Comics The "Age of X" Thread

[The Englishman]

New sketches of the characters

Spoiler

his rifle

Wheres Iceman?.......

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Sunspot looks freakin sick!

That Bachalo cover does not

 

[Specter313]

"After The Phoenix demolishes Albany, New York, the United States government sponsors the mass production of Exonim Sentinels – technologically-advanced combat vehicles designed to subdue mutants. In the months that follow, the mutant population drastically declines. This period of time becomes known as 'The Decimation.'"

 

[iamlegend]

"After The Phoenix demolishes Albany, New York, the United States government sponsors the mass production of Exonim Sentinels – technologically-advanced combat vehicles designed to subdue mutants. In the months that follow, the mutant population drastically declines. This period of time becomes known as 'The Decimation.'"

Well I think we can count on Magneto being a wee bit angry...

 

[Havok83]

My excitement for this just went down. Solicits have been released and Rogue's name is all over the 3rd and 4th chapters. I was hoping Carey would have her take a backseat but I knew that was too much to ask

X-Men Legacy #246
Written by: Mike Carey
Penciled by: Clay Mann
Cover by: Leinil Yu
“AGE OF X” CHAPTER THREE!
Rogue has stumbled upon the secret hidden deep within the bowels of Fortress X. And now she’s public enemy number one. A fugitive amongst her own kind, Rogue goes on the run…but when your entire world is surrounded by an unbreakable forcefield wall, there’s not far to go. Especially when a team of mutantkind’s most ruthless killers is hot on your trail!

New Mutants #23
Written by: Mike Carey
Penciled by: Steve Kurth
Cover by: Leinil Yu
“AGE OF X” CHAPTER FOUR!
In possession of knowledge that could mean the collapse Fortress X, Rogue is on the run, hunted by every other member of the mutant race. But one of those pursuing her has an agenda of his own. Will it be her destruction…or something else entirely?

 

[Hellion]

My excitement for this just went down. Solicits have been released and Rogue's name is all over the 3rd and 4th chapters. I was hoping Carey would have her take a backseat but I knew that was too much to ask

X-Men Legacy #246
Written by: Mike Carey
Penciled by: Clay Mann
Cover by: Leinil Yu
“AGE OF X” CHAPTER THREE!
Rogue has stumbled upon the secret hidden deep within the bowels of Fortress X. And now she’s public enemy number one. A fugitive amongst her own kind, Rogue goes on the run…but when your entire world is surrounded by an unbreakable forcefield wall, there’s not far to go. Especially when a team of mutantkind’s most ruthless killers is hot on your trail!

New Mutants #23
Written by: Mike Carey
Penciled by: Steve Kurth
Cover by: Leinil Yu
“AGE OF X” CHAPTER FOUR!
In possession of knowledge that could mean the collapse Fortress X, Rogue is on the run, hunted by every other member of the mutant race. But one of those pursuing her has an agenda of his own. Will it be her destruction…or something else entirely?

My bet its Gambit.......thats the obvious choice......

 

[iamlegend]

My bet its Gambit.......thats the obvious choice......

Meh, the way Carey writes Gambit... the only thing it could be is to SAVE ROGUE, which isn't a very shady ulterior motive.

More than likely it's Magneto (or someone similar), who's looking to use Rogue or whatever she's got as a weapon.

And I'll say, this is absolutely freaking pathetic. The man's already got what amounts to a Rogue solo in 616 and they let him make her the main character of an Alt-verse story too?

The X-Books and me are taking a long, long break.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

My excitement for this just went down. Solicits have been released and Rogue's name is all over the 3rd and 4th chapters. I was hoping Carey would have her take a backseat but I knew that was too much to ask

His obsession with her is really getting annoying.

Meh, the way Carey writes Gambit... the only thing it could be is to SAVE ROGUE, which isn't a very shady ulterior motive.

More than likely it's Magneto (or someone similar), who's looking to use Rogue or whatever she's got as a weapon.

And I'll say, this is absolutely freaking pathetic. The man's already got what amounts to a Rogue solo in 616 and they let him make her the main character of an Alt-verse story too?

The X-Books and me are taking a long, long break.

