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.
Avengers Armageddon 4, so I guess the temporary Cap isn’t the new character in Avengers 1, that’s interesting.
Amazin Spider-Man 1000, is $10, which makes sense with 104 pages. I’ll be tempted for the historical nature of it, but also, I’m not that guy anymore.
Boomerang is the Amazing Venom?! That’s intersting.
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Aliens vs X-Men 1. They had me at the title. They had me with Kitty Pryde on the main cover. They had me with Chris Claremont writing a Kitty Pryde focus back up in all four issues. This is a comic made for me. I’ll have to check to see if Kitty shows up on any of the other five variant covers. I hope Lockheed appears in the backup as he is the Broods’ worst nightmare.
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I’ve been really enjoying Infernal Hulk, and I’ll gladly buy him vs Wolverine. Hopefully other X-Men appear in this, I imagine Jubilee will, as she was heading off with him at the end of Infernal Hulk 7.
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Muppets Take the Marvel Universe 1. I’m such a sucker for the Muppets, and Wolverine, Storm, and Emma Frost are on the cover, so maybe we’ll get other X-Men in this? There are four more variant covers, so I’ll have to see if we get a X-Men focus one, but the main cover is pretty awesome too.
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White Rabbit is in Spider-Man / Hulk : Fire and Brimstone? That’s pretty cool. Odd Nightcrawler isn’t in this with that title.
Spider-Woman 50th Anniversary, I love that they are making this. I love Ann Nocenti coming back for a story. I imagine we’ll get a Carol Danvers appearance, but maybe an X-Men one too?
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DNX 2, I’ll have to see if Magik appears on one of the unseen five variant covers.
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A real shame X-Men is still double shipping when, with DNX, it is essentially triple shipping. I’ll see if Magik is on one of the other variant covers.
Quintin Quire vs Cassandra Nova could be cool.
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I’ll have to see which cover has Magik for X-Men 38. I like Magneto getting a spotlight.
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Thankfully Fantastic Four isn’t double shipping during DNX. I like issue 17 being a tie in, but I’m going to pass on that. Early September is still pretty tight for us.
Tomb of Apocalypse 2. I love Ashley Allen, and it hints there are other mutants who want the tomb, but they are against the X-Men, so I imagine it isn’t any of my favorites.
Uncanny X-Men 35, are we getting a team shake up?! Double shipping with issue 36.
Generation X-23 8, has all of the Wolverines, and a return of a fan favorite. I wonder who that is? Dr. Celicia Reyes, maybe?
Inglorious X-Force 9 vs Domino’s X-Force of Rictor & Shatterstar, and Pug-Smasher, who I don’t know, but I like this team.
Gambit Wanted 3, written by Chris Claremont, but I’m getting that fix with Aliens vs X-Men.
Bishop 4 still has Shard, so I like that.
X-Men Outback 4 has Madelyne Pryor!
X-Men 97 Season Two 4, I wonder if Kitty is still appearing on Forge’s wall of awesome mutants?
Wolverine 27, I wonder when the other comics start showing him with only one set of claws? Savage Champions is just the Alt-Logans, right? Double shipping with issue 28, which I like that it can just be a simple sentence. It is Wolverine, either you are buying it, or you are not. I usually use solicits to see which covers I want.
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Probably not a great sign that Logan is the main focus of two covers for X-Men United 7. Will Kitty appear in this issue? I’ve liked Brielle Brooks, daughter of Blade, in the other comic of hers that I read. I imagine, one day, she’ll be promoted without needing the “daughter of Blade,” but here I am, typing it myself.
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X-Men Omega Red Dawn 1, I so appreciate them listing the Infinity Comics this collects, X-Men Infinity 1 – 10. Which doesn’t have Kitty, Lockheed, nor Magik in it, according to fandom. But maybe one day, we’ll get Loveable Lockheed printed? If they can print ten issues at 56 pages, for $7, they can print six issues. Plus, I’ll buy all of those variant covers too.
