KITTY PRYDE & STAR-LORD’S Next Chapter

The Black Vortex: Omega courtesy Marvel
The Black Vortex: Omega courtesy Marvel

The outing of an X-Man may have dominated news and social media this week but something HUGE happened to another fan-favorite X-Man.

The long-distance love affair between Kitty Pryde and Peter Quill (aka Star-Lord) reached a pivotal moment in The Black Vortex: Omega this week.

The crossover between X-Men and Guardians of the Galaxy pitted the teams against the forces of Mister Knife and the Son of Thanos with billions of lives at stake.

Kitty and Peter first met during The Trial of Jean Grey crossover and began a long-distance relationship. When Quill’s sinister father kidnapped him and seized the powerful Black Vortex, Kitty went into deep space to save her man. The X-Men joined the fight that include their old enemies, The Brood.

The Black Vortex is an ancient artifact giving incredible powers but at the risk of losing your soul. The heroes may have won but the Guardians and X-Men were dramatically changed especially Kitty Pryde! Continue reading KITTY PRYDE & STAR-LORD’S Next Chapter

AGE OF APOCALYPSE In SECRET WARS

Age of Apocalypse #1 courtesy Marvel
Age of Apocalypse #1 courtesy Marvel

The Age of Apocalypse comes thundering back in Marvel’s Secret Wars this summer. One of the masterminds of that dark X-Men reality returns for a new story set in the Age he helped create.

In this day and age, publishers cancel entire lines and reboot often but back in 1995 the entire X-Men line was cancelled and these heroic mutants as we knew them vanished. It was a shock. It was a creative gamble. It was an epic alternate universe story that still has impact on the Children of the Atom now.

Professor X’s son rewrote history with just one horrible choice and the Age of Apocalypse was born. Continue reading AGE OF APOCALYPSE In SECRET WARS

STAR-LORD vs. KITTY PRYDE in BATTLEWORLD

Star-Lord and Kitty Pryde courtesy Marvel
Star-Lord and Kitty Pryde courtesy Marvel

Love can cut like a knife.

Just ask Peter Quill as his interstellar romance with Kitty Pryde gets caught up in Secret Wars and he encounters a very different and dangerous Kitty.

Universes are destroyed and only Battleworld remains as Quill meets up with a the Age of Apocalypse Shadowcat in Star-Lord and Kitty Pryde by Sam Humphries (Legendary Star-Lord) and Alti Firmansyah.

We hoped the Age of Apocalypse Kitty Pryde would make a comeback in Battleworld but never expected this. Continue reading STAR-LORD vs. KITTY PRYDE in BATTLEWORLD