I'm close to it myself

 

[Havok83]

His obsession with her is really getting annoying.

it stinks that its spilling into New Mutants for the next few months

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Indeed. He should go write a Rogue solo book(that will inevitably be cancelled within a year) so we can get a proper X-book.

 

[Cardshark]

Damn my anticipation for the "Age of X" just dropped. I thought Rogue was only going to be the focus character for the first two issues. Now it looks like she will be for the first FOUR.

Where's Gambit when you need him

 

[Specter313]

AGE OF X UNIVERSE #1 (of 2)
Written by SIMON SPURRIER
Penciled by KHOI PHAM
Cover by SIMONE BIANCHI
And there came an Age Of X, an age unlike any other, where there were no X-Men…mutants were hated and feared. In that age, the remaining mutants created a stronghold, a last bastion for their dying race: Fortress X. And in that Age Of X, when humanity vowed to see Fortress X destroyed, a team of heroes and heroines found themselves united against this terrible mutant threat. This is their epoch!
40 PGS./Rated T+…$3.99
NOT ACTUAL COVER

 

[javi1024]

i think its pretty safe to assume the guy on the top left is Iron Man, top right is Spider Woman, the one below that is Hulk, and the one in the center is Captain America.

 

[squeekness]

Damn my anticipation for the "Age of X" just dropped. I thought Rogue was only going to be the focus character for the first two issues. Now it looks like she will be for the first FOUR.

Where's Gambit when you need him

seriously.

 

[Specter313]

Mutankind’s final war starts here in the X-Event that has everyone talking! Age of X: Alpha #1, from the creative team of New York Times Best-Selling writer Mike Carey and rising star artists Mirco Pierfederici, Paul Davidson, Gabriel Hernandez Walta, Harvey Tolibao and Carlo Barberi, kicks off the next big X-Men epic that will change the course of Mutantkind forever. The survival of their species rests on the shoulders of the few remaining mutants who are on their last leg. Who is this mysterious group and at what length will they go to keep their kind alive? Get your answers to these questions and more in the explosive opener that will leave X-Fans immediately demanding more, Age Of X: Alpha #1!

AGE OF X: ALPHA #1 (NOV100514)
AGE OF X: ALPHA #1 COIPEL VARIANT (NOV10515)
Written by MIKE CAREY
Pencils by MIRCO PIERFEDERICI, PAUL DAVIDSON, GABRIEL HERNANDEZ WALTA, HARVEY TOLIBAO & CARLO BARBERI
Cover by CHRIS BACHALO
Variant Cover by OLIVIER COIPEL
Rated A…$3.99
FOC – 1/3/11, On-Sale – 1/26/11

 

[Specter313]

The premier super teams of the Marvel Universe are the Fantastic Four, the Avengers and the X-Men. Each of these groups plays a vital role in preserving and protecting their world, and next month readers will get a glimpse of just how important the X-Men's role is in that equation when the seven part crossover storyline "Age of X" begins. Writer Mike Carey and a host of talented artists take readers to a reality where the X-Men never formed and the world has been overrun by anti-mutant hysteria. In this world, the last remaining mutants have banded together to make one last stand for survival.

Because history went a different, the cast of "Age of X" includes new versions of classic mutant characters. Next week, in order to get readers acquainted with these new yet familiar faces, CBR kicks off a weekly, multi-part feature we're calling THE AGE OF X COMMUNIQUÉS. With each installment, writer Mike Carey will provide us with the classified intelligence reports of anti-mutant government operative Henry Peter Gyrich. Today, as a special holiday treat, we present a preview of the first installment in which Gyrich offers up his thoughts on Magneto.

___________________________________________

MAGNETO

CIVILIAN NAME
Not clearly established. Aliases include Eric Lensherr and Magnus Eisenhardt: either could be his real name, as all relevant records have been destroyed, we believe by Magneto himself.

KNOWN RELATIVES
Magda Eisenhardt: Wife, dead (circumstances of death not known).

Wanda Maximoff: Daughter, and Pietro Maximoff, son. Both dead (see: Operation Red Hot)

Lorna Dane: Possibly another daughter. Was incarcerated at Alcatraz, but died while trying to escape. Officers were disciplined: her use as a bargaining counter against Magneto might have been considerable.

COMMENTS
Magneto is clearly the biggest threat we currently face. Attempts to capture or kill him using "Minimum-metal" Exonim units of Mark-IV and V types have all failed, although we believe that the Baton Rouge ambush left him wounded.

