Comics Official UNCANNY X-MEN Discussion Thread

[OutcryX]

I dunno if they are there so much to help the X-men as to "Holy Crap! There is a giant dome of evil in San Fransisco! We have to do something...about that dome."

 

[javi1024]

pretty.....

and never been a huge fan of them, buts it always nice to see the FF.

 

[javi1024]

4. I love that the Fantastic Four and Avengers are showing up and trying to do something. It's weird how all of the superhero teams always sorta glossed over the X-Men every time a huge disaster landed on their front door. Sentinels, bombs, invasions-- nobody ever batted an eye during the countless times Chuck's house got blown up. So it's nice to see other heroes get involved when disaster strikes.

that takes me back to Emma's conversation with Tony Stark during Civil War: "Where were the Avengers when our babies were burning on Genosha?". i love that scene.

 

[Manic]

I dunno if they are there so much to help the X-men as to "Holy Crap! There is a giant dome of evil in San Fransisco! We have to do something...about that dome."

It's not just that. The X-Men have faced situations that threaten the entire planet before, but other superheroes seem to just ignore it. Way too many superheroes lived in the state of New York for nobody to notice that the X-Men were fighting huge threats every other week, yet the Avengers rarely ever set foot that far north. Now that the X-Men have moved to the other side of the country, the Avengers and Fan4 have started to notice something amiss.

 

[Specter313]

Uncanny X-Men #525

Story by Matt Fraction
Art by Terry Dodson, Rachel Dodson
Cover by Adi Granov
Publisher Marvel Comics
Cover Price: $3.99
Release Date Wed, June 9th, 2010

Things have never been worse for the X-Men. They're stuck in an impregnable dome of Bastion's creation. As if that's not bad enough, inside this dome is a portal to the Days of Future Past timeline through which thousands of Nimrod Sentinels are pouring. Cyclops has sent Cable, Cypher and X-Force on a suicide mission into the future to destroy the portal, but do they stand a chance?

 

[Manic]

And to think, none of this would've gone down if she hadn't lied to Nay-Nay about being ready to come back.

 

[squeekness]

Hope's eyes... curiouser and curiouser...

 

[javi1024]

i was pissed this book didnt come out this week.

 

[Charlie Boy]

That Hope's throwin around a lot of misplaced anger. Maybe now she'll actually do something.

 

[Manic]

You know, that is just like Scott to send his son into the future to die. I bet every time Cable disappears, Scott thinks to himself, "Finally got that little bastard out of my hair again!"

 

[OutcryX]

ugh. her eyes look just like scott's she has shown flares of phoenix-y goodness and she can cure rogue with just a touch....mary sue

 

[Manic]

She doesn't count as a mary-sue until she actually does something useful.

 

[Specter313]

UNCANNY X-MEN #528
Written by MATT FRACTION
Penciled by WHILCE PORTACIO
Cover by TERRY DODSON
“THE FIVE LIGHTS”
SECOND COMING is nearing it’s end, so you’ll soon get all kinds of info as to what’s coming from Matt Fraction (IRON MAN) and Whilce Portacio (HULK). Here’s something to whet your appetite- Kitty Pryde & Emma Frost’s first encounter since Kitty took her trip in a bullet. Part 3 (of 5)
40 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

 

[Havok83]

can we please get rid if Dodson and let Portacio do the covers as well?

 

[Manic]

Quiet, you. Dodson is awesome.

 

[Jennifer Walters]

Havok's got a notorious case of the bad taste, you remember. It's fine..we still (sorta) love him.

I like you love Dodson and his small artistic details he does.

 

[Havok83]

Quiet, you. Dodson is awesome.

that cover looks a mess as does most of his. Getting rid of he and Land on the interiors was an upgrade. Now they need to just drop the former from the covers. Go put him on Xfactor or something else I dont read

 

[Manic]

Good god, and you don't read X-Factor? You and I have nothing to discuss.

 

[Havok83]

Thats no secret. I havent read it since Messiah Complex

 

[Specter313]

Writer Allan Heinberg (Young Avengers) and artist Olivier Coipel (Siege) are teaming up to present a bonus story in July’s Uncanny X-Men #526 that was not originally solicited in Marvel’s July 2010 solicitations.

According to Diamond, in this bonus story, Magneto learns something that sends him down a path most would rather leave unexplored, which could potentially affect his already-shaky relationship with the X-Men.

The issues main story deals with the aftermath of “Second Coming” and comes from regular series writer Matt Fraction and Uncanny veteran artist Whilce Portacio returning to the title to provide the interior artwork.

The book will remain 40 pages, with a cover price of $3.99, as originally solicited (below).

UNCANNY X-MEN #526
Written by MATT FRACTION
Penciled by WHILCE PORTACIO
Cover by TERRY DODSON

“THE FIVE LIGHTS”
After the events of SECOND COMING, the X-Men’s world has changed. We can’t tell you much without spoiling the crossover, but here are some words to whet your appetite: Hope, Emma, Namor, Sebastian Shaw. Classic X-Men artist Whilce Portacio is back again for this story-arc of epic proportions!

40 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/heinberg-coipel-uncanny-xmen-109623.html

 

[Manic]

If Heinberg is writing, then it must have something to do with Wanda.

 

[Specter313]

While the X-Men may not seem to have much in common with Grey's Anatomy, fans of the superhero team have the TV show to thank for an upcoming comic story by Allan Heinberg in Uncanny X-Men #526.

