ECCC Moment: No Hate for CYCLOPS

Wolverine and the X-Men #39 courtesy Marvel
Wolverine and the X-Men #39 courtesy Marvel

Fans love or hate Cyclops at this point after Schism and AvX. What the writer who intensified the Scott/Logan rivarly into a full-blown Schism?

 

It was one of my favorite moments from Marvel Pint O’ C.B.  (Cebulski) at Emerald City Comicon in Seattle this weekend. X-Men: Schism and former Wolverine and the X-Men writer Jason Aaron was on the fan question driven panel.

 

A fan asked how much Aaron hated Cyclops. Continue reading ECCC Moment: No Hate for CYCLOPS

Summers Brothers in X-MEN Films

Lucas Till on the set of X-Men: Days of Future Past courtesy @BryanSinger via Twitter
Lucas Till on the set of X-Men: Days of Future Past courtesy @BryanSinger via Twitter

Lucas Till reprises his role as Alex Summers (aka Havok) in X-Men: Days of Future Past.

 

“It’s really a small thing,” he says in the new Empire magazine. “A lot of people didn’t make it back. I’m fortunate.”

 

Summers is in the U.S. Army when the story picks up. Continue reading Summers Brothers in X-MEN Films

Top New Comic Book Picks March 19, 2014

Buffy Season 10 #1 courtesy Dark Horse Comics
Buffy Season 10 #1 courtesy Dark Horse Comics

Buffy Season 10 #1 New rules for ages-old war between Slayers and Vampires. After tampering with magic will Buffy still have what it takes to win the battle against the undead? Christos Gage and Rebekah Isaacs begins the next season of Buffy and the gang under executive producer Joss Whedon. Dark Horse Comics will have a special Emerald City Comicon variant for this issue at the Seattle event later this month.

 

Daredevil #1 The Eisner Award winning team of Mark Waid and Chris Samnee take the Man Without Fear on new adventures. Matt Murdock moves west to San Francisco. It’s more than a chance of locale for the hero. Old haunts and new enemies rise to put Daredevil through hell. Continue reading Top New Comic Book Picks March 19, 2014

CYCLOPS Under The Gun In UNCANNY X-MEN #18

Uncanny X-Men #18 courtesy Marvel
Uncanny X-Men #18 courtesy Marvel

Who has a gun to Cyclops’s head?

 

Is Scott’s revolution about to be silenced along with the mutant leader?

 

The revolution escalates and so does the war with S.H.I.E.L.D. in Uncanny X-Men #18 this week.

 

It’s all part of the master plan by writer Brian Michael Bendis since he launched Uncanny X-Men and All-New X-Men.

 

“All of the groundwork has been laid out and now it’s time to blow the roof off the place,” Continue reading CYCLOPS Under The Gun In UNCANNY X-MEN #18

MAGNETO #1 Preview

Magneto #1 courtesy Marvel
Magneto #1 courtesy Marvel

The Master of Magnetism is back to fighting for mutantkind on his own terms in Magneto #1 new this week.

 

Eric Lensherr is called villain, hero, revolutionary, victim, teacher, savior, father but he’s no longer a follower of Cyclops. Magneto plays many roles in the Marvel Universe.

 

Lehnsherr now stars in his own solo series by writer Cullen Bunn (Deadpool Killology, Fearless Defenders, Wolverine) and artist Gabriel Hernandez Walta (Astonishing X-Men.)

 

Continue reading MAGNETO #1 Preview

X-MEN Resurrections in GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Crossover

All-New X-Men #24 courtesy Marvel
All-New X-Men #24 courtesy Marvel

In The Trial of Jean Grey the Shi’ar have kidnapped Jean to stand trial for her crimes as the Phoenix. This is the original Jean from the past who never became the host for the malevolent entity who wiped out a Shi’ar battle cruiser, consumed a planet causing a supernova that killed billions of lives.

 

Brian Michael Bendis is weaving this incredible crossover in the pages of All-New X-Men and Guardians of the Galaxy. As Jean stands trial – Kitty, Scott, Hank, Bobby and X-23 joined forces with Peter Quill’s freedom fighters to find and save Jean. They found something shocking in deep space. Continue reading X-MEN Resurrections in GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Crossover