Such a great issue! Saladin Ahmed really has Bishop, and Shard’s voices down. Mario Santoro & Reese Hannigan are amazing artists. We meet Skipping Stone in his issue, and I really noticed how great Federico Blee’s coloring is. And of course, VC’s Travis Lanham’s lettering is top notch.
Bishop spends most of the issue in shock that Shard is really here, and I love how he just knows in his heart that this is actually his sister. I have a head canon that Bishop being in the present, is changing his future, and that’s how Shard is alive. They defeat Flamequake, a mix of Pyro and Avalanche, but not before she sends out a distress signal. Skipping Stone arrives, a guy dressed as Toad, but with Fred Dukes’ powers, so he can jump far and high, but also land heavy, like a bomb, a great power set. He reveals that he has to focus on an attack to stop an attack, which felt like a very old school delivery, which I loved.
Bishop was just about to warn Shard about the trap that gets her killed, but is attacked by Skipping Stone.
I also really loved that Shard is not impressed that Bishop joined the legendary X-Men, and just went by his last name. Silly Bishop.
Issue ends with Shard about to be killed by Skipping Stone. Bishop really has to get his head in the game.
Wolverine has gotten all of the Generates to Logan’s safehouse. X-99 wants to go by X-6-7, so she has been quick to Google things. X-97 thinks the name change is a disgrace to X-67, but X-6-7 points out it is two different number / names. X-6-7 is sleeping in the room with Gabby and Jonathan, the most real of Wolverines. X-6-7 calls X-97 mid, and Gabby finally steps in, and tells X-6-7 that she can’t use her phone anymore. X-74 is going around, portaling into neighbors’ rooms, which seems to go against the very idea of hiding out. Jonathan startles X-74, and he almost loses concentration as he falls into one of the rooms, but gets himself back in time, unnoticed. Except he lands on Jonathan, so he very much notices him, and begins an attack. X-97 destroys the toilet, and X-6-7 says both cringe, and the Skibidi Toilet War is real, so even I’m losing the joy here.
Wolverine takes them all, in costume, to pay respects at the Krakoa Treehouse in Central Park. X-6-7 uses the word, rizz, when Wolverine finds a secret note. A man and his very much mutant presenting family are being harassed, and the Kinney sisters and the Generates head to Jackson Heights to help the family out. I like that the Generates are not very good at the whole rescue thing. X-74 teleported the family to safety, but X-97 threw too many, and too big of, time bombs everywhere. X-6-7 took too long trying to figure out what she should shift into. She finally settled on a giant cat, which was pretty cute.
They all get a great post-battle dinner, a Number 25, with Chicken, which does sound amazing. At dinner, they pick their mutant names.
X-6-7 will be Surprise!, don’t forget the explanation mark, just like Bling!.
X-97 will be Time Bomb.
X-74 will be Point.
Wolverine provides her origin story. Gabby mentions how you can change your codename, she’s already been Badger, and now Scout. She’s still open to a name change.
Issue ends with a thud, as in, Logan collapsed at the safe house, and we finally see his broken right claws, as I’ve been curious if other titles would reflect it. He only popped the left claws in Hellfire Murder, which I needed pointed out to me.
Such a great issue here. Giving the Generates their non-number name shows that these are characters worth investing attention into.
I got the Marvel Snap Magik Beach variant cover, but resisted paying the $25 for the card in the game itself.
Magik is part of the cast list, so I can just relax and enjoy the comic.
Greg Land doing interior art, feels like forever since he did an X-Men comic.
This is the Juggernaut issue.
Juniper, Pennsylvania. Someone jerks put up a Bolivar Trask statue. So gross.
O*N*E Agent Lundqvist is back! Possibly not by popular demand, but I like what he brings out of Cyclops.
Juggernaut is also there, in a very nice brown suit. He definitely shops at a Big & Tall store.
