X-MEN No More As INHUMANS Rise?

Extraordinary X-Men #1 courtesy Marvel
Extraordinary X-Men #1 courtesy Marvel

Big changes for the X-Men and the teams behind the scenes.

Daniel Ketchum is the new X-Men editor with Jeff Lemire, Cullen Bunn and Dennis Hopeless writing the three major X-books.

The big threat is Terrigenesis. The cosmic cloud that is triggering new Inhumans is killing and sterilizing mutants.

One burning question about the upcoming next chapter of the X-Men is what happened to Cyclops, Emma Frost and other missing mutants. Are they mutant victims of Terrigen Cloud’s effects?

As the Inhumans rise, are the X-Men threatened with a extinction? Continue reading X-MEN No More As INHUMANS Rise?

EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN BURNING QUESTIONS

Extraordinary X-Men #1 courtesy Marvel
Extraordinary X-Men #1 courtesy Marvel

Extraordinary X-Men by Jeff Lemire and Humberto Ramos is the new flagship X-book as the All-New, All-Different Marvel launches November 3rd. The cover and teaser raise a ton of burning questions about the new status of mutants after Secret Wars.

Lemire teased Extraordinary X-Men forms as a result of a conflict with the Inhumans. The Terrigenesis that transformed humans into new Inhumans is now a deadly affecting on mutant DNA.

As Storm says in the preview “The Terrigen Mists aren’t just killing us…they’ve sterilized us as well.”

While a ton of answers will likely come with Uncanny X-Men #600 in October, here are our top burning questions: Continue reading EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN BURNING QUESTIONS

EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN FIRST VILLAIN

Extraordinary X-Men #4 courtesy Marvel, an IGN first
Extraordinary X-Men #4 courtesy Marvel, an IGN first

The future is “Extraordinary” for the X-Men.

The future is also “Sinister” for Children of the Atom.

Extraordinary X-Men #1 by writer Jeff Lemire and artist Humberto Ramos begins a new chapter for the mutants with a classic villain’s comeback.

Lemire revealed the first villain he’s throwing at his Extraordinary X-Men team in an IGN interview including this look at cover to Extraordinary X-Men #4. Continue reading EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN FIRST VILLAIN

OLD MAN LOGAN Naked With “Scores To Settle”

Old Man Logan #1 courtesy Marvel
Old Man Logan #1 courtesy Marvel

The X-Man known as Logan is back in the All-New, All-Different Marvel Now but it’s a very different Wolverine.

Green Arrow creative team Jeff Lemire, Andrea Sorrentino and Marcelo Maiolo will reunite on a new Old Man Logan series following Secret Wars.

Lemire told Marvel.com this man is the same man from Mark Millar’s original arc and the current Secret Wars tie-in book by Brian Michael Bendis and “has a few scores to settle.”

In the original story by Millar, Logan was retired with a wife and kids in a future rules by villains who had conquered and killed most of the superheroes. Hawkeye convinced Logan to go on one last road trip mission across a war-torn North America. Logan is on an adventure across the realms of Battleworld in the Bendis story.

Lemire explains how he will explore Logan’s future past: Continue reading OLD MAN LOGAN Naked With “Scores To Settle”

OLD MAN LOGAN & JEAN GREY’S EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN ENCOUNTER

Extraordinary X-Men #1 courtesy Marvel
Extraordinary X-Men #1 courtesy Marvel

The eternal X-couple that was never meant to be will be reunited again but with a time twist.

We knew Old Man Logan and Young Jean Grey are members of the new X-Men flagship team book but how and when will these time-crossed almost lovers meet again?

Extraordinary X-Men #3 will be a book to watch.

As revealed in the Marvel November previews, Old Man Logan and Jean Grey will meet for the first time.

The original Wolverine/James Howlett/Logan meet the young Jean Grey (she was pulled from the past into the present by Beast) in the Uncanny X-Men/All-New X-Men run by Brian Michael Bendis. Continue reading OLD MAN LOGAN & JEAN GREY’S EXTRAORDINARY X-MEN ENCOUNTER

Our Top Four New MARVEL Books We’re Excited For

Doctor Strange #1 courtesy Marvel
Doctor Strange #1 courtesy Marvel

Marvel announced 45 new books as part of the All-New, All-Different Marvel Now.

Here are the top 4 we’re most excited for this fall:

Doctor Strange

If there was ever a perfect marriage of character and creators this it. When I saw the announcement: Doctor Strange by Jason Aaron and Chris Bachalo, I immediately imagined the new magic Aaron will bring after rocking the Thor mythos and I loved the weird and wonderful Wolverine and the X-Men run by Aaron and Bachalo. I mean, come on, they made Toad, Husk and Krakoa compelling and endearing! Continue reading Our Top Four New MARVEL Books We’re Excited For

MISSING FROM ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT MARVEL NOW?

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courtesy Marvel

Marvel revealed 45 new books and creative teams coming this fall in the All-New, All-Different Marvel Now relaunch.

All-New, All-Different Avengers, Extraordinary X-Men and Invincible Iron Man, Spider-Man are flagship books. We have two Spider-Men, two Wolverines and a totally new Hulk. Some fan-favorite heroes are on new teams but some iconic characters are MIA!

More new books may be coming but so far these heroes are missing from the All-New, All-Different Marvel Now that have us on edge: Continue reading MISSING FROM ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT MARVEL NOW?

ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT MARVEL NOW Books and Teams Revealed

All-New, All-Different Avengers #1 by Alex Ross courtesy Marvel
All-New, All-Different Avengers #1 by Alex Ross courtesy Marvel

The All-New, All-Different Marvel Now is coming. Picking eight months after the Secret Wars finale, this is the new Marvel that emerges and the publisher revealed the new books and creative teams coming in October.

The biggest news this week was the new X-Men flagship book by Jeff Lemire featuring the return of Wolverine (as in Old Man Logan) who stars in a new ongoing also by Lemire and Peter Parker’s new status quo as Amazing Spider-Man.

One of the biggest mysteries is the conflict between Inhumans and mutants after certain iconic X-Man vanish and Beast switches teams and joins Medusa’s Uncanny Inhumans book.

Here’s the list of titles with teams and who’s on the roster. Continue reading ALL-NEW, ALL-DIFFERENT MARVEL NOW Books and Teams Revealed