized anniversary issue!
• After Norrin Radd’s massive status quo change in the 50th Anniversary issue (no spoilers!), it’s now Dawn Greenwood’s turn. With one simple act of kindness, the Surfer may have forever changed her world.
• What’s going on? Why is San Francisco overrun by monsters? And what wall-crawling, web-spinning guest star is swinging by to help out? (Okay, we’ll tell you that one! It’s Peter Parker, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN!)
• All this and tons of cosmic weirdness, surprise super heroes and special stories as we celebrate the 200th SILVER SURFER issue!
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$4.99
USE THIS CODE TO ORDER: APR160955

Cosmic weirdness and surprise super heroes, this could have the Guardians in it!

GUARDIANS OF INFINITY #8
DAN ABNETT (W)
CARLO BARBERI (A)
Cover by Gary Choo
THE CONCLUSION OF THE HERMETIKUS SAGA!
• All three generations of the Guardians of the Galaxy, reunited and ready for action!
• It took two thousand years’ worth of Guardians of the Galaxy just to face Hermetikus, is there any hope of stopping him?
• The FINAL TRIAL approaches! If any Guardians SURVIVE, can they escape with their bodies and minds intact?
40 PGS./Rated T …$4.99

It states “all three generations” so could Kitty be coming back to this title?

ROCKET RACCOON & GROOT #7
NICK KOCHER (W)
Michael Walsh (A)
Cover by DAVID LOPEZ
PUTTING THE FUN BACK IN FUNERAL!
I’m SORRY — you found that poor in taste? Well, maybe we’re using humor to avoid facing our grief over the death of Rocket Raccoon’s mentor in con-artistry! Who’s insensitive NOW? Did you even KNOW Rocket had a confidence-man mentor? Look, let’s start over and try to be more understanding. It’s a new era for the Guardians of the Galaxy’s most non-humanoid characters, and we’re kicking it off with this story by NICK KOCHER of comedy duo BriTANicK, so of CORPSE it’s going to DIE-larious! We’re just going to miss this character — an all-new insight into Rocket’s mysterious past — so much!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

This paragraph has lots of highs and lows!

HOWARD THE DUCK #9
CHIP ZDARSKY (W) • JOE QUINONES (A/C)
• Howard is back in NEW YORK CITY! And on his strangest case yet: A missing person! His client? The missing person! WHAAA—?
• Join us as Howard encounters aliens, Brooklyn and network television with a SPECIAL GUEST STAR so SHOCKING that I am STILL SHOCKED that we’re ALLOWED TO DO THIS.
• SERIOUSLY.
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

I wonder who the shocking guest star is?

TRUE BELIEVERS

TRUE BELIEVERS: EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN – THE BURNING MAN #1
Reprinting Extraordinary X-Men #6
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$1.00

TRUE BELIEVERS: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY – GALAXY’S MOST WANTED #1
Reprinting Guardians of the Galaxy #6
32 PGS./Rated T …$1.00

These two issues were pretty good and well worth the dollar each. 

VOTE LOKI #2
CHRISTOPHER HASTINGS (W) • LANGDON FOSS (A)
Cover by TRADD MOORE
VARIANT COVER BY DAVE JOHNSON
• Presidential candidate Loki Laufeyson is finding it hard to roll with the punches of the campaign trail. As if proving his eligibility isn’t hard enough, the media has started the HORRIBLE rumor that his Super P.A.C. is actually a cult under Loki’s control!
• Plus, the Marvel heroes finally figured out how to successfully fight Loki in his new role: attack ads. God bless (Captain) America, eh?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

This wasn’t a one shot?

THE UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL #10
RYAN NORTH (W) • ERICA HENDERSON (A/C)
• Mole Man has fallen in love with Squirrel Girl, and he’s holding the world hostage until she goes on a date with him!
• MOLE MEN, am I right??
• Watch as Squirrel Girl gains the help of an unlikely ally! Thrill as two people kiss! BUT WHICH TWO??
• You’ll have to buy the issue to find out, so all I’ll say right now is this:
• IN THIS ISSUE THERE IS A NON-ZERO CHANCE FOR EVERY MARVEL SHIP TO BECOME CANON!!
• “Ship” is short for “relationship,” in case you thought I was talking about, like, Galactus’ “Star Sphere” or Mr. Fantastic’s “Fantasticship” or whatever.
• Anyway, enjoy!!
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

Mole Man has to be, what, thrice her age?  Unimaginable!