I think our mistake in the early operations was in viewing Magneto purely and simply as a terrorist. He actually has a formidable strategic mind and a radical agenda which goes beyond simple resistance or protest. He organized two extremely successful mutant terrorist cadres that we know of (see: Brotherhood, Acolytes) and also provided logistical and intelligence support for the Mutant Liberation Front. His attempt to reverse the Earth's magnetic poles would have succeeded if it hadn't been for the intervention of Tony Stark and Reed Richards, whose field valence manipulators are still running full-time to prevent a repetition of that crisis.

The truth is – and please don't take this as any kind of an endorsement – Magneto is an idealist. In other circumstances, if we hadn't been able to roll out the Exonim program when we did to cull mutant numbers so effectively, it's possible that he might have mobilized them into a terrifyingly potent force. Subject Simon Hall admitted under interrogation that Magneto had plans to found a mutant republic on Genosha. I leave you to imagine the implications of that, in light of the invaluable technical support that the Genoshan magistrates have provided to our own people.

Bottom line: even if the opportunity of taking Magneto alive were to arise, I'd advise against it. I wouldn't lower the threat assessment on his file until I'd seen him not just killed but ground into fine powder and scattered over the Eastern seaboard.

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=30085

 

[Specter313]

BASILISK



CIVILIAN NAME
Scott Summers

KNOWN RELATIVES
Parents: dead.
Alex Summers, Brother. Died while resisting arrest. (See: Operation Clean-Sweep)
Gabriel Summers, Brother. In induced coma at Barton-Howell research facility.

COMMENTS
Summers' power is to emit beams of energy from his eyes: intensely powerful, without recoil, upper limit still unknown. The power kicked in at age 14, which seems to be typical. No warning, and there were a whole lot of people nearby. He was in a cinema: a John Wayne festival in Anchorage. Seven fatalities, two of whom were Summers' mother and father.

He was incarcerated at our Buffalo holding unit for two years, then transferred to Alcatraz under the terms of the Emergency Powers Act, when the prison became a specialized, mutants-only facility. There he came to the attention of the prison governor, Harcourt Teesdale – known to the inmates as "Arcade" because of the mutant-themed amusements he would set up for guards and visitors (my report: 12/07/08).

It was Arcade who discovered that ruby quartz inhibited the propagation of Summers' energy powers. He had Summers fitted with a face mask, complete with ruby quartz lenses in the eyeholes, and he surgically removed Summers' eyelids in order to remove from him any way of shutting off his eye-beams by his own choosing. As "the Basilisk," Summers then became a bespoke form of execution for other mutant inmates at the prison.

Summers is believed to have killed Arcade in the course of his escape, but damage to the body was so extensive that it wasn't possible to determine cause of death.

I believe that Summers is motivated primarily by a desire to expiate the guilt of the deaths he's caused. His commitment to the mutant cause is unshakeable, and the threat level he represents cannot be exaggerated.

LEGACY

CIVILIAN NAME
Anna-Marie Darkholme.

KNOWN RELATIVES
Raven Darkholme. Died in custody.
Irene Adler. Died in custody.

COMMENTS
This was a classic case of the agency shooting itself in the foot. When Darkholme and Adler tested X-gene positive and were arrested, why did nobody think to test the girl? She was on record as an adoptive child, but we know by long experience that mutants stick to their own: there was a better than fifty percent chance that Anna-Marie would have tested positive, too, and she could have been taken into custody then, before her powers even manifested, at zero risk to our agents on the ground.

Instead, she went feral: dropped out of sight and survived somehow on the streets of various Mississippi towns before heading East. She's known to have encountered the Mutant Liberation Front in New York just before their attacks on Trask Corporation subsidiaries. We haven't been able to establish whether Legacy took any part in those attacks, but she definitely provided intel for them – obtaining site details and security codes by making casual skin-to-skin contact with employees. She absorbs memories directly by touch, and is apparently also able, in the case of mutants or other super-powered subjects, to absorb enhanced abilities in the same way.