Gambit Gone 1, and they lost me at “From the Pages of X-Men of Apocalypse.” Do we need two Gambit miniseries? Is he going to be in Avengers Doomsday? Actually, he might be, now that I think of it. I’ve been having the thought of how they’ll probably use X-Men 97 Season Two to start giving us hints of what MCU X-Men might be like.
We start the Big Guns crossover of Punisher and Wade Wilson Deadpool, so I think I can stop reading Deadpool as he’s no longer in the X-Office (I imagine).
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I was really hoping for my wallet’s sake, that the Marvel Mangaverse would launch in September, but be spread out over a couple months. We are getting a new version of Magik, so I’m committed to a few of these, starting with Web of Blood 1.
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Passing on Mangaverse : Iron Knight, thought I like Ironheart and Moon Knight getting involved with this.
Ashley Allen is writing Mangaverse : Arcane Avengers. Would she work Magik into this? I can only imagine Magik would have been written into the solicit
I love Alyssa Wong returning to a Psylocke in Mangaverse : Ghostlocke, where she fights Carnage.
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The way these are written, it does seem like all I need are the two bookends. Interesting Magik is now known as Legion here in Web of Destiny. I am getting a bit of a raise in July, so maybe this won’t be so bad on my wallet. Plus, I can always add the other three to my Wishlist.
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Marvel Zombies : War Zone 1, Punisher really is making the most out of his Spider-Man Brand New Day appearance! I like to follow these, as sometimes my favorites show up in them.
Queen in Black 4, a hard pass, but Reed Richards being involved, makes me wonder if we’ll get Secret Wars flashbacks, but I doubt it this far into the event.
Venom 262, We (All) Are Venom!
Black Panther / Namor : Doomed 1, I do love when the Kings of Marvel come together.
Marvel Gold 76 1, Bullseye vs Cosmic Heroes, is an interesting choice for a comic.
Ultimate Impact Reborn 5, I feel burned by both this and Armageddon, but I am happy it is pretty contain between these two events. Unless, of course, it is setting up the big 2027 event. I mean, besides Hulk War.
Sorcerer Supreme 10, I had forgotten that issue ten is usually the final issue of most Marvel Comics. I don’t think that is Madelyne Pryor on the cover. This series really peaked with issue 3.
So great having Carmen Carnero back on Iron Man 9.
Doctor Strange and Doctor Doom : Triumph and Torment 1, when I was buying all of Wizard’s Top 100 Trades, this was one of the hardest for me to buy. Such a great story.
Daredevil is double shipping?! Issues 6 and 7.
aw, Fantastic Four 16 is nowhere near its DNX tie in 17. But also, yep, double shipping.
Civil War Unmasked 5, continues to be missable.
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Jeff the Land Shark : Superstar 3, hopefully ShatterMagik is on one of the four variant covers.
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I might have to make the mistake and not get Godzilla Conquers the Multiverse 3, September seems very expensive, and I keep getting burned on these, with Magik showing up every other issue. We’ll see what the covers look like. I do like Emma Frost being on this, and it does promise “and more.”
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Predator vs Planet of the Apes 3, those poor apes.
hey, that Al Ewing Doctor Doom, nothing but splash pages didn’t make the list. That’s nice, I was tempted by that one.
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Okay, let’s see what the damage is here :
Aliens vs X-Men 1, for sure, the main cover, but all the Kitty Pryde covers.
Infernal Hulk vs Wolverine 1, any of the covers.
Muppets Take the Marvel Universe 1, main cover is fine.
DNX 2, a cover with Magik.
X-Men 29, a cover with Magik.
X-Men 30, a cover with Magik. Tempted not to get any of these unless Magik is on a cover.
X-Men United 7, hopefully we get Kitty on one of the covers.
Marvel Mangaverse : Web of Blood 1, the main cover.
Marvel Mangaverse : Web of Destiny 1, the main cover.
Jeff the Land Shark Superstar 3, a cover with ShatterMagikShot.
Maybe Godzilla Conquers the Multiverse 3, what is one more comic? But a cover with Magik.