ALL-NEW X-MEN #11
DENNIS HOPELESS (W) • MARK BAGLEY (A/C)
DEATH OF X VARIANT COVER BY TBA
“APOCALYPSE WARS” CONCLUSION!
• Destined to one day become the next host of the genocidal villain Apocalypse, Evan Sabahnur is determined to change his fate.
• And now, thousands years in the past, in Ancient Egypt, Evan has allied himself with En Sabah Nur, the boy who will one day become Apocalypse himself!
• But will the lessons Evan learns in the past seal his fate…or enable him to avert it?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN #12
JEFF LEMIRE (W) • HUMBERTO RAMOS (A/C)
DEATH OF X VARIANT COVER BY TBA
“APOCALYPSE WARS” CONCLUSION!
• Trapped a thousand years in the future on a world ruled by the genocidal tyrant Apocalypse, the X-Men are literally mutantkind’s last hope!
• With the fate of the next generation of mutants hanging in the balance, the X-Men square off against Apocalypse and his Horsemen one last time. But with some of their own in Apocalypse’s ranks, how can the X-Men hope to win the day?
• In what’s sure to be a battle for the ages, one thing is certain: not all of the X-Men will emerge unscathed!
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

UNCANNY X-MEN #10
CULLEN BUNN (W) • KEN LASHLEY (A)
Cover by GREG LAND
DEATH OF X VARIANT COVER BY TBA
“APOCALYPSE WARS” CONCLUSION!
• The villainous Apocalypse, accompanied by his Four Horsemen, once preached the gospel of “Survival of the Fittest.”
• And now, the Son of Apocalypse has reared his ugly head, joined by an army of Archangels of Death, hell-bent on preaching a gospel of his own: the Survival of NONE.
• Can Psylocke and Magneto save their teammate Archangel and prevent the maniacal GENOCIDE from living up to his name?
32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

So All New takes place in the past, Extraordinary is in the future and Uncanny is in the present.  That’s one way to have them all be under the same umbrella but not make people buy the other series.  That’s what I’m hoping to do.

OLD MAN LOGAN #8 & 9
JEFF LEMIRE (W) • ANDREA SORRENTINO (A/C)
ISSUE #8 – DEATH OF X VARIANT COVER BY TBA
• The night the villains joined forces and overcame the world’s heroes was the night that Wolverine’s life irrevocably changed. He lost his friends, his purpose, and all that was left was the Wasteland.
• Now, Old Man Logan has found himself in the past, before the Wasteland, and he lives with the fear that the Villain Uprising may yet come to pass.
• And he just may just be right.
32 PGS. (EACH)/Parental Advisory …$3.99 (EACH)

So this solict doesn’t state anything but the mission statement, bold!

STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS ADAPTATION #2 (of 5)
CHUCK WENDIG (W) • LUKE ROSS (A)
Cover by Mike Mayhew
SKETCH VARIANT COVER BY Mike Mayhew
VARIANT COVER BY TBA
MOVIE POSTER VARIANT COVER ALSO AVAILABLE
• The saga continues!
• Desert scavenger Rey and ex-stormtrooper Finn are being pursued by the evil First Order!
• But can they escape Jakku in an old “hunk of junk” YT-1300 freighter?
• And what new threats will they find in a galaxy far, far away?
32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99
Star Wars © Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All rights reserved. Used under authorization. Text and illustrations for Star Wars are © 2016 Lucasfilm Ltd.

Now that I’ve seen the film, it is amazing they are going to squeeze that film into 64 pages. I see now that it is five issues now.

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: GUARDIANS OF INFINITY TPB
Written by DAN ABNETT
Penciled by CARLO BARBERI
Cover by JIM CHEUNG
You know the Guardians of the Galaxy. You know the Guardians of the 31st century. But who are the Guardians 1000? Find out as the galactic protectors of three eras unite to face a threat to all of space and time! Past, present and future collide at the dawning of the age of Hermetikus! But what is Hermetikus’s strange connection to the Guardians of a previous millennium and their leader, Stella Nega? Rocket, Drax and Groot may be in over their heads, but firebrand of the future Nikki Gold is in her element! The centuries-spanning supergroup battles to save all the days — but Hermetikus, who was there at the very start of the Guardians of the Galaxy, is determined to be there at the end! Collecting the lead stories from GUARDIANS OF INFINITY #1-8.
136 PGS./Rated T …$17.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-9587-0

