X-MEN/FANTASTIC FOUR Showdown in 2020

Will two Marvel super groups go to war in 2020? All signs points to conflict between Marvel’s First Family and the Mutant Family.

Marvel announced the first limited series in the DAWN OF X era. The publisher revealed X-MEN/FANTASTIC FOUR by Chip Zdarsky, Terry and Rachel Dodson and Laura Martin at London Comic Con and first via Newsarama.

X-MEN/Fantastic Four courtesy Marvel

The limited series picks up after an invitation seen in HOUSE OF X.

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X-MEN Powered By JONATHAN HICKMAN

Jonathan Hickman returns to Marvel. Prepare to witness the Children of the Atom evolve again.

courtesy Marvel, art by Mark Brooks

Marvel announced Hickman’s new projects HOUSE OF X and POWERS of X at C2E2 at their Next Big Thing panel. Hickman will be joined by artists Pepe Larraz and R.B. Silva and colorist Marte Garcia. The news came with a promo piece by artist Mark Brooks chronicling X-Men history and sure to start speculation over Hickman’s plans for the mutant heroes.

My X-MEN Moments

The day after my birthday and I had the perfect present: a brand new UNCANNY X-MEN #1 at my local comic book shop. Marvel is releasing a new volume of the flagship X-book. The new era kicks off a ten part epic by writers Ed Brisson, Matthew Rosenberg and Kelly Thompson with artists Mahmud Asrar, R.B. Silva, Mark Bagley and Leinil Yu covers.

X-MEN DISASSEMBLED is the title of this first arc signaling change and pain. Loving X-Men means pain. What will be the big moments as a new creative team takes on the Children of the Atom?

The upcoming relaunch makes me get under the cerebro helmet to recall my most Uncanny X-Men moments:

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For this X-Fan is all starts far from the Westchester. My first X-perience was in The Savage Land! Continue reading My X-MEN Moments

UNCANNY X-MEN Creative Team Revealed

The X-Books will evolve again this Fall. Marvel revealed the creative team behind the new volume of UNCANNY X-MEN.

UNCANNY X-MEN #1 will arrive Wednesday, November 14. The new ongoing series will feature a team of writers and artists have previously worked on X-Men characters and stories teaming up for a the return of the flagship X-book.

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We know the creative team. We know the date. We even have preview art that may make some X-Fans speculating!

UNCANNY X-MEN will launch with a 10-part weekly epic called “Disassembled.” According to today’s release: Continue reading UNCANNY X-MEN Creative Team Revealed

MOST UNCANNY X-MEN HOME BASES

Home is where the mutants are. The X-Men have lived in uncanny quarters over the decades. X-MEN RED #6 introduces the latest base for the outcast heroes. Jean Grey’s team have been given X-Lantis, a deep undersea base by Namor the Submariner. The current X-book “color” era features RED in the underwater headquarters, BLUE in Magneto’s mansion in Madripoor and GOLD at the Xavier Institute now in the middle of New York City’s Central Park.

X-MEN: RED courtesy Marvel via Twitter

X-Lantis made us dive back into the past for some of the team’s most uncanny and unlikely bases to call home: Continue reading MOST UNCANNY X-MEN HOME BASES