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X-MEN APOCALYPSE Characters For Your Consideration

X-Men #182 courtesy Marvel
X-Men #182 courtesy Marvel

Producers find the actor to bring a classic Marvel villain to life in X-Men: Apocalypse in 2016

Oscar Isaac will play the immortal enemy named En Sabah Nur aka “The First One.”

After a brief post-credits tease in X-Men: Days of Future Past this year the Children of the Atom will be pitted against one of their most powerful enemies.

Born 5,000 years ago in Akkaba – En Sabah Nur was possibly the first human on Earth to possess the mutant gene giving him grey skin, blue lips and various powers including manipulation of molecules and immense strength. Continue reading X-MEN APOCALYPSE Characters For Your Consideration

OSCAR ISAAC as Villain of X-MEN: APOCALYPSE

Uncanny X-Men #377 courtesy Marvel
Uncanny X-Men #377 courtesy Marvel

Oscar Isaac is “The First One” as Fox’s X-Men film franchise evolves.

The actor has signed to play the titular villain of X-Men: Apocalypse according to Variety. The rising star (Inside LLewyn Davis, Drive,  A Most Violent Year) has a role in Star Wars VII: The Force Awakens.

Apocalypse was seen in the post-credits sequence of X-Men: Days of Future Past.

In comics Apocalypse’s real name is En Sabah Nur meaning “The First One” and considered the first mutant born in ancient Egypt. En Sabah Nur was raised by a tribe called Sandstormers who lived by the credo survival of the fittest, Continue reading OSCAR ISAAC as Villain of X-MEN: APOCALYPSE

JENNIFER LAWRENCE On MYSTIQUE In X-MEN APOCALYPSE

Jennifer Lawrence in X-Men: First Class courtesy Fox and Marvel.com
Jennifer Lawrence in X-Men: First Class courtesy Fox and Marvel.com

Jennifer Lawrence is promoting her third appearance at Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part One but X-Fans are already curious about her third turn as Mystique.

After X-Men: Days of Future Past, Raven was no longer allied with Professor X or Magneto. Where does Lawrence think Raven is when X-Men: Apocalypse begins. Continue reading JENNIFER LAWRENCE On MYSTIQUE In X-MEN APOCALYPSE

X-MEN Wild Card In AVENGERS TIME RUNS OUT

Avengers #38 courtesy Marvel
Avengers #38 courtesy Marvel

What’s Cyclops doing on the cover of Avengers #38?

What until see inside!

The X-Men Revolution leader is the wild card in the latest chapter of Time Runs Out set in the near future before Secret Wars.

But with writer Jonathan Hickman there are no wild cards in his elaborately plotted epic that began with Avengers World and building up the comics event of 2015.

While the Avengers been battling the Builders, Thanos and A.I.M. – the Illuminati (Tony Stark, Reed Richards, Doctor Strange, Black Panther, Black Bolt, Beast, Namor) have committed unheroic acts (brainwashed Steve Rogers, destroy other planets) to save Earth from incusions from other Earths in the Marvel multiverse. The action jumped into near future with heroes vs. heroes, unholy alliances and an array of classic Marvel weapons like the Ultimate Nullifier. Continue reading X-MEN Wild Card In AVENGERS TIME RUNS OUT

Inside SPIDER-MAN AND THE X-MEN #1

Spider-Man and the X-Men #1 courtesy Marvel
Spider-Man and the X-Men #1 courtesy Marvel

Marvel shared a first look inside Spider-Man and the X-Men #1.

Spider-Man is keeping a promise to Wolverine by joining the Jean Grey School as the new guidance counselor and undercover operative in a brand new series.

Before he died, Wolverine asked Parker to uncover a conspiracy within the school. It’s up to Spidey to find out which student is not what they seem.

With students like Shark Girl, Eye Boy and Quentin Quire – former odd teenager Peter Parker should find a way to connect with the kids. What will Storm and the adult X-Men think of Spidey joining the school?

Newcomers Elliott Kalan and Marco Failla are the creative team behind the new X-book.  Spidey and his students face a classic X-villain in their first adventure: Sauron! Continue reading Inside SPIDER-MAN AND THE X-MEN #1

CAPTAIN MARVEL Rocks With X-MEN Guest Star

Captain Marvel #9 courtesy Marvel
Captain Marvel #9 courtesy Marvel

Captain Marvel welcomes a long-lost favorite character from the X-Men universe this week.

Carol Danvers rocks out with Lila Cheney, intergalactic rock and roll diva and the mutant who once tried to steal the Earth!

The fan-favorite Avenger has been on patrol in outer space in her latest volume by Kelly Sue DeConnick and David Lopez.

Space is big but Carol’s X-Men connection is close so her solo series is a fun way to introduce the Carol Corps to this unique anti-hero. Continue reading CAPTAIN MARVEL Rocks With X-MEN Guest Star

MARVEL Teases X-MEN ’92

X-Men '92 courtesy Marvel
X-Men ’92 courtesy Marvel

The newest Marvel 2015 teaser takes X-fans back to 1992.

Chris Claremont and Jim Lee were uniting the Children of the Atom before splitting them up into two teams and launching what is still the biggest selling issue of all time, X-Men #1.

Back when Professor X was in charge, Cyclops wore gold shorts over his uniform, Jubilee was a teenage mutant and Rogue sported a leather jacket. Those heroes along with Storm, Gambit and Wolverine were featured on this latest teaser heralding X-Men ’92 in 2015. Continue reading MARVEL Teases X-MEN ’92

Classic X-MEN and New Villains of WOLVERINES

Wolverines #1 courtesy Marvel
Wolverines #1 courtesy Marvel

Classic X-Men villains and new threats clash in the first month of Wolverines.

 

Following the Death of Wolverine – X-23, Daken, Sabretooth and Mystique are starring in new monthly book by writers Charles Soule and Ray Fawkes with artist Nick Bradshaw.

 

Logan is dead. What about his remains encased in adamantium? The X-Man’s children and greatest enemies and caught in a war for control of his remains. Continue reading Classic X-MEN and New Villains of WOLVERINES