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: TALES OF THE COSMOS TPB
Written by JASON LATOUR, ROBBIE THOMPSON, DARRYL “DMC” McDANIELS,
EDGARDO MIRANDA-RODRIGUEZ, GERRY DUGGAN, JEFF KING, ERIC PALICKI & MORE
Penciled by JIM CHEUNG, NELSON DeCASTRO, LEONARDO ROMERO, FLAVIANO ARMENTARO, PAOLO VILLANELLI & MORE
Cover by JIM CHEUNG
Your favorite Guardians of the Galaxy in glorious off-duty adventures! New buddies Ben Grimm and Rocket Raccoon grapple with a planet where culture is based on Earth-style professional wrestling — only on this world, the stakes are life and death! Drax goes missing! Groot and the Thing swap three-word catchphrases on the hunt for a powerful object in New York City! Venom and the Human Torch hang out in space! Rocket and Kitty Pryde get a gig as bodyguards for an interplanetary whistleblower! Then Kitty teams up with Gamora — but is there room for more than one deadliest woman in the galaxy? Plus: Meet Venom’s new teammates, the noble and mysterious Space Knights! Collecting the backup stories from GUARDIANS OF INFINITY #1-8..
136 PGS./Rated T …$17.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-9588-7

I would skip the main feature (I did) and just buy the backups.  I guess the backups were the same amount of pages as the main story as these two trades have the same page numbers.

UNCANNY X-MEN VOL. 6: STORYVILLE TPB
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Penciled by CHRIS BACHALO, STUART IMMONEN, MAHMUD ASRAR, KRIS ANKA & FRAZER IRVING
Cover by CHRIS BACHALO
The final explosive story in Brian Michael Bendis’ epic X-Men saga! Cyclops’ revolution comes to a head! Will the morally compromised Scott Summers save himself from ruin — or will he make that fateful leap?! Meanwhile, Kitty Pryde and Illyana Rasputin take on an assignment neither of them thought they would tackle: facing off against a legion of monsters! And Mystique returns, out for vengeance against Cyclops’ revolutionary team! Will Magik’s soulsword be enough to halt the shape-shifter’s wrath? The Jean Grey School, the New Xavier School, the time-tossed young X-Men — it’s all going to change! The X-Men are at a crossroads. And not everyone will make it through in one piece. Collecting UNCANNY X-MEN (2013) #32-35 and #600.
136 PGS./Rated T+ …$19.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-9231-2

Bendis didn’t quite end his tenure with the X-Men on a high note but the Kitty and Magik issue was actually pretty great.

MACHINE MAN BY KIRBY & DITKO: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION TPB
Written by JACK KIRBY, MARV WOLFMAN, TOM DeFALCO & ROGER STERN
Penciled by JACK KIRBY & STEVE DITKO with SAL BUSCEMA
Cover by JACK KIRBY
A military machine with a soul, a thinking computer in the form of a man — X-51 is the Machine Man! Abel Stack gave a government-created robot a human face, nurturing the man inside the machine and calling him son. But Stack’s death left that son, Aaron, alone and running for his life. The military wants to strip him apart, and mankind doesn’t understand him — but in exploits crafted by two of the medium’s greatest talents, he’ll still redefine humanity. Few comic books were lucky enough to be graced by the work of Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko. Machine Man never saw an issue that wasn’t illustrated by one of these creative titans. Now, the complete MACHINE MAN epic is collected for the first time, and in one complete volume! Collecting MACHINE MAN (1978) #1-19 and INCREDIBLE HULK (1968) #235-237.
440 PGS./Rated T …$39.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-9577-1

Machine Man had both Kirby and Ditko as artist in his run, how come he isn’t more of a mainstray!?!  I liked him in Earth 2 and his ongoing in the late 90s.

