Some talking and writing about funny-coloured bits of paper
X-MEN #35. (Annotations here.) Billed as a prelude to DNX, this is mostly a character-based issue with the Beast and Magik, though it does end by leading into the story proper. The heart of it is to show us the conversation between the Beast and the Chairman that took place after the end of issue #25, which [ ]
GENERATION X-23 #7 Homecoming Writer: Jody Houser Artist: Marco Renna Colour artist: Erick Arciniega Letterer: Ariana Maher Editors: Mark Basso Alanna Smith COVER: Wolverine (Logan) with the regular cast. Surprise! is turning herself into a second Logan. The avian X-66 also appears on the cover, despite the fact that she was separated from the [ ]
WOLVERINE vol 8 #25 Eruption Writer: Saladin Ahmed Artist: Martín Cóccolo Colour artist: Jesus Aburtov Letterer: Cory Petit Editor: Mark Basso COVER: Um, well, that s a symbolic image of Wolverine floating in a pool with skulls in the background and giant syringes in the foreground. WOLVERINE: He regains his healing factor immediately on shutting down [ ]
X-MEN UNITED #6 Shadow Play, part 2 Writers: Eve L Ewing Evan Narcisse Pencillers: Tiago Palma Eduardo Pansica Inkers: Tiago Palma Oren Junior Colourist: Brian Reber Letterer: Joe Sabino Editor: Annalise Bissa COVER: A generic image of Beast, Nightcrawler and Axo in action, with Axo s colour-changing matching the other two. Nothing along [ ]
X-MEN vol 7 #35 A Gift Writer: Jed MacKay Penciller: Tony S Daniel Inker: Mark Morales Colourist: Arthur Hesli Letterer: Clayton Cowles Editor: Tom Brevoort COVER: Mirrored images of the Beast with the X-Men, and the Chairman with 3K. Aside from Magneto/Joseph, the other individual members don t match up one for one in the two [ ]
DAREDEVIL #254-256 (May to July 1988) Typhoid / Temptation / Blindspots Writer: Ann Nocenti Penciller: John Romita Jr Inker: Al Williamson Colourist: Max Scheele Letterer: Joe Rosen Editor: Ralph Macchio Up to this point, Ann Nocenti has given us a lot of one-off villains, and a few who showed more staying power. But Typhoid really [ ]
Oh god, it s going to be here forever. 1. Sam Fender Olivia Dean Rein Me In Twenty weeks. Last week, it set an all time record for the longest run at number one; the publicity from that has resulted in a sales boost, and so once again it s off the hook for potential [ ]
UNCANNY X-MEN #33. (Annotations here.) Well, this is certainly a quiet week. To be fair, I think Midnight X-Men #1 may have originally been scheduled for this week before they decided to launch the whole line in October. But as it is, we have just the two books. First up, we have Rogue and Gambit looking for [ ]
UNCANNY X-MEN vol 6 #33 Wild Ride, part 1: A Different Kind of Prison Writer: Gail Simone Artist: Luciano Vecchio Colour artist: Matthew Wilson Letterer: Clayton Cowles Editor: Tom Brevoort COVER: Rogue and Gambit alongside guest star Gabriel the Devil-Hunter. Yes, he s a pre-existing character. We ll get to him. THE X-MEN: Rogue and Gambit seek Gabriel s help [ ]
DAREDEVIL #253 (April 1988) Merry Christmas, Kingpin Writer: Ann Nocenti Penciller: John Romita Jr Inker: Al Williamson Letterer: Joe Rosen Colourist: Max Scheele Editor: Ralph Macchio You might have picked up from the cover and the title that this story isn t really about the Wildboys. It s a Christmas story, and the main plot is basically [ ]