Category Archives: X-Men

All Things X Men

Wolverine & the X-Men; Deep Tissue Barrage!

by mutantaday

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]

A Legacy; Variant Covers!

by mutantaday
Variant covers of comic books don’t always appeal to everyone, not even to me ALL the time, however sometimes you come across one that you know for sure SOMEONE is going to love. The sensibility of this X-Men Legacy #261 Venom Variant calls out to the kid in us all. If the kid in all of us was a sociopath. I dunno what it is about this brilliantly scarey cover by Mirco Pierfederici, but it makes me want a cheese pizza really bad.

Image: Marvel.com Cover: Mirco Pierfederici

Proudly Preggers!

by mutantaday

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

 

“It’s pronounced uh-NOH-lee”

by mutantaday

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.

Weekly Anticipation: Light, Shadow and Three-Piece Suits

by windiebird

(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)

-windiebird

Weekly Anticipation: Diana: Warrior Princess

by windiebird

(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)

BREAKING Astonishing NEWS

by mutantaday

Astonishing Xmen by Dustin Weaver

Marvel LIVE has just informed readers that Marjorie Liu of X – 23 will now be writing for Astonishing X-Men with artist Mike Perkins! The story will focus on Wolverine’s X-Men outside of the school! It was noted that this will not be a format for a Cyclops vs. Wolverine showdown, but the team of Iceman,Cecilia Reyes, Wolverine, Northstar,  Gambit, Warbird and Kharma will be the focus of this story line. This will all being in March of 2012.

#AvX: Avengers vs. The X-Men

by mutantaday
Art by Jim Cheung/Marvel.com

It was just announced that the next big 12 arc story to come to Marvel will be an Avengers vs. the X-Men storyline in April of 2012. After the wrath brought from Fear Itself amongst the Avengers, and the five million story arcs to rip apart the X-Men post Scarlet Witch (“No more mutants”… etc.), it has come down to the theory that Hope Summers, [who is she really?] is seen as a Phoenix bearing threat to all but the X-Men who will do everything in their power to protect her. Even if it means taking down America’s team..no not the Dallas Cowboys, The Avengers.

Weekly Anticipation: X-Club 7

by windiebird

Animal Man 4/Swamp Thing 4; I am totally cheating this week in a BIG way by choosing 5 top picks as opposed to 3 but DC is totally killing me with my options! Animal Man and Swamp Thing, while very different in feel, are completely at the top of their game AND even managing to be in the midst of a mini-crossover between the two books. Jeff Lemire, Scott Snyder, Travel Foreman & Yanick Paquette are doing Grant Morrison and Alan Moore proud because they are truly making magic with both titles.

Huntress 3/Penguin: Pain & Prejudice 3; Again with the cheating but I am finding so very much to love about both Huntress and Penguin. Marcus To is bringing a Helena Bertinelli that not only moves and looks like a real woman but kicks ass and has a sense of fashion! All thumbs up on that book even if there were slower moments last issue. Penguin is, as I’ve said, a graphic novel that almost doesn’t need the graphic part (though Szymon Kudranski is bringing a stylized take that breathes new life into Penguin’s story). Every panel is a dark and twisted joy but a joy nonetheless. Both are things everyone should read!

X-Club 1 is a title that should press all my happiness buttons (sarcastic super-scientists! space elevators! mutant mayhem!) but I just don’t know a thing about Simon Spurrier or Paul Davidson. The X-Club is absolutely one of my favorite pieces of X-Men cosmology and Dr. Nemesis never fails to make me laugh. Science hoooooooooooooooo!

(The rest of my titles this week are Action Comics 4, Detective Comics 4, Green Arrow 4, iZombie 20, Stormwatch 4 and Sweet Tooth 28)

-windiebird