New Mutants #14
(preview)
Writer: Zeb Wells
Art: Ibraim Roberson, Matt Milla and Jose Villarubia

From Marvel: “SECOND COMING, CHAPTER ELEVEN: The X-Men are losing the battle against the Nimrods and Cyclops knows it. Desperate times call for desperate measures and no measure is more desperate than enlisting a mutant with multiple personalities, each possessing its own power. That’s right, Legion is let out of prison to fight on the X-Men’s side.”

On sale June 16, 2010.

Share your thoughts on Second Coming, Chapter 11. Another issue of build up or solid mutant action?

And if you haven’t picked up the issue, make sure to read the preview, linked next the series title above.

Earlier today, Marvel unveiled their complete September Solicitations, and as usual, we bring you the Wolverine Highlights…

WOLVERINE: THE ROAD TO HELL #1
Written by JASON AARON,MARJORIE LIU, RICK REMENDER & DANIEL WAY
Penciled by GUISEPPE CAMUNCOLI, WILL CONRAD, RENATO GUEDES & JEROME OPEÑA
This September, Wolverine starts down the road to hell and we want to take you along for the ride…it all starts here! With all new material by the creative teams bringing you WOLVERINE, X-23, DAKEN: DARK WOLVERINE and X-FORCE, The Road to Hell is packed with clues and signposts to help you find your way through the brand-new launch of Wolverine’s own family of books!

WOLVERINE #1
Written by JASON AARON
Penciled by RENATO GUEDES
Acclaimed author JASON AARON (ASTONISHING SPIDER-MAN AND WOLVERINE, WEAPON X) and superstar artist RENATO GUEDES (Action Comics, Adventures of Superman) launch an all-new ongoing Wolverine series as Wolverine goes to hell…literally! Someone’s out to destroy Wolverine—permanently—and they may have succeeded. But if Wolverine’s soul is in hell, how is his body terrorizing those closest to him?

X-23 #1
Written by MARJORIE LIU
Penciled by WILL CONRAD
After the events of Second Coming and the stunning conclusion to X-Force, X-23 strikes out on her own in this all-new ongoing series, written by best-selling author MARJORIE LIU, spinning out of the events of Wolverine #1! X-23 has never had an easy relationship with the rest of the X-Men, but when she learns someone has taken down Wolverine, she must step up to fill his shoes.

DAKEN: DARK WOLVERINE #1
Written by DANIEL WAY & MARJORIE LIU
Art & Cover by GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI
For decades, Daken, the son of Wolverine, remained hidden in the shadows of the Marvel Universe, methodically plotting how he would one day dominate the world around him. And now, with his father’s soul hanging in the balance, that day has come. This is the beginning.

X-FORCE: SEX AND VIOLENCE #3
Written by CHRISTOPHER YOST & CRAIG KYLE
Art and Cover by GABRIELE DELL’OTTO
The blood soaked conclusion!! Wolverine is the best he is at what he does. Domino is the luckiest there is at what she does. But this time, it’s not going to be enough. The full force of the Assassins Guild is coming down on our heroes, and it’s not going to be pretty. Except for the art.

ASTONISHING SPIDER-MAN & WOLVERINE #3
Written by JASON AARON
Pencils & Cover by ADAM KUBERT
Wolverine and Spider-Man have gone from the dawn of time to the end of time. Now they’re stuck in the future, which would be so bright were the sun not eclipsed by DOOM: THE LIVING PLANET! Not only did Dr. Doom conquer our planet, but he also conquered Ego: The Living Planet and is back to finish the job on Earth. Only Wolverine and the Phoenix Gun stand in his way. All this, plus a shocking end that will change the way you look at the two biggest Marvel characters, thanks to Jason Aaron (WOLVERINE, PUNISHERMAX) and Adam Kubert (ULTIMATE X-MEN, HULK).

