Tag: All New X-Men

Geekscape Comics: Weekly Reads!

by Karson

Welcome to Weekly Reads! It’s your little, weekly dose of comic book goodness that focuses on some aspect of my comic book reading!

We have a whole lot of X-Men this week, let’s get into it!

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X-Men ’92 #1!

Don’t judge a book by its cover…

First, let me describe how I was positioned going into this read; I loved the X-Men Animated Series, and I hadn’t read the X-Men ’92 Secret Wars series. I had heard about it but didn’t think too much of it, but when I saw the cover of this book, I had to give it a read!

So far, I’m a little letdown. I was hoping for more nostalgia. There are some nods to the nineties throughout, and it was nice to see Omega Red, but the problem was the art doesn’t do anything to make me think 90’s. The thing that upset me the most was the introduction of (as far as I know) a new villain! How can a nostalgia book introduce a new character!? Maybe this book was just intended to be a new story set in a 90’s-esque universe? Will I stick with the series? Probably not. I hope it’s great, and I hope someone who reads it and loves it, that person just probably won’t be me.

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Uncanny X-Men #5!

Don’t mess with the Uncanny X-Men!

This series is starting to pick-up steam. There is a stark contrast developing between the Uncanny X-Men and the other versions of the team and this issue shows off just how savage the Magneto lead team can be. If you’re a fan of Magneto, this book is for you, as we are starting to see how much of a strategic mastermind he is. However, there is a distrust growing between Magneto and his team; it will be interesting to see how this plays out. Mystique and Fantomex are off doing their secret mission which is backed by the Hellfire Club. We don’t know much about it now, but I have a feeling we’re going to find out more about that next issue!

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All-New X-Men #7!

I never knew a story centered around Toad could be so good!

Hopeless is doing such an awesome job of developing these characters! Wow. I am wrapped up in them all. Beast and his insecurities surrounding whether his intelligence has any value, Cyclops struggling to free himself from the clothes of Toad (man, oh man is that intense!). The way Toad’s story unfolds in this issue is heart wrenching. Hopeless’ words and Bagley’s art are so powerful in portraying Toad’s complete and utter hopelessness and loneliness. I can’t believe they made a story with Toad some damn emotionally impactful! This issue just keeps getting better and better the more I think about it. This issue stands on its own, check it out now!

Geekscape Comics: Weekend Reads!

by Karson

Welcome to Weekend Reads! It’s your little, weekly dose of comic book goodness that focuses on some aspect of my weekend reading!

This weekend the X-Men let me down.

The reads:

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Paper Girls no. 2 by Brian K. Vaughan, Cliff Chiang and Matt Wilson
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Captain Marvel no. 2 by Michele Fazekas, Tara Butters and Kris Anka
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Uncanny X-Men no. 1-3
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All New X-Men no. 1-3
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Extraordinary X-Men no. 1-6
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Harrow County no. 9 by Cullen Bunn and Carla Speed McNeil

Sorry for all that scrolling. Let’s get into it!

If you aren’t reading Paper Girls, you should be.

It’s fresh, the art pops, and Brian K. Vaughn writes it. The book is about a group of newspaper delivery girls who discover some crazy ass shit. It’s cool.

If you aren’t reading Harrow County, you should be.

It’s unlike anything you’ve read before; there are wonky ghoulies, skinless children, flaming ghosts, beautiful and haunting artwork, as well as crazy twists. Despite this, my favourite part of each book is still the spooky short story and comic strip at the end of each issue. They will blow your mind and leaving you thinking about them for weeks.

If folklore + militia = sounds like a fun time to you, then you’ll love Cry Havoc. Me, not so much. There isn’t a lot of meat in the first issue; you might want to wait until you can read a few at a time.

If you like wasting your time reading mediocre X-Men stories in which everyone just cries about how much damage Scott Summers did to the mutant population, then all the current X-Men books are for you. Seriously, though, the X-Men complain about Scott more than I complained about the state of Spider-Man in the Marvel universe last week.