John Byrne named Kitty Pryde after a classmate in one of his classes. John Byrne designed Kitty Pryde after a young Sigourney Weaver.
Knowing this, I have bought Ellen Ripley, Weaver’s character in the Aliens movies (and one Laser Cats) in Fortnite, Dead by Deadlight, and very recently, Fall Guys.
Fortnite :
Dead by Daylight :
Fall Guys :
Ellen Ripley’s green jumpsuit looks exactly like Days of Future Past Kate Pryde, so it is the closest I will ever get to playing as Kate Pryde in any of those games.
Kate Pryde from Uncanny X-Men 141
Plus, the Aliens movies are pretty cool.
Though I am committed to buying the Star Lord skin in Fall Guys, as I think pretend it is Kitty Pryde Star Lord, the hair is wavy just enough it could maybe be her.
Now Marvel is releasing a four issue Aliens vs X-Men crossover. Not only that, it will feature a four part back up story that stars Kitty Pryde versus both the Brood and the Aliens! The Xenomorphs. Which will be written by Chris Claremont!
This feels specifically made for me!
I’m committing now to buying whichever covers as Kitty on it.
Hopefully she is also in the main story, but they got me committed.
This feels great compared to taking a chance on crossovers like Godzilla where maybe Magik might show up, if we’re lucky.
I am tempted to get both the Muppets Take Marvel, and the Doom crossover, just because the solicts imply Doom is fighting everyone, and maybe it’ll have either Kitty Pryde, Lockheed, or Magik, at the very least.
At least the main cover has Wolverine, Storm, and Emma Frost, so I feel the chances are high, plus, I love the Muppets. Especially Miss Piggy, and Statler and Waldorf.
Which is similar to a Ben Grimm one shot they had recently. Cool concept. Plus, I can always give the comic to Walker D, if none of my faves show up in it.
Kieron Gillen and Geraldo Borges are going to do an uncanny job with the main story.
Imagine if Lockheed is in the back up?! That’ll make sense as he’s the Brood’s greatest enemy. Remember that?
Midnight X-Men 1, the sole X-Men title in the new Midnight Universe. Has 9 variant covers, so hopefully one of those would have Kitty or Magik on it. Nightcrawler, that the fans are calling MidNightcrawler, is hunting Vampire Storm, so that should be an awesome story. Especially brought to us by Jonathan Hickman, Matteo Della Fonte, and Dike Ruan.
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DNX 1 is properly solicited, and DCBS already has it available for preorder, so don’t miss out. I’ll be getting the JeeHyung Lee Variant.
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Mary Jane : Face It, Tiger 1, I am tempted by with both Ann Nocenti and Ashley Allen writing stories. I’m so glad no one had to remind Marvel of Mary Jane’s 60th Birthday, unless how DC had to be reminded about Lois Lane’s milestone birthday. Remember that?
So silly that Marvel doesn’t legacy number Amazing Spider-Man Volume Whatever 36 to 1000. I almost missed it. Back in the day, I would be tempted to get this just for the collector aspect.
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Infernal Hulk 10, I do suspect the X-Men are only in issue 7, but this is the final issue of this series, before we get the final series in the trilogy, then the big Hulk War crossover. So, I believe I have time to read issue 7 (out next week), before having to preorder issue 10.
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Kevin Smith co-writing Spider-Man / Hulk : Fire and Brimstone should be fun.
Fantastic Four 15, the team’s 65th Anniversary. That’s pretty cool.
Mortal Thor 14 is actually Thor 800, pretty cool.
Captain America 14, so Doom is officially back.
Avengers : Armageddon 3, so this really is just One World Under Doom, but with Red Hulk. The World is against the Avengers, again?
Ultimate Impact Reborn 4, the first issue left me pretty cold, so I think I’m done with all things Ultimate (unless it is about the first Ultimate Universe).
Black Cat 13 has the Punisher.
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Venom 261, symbiote vs Reed Richards, a grudge from the original Secret Wars. I’ll have to see if Lockheed appears in the Secret Wars flashback pages.