X-MEN #3
Written by VICTOR GISCHLER
Penciled by PACO MEDINA
“MUTANTS VERSUS VAMPIRES,” PART 3
In a desperate bid to fend off an endless horde of vampires, the X-Men do the unthinkable: They resurrect Dracula. Will the former Lord of the Vampires go along with Cyclops’ scheme to take down Dracula’s upstart son, Xarus? Meanwhile, Wolverine sets off to rescue Jubilee, unaware of the chilling transformation she has undergone. To attempt to free his former teammate, Wolverine must embark down his darkest path yet.

ORIGINS OF MARVEL COMICS: X-MEN #1
Written by CHRIS YOST, MIKE CAREY, PETER DAVID, & OTHERS!
Penciled by GREG LAND, MARK BROOKS, NICK BRADSHAW, JILL THOMPSON & OTHERS!
The origins of your favorite X-Men written and drawn by the best in the industry collected in one place! Cyclops! Wolverine! Magneto! All the big characters’ origins boiled down to one beautiful page that every reader will cut out and tape up on their wall!

ASTONISHING X-MEN: XENOGENESIS #4
Written by WARREN ELLIS
Pencils & Cover by KAARE ANDREWS
Something is causing the children of an African village to be born mutated. Something in the woodland outside the village. Something they don’t talk about. But now, whatever it is, it’s being hunted, and the X-Men are trapped between the hunters and the hunted.

AVENGERS #5
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Pencils & Cover by JOHN ROMITA JR.
The Blockbuster Marvel series continues! The Avengers travel to the far-flung future to stop the timestream from ripping itself apart. But with time unraveling more and more with every second it may be too late to put the world back the way it was.

NEW AVENGERS #4
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Pencils & Cover by STUART IMMONEN
With reality under furious attack by arcane power far beyond anything anyone on Earth has ever dealt with before, the Avengers have to start getting creative or forfeit all that we know. The rules of magic and mysticism in the Marvel Universe are about to change in a gigantic way and it’s all going to happen here!

For the full list of Marvel’s September Solicitations, please visit Comic Book Resources (details)…

Super Hero Squad #6 (preview)
Writer: Todd Dezago
Art: Leonel Castellani

From Marvel: “The SAVAGE LAND ADVENTURE! — featuring SPEEDBALL! When a Fractal turns a Paleontologist into a Dinosaur (STEGRON!), SPEEDBALL joins the SQUADDIES in the Savage Land to stop him from commanding the Dinosaur’s to take over the World! Also, KA-ZAR! PLUS — DR.DOOM sends KLAW out to use his mastery of all sound and vibration to track down missing Fractals — but the SQUADDIES found a sound of their own to combat their villainy in GOOD VIBRATIONS!”

In stores June 9, 2010.

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Don’t forget to add your thoughts in the comments below on any other Wolverine appearances from the week that we may have missed…

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Finally, here are the probable/possible Wolverine appearances for the upcoming week (6/16/10)…

–Black Widow #3 (preview): Check out Natasha’s adjustable boot heels…
–Dark Wolverine #87 (preview): The final issues of ‘Dark Wolverine’…
–Incredible Hulk #610 (preview): World War Hulks continues…
–New Avengers #1 (preview): How many Avengers titles are there?
–New Mutants #14 (preview): Second Coming, Chapter 11…
–Ultimate Comics X #3 (preview): Ultimate Wolverine, Jr….

Astonishing X-Men Xenogenesis #2
(preview)
Writer: Warren Ellis
Art: Kaare Andrews

From Marvel: “The birth rate is climbing in the small African village of Karere…and these newborns are anything but normal: infants made of steel, infants only partially visible to the eye, infants who combust and destroy city blocks. Hoping to witness the rebirth of the mutant species, the X-Men go to investigate. But what they find may just be something far more sinister and dangerous…and familiar.”

On sale June 9, 2010.

Warren Ellis and Kaare Andrews bring us another chapter of ‘Astonishing X-Men’. Astonishly good or way too over the top? Share your thoughts in the comments below

And if you haven’t picked up the issue, make sure to read the preview, linked below the series title above.

Uncanny X-Men #525
(preview)
Writer: Matt Fraction
Pencils: Terry Dodson
Inks: Rachel Dodson

From Marvel: “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?”

