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Wolverine & The X-Men: Hellfire Saga Preview!

courtesy Marvel
courtesy Marvel

Summer is going to be hell for the faculty and students of the Jean Grey School in a brand new Wolverine and the X-Men arc by Jason Aaron. The Hellfire Saga is about ignite with a huge gathering of classic and new villains. Artist Nick Bradshaw returns to the book with these incredible preview pages and covers. Writer Jason Aaron and X-Editor Nick Lowe explain how the story ties into the recent past and launches into the X-Men’s 50th Anniversary.

Wolverine & the X-Men #31 courtesy Marvel
Wolverine & the X-Men #31 courtesy Marvel

“It feels good to get here. It’s been building for quite awhile, since Schism, even before issue #1 of Wolverine & The X-Men. The character arcs of kids like Idie and Quentin Quire, plus oddball characters like Toad and Husk, they all come to a head here,” Jason Aaron tells Marvel.com.

From the Hellfire Club to invading Brood to a space casino to the Savage Land, Aaron has created some outrageous scenarios for Logan and the kids to survive but get ready to be astonished again as the writer claims Continue reading Wolverine & The X-Men: Hellfire Saga Preview!

Old Wolverine, X-Men, Villains Galore!

Wolverine and the X-Men #25 courtesy Marvel
Wolverine and the X-Men #25 courtesy Marvel

I’ve always loved those “things to come” splash pages in the X-books! Marvel is taking the teaser tradition and putting the dark prediction on the cover! Take at look at the variant cover for this week’s Wolverine and the X-Men #25! In this issue Wolverine takes the students on a field trip to the Savage Land where they’ll encounter Logan’s brother, Dog! This variant shows the rogues gallery and a blast from the future past:

That sure looks like Old Man Logan from the (well) Old Man Logan arc from Mark Millar’s Wolverine run. As for the Old Man Logan’s sidekick? Its looks like a hybrid of Anole covered in Mercury aka Cesily Kincaid. Here’s a weird thought Continue reading Old Wolverine, X-Men, Villains Galore!