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Queen in Black : Defenders of Light and Dark 2, I do like Cloak & Dagger have their own miniseries during this event.
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Marvel Tokon First Strike 1, has four variant covers, so I wonder if Magik will be on one of these? Or even be in the series?
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I guess Jeff the Land Shark Superstar is out every other month? I’m getting this for Shattermagik, and the regular cover.
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Godzilla Conquers the Multiverse 2, I do appreciate they list the bulk of the guest stars. I am getting a feeling that Magik isn’t going to be in this, but we’ll see.
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Tomb of Apocalypse 1, I do love Ashley Allen, but Apocalypse, Logan, and Jubilee? Those are not characters that get me eXcited to buy a comic.
Bishop 3, with Shark vs Brotherhood.
Gambit Wanted 2, vs Bullseye.
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X-Men Outback 3, apparently the threat is trying to end the Rasputin bloodline, so will we get Magik in this series?
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Wolverine 25 & 26, missing some claws, and his healing factor.
Generation X-23 7, Logan arrives.
Inglorious X-Force 8, MLF are making their move, and whatever is happening to Cable is on the cover.
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X-Men United 6, has six covers, so hopefully Kitty is on one of them.
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X-Men 35, I’m getting the Marvel Tokon variant cover with Magik on it. DNX Prologue, Part 1.
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X-Men 36, I’m getting the Reis variant cover with Magik on it. DNX Prologue, Part 2.
X-Men ’97 : Season Two 3, I’ll have to see if Kitty or Magik appear in this.
What If Runaways 1, have we not done What If Runaways Didn’t Run Away? I imagine it is a concept that can be done a hundred times.
What If Captain America 1, didn’t we do What If Captain America Woke Up in 2099? Wasn’t that 2099 Manifest Destiny? I guess the plot of this is what if he didn’t wake up in “Marvel Present” then slept, then woke up in 2099, this is just straight to 2099.
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What If X-Men 1, What if Cassandra Nova killed Xavier, written by Ashley Allen. Has two variant covers. Sounds interesting. The X-Men on the main cover are Cyclops, Jean Grey, Emma Frost, Rogue, and Logan. I’ll have to see what the other two variant covers look like, and if we see Kitty and Magik in it.
August is usually our tightest month, so I’m trying to see how few comics I can preorder.
Sorcerer Supreme 9, I thought that was Madelyne Pryor on the main cover, but I think that’s just Wanda.
Civil War Unmasked 4, has Tigra in it.
Iron Man 8, I love how they are marketing this as Carmen Carnero back full time. Whiplash is also there.
Fantastic Four : 65 Years of the World’s Greatest Comic Covers, this is something I’ll love to flip through. $6, so it is priced right.
Origins of the Hood : Marvel Rivals 1, is the Hood a big deal in Rivals? Will Magik appear in this?
Marvel is reprinting their classic Indiana Jones comics, that’s pretty cool.
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Okay, what am I committing to?
Buys
Midnight X-Men 1, ideally a variant cover with Kitty or Magik.
DNX 1, that I already have preordered.
Jeff the Land Shark Superstar 2, the main cover.
X-Men United 6, a variant cover with Kitty
X-Men 35, the Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls Variant
X-Men 36, the Rod Reis Variant
Maybes
Infernal Hulk 10
Godzilla Conquers the Multiverse 2
So, five comics for sure, and maybe two others? That isn’t too horrible.
Variant Cover Todd Nauck, the Doctor Doom Homage Cover
I’m on record that I’m a huge fan of a villain spotlight issue, which was true for X-Men V7 24. Is it too soon for another villain spotlight issue? For me? No, I’m on record for being a huge fan of a villain spotlight issue. This time, we get Ms. Danger’s Danger Room.
I’m also on record about how if a villain knows the X-Men will win, the way to get your agenda done is by making sure your end goal happens toward the middle of your plan, so even when you get optic blasted, you still got your goal accomplished. The X-Men are notorious for not locking their villains up.
