Frank Cho blows my mind with this Avengers vs. X-Men cover featuring crazy balls Scarlet Witch and tough as nails Hope Summers! We can’t wait for next year!!!
AvX #0 by Frank Cho
Avengers vs. X-Men #0
Category Archives: X-Men
BREAKING Astonishing NEWS
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.
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#AvX: Avengers vs. The X-Men
- 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
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- (Cover by Yanick Paquette, DC Comics)
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)
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Weekly Anticipation: T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Womaaaaaaaan!
(Cover by Andy Kubert, DC Comics)
T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents 1! IT’S BACK! Nick Spencer may be a Marvel exclusive but the publishing gods have thankfully allowed him to wrap up a few of his ideas from his original run in this 6-issue mini-series. Espionage, triple-crosses and super powers that kill are sure to be the highlights of the series and I can’t wait!
(Cover by Dario Brizuela, DC Comics)
Green Lantern: The Animated Series 0 is my first foray into the Johnny DC titles and I couldn’t be happier for this to be the one! I’m not sure how the print stories will relate to the new show but if they’re anything like the special/first episode that aired a week or two ago, I’ll be hooked! It’s going to be green vs. red on the frontier of Guardian space and plenty of ring-slinging action.
(Cover by Steve Morris, Darkhorse Comics)
Angel & Faith 4 means more creepy Wonder Twins and wonderful, perfect, well-researched characterization by Christos Gage! Seriously, this guy knows how Faith AND Angel feel and think and just how to test and grow them as characters. Both do so much better when they’re forced to live in moral grey and we’re right in the thick of it here. If you’ve ever liked Angel or Faith in the show, this is the series you should be reading.
(Ultimate Comics Ultimates 4 and Uncanny X-Men 2 are my only other two books this week! Uncanny, indeed.)
Weekly Anticipation: Guuuuuuuuurl!
(Cover by Mahmud Asar, DC Comics)
Supergirl 3; mmmmmmmmm, okay! You guys, if this comic were a song and we were all in a totally bangin’ club right now, I would be running onto the dance floor with my hands in the air, exactly as if I did not care! Kara will not take any guff and she’s finally on the hunt for the ship that brought her to earth (and hopefully more answers). If you like things that are interesting, you will like this comic.
(Cover by Cliff Chiang, DC Comics)
Wonder Woman 3 is sure to give us more of the delectable Greek drama with all of the action and subtle homoeroticism I’ve enjoyed in the first two issues! While I don’t personally like the twist that we’re going to learn about Diana’s birth, I trust Brian Azzarello to deliver it in a way that serves the story and brings about a more complex cast of characters. The Diana I loved does not prefer the staff, you guys, if you know what I mean.
(Cover by Charlie Adlard & Cliff Rathburn, Image Comics)
The Walking Dead 91 gives us an Andrea/Dale cover and my heart is broken into a million little pieces right now! Some serious drama bombs are dropping all over the sometimes-safe encampment our intrepid group has been living in for a while now. After the recent loss of so many and the hope of a brighter tomorrow…of course mutiny and failure are stirring underneath it all. Is a zombie utopia too much to ask? Great series that has never let me down, so very worth the cost eternally!
(My other titles this week are Batman 3, Birds of Prey 3, DCU Presents 3, Generation Hope 13, Green Lantern Corps 3, iZombie 19, Justice League 3, New Mutants 34, Ultimate Comics X-Men 3, X-Factor 227 and Xenoholics 2)
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Weekly Anticipation: Flightless Bird
(Cover by Szymon Kudranski, DC Comics)
Penguin: Pain and Prejudice 2 is on track to be my favorite of the week if all the well-crafted, anguished character work remains from the first issue. That was the perfect example of why a novelist can absolutely shine in the sequential storytelling medium and I have the utmost hopes for this week. Pain, revenge, guns and The Batman!
(Cover by Guillem March, DC Comics)
Again with the DC miniseries! Huntress 2 is absolutely ~my jam~! Helena gets the spotlight all to herself, kicking ass and being a totally righteous defender of the innocent. With Marcus To and John Dell on visuals, she even does it all looking entirely fashionable and fierce. Loving Guillem March for these covers as well. Guess it’s hard to hyper-sexualize someone when they wear body armor but lord knows he’s trying. Anyways, the end result is a book you should read from issue one to six (the final chapter)!
(Cover by Kaare Andrews, Marvel Comics)
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man 4 marks not only what is sure to be another banner entry into the Ultimate Marvel universe with one of the most relatable characters in comics history but the first Kaare Andrews cover I really dig as well! Needless snark aside, we get more glimpses into how Miles’ powers work and more of his steps to becoming the new Spider-Man are revealed. It’s pricier than some books but this is an instance where you are absolutely paying for quality.
(My remaining pull list this week is Batwoman 3, Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Season 9 3, Demon Knights 3, Dollhouse: Epitaphs 5, Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E. 3, Green Lantern 3, Mister Terrific 3, Superboy 3 and Uncanny X-Force 17)
Weekly Anticipation: Red, Red In My Head
(Cover by Travel Foreman, DC Comics)
Animal Man 3 is going to rock every single casbah in the universe! Travel Foreman and Jeff Lemire are doing spooky, creepy, wonderful things and this is one book you will want to say you were reading from the beginning. Our intrepid duo are making their way into the Red and something wicked is preparing to lay some serious pain on the Bakers. Such a great comic here!
