A new squad of X-Men unite against the villain you could say inspired Xavier. This leads our new comic book picks of the week:
ASTONISHING X-MEN #1 The Shadow King strikes again. With mutant minds are under assault and the world at risk – Old Man Logan, Psylocke, Rogue, Gambit, Mystique, Archangel, Bishop, Fantomex team up to tackle the ancient evil. Charles Soule and Jim Cheung launch biggest ResurrXion X-book.
JAMES BOND: KILL CHAIN #1 007 vs the CIA? Allies become enemies as Bond becomes the next spy in a “kill chain” of assassinated agents. Andy Diggle and Luca Casalanguida team up for the new arc leading to the resurrection of SMERSH, the ultimate enemy of Ian Fleming’s early novels.
LAZARUS X PLUS 66 #1 Six new stories set in the world of Greg Rucka and Michael Lark’s sci-fi. After the events of CULL and leading up to FRACTURE. Rucka and artist Steve Lieber deliver a tale of Casey Soloman, chosen to rise to serve the Family and now he’s training to become a Dagger. Will he survive and what will it cost him?
SECRET EMPIRE #6 There’s no way to tease the upcoming issue without spoiling the last issue so I’ll say – this is a can’t miss chapter in the epic of Steve Rogers, his twisted into Hydra’s ultimate soldier and possible redemption.
SISTERS OF SORROW #1 Women’s shelter volunteers by day, vigilantes donned in habits by night. SONS OF ANARCHY creator Kurt Sutter teams up with Courtney Alameda and Hyonjin Kim for a new series of women taking justice to extreme and getting unlikely new enemies.
By Editor