Wolverine aka Logan aka James Howlett is a dead man walking. Marvel plans on killing the fan-favorite X-Man in Death of Wolverine. After a long life as a tortured hero the nearly immortal mutant lost his healing factor in Wolverine by Paul Cornell. After Cornell’s 3 Months To Die storyline, Logan’s final adventure will appear in Death of Wolverine by Charles Soule and Steve McNiven.
This geek has been thinking: Logan may soon be gone but will another clawed hero take his place among the X-Men and Marvel Universe? Continue reading THE NEXT WOLVERINE Part One
Hugh Jackman as The Wolverine courtesy Marvel and 20th Century Fox
Hugh Jackman will play Wolverine in X-Men: Days of Future Past and is in talks for a third solo film as the fan-favorite X-Man.
“I still am very ambitious for the character. And tonally I feel like we corrected the ship with the last one. But I feel we can still go further, in a way. If I did another one I’m 99.9% sure it would be the last, so that will inform what it is for me,” Jackman tells SFX.
The Wolverine was based on the Chris Claremont and Frank Miller limited series so what could the third Wolverine movie take inspiration from? Continue reading HUGH JACKMAN On WOLVERINE 3
Original Sin is about the begin but Marvel is already teasing the next big event series of 2014.
In the final moments of the Wolverine: Three Months to Die panel at Chicago Entertainment and Comic Expo – Marvel revealed AXIS coming this Fall.
The “A” is the Avengers logo and the “X” is the X-Men logo so what could it mean?
In the aftermath of Avengers vs. X-Men Marvel launched Uncanny Avengers by Rick Remender. Steve Rogers and Wolverine formed the Avengers Unity Squad by recruiting members of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes and Children of the Atom in a way to heal the divide between the groups.
Planet X is the current and finale arc of Remember’s Uncanny Avengers epic. Remember could be bringing the series to a close and setting up for a relaunch.
The reborn Red Skull (armed with Professor Xavier’s mutant brain) was the villain of the first arc of Uncanny Avengers. AXIS could refer to the aftermath and future plots of the former Nazi scientist.
Uncanny Avengers #9 courtesy Marvel
With the Death of Wolverine approaching, could Logan’s death lead to a new war between Avengers and X-Men? Writers Paul Cornell (Three Months To Die) and Charles Soule (Death of Wolverine) have revealed Logan has lost his mutant healing factor but no one has really said how he will die or who will kill him?
After Marvel Now and All-New Marvel Now – AXIS could be the next company wide initiative with new books and creative teams.
Avengers vs. X-Men was a major turning point in the Marvel Universe carried forward by the the creation of the Uncanny Avengers. AXIS will likely be the next incarnation of Rick Remender’s epic storyline – perhaps with a team led by the reborn Red Skull?
After killing a Celestial, several fan-favorite Avengers and X-Men – and destroying Earth…what will Remender do for an encore?
Amazing Spider-Man #1 Peter Parker is back from dead. The true Spidey is back in a brand new series by Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos up against a recharged Electro!
Forever Evil Aftermath: Batman vs. Bane #1 Forever Evil is over. The Dark Knight is back to retake Gotham City from Bane’s tight grip. It’s the battle of two very different Batmans by Peter Tomasi. Continue reading Top Comics for April 30, 2014
The final fight of Wolverine, a brand new Storm ongoing, Cyclops solo and more X-Men news at Marvel’s Wolverine: 3 Months To Die panel at Chicago Entertainment and Comic Expo.
X-Men Executive Editor Mike Marts explained 3 Months to Die will be in issues Wolverine #8- 12 by Paul Cornell, Kris Anka and Pete Woods.
X-Men: Days of Future Pastis coming fast on the horizon. X-Men: Apocalypse is slated for 2016. The Wolverine sequel is clawing into theaters after that. Producers have started talking the possibilities of more X-Men solo spinoff movies including Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique.
The fuel to a Gambit movie fire are lit up again after the MTV Movie Awards. Channing Tatum told MTV he’s met with Producer Lauren Schuler Donner and again expressed his love for Remy Labeau, the mutant played by Taylor Kitsch in X-Men: Origins: Wolverine.
The final trailer X-Men: Days of Future Past is here following an action packed clip revealed at the MTV Movie Awards.
The epic battle scene showcased Kitty Pryde, Iceman and Colossus with new mutants Bishop, Sunspot, Warpath and a lot of Blink unleashing her teleporting powers as a swarm of Sentinels attacked.
Fox revealed the final trailer for the sequel that unites the cast of the original X-Men trilogy and X-Men: First Class. Based on the Chris Claremont story – DOFP shows an apocalyptic future in which mutants are hunted and in constant war with robots called Sentinels. Wolverine in sent back in time to recruit a younger Professor X, Magneto and Mystique to change history and save the mutant and human race.
Ellen Page introduced an exciting clip from X-Men: Days of Future Past at the MTV Movie Awards.
In the future mutant hunting robots attack. Kitty Pryde (Page) Colossus (Daniel Cudmore) and Iceman (Shawn Ashmore) lead brand new mutants Blink, Warpath, Bishop and Sunspot defending their embattled base from a swarm of Sentinels. Fans of Bobby Drake have to be thrilled to see Iceman at his full omega level potential. Blink is a fan favorite mutant from the Generation X era who died too soon but is alive and shows off her incredible teleporting power. Sunspot (Adan Canto) and Bishop (Omar Sy) share their solar projection and energy absorption powers on the invading Sentinels.