BLACK PANTHER BY CHRISTOPHER PRIEST: THE COMPLETE COLLECTION VOL. 4 TPB
Written by CHRISTOPHER PRIEST
Penciled by DAN FRAGA, JORGE LUCAS,
JIM CALAFIORE, PATRICK ZIRCHER & JOE BENNETT
Cover by PATRICK ZIRCHER
Christopher Priest takes the Black Panther in a whole different direction! With T’Challa gone, who will inherit the mantle? Could it be…the guy with the trench coat and guns? Kevin “Kasper” Cole is out for revenge against the people who hurt his family, and his quest will bring him into conflict with corrupt cops and a brutal hunter. It’s the all-new Black Panther vs. the White Wolf as a crime novel in comic form begins — but nothing in a Priest tale is ever black and white. This gritty, street-level Panther saga will conclude with revelations about the fate of T’Challa — and set up Cole to join a whole new Crew! But can Cole, War Machine, Junta and Josiah X handle Big Trouble in Little Mogadishu? Collecting BLACK PANTHER (1998) #50-56 and #59-62, and THE CREW #1-7.
416 PGS./Rated T+ …$34.99
ISBN: 978-1-302-90058-8

What happened  during 57 & 58?  This was such a great series.

THUNDERBOLTS CLASSIC VOL. 3 TPB (NEW PRINTING)
Written by KURT BUSIEK, KARL KESEL
& BARBARA KESEL
Penciled by MARK BAGLEY & GEORGE PÉREZ
Cover by MARK BAGLEY
The Thunderbolts return to Earth after an interdimensional journey to Kosmos, but there’s no rest for the weary as they find themselves pursued by S.H.I.E.L.D. — as well as a recovering Baron Zemo who’s out for their blood! Has this team of villains posing as heroes truly reformed? And even so, will anyone believe them? One person might — a surprising figure from the ranks of the mighty Avengers, who briefly went down a villainous road himself many years before: The Avenging Archer, Hawkeye! He could offer the T-Bolts redemption, but at what price? Plus: Atlas must face the mighty Hercules, who seeks revenge for injuries suffered in years past! Guest-starring the Masters of Evil, Captain America and the Avengers — and introducing the new Citizen V! Collecting THUNDERBOLTS (1997) #15-22 and #0, CAPTAIN AMERICA & CITIZEN V ANNUAL 1998 and AVENGERS (1998) #12.
288 PGS./Rated T …$34.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-9687-7

This was also a great run!

. . .

Here is what I’m expecting to buy –

Civil War II 3 &4      $10
Civil War II X-Men 2           $4
Guardians of the Galaxy 10             $4
All New X-Men 11    $4
Extraordinary X-Men 12     $4
Uncanny X-Men 10   $4

Seven comics for $30, so that’s seven dollars off for a grand total of $23, not too bad – especially as I doubt I’ll be getting Civil War II properly. 

No new titles for me, which is also nice. 

Siege Volume Two Issue 3

Posted by John Klein III on April 20, 2016
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Siege V2 3

Writer Kieron Gillen

Artist Filipe Andrade

Color Artist Rachelle Rosenberg

Double Page Spreads Julian Totino Tedesco; Juan Jose Ryp & Andy Troy; Michael Wm. Kaluta & Rachelle Rosenberg

Letterer VC’s Clayton Cowles

The Shield.  Fun joke on the credit page, about the title of the series being about how the story is about a siege, on the Shield.

Siege V2 3 Kitty Pride Lockheed

I believe this double page spread is is done by Julian Totino Tedesco, based off of the TT on the far right.  Pretty great spread!

Not only do we get the hive mind blue Kitty Pride, we also get a pretty large Lockheed!  I do like how Gillen combined Nick Fury with the Fury, old school Captain Britain villain.  Pretty clever!

Brand has sent a request to the barons of Battleworld, send aid now!

Marvel put the pull out ad in the middle of another double page spread.  Super awkward.  The Summers Clones take on Nick the Fury.

Scott tells Brand that he is down to the final 100.  I need to start using “fluster of clucks” as it is fun to both write and say.  Kang is trying to figure out a way to use the timestream to take out Fury.  Brand uses Thing to transport them to the Units.  We learn that the Units are in love with each other, so they are committed to ending Fury and the army of Ultrons.

The Units don’t do that great of a job, taking out Fury but they slow him down.  Kate Bishop and Ms. America don’t stand up, much better, against Fury.  This is all a good distraction, as Kang grabs Fury The Fury and goes through time.

The plural of Units is Unite, apparently.

Kang uses the chronomines to hurt Fury, which actually works.  With Fury out the way, now they have to deal with the Perfection (the army of Ultrons) but they are prepared for that.  The only problem, now, is that they barely survived the fight with Fury.