Maxine Danger, who is between a high functioning sociopath and a narcissistic solipsist. Which I had to look up. Apparently they believe that the only thing they can guarantee is the existence of their own mind – which seems interesting, but also, other people do exist, but I guess not from their point of view. Which I know I’m the type of guy, once someone passes me on a highway, I do consider that person. Where are they going? How did they catch up to me on the highway to pass me by? Are they thinking about me right now? Probably just in terms of “get out of my way!”
We meet former SHIELD Agent Jackson, in Arbfield Women’s Prison. She has the ability to make people sad enough that they kill themselves, so that’s not great, please seek help before hurting yourself or others. She knew she had this within herself, so knew once she was a SHIELD agent, she’ll have to get her body count as high as possible.
Ms. Danger works for the Beyond Corporation, who I’m pretty sure Spider-Man also worked for, so is that the same corporation?
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We get the group shot of everyone together, as they are pleased with themselves. I do love seeing a plan come together.
I do appreciate that they planned to take Psylocke out first, by separating her from the rest of the team. One always has to take out of the telepaths first, then the speedsters.
Psylocke is with Xorn in the Marauder, as it gets blasted out of the sky. This new Danger Room is full of killers, who, of course, won’t be killing the X-Men. A real shame that we don’t have resurrections anymore so these new villains can be established as a new lethal force. I supposed that could make them deadlier, but there is a world of a difference between killing regular humans, and elite mutants.
We next meet Colton Colton in Calford Penitentiary. We all know a person with the same name, right? Or know a person who knows a person? In high school, my Life Science teacher was Thomas Thomas, and I’ll never forget him. In my jobs over the years, I have mailed letters to people with the same name. Those poor nurses having to bite their tongues to not want to request double confirmation on the name.
Fun fact, my college friend Susie, is a Leap Day baby, so she’s only nine now.
Colton is a Machiavellian, which I’m starting to think my understanding of some of these words are not exactly what I think they are. He lived in a trailer park, and turn everyone against each other, to the point they were killing each other, and then he killed everyone else.
We catch up to the X-Men at the Factory. Glob Herman is bleeding out on the table, which is odd they didn’t take him to a hospital, especially as they know they don’t have Xorn NOR 70s Beast. Which is very clever planning on the Danger Room’s part. I really do wish it was simply called, Danger’s Room, that’ll be fun, plus distinguishes her group from the actual room, or the robot gal. But like they mentioned in the issue, the X-Men and Merle, Alaska, don’t quite trust each other. Quintin Quire is mad enough to make some poor decisions.
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We see Magik on a screen in the back, which is fun, as we head towards the main event.
I was thinking, isn’t there two more bad guys, how many pages are left of this comic? So, the solution is, time to double up. We meet Grigos and Marquez, thanks to the podcast, I might have a chance at remembering their names, or thanks to the website, I can at least refer back to this. These are two guys who think they have depowered Skrulls, thanks to that cursed Reed Richards! I think it would be a lot of fun if it turns out that she’s wrong, especially being a solipsist, and they actually are depowered Skrulls. Why not? They created a giant fire, which brought the firefighters, who they murdered, so they hate infrastructures.
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We see the X-Men fighting off the ship. Even if they win the day, and we know they will, without Magik’s teleportation abilities, they’re still stranded deep in the ocean.
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More fighting of the ship.
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Magik’s “Cyclops, what’s the plan” reaction meme drop!
I do love Cyclops being “I knew there was a trap, so of course, I sprung it.” He brought along a slew of sledgehammers, and they’re going to wreck their way out.
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He’s going to make whoever this is pay.
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Then, to my wonderful surprise, I got my 11th letter published! I didn’t think a letter for Age of Revelation Book of Revelations 1 would ever get printed, but it is nice to see it was received, plus, I guess we’ll be picking up on Apocalypse’s kids eventually. Hence the publishing of the letter. I see you.
Milwaukee. Issue opens with Greycrow robbing a bank, and getting shot up during his escape.