I like Juggernaut not missing a step to comment on how Lundqvist used to be on the big X-Men assignment, and now he’s watching a statue. I mean, it makes sense, he wasn’t very good at the X-Men issue, getting Cyclops’ to reveal his Hellions team, and wrecking several Sentinel factories.
Juggernaut tells Lundqvist that he can go home early today, as he’s going to wreck the statue, except . . . he can’t. It is being protected somehow.
Two hours later, it is still not wrecked. I would have stopped after the second attempt. Not only are there cameras seeing Juggernaut be literally stopped from his mission, but also, two hours is such a long time to fail at one activity.
I sort of wished this entire issue was just Juggernaut and Lundqvist chatting, as what were they talking about during the last two hours. They are getting real here. Lundqvist knows he’s at a transition in his career, but is confident he’ll get his career back on track. Juggernaut recognizes, sadly, that he can’t trust his judgment anymore, and is just trusting Cyclops to make all of the right decisions for him.
Three more hours later. This is just getting silly, as Juggernaut keeps trying to wreck the statue. This is hard to watch. Not entertaining like the end to Tin Cup. I love that movie.
Chris Coleman, a human who wants the statue down, is now Juggernaut’s pal to chat with. Juggernaut is the human ally who is also on the X-Men, which is good to point out for new readers who may think the Juggernaut is a mutant. Sometimes he is in other media.
It is around now, that I’m wondering when Magik is going to be seen, or even mentioned.
Juggernaut promised Cyclops he’ll handle the statue, and he’s not happy with himself.
Juggernaut can wobble the statue, so shouldn’t he just lift the thing and take it somewhere else?
Coleman lets us in on the fact that Trask lived in Juniper, so he’s unfortunately their local celebrity.
Two more hours later, so five total from the beginning of this awkwardness. Angela Harmon, the free speech advocate is now Juggernaut’s pal. So now we have to “both sides” the issue.
Angie, as she prefers over Trask fan, gets to say, “Magneto was right.” Which is always nice to hear.
Aw, Juggernaut mentioning how he eats dinner with Magneto, that’s cute. Imagine Magneto, Juggeranut, and Magik all sharing a meal? I want to see that page.
Dang, Angela, we’re no longer friends, calls Juggernaut out. Magneto is a dog, and Juggernaut is the X-Men’s pet sapien.
Juggernaut as since removed his helmet, so any telepath could be giving him better direction at this point.
He doesn’t care for Angela’s “points”. She has a real them vs us, and he’s one of us.
One hour later. This is getting beyond sad. Now the statue is talking to Juggernaut.
I apparently can’t spell Juggernaut, I keep swapping the “a” and the “n”.
The statue claims it is actually a mirror, reflecting Coleman’s shame, Harmon’s fear, and Marko’s weakness. It goes on to claim it is the Mark of Cain (get it?), the Stain of Sin, all sins.
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His best bud, Magik, finally checks in with him, and has brought Cyclops along as well.
I love so much that she’s quick to try to comfort him.
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Juggernaut is muttering to himself how much of a failure he is.
I appreciate so much Cyclops calling him an X-Man. That’s nice, especially after the nonsense he’s had to hear.
Cyclops thought it was a simple mission, but turns out, it is a puzzle. Magik says they’ll figure it out together. I really like these three together.
Magik makes a Godzilla in Ginza reference, which is odd, as she’s battled Godzilla. Did they make a Godzilla attacks Ginza, a district of Tokyo, after Godzilla attempted to destroy the Marvel Universe? That must be it.
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Dang, Juggernaut is still taking the “lost” hard.
Cyclops is such a great leader, the mission wasn’t a failure, the parameters were changed. Juggernaut gave more than anyone can expect, which is why Cyclops’ can count on him, that’s what makes him an X-Man.
But also, punching it the fifth time, clearly, nothing was going to happen, he wasn’t weakening the force field. He did waste six hours, but also, waste it instead of doing what? I guess enjoying himself, but if he wanted to spend six hours doing this, sure. His manager clearly was okay with it.