Siege V2 3 Magik 1

Good thing Magik and Leah arrive!  I’m so glad that Magik lives!  I do like the idea of them traveling on a giant Colossus.

Siege V2 3 Magik 2

I’m not sure who provided the art, for this double page spread.

Through Abigail Brand’s War Journal, we learn the motivation of Illyana and Leah.  Essentially, it boils down to them being in love.  Doom doesn’t care about anything, south of the Shield.  So the two demonic queens fled their domains and dove into the southern realms.

The two are married now, great for them!  They are also in control of the Marvel Zombies.

Siege V2 3 Magik 3

It is great to see Magik, not evil like in Inferno and in the present day of the pages of this series.  Baby Magik, in Giant Size Little Marvel AvX, has been adorable.

The ladies are not going to rejoin the team, they will not serve God Doom, at all.

Siege V2 3 Magik 4

Brand threatens to out them to Doom, but they all know she won’t.

Kang returns, triumphant.  Kang and Brand have a nice hug.

The issue ends with Thanos, the real deal, arriving on the scene.  He surrenders himself to Brand and Kang.

“Time Before the Fall of the Shield : 1 Day and Counting.  There is No Hope.”

Pete Wisdom

Posted by John Klein III on April 19, 2016
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There was a time that Pete Wisdom would have been, by far, Kitty Pryde’s best boyfriend.  Depending on how Peter Quill, Star Lord of the Guardians of the Galaxy, works out – Pete may end up being a close second.

I always have a soft spot for good ol’ Pete Wisdom.  Black Air spy who got tired of the game and joined Excalibur.

Wisdom first appeared in Excalibur 86, cover dated February 1995.  I have his latest appearance being Wolverine 6, cover dated July 2014.  I can’t believe he is a 19 year old character now.

He has made over 133 appearances in those 19 years – which isn’t that much now that I have written it out.

Of the issues of his that I own and want, I own 89 of those appearances.  Which clocks me in at owning 67 percent of his appearances.  I’m only missing two – Gambit 17 (from his latest series in 2014) and Revolutionary War : Omega.

What helps of course, is owning every issue of Excalibur and New Excalibur.

What hurts the collection is that after Excalibur ended, he went over to X-Force and I only own two of those issues of the ten.  Next, is the three part tie in to House of M that Uncanny X-Men did.  Wisdom was treated to his own miniseries, of which I only own the first and last issue of.

The nice thing about Wisdom is that he thinks of Kitty often, and I’m a fool for buying all things Kitty, so I own those references or mentions or thoughts.

Then Captain Britain and MI13 came out, of that 15 issue run, I only own issues 4 and 7.

From there, Wisdom makes odd appearances in Age of Heroes, Deadpool Team-Up, Steve Rogers : Super-Solder, Spitfire, Fear Itself : Wolverine.

Apparently he really likes Gambit as he appeared in a few issues of his 2012 series as well as 2014.  I’m sure the real motivation is that Gambit went to England and if you go to England, you run into Pete Wisdom.

X-Men : Legacy by Simon Spurrier comes out and Magik shows up as often as Wisdom did but I missed out on issue 13.

Finally, Revolutionary War happen and Wisdom is in three of those.  I was really hoping that would be the place where we could have a nice Excalibur reunion but that didn’t happened.

So that’s my Pete Wisdom collection and why I don’t own his other material.  I thought for sure it would be higher than 67% but that isn’t that bad.

Now that Marvel Database is in my life, I’m going to go through those 44 issues and make sure that Kitty isn’t referenced in those.

Now I can breathe a sigh of relief!  None of those issues have a Kitty reference.  Though, and I know that site is run by fans, the Kitty reference in Captain Britain and MI13 issue 4, isn’t included on that page.  Someone will add it eventually – I’m sure.

Shameless – The F Word

Posted by John Klein III on April 18, 2016
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From Shameless, Season Six Episode Three, the episode title is also “The F Word”

Thanks to ridvan sari for hosting this video.

Gus is Fiona’s ex-husband, played by Steve Kazee.

Such a great song and this was yet another messed up season for Fiona.

Inferno 4

Posted by John Klein III on April 17, 2016
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Inferno 4

Writer Dennis Hopeless

Art Javier Garron

Colors Chris Sotomayor

Letters VC’s Joe Sabino

Inferno 4 Illyana

Hopeless makes the good call to have this issue open with a pleasant memory of Illyana, as she has nearly killed the X-Men last issue.

