(art by Mike Perkins)
This morning on The View, the panel was given the great honor of being the first to announce Marvel’s most important wedding in years! In Astonishing X-Men 50, out this week, we will be seeing Northstar’s (Jean-Paul Beaubier) proposal to longtime boyfriend Kyle. Thank you Marjorie Liu, Marvel, and the great state of New York! Be sure to follow along in the book, it’s been a solid run so far.
Cover by Dustin Weaver: Marvel.com
And don’t forget to save the date for issue 51!
Being the X-whore that I am usually all it takes is that defiled letter to get me at least somewhat interested in a comic. And I would like to preface this review by saying I have all of the previous Ultimate X-Men comics [and most of the trades].
With Karen Grant as Jean and Kitty Pryde running around like a crazy person with too many layers [less is more sometimes], my patience with this comic was running pretty thin/short. Even the ever-so-hunky Colossus gracing the cover like a super buff Finn [is it me or does he have Glee Finn Face going on?] I was about to tell Aaron M. it’s time to retire our purchasing of Ultimate Comics X-Men. But then, this happened!
Art by Paco Medina
I have just been waiting for Storm to cut a bitch. And now with the revelation that the x-gene was manufactured [alegedly] Ororo cut off her platinum locks and is ready for electrical revenge Goddess style!
The talented Ron Garney created this spectacular variant cover to the Uncanny X-Force. I must have it!
Variant Art by Ron Garney
Art by Scottie Young
Super awesome artist Scottie Young has created this work which will be a featured variant cover for Avengers vs. X-Men #1! I love how Storm is so prominently displayed and Colossus is too cute with his helmet! Excuse me while I go start the adoption process!
This just in folks! Wolverine & The X-Men #5 takes a Miss Frizzelle look at the inards of, well, you’ll find out when vice principal Hank McCoy [Beast] takes the class on a field trip they will never forget! They are literally going “IN-HUMAN”…or in mutant! I think they are going to need more than a magic school bus to get where they are going!
Also, per Twitter at 2 PM EST on Wednesday, February 8, the Jean Grey School returns to Twitter as you’ve been accepted to attend Biology 101 under the tutelage of Vice Principal Hank McCoy! All you need to do is log on and follow the Jean Grey School members list for updates. You can also invidiually follow and interact with @JeanGreySchool, @HenryMcCoyPhD, @IceIceBobby, @GenesisHero, @KidGladiator1, @QQuire, @idie_okonkwo, @_Broodling_, @SANTORULES, @_Anole_, @GlobHerman, @JanitorToad and @JGSHeadmistress. [marvel.com]
Image: Marvel.com Cover: Mirco Pierfederici
I gotta say when I first got the news that Kitty Pryde [Wolverine & The X-Men #5] was preggers, my first thought was, “She is going to have a pretty easy delivery if that baby has the same powers as she does. She wont even have to worry about her downstairs getting all..well you know”, but now seeing the cover [below] it seems that Miss Pryde has gotten her self into a messy broody mess! Those broodlings are all “noms noms”…gross. Wolverine & The X-Men #5 on sale February 8th!
Image; Marvel.com
Finally! [I know how to say it] New Mutant and current Jean Grey School for Higher Learning enrolley, Anole is up on Twitter along with his fellow class mates and teachers! It’s actually a nice way to build the characters while we wait every two weeks for a new Wolverine & The X-Men to come out. Makes you wonder who is spending the time tweeting all of these?
Check out @JeanGreySchool, @JGSHeadmistress, @DeathlokL17, @GenesisHero, @KidGladiator1, @QQuire, @idie_okonkwo, @_Broodling_, @SANTORULES and @_Anole_ on Twitter for fun updates!
And apparently it was @SANTORULES who was spreading those rumors on how NOT to say Anole’s name.
(Cover by Jamal Igle, DC Comics)
The Ray 2 continues the new mini-series written by Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti which started off so refreshingly upbeat, humorous and light-hearted that I simply can’t wait to see what they pull off in issue two! Lucien Gates is the Ray of the DCnUniverse and he’s quite a unique voice in modern comics already. Mixed in to some classic super-heroism, Lucien’s world is full of real and diverse people and the drama reflects that fully. Every piece of dialogue either brought a smile to my face or taught me who the character was in issue 1. If you like superheros, you will like this comic.
(Cover by Tony Harris, DC Comics)
The Shade 4 is James Robinson’s first “Times Past” comics of this limited series and is illustrated by the should-be-amazing team of Darwyn Cooke and J. Bone! It’s WWII and Shade – in the midst of his rise to villainous stardom – is helping an industrialist on the side of the Allies survive an assassination attempt in what is slated as Shade’s new origin! Should be an excellent ride as the last three issues have been, for Starman fans or not.
(Cover by Nick Bradshaw, Marvel Comics)
Wolverine and the X-Men 4 sees the addition of two new students to the Jean Grey Institute as well as the news of a pregnant mutant in the school? I just fully got on board with this title last issue after not feeling the first two as much as I thought I would. Kid Krakoa got me on all the right levels and now I can’t wait to see how Jason Aaron continues to steer this strange, new (and old) ship going forward.
(My remaining comics this week are Batwoman 5, Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Season 9 5, Demon Knights 5, Green Lantern 5, Mister Terrific 5, Superboy 5 and Ultimate Comics X-Men 6)
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(Cover by Cliff Chiang, DC Comics)
Wonder Woman 4 is pure, Greek insanity and it is such a great read! Diana has had enough of the parental lies and sets out to find herself once more just as Hera arrives on Paradise Island to beat up some Amazons. Even if I’m not all about the changes to her birth circumstances, I see the wisdom in creating that extra layer of drama. Especially so when that drama is used so masterfully! Top of the heap forever.
(Cover by Mahmud Asrar, DC Comics)
Supergirl 4 has our Woman of Steel trapped on board a space station in the clutches of her very own Lex Luthor, fighting for survival and for all these damn earth creatures to leave her alone! Mahmud Asrar is on fire in the art department and Michael Green & Mike Johnson are crafting a Kara that I can instantly and permanently relate to. Another book with a strong woman not to be missed!
(Cover by Kaare Andrews, Marvel Comics)
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man 5 returns the ever-fabulous (Ultimate) Spider-Woman to the limelight and I am a ball of ecstasy over the news! Jessica Drew in the Ultimate universe is a clone of Peter Parker and has almost a copy of his personality as well. We had some pretty great flirting between her and Bobby Drake in the past as well as a few heroic moments of her own but having her talk to young Miles as he tries to make sense of his powers, his life and his responsibilities is just the perfect move for Brian Michael Bendis to pull from his idea cap. “Sara Pichelli on art” makes any worries about price point disappear; buy this comic!
(The rest of my titles this week are Batman 4, Birds of Prey 4, DCU Presents 4, Generation Hope 14, Justice League 4, T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents 2, Wolverine and the X-Men 3 and Xenoholics 3)