Next issue is a Beast spotlight, which I feel like we just got with the Science arc, but also, we have to now set up DNX, as we compare and contrast the Tale of Two Beasts.
Pages 9-10, 19-20, 33 Jed MacKay, Tony S. Daniel & Mark Morales
Pages 14-15, 26-27, 48 Eve L. Ewing & Federica Mancin
Pages 18, 21-25, 28-32 Saladin Ahmed & Federica Mancin
Pages 36-46, 49 Saladin Ahmed, Cory Smith & Oren Junior
I got the RB Silva variant cover, as Kitty is spotlighted on it.
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Sebastian Shaw is attempting to take back the Hellfire Gala name, and is going to do it in high fashion with a masquerade ball.
I was hoping we’ll get a final page with all of the characters with their new costumes, and their names above their heads.
I don’t think Magik attended this, or I completely missed her.
Rogue takes time to chat with Cyclops.
Oya wasn’t supposed to be here, she just happened to be in town.
Mister Sinister, dressed as an angel, is bored with Shaw, who is dressed as a king. #NoKings
Angel, dressed as a devil, is also there. The mansion’s AI programmed everyone’s costumes, besides Shaw’s.
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We get to see Storm for a panel, and establish Kitty Pryde’s Cat outfit. She looks great here.
Hellion gets a moment.
Cyclops and Psylocke get a dance, and they are very flirty. The dialogue implies she’s going to cheat on Greycrow, but actually, they have a devious other plan. To murder either 3K member, Astra or Joseph, or ideally, both.
These two have intense chemistry though. Does remind me of the Jim Lee X-MEN run, where Betsy, in Kwannon’s body, was flirty with Scott, but he was able to resist, oil licking good as Betsy was. So I like the idea that now that Kwannon is in her proper body, he’s actually attracted to the right mind in the right body.
I also love that it was Emma who insisted on Scott learning to dance. Scemma was truly the best.
Oya and Ransom find each other, and I really like these two. I wish they were not separated by 4,371 miles.
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Page 13, the Kitty & Martinique dance, which is by Saladin Ahmed & Joelle Jones.
The Kitty Pryde subreddit spoiled these images, so I sort of know to expect this, and knowing there was an illusionist, that maybe Shaw wasn’t actually murdered. I kept waiting for a reveal.
I like how Kitty doesn’t recognize Martinique, she recognized everyone else, but it makes sense she wouldn’t know Martinique.
I wouldn’t want Kitty to cheat on Nina, please break up with someone before you cheat on them, that’s just gross.
I would have said I was always more of a Regan Wyngarde / Lady Mastermind fan, of the two sisters, as she’s just pure fun, and Regan is the more serious of the two, which is usually the one I’m more drawn to, but Regan has more page time, and been in more stories that I’ve read. BUT! Martinique Wyngarde having crazy chemistry with Kitty, well now, I have a great reason to love Martinique. You best know that I’m going to be listening to that Cerebro episode again with Alex Abad-Santos.
Cross referencing my League of Comic Geeks with Travis Starnes’ Complete Marvel Reading Order, I’m only missing Emprye X-Men issues 2 & 3 of the issues she’s in that I want for my collection. For whatever reason, I own issue 4, but not issue 1 either, so I should try to buy those first three issues once I’m back in the back issue buying game.
Emma Frost and Namor meet up, and talk about the Seven Virtues and Sins. These two are always a joy.
Logan and Jubilee are the stars of the issue, as they investigate the murder. The Murder of Sebastian Shaw, dun dun DUN!
Shaw was killed by a nerve gas.
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With Shaw’s death, the mansion’s black market security kicks in, and Kitty helps stop some of the defenses.
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So silly having Kitty be the one to say “X-Men aren’t murders.” Frank Bohannan, Director of O*N*E*, is very quick to point out that Kitty herself has killed people.
Toad points to Emma as a prime suspect, as she’s always willing to kill Shaw.
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Kitty and the mutants finally get to see Shaw’s dead body, so we know he’s actually dead. I still, at this point, think this is all an illusion, and Shaw is grinning somewhere.