On sale June 9, 2010.

After a week’s delay, Second Coming, Chapter 10…

And if you haven’t picked up the issue, make sure to read the preview, linked next the series title above.

With X-Campus #1 delayed until June 30, there was not a single Wolverine appearance this week.

Wow.

It’s been a while since that happened.

So… hmmm… well, let’s see what I can dig up…

I do have a Comic Book Resources interview with Jason Aaron about Wolverine Weapon X (details)…

And I did miss a Wolverine cameo from a few weeks back (though how this pseudo-erotic cover got through, I’ll never know)…

Girl Comics #2 (preview)
“Ad Vice”
By Abby Denson & Emma Vieceli

From Marvel: “Already one of the most talked about comics of the year, Marvel is proud to present the second issue of GIRL COMICS, spotlighting some of the most talented women working in comics today! With something for every comic reader, from the Fantastic Four to the X-Men to the reunion of acclaimed creators LOUISE SIMONSON and JUNE BRIGMAN on the Power Pack, you won’t want to miss this Marvel milestone!”

In stores May 19, 2010.

Single panel cameo for Wolverine (with a squirrel), but come on, what is the deal with Phoenix and Ms. Marvel on the cover?

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Don’t forget to add your thoughts in the comments below on any, ANY Wolverine appearances from the week that we may have missed…

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Finally, here are the previews for probable/possible Wolverine appearances of the upcoming week (6/9/10)…

–Astonishing X-Men Xenogenesis #2 (preview): More oddball X-Men…
–Avengers Academy #1 (preview): Wolverine Cover Cameo…
–Super Hero Squad #6 (preview): The Kiddie series continues…
–Uncanny X-Men #525 (preview): Second Coming, Chapter Ten…

Hey, everyone, jrpbsp here… There were a lot of comics last week but due to time constraints, just doing ‘Wolverine: Weapon X’.  Hope you enjoy it.

Wolverine Weapon X #13 (preview)
Writer: Jason Aaron
Pencils: Ron Garney

SPOILERS BELOW…

RECAP: The issue opens with a scene from the future, with a protest against the Roxxon corporation. The company calls out the Deathloks and the demonstration turns into a slaughter. One man fights back, using a adhesive gun and small spider robots. The cyborgs teleport to where Peter Parker is hiding and they take him out with a rocket launcher. For once in his life, Parker is a loss for words, that is just before he is killed.

Back in the present, Spider-Man finds one of the Deathloks and tries to talk to the man. But this is not the former hero, Deathlok, and the creature knocks Parker through a wall. Wolverine and Captain America are still fighting the rest of the cyborgs. One of them is threatening Miranda but Logan stabs him through the chest and then puts his head into a moving train, decapitating him.

Meanwhile reinforcements, in the form of Steve Rogers and the Avengers, arrive to help Bucky. The combined team makes short work of the Deathloks who teleport away rather then be defeated. The heroes pause to assess the situation with Miranda taking charge of a young Wakowski. She tells them about the other potential future heroes that could be targeted and Rogers arranges for them to be picked up and taken someplace safe.

Miranda takes Bucky and Logan to meet the man that will be responsible for making the Deathloks and see if they can get some answers. The man is working as a roadkill remover since he was released from H.A.M.M.E.R. Logan and Bucky question him but the cyborg is well advanced of what he can do. He is just working on dead animals currently. The heroes want to just kill him but Miranda argues that it will change the future and maybe make it worse.

Unfortunately, the Deathlok revives and the body destroys the scientist. Once the creator is dead, the Deathlok body disappears. Bucky tries to call into base but there is no response. Logan picks up an intruder just in time for Cap to intercept a repulsor blast with his shield. The attacker is a new and improved Deathlok module.

MY TAKE: This was an action-packed and pretty exciting issue, that did a good job of advancing the plot and bringing in new elements. It was nice to see the New Avengers and Steve Rogers show up here. Too often these major events and mass killings seem to happen in a vacuum. I am glad they are going forward with their decision to really integrate the titles and the world.