Merle, Alaska. Scott is happy it is spring time. Kwannon is surprised as Scott grew up in Alaska, and thinks he’ll be comfortable with the snow. He corrects her, that he was only here as a child. I suppose it is smart of him not to mention he lived there for a time with Madelyne and Baby Nathan, but that was like what, a few months? Better not to mention it.
Sheriff Robbins is missing, as Deputy Smith informs them.
Glob Herman is setting up a nice garden, as he’s producing too much for the X-Men to eat. He was going to give the food away, but Scott thought that would be suspicious. Which he’s right, as even I would think there was something wrong with the food, or that it was expiring soon. I like the older couple who arrives, they haven’t heard of the Shi’ar or optic blasts, which I would think the Shi’ar was known, but I guess if all you are getting from the news is alien attack after alien attack, they probably all sound alike. Before they arrive, Glob is visited by Piper and her mother, Rose. Piper’s twin sister, Robin, is working with 3K now, but it is nice that they’re keeping her in the loop. Well, now she’s in the loop, seems like someone should have sent an email or telepathic message to Rose about her other daughter.
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Cyclops asks Magik to track Sheriff Robbins’ blood to the source.
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Magik has located the nice sheriff, in the Gulf of Alaska.
Psylocke can’t make the mission as she has to check on Greycrow. Cyclops tells her to take Xorn with her, as Greycrow will need a healer. That’s nice of him.
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Gulf of Alaska. The Spirit of St. Augstine. We get a very cool team splash page.
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Things are a little too Raph. And a little too quiet.
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They locate Sheriff Robbins, she informs them it is a trap. I like how 70s Beast knows it is a trap, but they have a handy teleporter.
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Except, of course, Magik can’t teleport them, so ruh oh.
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The X-Men have to battle the ship.
Glob Herman gets hate crimed, which I immediately was worried about when Scott and Kwannon was discussing Glob having a garden, and I thought the room they hinted was his shop that was wrecked, but it was the police station (though it should be a sherif’s office, if they’re sheriffs and deputies, but okay). Glob is shot, and we don’t have resurrection anymore. Maybe he was just shot in the shoulder? I have my doubts.
Washington DC. The Office of National Emergency. We see Crimson Commando talking to new character, Maxime Danger. At first I thought she was WARDEN Ellis, but she’s a different lady. Danger is working with or for the Bureau of Prisons, so one would think Danger and Ellis would eventually be working together, right?
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Danger is all about branding, and wants her think tank to be called, The Danger Room. I guess Danger’s Room was too silly of a name.
So rare for a modern comic to reach issue 25! Though Uncanny will be doing it with its next issue. Just to get it out of the way, here is your Fenris trigger warning. I treated myself to the Luciano Vecchio variant cover. We weren’t given this theme cover for Exceptional X-Men, which I would have gladly bough the Kitty Pryde, Emma Frost, and Melee covers. Actually, I probably would have gotten all of them, as I do love the format. Maybe with X-Men United we’ll finally get them? I’m still waiting for the Russell Dauterman Kitty Pryde costume gallery cover.
Issue opens with Cyclops telling the team about the Age of Revelation. I do like the idea that you can just skip AoR, and what you really need to know, you’ll be told through X-MEN dialogue. Future bad because of Doug Ramsey, and 3K (more about them later).
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Scott’s new goal in life? Fix the Present, Save the Future. Such a good team shot here.
Arizona, three miles from Rio Verde. Which is three and a half hours away from Yuma. When I was growing up, there was a popular blue shirt that had, “Yuma, four hours from everywhere else” that is burned into my mind.
We catch up to Fenris, who are eternally gross. Now, they’re super prideful of being white mutants, so they have a new lower level to their grossness.
I do love how out Jed MacKay is with calling the Strucker twins and Fenris (the name of their hate group) Nazis. Why hide behind code words? Also a good time to mention I was wrong about 3K being a clever way of not writing KKK, which makes sense now that we know Krakoa Beast is the Chairman of the Board.
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Then. Cyclops really needs to find Doug.