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I love so much Kitty shipping Emma and Namor. They need a ship name, but I can’t think of one immediately. White Fish, Imperial Frost, something.
Emma doesn’t want Katherine to be crass. I love these two together.
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Emma is already looking forward to never having to think about Shaw ever again.
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So silly Doop up in the sky with his costume. I wish we got a look at his front.
Shaw murdered Kitty, way back in Marauders V1 11, so naturally, she is also a prime suspect, but she was dancing with someone extremely hot wearing a lily mask.
Shame Lockheed wasn’t in this issue, as he was left to drown by Shaw.
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Hellion is quick to accuse 3K’s Astra and Joseph of killing Shaw. Astra mentioned the black market security system, which gives Logan a lead. He tells Jubilee she’s on her own to maintain control of the room.
I hope I captured all of Kitty’s scenes, as I look for her in every panel.
I like that we get a moment with Cyclops, he cancels the mission to kill Astra and Joseph, as the attention is on them, and Shaw is dead, and he doesn’t care about his death, he was scum.
Rogue and Gambit are cute this issue, and maybe bored with the plot? Gambit offers to make her soup or gumbo. Either sounds good to me.
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I love Rogue taking the time to make an Ember reference, as he is a ghost horse.
Logan follows his nose, to Toad, but he assures us, that it isn’t what it looks like. “Jubilee” who looks like what she looks like, but isn’t her, shots Logan.
Turns out we have a new grouping of mutants . . . The Hellfire Brotherhood!
Mystique, who still has some facial scarring, so that’s nice continuity. Destiny, always looking great. Toad. Empath, who is the absolute worst. And . . . Mastermind herself, Martinque! Wha?!
Kitty would work so well in this group.
Mystique explains everything. She was aware of the mansion defenses. She convinced it that she was the real Shaw, and the mansion killed Shaw with the defense nerve gas. He was going to rally the mutants, and the ones who wouldn’t work with him, he was going to use Forge’s perma mutant power gun / technology, and remove any mutants who wouldn’t work with Shaw.
Poor Forge, that gun is his true legacy.
And being one of Storm’s exes.
I was really really hoping Martinque would have interjected with some comment about how she was dancing with a real hottie, and found out who Kitty was. As we don’t ever get them learning about the other. Which is a real shame.
Also, Shaw is super dead.
The mansion defenses finally stop, and the doors open. The room suspects 3K was behind Shaw’s murder.
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Emma and Namor leave as friends.
I like Emma telepathically calling for Rift to get her and Katherine out of here.
Rogue has a nice chat with Oya, telling her that Ransom isn’t as tough as he looks, so please don’t hurt him. Oya was going to have the same conversation with Rogue, which seems odd, she was going to ask Rogue to not have Ransom hurt her? But sure, dialogue is complicated, and I fumble more times than I’m proud of.
I’m really liking this silly new trend of putting the credit page at the end, so that we can have a legit post credit scene.
Turns out, Emma DID kill Shaw, she just overloaded his brain, which would have had the same signs as a nerve gas, so she got lucky there. Logan will keep this a secret, just like how he kept the Hellfire Brotherhood a secret from Jubilee.
This was a lot of fun, and Kitty actually got to do stuff in this issue, so I love that.
Rogue rescues Kurt from the good aliens. Ransom directs the Outliers. Deathdream makes it so we get Zombies vs Brood.
Gambit wants to be called, Wyvern. I like Jubilee immediately going with the new name.
Mutina needs a new agent, as her current one want her to fight the Brood.
Marlys and Deathdream have their first kiss. So cute.
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Ember is back!
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We also get Calitter confessing their love to each other, and I love them so much.
Wyvern is fully a creature now.
Vig isn’t dead. Makes sense if he’s a cockroach man.
Dang, Jubilee instructed Mutina to show the Brood their greatest fear, and for a few pages, I really wanted the page reveal to be Lockheed, their greatest enemy, but sure, Galactus is pretty intimidating.
