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X-MEN Back to YEARS OF FUTURE PAST

Years of Future Past #1 courtesy Marvel
Years of Future Past #1 courtesy Marvel

Kitty…actually Kate Pryde takes center stage as Secret Wars allows fans to see into new Days of Future Past.

Pryde and the last remaining mutants on Earth fight to survive in this Warzone of Battleworld based on the classic arc by Chris Claremont and John Byrne. In this reality mutants are hunted, caged or killed by giant Sentinel robots.

Years of Future Past by Marguerite Bennett and Mike Norton shows us a very different fate for the mutant race. What if Kitty couldn’t travel back and was forced to stay in future and fight for the surviving X-Men?

Bennett explains how this Kate Pryde is shaped by the events of a world rules by Sentinels. Continue reading X-MEN Back to YEARS OF FUTURE PAST

New X-MEN Editorial Team

Uncanny X-Men #600 courtesy Marvel
Uncanny X-Men #600 courtesy Marvel

The future of the X-Men comics is a little more clear. Marvel named Ultimate Comics Senior Editor Mark Paniccia is now Senior Editor of the X-Men books with veteran X-Book Editor Daniel Ketchum back with the mutant books following the departure of Mike Marts.

Paniccia oversaw the Ultimate Comics line but never worked on a X-book. He is currently editing Ultimate End.

Editor-In-Chief Axel Alonso explains why these two are the right choice for the Children of the Atom: Continue reading New X-MEN Editorial Team

BRYAN SINGER Teases CALIBAN & MORLOCKS in X-MEN: APOCALYPSE

Caliban courtesy Marvel
Caliban courtesy Marvel

Will the X-Men go down fighting the Morlocks in X-Men: Apocalypse?

Director Bryan Singer teased a major part of mutant history via Instagram:

The director was calling the shot in a tunnel looking set with the description:

“Shooting Caliban’s place of “business” #XMen #XMenApocalypse”

In comics, the Morlocks were a group of disfigured mutants who lived in seclusion beneath the tunnels of Manhattan. This hidden tribe was named after the mutants of the future in The Time Machine by H.G. Wells.

Caliban was a timid, child-like mutant with the ability to sense track other mutants who once developed a crush and abducted Kitty Pryde but his intentions were more innocent that those of his ruthless leader Callisto. Continue reading BRYAN SINGER Teases CALIBAN & MORLOCKS in X-MEN: APOCALYPSE

X-MEN INFERNO FIRES UP AGAIN

Inferno #1 courtesy Marvel
Inferno #1 courtesy Marvel

With Secret Wars anything is possible.

Even a demon infested New York City.

After taking on Sentinels, Brotherhoods of Evil Mutants, The Brood and hate-mongering crusaders the X-Men faced pure evil in the form of a demonic invasion in Inferno.

It’s mutants vs. demons all over again as Secret Wars gives us a new Battleworld made of slices of Marvel history. Inferno takes us into this satanic Warzone by Dennis Hopeless (Avengers Arena, Spider-Woman) and Javier Garron (Cyclops.)

The story centers on the twisted Rasputin brother and sister. Illyana/Magik was raised in Limbo and her demons literally came back to haunt her. This time Colossus will rise up and lead the crusade against the invaders. Continue reading X-MEN INFERNO FIRES UP AGAIN

UNCANNY X-MEN #600 Delayed Until After SECRET WARS

Uncanny X-Men #600 courtesy Marvel
Uncanny X-Men #600 courtesy Marvel

Fans will have to wait until after Secret Wars for the finale of the Brian Michael Bendis X-Men era.

The writer confirmed via Tumblr that Uncanny X-Men #600 will not ship until October.

“…it was bumped until after secret wars for editorial and commercial reasons. not my call. this was marvel. but they have their reasons.”

“it will not effect the story or the impact of the story. in fact it may have more impact on how things shake out after my run.”

It was originally scheduled for this week.

Uncanny X-Men #34 arrives Wednesday with issue 35 “right behind.” Continue reading UNCANNY X-MEN #600 Delayed Until After SECRET WARS

NEW MUTANTS Is Next FOX X-MEN Spinoff

The New Mutants graphic novel cover courtesy Marvel
The New Mutants graphic novel cover courtesy Marvel

Fox is evolving its X-Men franchise.

Josh Boone (The Fault In Our Stars) has signed on to direct a film based on New Mutants, a standalone spinoff according to Deadline. Boone will co-write with Knate Gwaltney. Simon Kinberg and Laura Shuler-Donner will produce.

“We’re so excited to explore this new part of the X-Men universe, and so excited to do it with Josh, who is uniquely suited to tell this story about young characters,” Kinberg told Deadline. Continue reading NEW MUTANTS Is Next FOX X-MEN Spinoff

X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST, ROGUE CUT In July

Rogue fans rejoice.

X-Men: Days of Future Past – The Rogue Cut will be released on July 14th on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD.

Director Bryan Singer made the announcement via Periscope.TV. The release comes on the 15th anniversary of the first X-Men movie back in 2000.

The new version will include 17 minutes of footage not shown in the theatrical version last summer including scenes with Anna Paquin as Rogue, the mutant with the power to absorb abilities of other mutants. Continue reading X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST, ROGUE CUT In July