The plot was nicely moved along, as well. We found out who created the Deathloks and learned a good deal more about them. It is nice that they tied the events to the Wolverine: The List one shot and those cyborgs.  I am not sure I agree with the effects of their creator’s death on the time line but it is good that they showed the negative effect of time travel.

There was a lot of good action too. My favorite part was Wolverine removing the Deathlok’s head with the subway train. The cyborgs are pretty powerful but it was nice to see just how effective the Avengers can be. Still, they upped the ante at the end with the super Deathlok which is enough to even give the whole team a hard time.

My least favorite part was the future scenes with Peter Parker. Although he was effective, and there was some interesting ideas showcased here, there was really no point to the scene. We already knew that the cyborgs were dangerous and seeing an older  form of Spider-Man die was not really needed. I am also getting pretty tired of alternate futures and different universes in general.

Still, I did enjoy the issue. It was a fun ride and had plenty of good action with some interesting guest stars. I am enjoying the Deathloks as villains and it looks like they will be around for while. It is not often that we have a decent new character that is a legitimate challenge to Logan. There are only a couple more issues before the series is rebooted, but hopefully they will maintain this level of enjoyment throughout.

Thanks for reading my review for Wolverine Files. I will be keeping to this format for the most part but please keep the comments coming and I will see everyone again next time.

Two single-panel cameos round out the Wolverine appearances for the week…

X-Men: Blind Science #1 (preview)
Writer: Simon Spurrier
Art: Paul Davidson and Francis Portela

From Marvel: “The X-Men are on the ropes, barely dodging a foe whose master plan has them fighting to survive. Discovering some suspicious activity just off the coast of their refuge, Utopia, the X-Men send their best and brightest to investigate, hoping to discover just what Bastion is plotting. However, the X-Club is in for more than they bargained for: namely, a trap designed just for them. Thrown into a war even worse than the one they’re coming from, the X-Club is left to wonder: How do they get back to the X-Men? And just how do they figure into Bastion’s master plan?”

In stores May 26, 2010.

X-Men Origins: Emma Frost #1 (preview)
Writer: Valerie D’Orazio
Pencils: Karl Moline
Inks: Rick Magyar

From Marvel: “Witness the birth of the White Queen! From the mousy girl from a rich New England family, to the rich and terrifying queen of a secret society to the leader of the X-Men, Emma has cut a powerful swath through the Marvel Universe. See her rise to power in this one-shot by up-and-comer Valerie D’Orazio and Karl Moline (LONERS, Buffy)!”

In stores May 26, 2010.

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Don’t forget to add your thoughts in the comments below on any other Wolverine appearances from the week that we may have missed…

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Finally, here is the sole probable/possible Wolverine appearance for the upcoming week (6/03/10), out Thursday due to the holiday…

–X-Campus #1 (preview): All-New X-Men, European-style

Wolverine Weapon X #13 (preview)
Writer: Jason Aaron
Pencils: Ron Garney

From Marvel: “The time-bending saga of the all-new Deathlok continues as Wolverine and Captain America fight for their lives against an army of cyborg assassins. Outnumbered and outgunned, our heroes turn to desperate measures but learn the hard way that when you tamper with the time stream, you better be ready to expect the unexpected.”

On sale May 26, 2010.

What do you think of this time-traveling Wolverine saga? Too much of a ‘Terminator’ retread or just the right blend of homage?

And if you haven’t picked up the issue, make sure to read the preview, linked next the series title above.

X-Force #27 (preview)
Writers: Craig Kyle and Chris Yost
Pencils: Mike Choi

From Marvel: “SECOND COMING, CHAPTER NINE: This is the end of the line. The horror of what the X-Men face is fully revealed, and the reality sets in…every single mutant on the planet is going to die. They cannot hold out any longer. And X-Force goes on their final mission. ”

On sale May 26, 2010.

Share your thoughts on Chapter Nine of the ‘Second Coming’ storyline in the comments below.

And if you haven’t picked up the issue, make sure to read the preview, linked next the series title above.
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