We don’t get any drama with Wyvern turning back into his natural Remy state.
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Rogue rebrands the Outliers as The New Mutants! I do like these newish uniforms. Becca looks great.
Rogue gave them a new name, and costumes, as she’s leaving to get Gambit some help.
We get Deathdreams’ very tragic past. Deathdream is 15, nice to get an age to these kids.
Only Rogue and Remy are leaving, the rest of the Uncanny X-Men are sticking around, which makes sense as Monet is supposed to be leading this team now.
It has taken 32 issues, but we have finally reunited the Uncanny X-Men with the New Mutants! That’s pretty cool.
We did get Magik in this issue! I must have missed her head thingies in the preview page.
Doom has assembled the Avengers of Doom, as he calls them, or Kang’s Kaos Krew, as Kang prefers them to be called. Emma isn’t impressed with men’s desire to name things after themselves, so shots fired at these guys, and Batman. I like Ghost Rider’s continued, “I didn’t sign up for this.”
Doom recaps what happened in Godzilla Infinity Roar, and we get the Magic panel, as she’s among the defeated heroes.
The Avengers of Doom are Kang, Emma Frost, Human Torch, Reyes Ghost Rider, Punisher, Man-Thing, Herr Kagelmacher (their gadget guy), and Miles Morales Spider-Man.
The first Earth they go to, the last costumed person standing is Red Skull, which is gross, but I love how everyone is grossed out by him. Punisher kills him, which is a delight.
We see Mecha Fing Fang Foom.
Miles collects a very big cute purple guy.
They go to another Earth with a giant Walrus.
Miles is capturing them all, as he collects an ape looking fella.
Issue ends with Weapon Zilla, the Wolverine styled Godzilla that was on a variant cover of the first series, people must have loved him, I know Walker D did, as I bought that variant cover.
But it isn’t the end, as we get a post credit scene (which is fun as we got the credit page late)
We see Knull has assembled his Knull’s Kill Krew, consisting of America Chavez, Invisible Woman, Reed Richards, Ben Grimm, Silver Surfer, and Doctor Octopus, all Knullifed, of course.
I’m pretty excited about Midnight X-Men 1, and that Crain variant cover is my favorite thus far.
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Midnight Spider-Man looks cool, is that a giant spider constantly biting his chest? The concept is very intriguing.
Avengers Armageddon 5, be nice once this is over. I type that, the series isn’t effecting me at all, and I’m not even seeing any buzz.
Wolverine Paradise 1, I like Dazzler being part of this.
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Doom All On One 1, I do find myself buying into the Doctor Doom hype, and I think the idea of a story told in gorgeous 50 splash pages is fun, until they do this too much, and Doom is supposed to fight everyone, so I can only imagine Magik will appear in this, right?
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So many covers will be revealed at San Diego Comic Con. I have to get back to that con one of these days, but I really want to go to Emerald City Comic Con, as it is the biggest con near me (near me by like eight hours). One of the not-yet-revealed covers are comics I was tempted to get, thus far.
Fantastic Four 18, is a DNX tie in, but it doesn’t hint of any X-Men in the issue.
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DNX 3, hopefully one of the variant covers as Magik on it.
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X-Men 39, after the Science team was purely them, I have grown confident in not preordering an issue without Magik being on the cover. There’s four covers to still be seen.
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Same for X-Men 40, hopefully I see all of the variant covers before the DCBS cut off date.
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Tomb of Apocalypse 3, I love Ashley Allen, and the cast is good, Logan, Jubilee, Rictor and Shatterstar.
Gambit Gone 2, the sequel to X-Men of Apocalypse. I wonder if the Outliers will be in the first issue?
Uncanny X-Men 37, Logan vs Sarah Grunt, now with some adamantium.
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X-Men United 8, what an interesting series this is going to be as an omnibus. We’ll have to see if Kitty is on one of the three variant covers.
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Inglorious X-Force 10, it isn’t marketed as the final issue, that’s interesting. I really like the team dynamics with this series.
