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.

New Mystique Still and How It Connects

There's a new X-Men: Days of Future Past still where Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence) is seen thrashing a bunch of military types. If you haven't seen it, it's the one below:

I'm not 100% but this scene really reminds me of that photo that showed Alex Summers/ Havok (Lucas Till) hanging around in army fatigues. You can check out said photo HERE. 

I think, Mystique shows up to save or convince Alex to return to the fold and join the team in order to fight off Trask, the US Government and the Sentinels. But that's just a speculation on my part. Maybe she's there to kill Havok. That could be.

New X-Men: Days of Future Past Teaser Focus on Dead Mutant Memorabilia

Okay, I'm twisting your arm a little bit with the dead mutant thing but the new teasers do feature stuff prominently featured in Matthew Vaughn's X-Men: First Class.

Can you name all the memorabilia in this photo kids from left to right?

- Lensherr's coin, Sebastian Shaw murder weapon
- Partially burnt Havok uniform
- Magneto's helmet
- and the most morbid of them all, a wing from Angel Salvatorre which means she's already dead. 

Really, with all the stuff they've been showing off, I'm already wondering if Bryan Singer's X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST would clock in at 3 hours. 

Lucas Till Confirmed for X-Men: Days of Future Past

On to more news X-Men DOFP (X-Men: Days of Future Past) news, it looks like the rumors of Lucas Till returning are true. In fact, director Bryan Singer even shared this photo of Till wearing army fatigues.

Since this is the 70s we're talking about, there's definitely going to be touches of the Vietnam War and it looks like Havok will be joining that tragic war. Still it's weird how this connects with the classic story by Chris Claremont and John Byrne story.

Guess it's all up to Singer now. Oh and one more thing, to echo a friend's comment; why didn't they bring back Banshee? That kid was easily one of the best things that happened in Matthew Vaughn's X-Men: First Class movie. That kinda sucks.

All New X-Men # 12 Review

All New X-Men # 12 review in partnership with Comicx Hub and Castle Geek.

The book is written by Brian Michael Bendis with art by Stuart Immonen.

Month in and month out, Bendis' ALL NEW X-MEN book just wows me. It's not relatable in the street level but it does great parallels about real world topics such as prejudice and coping with a huge catastrophe or disaster. Plus there's also great splash pages and seeds of a bigger event for the X-books (X-Men: Battle of the Atom).

Uncanny Avengers # 8AU Spoilers

Some spoilers for Uncanny Avengers # 8AU which ties up neatly to the ongoing Age of Ultron event. 

You'll see the 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.

Unlettered Preview for Uncanny Avengers # 4 - Thor versus Havok and Scarlet Witch

Here's an unlettered preview for Uncanny Avengers # 4 by Rick Remender and John Cassaday

• Red Skull and his S-Men move forward their take over of New York.
• A member of the Uncanny Avengers joins the S-Men!
• When the chips are down, the fight all but lost, one Avenger must rise and face the terrible might of The Omega Skull!

Check out the preview for Uncanny Avengers # 4 after the cut...

Spoilers from Uncanny Avengers # 1

Uncanny Avengers # 1 spoilers from Marvel Comics written by Rick Remender and John Cassaday

Picking up shortly after the conclusion of AVX (Avengers vs X-Men) this new series aims to be flagship title for both the Avengers books and the X-Men books. It's like a PR save for both teams after suffering huge losses during the war between the two teams and later on with the Phoenix Five.

Rick Remender Talks About Uncanny Avengers, Reveals New Art Too

The Marvel Now initiative is gearing up with new details for Rick Remender's "Uncanny Avengers".

Remender also spoke about the roles and motivations of each character that would be part of the new team.