(Cover by Yanick Paquette, DC Comics)
Swamp Thing 3; replace Yanick Paquette and Scott Snyder, respectively, in my Animal Man entry and you have my opinion of Swamp Thing! This is terrifying, beautiful comics at their best. Sethe is revealed as the face of the third life force (Red & Green being the other two) and he’s got a mad on that only Swamp Thing (and Buddy Baker in AM) can defend against! A must-read.
(Cover by Dale Keown, Marvel Comics)
Uncanny X-Men 1 continues my “Try All the Regenesis Things!” campaign and I’m always excited to be reading a Kieron Gillen comic. Mister Sinister is doing his thing against Scott’s newly re-shuffled deck and I can’t wait to see the outcome! I love that Emma Frost and Magik feature so prominently on the Keown cover, I hope that means a focus on those two in the issues to come. Hooray for the X-Men!
(Action Comics 3, American Vampire 20, Avengers Academy 21, Detective Comics 3, Fear Itself 7.1, Green Arrow 3, JLI 3, New Mutants 33, O.M.A.C. 3, Stormwatch 3, Sweet Tooth 27 and X-Men 20 are my other titles this week)
Weekly Anticipation: Trenchcoat & Dirk
(Cover by Emma Rios, Marvel Comics)
Cloak & Dagger 3 is finally, finally getting the cover treatment it deserves! Unfortunately, it wraps around the unfortunate glory that is this series’ final issue. You guys, Emma Rios and Nick Spencer are 100% making my favorite comic here and I simply can’t stop recommending this little, limited series to anyone who likes sequential art. Digital or in person, you need to read this.
(Cover by Chris Bachalo, Marvel Comics)
Wolverine & The X-Men 1 is the first post-Schism X-book to hit stands and is the one I have the highest hopes for. I love the X-Men in their Xavier school days and spinning that idea on its head a bit with a mixed up team and Wolverine leading the new Jean Grey Institute staff is right up my alley! A great creative team as this can only help matters further and anything that cohesively resets the Marvel mutant line is alright by me! Definitely one to check out.
(Cover by Kaare Andrews, Marvel Comics)
Ultimate Comics Ultimates 3 means that drunken Tony Stark is on the way, to save the day! The Children of Tomorrow are being ~total jerks~ and the gods are falling from the skies in one frightening set of panels from last month’s comic. This one started out a little slow but came back with a killer second issue, looks like Jonathan Hickman hasn’t lost his magic yet! If you like the Ultimate Universe in any way, shape or form, you will like where this is headed now. Big changes in store for the Marvel UU!
(The rest of my titles for the week are All-Star Western 2, Angel & Faith 3, Aquaman 2, Avengers Academy 20, Avengers: Solo 1, Captain America & Bucky 623, The Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men 2, New Guardians 2, Justice League Dark 2, Superman 2, Teen Titans 2 and The Walking Dead 90)
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Weekly Anticipation: Batwomyn Unite!
(Cover by J.H. Williams III, DC Comics)
Batwoman 2, if anything like the first issue (and the Detective run of the character before), will simply be must-read material. It’s been perfectly new-reader friendly from what I gather and – seriously – this art must be seen to be believed. J. H. Williams III, Amy Reeder & William H. Blackman seem to have an excellent formula for making this a title that should be on every fan’s list. Get in before it’s too late! The fun bus waits for no one!
(Cover by Chris Bachalo, Marvel Comics)
X-Men: Regenesis bridges the Schism event with the official Regenesis-branded relaunch of the X-books and I’m very excited about it, if slightly unsure about what this one-shot will provide us with. Clearly, it’s the issue where the line drawn in the meteorite by Wolverine & Cyclops (with their dicks, of course) will be spelled out for each of the mutants on Utopia and we’ll see who is on who’s side but will we see the status quo of each of the books set up? Will there be big bads introduced? Much mystery surrounds it but I have a feeling this will be more for fans who have follows so far and not necessarily for new fans looking to jump on to a title after the event hits.
(Cover by Kaare Andrews, Marvel Comics)
Ultimate Comics Spider-Man 3 is going to be one hell of a comic! I say this with full confidence in a lead duo that have yet to fail us and I don’t see how they ever could. Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli are pure talent and pure creators. They’re telling Miles’ story with such empathy, humor and intrigue that I don’t see how this wasn’t number one in September! I say this every time about books I like but trust that this is well worth the price point. If you’ve ever been a teenager, you can connect with this young man struggling with a new experience and a dangerous world.
(The rest of my titles this week are American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest 5, Batgirl 2, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 9 2, Demon Knights 2, Dollhouse: Epitaphs 4, Frankenstein: Agent of S.H.A.D.E., Generation Hope 12, Green Lantern 2, Mister Terrific 2, Shade 1, Suicide Squad 2, Superboy 2, Ultimate Comics X-Men 2 & Uncanny X-Force 16)
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