Generation X-23 9, makes sense this continues the Generated mutates.
X-Men 97 Season Two Issue 5, X-Force vs Acolytes.
Bishop 5 ends the mini, and Shard is still around, that’s nice, I like that.
X-Men Outback 5, vs Mojo, I wonder if we’ll get some fun character appearances in this issue?
Gambit Wanted 4, the first issue was pretty solid.
Wade Wilson Deadpool 9 and Punisher 9, I believe we’re still in the midst of their crossover, right? Hidden covers here.
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Alien vs X-Men 2, now with Cable. At least we’re still getting Kitty Pryde back up story, it involving the Phoenix is interesting. Still no reference to Lockheed. Hopefully she’s on one of the three variant covers.
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Amazing Spider-Man 1001, I mean, honestly, I’m happy they are continuing the legacy number. Be proud of getting a thousand issues.
Amazing Venom 2, promises a tour of the Marvel heroes and villains, could the X-Men be in this?
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Captain Britain 50th Anniversary Special, I’m definitely getting that awesome Alan Davis cover.
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Iron Man 10, is a hidden cover. I’m so happy Carmen Carnero is back on art duties again.
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Jeff the Land Shark Superstar 4, the regular cover as Magikhot, so that’s all I needed to see.
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Godzilla Conquers the Multiverse 4, Magik was in the first issue, for a panel, and this is my tenth image, so this might have to be on the maybe list.
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October 2026 is looking like a nice month of comics.
Midnight X-Men 1, the Crain cover.
Doom All On One 1
DNX 3, a Magik cover
X-Men 39 & 40, any Magik cover
X-Men United 8, hopefully Kitty is on one cover
Alien vs X-Men 2, hopefully Kitty is on one cover
Captain Britain 50th Anniversary Special, the Alan Davis cover
Jeff the Land Shark Superstar 4, the regular cover
Thanks to Marvel Entertainment for hosting the Avengers Doomsday Trailer.
I am so eXcited for all of the X-Men content we are about to get!
We start with the Xavier School for Gifted Youngsters sign
Xavier is seeing a giant burst of flame, it isn’t Dark Phoenix, but . . . is it?
We get Cyclops, and I immediately start thinking about writing this post.
Gambit vs Shang-Chi!
We know the X-Men will be fighting the Thunderbolts (New Avengers), and some of the Fantastic Four, as we get Mystique vs Yelena
We get Magneto & Xavier together.
I can’t tell who all is in this room with Gambit. Who wears a red jacket? One of the Fantastic Four, to small for Ben, so maybe Johnny?
We get the Cyclops Optic Blast that we got teased with.
I knew I was going to watch this again, immediately, but then Cap and Thor together?! And in the Fantastic Four’s ship?!
I’ve already taking December 18 off so we can watch it first thing in the morning. We’re doing the same for Spider-Man Brand New Day. Plus, it is two days after Walker D’s birthday, so we’re celebrating all the things.
Even if this is all of the X-Men content we get, this is enough for me to get super eXcited about it.
I’m excited to the point that I’m tempted to change up what I was going to do on the podcast to tie in, but also, I think it’ll be silly.
Reading the recap page, and I had no idea MODOK created Jeff the Land Shark.
Mojo is looking for some talent. He went the Spider-route, then the Wolverine-route, and landed on Jeff Coast Avengers!
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DazzleStorm
Elsa Strange
Kate Locke, a mix with Psylocke.
Wolverine-Man, part man, and part machine, all Wolverine.
Rambit
Jeff
And my favorite, Magikshot, she’s scorching hot, it is in her name.
We learn this isn’t actually Jeff.
Jeff is on Earth, and a giant tentacle monster is attacking. Jeff is being me right now when I’m trying to work from home, and watching some TV, and the lawn mower guy shows up, and makes all of the sound.
The X-Men arrive, consisting of both Wolverines, Storm, Armor, and Psylocke.
