Comics The "Age of X" Thread

[EvilClareToo]

If he has Gambit mooning around after her I am not going to be happy.

Seconded!

Great cover though!

 

[Havok83]

New sketches of the characters

Spoiler

 

[Jake Cassidy]

^ That's great. Let's see if I can name them all. From left to right.

Gambit, Rogue (Reaper), Magneto, Psylocke, Legion (?), Hellion, Shadowcat, Sunspot, Dazzler, Berzerker, Jubilee, Chamber, Frenzy, Cyclops (Basilisk), Colossus, Nightmare, Storm, Namor, Avalanche, Cypher, Cannonball

 

[squeekness]

Looks sweet to me.

 

[stormissocool]

Chamber!!!!!

 

[squeekness]

Yeah, I've been missing that bloke for a while. Good to see him back.

 

[iamlegend]

Looks sweet to me.

What's in Gambit's right hand?

 

[Havok83]

What's in Gambit's right hand?

his rifle

 

[iamlegend]

his rifle

Oh I know he has that... but I meant HIS right, not our right. In the sketch he's got something small in his one hand.

I'm interested to see how they utilize the rifle and whether or not they relate it to his powers (or just, well, let him shoot stuff the old fashioned way).

Only things that have me down are his obvious ties to Rogue (they're placing him next to her in every preview). And Namor, though that's on a far smaller scale (God I hate Namor).

 

[Havok83]

Hmmm, not sure. Looks like 2 small claws, similar to X-23

 

[iamlegend]

Hmmm, not sure. Looks like 2 small claws, similar to X-23

That's what I thought at first too... they haven't appeared in any other previews, and only show up on his one hand here.

Maybe a subtle hint? Or just an oversight?

 

[Specter313]

That's what I thought at first too... they haven't appeared in any other previews, and only show up on his one hand here.

Maybe a subtle hint? Or just an oversight?

I think they're just a version of his playing cards or something similar being held between his fingers to lean towards the main version. Here's a closer look:

 

[iamlegend]

I think they're just a version of his playing cards or something similar being held between his fingers to lean towards the main version. Here's a closer look:

Good find. They seem to have the glow of his charged cards, certainly.

 

[squeekness]

I was wondering at first what they were myself, but yeah, even in the smaller pic I could see they were cards.

 

[EvilClareToo]

That's some sweet artwork! Everyone pretty much looks awesome, and I really like the costume designs.

Rogue is channeling some goth vibes here. Since she is covered head to toe, do you think this means that she doesn't have controll of her powers in this reality?

 

[iamlegend]

That's some sweet artwork! Everyone pretty much looks awesome, and I really like the costume designs.

Rogue is channeling some goth vibes here. Since she is covered head to toe, do you think this means that she doesn't have controll of her powers in this reality?

She's also named "Reaper," so I have a feeling she won't.

And if she and Gambit are any kind of couple in this universe, it'd only be natural for the writers to bring such a way overdone obstacle back into play.

 

[Havok83]

 

[Specter313]

Ugh, the day Bachalo finally hangs up his pencils can't come soon enough.

 

[Havok83]

I like Bachalo's art but he is so wrong for this. His style completely clashes with what we have been seeing from Mann and Coipel.

 

[EvilClareToo]

I like Bachalo's art but he is so wrong for this. His style completely clashes with what we have been seeing from Mann and Coipel.

Agreed! And my hopes for no Wolverine have now been dashed . Maybe he dies in Alpha.

So, from the Mike Carey interview at CBR, it looks like the Age of X will be the opposite of Age of Apocalypse: the X Men never form and humans have hunted the mutants into near extinction. A bit like Days of Future Past, but without sentinels. It sounds like an interesting premise....

 

[Havok83]

 

[Justkidding]

That cover isn't very impressive, mostly out of the fact that it looks like a recolored version of his covers from those Age of Apoc one-shots they did about 5 years ago when Marvel decided to revisit that era for some strange reason.

 

[EvilClareToo]

Sort of saw that coming...But Albany???????

 

[squeekness]

Where's my boy Gambit!

 

[iamlegend]

Where's my boy Gambit!

Right where he is in all Carey projects - guarding the promo art. t: