First Look at Planet X Characters for Uncanny Avengers

I'm kinda in the fence with regards to whether or not I like what's going on in Rick Remender's Uncanny Avengers book but seeing these jaw-dropping concepts by Daniel Acuna, I'm totally sold and jumping back to the title.

More photos below.

You'll know this is an alternate reality story because Pyro's been dead for years now and Avalanche was recently lobotomized by the Red Skull and may or may not be dead. Great work on the designs too. Magneto looks pretty bad ass with that armored suit of his.

Who's Helping Captain America in Uncanny Avengers # 8 (Spoilers)

What's going on in the pages of Uncanny Avengers # 8 by Rick Remender and Daniel Acuña from Marvel Comics.

Spoilers after the cut...

Uncanny Avengers # 7 Spoiler Review

What just happened in Uncanny Avengers # 7 and how big could it's ramifications be? Check out the spoilers for Uncanny Avengers # 7 by Rick Remender and Daniel Acuña.

Spoiler alert on this post.

There's a couple of subplots here such as the brewing tension inside the team, the worsening cat fight between Rogue and Scarlet Witch and this...

The Wasp flirting with Havok

It's these kinds of moments in an Avengers book that makes me realize two things, that team romances are nice to enrich the book but it also heralds all the kinky and downright ***tty stuff that's appearing in books like 'The Boys' where all the heroes sleep around and do nasty stuff with each other. 

Anyway, the main point of this issue is that the Apocalypse Twins have officially made their appearance in the present time after being whisked away by Kang the Conqueror a few issues ago. Not only are they all grown up and resemble their pappy Archangel, they also have Thor's old enchanted weapon Jarnbjorn, the same mystical axe that Kang raided from Baron Mordo's tomb in Uncanny Avengers # 6. 

Not only do they make their presence felt, Uriel Worthington even slices the Celestial Gardener in half in this ish.

This of course transpires moments after Genocide gets his hands on a new Death Seed which will power him up and assume the mantle of Apocalypse.

Genocide powered up with the Celestial Death Seed

And then, the former heir of Apocalypse gets cut down by Uriel...

I feel sorry for Genocide as this guy never catches a break. Between being promised to become the new Apocalypse and ultimately falling through the cracks at the end of Remender's Dark Angel Saga to this usurping his position, the guy never gets to enjoy, oh well, at least he was partly responsible for the creation of Tabula Rasa. 

Meanwhile the other twin, Eimin Worthington rescues their mother, the Final Horseman Pestilence and kills off the other ones such as Famine and War.

Eimin using Untime Acid on the horsemen

Has Remender been watching too much Naruto? as this is the specialty of the Uchiha especially in the advanced Mangekyou form. Tsukiyomi!

Some other things worth mentioning:

- Captain America and Sunfire are in space (in S.W.O.R.D's THE PEAK specifically) when the remnants of Apocalypse's ship appear. Shiro goes heroic mode by pushing Captain America into an escape pod and tries to make sense out of the madness. 

- Thor disappears from the mansion and flies off to Rio de Janiero where he readies himself for the coming space debris. We also get a flashback of sorts with the words Odin left him back in issue 6. 

Y'know I'm really running out of superlatives to describe Acuña's work here in UA. Now all I can say is that the art for this issue justifies why I try to buy all the back issues and present stuff the artist does whether. It's that good. Now if only I can find the Wolverine trade where he did the art. 

Verdict: 4.5/5

It would have been better if the flirting scenes were done differently. Otherwise, excellent stuff. Even the things that are implied or happens off-panel were interesting enough.

Uncanny Avengers # 6 SPOILERS

Daniel Acuña brought me back this month thanks to his awesome lines and art for Uncanny Avengers # 8 which is also written by Rick Remender.

In this issue, it's basically a one-shot featuring a fight between a young Thor and Apocalypse.

The spoilers are seen after the cut.

Daniel Acuña Onboard Uncanny Avengers's Second Arc

Marvel Comics has announced over at CBR that artist Daniel Acuña will be stepping in as the regular penciller for Uncanny Avengers. 

Artist John Cassaday will still be working on the book albeit as the cover artist (which isn't a bad thing all things considered).

Kind of weird though because if you read the interview during the Uncanny Avengers roster expansion, you'd notice that they were stating that Cassaday was in it for the long haul. Maybe its come to a point that they really need to have a fall back for the former Astonishing X-Men artist.

Still, Acuña is a pretty good pick. He's got this solid lines and art style mixed with a good dose of great facial expressions for his characters. Check out some of the unlettered pages for Uncanny Avengers # 6 which will be hitting stores March,2013.

Mind the cut though...