Tag: Nathaniel Essex

X-MEN APOCALYPSE About That Bonus Teaser

Extraordinary X-Men #4 courtesy Marvel
Extraordinary X-Men #4 courtesy Marvel

X-Men: Apocalypse packed a ton of comic book history in the super-powered follow-up to First Class and Days of Future Past.

The sequel reunited Professor X, Mystique, Magneto, Beast and scene-stealing Quicksilver; introduced young Scott Summers, Jean Grey, Storm, Nightcrawler, Angel joined the cast plus Psylocke and a few surprises.

Logan popped his claws for an extended cameo. That sequence ignited big story potential for the next Wolverine or future X-Men sequel.

After the credits there a big name drop hinting of the next super villain who will torment the Children of the Atom.

Before we break down what that post-credits scene reveal could mean here’s a SPOILER ALERT!

If you have not seen X-Men: Apocalypse yet stop reading now. Continue reading X-MEN APOCALYPSE About That Bonus Teaser

X-MEN’S Most Wanted: SINISTER’s Worst Crimes

Extraordinary X-Men #4 courtesy Marvel
Extraordinary X-Men #4 courtesy Marvel

A classic X-villain emerges in the All-New, All-Different Marvel Now. Jeff Lemire and Humberto Ramos unleash Mister Sinister who steals the cover spotlight in this week’s Extraordinary X-Men #4.

The scientist once known as Nathaniel Essex is back.

Sinister strikes just as the mutants are facing a horrific new threat. The Inhumans’ Terrigen Cloud is killing and sterilizing mutants. The mutant race is on the road to extinction again. Is Sinister here to speed up the process?

The Sinister resurgence makes us look back at the villain’s three most infamous crimes: Continue reading X-MEN’S Most Wanted: SINISTER’s Worst Crimes

Mister Sinister in Wolverine ORIGIN II

Origin II
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Origin II will reveal more Wolverine’s past in a new limited series by Kieron Gillen and Adam Kubert. Marvel made the announcement at San Diego Comic Con this past weekend.

 

Origin revealed Wolverine’s childhood, real age and real name (James Howlett) and his connection to arch-enemy Sabretooth.

 

Writer Kieron Gillen promises this new series exposes more background of one of the X-Men’s greatest enemies: Mister Sinister.

 

“This is a good example of what I mean by [the series] being self-contained,” Gillen tells Marvel.com. “Nathaniel Essex has the sort of background that keeps Wikipedia editors at work forever. His appearance in ORIGIN II entirely fits into his personal chronology, but for those who don’t know anything about him will treat him as he appears, as in, a disgraced London scientist moving into increasingly unethical areas, discovering a strange new species for the first time. One of the working titles for Origin II was ‘Origin of the Species.’ Read into that as you will. Continue reading Mister Sinister in Wolverine ORIGIN II