Top 5 Comic Book Picks for February 12, 2014

X-Factor #3 courtesy Marvel
X-Factor #3 courtesy Marvel

All-New X-Factor #3 Peter David is back blazing a trail of action, humor and twists in the this latest incarnation of X-Factor. Polaris, Quicksilver and Gambit are professional heroes working for a mysterious internet and weapons corporation that “just wants to help people.”  What’s Gambit’s real agenda?

 

Batman #28 Is Batman getting a new partner in crime fighting? Look 6 months ahead at the DC Universe in a special issue by Scott Snyder, James Tynion and Dustin Nguyen Continue reading Top 5 Comic Book Picks for February 12, 2014

Inside X-FORCE #1

X-Force #1 courtesy Marvel
X-Force #1 courtesy Marvel

X-Force #1 hits comic book shops this week.

 

In the aftermath of the Cable and X-Force vs. Uncanny X-Force crossover Vendetta – this is the now the one and only X-Force book.

 

Writer Si Spurrier (X-Men Legacy, Numbercruncher) and artist Rock He-Kim are the creative team chronicling the covert X-team’s adventures.

 

Rosters change but X-Force always is the pro-active, clandestine unit of the X-Men doing what X-Men can’t…sometimes taking out their enemies before they can attack mutants.

 

The new team will be Cable, Psylocke, Fantomex and the return of Continue reading Inside X-FORCE #1

X-FORCE vs. X-FORCE Begins in VENDETTA

Cable and X-Force #18 courtesy Marvel
Cable and X-Force #18 courtesy Marvel

X-Force vs. X-Force! The New Year kicks off with bangs as the two teams go to war. Marvel announced Vendetta at New York Comic Con. The fight between Cable’s crew and Psylocke’s squad will blast all through this month.

 

Bad blood and old scores will be settled in Vendetta coming to UNCANNY X-FORCE and CABLE & X-FORCE from the creative teams of Sam Humphries and Harvey Tolibao and Dennis Hopeless and Angel Unzueta. Continue reading X-FORCE vs. X-FORCE Begins in VENDETTA

Kid Apocalypse Back With New Video

Emerald City Comicon photo by ComicsBlend.com
Emerald City Comicon photo by ComicsBlend.com

Kid Apocalypse – cosplayer, rapper, director is back with a brand new music video. I recognized the cosplayer inspired by Rick Remender’s creation in Uncanny X-Force back at Emerald City Comicon 2012 not knowing he was filming his first video Came From the Chain filled with X-Men cosplayers from across the Pacific Northwest.

 

Now Evan aka En Sabah Nur (his comic book name) is back with Space Out mixing X-Men inspired lyrics to a cool beat. Watch for a a guest appearance by Beast.

 

Watch and enjoy: Continue reading Kid Apocalypse Back With New Video

X-MEN Apocalypse 2016 – What Might Be!

X-Men #182 courtesy Marvel
X-Men #182 courtesy Marvel

With one tweet X-Men director Bryan Singer signals the mutant Apocalypse!
X-Men Apocalypse 2016

 

X-Men: Days of Future Past hits in May 2014 and it looks like Fox is charging ahead with a new film starring the Children of the Atom against one of their most powerful enemies.

 

Apocalypse (created by legendary writer Louise Simonson and artist Walt Simonson) is an immortal mutant with multiple powers. The “First Mutant” named En Sabah Nur has been manipulating his race since the days of ancient Egypt Continue reading X-MEN Apocalypse 2016 – What Might Be!

X-MEN APOCALYPSE 2016

X-Men #183 courtesy Marvel
X-Men #183 courtesy Marvel

“X-Men Apocalypse 2016”

These words and number revealed by Bryan Singer on Twitter just set the geek world on fire!

The director is finishing up X-Men: Days of Future Past which unites the cast of the original trilogy and X-Men: First Class in a film based on the classic story by Chris Claremont. Singer was a one man tease machine via Twitter sharing news and pics from the upcoming sequel which arrives in May 2014.

Today’s tweet sure appears that Fox (which controls the X-Men film franchise) is moving ahead with a follow up just two years later starring one of the greatest enemies. Continue reading X-MEN APOCALYPSE 2016

Axel on X-FORCE The One and Only

X-Force #1 courtesy Marvel
X-Force #1 courtesy Marvel

In the All-New Marvel arena – Two X-Force books end. A new one begins.

 

The one and only X-Force is born in 2014.

 

Marvel Editor-In-Chief Axel Alonso tells Comic Book Resources the merging into one book is about strategy:

 

“In the aftermath of the upcoming “Uncanny X-Force/Cable and X-Force” crossover, “Vendetta,” starting this January, there just isn’t enough room for both teams. “Cable & X-Force” and “Uncanny X-Force” were both successful books, but we saw an opportunity to boil down the cast of both to one team Continue reading Axel on X-FORCE The One and Only

Cable’s Mission in X-FORCE

Psylocke by Rock-He Kim in X-Force courtesy Marvel
Psylocke by Rock-He Kim in X-Force courtesy Marvel

Cable assembles Psylocke, Fantomex and Marrow into a brand new X-Force in 2014 by Si Spurrier and Rock-He Kim. This team has always been the pro-active, clandestine fighting force taking the fight to the X-Men’s enemies – while keeping their questionable methods and acts a secret from their fellow mutants.

 

What’s the mission? Spurrier compares real world espionage with the current Marvel Universe in this Marvel.com interview.

 

“In our world—the real world?—there’s a shadow-game being played every day. Continue reading Cable’s Mission in X-FORCE