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

All New X-Men # 17 Spoilers

Check out the major spoilers for All New X-Men # 17; still part of the X-MEN: BATTLE OF THE ATOM

Oh by the way this was written by Brian Michael Bendis with art by Stuart Immonen.

1. Alison Blaire aka Dazzler becomes the President of the United States in the future

2. She was even backed by the future X-Men

Which is very cool and very un-X-Men like especially since they're NOT into that kind of politics.

3. Meet the Future X-Men

So who do we have:

• a Nick Fury-esque Daisy Johnson (or Maria Hill)
• Vision
• a wheelchaired Captain America
• a woman who looks like Storm
• moustachio Colossus
• Kate Pryde
• Charles Xavier's grandson
• IceMan (or is it IceMage)
• Xorn Jean
• Beast
• A guy who looks like Daimon Helstrom
• Molly Hayes
• Quintin Quire as the Phoenix
• someone who looks like Peter Wisdom
• A new Sorcerer Supreme who also looks like Cloak
• an old Tempus
• Iron Man/ Iron lad
• Jubilee who now goes by Wolverine
• Kubark aka Kid Gladiator

4. President Dazzler dies



I can't help but remember "X-Men: The End" where Kitty Pryde wins the elections and becomes the POTUS or was that a U.S. Senator??? Anyway at least Kitty didn't bite the bullet in that story. Still there was a massive bodycount in the first act. And there was no hellfire involved.

5. after the assassination, there's also a demonic invasion in front of the White House...

That does not look pretty

6. Then we meet the surviving X-Men

Or rather Magik, O5 Beast and O5 Iceman meet the future X-Men.

7. Why is Moustachio Colossus carrying Magik's soulsword?

Apparently before Magik "disappeared" she gave her older brother that badass soulsword. Oh and it's pretty nice to see the brother and sister actually look happy to see each other. They haven't been friendly with each other ever since AVX and AVX Consequences.

8. Hank McCoy 'snaps'



After years of death and hatred, future Hank McCoy finally calls it quits with Xavier's dream and decides that it's time to take matters into his own hands (again). There's also a poignant and quiet moment in this part of the issue where Colossus and Iceman just look at a very depressed Beast at ground zero...



9. I love the new Jean Grey School in the future



Can I enroll? Because I really want to enroll in a school with a building that looks like a Shiar battleship docked in the school grounds.

10. The future X-Men vote either to stay in the future or fight McCoy's wayward X-Men?

Guess it looks like 'Wolverine' got outvoted.

Remarks:

I love that they managed to squeeze in this much backstory in a single issue. I keep saying that X-Men: Battle of the Atom is a very underrated story and this issue proves my point. The pacing is still good and though people might be confused, the loyal X-Fan would just appreciate everything that's been poured into this issue.

Even better is the fact that it whet's our appetite for all things coming from this future. What confuses me however is how far in the future this is. And where is Marvel's mutant poster boy Wolverine in all this. In fact, where the hell is baby Shogo, you know, Jubilee's 'son'.

Argh. So many questions, too little pages. Please churn out more stuff for BotA. Oh and I know it's too late Marvel but could you exclude Brian Wood's X-Men from all this? Thanks.

Get your copies of ALL NEW X-MEN # 17 from your leading LCS (Comic Quest, Comic Odyssey, Druid's Keep, Filbars)

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 # 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).

All New X-Men # 9 Review (SPOILERS)

All New X-Men # 9 by Brian Michael Bendis and Stuart Immonen

Things that I loved about this issue, SPOILER ALERT BTW:

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. 

All New X-Men # 3 Spoilers - Optic Blast Malfunction

What happens to modern day Cyclops and the rest of his X-Tinction team? Find out in All New X-Men # 3 by Brian Michael Bendis and Stuart Immonen.

Find out what problems Cyclops, Magneto, Magik and the returning Emma Frost faces after the cut.

Best Moments from All New X-Men # 2 - Wolverine Getting Pwned

Wolverine gets his ass pwned by the old school Jean Grey in last week's All New X-Men # 2 by Brian Michael Bendis and Stuart Immonen. 

In this issue, modern Beast brings back the old school X-Men in his last ditch effort to stop the madness in Scott Summers. In his mind, bring the past Scott into the present and setting up a meeting between the two Summers could probably change Scott's mind about his new brotherhood  school of thought. 

Of course, it doesn't end well as Beast is attacked by whatever is killing him and the old school X-Men escape using the JGSHL Blackbird. 

Bendis Leaks Page Scans for All New X-Men # 1

Scans and spoilers abound for All New X-Men # 1 by Brian Bendis and Stuart Immonen. Let me just call out my ever handy spoiler alert image...

Okay, now I'm putting the "read more" icon below so as to serve as a barrier. If you're ready just scroll down...

These four new scans doesn't really spoil the whole story but there are some elements that gets already explained. One of the bigger mysteries that have already been resolved is who touched who first. By this I mean is it the O5 (Original Five) mutants that gets sent into the future or was it Beast and some select members of the school that travels back in time?

Apparently it's really the modern McCoy that goes back asking for the O5's help in dealing with the present Scott Summers aka Cyclops.

Come to think of it this is the only major question that gets answered in these four scanned pages. Enjoy the rest of these "previews"...

Kudos to Stuart Immonen as well for doing such a great looking work in these pages. I actually love the facial expressions he rendered for Hank and Scott; all that scowling and frowning. 

Via [X-Men Supreme]

EYE CANDY - Stuart Immonen Variant Cover for AVX VS # 1

Marvel is proud to present your first look at superstar artist, Stuart Immonen’s jaw-dropping variant cover for "AVX VS" #1, the premiere battle book tie-in to the summer blockbuster event of the year -- "Avengers VS. X-Men!" Catch the cover to cover battles -- featuring pulse-pounding brawls as Iron Man faces off against Magneto & Thing takes on Namor! Don’t miss out on all the action in "AVX VS" #1, available in comic shops worldwide and on the Marvel Comics app this April!

Which team will reign supreme? Join the conversation on Twitter with #AvX!

For more on Avengers VS X-Men, please visit avx.marvel.com

AVX: VERSUS #1 (FEB120531)
AVX: VERSUS #1 IMMONEN VARIANT (FEB120532)
Written by JASON AARON & KATHRYN IMMONEN
Art by ADAM KUBERT & STUART IMMONEN
Cover by ADAM KUBERT
Variant Cover by STUART IMMONEN
Rated T+…$3.99

Magneto Pummels Iron Man in AvX Vs # 1

Marvel Comics has released an unlettered preview page for AvX Vs # 1 and it looks awesome featuring a battle between Iron Man and Magneto done by Adam Kubert and a battle between The Thing and Namor on the shores of Utopia done by Stuart Immonen.



Marvel is proud to present your first look at AVX VS #1, the explosive, high-octane action packed tie-in to the hotly-anticipated blockbuster event of the year -- Avengers VS. X-Men! From acclaimed creative teams, Jason Aaron & Adam Kubert and Kathryn & Stuart Immonen; catch the cover to cover battles - featuring pulse-pounding action as Iron Man faces off against Magneto & Thing takes on Namor!