Limbo, Now.  Colossus is force to look outside of the barrier and see a destroyed New York City.

Inferno 4 Darkchilde 1

Darkchild is walking the streets, like the boss that she is!  Look at those goat legs!  She has nicknamed the deformed Nightcrawler, Bamfy.  Darkchild is growing stronger, as she stands on this side of the field.

Inferno 4 Darkchilde 2

Longshot is sneaking around, thinking he has a chance to take on Darkchild.  Which, with his luck powers, his chances may be pretty good.

Inferno 4 Darkchilde 3

The top panel confirms that this issue takes place before Secret Wars 2015 5.  Strange is here to offer Darkchild the position of Baron.  Scott Summers is no longer fit for the job, as the domain is clearly no longer under his control.

Meanwhile.  Jean seeks out Scott, as he is in his own head – making plans.  Longshot interrupts their conversation, to tell Scott that he is no longer Doom-chosen.  Even with this news, Scott doesn’t want to abandon the city.

Scott is tired, they allowed Illyana to take Limbo and now, after five years, she’s taking New York.  They shouldn’t allow this to progress, as there will be no place to hide.

Bamfy brings the demon horde to the remaining X-Men.

Elsewhere, In Limbo.  Colossus, Domino and their new alliance with Madelyn Pryor, Havok and young Nathan Summers.  They are trying to get to the end of Limbo, but in seven blocks, they have fought five groups of demons.  They are losing goblins (as Maddie is the Goblin Queen) but Maddie doesn’t seem to mind.  They get respawned after five days.  Sym is part of this traveling band, so he is going to try to undermine the team.  That’s what Sym do.  Havok is prepared to shut him down.  Maddie needs to take the fight to Illyana, as the alternative is to wait around until a super strong Illyana comes to rule the entire domain.

Meltdown comes out of the ground, to rejoin Colossus and Domino.  They are happy to see that she isn’t dead, like they thought.  Tabitha takes the Limbo folks into the sewers.  Maddie doesn’t really like the idea, but who would?

Madelyn is suspicious of why Boom Boom isn’t more hurt.  Tabitha had her guts hanging out of her, but she is ready for round two.

Colossus hears demons and knocks down a sewer wall, which I’m not sure if that was the best way to handle the situation.  Are sewer walls expendable?  I would imagine they are serving an important function.  Bamfy is leading the demons.  By knocking down the wall, Colossus’ side and Madelyn’s side have joined the X-Men.  Jean is overwhelmed by Bamfy, as she doesn’t want to hurt her friend.  Plus, she’s the weaker of the two, between her and Madelyn.  I do like how much Pryor has about how Kurt is dead as she tames Bamfy.

Colossus cuts down the head of Darkchild’s lieutenant, a horse heade red demon, with wings.  Once that is over, Colossus takes the time to apologize to Scott, as Scott was right about his sister.

Cyclops straights blasts the dude, as OF COURSE HE WAS RIGHT!!!   Darkchild has been tormenting peeps for years and they were losing people, trying to reach out to her.  Colossus feels like he has been blasted enough, so he clearly doesn’t know how much damage his little snowflake has truly caused.

Mister Sinister arrives, with his own demon horde.  He introduces himself, as he doesn’t believe he has met all of them.  I’m not sure how that lines up with the original timeline but I’ll take it for the truth.  Goblin Queen is surprised that Sinister lives, she thought Havok killed him.  Havok had that same thought.

Two page house ad for 50 Years of SHIELD, which is pretty amazing.  I do like how the characters of the Agents of SHIELD show are now proper Marvel characters.  Of the six issues spotlighted, I’ve bought SHIELD 10.

Tabitha vouches for Sinister, as he saved her.  She tells them that Sinister’s demon horde are actually clones of Tabitha, and I figure they must have demon blood in them.  Maybe it is goblin blood, now that I think of it.  They are definitely red.  Sinister explains that they are a mix of Tabitha’s blood and three succubus, and they are a mutant / demon hybrid clone army.  He also reveals that he has tinkered with Tabitha’s brain, to make her more subservient.  Explaining one of the bigger reasons why I don’t care for Sinister.

 

Issue ends with Sinister stating that he will be the heroes’ villain later, today, he is their savior.