SPOILERS: Who's Back from the Dead in All New X-Men # 23

Somebody yet again returns from the dead in ALL NEW X-MEN # 23 by Brian Michael Bendis and Stuart Immonen. Part 3 of Trial of Jean Grey! 

In this issue, more of Jean Grey in the custody of the Shiar empire, more witty banter between the All New X-Men and the Guardians of the Galaxy and a special surprise appearance by...

Yes, Corsair is back from the dead. Oh and the original cast of the Starjammers are back too including Hepzibah who dropped out of the X-Books post Messiah CompleX

Who Will Be Revived in Brian Wood's X-Men Book?

Brian Wood's X-Men book has always been a shining beacon of hope for everything good about the X-Men. Now it looks like it's going to wallow in the resurrection pit for a while thanks to this new teaser. 

Artist Kris Anka will be onboard to crhronicle this 'resurrection' and hopefully, it's not really Jean Grey...

I'm tired Marvel! Please. Let us X-Fans have this moment to enjoy the return of Nightcrawler in Amazing X-Men, we really don't need Jean (if it is Jean) yet. 

Amazing X-Men # 1 Preview Pages Look Amazing

I'm always a big sucker for Ed McGuiness' artwork and here he is again with Jason Aaron for AMAZING X-MEN # 1 featuring the return of NIGHTCRAWLER .

What would you do to save a fallen friend? This November, in the wake of Battle of the Atom, Wolverine must assemble the X-Men’s finest to attempt a daring rescue in AMAZING X-MEN #1, a swashbuckling new series from writer Jason Aaron and artist Ed McGuinness!
The X-Men are through mourning the loss of Nightcrawler, the “heart and soul” of their family – it’s time to act! Wolverine must lead Storm, Beast, Iceman and more on an epic journey to recover one of their greatest allies in a story that’s been building since WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN #1!

“AMAZING X-MEN is the newest can’t miss X-Men book.” says Senior Editor Nick Lowe. “Two creators at the top of their game, fully committed, bringing back possibly the best X-Man ever… and that’s just the first arc! Just wait until you see what Jason and Ed have up their sleeves!”

Deadly foes! Swashbuckling adventures! Plenty of little blue Bamfs! How far will the Amazing X-Men go to rescue one of their own? And what price will they pay? Find out just how far this November when Nightcrawler returns in AMAZING X-MEN #1!

AMAZING X-MEN #1 (SEP130740)
Written by JASON AARON
Art & Wraparound Cover by ED MCGUINESS
FOC – 11/06/13 On-Sale 10/14/13





Who's the redheaded girl seen together with Beast? Could that be Rachel Grey? Or is that O5 Jean Grey???

Wolverine and the X-Men # 36 Spoilers

Following up on the events of Marvel's "Battle of the Atom" with the help of Jason Aaron and Guiseppi Camuncoli which transpire in WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN # 36.

1. Cyclops Teams up with Old Cyclops

Really cool moment when O5 Cyclops finds himself with his back against his older Phoenix Force corrupted self while fighting the X-Men from the future.

2. Jean Grey vs Emma Frost, O5 Jean Grey and the Stepford Cuckoos

Another cool yet poorly executed moment. The Cuckoos team up with the younger Jean and Emma to fight off the psychic attacks of the Xorn-ized future Jean Grey.

3. O5 Jean is stronger than Xorn Jean

In a surprising turn of events the younger Jean Grey beats her "older" self and makes the ultimate mistake of peering into Xorn Jean's mind. These two panels might just be the ultimate turning point for X-Men: Battle of the Atom. In fact this panel's effect might be carried over to the upcoming All New X-Men/ Guardians of the Galaxy crossover.

4. What Jean saw

Whatever the hell Jean Grey saw in Xorn Jean's head screwed her up badly as she immediately reliquinshes her first decision to stay in the present Marvel Universe.Again whatever she chose to do or not to do automatically leads to some interesting storyline in the near future.

5. Deadpool is hiding something

Prior to this Deadpool threatened the whole team with suicide if they did not stop fighting. He goes on a verbal tirade about how they mean well for the team and how it is important that the Original Five "do the right thing". We later find out that things are not what they seem. In fact, it looks like Wade Wilson lied about everything.

6. O5 Beast and Iceman team up with Magik and visit the Future

Magik takes Iceman and Beast to the future where we see that things are very, very different; particularly in the Jean Grey School where it looks so beautiful. And then they also have Sentinels patrolling the area.

7. A Second team of future X-Men

Sure we got spoiled with the cover for the next chapter of X-Men: Battle of the Atom but it's still a shock to see the actual team that will join the fight in the next few chapters. Whp are these guys? Since when did the X-Men have an Iron Man/ Sentinel member on their roster? Who's the new Cloak and why is Colossus rocking a metallic moustache.

New Marvel Now Teasers Point to the TRIAL OF JEAN GREY

Two new Marvel Now 2 teasers seems to point out that the rumored Guardians of the Galaxy / X-Men crossover is good to go. 

The aforementioned crossover will be entitled "Trial of Jean Grey" and will most likely rely on whatever the heck happens in "X-Men: Battle of the Atom". 

Personally I don't think that this is going to be just a two-issue thing. Knowing how Bendis wants to drag stuff around and fill issues with "talkies" this could go for around two issues of All New X-Men and two issues for GOTG with Stuart Immonen and Sara Picheli respectively.

ALL NEW X-MEN # 16 Spoilers

Part 2 for X-MEN: BATTLE OF THE ATOM by Bendis and Immonen. 

This post has a doozie of a spoiler. Thread carefully. Oh and here's the link to Part 1 (LINK) 

One of the biggest shockers here in this issue comes in the form of WHO'S UNDER THE XORN MASK.

