EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN BURNING QUESTIONS

Extraordinary X-Men #1 courtesy Marvel
Extraordinary X-Men #1 courtesy Marvel

Extraordinary X-Men by Jeff Lemire and Humberto Ramos is the new flagship X-book as the All-New, All-Different Marvel launches November 3rd. The cover and teaser raise a ton of burning questions about the new status of mutants after Secret Wars.

Lemire teased Extraordinary X-Men forms as a result of a conflict with the Inhumans. The Terrigenesis that transformed humans into new Inhumans is now a deadly affecting on mutant DNA.

As Storm says in the preview “The Terrigen Mists aren’t just killing us…they’ve sterilized us as well.”

While a ton of answers will likely come with Uncanny X-Men #600 in October, here are our top burning questions: Continue reading EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN BURNING QUESTIONS

EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN FIRST VILLAIN

Extraordinary X-Men #4 courtesy Marvel, an IGN first
Extraordinary X-Men #4 courtesy Marvel, an IGN first

The future is “Extraordinary” for the X-Men.

The future is also “Sinister” for Children of the Atom.

Extraordinary X-Men #1 by writer Jeff Lemire and artist Humberto Ramos begins a new chapter for the mutants with a classic villain’s comeback.

Lemire revealed the first villain he’s throwing at his Extraordinary X-Men team in an IGN interview including this look at cover to Extraordinary X-Men #4. Continue reading EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN FIRST VILLAIN

OLD MAN LOGAN Naked With “Scores To Settle”

Old Man Logan #1 courtesy Marvel
Old Man Logan #1 courtesy Marvel

The X-Man known as Logan is back in the All-New, All-Different Marvel Now but it’s a very different Wolverine.

Green Arrow creative team Jeff Lemire, Andrea Sorrentino and Marcelo Maiolo will reunite on a new Old Man Logan series following Secret Wars.

Lemire told Marvel.com this man is the same man from Mark Millar’s original arc and the current Secret Wars tie-in book by Brian Michael Bendis and “has a few scores to settle.”

In the original story by Millar, Logan was retired with a wife and kids in a future rules by villains who had conquered and killed most of the superheroes. Hawkeye convinced Logan to go on one last road trip mission across a war-torn North America. Logan is on an adventure across the realms of Battleworld in the Bendis story.

Lemire explains how he will explore Logan’s future past: Continue reading OLD MAN LOGAN Naked With “Scores To Settle”

OLD MAN LOGAN & JEAN GREY’S EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN ENCOUNTER

Extraordinary X-Men #1 courtesy Marvel
Extraordinary X-Men #1 courtesy Marvel

The eternal X-couple that was never meant to be will be reunited again but with a time twist.

We knew Old Man Logan and Young Jean Grey are members of the new X-Men flagship team book but how and when will these time-crossed almost lovers meet again?

Extraordinary X-Men #3 will be a book to watch.

As revealed in the Marvel November previews, Old Man Logan and Jean Grey will meet for the first time.

The original Wolverine/James Howlett/Logan meet the young Jean Grey (she was pulled from the past into the present by Beast) in the Uncanny X-Men/All-New X-Men run by Brian Michael Bendis. Continue reading OLD MAN LOGAN & JEAN GREY’S EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN ENCOUNTER

UNCANNY INHUMANS & X-MEN SDCC Panel

Extraordinary X-Men #1 courtesy Marvel
Extraordinary X-Men #1 courtesy Marvel

Mutants. Inhumans. Different from the rest of humanity but very different from each other. The future of X-Men and Inhumans will be intertwined even more when the All-New, All-Different Marvel Now begins this fall.

Marvel’s Uncanny Inhumans panel at San Diego Comic Con was packed with updates on the upcoming relaunches of both the Inhuman and X-Men franchises.

Uncanny Inhumans writer Charles Soule, Extraordinary X-Men, Old Man Logan writer Jeff Lemire, Uncanny X-Men writer Cullen Bunn, Extraordinary X-Men artist Humberto Ramos, and Editor-In-Chief Axel Alonso answered fan questions and revealed new details about the lines. Continue reading UNCANNY INHUMANS & X-MEN SDCC Panel

ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT MARVEL NOW Books and Teams Revealed

All-New, All-Different Avengers #1 by Alex Ross courtesy Marvel
All-New, All-Different Avengers #1 by Alex Ross courtesy Marvel

The All-New, All-Different Marvel Now is coming. Picking eight months after the Secret Wars finale, this is the new Marvel that emerges and the publisher revealed the new books and creative teams coming in October.

The biggest news this week was the new X-Men flagship book by Jeff Lemire featuring the return of Wolverine (as in Old Man Logan) who stars in a new ongoing also by Lemire and Peter Parker’s new status quo as Amazing Spider-Man.

One of the biggest mysteries is the conflict between Inhumans and mutants after certain iconic X-Man vanish and Beast switches teams and joins Medusa’s Uncanny Inhumans book.

Here’s the list of titles with teams and who’s on the roster. Continue reading ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT MARVEL NOW Books and Teams Revealed

EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN by JEFF LEMIRE

Extraordinary X-Men #1 courtesy Marvel, a CBR exclusive
Extraordinary X-Men #1 courtesy Marvel, a CBR exclusive

The future is “Extraordinary” for the Children of the Atom! A new adjective for the new flagship X-Men coming after Secret Wars.

Marvel announced All-New Hawkeye writer Jeff Lemire, Amazing Spider-Man artist Humberto Ramos and colorist Edgar Delgado will be the team behind Extraordinary X-Men as revealed by Comic Book Resources.

A brand new team led by Storm with old and new versions of favorite X-Men will band together after “something big” happens between Inhumans and mutants including the disappearance of Cyclops.

It’s tied to the Terrigen Mists released by Black Bolt back in Avengers Infinity event. The Terrigen Cloud gave way to a new generation of Inhumans and now it’s affecting mutants. Continue reading EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN by JEFF LEMIRE

Back to the Future With OLD MAN LOGAN

Old Man Logan #1 courtesy Marvel
Old Man Logan #1 courtesy Marvel

You didn’t think The Wolverine would miss out on Secret Wars?

The beloved X-Man is still dead but a fan-favorite version of him returns for a highly anticipated tie-in series.

“Old Man Logan” is back in his own Warzone book.

Brian Michael Bendis and Andrea Sorrentino revisit the future world of Old Man Logan, based on the storyline by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven. The X-Man was nearly the last hero standing in a dark world conquered by super villains. In the original story the former Wolverine teamed up with a blind Hawkeye to find his daughter. Continue reading Back to the Future With OLD MAN LOGAN