Logan hits the window, and threatens if Jeff doesn’t help soon, Logan will personally come get him to help. Which is odd, as what can Jeff do? But as we soon see, he can do so much.
Ken, the new purple squid pal, wants to come, but Gwenpool left a note stating Ken is too young for this business. Jeff resists, but eventually brings Ken along.
I like how once the fight is over, Gwenpool repeats the note.
We get Spiral during the Mojo pages, which is fun, and the issue ends with her grabbing the real Jeff.
I had to go with the Meghan Hetrick variant cover, as it was the only cover with Kitty Pryde, and always cool to get an X-Ladies cover.
This issue finally gets us Bronze with Marigold, and Mal, who we haven’t seen since the first issue.
The Ancient Orc Oaken Arclight Simulation. We catch up to Deathdream, Iceman, Emma Frost, Cyclops, and Rogue. Deathdream finds a way to escape back to Graymatter Lane.
I like how his fellow Outliers are the ones that find him, that’s nice.
Bronze with Marigold, Lochheed’s (hopefully not evil) female clone that Mister Sinister created, and Melee are talking about how Kitty Pryde wouldn’t stand them up. So at least Kitty is mentioned in this issue.
A Few Minutes Later.
All of the students have gathered. Nice to see Indra back.
We learn that all of the adults are gone.
Ms. Marvel wonders if they should get the Avengers, but Sophia shoots that down, this is a mutant problem, and will take a mutant solution.
I like Axo backing Sophia, and Loolo critizing him for it, as Axo and Sophia are very close friends. I so appreciate the cast list in the beginning of this issue.
Match also critizes that they are using Mister Sinister tech, and Bronze keeps to the company line that that is clearly okay, but I have my doubts, especially as I see Marigold in this panel.
I do like Melee Ransom, and Gabby being the ones to take leadership, they are the leaders of their respected cliques.
Meanwhile. Ben Lui is coming to terms with letting Emma Frost into his mind.
Nice that Tiago Palma gets a five fun facts feature in the X-Mentions.
The adults are having a hard time navigating their way through this shadowy realm.
Back at Graymatter Lane.
I guess Laura is considered an adult, as she’s not around.
None of the adults can be located, not even with the Empathy Engine.
They decide they have to break into teams.
Bronze with Marigold sees Mal head off on her own, so they follow her.
Mal does not appreciate this, as turns into monster mode, scary the two of them.
This is such a cool page, and where we get Marigold’s image for the cast page.
The students are going to make a Lousiana team, and an Alaskan team.
Bronze and Marigold come running back, saying something is wrong with Mal, but Mal shows up like nothing is wrong. This is giving Single White Female.
Mal sadly walks away.
Mal is clearly being tempted by the Shadow King, but we don’t know that yet.
Poor Bronze and Marigold look so sad here.
Even Rift is back, as he has to open portals to get the two teams away.
Is it odd or nice that the Outliers are not the full Louisiana Away team? Calico is taking Loolo and another person with her.
Before we can see who is officially on the Alaskan team, Gabby is taken over by a shadowy person, and attacks everyone.
Thankfully this doesn’t last too long, probably as Gabby is pure of heart.
Sophie puts up a pyshic shield, and Jitter, for some reason, has to mention this was without consent, like, she’s saving your life right now! Sophie apologizes, but I’m not sure if that is warranted here, but I guess it is a nice thing to do. She hears the criticism, and takes responsibility for it. That is the right thing to do.
The adults keep getting attacked. Emma can’t do any telepathic attempts as she needs to be in her diamond form. Which feels like it has been forever since I’ve seen her in her diamond form.
Rogue is on the attack, and she’s losing pieces of her outfit. They want to go to the safety of Graymatter Lane.
Unfortunately, Graymatter Lane isn’t that safe either, as the issue ends.
I got my 14th letter published! I didn’t send one in for the fourth issue, I couldn’t’ think of anything positive to say, besides where is Marigold and Mal, but we got them in this very issue.
Shadow and Flame with Magik 