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By ComicList Marvel Comics Carey & Eaton Back in the present, Gambit gets into trouble and is bailed out by Sebastian Shaw, who is also on the hit list. While this is going on, Sinister takes Xavier on a tour of all his bad “daddy” mistakes with Cyclops and his X-Men. He pretty much makes Xavier look like a real failure. Xavier is taken captive while he is fighting in his mind with Sinister. Gambit and Shaw pursue. Shaw explains much of the plot to Gambit. Basically Sinister prepared for his death by finding a way to infuse his mind into someone else’s body. He picked a few mutants for this. Shaw and Xavier are among them. Basically Sinister is going to assume Xavier’s body. But there is a twist in this issue.   [read the full post]

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Marvel Comics Carey & Eaton Back in the present, Gambit gets into trouble and is bailed out by Sebastian Shaw, who is also on the hit list. While this is going on, Sinister takes Xavier on a tour of all his bad “daddy” mistakes with Cyclops and his X-Men. He pretty much makes Xavier look like a real failure. Xavier is taken captive while he is fighting in his mind with Sinister. Gambit and Shaw pursue. Shaw explains much of the plot to Gambit. Basically Sinister prepared for his death by finding a way to infuse his mind into someone else’s body. He picked a few mutants for this. Shaw and Xavier are among them. Basically Sinister is going to assume Xavier’s body. But there is a twist in this issue.   [read the full post]

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 Canada - To wit: • X-Men: The Last Stand -- First off, you know a movie is in trouble when Bryan Singer drops out and is replaced by "Mr. Mediocrity" Brett Ratner ...

By Geoff Klock(noreply@blogger.com) “Days of Future Past” begins in the year 2013 with mutants – including the last few surviving X-Men – living in a concentration camp. The specific year was possibly chosen deliberately as the 50-year anniversary of the publication of X-Men #1.

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Goyer's script for the 5th X-Men movie has been leaked to a select few. The Magneto movie, probably to be called X-Men Origins: Magneto, will detail the early beginnings of the mutant master of magnetism...

 CA - Some members of the Astonishing crew - Colossus, Shadowcat - have departed, to be replaced in turn by Storm. As with any major X-Men shake-up, the costumes ...

By Kevin Melrose Warren Ellis and Simone Bianchi take the reins from Joss Whedon and John Cassaday on Marvel’s Astonishing X-Men, and DC pulls the plug on The All-New Atom while launching the certain-to-be-adorable Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam! (by Herobear’s Mike Kunkel).

By Geoff Klock(noreply@blogger.com) Curiously, the same flashback also implies that it was the Canadian Secret Service that gave Wolverine his adamantium claws and skeleton, and Wolverine knows it. Over time, this idea will be tacitly ret-conned, but here it is given as Wolverine’s main reason for abandoning the Secret Se...

 - As you might recall, one of the major difference between Marvel's Ultimate X-Men and the regular X-Men titles is that Colossus is gay and currently dating ...

By david brothers Marvel’s Mythos series is pretty interesting. They’re 32 page one-shots that re-tell, and sometimes re-adjust, the origins of a few Marvel heroes. They don’t fit into any ongoing series, so the collection will likely come in the form of a “Marvel Mythos” premiere hardcover sometime over...

 AR - Marvel is celebrating Uncanny X-Men No. 500 by rebooting the entire X-premise. And Astonishing X-Men No. 25 is also a reboot of sorts, with acclaimed writer ...

 Ca - He drew some nice "Wolverine" pages for Jeph Loeb, and some nice "Shining Knight" pages for Grant Morrison, but the stuff he's doing in these pages is moody ...

This issue has two plot threads getting tied up. First, the Wolverine, Colossus and Nightcrawler part of the issue has them battling Omega Red. Now this part of the comic establishes that Omega Red is alive and well and still out there running around. What I didn’t like about this was the fact that this plot had so little development or explanation. Sure, you want to leave some stuff dangling, but I would have liked to know a little bit about what was going on in there all this time. Also, the artwork here saw Omega Red look so much like Sabretooth it was scary. The only point I could find with this plot was to reaffirm the relationship of Colossus, Nightcrawler and Wolverine along with revealing the presence of Omega Red.   [read the full post]

REVIEW: Uncanny X-Men #497 - ComicList

By ComicList This issue has two plot threads getting tied up. First, the Wolverine, Colossus and Nightcrawler part of the issue has them battling Omega Red. Now this part of the comic establishes that Omega Red is alive and well and still out there running around. What I didn’t like about this was the fact that this plot had so little development or explanation. Sure, you want to leave some stuff dangling, but I would have liked to know a little bit about what was going on in there all this time. Also, the artwork here saw Omega Red look so much like Sabretooth it was scary. The only point I could find with this plot was to reaffirm the relationship of Colossus, Nightcrawler and Wolverine along with revealing the presence of Omega Red.   [read the full post]

REVIEW: Uncanny X-Men #497 - Marvel Comics Headlines

 NH - Marvel is celebrating "Uncanny X-Men" No. 500 by essentially rebooting the entire X-premise. And "Astonishing X-Men" 25 is also a reboot, of sorts. ...