And then BOOM!



This part of the issue made me want to go all Wolverine and shout "JEANNNNNNNN!"

So yeah, it looks like the whole weirdness happened due to that brief moment in the field where Cyclops died. In their future, with Cyclops dead, mutants did not stand a chance because they didn't have an able leader who made all the tough choices. Basically, the merry mutants world got royally screwed.

ALL NEW X-MEN # 15 Review

It's been a while since we got a 'one and done' issue of ALL NEW X-MEN and this week's issue (ALL NEW X-MEN # 15) fills that particular void! Special thanks to COMICX HUB and CASTLE GEEK!

Stuart Immonen is out for this issue but taking over for the meantime is David LaFuente who did extraordinarily well in Ultimate Comics Spider-Man. Getting him for this issue was a stellar idea as the outcome rocked.

GOOD

- The art was pretty solid and fit like a glove. Teen angst? LaFuente nails it. Teen romance? Check. A surprise hookup? Check, check, check. While cartoony in nature, it still looks good. Case in point, Scott's sheepish grin and Bobby's awkward reaction when they see older Iceman making out with Kitty.

- The issue did not mack on Wolverine. In fact, writer Bendis turns Logan into a comedic device. Something I haven't seen for quite some time since Marvel loves the feral Canadian so much.

- I'm taking a limb in saying that we haven't had a decent ICEMAN/CYCLOPS issue in years; let alone their teenage counterparts. So seeing these two go to town, meet fine young women and save the day all in one sitting is a nice nod to old-school and nu-school X-Men fans.

- I'm interested in seeing more interaction between Marvel Girl (Rachel Summers) and the teenage version of JEAN GREY (Rachel's mom). Those pages were funny and curiosity raising; mostly because we never get to know what they 'thought' about.

BAD

- Depending on your level of involvement you'll be pleasantly surprised or downright dismayed with the way things panned out in this issue. Here's a hint, the cover is only half lying.

- This issue was so good that it just felt bad that it had to end.

- Dazzler making an appearance here is really unnecessary. Sure it could be a plot point for September's X-MEN: BATTLE OF THE ATOM but it feels really contrived and forced even if she just makes a one-panel appearance.

- I find it idiotic that the teen X-Men are still unaware of how dangerous it is to waltz out of the school. I'm surprised that both Bobby and Scott wasn't picked up by SHIELD the moment they 'hung out' and talked to normal kids or when they foiled that crime. Weird.

- No action all talk. Sure it's a Bendis book so it's a given but still. A little bit of action couldn't kill him right?

VERDICT

9.5/10

Despite all those minor and one major BAD POINTs I'm recommending ALL NEW X-MEN # 15. It'll be worth your money (well if you're willing to spend 200 bucks on a character driven book anyway). The book is available at all CASTLE GEEK branches (Glorietta, The Collective and soon in Greenhills) or online thru COMICX HUB (Order HERE).

More Jean Grey and Wolverine in New The Wolverine Trailer

The new trailer for 20th Century Fox's "The Wolverine" now has a segment focusing on the tragic love story between Jean Grey (Famke Janssen) and Wolverine (Hugh Jackman).

 
This new trailer from the film directed by James Mangold also features the same stuff from past trailers including Yukio finding Logan; Logan heading to Japan and meeting who I assume is Shingen; the fight with ninjas; Jackman getting shot plus all that. The ending is different however. 

Funko POP! Vinyl Superboy and White Phoenix Revealed

I'm really bringing my minimates collection to a screeching halt in order to start building my POP Vinyl especially when they revealed a Superboy figure coming soon.

And then coming out from the competition is the Jean Grey, White Phoenix Pop Vinyl figure. The catch here is that this Jean Grey figure glows in the dark.

Sadly the Superboy figure will be first released through Hot Topic and then will be hitting specialty stores at a later time. 

Via [Toyark]

Carla Abellana as The Phoenix (Jean Grey)

Jay Tablante yesterday shared his latest opus, the completed cosplay shoot featuring actress Carla Abellana as Jean Grey/ Phoenix.

That makes it three for three, as he's done two other Phoenixes in the past (including one with Alodia Gosiengfiao as the White Phoenix of the Crown). 

Steampunk X-Men by Arturo Aguirre

What if the X-Men were given new life in a steampunk era. Here's what they'd look like as rendered by Arturo Aguirre.

Am I the only one who thinks Steampunk Gambit looks fucking awesome for the X-Dudes. Its like the guy stepped out of the photo session for The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club" and never returned.

As for the X-Ladies, I'm giving my vote to Psylocke (although Rogue comes in at close second)...

Aguirre's Cable, for all thoughts, definitely fits the mold of what STEAMPUNK really is...

Major props for the Blunderbuss.





And now it's time for the bad guys:

Steampunk Magneto



Steampunk Mystique



Steampunk Sabretooth



Steampunk Pyro




Check out the artists' other works on his deviantart account HERE

All New X-Men # 6 Spoilers

Major spoilers for All New X-Men # 6 Spoilers by Brian Michael Bendis and David Marquez.

In this issue, the three main characters are Jean Grey, Cyclops and Angel. More importantly there's an encounter in this issue between Cyclops and Wolverine and Angel versus his younger self. 

Read more after the cut. 

All New X-Men # 5 Spoilers

Some minor and major spoilers for Marvel's All New X-Men # 5 written by Brian Michael Bendis with art by Stuart Immonen. 

This has got to be a very Jean Grey-centric book that we've all been missing for such a long time now. I got the book solely because it spotlights the recently returned Ms. Grey. 

Spoilers begin after the cut.