Category: Books

JEFF LEMIRE’s EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN Team

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

The Children of Atom will evolve with new challenges and opportunities in the wake of Secret Wars.

Marvel chose Jeff Lemire and Humberto Ramos to lead the next evolution of the X-Men.

The new flagship X-book comes with a new adjective.

Lemire reveals how he picked the roster for his “Extraordinary” X-Men team:

“For me, the biggest challenge was limiting the number of X-Men on the team. There are so many great X-characters; it was honestly very difficult to narrow it down to a manageable size. Continue reading JEFF LEMIRE’s EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN Team

X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST: ROGUE CUT, X-MEN: APOCALYPSE at SDCC

More mutants, more mutant romance and more mutants vs. Sentinels.

It’s all coming up in X-Men: Days of Future Past – The Rogue Cut.

Last year’s smash was a prequel/sequel uniting the cast of the original X-Men trilogy and the cast of First Class. Scenes featuring Anna Paquin as fan-favorite Rogue were cut from the original theatrical version.

Director Bryan Singer shared a teaser via Instagram for this alternate cut of last summer’s blockbuster. The new cut features 17 minutes of new footage including deleted scenes with Anna Paquin as Rogue. Continue reading X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST: ROGUE CUT, X-MEN: APOCALYPSE at SDCC

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN New Costume, Car and Mission

Amazing Spider-Man courtesy Marvel, MTV News first
Amazing Spider-Man courtesy Marvel, MTV News first

Peter Parker will continue being the Amazing Spider-Man in the All-New, All-Different Marvel Now this fall.

And he’s not just a neighborhood Spidey…he’s going global.

Earlier Marvel revealed Miles Morales will swing from the Ultimate Universe to the new main Marvel reality this fall in a Spider-Man book.

Marvel made it official:

Parker will star in Amazing Spider-Man by fan-favorite writer Dan Slott and Guiseppe Camuncoli with a new costume designed by Alex Ross as revealed by MTV News.

As Slott explains, Parker comes out of Secret Wars as a new man with a new mission, costume and worldwide empire. Continue reading AMAZING SPIDER-MAN New Costume, Car and Mission

NEW COMICS PICKS JULY 1, 2015

X-O Manowar #38 courtesy Valiant
X-O Manowar #38 courtesy Valiant

Barb Wire #1

Don’t call her babe! The most badass bounty hunter is back as Dark Horse reboots, relaunches a 1990’s hit that inspired a Pamela Anderson starring guilty pleasure.

 

Mickey Mouse #1

He’s traded his tux for safari gear! The Disney icon leads a jungle adventure on the “Lost Explorer’s Trail” in this brand new series from IDW. Continue reading NEW COMICS PICKS JULY 1, 2015

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

BEAST Joins UNCANNY INHUMANS

Uncanny Inhumans #1 courtesy Marvel
Uncanny Inhumans #1 courtesy Marvel

Beast is joining the Uncanny Inhumans.

Hank McCoy is the second non-Inhuman to join the cast of the upcoming book. Johnny Storm of the Fantastic Four is joining the team and he’s in love with Medusa.

We don’t know the fate of the X-Men or the new creative team until Uncanny X-Men #600 hits after Secret Wars. The milestone and final issue by Brian Michael Bendis is “The Trial of Hank McCoy” in which he may face the repercussions for bringing the X-Men of the past into the present.

Now we know this founding X-Man will survive. Uncanny Inhumans writer Charles Soule says to expect a “cold war” between Inhumans and mutants but “things have gone very wrong somehow” explains the Beast’s role in the new book: Continue reading BEAST Joins UNCANNY INHUMANS

MIDNIGHTER #2 Preview

Midnighter #2 courtesy DC Comics
Midnighter #2 courtesy DC Comics

Midnighter blasted from the pages of Grayson into his own solo book. DC Comics shared a look inside Midnighter #2.

The Midnighter is one of the few GLBT heroes headling his own series by writer Steve Orlando. Born in the pages of Stormwatch and The Authority, Midnighter guest starred in Dick Grayson’s solo spy book.

Now Midnighter is after stolen tech and his past.

Here’s the official description with preview art by Alec Morgan. Continue reading MIDNIGHTER #2 Preview

OLIVIA MUNN In PSYLOCKE Swordplay for X-MEN APOCALYPSE

Psylocke, Uncanny X-Men #509 courtesy Marvel
Psylocke, Uncanny X-Men #509 courtesy Marvel

Olivia Munn is now on set for X-Men: Apocalypse. The actress is getting ready for her role as Psylocke and shared a new video via her Instagram.

Munn “learned some new tricks” involving swordplay.

Munn is playing the “telepathic ninja” who is an expert with real swords and has the ability to focus her psychic power into a knife and katana sword in comics.

X-Men: Apocalypse opens May, 2016.

By Editor