By Geoff Klock(noreply@blogger.com) Note that this is the third such scene involving Wolverine: Uncanny #98 had Sean reacting in shock that Wolverine’s claws were a part of him, with Wolverine replying it was none of Banshee’s business. Then in Uncanny #118, 20 issues later, Cyclops’ surprise that Wolverine can read Japane...

 CA - I love when games do this, the only dungeon hack that does this is the X-Men Legends / Marvel Ultimate Alliance series (that I've played so far atleast). ...

By Geoff Klock(noreply@blogger.com) John Romita Jr. has drawn hundreds upon hundreds of gorgeous images in dozens and dozens of Marvel Comics, including an underrated run on Uncanny (which I’ll cover eventually, of course). So it’s hard to imagine that he ever produced something that wasn’t beautiful. But, back in 1980, he pe...

 CA - The bottom line is, unless you're aching to know what Wolverine and Nightcrawler look like gleefully riding snowmobiles or think Mastermind's less popular ... Runaways #30 Review IGN Secret Invasion: Runaways/Young Avengers #1 Review IGN all 24 news articles

 CA - Jun 25, 2008 It'll be interesting to see how Whedon's run at Marvel is viewed in the years to come. His work on Astonishing X-Men is undoubtedly landmark, and when read ...

By Kevin Melrose In the cartoon, an attack on the mansion leads to the disappearance of Prof. Xavier and Jean Grey, and the disbanding of the X-Men. But after Emma Frost locates a comatose Xavier in the care of Magneto in Genosha, the professor telepathically orders Wolverine to reassemble the X-Men to save...

 CA - And while the 1990s animated Spider-Man series -- along with many other Marvel character based shows of the era, especially X-Men -- at least were more ...

 CA - What? And Magneto? And is that the Master Mold? What the hell is going on in San Francisco now that the Uncanny X-Men have relocated there? ...

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 CA - Same with Thomas Jane, and most of the X-Men – James Marsden was probably the luckiest of the mutants-not-named-Wolverine -- the rest just got a decent ...

By Elisabeth Rappe Filed under: Action, Fandom, 20th Century Fox, Newsstand, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and SequelsWill.i.am, one of the biggest casting surprises in X-Men Origins: Wolverine has come forward to MTV to talk about his role in the film. It isn't much, but his enthusiasm is infectious, an...

 CA - Jun 21, 2008 Rogue from X-Men was a powerhouse in the comic book, but in the movies she was this little girl. As a girl, I want to see women who reflect how I feel. ...

By Geoff Klock(noreply@blogger.com) The b-sides of Classic X-Men issues 41 and 42 are two halves of a story set entirely in the past, when Cyclops was 12 years old and still living in the orphanage in Nebraska. Published in late 1989, it functions as both prequel and epilogue to the previous year’s “Inferno,” a much-maligned X-...

 CA - This issue finds the Banshee-high rogue X-Men lead by Colossus hunting down Alpha Flight to save Northstar, while do-gooder Cyclops keeps a watchful eye on ...

By Geoff Klock(noreply@blogger.com) John Byrne professes to have been a fan of the X-Men “from Day One.” That being the case, he was always keen – once he was assigned as artist on the “new” incarnation of the series – to eventually get all five of the original X-Men back into the comic. In the end, he managed to import all but Iceman (...

 CA - Jun 10, 2008 Looking back, it's funny to see how so many popular X-Men writers have provided their own unique take on the concept of an elderly Wolverine from a dark, ...

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By Geoff Klock(noreply@blogger.com) Masque" could just be an exotic spelling of mask. Or Claremont may know that the OED defines "masque" as "A form of courtly dramatic entertainment, often richly symbolic, in which music and dancing played a substantial part, costumes and stage machinery tended to be elaborate, and the au...

 - In that vein, Ultimate X-Men was a bad idea, as it has already become laden down with heavy continuity, and that makes me think (and hope) that it is the ...

 - The underlying premise of a hunted Jumper race is an interesting idea, but not unlike that of Marvel's X-Men films, where an interrogation into the mutants' ...

 - Jun 8, 2008 This by far was one of the best Marvel movies staying as closely to the mythos of the Iron Man character. I'm not saying this was better than X-Men or ...

By Geoff Klock(noreply@blogger.com) A fine variation upon the structure exists here. After being trounced by the Hellfire Club in issue 132, the X-Men spent the following issue with all but Cyclops and Wolverine treading narrative water as prisoners, only to rally here in one of the most exciting superhero action sequences...

Marvel Comics Carey, Eaton & Deodato The issue sounds kind of interesting? Maybe you like a little action, a little mystery, a little murder plot? This issue contains all of that, but more importantly, it contains to pull on the X-Men history. I keep hearing this book is for the old school, die hard X fans. Yet, I find some of the newer people in the fold loving it too. I find myself more in the middle of the two and I am finally getting into this title’s overall direction. A comic book centered around Xavier, imagine that? Too bad they still haven’t explained how his body disappeared and the X-Men never cared to look into why.   [read the full post]

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By Diana Kingston-Gabai(noreply@blogger.com) You know, there are times I recall - quite clearly - how excited X-Men readers were at the news that Joss Whedon would be succeeding Grant Morrison on NEW X-MEN. Granted, that's not exactly how it went down, but thematically, ASTONISHING X-MEN was very much the next chapter in the story Morr...