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Now. Cyclops sends Magik and Psylocke to join the fight. Once we’re done with the Psylocke retro series (which apparently is selling quite well), I would love to get a Magik & Psylocke miniseries.
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These two are great together!
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Then. I love the X-Men sharing a meal together, this team is very close.
Cyclops reveals that AoR had never heard of R-LDS. 70s Beast let’s out a “retrocausality” which sounds very fun to say aloud. I wonder what that would have looked like as a Mortal Kombat finisher?
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Magik telling Psylocke that her sword is sharper, and Kwannon calling Magik a brat. These two are the best.
Again, I just love Juggernaut and Magik being besties. This series has been great with showing Illyana being actual friends with people. I love to see it.
Juggernaut throws a car at Fenris, he’s so upset that they blasted Magik. Taking her out of the fight for the rest of the issue, which one has to do as she can end a fight rather easily.
Psylocke fights Andreas, and Oya fights Andrea.
Quenten Quire, who also can end a fight easily, has been holding back, as he really doesn’t want to enter a white supremacist’s mind – completely understandable.
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Juggernaut helping Magik up, they’re the best!
We finally learn who the mutant is who is in charge of O*N*E* . . . The Crimson Commando, who I barely remember. He’s on the cover of Uncanny X-Men 215, with Stonewall and Super Sabre. I mostly only remember Stonewall because of the historical event, and the cool flight helmet. He’s a WWII veteran, with the mutant power of peach physical health. I own his first appearance, so that’s cool. He is a Claremont / Davis creation.
The Crimson Commando arrived with a crew, and a press conference, announcing O*N*E*, and Cyclops’ X-Men are working together, then immediately has them stop recording, so mutants everywhere should have some distrust of Cyclops now. Which seems silly, as all it’ll take is for him to reach out to Rogue and Emma, and clear the whole thing up – he’ll probably do that in-between issues.
Cyclops references how the last time he fight Crimson Commando, he died, in Uncanny X-Men 529. Which was the issue Kitty Pryde and Emma Frost with Fantomex were searching for Sebastian Shaw, so I only remember that plot from the issue, but I owned his first and last appearance (until this issue, which I also own, so that’s nice).
We do get a reference to how Cyclops hadn’t realized Crimson Commando was resurrected on Krakoa, so that’s nice that era exists so any mutant can be brought back with ease. As long as they didn’t die in Fall of X (or Rise of X).
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Crimson Commando leaves, knowing he’ll win the long battle.
We get a back up where 70s Beast chats with Animalia, who likes the codename, another legacy of AoR.
70s Beast figures out 3K is actually 3000, otherwise written in Latin, MMM, Make More Mutants, and learns the Chairman of 3K is . . . Krakoa Beast! So, everyone knows what they are up against.
I do love a Villian issue! We see that 3K’s alliance is on very shaky grounds. Chairman Beast of Krakoa has been gone a week, giving Cassandra Nova and Astra (with Joseph) time to plot the other’s death. Cassandra Nova has her own Pixie, Myraid. Wyre and his X-Men just want to see who wants leadership more. Cassandra Nova puts the leadership to a vote. Joseph dons his helmet, but Myraid takes off the helmet, and Cassandra Nova is on the verge of winning, when Beast shows up! He is full Beast mode, but all white to match his Age of Revelation body. He was in a synthetic body, which I still feel like wasn’t fair for the home audience’s guessing game. He reveals the plot of Age of Revelation. We get one splash page of the events, so if anyone is interested, they can check out Amazing X-Men V3 for Cyclops’ journey, The Last Wolverine for Logan Death, and Laura Kinney Sabretooth for her adventure. We get this page, and earlier, we get a few panels of him and Animalia .
They are going to use a virus to turn all humans into mutants, succeed where Doug got the job mostly done.
Beast also knows one other thing, that Schwarzschild will eventually join Cyclops, so he has Wyre’s X-Men kill him, and they don’t even hesitate, so we have successfully splintered from the AoR future.
Issue ends with us seeing their base, which is a cool looking flying saucer above a nice mountain range. Are they near Alaska?