Most of the television watching public know Heinberg for his work on TV shows like Sex and the City, Gilmore Girls and The O.C..

But it was the end of his last season on Grey's Anatomy that cleared up his schedule enough to do more than one comic book project for Marvel, and led to him writing a bonus story for Uncanny X-Men #526. The issue, which goes on sale on July 14th, was added after solicitations were released and teams the writer with artist Olivier Coipel.

"When editor Nick Lowe asked if I'd be interested in coming up with this story, I actually had some time to devote exclusively to writing comics," Heinberg said.

Comic fans know Heinberg best for his run on titles like JLA and Wonder Woman, and particularly his creation of the Young Avengers, a group of teenage characters he'll be writing again in Avengers: The Children's Crusade, a nine-issue mini-series that starts this month.

Yet few fans know that Heinberg once worked with someone most X-Men loyalists worship — long-time Uncanny X-Men scribe Chris Claremont.

"I am a big X-Men fan. In fact, I was briefly Chris Claremont's assistant back in the early 90's," Heinberg said. "He was very patient with my fanboy questions and generous with his time.

"I deeply admired his work on X-Men, of course," Heinberg said of the writer's influence. "And I loved Grant Morrison's run on New X-Men. And Whedon and Cassaday's Astonishing. And Warren Ellis's Astonishing has been fun, as well. And I love what's going on in the main books right now. I think "Second Coming" has been an extraordinarily impressive and satisfying event."

While the main X-Men story by Matt Fraction and Whilce Portacio will deal with the after-effects of "Second Coming," Heinberg will be focusing on how the fall-out from that event are connected to his Young Avengers — and particularly Scarlet Witch, whose character returns within the pages of Avengers: The Children's Crusade.

"The most important thing to know about this story is that it was drawn by Olivier Coipel, who is one of the finest artists on the planet," Heinberg said up front. "The story deals with the fallout from 'Second Coming' and principally features Wolverine, Cyclops, Magneto, and Doctor Nemesis.

"[Marvel] Editor Nick Lowe felt that this story could shed some light on the X-Men's relationship to — and feelings about — the Young Avengers," Heinberg said. "Particularly in light of Magneto's possibly being Wiccan and Speed's grandfather."

Heinberg said that, while his story in Uncanny X-Men is definitely a self-contained X-Men story, "it does set the stage for Magneto's possible involvement in Avengers: The Children's Crusade."

As a long-time comic book fan, it's not surprising that the writer loved getting his hands on Magneto. "Especially now that he at least seems to be looking for some kind of redemption," Heinberg said. "Which doesn't make him any less of an iconoclast, but it does have the effect of making him a bit more relatable. Even if you're unsure about Magneto's true motives, you can't help rooting for him at this point."

While the nine-issue Children's Crusade mini-series reunites him with his Young Avengers artist Jimmy Cheung, Heinberg said he's been a fan of Coipel's work for awhile and jumped at the chance to work with him.

"I've been wanting to work with Olivier since his time drawing Abnett and Lanning's extraordinary Legion books," he said. "And his work on Thor with JMS is some of my favorite comic book art of all time. So I'm beyond grateful and quite honestly amazed that Olivier agreed to do this story with me. He's been an absolute dream to work with, and I very much hope we get a chance to collaborate on something else soon."

And as long as we had Heinberg talking about comics, we asked him what he thought of the upcoming changes to Wonder Woman, since he's the last writer who relaunched the comic.

"I am such a fan of JMS's run on Thor — and he's such a smart writer — that I can't wait to read the book and to find out what his plans are for the character," Heinberg said. "And as far as I'm concerned, anything that gets people talking about Wonder Woman again is a good thing for Wonder Woman."

Now that readers are only a week away from the first issue of Children's Crusade, Heinberg said he's feeling a little nervous, since he's been away from comics during the years he was committed to Grey's Anatomy.

"But I do hope people enjoy seeing the characters again," Heinberg said. "I know they'll enjoy seeing Jim's phenomenal artwork. And Young Avengers readers should definitely pick up Uncanny X-Men #526 if they don't already read Uncanny, because it does serve as a kind of prologue to Avengers: The Children's Crusade."

As for his love for the X-Men, Heinberg left the door open for writing more stories dealing with the characters, as long as his schedule is open.

"If the X-Office will have me," he said, "I'd love to write more X-Men stories."

http://www.newsarama.com/comics/allan-heinberg-xmen-100701.html

 

[Snikt8]

I have enjoyed the story so far, and that was not cool that X-Force has been pushed back until next week. Whats up with Colossus....he seemed like he was fighting just fine...but his injured arm was always hidden. It is to bad they wrote out Elixer and Warpath though.

So do you think Hope will just be a mimic type character, or she will just sommon the Phoenix Force?

 

[Havok83]

Check out this link. I think theres going to be a new Generation X ongoing. Marvel is set to release a new Gen X TPB featuring the early stories of the original team. Jubilee will be back among the X-men. Theres a new unrevealed X book set to debut this fall. It looks like Second Coming will cause new mutants to emerge and I think a new ongoing featuring these characters will come out. I think we could see some of the surviving members playing a role here

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=26982

So do you think Hope will just be a mimic type character, or she will just sommon the Phoenix Force?

I think both.
http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=26982

 

[javi1024]

kinda cool theyre bringing it back, i never read the original, but i cant help but notice them bringing back all the x-books they got rid of in the 90s in an attempt to streamline the universe.