By ComicList The second story is about Illyana Rasputin. You may recall she is the sister of Colossus and is also stuck in limbo – as in next to hell. She is pretty much alone and is trying to understand how to get out of her predicament. Basically, she hinges everything on the faith that the X-Men are still fighting the good fight up above. When she finds out the X-Men are done she is faced with the prospect of giving up. It’s a good story. The artwork is also really good in this story. How is that a little girl with a Fozzy Bear stuffed animal ends up hanging out with the devil? 2 out of 5 geek goggles X-Men Divided We Stand #1 (of 2) of 2)   [read the full post]

The second story is about Illyana Rasputin. You may recall she is the sister of Colossus and is also stuck in limbo – as in next to hell. She is pretty much alone and is trying to understand how to get out of her predicament. Basically, she hinges everything on the faith that the X-Men are still fighting the good fight up above. When she finds out the X-Men are done she is faced with the prospect of giving up. It’s a good story. The artwork is also really good in this story. How is that a little girl with a Fozzy Bear stuffed animal ends up hanging out with the devil? 2 out of 5 geek goggles X-Men Divided We Stand #1 (of 2) of 2)   [read the full post]

By Geoff Klock(noreply@blogger.com) Worried that Wolverine needs to snap out of it or end up “permanently gun-shy,” Cyclops decides to pick a fight with him, in a scene that is simultaneously cool and, at times, humorous. (The panel with Cyclops emptying a mug of coffee into Wolverine’s face and Wolverine petulantly shoutin...

By Geoff Klock(noreply@blogger.com) The result for Colossus on a personal level are deeply tragic. He has to remain, officially, a traitor in the eyes of everyone, even his parents. He may return to the X-Men – Vazhin even encourages that choice, since the X-Men are international heroes – but once he does, he must stay out of Russ...

By Geoff Klock(noreply@blogger.com) The issue gave the 10-year-old me everything I could possibly have wanted from a superhero comic. Right from page 4, with Wolverine and Cyclops fighting Colossus, I was in Heaven. Wolverine even says, “I always wondered if my adamantium claws would cut your steel hide, Russkie.” I had wonde...

By Rokk Krinn I finally saw the little preview clip of the new animated series Wolverine and the X-Men. Wow! Talk about a sweet looking cartoon. It appears that Marvel is cramming just about every character connected to the X-Men into this series. I am definitely excited for this cartoon’s debut. My only co...

Marvel Comics Carey, Eaton & Land This issue is a let down in a lot of ways. Think about it for a second: Xavier, Magneto and Exodus, all in the same issue. Yet, this issue falls short of almost any level of expectations that you might have coming in. Eventually Xavier stops Exodus and Exodus reveals that he wants Xavier to lead the Acolytes. This I can accept. What I can’t accept is that Xavier walks out of there without getting any flack from Exodus. So does Magneto and others. Exodus just stands there like a statue. This makes no sense. Add in that mutants who were in mix in previous issues (and fighting in them too) aren’t around for this and you have a patch work issue.   [read the full post]

Too big for a normal issue, the conclusion to Joss Whedon and John Cassaday’s groundbreaking X-Men epic arrives in Giant Size Astonishing X-Men #1! This double-sized issue brings Spider-Man, The Avengers and Fantastic Four into the battle with Breakworld—but will they aid the X-Men in their time of need? And even if they do help, how can the X-Men’s newest enemies be defeated in time to save the Earth? Cyclops and his team must put it all on the line—and one of the X-Men won’t be walking away from this fight. With a gorgeous wraparound cover by John Cassaday, featuring the Marvel Universe’s greatest heroes, and loaded with extras, Giant-Size Astonishing X-Men #1 is the X-Men comic that no X-Fan can afford to miss!   [read the full post]

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By Brian Cronin COMIC URBAN LEGEND: Marvel asked a court to rule that the X-Men were not human. COMIC URBAN LEGEND: Patricia Highsmith was a comic book writer. I’ve already written about the Marvel/DC collaboration on the Wizard of Oz comic book. Thanks to the Grand Comic Book Database for this week’s cover...

By Brad Curran Integrity in Comics Industry dead at 35 after a long illness; mourners asked to burn X-Men comics in lieu of sending flowersComics Should Be Good has just learned that all of the independent comic book companies associated with artistic integrity and the literary comic book movement (F...

By Erik Davis Even though I've never found myself attracted to his Firefly/Serenity/Buffy stuff, Whedon's original voice has landed him a pretty massive fanbase. You can sense he's passionate about the stories he wants to tell, if only someone, somewhere finally gives him the opportunity. For much m...

By Aspi Whedon’s talent lies in being able to create page-turning plots, interlacing them with emotional turmoil and conveying all of it with minimal, almost abstract dialogue. Take the opening action sequence mentioned above. We also see Wolverine throwing himself at the monster and slashin...