We're missing a few links in the chain that brings her eventually into Magneto's orbit. Again, we can't link her to any of the atrocities he committed in Genosha, San Francisco or New York, but they certainly met at least once before the Fortress X barrier was raised. We're exploring the possibility that they had an intimate relationship. Testimony given under duress by subject Simon Hall (aka "Neophyte") seem to point to this.

 

[Specter313]

BASILISK



CIVILIAN NAME
Scott Summers

KNOWN RELATIVES
Parents: dead.
Alex Summers, Brother. Died while resisting arrest. (See: Operation Clean-Sweep)
Gabriel Summers, Brother. In induced coma at Barton-Howell research facility.

COMMENTS
Summers' power is to emit beams of energy from his eyes: intensely powerful, without recoil, upper limit still unknown. The power kicked in at age 14, which seems to be typical. No warning, and there were a whole lot of people nearby. He was in a cinema: a John Wayne festival in Anchorage. Seven fatalities, two of whom were Summers' mother and father.

He was incarcerated at our Buffalo holding unit for two years, then transferred to Alcatraz under the terms of the Emergency Powers Act, when the prison became a specialized, mutants-only facility. There he came to the attention of the prison governor, Harcourt Teesdale – known to the inmates as "Arcade" because of the mutant-themed amusements he would set up for guards and visitors (my report: 12/07/08).

It was Arcade who discovered that ruby quartz inhibited the propagation of Summers' energy powers. He had Summers fitted with a face mask, complete with ruby quartz lenses in the eyeholes, and he surgically removed Summers' eyelids in order to remove from him any way of shutting off his eye-beams by his own choosing. As "the Basilisk," Summers then became a bespoke form of execution for other mutant inmates at the prison.

Summers is believed to have killed Arcade in the course of his escape, but damage to the body was so extensive that it wasn't possible to determine cause of death.

I believe that Summers is motivated primarily by a desire to expiate the guilt of the deaths he's caused. His commitment to the mutant cause is unshakeable, and the threat level he represents cannot be exaggerated.

LEGACY

CIVILIAN NAME
Anna-Marie Darkholme.

KNOWN RELATIVES
Raven Darkholme. Died in custody.
Irene Adler. Died in custody.

COMMENTS
This was a classic case of the agency shooting itself in the foot. When Darkholme and Adler tested X-gene positive and were arrested, why did nobody think to test the girl? She was on record as an adoptive child, but we know by long experience that mutants stick to their own: there was a better than fifty percent chance that Anna-Marie would have tested positive, too, and she could have been taken into custody then, before her powers even manifested, at zero risk to our agents on the ground.

Instead, she went feral: dropped out of sight and survived somehow on the streets of various Mississippi towns before heading East. She's known to have encountered the Mutant Liberation Front in New York just before their attacks on Trask Corporation subsidiaries. We haven't been able to establish whether Legacy took any part in those attacks, but she definitely provided intel for them – obtaining site details and security codes by making casual skin-to-skin contact with employees. She absorbs memories directly by touch, and is apparently also able, in the case of mutants or other super-powered subjects, to absorb enhanced abilities in the same way.

We're missing a few links in the chain that brings her eventually into Magneto's orbit. Again, we can't link her to any of the atrocities he committed in Genosha, San Francisco or New York, but they certainly met at least once before the Fortress X barrier was raised. We're exploring the possibility that they had an intimate relationship. Testimony given under duress by subject Simon Hall (aka "Neophyte") seem to point to this.

 

[iamlegend]

Carey really has a huge thing for the Magneto/Rogue 'ship. Man can't even write alt-universe without calling on it.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

I wish he'd let it go

 

[Cardshark]

Once again Cyclops is a main character......

I was hoping that they may concentrate on others looking at the teasers

 

[squeekness]

Wow, the art is all over the place on this. I like some of it, not so happy about the rest...

 

[iamlegend]

Once again Cyclops is a main character......

I was hoping that they may concentrate on others looking at the teasers

Well the X-Office has spent most of the last few years is pimping out 5-6 characters and almost no one else... So Cyke being included here isn't a big surprise.

 

[Generation Lee]

Well I have to say reading that info on Cyke I really like what he did. I seriously understand why he should pop up all the time he is leading the mutant race but he should and I've said this before appear like he does in New Mutants that would work better. We complain about Rouge and Cyke just wait to Carey over uses Wolverine lol.

 

[Specter313]

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