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.

Marvel Sends out a Bloodied Wedding Invitation

... And the aforementioned bloodied wedding invitation also happens to be a single puzzle piece to a really big photo, which perhaps contains the identity of the bride and groom. Here's the official poster.

A friend of mine stated that this could be a marriage between Havok and Janet Van Dyne aka The Wasp. That I could totally get behind because I ardently ship those two. :)

Uncanny Avengers # 14 Spoilers - Two Deaths

Ugh. Marvel had to stick with the classic make great characters dead and while this definitely proves that the rumors are true, it leaves a bad taste especially for fans of these two characters.

OK time for the ever classic SPOILER ALERT

So what happens here is the team is split into different parts of the Apocalypse Twin's ship. Wolverine was taken out by the his son Daken who was revived as a Horseman. Thor is in another area battling the resurrected Sentry (whom he killed at the end of SIEGE). Wanda (Scarlet Witch) is together with Wonder Man hatching a plan under the watchful eye of Simon's brother the Grim Reaper. 

Captain America and Havok are fighting Banshee with The Wasp. It's really only Rogue and Sunfire that's walking freely and they plan on murdering their teammate Scarlet Witch to save mutantkind and the rest of the world.

That's a lot to take and we're not even in the actual issue. Issue 14 climaxes with the scene where Rogue stabs Wanda. 

Shiro and Simon are fighting when Wanda drops...

Rogue versus Grim Reaper round 2

She gets impaled by Reaper's scythe, something that should not have happened if Rogue still retained a bit of Miss Marvel's invincibility, well to some extent anyway... 

I feel sad for Wolverine at this point because not only does he have to hurt/kill/maim his son again (which he killed during 'Final Execution', he also has to witness the eventual death of Rogue. And try as he may to get her off the Reaper's scythe, it's really no use. 

Wanda completes the spell and with that Wonder Man also disappears into thin air, since he effectively has been unmade by the Scarlet Witch. 

Dammit Rick Remender. Too much feels. 

Steve McNiven Joins UNCANNY AVENGERS when Things Look Bad

Amidst all the buzz in San Diego, a cute little teaser appeared for Marvel's UNCANNY AVENGERS. Looks like Guardians of the Galaxy artist Steve McNiven is moving over to Rick Remender's book.

This teaser presents something that's been brewing with the team ever since it was founded, the unstable relationship between Rogue and Scarlet Witch.

Steve McNiven's art is the shiznit so I'm definitely putting this issue on the pull list as long as Steve McNiven is working on the book. Oh and is it just me or did Logan slash Wanda's face off? 

This comes out November 2013 folks.

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...

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 # 10 Cover Revives Dead Mutants and Avengers as Horsemen

The Uncanny Avengers # 10 cover is quite a shocker and I'm surprised why people are not talking about this revival.

Dead Heroes and Villains

So here's where things get ruined and get better at the same time. According to rumors, these guys won't just be revived for the sake of shocks and scares for Rick Remender's Uncanny Avengers team. They'll be playing a significantly larger role as the new Horsemen of the Apocalypse (twins).

And in case you're not able to identify who these guys are, here's the breakdown from left to right:

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.

Uncanny Avengers # 5 Spoiler Review

Here's what I thought of Uncanny Avengers # 5 by Rick Remender and Olivier Coipel.

I dig this issue. It's a good break from all that clusterf**k regarding Red Skull. We get to see a different side of this Avengers team. Remender writes the characters as if they were part of an ad-agency instead of an actual team. They even bring in The Wasp aka Janet Van Dyne to help bankroll the team and inject new marketing stuff to make the team trendy and relevant. After all, it's a hardsell how to make humans like the recently returned mutants.

Super Spoilers for Uncanny Avengers # 4

Here are some massive spoilers for last week's Uncanny Avengers # 4 by Rick Remender and John Cassaday.

In this issue, Remender finally closes his first arc with the Red Skull and this new Avengers team going through the motions of the standard comic book story (the villain retreats). 

But I'm actually going to fast. Check the previews to see the Havok & Scarlet Witch vs brainwashed Thor fight. 

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...

Wood and Coipel Reel in the Beauties in X-Men # 1

The adjectiveless X-Men book pretty much became Brian Wood's baby once he took over the writing duties from former writer Victor Gischler and come April, he'll be weaving this same magic for X-Men together with artist Olivier Coipel.

This actually spells awesome as they've got a 'crossover' team for it's roster. We have Storm and Psylocke from "Uncanny X-Force" together with "Wolverine and the X-Men" cast Kitty Pryde, Rachel Grey aka Marvel Girl and Rogue (who also happens to be part of Uncanny Avengers). And then there's Jubilee who's been visibly absent for awhile (ever since she decided to run for a bit with the Forgiven). 

There's also the story...

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...

Uncanny Avengers Gets Additional Members

Not to be outdone by the sheer number of characters appearing in Jonathan Hickman's "Avengers" book, Rick Remender shares details about the new addition to this cool book featuring the art of John Cassaday. 

The new additions to the team includes the ionic powered Wonder Man, the mutant Sunfire and the recently returned Janet Van Dyne aka The Wasp. 

According to the CBR interview, the trio will be joining the six person Uncanny Avengers starting issue # 5 which looks like it'll be delayed by a month following reports that Marvel has pushed back Uncanny Avengers # 2 by a month. 

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.

J. Scott Campbell Variant Covers for Uncanny Avengers and All New X-Men

Marvel shows us a new set of interlocking variant covers for Uncanny Avengers and All New X-Men featuring the art of Danger Girl creator J. Scott Campbell.

Comicx Hub Offers Deadpool Variant for Uncanny Avengers # 1 for P200

I got an email from our dear friends from Comicx Hub about their plans for the upcoming Marvel NOW relaunch. It seems like there's a party brewing as well tons of Deadpool "Call me Maybe" variant covers for Uncanny X-Men # 1.

New Covers for Iron Man and Thor God of Thunder # 1 for Marvel NOW

Here are the two upcoming covers for the upcoming Marvel Now books (read relaunch) namely Invincible Iron Man # 1 and Thor God of Thunder # 1.

The new book will focus again on Tony Stark and his new Iron Man armors. Yes, its ARMORS. Apparently Kieron Gillen has plans to provide us with more than just one armor through his different story arcs.