No Magik, but I’m getting the Clayton Crain variant cover, so this issue is a keeper.
It also feels like a big step in the direction this series is going in. Maybe not the franchise as I don’t see X-Men United dealing with this, but maybe? They have Armageddon to hopefully dodge, and whatever the 2026 Comic Giveaway issue is. (so silly of a name)
Future Scott swaps minds with Present Day Scott. He does optic blast Doug, BUT! Doesn’t even cause him a concussion. He figures out pretty quickly that Future Beast didn’t swap with him. I guess the plan was that Future Beast was supposed to deliver the death blow? Seems not like Cyclops to train for X years, just to fail at this crucial moment. I do like how he had a plan to attack the X-Men, and he succeeds at that rather well. He takes out Quentin Quire first, then Psylocke, who he was most concern about.
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He dodges Juggernaut, realizes how he must succeed, optic blasts Magik, takes her soulsword, rude!,
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He knocks down Glob Herman, and Beast tackles Future Scott.
In prison, and I like how this was teased in Age of Revelation Finale, so we think this is the end of the story, Future Scott is in The Brig. He explains the situation, but no one wants to kill Doug, as there must be a better way.
I really love that Doug and Bei the Blood Moon are creating their own sign language, that’s very cute. Oya reminds Doug of her time on Krakoa, which I appreciate that we haven’t forgotten she was a prisoner during that time.
Future Scott breaks out, and chats with Magneto, who sticks to his story that he is powerless, so which is it? Is he faking it? Is Age of Revelation already a splintered timeline that will be shredded from memory?
Psylocke shows up, and Future Scott is back in The Brig. Doug goes to talk to him, and dumb Future Scott just tells Doug how he’s going to take over the world by simply telling people to obey him, and geez Scott, just give him the directions to rule? This isn’t the Scott I know, which of all of the AoR characters, he is the one character we don’t know.
Issue ends with Doug, Bei, and Warlock simply leaving.
I like how Magik clearly had the thought that she wasn’t going to fight Scott, and after his attack, she grabs her soulsword, and leaves the issue. My head cannon is that she got attacked by him, and decided to go hang out with her brother, Colossus.
I also really like how this issue doesn’t try to sell you on the Age of Revelation crossover. There’s not even an editor box to tell you to read the crossover. Are you interested in where this Future Scott is from? Go check out Age of Revelation. He’s simply a Cyclops from the FUTURE! If you are interested, you can look it up. That is very new reader friendly.
I’ve been lucky enough to get three letters printed in Marvel Comics, and thought I should keep track of these for easy reference.
Deadpool V3 56
in 2001, I should have been more mature than to author this letter.
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X-Men V7 11
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My third letter printed in Exceptional X-Men 6
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I need to get a letter printed in Magik’s ongoing series for the trifecta, but I’ll update this post if I’m lucky enough to get any additional letters printed.
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Update : March 19, 2025
I did it! I completed the trifecta, and got my fourth letter printed in Magik V2 3
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I got my fifth letter published!
Exceptional X-Men 8
I’m hoping they are getting multiple Lockheed requests, but I do worry it is just me who is requesting it.
I love the Lockheed digital comic, and am waiting to buy it in print, BUT! I want more content. Please
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I got my sixth letter published!
I love every single page of Magik V2 4. I sent a letter every issue as I was super worried no one would send letters, and I need Marvel to know this title is loved. LOVED!
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I got my seventh letter published!
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I got my eighth letter published!
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I got my ninth letter published!
I had to thank the Exceptional X-Men team for bringing back Lockheed. I’m super happy they got other letters thanking them too.
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I got my 10th letter published! And Gwenpoole name dropped me later! Wha?!
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I got my 11th letter published in X-Men V7 27 !
I thought sending in a letter for Book of Revelation wasn’t going to end up anywhere, but here we are!
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I got my twelfth letter published in X-Men United 3!
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I got my 13th letter published in Magik & Colossus 5!
Shadow and Flame with Magik 