VILLAINS Turned X-MEN

AXIS #4 courtesy Marvel
AXIS #4 courtesy Marvel

Inspired by the upcoming twists on heroes and villains in AXIS: Act Two: Inversion, we’re exploring rogues who changed their ways in the Marvel Universe.

 

Will the X-Men actually join Apocalypse? AXIS starts in October but the mutant heroes have a history of welcoming enemies into their ranks.

 

After profiling Avengers, here’s the list of mutants with an infamous past who joined the X-Men (in some cases for a very brief time.) Continue reading VILLAINS Turned X-MEN

X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST Extended Cut 2015

X-Men: Days of Future Past courtesy Fox
X-Men: Days of Future Past courtesy Fox

Producers are moving ahead with X-Men: Apocalypse for 2016 but are apparently not finished with X-Men: Days of Future Past.

News that may thrill fans of the original cast.

Fox will release a new extended cut of X-Men: Days of Future Past based on Tweets from Producer Lauren Schuler Donner and a Fox Marketing Executive.The new cut will arrive in 2015 and feature the subplot featuring Rogue (Anna Paquin) that was cut from the original film and more deleted scenes. Continue reading X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST Extended Cut 2015

X-MEN COSPLAY SALUTE

photo by ComicsBlend
photo by ComicsBlend

X-Men: Days of Future Past is here and generating rave reviews. In honor of the film based on the classic Chris Claremont story and uniting members of the original and First Class casts here’s a salute to some truly astonishing X-fans.

 

This cosplaying duo took inspiration from X-Men: First Class for their appearance at Emerald City Comicon this year.

 

Here are more of the uncanny cosplayers who display their devotion the Children of the Atom! Continue reading X-MEN COSPLAY SALUTE

X-MEN DAYS OF FUTURE PAST Producer On ROGUE Role

X-Men Legacy #262 courtesy Marvel
X-Men Legacy #262 courtesy Marvel

Anna Paquin reprised her role as Rogue in X-Men: Days of Future Past. Then came rumors the fan-favorite mutant was cut from the film and now she may have a cameo.

 

Producer Simon Kinberg took questions at WonderCon this past weekend about the upcoming film. Kinberg tells CraveOnline about the Rogue storyline that might have been:

 

“It’s kind of a hard question. We shot with Anna [Paquin] a big subplot in the movie and we watched it in the movie and then we cut it out of the movie because, she’s great in it and it was well shot, it just didn’t fit the film. Continue reading X-MEN DAYS OF FUTURE PAST Producer On ROGUE Role

ROGUE In X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST

X-Men Legacy #262 courtesy Marvel
X-Men Legacy #262 courtesy Marvel

Fans were upset with news Anna Paquin had been cut from X-Men: Days of Future Past. According to Vulture – Paquin (as Rogue) was never completely cut from the sequel and it pivotal to a major moment in the plot of the time travel story.

 

The film unites the cast of the original X-Men trilogy and X-Men: First Class. Future X-Men send Wolverine into the past to change history and prevent a war on mutants by giant robots called Sentinels. Continue reading ROGUE In X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST

Shocking Deaths, Major Changes in UNCANNY AVENGERS

Uncanny Avengers #14 courtesy Marvel
Uncanny Avengers #14 courtesy Marvel

Have you recovered from the shocking events of Uncanny Avengers #14?

 

Writer Rick Remender, Executive Editor Tom Brevoort and Editor Daniel Ketchum faced the fans in a Marvel Liveblog over the death of two fan-favorite Avengers and an X-Man and what’s next for the team.

 

SPOILER WARNING!

 

If you have not read Uncanny Avengers #14 you may not want to keep reading.

 

Here we go: Continue reading Shocking Deaths, Major Changes in UNCANNY AVENGERS

Avengers, X-Men Deaths In UNCANNY AVENGERS?

Uncanny Avengers #14 courtesy Marvel
Uncanny Avengers #14 courtesy Marvel

“Nobody dies,” said Wolverine.

 

Ironic that those orders came from Logan.

 

The time-twisting, multiple super villain packed epic reached what might be the biggest WTF moment of the year! Let’s just make a new acronym: WTFRR?

 

Rick Remender again shows why he’s one of the most ambitious, relentless and crazy comic book writers out there in Uncanny Avengers #14 which just hit shelves and is blowing minds.

 

Artist Steve McNiven joins Remender for this pivotal chapter of Ragnarok Now and captures every brutal fight, cosmic effect and most importantly, the emotional moments, especially Wolverine in a brutal confrontation with his resurrected son Daken.

 

Let’s recap:

 

An Avengers Unity Squad was formed to heal the bad blood between Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and mutants after Avengers vs X-Men.

 

The Red Skull was reborn and stole Professor X’s brain. This was my review/reaction to the premiere issue. Continue reading Avengers, X-Men Deaths In UNCANNY AVENGERS?