Ok, maybe they aren’t that bad. In fact, all the books are at a point where they might be getting entertaining. It’s just too bad all these issues had to be published first. If you like Mr. Sinister, Extraordinary X-Men might be worth your time. If you like Apocalypse, you might want to start paying attention as Apocalypse Wars is coming this spring!

Oh yeah, Captain Marvel is a lot of fun too, whether you’re familiar with the character or not.

That’s all for now.

Are you reading any of these books? I’d love to hear your thoughts. What do you think of Mark Bagley’s art these days? Tweet us or tweet me!

Geekscape Comics Reviews Marvel NOW!: ‘All New X-Men #1’

by Shawn Madden

I didn’t even get out the front door of my comic shop before I opened up All New X-Men #1. As soon as I was done reading it I looked at the shelves hoping for more. Brian Michael Bendis and Stuart Immonen’s new series will launch the old children of the atom into the present of today after the events of AvX. Things are different now but a lot of the same. The mutant world is as chaotic as ever but now with the appearance of new mutants all over the globe we have Cyclops and his extinction team as wanted criminals fighting for mutants everywhere.

Bendis gets right to work with this issue building the stories of these new characters and re-establishing the longtime central theme that some X-books have been missing as of recent: a world full of fear and prejudice. We see the writer really do a great job of exploring both the fears of people coming face to face with mutants the first time as well as the people who discover they are mutants finding out that they are. We see the book bring in quite a few plot points at a fast pace but it works very smoothly and is an exciting read. It’s pretty impressive how well Bendis threads the plot points together in this issue.

The art work is beautiful and Immonen definitely is the right artist to be drawing the X-Men. Immonen’s characters are fantastically drawn in this dialogue heavy book and the moments never seem boring. The art never loses sight of being character-centric even when there’s a lot going on at the moment. And trust me when I say this issue has quite a bit going on in it.

Final verdict: If Bendis and Immonen can keep the series going as strong as this start…we’re in for a great run here. All-New X-Men #1 is definitely a solid  jumping on point for a new of generation X-readers as well as long time X-fans.

Grade: 4.5/5

Geekscape Comics: Cyclops Is Back In Preview For ‘All New X-Men #2’!

by Shawn Madden

What, you really thought he was going to stay locked up? It really shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise that Cyke is back and looking more bad-ass than ever in this unlettered preview for Brian Michael Bendis and Stuart Immonen’s All New X-Men #2.  Bendis clearly has big plans for the character in this series and it appears that Scott and his team are going to be out there helping the new mutants popping up after AvX.

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Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Art by STUART IMMONEN

Geekscape Comics: Beast To Undergo Another Mutation In ‘All New X-Men’?

by Shawn Madden

During Grant Morrison’s run on New X-Men quite some time ago, he made a very controversial decision to have Beast undergo a second mutation which gave the character a more feline-like appearance. Well, it seems that the the following excerpt from the script as well as the preview from Bendis & Immonen’s All-New X-Men #1  indicates that we may see the character undergo yet another mutation. Now the question is…to what?

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1- Ext. Jean Grey School for Higher Learning- day
Wide shot of the mansion from the front gate looking in.
It is a gorgeous day and it’s a calm day at the mansion.
Reads: the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning
THE BEAST
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I am mutating.
And it is [REDACTED].

Source: Marvel

Geekscape Comics: Interlocking ‘All New X-Men’ Covers Reveal Who WON’T Be Dying In ‘AvX’

by Shawn Madden

Fans worried that Marvel may be killing Scott Summers or Emma Frost can now breathe a sigh of relief. Earlier today I received images of all three of the interlocking covers for the new upcoming series All New X-Men. In these covers you definitely see that the two characters will be surviving Avengers Vs. X-Men, which further leads me to believe that  my theory [click here to see who I think it’s going to be] for who will be dying at the end of this event may be correct. This also goes to show that the character in Marvel NOW! promo image everyone beli

ved to be a re-design for Scott Summers may actually indeed not be the character. There also appears to be a mystery character in the background of the first part of the cover. I guess we’re going to have to wait a few months before we find out just who that is. Check out Stuart Immonen’s interlocking covers for All New X-Men! His artwork is definitely going to be a welcome addition to X-family.