Here’s a rapid fire rundown of the big announcements from Marvel’s X-Men panel at San Diego Comic Con:
RETURN OF NIGHTCRAWLER! Yes, I’m excited about this!
Jason Aaron and Ed McGuinness launch Amazing X-Men this November. Wolverine, Storm, Iceman, Beast, Northstar and Firestar go in search of the real Kurt Wagner.
“We’ve planning this and keeping it a secret for a long time. You’re finally going to get the story of the Bamfs.” said X-Men Editor Nick Lowe.
“We want Nightcrawler back, but it better be a damn good resurrection story. We take stuff like that very seriously.” responded Bendis to a fan question. Continue reading Marvel SDCC X-MEN Panel Hits
Uncanny Avengers have faced Red Skull, Apocalypse, Kang and the Apocalypse Twins but the Unity team’s ultimate destruction could be from each other.
Artist Steve McNiven (Civil War) joins Rick Remender with Uncanny Avengers #14 for the finale of what’s been building since the team formed in the aftermath of Avengers vs. X-Men. Wolverine’s actions in Uncanny X-Force by Remender are back to haunt him and his friendship with Captain America.
Origin II explores more of the tortured past of the young man who would grow up to be the X-Man known as Wolverine. On the heels of Marvel’s surprise announcement at SDCC, writer Kieron Gillen (Uncanny X-Men, Iron Man, Young Avengers) talks about where his story will pick up 10 years after the events of Origin.
“The last we saw of James was disappearing into the woods with wolves at the end of Origin,” Gillen tells Marvel.com. “That’s where he’s been ever since. He runs with a family pack, and has completely removed himself from human civilization. He’s found a kind of peace. He’s found a kind of family. The first scene is him, with the pack, hunting. The opening is really raw; I talk about the period novel feel a lot, but I have a sort of ‘Jack London with modern research’ approach to the wolves. Hell, the whole structure does owe a little to ‘White Fang.’ Continue reading Wolverine Back From the Wild in ORIGIN II
The final countdown is on to Marvel’s mega event by Jonathan Hickman. Thanos, the ultimate cosmic powerhouse comes back with a vengeance. Terrifying new aliens strike. Earth’s Mightiest Heroes must attempt to become the Universe’s only hope.
August marks the finale of Thanos Rising, the final Prelude to Infinity issues of Avengers and New Avengers and the arrive of Infinity #1!
Earth’s Mightiest Heroes must blast into space to confront the threat of the Builders. Thanos and his sinister new followers launch a sneak attack on Earth. Continue reading Infinite Reasons to Love INFINITY
A comic book summer blockbuster is on the way. This big-screen epic is actual a big-page exploding at your local comic book shop! Marvel shared a new trailer for INFINITY!
The six-part series by Jonathan Hickman, Jim Cheung, Jerome Opena and Dustin Weaver begins in August. Here’s how Marvel describes the story:
“Earth has been marked as an “Avengers World”, protected by Iron Man, Captain America, Thor and more from the deadliest threats facing humanity. A powerful and destructive race is on a collision course with Earth and the only thing in their path is the Avengers! But even Earth’s Mightiest Heroes realize the one hope of defeating this dire threat is to unite every great hero across the cosmos…because only with a united Avengers Universe is there any chance of survival!
With our heroes at the other end of the universe, who is left to protect Earth? Enter Thanos, the galaxy’s most ruthless threat and an unparalleled force of brutality who brings order to the chaos of life through murder. The greatest threat to the Mad Titan’s work—and perhaps the universe’s greatest hope—is something he created leaving no world safe. Earth’s last hope may lie in the hands of a man who can level cities with a single whisper – Black Bolt, king of the Inhumans. But can the fearsome leader of a race hated and feared by his world, lead his people against Thanos? If they fall, so does the Earth—and the entire universe with it.”
The biggest Marvel story of 2012 is the inspiration for the return of What If?Avengers vs. X-Men was a huge event for the Marvel Universe!
What if “other” heroes became the Phoenix Five?
This week is the first issue of Jimmy Palmiotti and Jorge Molina’s four-part story starring Earth’s Mightiest Heroes fighting the Children of the Atom…with all-new twists and turns!
Iron Man tried to kill the Phoenix Force before it could reach Earth and possess Hope but the entity split into five hosts: Cyclops, Emma Frost, Colossus, Magik and Namor – with devastating results – including the death of Professor X.
Acclaimed creator Jimmy Palmiotti told Marvel.com why the original epic is a perfect inspiration for What If?:
